Vermont State Police are investigating the thefts of various
boats and boating equipment from a Lake Champlain marina
in Ferrisburgh. Among the items stolen
from Basin Harbor Club Marina are a 12-foot boat with an outboard motor, two
kayaks and various other boating equipment.
The thefts were reported to police yesterday, with an estimated loss of
nine-thousand-dollars worth of property.
Anyone with information about the thefts is asked to contact the State
Police New Haven barracks.
Poultney residents are being warned away from Lake St.
Catherine until Wednesday at the earliest.
Local officials are trying to control an invasive plant called milfoil,
and are applying an herbicide around the shore of the lake. Because of that, they're warning residents
not to use Lake St. Catherine, Lily Pond, Little Lake or the outlet stream to North
Road before Wednesday.
New Census data shows Vermont
has the second-oldest population in the U.S.
in terms of average age of residents. Vermont
placed just behind Maine in the
new figures. Maine 's
average age is 43-point-five-years, while Vermont 's
is 42-point-three-years. The national
average age according to the Census Bureau is 37-point-four-years-old.
Two people are injured after the vehicle they were riding in
crashed into a moose in Killington. State
Police say a vehicle driven by 65-year-old Maurice Hebert struck the moose on
Route-Four Saturday night. Hebert and
63-year-old Rosemary Hebert both suffered minor injuries in the crash, and a
15-year-old passenger in the vehicle was not hurt. It's unclear how seriously the moose was
injured.
