With gas prices rising rapidly, Senator Bernie Sanders wants
to see federal regulators follow the lead of Europeans and investigate oil and
fuel price manipulation. Sanders also
proposed a 30 day deadline for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which
he says would help curb excessive speculation in crude oil markets. This speculation can significantly increase
oil and gas prices. Sanders says these
price hikes are coming at a time when U.S.
inventories have reached a 3 decade high, while demand is lower.
Voters in Ticonderoga have approved a
school budget for next year that included employee and academic cuts. The 2013-14 budget totals over
$18-million. That’s an increase of almost
4-percent from the current spending plan.
The spending plan calls for the elimination of 11.6 full-time equivalent
jobs and cuts in academic programs. In
all, 25 employees are being cut to some degree.
Also eliminated is a librarian position. That person is retiring and
will not be replaced.
Vermont State Police are currently investigating a car
break-in at the hiking access on Mountain Road
in Addison .
According to reports, an unlocked vehicle was parked at the access and
approximately $2,200 in personal property was stolen from inside the
vehicle. Anyone with information is
asked to contact Vermont State Police New Haven Barracks. Information can also be submitted anonymously
online at www.vtips.info or text CRIMES (274637) to Keyword: VTIPS.
A pair of siblings pleaded innocent to a string of
burglaries in Rutland that police
say funded their heroin addiction.
28-year-old Todd Miller and his sister 30-year-old Amanda Miller pleaded
not guilty. The pair is charged with
multiple counts of felony burglary.
Police say starting in October, the siblings stole and then pawned
jewelry and assorted silverware from at least five homes around the city. Police estimate from one house alone on Church
Street the Millers stole up to $12,000 worth of
goods. The siblings were released on
conditions. If convicted, Todd Miller
could face up to 100 years in prison; his sister could spend up to 45 years
behind bars.
The Agency of Agriculture is tracking down hay producers who
used an herbicide now being blamed for poisoning compost. Contaminated hay believed to have been sold to
a stable in Colchester up to two years ago, was fed to
horses and manure from them was used in making the compost. A specific chemical that ruined hundreds of
gardens last year was found in material produced by Green Mountain Compost. There's new rules for using the herbicide,
and the hay producers the Agency of Agriculture is looking for could face fines
up to ten-thousand dollars.
