Senator Patrick Leahy has helped Fletcher Allen hospital get $1.7 million to pay for advanced medical simulations. The money has helped train National Guard medics for their service in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Two Vermont towns voted on wind projects on Town Meeting Day, and they ended up going separate ways.

Wilmington voters embraced a new "pergola" built in their downtown. The structure is in a new town park that was built on the site of a bank that burned down.

Although about 20 percent fewer people work in the state's factories than did just five years ago, some companies have announced expansion plans that would create dozens of new jobs. But it could be months or more before anyone is hired.

Vermont National Guard troops have begun arriving in Afghanistan for their active-duty service.

Burlington has spent two decades turning its Lake Champlain waterfront from a hub of industry into a recreational center.