The U.S. Senate is expected to give final approval to a new
farm bill tonight. The five-year bill
includes about $100-billion dollars in annual funding for farm subsidies and
food aid programs. The bill also
includes a big change for dairy farmers.
It eliminates the direct subsidy program known as the Milk Income Loss
Contract and instead shifts to an insurance program to help stabilize
prices. Senator Patrick Leahy is trying
to get one last amendment added to the bill that will help rural areas get access
to ultra-high-speed Internet. The farm
bill passed the Senate last year, but was never taken up by the House.
A driver from Pennsylvania
is in the hospital this morning after his car slammed into a cow on the
highway. Police say it happened just after
midnight on Route 22-A in
Bridport. The driver's name and
condition have not been released, but authorities say he was airlifted to Dartmouth
Hitchcock Medical
Center New
Hampshire . The
crash remains under investigation.
Vermont State Police have arrested a relative in the beating
and stabbing of a farm worker in Whiting.
Police say 30-year-old Efrain Jimez DelaCruze was sleeping Thursday
Night when two men broke into his home and hit him with metal pipes and stabbed
him with a knife. DelaCruze was taken to
the hospital in Middlebury. There was no
robbery, and state police said they believed the incident was directed only at
DelaCruze. On Saturday a distant
relative, 20-year-old Ricardo Romero-DeLaCruz of Cardenas ,
Tabasco , Mexico
State Police say a man died Sunday evening when he was
struck by a train. Ryan Lessard, who was
19 and from West Rutland , was said to be walking on the
tracks in Center Rutland, wearing headphones and listening to music. State police say the operator on the
approaching train blew the whistle and tried to stop but could not. Lessard was killed instantly.
Six people are safe after a fire damaged their apartment
building in Rutland . The American Red Cross, which came to the aid
of the families in Sunday night's fire, says four adults and two children were
displaced. Firefighters are
investigating the fire.
It's been nearly two years since disastrous floods triggered
by Tropical Storm Irene swept through the Woodlawn
Cemetery Rochester . The remains of dozens of people were swept
away during that awful time, but now there's finally some closure. For the first time since that day, all of the
remains recovered are finally at rest once again, with re-burial ceremonies
held on Sunday. Cemetery officials say
due to the recent heavy rains and soft earth, tombstones will not be installed
until a few weeks from now.
The Ticonderoga water department will
be flushing hydrants on Wednesday and Thursday nights from 10 PM to 6 AM . If your water looks rusty or discolored after
or if you experience air in the pipes, officials say you should run your water
for a short while until it clears.
