The last of three Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEE)
research study clinics is being held this afternoon until 7 o’clock at the Whiting
Town Hall Brandon Senior
Center Sudbury
Town Hall
Governor Shumlin signed the 2014-2015 Capital Budget into
law earlier today. A press release says
the budget amounting to more than $173 million for projects across the state. Governor Shumlin says "Not only is this
the largest Capital Bill appropriation in the history of the state, but these
projects will create jobs for Vermonters in the coming years."
Police in Rutland
are investigating suspicious fires in the city.
The fires were just before 8 PM
and 9 PM Tuesday in swampy areas off Spruce
Street and behind the old Hannaford building on South
Main Street .
Both were put out before anything was damaged. Police say a witness spotted a man running
from the second fire. He's described as being in his mid-20s, clean-shaven,
with short brown hair, wearing a long-sleeve gray shirt with a red logo and
brown shorts. Please call Rutland City
Police if you have any information.
The board that oversees Vermont 's
enhanced 911 emergency phone system says the wireless provider Sprint Nextel is
ending a six-month test that allowed people to report emergencies with text
messages. The E911 board says the trial
that began in December is scheduled to end May 31. While no emergency messages were transmitted
during the test period, officials with Vermont E911 and Spring both say the
test was a success. E911 Executive
Director David Tucker says Sprint is ending the test as it prepares to make
text-to-911 service available nationwide by May 2014.
Three former Grand Union stores in Vermont
and another 6 in New York are now
under new management. Tops Markets have
taken over. The locations in Vermont
are Northfield , Rutland ,
and Hardwick. The company says shoppers
can expect to see changes in amenities and more variety on the shelves. Tops Markets now operates close to 160
supermarkets and employs more than 15,000 people.
Members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency are in Vermont
this week, assessing damage from the flooding late last week triggered by heavy
rain. The FEMA teams are concentrating
on Chittenden and Lamoille counties, and will be working with V-Trans and town
officials to see if the state met a one-million-dollar threshold. That determines if a public assistance
disaster declaration is made. Any
disaster assistance request has to also have the approval of FEMA, as well as
President Obama.
