Green Mountain Power will be adding a storm surcharge to
your bill starting next month. Officials
say the storm surcharge of $1.53 is being added to your bill to help offset the
cost of four major storms in 2013. They
add that GMP does budget for a certain
number of storms but a major event is not included in their budget. They deal with major events separately so
that customers are only paying for a major storm if it occurs.
Fire destroyed a
Bristol
home Sunday afternoon, but the two dogs inside managed to survive.
Bristol
firefighters say when they arrived at the scene on
Lower
Notch Road about two-thirds of the home was
engulfed in flames. When the fire was
finally put out, the two dogs, covered with soot, crawled out from under a
deck. One was taken to the
Williston
Animal Hospital
by a firefighter and the homeowners, who arrived when it was all over, got the
other dog. The cause of the fire is
under investigation.
The Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles is going to be
issuing a new kind of driver’s licenses and non-driver identification cards. Starting January 2nd, Vermonters will be able
to obtain Real ID compliant identification in person at all motor vehicles
offices. To get a Real ID, you will need
an original or certified copy of their birth certificate or other proof of
identity, and proof of U.S.
citizenship or lawful presence in the United
States. People will also need proof of their Social
Security numbers.
Vermont’s
lowest paid workers are going to be getting a 13 cents per hour raise. On January 1st, the state’s minimum wage is
going to increase to $8.73 per hour. The
minimum wage for workers who are tipped will increase by 6 cents to $4.23 an
hour. Vermont
is one of 13 states increasing the minimum wage on the first of the year. The national minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.
Vermont police have issued a citation to a man they say was
transporting $44,000 worth of liquor he'd bought in New Hampshire to New York. Police say a
Vermont
state trooper stopped 34-year-old Andy Chan of
Flushing,
N.Y. on Interstate 91 in Putney Saturday
night for a traffic violation. During
the stop, the trooper discovered numerous cases of liquor in Chan's van. Police say Chan bought more than $44,000
worth of liquor in
New Hampshire
and was driving it to
New York. He was charged with violating state liquor
transportation laws and ordered to appear in court in February.
