
Sen Bernie Sanders Proposes Medicare Expansion Act for Seniors
3/14/2025
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is trying to expand health care coverage for seniors. In a speech on the Senate floor, Sanders touted his Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Expansion Act. Sanders says the bill requires Medicare to pay the same amount or less for prescription drugs than the VA. He says that change would cut the cost of prescription drugs for seniors by half and save more than $800 billion over the next 10 years.
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Sen Bernie Sanders Proposes Medicare Expansion Act for Seniors
3/14/2025
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is trying to expand health care coverage for seniors. In a speech on the Senate floor, Sanders touted his Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Expansion Act. Sanders says the bill requires Medicare to pay the same amount or less for prescription drugs than the VA. He says that change would cut the […]

Kate Segal Resigns Early from SAU 35; Replacement Tentatively Selected
3/13/2025
Kate Segal, superintendent of SAU 35, will resign before the end of her contract. The Executive Board approved Segal’s request to terminate her contract with pay, effective Friday, March 28. Segal’s departure comes earlier than her previously announced retirement date of June 30. The board’s approval is contingent upon her signing a satisfactory separation agreement and non-disclosure […]

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 […]

More than two dozen Canadian nationals have been indicted in a scam
3/8/2025
More than two dozen Canadian nationals have been indicted in a scam that aimed to defraud seniors in Vermont and other states. Federal authorities say between the summer of 2021 and last summer, the Canadian residents — all but one from Quebec — made calls from centers in and around Montreal claiming to be an […]

Irasburg Road Blocked by Overturned Tractor Trailer
3/8/2025
Traffic was snarled in Irasburg Wednesday after an overturned tractor-trailer blocked part of the road. A witness says it happened at the intersection of Guyette Road and Lake Region Road. There was no immediate word from police on what caused the crash or if anyone was injured.

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 […]