The Bristol Police Department arrested 42-year-old Timothy
J. Boardman and 20-year-old Alec T. Morse both of Monkton for Armed Robbery. At approximately 10PM on July 4th
two subjects, armed with tire irons, forced their way into the Living Well Care
Center and left with a quantity of narcotics. The suspects grabbed an employee as she was leaving work and
forced her to re-enter the building where they demanded drugs and cash from the
facility. After an investigation Boardman
was arrested trying to flee from the home. Morse was taken into custody without incident inside the
home. Evidence connecting the two,
to include masks and tire irons, was seized. Bail for Boardman was set at $25,000.00. Morse was transported to Rutland County
Court. Both face charges for Armed
Robbery. The Living Well Care
Center was the scene of a previous armed robbery less than a year earlier. A BPD investigation into that case is
still pending however charges are pending against two other suspects. BPD is also working with the Care Home
to address security concerns at the facility.
Vermont State Police are cracking down on
aggressive driving and asking you to slow down and watch you speed. Yesterday morning a member of the
Vermont State Police Traffic Operations South Team arrested a New York man for
Negligent Operation, Excessive Speed on Route 4 in Killington. Thomas B. White of
Fort Edward, New York was travelling at a rate of 72 miles per hour in a posted
40 mile per hour speed zone. The
Vermont State Police South Team was working in support of the Sixty Days of
HEAT campaign, which is targeting aggressive driving habits in hopes to reduce
the number of fatal crashes in the State of Vermont.
A Brandon man was arrested Wednesday on Lake
Bomoseen on a charge of boating while intoxicated, according to Vermont State
Police. Guy S. Baker was seen
committing several boating violations on the lake Wednesday evening, police
said. A pair of auxiliary troopers who were patrolling the crowded waters,
which were filled with boats in anticipation of July 4 fireworks, stopped him. Police said Baker’s alcohol level was
over the legal limit for operating a boat. He was issued a citation to appear in
Rutland criminal court on August 13th.
Communities in Addison, Lamoille, and Orleans
counties that suffered damage to public infrastructure during the storm of May
29, 2012 are eligible for reimbursement for eligible damage-related costs. Local governments, private non-profits,
and Indian tribes are eligible to apply for Public Assistance. Eligible
applicants that wish to apply for Public Assistance are strongly encouraged to
attend one of two applicant meetings on July 10th and 11th. The Addison County meeting will take
place at the Vermont State Police Barracks in New Haven Tuesday, July 10th
at 2PM. Communities that have questions can call Ben Rose, Vermont Emergency
Management Public Assistance Officer at (802) 585-4719.
The Vermont Mozart Festival may have ended three
years ago, but that didn’t stop its founder Mel Kaplan. His Vermont Summer
Music Festival, now in its second year, looks a lot like the festival it
replaced only smaller. The Vermont
Summer Music Festival will open July 14 with the five violin concertos at
Stowe’s Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center and close July 21 with the C Minor
Mass at St. Paul’s Cathedral. In between are two concerts in Burlington and one
in Vergennes. On Wednesday, July 18th, at Vergennes’ Basin Harbor Club, the New
York Chamber Soloists will perform Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto” No. 5,
Beethoven’s Sextet for two horns and strings, and the Brahms Clarinet Quintet. For ticket information just visit www.vermontsummermusicfestival.com.
At Home Senior Care of Rutland has earned the Joint
Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for accreditation by demonstrating
compliance with the Joint Commission’s national standards for health care
quality and safety in home care. The
accreditation award recognized At Home Senior Care’s dedication to continuous
compliance with The Joint Commission’s state of the art standards. At Home Senior Care underwent a
rigorous on-site survey in May of this year.
The season’s early closure of public beaches in
Port Henry due to blue-green algae may be a harbinger of things to come. Both the Town of Moriah and Village of
Port Henry beaches were closed by the New York State Department of Health
Tuesday when tests verified the presence of blue-green algae, which can contain
toxins that are harmful to humans.
