http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/vt-news/ en-us Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:52:13 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284431/posts www.michaelsavage.wnd.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284431/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:52:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283980/posts Wednesday, July 1 BRATTLEBORO -- The jury began deliberations Tuesday in the second-degree murder trial of David Boglioli. After closing statements by Deputy State's Attorney David Gartenstein and defense attorney Matthew Harnett, the jury must decide whether to find Boglioli guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of his neighbor, George Riccitelli, or if he was defending himself from being beaten with an ax handle. If convicted of second-degree murder, Boglioli will face a sentence of 20 years to life in prison. Prior to the closing statements, Harnett called Scott Kriger, a toxicology expert, to the stand. Kriger testified... reformer.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283980/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:11:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283312/posts Marylou Chicote, site administrator for a Revolutionary War monument in Vermont, was looking to make the Fourth of July about something more than barbecues and fireworks, so she turned to the piece of paper that started it all -- the Declaration of Independence. She recruited an actor to dress in Colonial-era clothes and perform a dramatic reading of the document in front of the soaring stone obelisk in Bennington to honor a famous battle there and bring the nation's independence alive. "It was a hit," Miss Chicote says. "It makes people think about what the day means as opposed to... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283312/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:29:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281306/posts    Under questioning, Attorney Gen. Holder was surprisingly forthright in admitting that the hate bill is not intended to protect everyone, or even the majority. He said only historically oppressed minorities were to benefit. This means Jews, blacks, homosexuals, women, etc. Holder made it clear that if a white Christian male, including a serviceman or police officer, was the victim of a violent hate crime by any minority he would have to find redress from traditional law. He could not avail himself of the triple penalties and rapid government/justice system response given a protected minority.____________________________________________ LEAHY'S HATE BILL HEARING A SHAM... .truthtellers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281306/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:57:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280448/posts MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont State Police say a nanny charged with molesting a 10-year-old boy may have other victims elsewhere. Vermont State Police Detective Ben Katz says the case is complex because 23-year-old Donald Shepherd traveled around the country and went by several aliases. He says Shepherd sought work as a nanny and at camps in 13 other states. Shepherd looked for his nanny jobs online. Vermont investigators are working with other law enforcement agencies and have been contacted by several nanny-networking sites. Katz says Shepherd may have sought work in California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280448/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:09:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278116/posts In Burlington, Vermont, is Thomas Naylor. He is the founder of the Second Vermont Republic Movement. Well, since that time, the interest in secession has increased rather substantially. We now have about 12 percent of the registered voters in Vermont support secession. That's about 60,000 people. The movement continues to evolve. Last fall, we had our second statewide convention on secession in the House chambers of the statehouse.One is we would like to see Vermont revert back to its status as an independent republic as it was between 1767 and 1791. And our second objective, frankly, is a peaceful dissolution... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278116/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:54:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277867/posts Greener diet reduces dairy cows' methane burpsBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press Writer Tuesday, June 23, 2009 COVENTRY, Vt. (AP) — Vermont dairy farmers Tim Maikshilo and Kristen Dellert, mindful of shrinking their carbon footprint, have changed their cows’ diet to reduce the amount of gas the animals burp — dairy cows’ contribution to global warming. Coventry Valley Farm is one of 15 Vermont farms working with Stonyfield Farm Inc., whose yogurt is made with their organic milk, to reduce the cows’ intestinal methane by feeding them flaxseed, alfalfa, and grasses high in Omega 3 fatty acids. The gas cows belch... Daily Journal Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277867/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:22:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276791/posts President Obama has indicated he wants a health-care bill on his desk sometime around October...the evidence is overwhelming that we must end the private insurance company domination of health care in our country and move toward a publicly funded, single-payer, Medicare-for-all approach. Pittsburgh Live http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276791/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:22:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276382/posts COVENTRY, Vt. – Vermont dairy farmers Tim Maikshilo and Kristen Dellert, mindful of shrinking their carbon footprint, have changed their cows' diet to reduce the amount of gas the animals burp — dairy cows' contribution to global warming. Coventry Valley Farm is one of 15 Vermont farms working with Stonyfield Farm Inc., whose yogurt is made with their organic milk, to reduce the cows' intestinal methane by feeding them flaxseed, alfalfa, and grasses high in Omega 3 fatty acids. The gas cows belch is the dairy industry's biggest greenhouse gas contributor, research shows, most of it emitted from the front... