There’s no definite proposal on the table for a tar sands oil pipeline through northern New England, and the companies involved deny that they have such a plan. But activists have staged protests against the possible pipeline, including one that grew violent last month in Burlington. John Dillon reports environmentalists say a recent regulatory decision in Canada is strong evidence that energy firms eventually plan to ship the fuel from Alberta to Maine.
With the price of gasoline on the rise, Vermont authorities are reporting several incidents of gas theft.
A church official in Ludlow has stumbled across the original marriage record of Civil War hero and former Vermont Governor Peter Washburn.