Darcy Carter is the District Director for the Small Business Administration in Vermont.  In late February, she called in to tell us about some new financial and business development programs the SBA was implementing.
On Tuesday morning, Darcy called in again, to give us some numbers, and to give us what on the surface seems like [...]

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The Captain:

Louis Vincent Albano
July 29, 1933 – October 14,2009

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Governor Jim Douglas, R-Vermont, says he will not seek another term as governor of Vermont.
Douglas is in the first year of his fourth term as governor. And he has been in state government for most of his adult life– elected to statewide office 14 times and in office 25 of the last 27 years.
At a [...]

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Cronkite is dead and the world is a far lesser place with his passing.
There’s nobody left in television news with any credibility.  From 1962 to 1981, Walter Cronkite told us what was wrong in the world and with the world, and then, five nights a week, he put us at ease.  And for a few [...]

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(photo courtesy of Jennifer Kirchoff)
The Main Street block in St. Johnsbury, fully engulfed this morning.

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4 – Alarm Fire In St. Johnsbury

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St. Johnsbury, VT – July 9th, 2008
At least 4 fire departments are battling a 4-alarm fire in St. Johnsbury. It started late Thursday in The Convenient One on Main Street. There are apartments located above that particular store. The building is also located just yards from the Fairbanks [...]

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Vermont authorities will be cracking down on truck and bus safety along I-91 today. The state is taking part in a national program called “International Road Check 2009” which involves increased inspections of all commerical vehicles traveling through Gilford and Putney today, and on Wednesday. More than 30 truck and bus safety inspectors from the [...]

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Vermont police are on alert for a stolen farm tractor that went missing in the town of Georgia over the weekend. Somebody either towed or chugged-away in a red, International-1086 Saturday. Investigators say the missing tractor is distinguished by its smashed rear window and a right-rear tire had just been fixed. Anyone with information [...]

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A Northeast Kingdom man is being held on 300-thousand dollars bail for allegedly shooting his daughter in the abdomen last night.  53-year-old David Holmes of Jay is being charged with attempted murder.  Police say Holmes assaulted and shot 24-year-old Heather Mayhew with a 30-06 rifle following an argument at Mayhew’s home on Route-242 in Troy.  [...]

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