Latest Vermont Headlines
All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Vermont Insurance Agents Association Elects Plunkett as President
Sep 14 2018 // The Vermont Insurance Agents Association (VIAA) has elected Paul E. Plunkett, senior vice president and principal of Hickok & Boardman Insurance Group in Burlington, Vt., as its president. Plunkett’s involvement...
No Problems Cited in Preliminary NTSB Report for Vermont Plane Crash
Sep 12 2018 // A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board finds no apparent reason for a fatal plane crash last month in Brighton, Vermont. The Caledonian Record reports that it’ll likely be months before a...
Vermont Sues Opioid Drugmaker Over Marketing Practices
Sep 7 2018 // Vermont on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against drugmaker Purdue over what it called deceptive marketing of OxyContin and other prescription opioid painkillers that the attorney general says helped lead to the drug crisis in...
Vermont Electric Co-Op Gets $1.7M for Storm Damage Repair
Sep 4 2018 // The Vermont Electric Co-Operative is getting a federal grant to help repair 54 transformers and nearly 2,900 miles of transmission and line poles damaged by a severe storm and flooding last October. The $1.7 million grant...
Vermont Residents Learn More About River Regulations for Flooding
Aug 28 2018 // The Norwich Planning Commission in Vermont says it is gathering information on implementing proposed river corridor regulations. The commission and municipal Planning Director Rod Francis met last Thursday with about 15...
State Police Investigating Plane Crash in Vermont
Aug 28 2018 // A plane has crashed in northern Vermont, killing its sole occupant. WCAX-TV reports the Vermont State Police are investigating the crash in Island Pond. The crash happened Saturday afternoon, near the John H. Boylan...
Vermont to Hold Briefings for Those Interested in Storm Help
Aug 8 2018 // The Vermont Department of Public Safety is going to be holding briefings for municipalities and others interested in applying for federal disaster assistance to help pay for repairs made following storms May...
Five Vermont Counties Get Disaster Declarations for May Storms
Aug 1 2018 // President Donald Trump has approved a disaster declaration for five Vermont counties that were damaged during severe storms in early May. Republican Gov. Phil Scott says that a preliminary damage assessment by the Federal...
Ben & Jerry’s Hasn’t Cleaned Up Its Act, Consumer Group Claims
Jul 13 2018 // It’s summer in America, and that means action-packed movies, piles of hot dogs and plenty of ice cream. But according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by a consumer food-advocacy group, if your choice of ice cream is Ben...
Vermont School District Says $50K Stolen Electronically
Jun 26 2018 // A Vermont school district says $50,000 was stolen electronically from one of its bank accounts. Cindy Brownell, the board chair of the Pownal Elementary School District, says officials believe the theft occurred from...
Vermont to Require That All Have Health Insurance
Jun 18 2018 // Vermont is moving forward with its quest to ensure that as many residents as possible have health insurance by enacting a law that will require all to be covered or be penalized. The law, signed with no fanfare by...
Vermont Adopts Credit-Based Insurance Scoring Model Law
Jun 6 2018 // A bill outlining various consumer protections regarding the use of credit-based insurance scores has passed the Vermont House and Senate and has been allowed to become law without the governor’s signature, effective...
Sewage Spill Forces Closure of Two Beaches in Vermont
May 24 2018 // Officials have closed two Burlington, Vt., beaches amid concerns about a sewage spill in the neighboring wetlands of Lake Champlain. Local 22 News reports concerns of a water main break in Burlington on Monday night led to...
More Than $560K in Storm Damage to Vermont Railroad Causeway
May 23 2018 // A Vermont town says preliminary repair estimates for an old railroad causeway and bridge across a section of Lake Champlain are $563,000 after it was heavily damaged by a storm earlier this month. The May 4 storm caused...
Vermont’s USA Risk Group Promotes Lyford to Senior Vice President
May 2 2018 // USA Risk Group (USARG), a Barre, Vt.-based independent captive management firm, has promoted Cindy Lyford to senior vice president. Lyford currently serves as office head for the Vermont and Western domiciled captive...
Vermont’s USA Risk Group Named Rasmussen VP of Business Development
Apr 25 2018 // USA Risk Group, a Barre, Vt.-headquartered independent captive management firm, has named Peter Rasmussen vice president of business development. Rasmussen will be responsible for driving all sales activity, and in this...
Vermont to Freeze Remaining Assets in Ski Resort Fraud Case
Apr 13 2018 // A judge has approved freezing the remaining assets of a former Vermont ski resort owner who is being investigated on suspicion of investment fraud. Michael Pieciak, commissioner of the state Division of Financial...
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies Promotes Three
Mar 27 2018 // Union Mutual of Vermont Companies, a property and casualty insurance group, has promoted John W. Amick, Anna G. Coon and Emile F. Willett Jr. Amick was promoted to vice president of claims, and Coon was named executive...
Vermont Agency Is Newest Addition to Satellite Agency Network Group
Feb 27 2018 // Neshobe Falls Insurance Agency recently joined Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast. Neshobe Falls Insurance is a full-service insurance agency founded...
Vermont Legalizes Marijuana, but Lake Champlain is Considered Federal
Feb 12 2018 // While possessing small amounts of marijuana will be legal in Vermont later this year, it will remain off-limits on the waters of Lake Champlain. The lake is considered federal water because it borders Canada. The...
