Vermont State Police say they are continuing a comprehensive
search and neighborhood canvas for a reported missing 6-year-old in Proctor. Last night a woman reported that a woman told
police that she was approached by the girl who said she had been hurt and
displayed signs of injury. The child
then reportedly ran into the woods on the west side of the road. The girl said her name was "Angel"
or "Angela." Police say she is
a white female, with dark brown, straight, shoulder-length hair, and she was
missing her left front tooth. She was
last seen wearing a red skirt, white T-Shirt, white flip-flops and a mood ring. Anyone with any information should call the
Rutland Barracks at 802-773-9101
or submit an anonymous tip to www.vtips.info. If you come into contact with a child matching
this description, please call 911 immediately.
When a suspicious envelope addressed to the I-R-S arrived at
the building in Burlington yesterday,
police say it felt like it had powder inside and had a grainy substance, and no
one was taking any chances. Hundreds of
people were evacuated and the entire office complex was shut down for
hours. Turns out the grainy substance
was just dirt, dried mud actually, which covered a check mailed to the
I-R-S. Lots of state, city and federal
agencies were tied up for hours, but they say despite the inconvenience, safety
comes first.
Addison Northwest Supervisory Union voters next Tuesday will
decide whether to support a proposal put forth by the Vergennes Union High
School board for a five-year, $600,000 loan to put a new roof on the school’s
leaky classroom wing and auditorium. If
voters back the $600,000 loan, payments would add about $10 of annual taxes per
$100,000 of assessed home value. Those
who are eligible for prebates would not pay the full amount of that increase.
Child care workers in Vermont
will not be able to form a union, at least this year. The legislation allowing that to happen was
an amendment included in a bill dealing with several education issues. Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott said it had
nothing to do with the education bill, and removed it. An effort then to have the Senate vote on it
failed because it did not have a three-quarters majority. Lawmakers are racing to clean up legislation
as they aim for the session to be adjourned sometime on Saturday.
The Vermont Health Department will host its second of three
Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE) research study clinics on Tuesday, May
14, from noon to 7 PM at the Sudbury
Town Hall
At the first clinic, held at the Brandon
Senior Center Whiting
Town Hall noon to 7 PM .
The Internal Revenue Service is warning Vermonters about an
email scam with the subject line “Notice of Tax Return for Year 2012.” The IRS
warns the email is a phishing attempt and recipients should not respond to it
or click on any links in the email. IRS
receives thousands of reports every year from taxpayers who receive emails
out-of-the-blue claiming to be from the IRS .