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276382/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:32:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273262/posts Mia Farrow's brother found dead Mr Farrow had received several national awards for his sculptures The brother of actor Mia Farrow has been found dead in his art gallery in Castleton, Vermont, in what US police say were suspicious circumstances. Sculptor Patrick Farrow, 66, was found by police responding to an emergency call, the Associated Press reported. In a statement, Vermont State Police Lt Timothy Oliver said the death was suspicious but gave no further details. Police have said they will not release further information until an autopsy has been carried out. Mr Farrow was a noted sculptor and had... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273262/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:35:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266938/posts BURLINGTON, Vt. – Like plenty of other high school students, a group of about a dozen Vermont teenagers trundled into a youth center one day every week this spring to participate in an after-school program. But their program was different; it focused on gender. The nine-week program, partially funded by the Burlington School District, was held at Vermont's Queer Youth Center and called "Gendertopia." Gay, lesbian and straight students discussed a wide range of topics, from the characters in the book and movie "Twilight," to taking photos around the city that show the different ways gender is portrayed in popular... AP-Yahoo! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266938/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 03:21:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266059/posts The Vermont Workers Center lost a $30,000 grant from a Catholic group because it would not take a stance against abortion and assisted suicide as part of its "Healthcare is a Human Right" campaign. "It's a major challenge for us, $30,000, we make it go a long way," Vermont Workers Center Director James Haslam said. The money represents a quarter of the group's total budget. The center has received the grant in years past, but it must be approved by the Catholic Diocese of Burlington every year. The Vermont Workers Center planned on using the grant to help fund the... WPTZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266059/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 09:13:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265722/posts TOWNSHEND, Vt. – For weeks, Greg Noel roamed the spine of the Green Mountains with a handheld GPS unit, walking dirt roads and chatting with people as he helped create a map of every housing unit in the United States. Work was good: The sun was out, the snow was gone and the blackflies hadn't begun to hatch. But now that work is over and Noel, 60, and more than 60,000 other Americans hired in April to help with the 2010 census are out of work once more. It's a familiar predicament in today's economy, in which some 2 million... Yahoooooo! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265722/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 19:15:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262523/posts Not just content to win elections, the Left is trying to destroy its political opponents by calling for criminal prosecution of Bush administration officials for political and legal decisions the Left does not like. Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy is leading this banana republic style campaign to criminalize policy decisions made by a duly elected previous administration. True North Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262523/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 23:50:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252796/posts Woo hoo!! Keep those cards and letters coming folks. Each day we get a little closer to our goal!! Click here to donate via credit card or PayPal or to pledge a donation by mail. Or mail your donation to: Free Republic, LLC PO Box 9771 Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you all very much!! Long live the Republic!! Rebellion is Brewing!! Click here to git 'er done! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252796/posts#comment Sun, 17 May 2009 19:56:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250348/posts HIGHGATE, Vt. – A room off the milking parlor of a sprawling farm near the U.S.-Canada border offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the changing face of Vermont's dairy industry. A Spanish-language soap opera plays on a small TV atop the refrigerator. Bags of corn flour for tortillas are piled high in a basket across the room from bunk beds. "Dios bendiga esta casa" (God bless this house) is scrawled above the door of the room, home to a Guatemalan man and a Mexican couple. A pregnant Mexican woman still in knee-high rubber boots is visited by Nancy Sabin, a volunteer... Yahoooooo! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250348/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2009 22:44:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249634/posts The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Gurdeep Nagra, 39, a Canadian citizen and native of India who has been residing in Brattleboro, Vermont, was sentenced on May 7, 2009 in United States District Court to four months imprisonment, three years of supervised release, including four months home confinement, and a $10,000 fine for conspiracy to make false statements to obtain a bank loan and for employing illegal aliens. Mr. Nagra was indicted on October 18, 2007 on charges of employment and harboring of illegal aliens and making false statements in his application... Department of Justice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249634/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 23:15:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248840/posts Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, says gay marriage will ultimately be legalized throughout the country. With four states already allowing same-sex marriage and several others moving in that direction, “it’s just a matter of time” before the whole country