Vermont News

COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) — Two year after Lake Champlain flooding destroyed part of it, the Colchester Causeway recreational path has been restored for bicyclists, runners, walkers and fishermen.    

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A developer has received state and federal permits to generate electricity at a 200-year-old dam site on Vermont's Walloomsac River.    

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Police in Bennington, Vt., are looking for a suspect following an armed robbery at a CVS pharmacy.    

WHITINGHAM, Vt. (AP) — Firefighters are trying to determine what caused a fire at a house in Whitingham, Vt., that left a family of five homeless.    

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Magic Hat Brewing is suing a Kentucky brewery over its corporate logo, which it says is a trademark infringement.    

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law Wednesday a novel measure aimed at protecting companies from so-called patent trolling, the practice of making deceptive claims of patent infringement in the hopes of collecting licensing or settlement money.    

SWARTHMORE, Pa. (AP) — Student activists at more than 200 colleges are trying a new tactic in hopes of slowing the pace of climate change: They are asking their schools to stop investing in fossil fuel companies.    

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law Wednesday what he said is the first-in-the-nation measure aimed at protecting Vermont companies from so-called patent trolling, the predatory or deceptive claims of patent infringement that can often lead to costly litigation or settlements.    

JAY, Vt. (AP) — While they work in different countries, the Vermont State Police and their Canadian counterpart in Quebec can be only a few miles apart, separated by international boundary lines but still affected by the same outbreak of crime or natural disaster.    

An investigation has concluded that a Vermont state trooper was justified in the use of deadly force when he shot a man in a Danville school bus last year. William Mahoney of St. Johnsbury was shot by the trooper Sept. 18 after he allegedly stole a vehicle and then hid in the bus and broadcast threats on a school radio.    

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed into law a measure aimed at protecting Vermont companies from so-called patent trolling, the predatory or deceptive claims of patent infringement that can often lead to costly litigation or settlements.    

JAY, Vt. (AP) — Police from Vermont and Quebec are getting to know each other so they'll be ready in case there's a major crime, terrorist attack or natural disaster along the U.S.-Canadian border.    

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont state trooper was justified in the use of deadly force when he shot and injured a man in a Danville school bus last year, the county prosecutor and Vermont attorney general's office said Wednesday.    

SWARTHMORE, Pa. (AP) — Student activists at more than 200 colleges are trying a new tactic in hopes of slowing the pace of climate change: They are asking their schools to stop investing in fossil fuel companies.    

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont attorney general's office is suing a business, accusing it of "patent trolling."    

ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — A lawsuit filed by the former leader of an Indian tribe in Vermont is on hold until her pending criminal case is resolved.    

JAY, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police troopers and their counterparts from the Surete du Quebec are holding a two-day exercise to work on cross-border law enforcement.    

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — The opening of a bike path in Rutland, Vt., has rekindled interest in a long-neglected prison cemetery that's near the path.    

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Lawyers have argued before the Vermont Supreme Court over who should pay for the legal defense against any claims made in the 2009 death of a woman who was denied medication in jail.    

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's attorney general says Vermont homeowners have gotten $14.7 million in foreclosure relief benefits as part of a state-federal settlement with the country's five largest mortgages servicers.