Workers from the troubled Vermont Veterans Home have taken to the streets of Bennington. They hope to enlist community support for what they see as a fight to save the state-run nursing facility.
46 suspected drug dealers are in police custody
after what officials are calling one of the largest arrest sweeps in Vermont history.
More than 100 law enforcement
officers conducted simultaneous raids in locations in and around Bennington.
Planners looking to boost downtowns around the state have been focusing on home
grown stores that specialize in fresh produce and local products. In Barre, a group hopes a new co-operative grocery store will revive the city’s central business district.
Vermont dodged the ravages of Hurricane Sandy two weeks ago,
but up and down the Eastern Seaboard many people are still suffering – and still
worried about heat and survival.
More
than a year after Tropical Storm Irene devastated the state, town and state officials from Bennington to Bethel are getting questions
from residents concerned about Hurricane Sandy as it moves north from the Carribean.
The Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington will not lose its Medicare and Medicaid funding. After
a six-month struggle to correct a string of violations, a final inspection
completed Wednesday found the home in compliance with federal rules.
School consolidation is a
growing concern for a number of Vermont communities, and that’s the case in Bennington where voters will head to the polls next month to
decide the fate of one public school.