Top Republican and Democratic officials say choosing House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan as the GOP vice presidential candidate will make the economy and debt reduction a key issue in the fall campaign.
The first phase of an effort to preserve and to improve access to 150 years of local court records in Vermont has been completed.
While there is no definite proposal for a tar sands oil pipeline through northern New England, environmental activists say there is evidence that energy firms do plan to ship fuel from Alberta to Maine.