Nearly a year after many Vermont towns supported resolutions calling for the reversal of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision that gave corporations the same rights as people, a new grassroots effort plans to expand the idea by giving the Earth "rights."

The longtime companion of a Thetford man who died after a shot from a state police stun gun says she's not surprised by the autopsy that shows the electric charge killed him. State police late Friday said the cause of Macadam Mason's death was cardiac arrest due to an electrical weapon discharge.

In Thetford, the town's select board has unanimously adopted a master plan for its trail system.

Mental health advocates and civil libertarians are calling for a moratorium on police use of stun guns in Vermont following the death of a man last week.

Some town officials in Orange County say they're concerned that state police response times may slow in the future as the state continues to replace and consolidate aging facilities, including the barracks in Bradford.

Vermont State Police say a Thetford man died Wednesday after a trooper discharged a stun gun at him. Authorities say the man was taken to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center after the incident, which is where he died.

More and more municipal governments have moved their business online, and now many of them are digitizing town records, such as tax maps.

The three Upper Valley towns of Fairlee, West Fairlee and Thetford all border Lake Fairlee, and face common issues including concerns about storm water run-off pollution and invasive milfoil.