
Brookfield Crash – Flatbed Wrecker Hits Albany Driver
3/7/2025
A two-vehicle crash on February 28 on I-89 South in Brookfield totaled a car driven by an Albany man. The 9:38 a.m. accident occurred as State Police troopers from the Berlin barracks and members of the Brookfield Fire Department were at the scene of an unrelated motor vehicle crash at the location. According to State Police, a flatbed wrecker operated by Tyson Wescot, 21, of Wilder, entered the area at reported highway speeds and failed to follow the direction of emergency personnel, who had their emergency lights activated in the right lane of I-89 South. The flatbed wrecker rear-ended a vehicle operated by Gerald Peters, 75, of Albany. Peters’ Subaru Outback then struck a parked Brookfield fire engine before resting in the median.
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St Johnsbury Town Meeting Approves Spending Requests and School Board Election Results
3/8/2025
St. Johnsbury voters gave a thumbs up to all spending requests during Town Meeting voting Tuesday and elected Brittany Benoit Petty to the school board in the only contested race on the ballot. In results provided by Town Clerk Stacy Jewell shortly after polls closed, the school budget passed by a vote of 663 to […]

Police say a wrong-way driver on Interstate 89 had to be stopped with spike strips early Tuesday morning
3/8/2025
Police say a wrong-way driver on Interstate 89 had to be stopped with spike strips early Tuesday morning. Vermont troopers say they got multiple reports of a driver going south in the northbound lane on I-89 in Montpelier just after 1 a.m. Tuesday. They say the car passed multiple cruisers with their lights on and […]

Investors interested in buying the Burke Mountain Resort pitched their plan to members of the public on Friday evening
3/10/2025
Investors interested in buying the Burke Mountain Resort pitched their plan to members of the public on Friday evening, hoping to build local excitement for their vision and exert pressure on the sales process. Todd Firestone and Mark Greenberg, part of Green Mountain Ski Partners, LLC, met with a large gathering of community members in […]

A woman was sent to the hospital after she was run over at a car wash by her husband
3/8/2025
A woman was sent to the hospital after she was run over at a car wash by her husband at a Plattsburgh car wash on Wednesday. Plattsburgh police say the older couple arrived at the gate of the Splash Car Wash. The woman got out near the kiosk and her husband accidentally hit the gas, […]

Vermont maple industry warns of impact from Canada tariffs
3/8/2025
Those in Vermont’s maple sugaring industry say they could be seriously impacted by new tariffs on Canada. While Vermont supplies a lot of the country with maple syrup, the U.S. also imports a lot from Canada. Tariffs could drive up that price and the price of materials for maple sugar producers who want to expand. […]

Newport Center Woman Pleads Guilty to DUI and False Information Charges
3/7/2025
A Newport Center woman pled guilty to a charge of DUI and providing false information to officers. Taylor Bernier, 32, appeared in Court and pled guilty to the charges from a traffic violation stop in Lyndon. On February 14, State Trooper Riley Fenoff stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation while traveling North on US […]