The U.S. Senate passed a Farm Bill today. A press release says Vermont Senator Patrick
Leahy worked on the House-Senate Farm Bill negotiations. The U.S. House passed the Farm Bill last week.
The bill now awaits President Barack
Obama's signature. The bill passed the
Senate in a 68 to 32 vote.
Rutland City Police today seized several marijuana plants
from a residence on East Street ,
just north of Killington Avenue . It all began with after neighbors called
police after seeing water pouring down the side of the building. As police investigated the water, they saw
marijuana plants and quickly backed out of the building to apply for the
warrant. The side of the building was
covered in ice. Later, officers could be
seen exiting the building carrying marijuana plants and placing them in a
pickup.
There’s a warning out regarding a convicted sex offender who
is being released from prison today.
Police in Chittenden County St. Albans state prison. Corrections authorities say Cardinal is at
high risk to offend again, with the most likely victims being women or
adolescent girls. Cardinal has been
under supervision of the corrections department since 1989 for 21 separate
convictions, which include four sex crimes.
A few hunters are being allowed to go after snow geese in a
special season. The U-S Fish and
Wildlife Service is issuing a special conservation order, with the season
running from March 11th through April 25.
Vermont wildlife officials
say fifty years ago, the snow goose population in the state was about
50-thousand, but now it’s up to a million.
Hunters need a state snow goose permit, which will allow them to take up
to 15 of the birds per day to help reduce the population.
