Ethan Allen is a towering figure in early Vermont history, and now his biography is told in the new book, “Ethan Allen: His Life and Times” by historian Willard Sterne Randall.

Author Richard Smith says that the historic capture of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775 was not only an important moral victory for America, it was an important victory for Vermont in the Revolutionary War.

About 250 workers at an Ethan Allen furniture plant in Vermont are losing their jobs Friday.

Civil liability claims have been settled against the tour company that arranged the fall foliage tour that ended with 20 passengers dying when their boat overturned on an Adirondack lake in 2005.

By the end of August, about 250 workers at the Ethan Allen Furniture factory in Beecher Falls will be out of work.  In this economy, and in this remote corner at the juncture of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Canada, the prospects for re-employment are especially slim.

New Hampshire Governor John Lynch and Vermont Governor Jim Douglas are visiting the Ethan Allen plant where about 260 workers are expected to lose their jobs.

State transportation officials are working on an application for more than $100 million in federal stimulus funds to improve rail service in Vermont.