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01/27/2025

Earthquake rattles houses in Maine and is felt hundreds of miles away

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away. The earthquake took place at about 10:22 a.m. on Monday and was centered about six miles (10 kil...

01/22/2025

Border Patrol agent killed in Vermont worked at the Pentagon during 9/11, family says

A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks, his family said. “He was a devoted agent who served with honor and bravery,” a family statement provi...

01/21/2025

22 states sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press Attorneys general from 22 states sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a century-old immigration practice known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status. Trump’s roug...

01/21/2025

Authorities say a US border patrol agent was fatally shot in Vermont south of border

COVENTRY, Vt. (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot Monday on a highway in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said. The death was confirmed by the FBI and Benjamine Huffman, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in Washington. In a statement, ...

01/20/2025

2025 New England Economic Outlook ‘Modestly Optimistic’

The outlook for the New England economy in 2025 is “modestly optimistic,” according to a series of reports released by the Federal Bank of Boston over the last several days. That projection comes with some trepidation about “how national economic policies might change and where long-term inter...

10/25/2024

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has issued several travel advisories for Newport County, effective from October 26 to November 1, 2024. Motorists should anticipate potential delays and adjust their routes accordingly. In Newport, mobile operations will continue at the Pell Bridge appro...

08/09/2024

Rhode Island man shot by Vermont troopers during chase pleads not guilty to attempted murder

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who was shot and injured during a confrontation with Vermont State Police troopers in Burke last month has pleaded not guilty to numerous charges, including three counts of attempted murder. Brenden Sackal, 30, of Hopkinton, Rhode Island, shot at troo...

08/09/2024

Debby bringing heavy rain, flooding and possible tornadoes northeast into the weekend

08/09/2024

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Vermont’s state primaries

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Democrats will compete in Vermont’s state primary on Tuesday for the right to challenge four-term Republican Gov. Phil Scott in November. The race is the highest profile of a handful of contested primaries on the ballot. Voters will also de...

07/29/2024

American flags should be born in the USA now, too, Congress says

Soon, Old Glory will have to be born in the land of the free and not merely flying over it. Congress has passed a proposal to require the federal government to purchase only American flags that have been completely manufactured in the U.S. The U.S. imports millions of American flags from overseas, m...

07/17/2024

Hikers and cyclists can now cross Vermont on New England’s longest rail trail, a year after floods

By WILSON RING Associated Press HARDWICK, Vt. (AP) — A year after epic summer flooding delayed the official opening of New England’s longest rail trail, the 93-mile route across northern Vermont is finally delivering on the promise made years ago of a cross-state recreation trail. The Lamoille...

07/12/2024

Vermonters, pummeled by floods exactly a year apart, begin another cleanup

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Owen Bradley has been listening to the flow of the Great Brook outside his historic brick house in Vermont for nearly 40 years. But the sound changed this week as raging waters inched closer, building to a torrent that tore through the back of...

07/08/2024

Music Review: Phish rock out with energy and urgency on their 16th studio album, ‘Evolve’

By DAVE CAMPBELL Associated Press There might never be a more apt title for a Phish album than “Evolve,” the jam masters’ 16th studio album and first in over four years. Just as this boundary-pushing quartet has progressed over four-plus decades by fusing rock, jazz, bluegrass and other freewh...

07/08/2024

King Arthur Baking’s CEO on keeping America’s oldest flour company in the mix

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer As America’s oldest flour company, King Arthur Baking Co. has seen a lot. It opened in 1790, when George Washington was president. But little could have prepared it for the start of the coronavirus pandemic, when demand for King Arthur’s products jumped six...

07/04/2024

Americans to celebrate Fourth of July with parades, cookouts — and lots of fireworks

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press Many Americans weren’t letting worries about their pocketbooks keep them from traveling and enjoying fireworks as they celebrate their nation’s birth with parades, cookouts and fiery splashes of colors against the evening sky. Travel records were projected to fall...

07/02/2024

Comic – Sour Grapes: Dishes

Here’s this week’s Sour Grapes; enjoy!