An adult, who was giving a child a lesson on how to operate
a snowmobile, is dead after colliding with a semi. State Police say 48-year-old Mark Lussier of
Benson had the 10-year-old boy sitting in front of him on the sled, and was
traveling across the lawn of a home on Vermont Route 22-A. According to police, the snowmobile went over
a snow embankment, launched into the air, and collided with the side of the big
rig which was passing by. Lussier was
dead at the scene while the child, Brian Norton, was airlifted to a hospital
with serious injuries.
A fire over the weekend completely destroyed French’s
Restaurant in Crown Point . Fire fighters a number of area departments
helped battle the blaze till 4 am on
Saturday and then had to return a couple hours later when the fire spread to
the second floor. Investigators say the
fire started inside a wastebasket in the pizza room of the snack bar Friday
night. The building is said to be a
total loss. A family living on the
second floor was displaced. Everyone
made it out of the building without any injuries. The owner of the building, Ronnie Ryan, says
he plans to rebuild and open another food stand.
Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin appointed Sally Fox's Husband
Michael Sirotkin to fill the open senate seat. Fox passed away from cancer on January
10. A press release says Sirotkin was
chosen as one of 3 nominees sent to the governor by a large marjority of the 60
committee members. Sirotkin has been an
attorney and lobbyist focusing on consumer issues, labor issues, the civil
justice bar, affordable housing and land conservation. Sirotkin says he will cease lobbying
activities and is selling his interest in the firm that he is a partner in. Sirotkin will begin work in the senate on
February 11.
