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Vt. Has 3rd Month Of Rising Unemployment Rate
Vermont Based News
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont's unemployment rate has climbed to 4.6% in July, the third consecutive month reporting an increase in the state's rate. The July seasonally adjusted rate climbed two-tenths of a percentage point from June, after climbing three-tenths of a percentage point from May to June. The comparative national rate in July was 7.4%, which is down from 7.6% in June. ...
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Vt. Has 3rd Month Of Rising Unemployment Rate
Vermont Based News
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont's unemployment rate has climbed to 4.6% in July, the third consecutive month reporting an increase in the state's rate. The July seasonally adjusted rate climbed two-tenths of a percentage point from June, after climbing three-tenths of a percentage point from May to June. The comparative national rate in July was 7.4%, which is down from 7.6% in June. ...
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Woodstock Arena Gets Secret $50K Donation
Vermont Based News
WOODSTOCK, Vt. (AP) - A financially strapped community arena in Vermont is feeling some financial relief after receiving an anonymous $50,000 donation. The Woodstock Union Arena general manager says a $50,000 check arrived in the mail Friday with a note to use the money wherever it was most needed. The check came at the right time as the arena - which doesn't receive any public funding - ...
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Vt. Mayor Charged With DUI After July Crash
Vermont Based News
BARTON, Vt. (AP) - Vermont State Police say the mayor of the city of Newport has been cited on a charge of driving under the influence. Police say 51-year-old Paul Monette was processed for DUI following the July 21 crash on Interstate 91 in Barton, but the results of tests taken at that time were not completed until recently. Monette suffered minor injuries in the crash. Last week, Monette ...
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Barratt Murder Trial Begins In Rutland
Vermont Based News
RUTLAND -- A Massachusetts man who was building a drug sales network in southeastern Vermont shot and killed a woman he believed had stolen $10,000 worth of drugs from him, a federal prosecutor said Monday during opening statements in the man's trial. On July 29 - after a frantic day of trying to find the drugs that had disappeared along with a safe from a Brattleboro motel - Caraballo, ...
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Vt Man Accused Of Attempting To Beat Wife To Death
Vermont Based News
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A Vermont man is facing a charge of attempted murder in the beating of his wife. Forty-year-old James Scarola of Burlington, an author of about a half-dozen horror and science fiction novels, pleaded not guilty and was ordered held without bail following his arraignment Monday. The Burlington Free Press reports ...
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Tropical Storm Irene Setting For Vt Mystery Novel
Vermont Based News
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Two years after Tropical Storm Irene inVermont, the storm and its aftermath is providing the backdrop for a new novel by Newfane mystery writer Archer Mayor. In his book, "Three Can Keep a Secret," Mayor, who has published 24 Vermont-based mysteries, says the book is his attempt to chronicle in fiction one of the biggest things to happen in the state for ...
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Vermonters Urged To Be Careful In High Winds
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont officials are urging residents to take precautions as wind gusts could reach as high as 50 mph. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for the entire state until 8 p.m. Monday. The Vermont Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security recommends that people remove items from their lawns that could cause injury or damage if blown around. ...
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