The chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the Vermont House says he’d like lawmakers to consider lowering the threshold at which a driver is drunk behind the wheel from a blood-alcohol content of .08 percent to a lowest-in-the-nation .05. “We’ve …
Wearing blue T-shirts in his memory, several hundred Franklin County residents descended on the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday to remember a crash victim and call for stiffer laws for drunken drivers. Nicholas Fournier, 18, died Nov. 17 when …
The Vermont Supreme Court has denied an appeal by an Elks lodge found to have discriminated against women, saying it failed to show any “reversible errors” in a 2005 trial. In an entry order received by the parties last week, …
Police in Montpelier, Vermont have identified 61 victims in the case of a property management company that suddenly went out of business, but no charges have been brought. Tenants, landlords, contractors and others who are owed money by Parkside Property …
The Vermont Supreme Court has reinstated the negligence claim of a man whose hand was crushed when an acetylene tank fell on it, saying his acceptance of workers’ compensation benefits from his employer didn’t by itself bar him from filing …
Most Vermont employers for the second straight year will see lower workers’ compensation premiums become effective April 1. Rates for loss costs in the voluntary market will decrease by an average of 4.2 percent, according to Gov. Jim Douglas’s office. …
$2.2 Million Estimated value of the Vermont home, Florida condo and college tuition savings plans a former exec at Willis Management in Vermont allegedly bought with money embezzled from the captive insurance manager. Kenneth MacKay, former senior vice president, turned …
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Something’s Fishy “It certainly has had some effect.” —Jud Reis, spokesman for Gloucester, Mass.-based fish-seller, Gorton’s, speaking on the business impact of a voluntary recall made by the company after a Pennsylvania family found pills in their food. The FDA …
So far, the sugaring season has been not so sweet for some maple syrup producers, who have been the victims of thefts and vandalism. Last week, three sugarmakers reported that their equipment had been stolen or vandalized and a fourth …
