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Green Mountain Lawmakers Pass Plate Reader Restrictions

Friday, May 17, 2013

Montpelier — Vermont lawmakers this week approved a bill to regulate for the first time police use of automatic license plate readers and require law enforcement to dispose of the potentially sensitive information after 18 months. The measure, which Gov. Peter Shumlin told the Valley News he is likely to sign, represented a compromise measure between civil liberties advocates, who worry that plate readers could give police information about innocent …

Family members talk with a Cabot Funeral Home employee at the scene of an accident that killed Norma Sawyer, of Bridgewater, in Woodstock yesterday. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Another Route 4 Tragedy: Bridgewater Woman, 84, Is Fourth to Die on Road Since March

Friday, May 17, 2013

Woodstock — A Bridgewater woman died yesterday morning after the sedan she was driving collided with a box truck on Route 4. It was the third fatal accident on that road in Woodstock and Hartford this year. Norma Sawyer, 84, was pronounced dead at the scene . Her death came one day after …

Police: Other Route 4 Wreck Thursday Due to Texting

Friday, May 17, 2013

Quechee — A 22-year-old South Royalton woman faces two driving citations after crossing the center line and crashing into the guardrails along Route 4 yesterday morning while texting and driving, police said. Authorities said her 9-month-old son was also in the vehicle, a Toyota RAV4, but neither he nor his mother were injured in the single-car accident. Cassandra Storms was driving east on …

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Another Route 4 Tragedy: Bridgewater Woman, 84, Is Fourth to Die on Road Since March

Volunteer Wendy WIndsor, of Hartford, talks over dress choices with Hartford High School senior Jordan Schaal, 18, while volunteer Betsy Durkee ,of Lebanon, back left, mends a dress and Hartford senior Rhyan Mavilla, back right, searches the racks at the Cinderella Project shop in the Raq-On Dance Studio on the Lebanon Mall Wednesday. The Upper Valley Cinderella Project is an all-volunteer effort providing a choice of about 250 donated prom dresses to girls attending the spring dances throughout the Upper Valley. The shop is open Wednesdays from 5 - 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 - 2 p.m. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

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Oxbow Union High girls lacrosse captain Dilan Clements leads her team in a cheer at the close of practice in Bradford, Vt., yesterday. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

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Rumble Strips Urged on Route 4

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 …

Vt. Lawmakers Pass Police Records Bill

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 …

Volunteer firefighters from Ascutney and Weathersfield rip off siding during a house fire in Perkinsville yesterday afternoon. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

‘Going to Lose Everything’

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 …

Officials Investigate Small Fire at Claremont School

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, …

Dartmouth Freshman Charged With Rape

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 …

Anthony Jarvis takes a moment to say goodbye to his wife, Angel Jarvis, after being sentenced in Sullivan County Superior Court in Newport yesterday. Jarvis pleaded guilty to drug charges including destroying evidence stemming from a February incident when a probation officer and Claremont police came to his home to execute a search based on an anonymous tip. Jarvis’ attorney, Bob Morgan, is at right. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

‘It’s Nobody’s Fault But Mine’; Claremont Man Pleads Guilty to Charges From February Standoff

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 …

Man Receives Prison Time For Stabbing

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Newport — A Claremont man was sentenced to 3 1/2 years to seven years in New Hampshire State Prison yesterday after pleading guilty in Sullivan County Superior Court to stabbing a man with a box cutter in the Walmart parking lot in January. Eric Sanborn, 25, who was …

Police: Woman Charged With Leaving Infant in Car Pleads Not Guilty

Friday, May 17, 2013

Lebanon — A Barnard grandmother pleaded not guilty yesterday to a charge of endangering her 3-month-old grandson for allegedly leaving him in a car in a West Lebanon parking lot in April. Patricia Dice, 63, is scheduled for an August trial on the misdemeanor charge, which carries a …

Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team member Eric Bivona, of Plainfield, walks the shore of the Boston Lot Lake conducting a training search. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Training for ‘Search Season’

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Hanover — Every year, as the busy season approaches, the Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team takes to the classroom and the woods to teach search-and-rescue techniques to new members. “The ‘search season’ is the warmer months, when more …

Police Fault Other Driver; Hartford Victim Now Blamed in March 7 Crash That Killed 2

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Hartford — Police have now identified a different driver at fault in a Route 4 crash in March that killed two people. In a news release yesterday, police said “extensive examination of the physical evidence by the crash reconstruction team and additional interviews,” led them to conclude that …

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