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Vermont State Police Search crews have finished their work at the Weidmann Electrical Technology campus in St. Johnsbury following a bomb threat, and nothing out of the ordinary was located. Crews have cleared the scene, and the business will reopen. The investigation into the threat is continuing.
Vermont Business Magazine The Attorney General’s Office announced that Andrew Moffitt, 22, of Hartland, Vermont, was sentenced today in Vermont Superior Court, Windsor Criminal Division, after pleading guilty to one felony count of Luring a Child.
Vermont Business Magazine On October 7, 2025, at approximately 11:25 a.m., Sergeant Jacobs, Inspector Johnson, and Inspector Lindor responded to a two-vehicle crash with injuries involving two commercial motor vehicles at the intersection of VT Route 105 and Lake Shore Drive in Island Pond.
The Vermont State Police is investigating a suspicious death in the Franklin County town of Sheldon. The investigation began early Tuesday morning, Oct. 7, 2025, when first responders were called to a home on Bedard Road for a report of a man who was unresponsive. Crews located the victim, later identified as 55-year-old Matthew Turner, and he was pronounced dead on scene.
Vermont Business Magazine Polly, the Vermont-based, leading embedded auto insurance platform for automotive retail, today released its Q2 2025 Embedded Auto Insurance Report. Dealers continued to see more profit with embedded solution in Q2, while insurance rates continued to ease for car shoppers.
Vermont Business Magazine This week Cathedral Square celebrated the official grand opening of Reid Commons, bringing 33 new energy-efficient, affordable apartments for adults 55 and older to St. Albans. Federal, state, and local officials gathered with community members to celebrate the momentous occasion, over a decade in the works.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today attended the Vermont League of Cities and Towns’ annual flagship event to help towns and cities navigate challenges and opportunities ahead, including civic engagement.
Vermont Business Magazine Burlington Electric Department (BED) is warning customers of a phone scam today.
Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) today will hold another livestream conversation with Sens.
Vermont Business Magazine The New England Rural Health Association (NERHA) has received a Notice of Award from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (HRSA FORHP) for the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP), Northern Border Rural Workforce Grant.
Vermont State Police As search efforts continued Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, for 62-year-old Rodney Davis of Wallingford, the Vermont State Police Search and Rescue Team located human remains in the woods at about 12:30 p.m. in the vicinity of Davis’ home on Nash Drive. Positive identification was unable to be made.
Public Assets Institute Federal shutdown explainer: What’s at stake in a government shutdown and funding fight? Thousands of Vermonters risk layoffs and furlough and the impacts of the shutdown extend to the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in appropriations for housing, agriculture, transportation, and more.