105-year-old 1918 flu survivor gets vaccine - AP
A survivor of the Great Influenza of 1918 received a Covid-19 vaccination Wednesday. 105-year-old Sophie Connors of Colchester was among the 160 people vaccinated at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex as part of the next phase of vaccinations, the University of Vermont Medical Center said.
Read moreVaccination sites will be open despite blizzard - AP
Whether Vermont gets two inches of snow or two feet of the fluffy stuff, the state’s new vaccination centers will be open.
Read moreVoters to consider retail pot at Town Meeting - AP
At least five Vermont communities will ask Town Meeting voters if they want retail marijuana stores in their towns.
Read more860 doses okay, Health Dept. says - AP
Those 860 doses of Moderna vaccine kept at a temperature a degree higher than permitted? They’re okay to use, the Vermont Dept. of Health said.
Read moreMan who threatened Trump, Burlington airport sentenced - AP
A Connecticut man was sentenced for making threats in 2018 against then-President Donald Trump.
Read morePat Leahy returns home from hospital - AP
It’s been a busy month for 80-year-old Sen. Pat Leahy - chosen as President of the Senate, named to lead a powerful committee, and appointed to oversee the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Yesterday he went to the hospital, but now he’s home.
Read moreDanville debates fate of old railroad station - AP
It used to be a train station. Now it’s the town recycling center. Now Danville town leaders are coming up with other options, using Rail Trail $$ from the State of Vermont.
Read moreState House police presence not needed - AP
All quiet on the State House front as semi-auto toting state police guarded the Capitol. At least no-one asked for (unlike Nancy Pelosi) crew-manned machine guns.
Read moreWomen who OD’d in Corrections transition home had same source - AP
Two women overdosed Tuesday while staying at a transition home run by the Vermont Department of Corrections. Now police say they acquired their drugs from the same source.
Read moreMan convicted of killing stepmother wants to be own lawyer - AP
A man who, as a 17-year-old killed his West Burke step-mother in 2020, now wants to represent himself on charges of violation of probation in connection with a jewelry store robbery. He was released in 2019.
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