Bridport Central School will be closed tomorrow and
Friday. There are currently 81 children
enrolled in the school and 71 were out sick today and unable to attend
classes. School official have contacted
health officials on both the local and state level and the plan moving forward
is to take the next two days to completely clean the school, top to bottom, to
try and help stop the spread of a stomach bug that is going around. Bridport Central School will re-open Monday morning.
Police in Hinesburg are looking for a hit-and-driver who
they say struck a kid on his way to school this morning. According to reports, the 8-year-old boy, whose
name is being withheld, was in the crosswalk outside the Hinesburg Community
School at 7:45 when a blue SUV hit him and sped off. The boy was transported to Fletcher Allen in
Burlington with minor injuries.
Authorities believe they have located the vehicle but have not released
a suspect’s name.
Yesterday was Town Meeting Day and in
Rutland, Mayor Christopher Louras was re-elected to a fourth term. It was a tough fight against current board of
aldermen chair Dave Allaire, but Louras won by a margin of about 400
votes. In Vergennes, voters said no to a
bond for the new police station. The city
was asking for bond purchases not exceeding $1,850,000 for real estate and the
construction of a police station. The
article failed by 10 votes. The vote was
292 “yes” to 302 “no”.
New Yorkers’ earning minimum wage may soon be getting a
raise. The state Assembly voted
yesterday to increase the minimum wage to $9 an hour with automatic increases
tied to inflation. The bill now goes to the Senate. Currently, the minimum wage is $7.25 an
hour. Governor Andrew Cuomo had proposed
an $8.75 an hour wage.
New York State Police shot and killed a man after leading
them on a high speed chase last night.
Authorities say when they tried to stop 28-year-old Richard Aubin, of
Ausable Forks for speeding on I-87, he took off. Aubin turned off I-87 onto Route 9 in North
Hudson . At that point
police put spike strips down in an attempt to stop Aubin's pickup truck. When his truck stopped working, he fled into
the woods. When Aubin was finally
located by the two officers pursing him, a fight broke out. Police tried using pepper spray, but it
didn't work. Aubin was shot after,
police say, he tried to grab for a trooper's gun.
Coming up this Saturday is the 5th Annual Vermont
Chili Festival in Middlebury. The
Vermont Chili Festival has been named a Top 10 Winter Events for the past four
years by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce.
All the fun starts at 1:30
Saturday afternoon with street jugglers, face painting, entertainment for kids,
live music, a beverage tent, and award-winning chili.
