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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Their Vermont homes were inundated by extreme flooding. A year later, they still struggle to recover

MONTPELIER, Vt. — A year after catastrophic flooding inundated parts of Vermont, Lisa Edson Neveu and her two teenage sons still live in their flood-wracked home despite unrepaired damage that festers like an open wound: torn-out walls and floors, a missing ceiling in one room and a downstairs bathroom that is no more. What has been traumatic and just beyond …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Extreme flooding damaged their Vermont homes. A year later, they still struggle to recover.

LA Times

Lisa Edson Neveu last week in her house in Montpelier, Vt., that was damaged by the 2023 flood. What has been traumatic and just beyond anything I can even explain is how awful the last year has been.” Since last July’s flooding that left the capital city of Montpelier under waist-high water, it’s been “a battle with insurance companies, the …

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9 months ago

2 Vermont communities devastated by summer flooding seek $3.5M to elevate homes for victims

Associated Press

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Two of the Vermont communities hardest hit by last summer’s catastrophic flooding have requested $3.5 million in state funding to elevate 20 homes in Barre and the capital city of Montpelier for flood victims who still need safe places to live as the state grapples with a housing crisis. One Montpelier woman lives in a flood-damaged 1870s …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Flooded Vermont capital city demands that post office be restored

Associated Press

MONTPELIER, Vt. — More than five months after catastrophic flooding hit Vermont’s capital city, including its post office, Montpelier residents and members of the state’s congressional delegation held a rally outside the building Monday to demand that the post office reopen and express frustration with the U.S. “Having a vibrant community is running into your neighbors down at the post …

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1 year ago

Northeastern US mops up ahead of holidays after deadly storm slams the region, killing at least 5

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine — Just days before the Christmas holiday, people across the northeastern U.S. were mopping up Tuesday after a major storm dumped torrential rains and brought damaging winds from Pennsylvania to Maine, as some rivers in the region rose even higher. “It’s been a good day so far,” she said Tuesday, noting this time she just got a couple …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Vermont’s flood-wracked capital city ponders a rebuild with one eye on climate change

Associated Press

MONTPELIER, Vt. — A beloved bookstore in Vermont’s small capital city moved across the street to a new spot farther from the Winooski River after an ice jam sent river water into the store in 1992. “But I think now we’ve been a little disabused of the notion that Vermont is safe from climate change.” A woman, wearing a protective …

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1 year, 4 months ago

How the US is fighting back against deadly floods

BBC

How the US is fighting back against deadly floods Getty Images Montpelier was among several cities in Vermont hit by flooding in July 2023. Research shows better urban planning can help reduce impacts from flooding From floodplain restoration to master-planned communities, Vermont and other US states are testing how best to protect people from extreme floods A black and red …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Vermont starts long road to recovery from historic floods, helped by army of volunteers

Associated Press

The Marshfield Village Store, which sits at the junction of two country highways in a tiny Vermont town, has become a little bit of everything in recent days as residents struggle to recover from historic floods that battered the state. “We’re about to start putting it out more formally, if there are other folks who haven’t been able to get …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Snow shovels in hand, volunteers help Vermont communities clear the mud from epic floods

Associated Press

ANDOVER, Vt. — Volunteers pulled out their snow shovels Wednesday to clear inches of mud after torrential rain and flooding inundated communities across Vermont, trapping people in homes, closing roadways and littering streets and businesses with debris. Morrison said urban search and swift water rescue teams came to the aid of least 32 people and numerous animals Tuesday night in …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Flooded New England communities shift to recovery, shoveling out mud and debris

LA Times

A small tractor clears water from a business as flood waters block a street Wednesday in Barre, Vt. Floodwaters receded in Vermont cities and towns pummeled by a storm that delivered two months of rain in two days, enabling people to focus Wednesday on recovering from a disaster that trapped residents in homes, closed roadways and choked streets and businesses …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Vermont hit by 2nd day of floods as muddy water reaches the tops of parking meters in capital city

Associated Press

ANDOVER, Vt. — A storm that dumped up to two months of rain in two days in Vermont and other parts of the Northeast brought more flooding Tuesday to communities that included the state capital, where officials said that river levels at a dam just upstream appeared to be stable. “It’s heartbreaking because you know all these businesses are losing …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Nearly 120 people have been rescued as flooding continues in Vermont

NPR

Nearly 120 people have been rescued as flooding continues in Vermont ADRIAN FLORIDO, HOST: The streets of Vermont's capital city, Montpelier, are underwater today. Nearly 120 people have been rescued, and it's not over yet. HIRSCHFELD: So state and local officials haven't really begun to assess the damage yet, and that's because the state is still very much in life-saving …

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1 year, 6 months ago

3rd Vermont city allows noncitizen voting in local elections after Legislature overrides veto

Associated Press

BURLINGTON, Vt. — A third Vermont city will now allow noncitizens who are legal residents to vote in local elections after the Democrat-controlled Legislature on Tuesday overrode the Republican governor’s veto of the Burlington charter change bill. The three Vermont cities are among more than a dozen communities in a handful of states — including New York City, and a …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Transgender Day of Visibility rallies held amid backlash

