FairPoint Communications has rolled back the number of telephone and Internet service delays to where it was before workers went on strike.

But the state says there are still too many delays in repairs and service.

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Rich Gershberg is among those who have been waiting for his service to be restored. He doesn’t live in Vermont, but every few weeks he comes up from New York City to spend time at the second home he bought in the town of Jamaica.

State health officials say seven children and one adult at Charlotte Central School have tested positive for tuberculosis.

The news comes after a staff member was discovered to have an active case of the disease earlier in the month.

Health Commissioner Harry Chen emphasized at a news conference Friday that the positive tests do not represent an ongoing threat to public health because they only indicate infections – not active cases of the disease in its contagious stage.

The newly installed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington exuberantly exclaims that getting "fannies in the pews" is one of his top goals. 

Dartmouth College President Philip Hanlon announced Thursday several unprecedented steps that he hopes will create a safer environment on campus. His speech follows concerns about about the rising incidence of sexual assaults and high risk drinking.