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FBI, Vermont State Police to make announcement about 20-year-old missing persons case
The FBI and Vermont State Police say they will make an announcement this week about the 20-year-old missing persons case of teenager Brianna Maitland. They have called a 1 p.m. press conference on Tuesday, 20 years to the day that Brianna went missing. The 17-year-old was last seen during the late evening hours of March 19, 2004 as she was…
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Man charged with murder in 2 Vermont deaths
A Vermont man has been charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of a man and a woman in Orleans Tuesday. Vermont State Police said 23-year-old Cirell Brown of Orleans was arrested at the scene after the bodies of 61-year-old Paula Broe and 65-year-old Steven Luisi were found in a Water Street apartment. Brown was held without bail pending his…
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Vermont day care provider convicted of causing infant's death with antihistamine sentenced
A Vermont day care provider convicted of manslaughter in the death of an infant she was caring for in her home was sentenced on Tuesday to three to 10 years in prison. Stacey Vaillancourt was accused of sedating Harper Rose Briar with an antihistamine in 2019. The 6-month-old was found unresponsive while in Vaillancourt’s care, and an autopsy determined she…
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Six injured in Vermont bus crash
Several people were injured after a Green Mountain Transit bus skidded off an icy road in Berlin, Vermont, on Monday afternoon, NBC affiliate WPTZ reported. The crash, which happened around 1:15 p.m. on Airport Road, is believed to be weather-related, Berlin police said. Strong wind gusts blew snow and ice onto the roadway, creating whiteout conditions and causing the bus…
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Skier who died on Mount Washington was Vt. college student in ROTC
The backcountry skier who died on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington this weekend was a University of Vermont student, the school said Monday. The skier was identified Sunday as Madison Saltsburg, 20, and a representative for the University of Vermont confirmed she was a junior from Pennsylvania, noting the community was “deeply saddened to learn” she had died. Saltsburg was described…
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Car slams into tree on I-91 in Vermont, killing two and injuring two others
Two people are dead and two others are hurt after a car struck a tree and overturned Saturday afternoon in Barnet, Vermont. State police say they responded to the single motor vehicle crash on Interstate 91 south near mile marker 118 around 1:04 p.m. and found a totaled Nissan Versa. A preliminary investigation shows there were four people inside the…
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Driver pleads guilty to reduced charge in Vermont crash that killed actor Treat Williams
A Vermont man on Friday pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of negligent driving with death resulting in the June crash that killed actor Treat Williams.
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Vermont State Police trooper airlifted to hospital following crash on I-89
A Vermont State Police trooper was taken to the hospital by medical helicopter after his cruiser crashed into a fire truck on Interstate 89 in Bethel on Friday morning. The crash occurred around 8:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes just north of the Bethel exit, state police said. A marked state police cruiser struck a fire truck that was stopped…
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Vermont's largest city elects first female and openly gay mayor
Vermont’s largest city made history on Tuesday night, electing Emma Mulvaney-Stanak as its first female mayor. She also becomes Burlington’s first openly gay mayor. The Vermont state representative defeated Democrat Joan Shannon by a 50%-45% margin, and also beating out independent candidates Will Emmons and Chris Haessly, according to WPTZ. She will be the first Progressive to lead Burlington...
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Vermont father pleads guilty in drowning death of 2-year-old son
A Vermont man pleaded guilty Monday to three charges including manslaughter in the death of his 2-year-old son, who police say fell into a fast-moving stream as his father fled the scene of a car crash in Massachusetts last April. Darel Galorenzo, of Readsboro, Vermont, was sentenced to nine to 15 years in prison on the manslaughter charge, far exceeding…
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Missing Vermont teen found safe in New York
A 14-year-old Vermont girl who was reported missing early Monday morning, along with the family car, has been found safe in New York, Vermont State Police said Monday. State police said they received a call around 5 a.m. Monday reporting a missing or stolen vehicle from a residence in Walden, located in the northern part of the state. A short…
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Cyclist killed in hit-and-run-crash in South Burlington, Vt.
A cyclist has died after a hit-and-run crash in South Burlington, Vermont, late Saturday night, according to police. Witnesses told police the cyclist, who has not been publicly identified, was hit by a yellow Mini Cooper on Shelburne Road around 11:15 p.m. The driver never stopped, according to police. The cyclist was declared dead on scene. Investigators found the suspected…
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Major highway closed in Vermont due to falling rocks, structural damage
There will be rolling closures on parts of I-91 in Vermont to repair damage done by falling rocks earlier this week. WPTZ reports that part of the highway between Bradford and Fairlee – exits 15 and 16 – was damaged when a boulder fell around 100 feet down. The southbound side of the highway has been closed while transportation officials…
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16- and 17-year-olds win right to vote in local elections in Vermont town
Sixteen and 17-year-olds in one Vermont town will get to vote in the local elections next week. And those who turn 18 by the November general election will be permitted to vote in the state’s presidential primaries on Super Tuesday. That means some voters in Brattleboro could have a hand in choosing major party nominees who are more than 60…
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15-year-old charged with fatal shooting in St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A 15-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman found dead in a vehicle in a St. Johnsbury, Vermont, parking lot last month. The suspect, who is from Springfield, Massachusetts, will be charged as an adult in Vermont with second-degree murder. He is accused of shooting 38-year-old Christina Chatlos, of Williamstown and Barre, during…
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‘Totally cold' is not too cold for winter swimmers competing in a frozen Vermont lake
Plunging into a frozen lake and swimming laps may not be everyone’s good time but for winter swimmers who return year after year to a northern Vermont lake near the Canadian border, there’s nothing better. The 10th annual Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival kicked off Friday with the 200-meter (218-yard) freestyle race in a narrow pool cut from the ice....
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Death of Vermont woman found in woods ruled a homicide
The death of a woman found in the woods last year in Washington, Vermont, has been ruled a homicide. Vermont State Police said the state medical examiner’s office recently informed them that the cause of death for Tainairy “Tanya” Velazquez Estrada, 23, of Barre, was ashpyxia due to strangling and the manner of death was homicide. She was reported missing…
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Child hospitalized after 4 fall through ice on northern Vermont lake
A 3-year-old fell through ice on Lake Memphremagog in northern Vermont with two adults and another child on a side-by-side recreational vehicle over the weekend and was later hospitalized, Newport Police said Tuesday. By the time police responded Saturday evening, the four were out of the water, and three people ran toward the officers pulling a sled carrying a man…
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Vermont governor seeks disaster declaration for December flooding
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott announced Monday that he has requested a federal major disaster declaration to help communities hit by severe rainfall and flooding in December. Such a declaration would allow municipalities to be reimbursed for 75% of eligible costs, such as debris removal, road and public building repairs, and staff overtime related to cleanup from the storm, Scott said….
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Ukrainian man pleads guilty in cyberattack that temporarily disrupted major Vermont hospital
A Ukrainian man has pleaded guilty to involvement in two separate malware schemes including a cyberattack at the University of Vermont Medical Center in 2020 that temporarily shut down some of its vital services and cost it tens of millions of dollars, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, also known as Vyacheslav Igoravich Andreev, 37, pleaded guilty…