And conditions for blue-green algae are ripe all across the lake. Recent
changes in the lake may have contributed to a change in algae locations. Algae
blooms have more often been identified in the shallow bays in the northeastern
sections of Lake Champlain, where levels of such nutrients as phosphorus are
typically higher.
Eighty-two residences in Clinton, Essex and
Franklin counties will see improvements thanks to grant funding from the North
Country Regional Economic Development Council. The towns of Willsboro, Chateaugay, Lewis and the Housing
Assistance Program of Essex County Inc. are to receive $400,000 each. The Rural
Preservation Company of Clinton County will get $50,000. The New York State
Department of Housing and Community Renewal will administer the money. It is part of a total $4.56
million earmarked for northern New York.
Edna Bowers has received the 2011-2012 Chancellor’s
Award for Excellence in Classified Service. Bowers who is a Schroon Lake resident that works at North
Country Community College in Ticonderoga and was selected by the State
University of New York. Edna is in
her 11th year as an employee at the Ticonderoga branch campus of North Country
Community College.
The “Ticonderoga, the First 250 Years” Committee
will sponsor two Dedication Ceremonies Saturday, July 14th at 2 PM at Champlain
Legacy Park. The Liberty Pole, originally
dedicated back in 1975 and having been refurbished and reinstalled will be
rededicated on this day. Also, a new walking trail providing access to the La
Chute River Falls will be dedicated. The master of ceremonies will be William
G. Dolback, a Ticonderoga Town Historian and chair of the “Ticonderoga, the
First 250 Years” Committee.
The Lake Placid Police Department and the Essex
County Drug Task Force arrested another person in connection with a drug sweep
that occurred last week. According
to a press release, police arrested Michael E. O'Farrell of Raybrook, NY for
two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance and two counts of
criminal possession of a controlled substance with the intent to sell. During his arrest, police say, they
found other narcotics and drug paraphernalia. Additional charges are pending. O'Farrell is currently lodged in the
Essex County jail.
FairPoint Communications is offering rewards to
help find the people responsible for a series of copper thefts across Vermont,
New Hampshire and Maine. The
company says that in Vermont alone copper thefts have cost the company $20,000. FairPoint Security Manager Marc Lussier
says the thefts are a growing public safety concern that could cause a loss of
service for people who need emergency services and there is also concern that
an untrained person removing cable could be injured. Copper thefts are on the rise across the country due to
increasing prices for metals. FairPoint
is offering rewards of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and
conviction of those individuals responsible for these thefts. The size of the
reward depends on the severity of the crime.
As of late November, Vermonters will no longer have
a direct flight to Florida.
JetBlue Airways announced its dropping it daily non-stop flight between
Burlington and Orlando starting November 27th. Airport officials are mystified about the change, saying
it's one of the most popular flights out of Burlington, with a year-round
average of 85-percent of the seats filled. JetBlue, however, says the sales were not high enough. The airline will continue its daily
three to four flights from Burlington to New York's JFK.
Devastating thunderstorms, which swept through the
Burlington area Wednesday evening left behind a real mess. The fast-moving storms dumped more than
an inch of rain in 20 minutes besides taking down trees and power lines. One of the storm’s victims is the day
shelter in Burlington run by the Committee on Temporary Shelter, or COTS. The place were about sixty people
gather to use phones, do laundry work on computers as well as eat lunch is
currently covered with mud.
Organizers say it will be at least a month before their center is fixed.
Brandon Music on Country Club Road in Brandon will
present Woodchucks’ Revenge, the well-known Vermont folk quartet this evening
at 7:00. This vocal group presents
an engaging mix of old and new folk music ranging from Carter Family heart
songs to western ballads, from traditional New England fiddle tunes to their
own zany parodies of bluegrass standards.
Tickets are $15 and all proceeds will benefit the Compass Music and Arts
Foundation in Brandon. For tickets or to learn more about CMAC just visit www.brandon-music.net.
For over 15 years, the Henry Sheldon Museum has
offered popular Lake Champlain Twilight History Cruises aboard the M.V.
