Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Montpelier — After years of debate, Vermont became the fourth state in the country yesterday to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medicine to terminally ill patients seeking to end their lives. Gov. Peter Shumlin signed the …
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Concord — Nashua firefighters union chief Jimmy Kirk led peers across the state urging the House of Representatives to “look, listen and feel” by passing the hotly debated casino bill tomorrow. Kirk refuted claims that a single high-end casino would bring increased crime, poverty and other social impacts. …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Manchester — After being exiled from his native Bhutan at age 4, Chuda Niroula spent the next two decades in a Nepali refugee camp with no running water, no electricity and never enough food. Almost two years ago …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Bethel — Jon Gover spots his mentor, Danny Dover, and breaks into a run. “Danny!” he shouts, running across his backyard. “My dog had puppies!” Jon, 11, is wearing jeans, a black T-shirt, and a pair of goofy …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Gaysville, Vt. — On a chilly day last week, singer, songwriter and band leader Bow Thayer was replacing the stone steps that run up the rise above his house to the recording studio. He’d torn up the steps …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Montpelier — Vermont’s new aid-in-dying law, which allows doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients who request it, is set to take effect as soon as Gov. Peter Shumlin signs it on Monday. But most Vermont hospitals are expected, at least for the time being, to …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Concord — The top Republican in the GOP-controlled Senate yesterday indicated he may oppose expanding New Hampshire’s Medicaid program under President Obama’s 2010 health care reform law — an expansion that’s supported by the Democratic-controlled House and Gov. Maggie Hassan, also a Democrat. The federal government has promised …
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 …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Concord — Two men who lost relatives in last year’s shooting at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school urged New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte yesterday to change her position on a gun control measure that would expand background checks. …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Brattleboro, Vt. — A suburban New York man released from a life sentence after DNA tests casts doubt on his original conviction for killing his wife in Vermont pleaded not guilty yesterday to a new aggravated murder charge …
By Don's Early Light
