Worcester News

H. Allen Gilbert, head of the American Civil Liberties Union in Vermont, has been selected to receive the Matthew Lyon Award for his lifetime commitment to the First Amendment and the public's right to know the truth in Vermont.

The former supervisor of grounds and maintenance at U-32 High School in East Montpelier stole taxpayer-purchased items for the construction of his private home, Vermont State Police said Thursday.

A two-vehicle accident in Calais on Wednesday night sent a Hardwick man to the hospital.

In recent months, many drivers in central Vermont have spotted a small, black pickup that looks as though it crashed into a bus-station kiosk and just kept on driving.

To cheers from a roomful of disability rights advocates and state legislators, Gov.