Half of Vermont towns will pay higher property tax rate than last year. This chart shows towns with the highest rate in 2019 at the top. Pomfret has the largest increase (shown right); Middletown Springs the largest decrease. By Xander […]
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News Briefs
Lawsuit: Attorneys for EB-5 investors took $5M in kickbacks from Jay Peak
By Anne Galloway/ VTDigger The former developers of Jay Peak Resort gave $5 million in kickbacks to more than 100 immigration attorneys, according to a lawsuit pending in federal court. Bill Stenger, the former CEO of Jay Peak, gave immigration lawyers […]
News Briefs
State employee killed in domestic violence incident
By Alan J. Keays/VTDigger BARRE—The killing of 29-year-old Courtney Gaboriault in Barre earlier this week was the fifth domestic violence related homicide in Vermont this year, the state attorney general’s office said on Friday. “Right now,” said Auburn Watersong, policy […]
State News
Four deaths associated with recent hot spell
By John Young, VTDigger As temperatures climbed into the 90s again Monday, the Vermont Department of Health is again warning Vermonters to take precautions to fight the effects of record-high heat. Spokesman Ben Truman said that residents should pay special attention […]
Local News
Ludlow infant strangled; mother, boyfriend statements differ
By Alan J. Keays / VTDigger WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Vermont State Police say the death earlier this year of an 11-month-old boy from Ludlow has been ruled a homicide, with the cause of death determined to be asphyxiation from strangulation […]
Local News
Vermont officials fret as Trump feuds with Trudeau
By Colin Meyn, VTDigger WASHINGTON — Tensions between the United States and key allies reached new heights over the weekend as President Donald Trump attacked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for retaliating against a new set of tariffs. After leaving the G-7 conference […]
Local News
Vail to buy Okemo, Sunapee, Crested Butte
Mueller family will enter purchase agreement after 36 years at the helm By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger LUDLOW — Triple Peaks, LLC, owned by Tim and Diane Mueller and their children Ethan and Erica Mueller, announced Monday, June 4, they have entered […]
Local News
Act 46 plan recommends 18 school district mergers
By Stacey Peters and Colin Meyn, VTDigger The education secretary released a long-awaited — and for many anxiety-inducing — report Friday, June 1, recommending which school districts should merge. Acting Education Secretary Heather Bouchey recommended 18 consolidations, under a mandate written into the […]
Local News
Sports betting case cited in effort to void death penalty
By Alan J. Keays, VTDigger Attorneys for accused killer Donald Fell are again asking a judge to declare the death penalty unconstitutional, this time citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding sports gambling. Fell’s lawyers, in their filing seeking […]
State News
Threat of government shutdown looms over budget impasse
By Xander Landen, VTDigger As a budget impasse in Montpelier drags on into another week of negotiations, an uncommon threat looms over the Statehouse: the possibility of a government shutdown. Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Phil Scott, who fundamentally disagree over the […]