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Gov. Ned Lamont said eligible people will be covered 60 days before they leave correctional facilities, and the state will keep federal money for residential addiction treatment.
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Vermont State Police said a 60-year-old Berkshire man was cited on Nov. 1 near Highgate Commons on Swanton Road and is due in Franklin County court Dec. 15.
The 2027-28 proposal includes $500,000 for higher legal costs and $2.3 million more for special education. The town's finance board had set a guideline of 3.71%.
A suspicious person near the town's early voting site sent three schools into secure mode last month, and officers stood outside the high school with guns drawn. More than 30 people, mostly students, wrote in asking for a change.
About 1,300 casino employees represented by two unions had walked off the job Sept. 4. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
A father asked the School Committee for a written plan to get children to school safely; district leaders said attendance had not dropped.
Supporters said the federal 287(g) stipends could pay for deputy body cameras; the lone opponent said the county shouldn't take money tied to immigration enforcement.
Vermont State Police said they arrested a 55-year-old West Haven man after pulling his car over for an equipment problem in Shoreham. His license plates were seized and the car was towed.
Vermont State Police said a driver and his passenger were each wanted on outstanding arrest warrants when troopers pulled their car over for an equipment problem.
The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training said more than 25 employers will recruit for corporate jobs at the Nov. 14 fair, the second it has organized with the Hasbro move in mind.
Trenton Touch, 18, is accused of posting Instagram messages threatening to kill Donald Trump and to shoot up a school, federal prosecutors said.
A federal grand jury in New Hampshire charged a 30-year-old Methuen, Massachusetts, resident and a 27-year-old Manchester resident with conspiring to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine, prosecutors said.