Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.:
Pre-buying heating oil for the winter may not be the best choice this year; Vermont’s homeless shelters worry that they’ll be confronted by demand this winter that they might not be able to meet; A bridge through the town of Richmond remains amid concerns about its safety; The victim of a 2005 Burlington carbon monoxide poisoning claims one of the companies she sued hired a private detective to spy on her.