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  1. Two teens crash cars in effort to avoid deerRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 6 | Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

    ... and sent a 16-year-old to the hospital. In the first accident, Vermont State Police responded to West Hill Road in Worcester at about 5 p.m. and found a car down an embankment. Joseph G. Nailor, 16, of Worcester told police he swerved to miss a deer ...

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    Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Washington County, VT

  2. Heavy, Wet Snow Falls On NortheastRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 6 | WPTZ-TV Plattsburgh

    ... the snow came down hard enough to stick on the roads. A general accumulation of 3 to 6 inches fell in the Worcester area and central Massachusetts. In Rochester, N.H., the weekend snow storm is being blamed for a crash in Rochester that sent three ...

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    Related Topix: Massachusetts, Weather

  3. Budget plan cuts 5.5 jobs at U-32

    Friday Dec 4 | Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

    ... In addition to U-32, the supervisory union includes elementary schools in East Montpelier, Calais, Middlesex, Worcester and Berlin. "We're between a rock and hard place," Bassage said. The position reductions under consideration at U-32 include two ...

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    Related Topix: Education Etc., East Montpelier, VT, Tax, Montpelier, VT, Calais, VT

  4. State of the syrup Sugarmakers have positive outlook, concerns over invasive insects

    Nov 13, 2009 | The Brattleboro Reformer

    ... the Asian Longhorned has been found in forested areas as well, said Guenther. It wiped out 15,000 maples in the Worcester, Mass., area, he said, just 45 miles south of the Vermont border. The main concern for arborists like Guenther is that people ...

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    Related Topix: Entomology, Science, Windham County, VT, Brattleboro, VT, Underhill, VT

  5. Residents asked to look for beetleRead the original story

    Nov 4, 2009 | Rutland Herald

    ... states, but has not been detected in the region except in Massachusetts. The beetle has devastated trees in Worcester, Mass., and surrounding communities. The beetle most likely burrowed into shipping pallets and crates in Asia then jumped to ...

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    Related Topix: University of New Hampshire, Worcester, MA, Entomology, Science

  6. Worcester's Mark Powell has a passion to preserve the elusive wood turtleRead the original story w/Photo

    Nov 1, 2009 | Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

    ... obsession with locating, tracking and eventually protecting wood turtles began in 2001, after buying a home in Worcester. With two ponds on his property, and a curiosity for all things nature (Powell previously pursued eagles and whales), the call ...

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    Related Topix: Wildlife, Outdoor Recreation

  7. Executive session issues set for hearing Nov. 4 in Montpelier

    Oct 29, 2009 | Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

    The Montpelier City Council will hold a public hearing on Nov. 4 to discuss the issue of executive sessions, following public concern about the city's use of the closed-door format from 2006 to 2009 to discuss an accounting error that cost the city's water fund $400,000. Among those invited to speak is Worcester resident Allen Gilbert, executive ...

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    Related Topix: Montpelier, VT, Burlington, VT

  8. Education chief: Merger talks should continue

    Oct 21, 2009 | Rutland Herald

    ... merger of the two high schools - Montpelier High School and U-32, which hosts students from Middlesex, Berlin, Worcester, Calais and East Montpelier. "Parents who live in Middlesex drive through Montpelier to get to their high school," he said. ...

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    Related Topix: Vermont, Education Etc., Montpelier, VT, Calais, VT, East Montpelier, VT

  9. Little bit of everythingRead the original story

    Oct 16, 2009 | TheSpectrum.com

    ... like the yellow desert marigolds. Along this portion of the trail I first ran into Ford and Karin Marden, of Worcester, Vt., hiking the opposite direction. It was their first time visiting Snow Canyon and they were loving it. After talking with ...

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    Related Topix: Outdoor Recreation, Hiking

  10. Edward F. HarrisRead the original story

    Oct 7, 2009 | The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts

    ... he retired in 1978. He is survived by his wife, Jeannette (Rhodes) Harris; son, Anthony and his wife Donna of Worcester, Vt.; a sister, Phyllis McNeill of Holyoke; a brother, Robert of Chicopee, Mass.; four step-grandchildren; two ...

