Friday, May 17, 2013
Hanover — A Dartmouth College freshman has been accused of raping a female student inside her dorm room earlier this month, Hanover police said. Parker C. Gilbert, 20, has been charged with four counts of aggravated felony sex …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Perkinsville — A one-story home on Quarry Road was completely destroyed and several pets believed lost yesterday afternoon in a fire that took firefighting crews from 11 towns battling for nearly five hours and into the evening before …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Lebanon — Dartmouth-Hitchcock will no longer be funding a traditional pension after 2017 and instead will shift employees onto a different retirement program, changes that are aimed at saving millions of dollars as the organization adjusts to new realities in health care. Nearly half of the 7,900 people …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Lebanon — The City Council last night gave the green light to a package of traffic calming measures for the busy roads around Colburn Park and cleared the way for the Planning Board to tweak the fees collected on new residential development. Although some city councilors remarked of …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Montpelier — Vermont lawmakers have approved a bill requiring police to release records of their investigations, handing a significant victory to open-government advocates who have long criticized law enforcement for operating with little transparency. The bill, proposed by Gov. Peter Shumlin and backed by the American Civil Liberties …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Woodstock — A pair of fire chiefs have proposed installing centerline rumble strips on sections of Route 4 after three people were killed in head-on collisions on the busy thoroughfare in recent months. Woodstock Fire Chief L.D. Sutherland …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Claremont — Fire officials are labeling a small fire in the boys locker room of the Claremont Middle School yesterday as suspicious. Fire Chief Rick Bergeron said the fire was called in around 11:30. The heat set off the sprinkler system, which put out most of the flames, …
Friday, May 17, 2013
New London — New London residents voted in favor of a proposal last night to “buy time” — $10,000 worth — to keep a vacant middle school building off the market for one year. Town Officials said there’s talk of turning the vacant Cougar Court building into a …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Newport — By the time Anthony Jarvis finished serving his prison sentence last September, he had a drug habit, fueled by the ready availability of opiates behind bars. And once he was free, Jarvis quickly turned to selling …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Lebanon — The City Council tonight will weigh several traffic calming measures recommended by the Pedestrian and Bicyclist Advisory Committee for the Colburn Park area downtown. The package includes reverse-angle parking spaces that have proved controversial in nearby …