goes that way, Romero tells The Philadelphia Inquirer. “Clearly the momentum is on our side.” Last week, Maine’s legislature approved a gay marriage bill, and New Hampshire’s has done the same. Also last week, the Washington, DC City Council voted to recognize out-of-state gay marriages. Massachusetts, Iowa, Vermont and Connecticut permit same-sex marriage. But Romero, the... newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248840/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 22:44:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248449/posts WHITINSVILLE, Mass. — Twenty years after he met the love of his life, nearly five years after their wedding helped make history, it took a nasty bout of pneumonia for Gary Chalmers to fully appreciate the blessings of marriage. “I was out of work for eight weeks, spent a week in the hospital,” Chalmers said. “That was the first time I really felt thankful for the sense of the security we had, with Rich there, talking with the physicians, helping make decisions...it really made a difference.” At stake was the most basic recognition of marital bonds — something most spouses... Wisconsin State Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248449/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 13:24:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246612/posts Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean was on CNBC today debating the likely impact of President Barack Obama's economic policies and the $17 billion in cuts that the president has included in his $3.5 trillion budget. In the course of defending Obama's policies, Dean made some statements that the Administration may come to regret. Dean first said that there would have to be tax increases, which he called "revenue increases," to pay for President Obama's spending priorities (1:40). Dean followed that up by endorsing a "carbon tax," (1:45) referring to a cap-and-trade pollution emissions system that the Administration and... Politics Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246612/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 02:09:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246197/posts Leahy Raises Questions Over Specter Subcommittee Chairmanship By Emily Pierce Roll Call Staff May 7, 2009, 12:43 p.m. Leahy Raises Questions Over Specter Subcommittee Chairmanship Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Thursday appeared to throw a little cold water on the Democratic leadership’s plan to give recent party-switcher Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) a plum subcommittee chairmanship. Though Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) announced earlier in the day that he would relinquish the Crime and Drugs subpanel and take over a reconstituted Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, Leahy told reporters, “Nothing’s been worked out.” Leahy indicated that... Roll Call http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246197/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 16:54:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245001/posts The city council in the nation's capital voted Tuesday to recognize same-sex marriages from states that approve them, a step that could propel the emotional issue into Congress and draw Democrats into a culture-wars battle with each other. President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders responded to the 12-1 vote by the District of Columbia Council with near silence -- hoping to avoid aggravating Democratic factions already at odds over that issue and more. --snip-- Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, who is gay, said he expects congressional opponents of gay marriage to rally to repeal the city's decision but doubts... WMTW-TV / The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245001/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 01:12:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242915/posts Gay marriage legalization in several states and the public's growing acceptance of same-sex unions have Democrats sensing political opportunity and some Republicans re-evaluating their party's hard-line opposition to an issue that long has rallied its base. In recent weeks, Vermont and Iowa have legalized same-sex marriage, while New York, Maine and New Hampshire have taken steps in that direction. Polls show younger Americans are far are more tolerant on the issue than are older generations. For now at least, the public is much more focused on the troubled economy and two wars than on social issues. In addition, over the... The San Jose Mercury News / The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242915/posts#comment Sat, 2 May 2009 22:24:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242758/posts Gay marriage legalization in several states and the public's growing acceptance of same-sex unions have Democrats sensing political opportunity and some Republicans re-evaluating their party's hard-line opposition to an issue that long has rallied its base. In recent weeks, Vermont and Iowa have legalized same-sex marriage, while New York, Maine and New Hampshire have taken steps in that direction. Polls show younger Americans are far are more tolerant on the issue than are older generations. For now at least, the public is much more focused on the troubled economy and two wars than on social issues. FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242758/posts#comment Sat, 2 May 2009 16:41:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2241540/posts Montpelier, VT (LifeNews.com) -- Vermont pro-life advocates are gearing up once again for a battle against legislation that would add the state to the list of those that have legalized assisted suicide. Led by Vermont Right to Life, state residents will participate in a rally in the state capital tomorrow.The pro-life organization tells LifeNews.com the Healthcare is a Human Right rally is an event to remind state lawmakers that abortion and physician-assisted suicide are not health care and should not be included in any state health care proposal. Just prior to the scheduled rally, lawmakers introduced legislation to legalize assisted... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2241540/posts#comment Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:59:50 GMT