Winooski schools were on a brief lockdown this morning after
a woman reported being chased by a male with a gun from Motel 6 in Colchester . Police say 21-year-old Megan Russell of
Winooski, told them she ran to the school to get away from the man. Police learned that the incident happened on
Thursday night and not this morning when she reported it. The children and staff were safe and they were
not in any danger from the incident. Police
say the lockdown was based on information they received from Russell.
A new report says Vermont
remains a top choice for the new F-35 fighter jets, but it is not the preferred
site from an environmental perspective.
The Air Force Friday released its revised environmental impact study --
some 3,000 pages -- detailing the siting process for the next generation
planes. The Air Force determined that
the Vermont Air Guard base and
Hill Air Force Base in Utah are
the two preferred sites for the initial basing of the jets. Vermont National Guard officials as well as
opponents and supporters of the F-35, have all indicated they will need time to
read and analyze the report before offering comments.
Repair work on an Adirondack road
that was postponed earlier this month will begin next week, with lane closures
scheduled and full closures expected during some periods.
The state Department of Transportation say the slope repairs
and drainage improvement work along Route 73 in Essex
County Cascade Lake Lake Placid and Keene .
The project was originally scheduled to begin in early May but was delayed
after crews discovered a fiber-optic cable line in an unexpected location.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is coming out on the losing
end of a bitter lawsuit with a California
competitor. Green
Mountain Vermont
business. The lawsuit put production by Rogers
on hold for a year, but now the judge is siding with the California
company, saying it did not violate Keurig's patents. Rogers
will now go back to making the one-cup pods and plans to expand that to teas as
well.
New unemployment claims fell in Vermont ,
for the most part continuing a trend seen since the middle of spring. For the
week of May 25, 2013 ,
there were 683 new, regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance in Vermont .
This is a decrease of 166 from the previous week's total, and 37 fewer than
they were a year ago. Vermont 's
unemployment rate fell one-tenths to 4.0 percent in April, the third lowest
rate in the nation and lowest in New England .
