News Headlines for Beecher Falls, Vermont

Court Orders Vermont to Enforce Water Quality Law (WCAX-TV Vermont)
The Vermont Environmental Court has ordered the state to step up enforcement of the water quality law.

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Blueprint for Vermont's energy future (Brattleboro Reformer)
We need a new way of looking at energy policy. We need energy that is local, renewable and regional. Vermont owned and Vermont, community controlled. We need to declare our independence from big oil and out-of-state power.

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Waterbury men arrested in Vermont crime spree (Republican-American)
Four Waterbury men were arrested in Vermont on Tuesday after a crime spree that included a carjacking, a chase that killed a police dog and a shooting that left a man with a wounded leg, police said.

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Shot: Bonds set at $500,000 in Vermont melee (Republican-American)
A Waterbury man arrested Tuesday told police he and three other city men drove to Vermont to buy marijuana. But it wasn't that simple.

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Vermont courthouses may close a half day a week (Washington Post)
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Lawmakers have approved a round of budget cuts designed to respond to sagging state revenues. Among the results: Vermont's courthouses likely will close for a half day each week.

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Vermont courthouses may close for half-day (The Washington Times)
MONTPELIER, Vt. | Lawmakers have approved a round of budget cuts designed to respond to sagging state revenue. Among the results - Vermont's courthouses likely will close for a half-day each week.

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Judge orders Vermont to enforce housing rules (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
For years a division of the Vermont Department of Public Safety failed to enforce the state's building codes by relying on voluntary compliance by landlords, a practice that in some cases forced tenants from their homes, a judge has ruled.

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Panel investigates how Vermont manages sex offenders (Brattleboro Reformer)
MONTPELIER - Vermont Department of Corrections officials are coming under tough questioning as lawmakers investigate how the state manages sex offenders.

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Vermont 211 Ringing Off the Hook (WCAX-TV Vermont)
Phones are ringing off the hooks as more people dial 211 in Vermont looking for economic assistance.

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Vermont courthouses may close a half day a week (San Francisco Chronicle)
Lawmakers have approved a round of budget cuts designed to respond to sagging state revenues. Among the results: Vermont's courthouses likely will close for a half day each week. The Legislature's Joint Fiscal Committee on Wednesday largely agreed with...

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