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    Related Topix: Holyoke, MA

  11. Beetle Busters on PatrolRead the original story

    Sep 28, 2009 | WCAX-TV Burlington

    Worcester, Massachusetts is the second largest city in New England, home to more than 175-thousand people, including Mike Lamb.

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    Related Topix: Worcester, MA, Agriculture, Science, US News, United States Department of Agriculture

  12. Worcester Town Hall set to reopen today

    Sep 25, 2009 | Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

    The community of Worcester is holding a celebration today to mark the reopening of the upstairs of the Town Hall.

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  13. State police log: August 21 - 30

    Sep 1, 2009 | Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

    ... joined in the search. The child was uninjured, police said. A person who has schizophrenia was reported missing in Worcester. A black truck was reportedly on a Vermont Association of Snow Travelers trail and tearing it up in the area of Shady Rill ...

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    Related Topix: Vermont, Woodbury, VT, Marshfield, VT

  14. Statea s tools in fight against invasive pest include Internet TVRead the original story

    Aug 31, 2009 | The Brattleboro Reformer

    ... Beetle and its threat to the area's maple trees. If the non-native pest, which was most recently found in Worcester, Mass., makes its way to Vermont, it could ruin the maple syrup industry, affect the fall foliage and tourism, put a strain on the ...

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    Related Topix: Vermont, Bennington, VT, Middlebury College

  15. Eco-convergence hits Montpelier

    Aug 25, 2009 | Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

    ... a root cellar display and talk will be held Wednesday in Adamant, a wine-making workshop on Wednesday in Worcester, fruit and nut tree propagation will be discussed in Plainfield on Friday, a solar hot-water workshop will be held Saturday in ...

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    Related Topix: Montpelier, VT, Adamant, VT, Plainfield, VT, Marshfield, VT

  16. Kacy Ryan MuzzeyRead the original story

    Aug 19, 2009 | Concord Monitor

    ... Kacy is survived by his father, Ryan Muzzey, and his wife, Jen, of Enfield; and his mother, Elizabeth Pavlik of Worcester, Vt.; his paternal grandmother, Glenda Muzzey of Sunapee; his maternal grandparents, Ronald and Vivian Dudley of Clearwater, ...

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    Related Topix: Obituaries

  17. Thinking about taking cell phone service abroad?Read the original story

    Aug 17, 2009 | Telegraph Herald

    WORCESTER, Vt. -- To prepare for a trip to Tuscany, Paul Boffa visited a local Verizon store to learn about options for taking his mobile phone with him.

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    Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, US Travel, Emory University

  18. Want to call home? Get new cell abroadRead the original story

    Aug 16, 2009 | Dispatch.com

    WORCESTER, Vt. -- To prepare for a trip to Tuscany, Paul Boffa visited a local Verizon store to learn about options for taking his mobile phone with him.

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    Related Topix: Travel

  19. Volunteers stave off beetle invasionRead the original story

    Aug 13, 2009 | BurlingtonFreePress.com

    ... Well-informed vigilance, Turmel said, might slow the northward spread of the bug from an ongoing infestation in Worcester, Mass. - a city with a costly, cautionary tale for the Green Mountain State. Experts estimate the beetles landed in Worcester ...

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    Related Topix: Entomology, Science, Burlington, VT, Brattleboro, VT

  20. Read CommentsRead the original story

    Aug 13, 2009 | Burlington Free Press

    ... Well-informed vigilance, Turmel said, might slow the northward spread of the bug from an ongoing infestation in Worcester, Mass. - a city with a costly, cautionary tale for the Green Mountain State. Experts estimate the beetles landed in Worcester ...

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    Related Topix: Entomology, Science, Burlington, VT, Brattleboro, VT

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