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A former high-ranking employee at Norwich University has filed a lawsuit against the school alleging age and sex discrimination when she sought to work again at the Northfield military institution.June Heston brought the lawsuit earlier this month in...

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Vermont’s top federal prosecutor announced Monday he will step down from his post later this month.U.S. Attorney for Vermont Nikolas Kerest said in a press release that his resignation would be effective Jan. 20, the day Republican Donald Trump is...

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Antino Pepper, who authorities said provided key information leading to capture of the suspect in the shooting and wounding of a St. Johnsbury, Vt., police captain earlier this month, has picked up the $25,000 reward the town had offered in the...

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A New York woman who served as the president of the union representing U.S. Department of Homeland Security workers in Vermont and New York is facing a criminal charge for allegedly embezzling from that union, resulting in a $36,000 “out-of-pocket”...

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The state will pay almost $200,000 to the parents of a 6-month-old baby who died at a Rutland child care facility to settle a suit the family brought alleging that the Vermont Department for Children and Families failed to properly investigate...

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Vermont State Police have closed an investigation into an incident that prompted the suspension of Woodstock Police Chief Joseph Swanson, with no criminal charges being brought.Adam Silverman, a state police spokesperson, stated in an email Tuesday to...

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A Massachusetts teen is facing a felony charge for his alleged role in a fatal shooting more than a week ago in Waterbury, vt.Samuel Niyonsenga, 18, of Springfield, Mass., through his attorney, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the felony charge of...

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John Campbell has announced he plans to retire from his position as head of the state department that supports state’s attorneys and sheriffs in Vermont, a post he has held for the past eight years. Campbell, 70, of Quechee, has served as the...

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In the year since Vermont recorded eight homicides in one month — a number termed “unprecedented” in the state for that time frame — half of those cases have resulted in criminal charges, while three others remain unsolved as investigators still look...

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A former state Department for Children and Families employee has been charged with sexually assaulting a youth she was working with when she was employed by the department several years ago.Sonja Herman, 31, of Swanton, pleaded not guilty Thursday in...

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Burlington police are calling attention to a rash of reported violent crimes in recent weeks involving large groups of people, including some juveniles.Police initially put out a press release late on the afternoon of Aug. 23 reporting multiple...

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The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled against a Rutland man seeking unemployment benefits after he was fired from his transit job for testing positive for cannabis, despite having a legal prescription for its use.Ivo Skoric worked for the Marble Valley...

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An Iowa woman has been sentenced to a year in prison for illegally cashing more than $300,000 in Social Security checks intended for her mother, a Brattleboro, Vt., resident who died in 1994. Ella Mae Woods, 76, had pleaded guilty in May to a single...

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The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that a Salisbury man charged with aggravated murder for his alleged role in a crash that killed 19-year-old Rutland City Police officer Jessica Ebbighausen last summer will remain behind bars while the case against...

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The Vermont Supreme Court has doubled the penalty for a Woodstock lawyer — suspending his law license for two years — ruling that his lack of remorse and failure to cooperate with an investigation into his misconduct had warranted the tougher...

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The court-appointed receiver overseeing Burke Mountain ski resort for the past eight years reports once again that he has at least one potential buyer lined up for the ski area, and that others may soon be submitting bids.Michael Goldberg included the...

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BURLINGTON — A Northfield, Vt., man will serve a little more than two years in prison for embezzling $558,000 over nearly a decade from a nonprofit organization working to extend broadband to the Upper Valley. Judge Christina Reiss handed down a...

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BURLINGTON — A judge has sentenced a former St. Johnsbury, Vt., man to 25 years in prison for kidnapping a woman and her son in New Hampshire in 2019 after he had fled from a court-ordered substance use disorder treatment program in Vermont. “It’s...

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Vermont State Police say they are investigating the death of a man shot and killed Wednesday afternoon by a state trooper in Orange. Few details related to the shooting were immediately available late Wednesday afternoon, including the identity of the...

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The Vermont Supreme Court has thrown out a $605,000 jury award to the former head of the Springfield prison, who was fired in 2017.The high court ruled that the state’s whistleblower protection law didn’t apply to Mark Potanas because the concerns he...

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A Vermont State Police trooper seriously injured in March when his cruiser slammed into a fire truck that had stopped at a crash scene is undergoing treatment for a “severe traumatic brain injury.”Mike O’Neil, executive director of the Vermont...