Author Archive for Press release
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No-interest loans offered to start-up, early stage farm, food businesses
The Vermont Community Loan Fund has announced the launch of SPROUT, a low-interest, deferred payment loan program for working lands entrepreneurs. The new financing program was created to meet the capital needs of Vermont farms, food producers and processors, foresters, forest products businesses and others in the start-up and early stages of operations. Earlier this […]
Poultney man arrested in fatal shooting, witness still sought
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Police have arrested a Poultney man in the shooting death of David Daniel Hein early this morning but continue to look for a witness. In a press release this evening police say that investigators have learned that four men, including the victim were in a vehicle parked in a driveway […]
Police seek witness in shooting death in Poultney
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC A 19-year-old Poultney man was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound in a vehicle parked in a driveway on Grove Street in Poultney around 1:30 on Sunday morning. Vermont State Police and the Fair Haven Police Department had responded to a report of a man injured by a gunshot […]
Truck crashes into Mill River, VSP cautions drivers on 103
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police are advising drivers to be cautious and expect delays this evening on Route 103 in Mount Holly as crews work to remove a tractor trailer from the Mill River. According to a police press release, this afternoon at about 3:50 p.m. Sucha Singh Virk, 32, of […]
Wardsboro man indicted, pleads not guilty to murder in neighbor’s death
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Friday, Dec. 9, a state grand jury indicted a Wardsboro man in the Oct. 18 shooting death of his neighbor. On Oct. 18, 2016, Vermont State Police responded to a shooting on Gilfeather Road in Wardsboro. According to a press release today, State Police say they determined Kirby Staib, […]
Broadway actor joins Playhouse as associate artistic director
Weston Playhouse Theatre Company has appointed actor/director Michael Berresse to the Weston staff. Berresse, who has worked with the company for more than five seasons, will become its first associate artistic director in January. The Tony and Olivier-nominated actor and OBIE award-winning director has numerous Broadway acting credits to his name including A Chorus Line, […]
Chester Community Visioning Workshop planned for Dec. 14
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC As part of Chester’s grant-funded Village Center Master Planning initiative, there will be a Community Visioning Workshop at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The workshop is an opportunity for the public to give input, suggestions, comments and ideas on how to […]
Bellows Falls woman arrested in theft of mail
UPDATED INFORMATION – Dec. 5, 1:55 p.m. © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Vermont State Police are saying that they have arrested a Bellows Falls woman for larceny in alleged thefts from mailboxes and possession of a controlled substance. On Friday Dec. 2, at about 8:20 p.m. police received a complaint of a vehicle stopping at […]
Police looking for stolen trailer
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Vermont State Police are looking for a stolen trailer. In a press release, troopers said that a Doolittle trailer was taken from a residence on Spencer Road in the town of Rockingham at about 11 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2. The thief drove the trailer away with a gray truck. […]
Vermont State Police Log Aug. 26 through Nov. 8, 2016
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Editor’s Note: The Vermont State Police incident report is a sampling of incidents directly from the Vermont State Police. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Tuesday, Aug. 26, Rockingham – Police are investigating a burglary/vandalism at the Bellows Falls Country Club. Someone […]
Ludlow Rotary donates $3,195 to Meals on Wheels program
The Ludlow Rotary Club on Tuesday, Nov. 29 presented a check for $3,195 from its 26th Annual Chili Cook-Off to the Black River Valley Senior Center in support of its Meals on Wheels program that serves the Black River areas of Ludlow, Plymouth, Cavendish and Proctorsville. According to Richard North, executive director of the BRVSC, […]
Road Conditions Update
The Vermont State Police have issued the following: *ADVISORY * CURRENT ROADS STATUS 9:45 AM – WEATHER RELATED DELAYS AND BLOCKAGES Please DO NOT CALL 911/DISPATCH for traffic conditions Keep 911 clear for emergencies UPDATE 10 a.m. Traffic is moving on Interstate 89 between exits 7 and 8, and the exit 8 off-ramp has been […]
Route 4 closed between Bridgewater and Killington
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC Vermont State Police are advising that Route between Bridgewater and Killington is closed due to a motor vehicle crash near the intersection of Pearson Road. Police have no estimate of how long the road will be closed and ask that drivers plan on using alternate routes. There are freezing rain […]
Workshop to aid small business get federal contracts
The Vermont Procurement Technical Assistance Center and U.S. Small Business Administration are holding a series of workshops around the state to help local companies understand what the new HUBZone Program expansion could mean for their business. One of those workshops will be held in Springfield from 10 a.m. to noon on Monday, Dec. 12 at […]
Cavendish calendars on sale; art exhibit at Whiting; CAFC fund-raisers aid heat program
2017 Cavendish calendars available The Cavendish Community and Conservation Association’s 2017 Cavendish calendar is now on sale, just in time for the holidays. CCCA selected the pictures from its annual calendar photography contest. Entrants are Cavendish and Proctorsville residents who submitted photos in the spring. Images reflect life in this rural Vermont community. Calendars are […]
UPDATE: Presumed Saxtons River shooter surrenders without incident
UPDATE Nov. 20 5:30 p.m. According to a VSP press release, personnel from the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Major Crime Unit, Uniform Division and Crime Scene Search Team worked throughout the day investigating this incident. Investigators spoke with residents, many of whom had been evacuated earlier, and documented damage which was consistent with being caused […]
Regional Planning to hold energy siting seminar
©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission will conduct an information and training session on Act 174 – An Act Relating to Improving the Siting of Energy Projects – on Thursday Dec. 8 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The session will involve a review of the voluntary enhanced energy planning standards […]
Second burglary at Rockingham Sunoco also nets cigarettes
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC For the second time in about two months a burglar has broken into the Sunoco Station at 809 Rockingham Road in Rockingham near the on ramps for I-91. The first incident occurred around 4:30 a.m. on Sept. 12, when a lone burglar broke through the door of the station to […]
Merchants Trust Co. gets new president
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Merchants Bank has announced that Robert G. Ripley Jr. has joined Merchants Trust Co. as president. With 30 years of experience in financial services, including wealth management, portfolio management and trust operations, Ripley comes to Merchants Trust from State Street Bank and Trust where he was a division vice president. […]
Guns, coins stolen in Cavendish burglary
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Sometime between Nov. 4 and this morning, Nov. 14, someone entered a house on Hill Road in Cavendish through an unlocked front door and stole a number of valuables, according to the Vermont State Police. Police responded to the house at about 10:25 this morning. Among the items taken were […]
