All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 29 2019 // An award-winning Vermont cheesemaker that sold its cheeses around the country is shutting down after a listeria outbreak and recall.Consider Bardwell in West Pawlett says that its current funds do not allow it to continue...
Oct 11 2019 // Alan K. Kinney III, principal at Kinney Insurance Agency in St. Albans, Vermont, was recently elected president of the Vermont Insurance Agents Association (VIAA).Within Kinney Insurance Agency, Kinney leads the commercial...
Oct 8 2019 // A Vermont town has filed suit seeking damages against opioid manufacturers and related companies.The town of Bennington is being represented by attorneys from two firms that have been involved in similar suits filed in...
Sep 25 2019 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has expanded its business in Vermont to include personal lines insurance and appointed a group of independent agents in the state to serve its growing customer base.According to The...
Sep 12 2019 // A state investigation details a Vermont anti-poverty group didn’t tell its employees that one of its facilities contained asbestos, exposing workers to health and safety risks.The investigation that concluded in May...
Aug 29 2019 // A lawsuit filed by Vermont residents seeking damages for chemical contamination in groundwater in their Bennington neighborhood can proceed as a class action, a federal judge has ruled.The ruling by U.S. District Judge...
Jul 31 2019 // The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources says it has notified public drinking water system operators to start testing for a class of potentially toxic chemicals.It said that the move is part of an expanded effort to...
Jul 10 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Vermont-based Jamieson Insurance Agency Inc. (JIA). The transaction became effective July 1, 2019. JIA is a property and casualty agency primarily providing business, auto and home...
Jul 3 2019 // SOBC DARAG has acquired Innovative Physicians Solutions RRG (IPS) in full, effective July 1, 2019, after receiving approval from the Vermont Department of Financial Services for the transaction.Mark Tabler, the current...
Jul 1 2019 // Vermont announced Thursday that it’s filed lawsuits against DuPont, 3M and other chemical companies for damages it says was caused to groundwater, drinking water and other natural resources by the contamination of a...
Jun 24 2019 // A lawsuit over whether insurance companies must cover a Vermont man’s claim for his boat he says sank with his mother on board is heading to trial this summer.The Providence Journal reports that a judge on Wednesday...
Jun 19 2019 // Vermont dairy farmers can now sign up for an improved insurance program to help them when the gap between milk prices and feed prices reaches a certain level.The new insurance program was created as part of the 2018 farm...
Jun 17 2019 // President Donald Trump has made a disaster declaration for Vermont’s Bennington, Essex, Orange, Rutland, Washington and Windsor counties for flooding in April.Vermont Gov. Phil Scott says a preliminary assessment by...
May 28 2019 // Police in Northfield, Vermont, are investigating the death of a man who was hit by the passing Amtrak Vermonter passenger train.WCAX-TV reports a resident in the Vermont town was at a pedestrian crossing in downtown...
Apr 26 2019 // The state of Vermont says it will be working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to verify damage caused by last week’s flooding. Representatives of Vermont Emergency Management and the Vermont Agency of...
Apr 22 2019 // A combination of warm weather, rain and melting snow was feeding floodwaters in low-lying areas of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine on Saturday.No injuries were reported, but in Vermont the Stowe swift water rescue team...
Apr 18 2019 // Vermont state and local officials are assessing damage from flooding caused by heavy rains and snowmelt that led to road closures, some evacuations and a rescue from a flooded parking lot.Some roads remained closed...
Apr 8 2019 // A judge has ordered the owner of a foreclosed ski club in Vermont to pay about $2.1 million to a club member who is unable to sell back 20 memberships he bought in 2015.The Brattleboro Reformer reports the judge issued his...
Mar 29 2019 // Vermont filed a lawsuit against two pharmaceutical distributors, accusing them of selling ever-increasing amounts of prescription opioids in the state while failing to effectively monitor and control the sales and...
Mar 25 2019 // Officials at a Vermont hospital say the information of more than 72,000 people may have been exposed during an email hack.Rutland Regional Medical Center says the email accounts had information such as patient names,...