Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.:
Many downtown Rutland retailers complain that even if they weren’t hurt by flood waters again, they’ve been hit hard by the perception that downtown Rutland is close; About 15,000 Chittenden Bank customers have gotten a surprise the past few days when they tried to make purchases with their ATM cards; the Jay Peak Ski Resort has a new owner, but the faces in the front office won’t be changing much; It took police about six hours to rescue a teenage Florida girl who was trapped after falling "a considerable distance" in a Dorset cave.