Associated Press

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Thousands of people rallied across the country Friday as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility in support of the rights of transgender people and their resilience amid what many denounced as an increasingly hostile environment. I am not hurting anyone and I am certainly not hurting myself.” The rallies came as Republican lawmakers nationwide have pursued …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Day of Visibility rallies held in support of transgender people’s rights amid backlash

LA Times

People gather outside the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier for a rally in support of transgender rights, one of many such rallies held across the country Friday. I am not hurting anyone and I am certainly not hurting myself.” The rallies came as Republican lawmakers nationwide have pursued hundreds of proposals this year to push back on LGBTQ rights, particularly those …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Vermont’s largest city votes to allow noncitizen voting

Associated Press

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermont’s largest city has voted to allow noncitizens who are in the country legally to vote in local elections. Noncitizen residents are currently allowed to vote in municipal elections in Vermont’s capital city of Montpelier, and Winooski, the most diverse community in the state. The Republican National Committee filed lawsuits against Montpelier and Winooski asking judges to …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Vermont Supreme Court rules in favor of noncitizen voting

Associated Press

Noncitizen residents may continue to vote in municipal elections in Vermont’s capital city of Montpelier, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday, stating that such voting in local elections doesn’t violate the state constitution. “The statute allowing noncitizens to vote in local Montpelier elections does not violate Chapter II, § 42 because that constitutional provision does not apply to local elections,” …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Recreational marijuana dispensaries on the rise in Vermont

Associated Press

MONTPELIER, Vt. — In the first three months that Vermont has allowed the retail sale of marijuana for adult recreational use, the number of dispensaries around the state has grown from just three to about 25, with several more are expected to open soon. Vermont is among nearly two dozen states that have legalized recreational marijuana, including New York, where …

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2 years, 4 months ago

A post office closes over an historic exhibit showing signs for 'White' and 'Colored'

NPR

A post office closes over an historic exhibit showing signs for 'White' and 'Colored' Enlarge this image toggle caption Clint Schemmer/The Star-Exponent via AP Clint Schemmer/The Star-Exponent via AP MONTPELIER STATION, Va. — The United States Postal Service has closed a small Virginia post office over agency management's concerns about its location inside a historic train depot that also serves …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Noncitizens to vote in local elections in 2 Vermont cities

Associated Press

Noncitizens will be allowed to vote in local elections in two Vermont cities — Winooski and Montpelier — on Tuesday during the state’s annual Town Meeting day. The two small Vermont cities are part of more than a dozen communities across the United States to allow noncitizens to cast ballots in local elections, including 11 towns in Maryland. And in …

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3 years, 2 months ago

GOP sues 2 Vermont cities for noncitizen voting

Associated Press

MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Republican National Committee is suing two Vermont cities for allowing noncitizens to vote on local issues in their communities. Earlier this year the Vermont Legislature approved changes to the charters of the two communities allowing noncitizen voting. In his June veto message, Scott said noncitizen voting was an important issue that deserved further consideration but said …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Gammons: Now the elder statesman, Evan Longoria remains driven, and is driving the surprising Giants forward

New York Times

The first time I saw Evan Longoria was the summer of 2005, in Chatham, Ma. “In Derek Jeter’s last season, I asked him, ‘how did you know it’s time?’” Longoria recalls. I still am as comfortable every day as I ever was.” Giants President Farhan Zaidi talks of Longoria’s “inner karma.” Zaidi praises “the value of consistency,” cites part of …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Vermont to send 100 National Guard troops to Washington

Associated Press

COLCHESTER, Vt. — The Vermont National Guard will send about 100 infantry soldiers to Washington to help provide security for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. “I am grateful to the brave men and women of the Vermont National Guard for their service and doing their part during this deployment to protect our republic and the democratic values we hold …

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Their Vermont homes were inundated by extreme flooding. A year later, they still struggle to recover

Extreme flooding damaged their Vermont homes. A year later, they still struggle to recover.

2 Vermont communities devastated by summer flooding seek $3.5M to elevate homes for victims

Flooded Vermont capital city demands that post office be restored

Northeastern US mops up ahead of holidays after deadly storm slams the region, killing at least 5

Vermont’s flood-wracked capital city ponders a rebuild with one eye on climate change

How the US is fighting back against deadly floods

Vermont starts long road to recovery from historic floods, helped by army of volunteers

Snow shovels in hand, volunteers help Vermont communities clear the mud from epic floods

Flooded New England communities shift to recovery, shoveling out mud and debris

Vermont hit by 2nd day of floods as muddy water reaches the tops of parking meters in capital city

Nearly 120 people have been rescued as flooding continues in Vermont

3rd Vermont city allows noncitizen voting in local elections after Legislature overrides veto

Transgender Day of Visibility rallies held amid backlash

Day of Visibility rallies held in support of transgender people’s rights amid backlash

Vermont’s largest city votes to allow noncitizen voting

Vermont Supreme Court rules in favor of noncitizen voting

Recreational marijuana dispensaries on the rise in Vermont

A post office closes over an historic exhibit showing signs for 'White' and 'Colored'

Noncitizens to vote in local elections in 2 Vermont cities

GOP sues 2 Vermont cities for noncitizen voting

Gammons: Now the elder statesman, Evan Longoria remains driven, and is driving the surprising Giants forward

Vermont to send 100 National Guard troops to Washington