Vermont

Rutland leaders hope the move sends a message that it is a welcoming community: “We value everyone, no matter their race, color, creed, background — no matter what”

Numerous Vermont communities are adopting the “Declaration of Inclusion” to fight against racism.

The owner of a Massachusetts pizza parlor lied about the number of employees he had to fraudulently obtain more than $660,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds, then used some of the money to buy and stock an alpaca farm in Vermont, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

The owner of a Massachusetts pizza parlor lied about the number of employees he had to fraudulently obtain more than $660,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds, then used some of the money to buy and stock an alpaca farm in Vermont, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Dana McIntyre, 57, of Grafton, Vermont, was arrested Tuesday and charged with wire fraud and…

Dana McIntyre, 57, of Grafton, Vermont, was arrested Tuesday and charged with wire fraud and money laundering, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston.

A Vermont landmark that gives visitors an opportunity to connect outdoors with the work of an iconic poet is now able to welcome more visitors than ever before. The Robert Frost Interpretive Trail in Ripton, the small Addison County town where the famous poet spent many summers teaching and writing, has seen dramatic upgrades to improve accessibility. It now boasts…

A Vermont landmark honoring the iconic poet has gotten upgrades to improve accesibility.

More COVID-19 vaccination clinics have started taking walk-ins to get a shot without an appointment, according to the Vermont Health Department said. Information about the clinics can be found on the Health Department’s website or by watching its social media feeds at www.healthvermont.gov/media/social. All Vermonters age 16 and older are eligible for vaccines and can make appointments on the...

A Vermont artist is volunteering his talents to spread smiles with a project that puts creativity on view in a public place.

In Woodstock, Vermont, a fine artist transformed a message board into the “Town Smiler,” with chalk pastel drawings.

Community members in Vermont’s capital city extended a special honor to a young man who made a big impact on Montpelier High School athletics — one the school is promising will not be forgotten. “He just wanted to live a happy life, like all the rest of us,” Keegan Smith said of his older brother, Peyton. Peyton Smith died in…

Montpelier High School is honoring baseball Peyton Smith, who died from cancer after graduating

Vermont will relax its guidance on mask-wearing outside on Saturday while also moving to the second phase of reopening, with larger gatherings allowed and most businesses being under universal guidance that includes mask-wearing, physical distancing, and staying home when sick, Gov. Phil Scott said Friday. Starting Saturday, vaccinated and unvaccinated Vermonters will no longer be required to wear masks outdoors…

A plan to create a new destination for scuba divers in Lake Champlain is being met with pushback from a pair of environmental groups. The concept is known as an “artificial reef.” One was created in the Atlantic off the coast of Delaware and New Jersey by sinking an old Coast Guard vessel. Similarly, the Vermont version would see the…

An effort to intentionally sink an old ferry and turn it into a reef is getting some pushback.

Two grandparents who were found dead in a Vermont creek drowned accidentally, according to investigators. Martha Illick, 70, and Terrence Dinnan, 71, both of Charlotte, were found dead last week after the boat they were in with their 3-year-old son capsized in Lewis Creek. The boy survived. State police said Wednesday that Illick and Dinnan died accidentally from cold water…

Vermont’s attorney general is pointing to a landmark settlement which he says could provide a pathway to future enforcement actions against robocall scammers. T.J. Donovan, a Democrat, said Vermonters received roughly 5 million robocalls in March 2021 alone. Many calls impersonate real government agencies and make threats trying to get victims to cough up cash. “Through this settlement, I believe…

Last month alone, Vermont residents received about 5 million unwanted robocalls.

Koffee Kup Bakery, an-80-year-old Vermont company that sold products in New England, around New York City, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania and Maryland, closed Monday and laid off hundreds of workers in Burlington and Brattleboro. The Vermont Department of Labor confirmed 156 workers at the Burlington Koffee Kup site and 91 workers at the Brattleboro Vermont Bread Company location lost their jobs,…

A church in Vermont’s Orange County spent Tuesday working to salvage what it could following a massive overnight fire. One of the artifacts pulled from the rubble of the Williamstown Federated Church is linked to a famous name in American history. “That’s an incredible historic artifact,” Stephen Morse, a church organist and historian, said of the bell that was...