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Judge denies change of venue for Fell trial
The U.S. District Court and post office building on West Street in Rutland. Photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDiggerRUTLAND — The upcoming retrial of Donald Fell will be held in U.S. District Court in Rutland...
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UPDATED: High court blocks Shumlin from naming new justice
Sen. Joe Benning, left, and Rep. Don Turner scan the Vermont Supreme Court’s decision Wednesday at the Statehouse. They challenged outgoing Gov. Peter Shumlin’s decision to name a new justice to the...
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EB-5 investors seek class-action certification
Foreign investors powered a significant expansion at Jay Peak resort in northern Vermont. VTDigger file photo A group of investors is asking a federal judge to officially declare the plaintiffs’ fraud...
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Judge OK’s payment option for unpaid EB-5 contractors, subcontractors
The Burke Hotel. VTDigger file photo Many of the contractors and subcontractors owed money for their work on EB-5 funded developments projects in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom will soon have a decision...
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AG’s office says Brattleboro Retreat probe wrapping up
Brattleboro Retreat psychiatric hospital. Creative Commons photoBRATTLEBORO — A long-running state investigation of the Brattleboro Retreat may soon be finished. Sixteen months after the Vermont...
View ArticleWeston doctor pleads guilty to drug charges
(Editor’s note: This article by Chris Mays was published in the Brattleboro Reformer on Jan. 3, 2017.) BRATTLEBORO — A local doctor is looking to put the past behind her. There will be no trial for...
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McAllister to stand trial next week in second sex assault case
Norm McAllister stands outside the courthouse in St. Albans last year. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerST. ALBANS — Former Franklin County Sen. Norm McAllister is scheduled to go before a jury...
View ArticlePolice: Missing 23-year-old found dead in Northeast Kingdom
Police say the body of a 23-year-old man who went missing last weekend has been found. Searchers found Quincy O’Gorman’s remains in a brook about a quarter mile from where he was last seen in Island...
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Feds allege wrongdoing in sale of auto parts company
Tommy Harmon, left, Sonnax Industries president and CEO, talks with U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., during Welch’s September 2013 tour of the Bellows Falls company. Harmon is named as a defendant in a...
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SCOV Law Blog: In the name of the court
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. Turner v. Shumlin, 2017 VT 2 Creative Commons photo by walknboston via Flickr No, you may not appoint a Vermont Supreme Court...
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Arlington woman found dead, homicide suspected
(Editor’s note: This article by Edward Damon was first published in the Bennington Banner on Jan. 6, 2017.) ARLINGTON — State police are investigating after an elderly woman was killed in a suspected...
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Part of former prosecutor’s wage bias lawsuit dismissed
A federal judge is allowing two counts of a wage discrimination lawsuit filed by a former deputy state’s attorney in Rutland County to go forward while dismissing others. Jane C. O’Neill, who worked in...
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Settlements in EB-5 case leave Quiros standing alone
Ariel Quiros at a groundbreaking for AnC Bio Vermont in May 2015. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerJay Peak owner Ariel Quiros is now the only defendant left in a case brought by federal regulators...
View ArticleEssex police trying to find missing teen and her mother
Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing teenager and her mother. The Essex Police Department said it was notified Friday that Trinity Welkar, 15, had left her grandparents’...
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Randolph man charged with kidnapping, assault
(Editor’s note: This article by Jordan Cuddemi was first published by the Valley News on Jan. 6, 2017.) LEBANON, N.H. — A 32-year-old Randolph man is being held on $10,000 cash bail after police say he...
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Scott considers reopening high court nomination process
Gov. Phil Scott on his inauguration day last week. File photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott is considering restarting the nomination process to replace outgoing Supreme Court Justice John...
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Study: Blacks, Hispanics face more enforcement in traffic stops
Professor Stephanie Seguino presents a report Monday at the University of Vermont on a study of racial disparities in traffic stops in Vermont. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — Black and...
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No public crash report in wrong-way I-89 collision
Steven Bourgoin is arraigned in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington in October. Pool photo by Glenn Russell/The Burlington Free PressPolice have not filed a crash report with the Department of Motor...
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McAllister takes plea deal to avoid second sex assault trial
Norm McAllister, left, listens during his sex assault trial last summer in St. Albans. He was to go on trial this week on a second set of charges. File photo by Gregory J. Lamoureux/County CourierST....
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Universal background check debate returns to Statehouse
Ann Braden of Gun Sense Vermont speaks Tuesday at the Statehouse. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerDozens of supporters of legislation that would require background checks on sales of all firearms in...
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