The woman who served as town clerk and treasurer for
Weybridge is going to federal prison for two years. Karen Brisson received the sentence Thursday
in what the judge called one of the largest and most flagrant cases in a long
string of public and private embezzlements in the state. A forensic audit came up with more than
476-thousand dollars taken from the years 2006 to 2012. Brisson apologized in court, saying she is
sorry for the theft and how she disappointed family, friends and taxpayers.
I-B-M ended its fight to keep confidential the number of Vermont
jobs cut in its latest round of layoffs.
Turns out the total was 419 people lost their jobs. Big Blue was required to give the state
details within 24 hours after all the layoffs were final, but had held off,
saying it could cause competitive harm to the company. The Labor Department gave I-B-M until noon yesterday to legally prove that claim, and
the company dropped the objection and released the number.
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy says Vermont
and New York are winning the
fight against sea lamprey in Lake Champlain . Leahy, a member of the Senate Appropriations
Committee, today announced a $600,000 appropriation for continued treatment of
lamprey, an eel-like invasive species that wounds other species native to the
lake. He and other officials also showed
off a new 26-foot boat recently acquired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
to handle sea lamprey control on the lake.
A Pittsford man arrested for the murder of his girlfriend
tried to kill himself in prison.
35-year-old Christopher Sharrow is charged with murdering 32-year-old Kristen
Parker earlier this month. Vermont
Corrections officials say Sharrow tried to hang himself in his cell at the
state prison in St. Johnsbury. He is now
hospitalized in stable condition in Boston . Corrections officials say Sharrow had been on
a suicide watch where he was checked every 15 minutes.
Vermont State Police are still investigating a car crash in
Bridport. According to investigators,
when the arrived at the scene of the crash last Sunday, no one was there. Witnesses say three people, possibly migrant
farmworkers, walked away from the scene.
But police have not figured out who they are. Police say the car is registered to the woman
who heads the immigration advocacy group Migrant Justice. Police have been unable to interview
her. State Police say they're meeting
with the state's attorney next week to see how his office would like to
proceed.
Green Mountain Power has selected Positive Energy, a solar
developer with offices in Poultney , Vt. Granville , N.Y. College of St.
Joseph Solar Farm Rutland
college’s athletic center. Positive
Energy will build the system with assistance from students in the Green
Mountain College Renewable Energy and Ecological Design major, and will use
materials largely sourced from Rutland-area suppliers. The College
of St. Joseph Rutland .
