All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 2 2019 // An insurance company investigating the sinking of Nathan Carman’s boat in 2016 is suggesting that he may have thrown a gun used to kill his grandfather into the ocean.National Liability & Fire Insurance Company...
Dec 27 2018 // The state of Vermont has hired a new chief information security officer.The appointment of Nicholas Andersen was announced by the state last week. Agency of Digital Services Secretary John Quinn says Andersen’s...
Dec 17 2018 // Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why.She knew that her cancer, mesothelioma, arose in the delicate membrane surrounding her lungs and other organs. She knew it was as rare as it was deadly, a...
Nov 29 2018 // A Vermont town’s select board has voted to work with a national law firm that plans to sue opioid makers over the drug crisis.The Bennington Banner reports Bennington will not have to pay for litigation as part of...
Nov 27 2018 // Vermont officials are seeking a second round of feedback from the public on a proposal to regulate home improvement and construction contractors.Lauren Hibbert, of the Office of Professional Regulation with the Secretary...
Nov 16 2018 // More than 6 inches of heavy, wet snow fell in parts of northern New England on Tuesday in one of the first significant snowfalls of the season.Caledonia and Essex counties in northeastern Vermont reported 4 inches to 7.5...
Oct 22 2018 // Federal officials are investigating a Vermont roofing and construction company whose employee died in a fall at a job site in New Hampshire.The Brattleboro Reformer reports the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Oct 3 2018 // Marsh, a global provider of insurance broking and risk management services, has made two senior leadership appointments within Marsh Captive Solutions.Effective January 1, 2019, Julie Boucher will assume direct leadership...
Oct 1 2018 // “While we cannot bring back the lives lost to opioid addiction, we can question whether Purdue has lived up to the decade-old promise they made to correct their behavior. The answer, unfortunately, is a resounding...
Sep 28 2018 // Shortly after last year’s shooting massacre on the Las Vegas strip, Ohio Gov. John Kasich convened a panel to explore possible reforms to state gun laws.A Republican, Kasich wanted to be sure its members clearly...
Sep 14 2018 // The Vermont Insurance Agents Association (VIAA) has elected Paul E. Plunkett, senior vice president and principal of Hickok & Boardman Insurance Group in Burlington, Vt., as its president.Plunkett’s involvement...
Sep 12 2018 // A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board finds no apparent reason for a fatal plane crash last month in Brighton, Vermont.The Caledonian Record reports that it’ll likely be months before a...
Sep 7 2018 // Vermont on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against drugmaker Purdue over what it called deceptive marketing of OxyContin and other prescription opioid painkillers that the attorney general says helped lead to the drug crisis in...
Sep 4 2018 // The Vermont Electric Co-Operative is getting a federal grant to help repair 54 transformers and nearly 2,900 miles of transmission and line poles damaged by a severe storm and flooding last October.The $1.7 million grant...
Aug 28 2018 // The Norwich Planning Commission in Vermont says it is gathering information on implementing proposed river corridor regulations.The commission and municipal Planning Director Rod Francis met last Thursday with about 15...
Aug 28 2018 // A plane has crashed in northern Vermont, killing its sole occupant.WCAX-TV reports the Vermont State Police are investigating the crash in Island Pond. The crash happened Saturday afternoon, near the John H. Boylan...
Aug 8 2018 // The Vermont Department of Public Safety is going to be holding briefings for municipalities and others interested in applying for federal disaster assistance to help pay for repairs made following storms May...
Aug 1 2018 // President Donald Trump has approved a disaster declaration for five Vermont counties that were damaged during severe storms in early May.Republican Gov. Phil Scott says that a preliminary damage assessment by the Federal...
Jul 13 2018 // It’s summer in America, and that means action-packed movies, piles of hot dogs and plenty of ice cream. But according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by a consumer food-advocacy group, if your choice of ice cream is Ben...
Jun 26 2018 // A Vermont school district says $50,000 was stolen electronically from one of its bank accounts.Cindy Brownell, the board chair of the Pownal Elementary School District, says officials believe the theft occurred from...