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Under Vermont law, it is not explicitly illegal for someone to enter another person's vehicle, as long as nothing is disturbed or damaged. State Rep. Nader Hashim, D-Dummerston, is working on legislation to close that loophole. “I've introduced a bill related to making it unlawful for a person to enter another person's vehicle without their permission. It will come to my committee (judiciary), where there is generally support for it,” Hashim reported on the Brattleboro, Vermont Facebook group on Jan.
On Jan. 15, the Vermont Supreme Court heard the appeal of the case challenging the state's school consolidation policy - that infamous boondoggle known as Act 46 - in a suit brought by 33 school districts throughout the state. A number of residents of towns in our area attended the proceedings. Had it occurred to me that there would be no press coverage of this hearing for southeastern Vermont, I might have thought to take more thorough notes. There were...
More than 150 Vermont artisans are opening their studios over Memorial Day weekend - on Saturday and Sunday, May 28 and 29, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - to take part in the 30th Anniversary of Vermont's Spring Open Studio Weekend. And you're invited. “This year's tour promises to save the game for artisans,” organizers said in a news release. “Like everyone else relying on live audiences for their livelihood, during the spread of the pandemic artists saw galleries,
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