The City of Burlington has been working to improve its finances since 2012, and officials said today that their efforts are beginning to pay off now that the city has secured a $14 million wastewater bond from the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank. Republicans in the Statehouse say they welcome Governor Peter Shumlin’s focus on the opiate problem in Vermont, but they want more details about how he plans to pay for more aggressive treatment programs. The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife says it's going to use a $500,000 bequest from the estate of an East Montpelier woman to support programs that protect non-game species. AP
About 400 customers will be without power for an hour during a planned outage in the towns of Fletcher, Cambridge and Fairfax.