Carillon and this summer is no exception.
On Tuesday, July 24th and Thursday, July 26th from 5:30-7:30 PM, the
Sheldon will host a Civil War-themed cruise, which will discuss several famous
Vermonters serving in the U.S. Navy during the war. The two-hour cruises are
comfortable and informal. You will enjoy hors d’oeuvres and beverages and are
welcome to bring cameras and binoculars aboard. For tickets and information contact the Henry SheldonMuseum.
French Heritage Day returns to Vergennes on
Saturday, July 14th. The event is hosted by the Addison County Chamber of
Commerce, with the support of dozens of individual and business sponsors. The event celebrates the area’s
French-Canadian heritage, but can be enjoyed by all, regardless of family
descent. Full details of the event
and a schedule of activities are available online. Activities July 14 run from 10 AM to 4 PM.
Dozens of new laws just took effect in the Green
Mountain State. One that started
on July 1, minors can no longer go tanning in Vermont. And, after a fierce debate in the
Legislature, schools must now report how many of their students are immunized
to the Department of Health. More controversial, parents who want their kids to
opt out of getting vaccines must fill out a Department of Health form. Another law requires schools to use
green cleaning products. And there is new protection for some of Vermont's most
vulnerable citizens. Victims of human trafficking in Vermont can no longer be
charged with prostitution. For a
complete list of new laws in Vermont click here.
Software expert Eric Herbert is busy checking his client’s
computers as an important deadline is coming up Monday July 9th in the
"Doomsday" malware saga. For the estimated 64,000 computers in the
United States that are infected, their owners may have no idea. "That's the biggest problem not
knowing that you have it," Herbert said, who is owner of computer training
company Panurgy. "In the news
recently you've heard about or some people have heard about the doomsday virus
or malware." The FBI raided
the hackers responsible for the malware attack last year. But they had to set
up "clean" servers so that people who had downloaded the bad software
could stay connected to the Internet. Monday July 9th the FBI is shutting down
those servers so people who have the malware will lose connection to the
Web. "So if on the 9th you're trying to get to a web
page, send or receive an email and it is not happening there's a very good
chance you're infected with this "Doomsday" virus," Herbert
said. Computers could have been
hacked if the user clicked on an advertisement on a web page. Computers that
operate on the same network, say at an office, are all vulnerable if even one
computer has the malware. But the FBI has created a web site to help inform
computer users if they have the virus. But even Herbert admits that it "really can look
meaningless if you don't do this everyday." So the best thing to do is contact your Internet service
provider, an expert like Herbert at Panurgy to find out if you've been infected
by the malware.
The newest Batman movie, "The Dark Knight
Rises," is of the most anticipated movies of the summer and a special
screening of the movie will take place in Vermont. When it is released, the biggest fan in the theater might be
Vermont's U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy.
"It's going to be a great movie," says Leahy. Leahy should know. He again has a role alongside the big
stars. "I'm anxious to see
how it comes out. I have a small part in it, that will probably be, boom, like
that," says Leahy. Leahy
would only say he plays a supporter of Batman's secret identity Bruce Wayne. And this is not Leahy's first time in a
Batman movie. Leahy was also in
the 2008 Batman movie, "The Dark Knight." This longtime fan of Batman has been a big part of the
franchise including a book, the TV show, and now four movies. When it came time to release the newest
Batman movie, Leahy says Warner Brothers suggested a special screening in
Vermont five days before the official premiere. "I said sweet, let's do it," says Leahy. People can buy tickets to the July 15th
event in Williston, which is also a fundraiser. The money raised will go to the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in
Montpelier and also ECHO in Burlington.
"This is a really great, fun event that will get everyone
engaged," says Karen Palmer, ECHO development associate. While the screening is bound to raise a
lot of money, Leahy isn't so sure about the future of his lines in the last of
the Batman trilogy by director Christopher Nolan. "I'm anxious to see if it makes off the cutting room
floor," says Leahy. Tickets
start at $100 for the Williston screening.
