Vermont news

• Shrewsbury death ruled suicide

  04-11-2017 06:12 via vtdigger.org
  The home where a 32-year-old Shrewsbury woman was found dead. Photo by Alan J. Keays/VTDiggerThe death of a Shrewsbury woman last month that had been under police investigation has been ruled a suicide.
  An amended death certificate was filed recently for Sara Reynolds with the state Department of Health.An earlier version of the certificate listed a gunshot wound to her head as the cause of her death. However, that document said the manner of death remained pending.
  The updated death certificate
  
  Read more

• Elayne Clift: Why is disaster relief so disastrous?

  04-11-2017 00:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Elayne Clift,writes about women, health, politics and social issues from Saxtons River.
  On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans with a vengeance. In the aftermath, criticism of the government’s response was swift and decisive: America had learned nothing from prior failures in relief efforts. The Bush administration had not paid ample attention to the threat in Louisiana and had neglected to put emergency plans in place or to share inf
  
  Read more

• Bob Stannard: Keep on truckin’? Maybe not

  04-11-2017 00:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bob Stannard, an author, musician and former lobbyist. This piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner.
  The year is 1995. The place is the Dominican Republic. Thirty-plus men, some Dominican and some Haitian are walking to work. They are dressed rather smartly in khaki pants and polo shirts. They arrive at their job site and immediately begin to disrobe caring little that they have an audience. They remove their fine clothes and replace them with the
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsVermont_ on Twitter!