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Supporters seek to restart program that matches dogs with inmates
Inside Southern State Correctional Facility, where a pilot program to match support dogs with incarcerated veterans was tested in 2014. File photo by Phoebe Sheehan/VTDigger Efforts are underway to...
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Survivors group demands list of accused Vermont clergy. ‘Children are at risk’
David Clohessy, longtime former leader of the national Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, speaks with reporters outside the office of the statewide Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington....
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Ex-guard heading behind bars for smuggling ‘bupe’ into Newport prison
This photo of Grant Vance was attached to the affidavit that accompanied the prison search warrant. BURLINGTON — A federal judge sentenced a former guard at the Newport prison to three months behind...
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Rutland woman charged with attempted murder of 3-year-old son
Kristie Buzzeo sits next to her lawyer at her arraignment on charges that she attempted to murder her 3-year-old son, in Rutland on Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Ellie French/VTDigger This story has been...
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Man charged in shooting outside Nectar’s pleads guilty to gun charges
Rashad Nashid at his arraignment in October. Pool photo by Elizabeth Murray/Burlington Free Press BURLINGTON – The man who allegedly shot a bystander outside of Nectar’s nightclub last year entered...
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Highway fatalities for the year at historic low
Chart by Peng Chen/VTDigger Thirteen people died in car crashes on state highways in the first seven months of the year, the lowest number in recent years, according to the Vermont Agency of...
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Addiction therapist in Brattleboro faces criminal charges for Medicaid fraud
Donald Skekel, in a staff photo from Southeastern Vermont Community Action, where he remains vice president. A mental health counselor has been charged for committing Medicaid fraud after he was...
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Cabot residence serves as local drug exchange hub, police say
State police say they have been called to this Cabot residence more than 60 times since 2014. Photo by Iris Lewis/VTDigger Vermont State Police Trooper Isaac Merriam knew that something was wrong at...
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Receiver has deal for Quiros’ lot that new owner would turn into dog park
Ariel Quiros is shown arriving at federal court in Burlington May 22 for his arraignment on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Another property that belonged to...
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Tunbridge woman charged in Barre overdose death
A Tunbridge woman is behind bars on a charge that she sold a fatal dose of heroin mixed with fentanyl to a woman in Barre. Shannon Barry, 32, was arraigned Wednesday in Washington County criminal court...
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St. Albans police change policy after officer punches handcuffed woman
Editor’s note: This article contains profane language and video footage of graphic violence. ST. ALBANS – The St. Albans Police Department has changed its internal review policy in wake of an incident...
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State Police: Man, 62, shot and killed by Montpelier police had pellet gun
Police blocked Spring Street in Montpelier as they investigated a fatal officer-involved shooting on Friday morning. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger This article was updated at 7 p.m. Friday. Vermont...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Solar permit remanded on statutory issues
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. In re Petition of New Haven GLC Solar 2017 VT 72 This is a pretty long opinion, because it details a lot of things that...
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Communities wrestle with rise in white supremacist propaganda
A poster from the white supremacist group Patriot Front in Williston. Photo by Alexandre Silbreman/VTDigger On an electric box outside the Shaw’s in Williston, a poster — propaganda for the white...
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NH AG: Evidence didn’t support hate crime charge in Claremont near-hanging
Cassandra Merlin, of Claremont, N.H., comforts her son Quincy Chivers as he speaks about the injuries he suffered in an alleged hanging incident while on the daytime TV show “The Real” broadcast on...
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Friends remember slain man: ‘If he can’t safely walk the streets of...
Montpelier residents placed a bouquet of flowers next to a tree outside the apartment complex where Mark Johnson lived. Photo by Alan Keays/VTDigger John Hyslop described his friend Mark Johnson, who...
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IDs of police involved in fatal Montpelier shooting released
Montpelier Police Cpl. Chad Bean. Department photo Vermont State Police have identified the Montpelier police officer who shot and killed a 62-year-old man on the Spring Street bridge early Friday...
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Judge grants injunction against Woodside, sets deadline for changes
The entrance to the Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center in Colchester. Photo by Sara Priestap/Valley News A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against the state, requiring changes to...
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Montpelier officer in Friday shooting had earlier excessive force case
Police blocked Spring Street in Montpelier as they investigated a fatal officer-involved shooting on Friday morning. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger On Friday morning, Montpelier Police Cpl. Chad Bean...
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Williamstown town manager arrested for DUI
The Williamstown town manager will appear in criminal court for charges of driving under the influence and providing false information to a law enforcement officer, the Vermont State Police reported...
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