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Gov. Phil Scott asked Vermonters to pick up election signs before snowfall, as state road crews start removing those left along state highways. Casella Waste Systems will recycle unclaimed signs at no cost to taxpayers, the governor's office said.
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Elijah Raffington, 22, pleaded guilty to taking part in gunpoint robberies of four stores and an Amazon delivery truck in Bridgeport, Milford and Stratford in late 2022 and early 2023, federal prosecutors said.
Christopher Miles, 41, a convicted felon, was found guilty by a federal jury in February of illegally possessing the pistol, which a restaurant employee found while cleaning, prosecutors said.
About 255 Teamsters drivers and warehouse workers are fighting Associated Grocers Northeast's plan to leave their union pension fund. Independent stores in three states say missed deliveries are emptying their shelves.
Edgar Arias, 41, admitted he carried fentanyl to Maine for a drug sale that federal and state drug agents had arranged through a Facebook user, prosecutors said. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
State agency greenhouse gas emissions are now 36.3% below fiscal 2019 levels, Gov. Ned Lamont's office said, as the Labor Department, UConn, the Department of Correction and others were honored for energy and cost-saving projects.
Prosecutors say Jianyang Huang, 39, arranged for a cooperating witness to pick up two suitcases of cocaine in Flushing, N.Y., and was arrested in a Burlington hotel parking lot with one of them in hand.
Jurors who told the judge Monday they were deadlocked returned guilty verdicts on both counts Tuesday. Farwell faces a mandatory life sentence.
Books Are Wings gave its community champion award to Rep. Jennifer A. Stewart, Sen. Mark McKenney and Providence Mayor-elect David Morales for sponsoring the 2025 law that bars censorship of library materials.
Michael Darcy, the sole employee of a small Hinsdale business, wrote fraudulent checks to himself and spent about $142,000 on pornographic online chats, federal prosecutors said.
The Vermont independent also cast doubt on whether Schumer will run without opposition, as Chris Van Hollen weighs a challenge.
State workplace safety investigators found the departments lacked an effective system for tracking firefighters at the May 15 Robbins Lumber fire. The state suspended nearly all of $108,000 in penalties after the towns made fixes.