Three sisters accused of hoarding more than 50 cats were in
court today. Eileen, Caroline and Linda
Generess all pleaded guilty to two counts each of animal cruelty, after 55 cats
were seized from their mobile home in North Clarendon. The sisters were all given a four-year
deferred jail sentence and ordered to seek treatment immediately for their
hoarding disorder. They are also
required to pay $6,000 in restitution to the Humane Society.
A Vermont
investment board has announced the availability of $40,000 in grants for
investment into poultry processing projects.
Applications received by the Working Lands Enterprise Board must be for
the construction of a mobile or fixed, commercially inspected poultry slaughter
and/or processing facility. A mobile facility
operating under the 20,000-bird exemption would be considered. The board began operations in August
2012. In the fiscal 2013 budget year it
awarded over $1 million in grant funds.
They’ve been grounded for two weeks, but the Vermont Air
National Guard pilots are back in the air.
A spokeswoman for the Guard says the pilots are resuming training
operations in order to maintain readiness levels. The majority of Guard members have been
working and paid ever since returning to work October 7th, but stopped from
doing much because the purchase of fuel, new parts and ammunition were
suspended. Not anymore, thanks to new
direction from the Air National Guard allowing flight operations and any
logistical support needed for those missions.
Prescription drug abuse is a growing public health
epidemic. The National Safety Council has
released a report showing 47 states must improve existing standards if they are
to reduce the number of deaths involving prescription drug overdoses. Kentucky ,
Vermont and Washington
were the only states that met standards.
The NSC is calling on states to take
immediate action to improve the prescribing, monitoring, treatment and
availability of opioid pain relievers.
