Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.:
Vermont’s Senators say homeowners in their state can use some help; the Vermont Senate wants the state Attorney General to investigate whether oil companies are fixing prices and gouging customers; a Mendon hotel has been shut down by the state after tests confirmed it as the source for a case of Legionnaires’ disease; and a worldwide shortage in hops, a key ingredient in beer, is hitting home in Vermont.