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Towns team up for project to preserve 'viewsheds'

Decline likely temporary, analysts warn

Kiss was invited to testify by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who chairs the Green Jobs and New Economy Subcommittee of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

Dutton will lead efforts to bring cell phone, broadband to all of state

Pratt remains held without bail pending trial

The shocking news of up-and-coming alpine racing star Cody Marshall's tragic fall off a Utah escalator reverberated through Killington-area communities Friday, drawing prayers and hope from those close to the family of competitors. ... - By CRISTINA KUMKA Rutland Herald Staff

HUNTINGTON – A 14-year-old male hiker who injured his ankle on the rugged Bamforth Ridge trail on Camel's Hump was brought off the mountain by several area rescue teams Thursday night. ... - Times Argus Staff

In a July 16 story about the Natural Resources Agency, The Associated Press reported erroneously that former Agency Commissioner John Sayles and former Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Laura Pelosi resigned to take other jobs with the state. Sayles was the agency's deputy secretary and is now chief executive officer of the Vermont Foodbank; Pelosi is executive director of ...

KILLINGTON – A 65-year-old hiker from Ludlow suffered a heart attack near the top of Killington Peak and died there Friday afternoon, according to first responders and Vermont State Police. ... - By CRISTINA KUMKA Rutland Herald Staff

BENNINGTON – The lawyer representing a Bennington resident accused of sexually abusing and virtually imprisoning a boy for almost six years said Thursday he will be investigating whether his client is competent to stand trial. ... - By PATRICK McARDLE Rutland Herald Staff

Plattsburgh City police say they are investigating a high number of burglaries.

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The former head of Green Mountain Power Corp. has been appointed to head up the Vermont Telecommunications Authority.

The National Weather Service confirms an EF0 tornado touched down in Orange County, blowing down more than 100 trees and seriously damaging a barn.

Vermont economists held an emergency meeting to discuss the current economic crisis.

Associated Press - July 18, 2009 6:13 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says Congress can seize the opportunity to fix health care now, or risk not having another chance for a long...

Associated Press - July 18, 2009 6:13 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl of Arizona says Republican ideas for allowing Americans access to health care don't require massive...

Associated Press - July 18, 2009 5:03 AM ET NEW YORK (AP) - The last time Paul McCartney played at the New York Mets ballpark, he was still playing with his old band, the Beatles.

Associated Press - July 18, 2009 4:15 AM ET SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - The 54th Massachusetts regiment is being remembered on the anniversary of their famed Civil War attack on Battery...

Associated Press - July 18, 2009 4:13 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats are moving major health care legislation forward. It's two committees down and one to go for House...

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Agri-Mark/Cabot officials told Middlebury selectmen on Tuesday they will consider installing additional water recycling equipment at their Exchange Street cheese plant if the town increases its current water rate of $2.85 per 1,000 gallons used.

VERGENNES — Struggling to find a name for their newly formed band, Doug Hawley, Billy Yantz and Pat O’Brien stood on O’Brien’s driveway in Vergennes one night in 1964. They were teenagers — Yantz, the oldest of the three, was only 15.

BURLINGTON — Doug Tucker, 63, died Thursday, June 4, 2009, surrounded by his family at the Vermont Respite House in Burlington following a courageous battle with cancer.

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MIDDLEBURY — Margaret M. Sanchez, 40, of Middlebury died at Porter Hospital unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 15, 2008. She was born Oct. 6, 1967, in Daly City, Calif., the daughter of Jose Sanchez of Redwood City, Calif, and the late Elinor Sanchez of Middlebury.

The Valley Reporter , Waitsfield, received four awards in the National Newspaper Association's 2009 Better Newspaper Contest. There were 1,713 entries in the Better Newspaper Contest and 356 entries in the Better Newspaper Advertising Contest for a total of 2,069 entries.

Informal and formal hearings on the project were held since last fall. At issue for town planners during the public hearings were how and whether the project connects to existing and planned roads in the town and in the shopping center particularly.

For the second time this week at Thunder Road International Speedbowl a late model competitor has scored his first career victory.

The Vermont Festival of the Arts program guide is now on the stands. While some of the events are free, open every day or casual stop-in events, others require forethought and advance reservations.

Members of the Moretown Capital Budget Committee are seeking feedback from select board members following their presentation of a capital budget and capital improvement plan for the town. The board met to discuss the project on July 13.

Woodstock -- Will Gardner climbed up a stepladder and onto a counter as afternoon sunshine poked through a dusty window on the southwest side of his shop.

The stocky 58-year-old balanced himself as he finished measuring the distance from the glass to the corner of a 5-square-foot sign, hung from the ceiling, advertising his print store as a certified FedEx shipping center.

Newport -- Aaron Aldridge had fled to Florida with his teenage daughter, and his finances were in tatters. But he left behind evidence of a much bigger problem.

As pick-up lines go, it could be worse. Actually, Taylor Dewey's first invitation of a date to Hanover's Suzie Parker probably never had any plan similar to what the two are attempting this month.

White River Junction -- Not long ago, the VA Medical Center here provided a room where veterans and employees could go to smoke. But ashtrays have since been replaced by high-tech fitness equipment, and smoking has been relegated to an outdoor shelter by the parking lot.

Brian Martin remembers everything about the day he found his calling. He was 13, there was a hilly section of California roadway just off Highway 280, someone put him on a luge sled for the first time and the wheels immediately went into motion.

TUPPER LAKE - The developers who own the former Big Tupper Ski area and corresponding land owe three years of property taxes, but they have started a payment plan to pay them off.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced Thursday that he is co-sponsoring a bill to reduce tariffs on outerwear used for outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, hunting, fishing, skiing and snowboarding.

The state Senate voted Thursday to pass a law banning text messaging and use of other portable electronic devices while driving, and also placing additional restrictions on teenage drivers, including the number of passengers they can have.

TUPPER LAKE - This time, defense was the name of the game.

Newly released records related to the investigation of Burlington’s former waterfront manager reveal that the ousted Boathouse employee was accused of viewing sexually explicit material on a city-owned laptop. Last Friday, Chittenden Superior Court Judge Dennis Pearson, who is also presiding over cases involving allegations of pedophile priests, released hundreds of pages of interviews, legal ...

John McClaughry had been a state senator and a Harvard fellow, run for governor and worked as a senior policy analyst for President Reagan before he founded the state’s sole, free-market think tank 16 years ago. Since then, his name has become synonymous with the Ethan Allen Institute . In fact, most people assume it’s a one-man operation, rather than an active organization with hundreds of ...

BELLMONT — A former cemetery caretaker has been arrested for allegedly desecrating several graves. Malone-based State Police believe Richard Legacy was recently working at the Bellmont Cemetery on Route 22, where he allegedly removed several pieces of fallen gravestones.

KEESEVILLE — Neighbors say no one was home when flames erupted inside Roger Moore's home Thursday afternoon. "It was definitely a bad fire," Brian Blackey said as he watched firefighters try to douse the flames around 3:15 p.m.

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TICONDEROGA — Kirk Carlson has replaced Chris Mallon as the manager of International Paper's Ticonderoga mill. Carlson comes to Ticonderoga from the Georgetown, S.C., mill, where he has served as manager of operational services since 2006.