Gas tanker fire on Route 7 cuts internet in county

No one injured when natural gas tanker explodes near Dakin Farm in Ferrisburgh.

Route 7 in Ferrisburgh closed for nine hours after deadly crash on Friday.

Vermont State Police reported three motor vehicle crashes between Feb. 1 and 8; and troopers also found a missing person and started investigation of gunfire into a Monkton home.

Criminals broke into the building that houses foreign workers at Sunrise Orchards in Cornwall this past Friday and stole passports, among other things.

On Oct. 17 at approximately 6:30 p.m., Vermont State Police got an anonymous tip regarding the whereabouts of Ralph Desmarais, 43, of Burlington, who was wanted for sexual exploitation and luring a child.

54-year-old Matthew White was killed while getting ready for hunting season, state police said.

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The sheriff is charged with sexual assault, second-degree unlawful restraint and domestic assault; high bailiff calls for Newton to resign.

In four separate recent incidents, Vermont State Police issued three citations for drunk driving and one for possession of child pornography.

Vermont State Police dealt with a number of domestic violence cases in the county over the past week.

NEW HAVEN — A Vergennes man died and a Cornwall woman sustained what Vermont State Police described as “significant injuries” in a motorcycle-car crash at the intersection of Route 7 and the River Road in New Haven at around 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday.State pol … (read more)

VERMONT — Vermont State Police are searching for a New Haven man who allegedly discharged himself from a Burlington drug rehabilitation facility Thursday, in direct violation of a court order, according to a press release issued Friday afternoon.Brian A. … (read more)

SHOREHAM / BRANDON — Police are investigating armed robberies in Shoreham and Brandon this past weekend, where stores captured images of the assailant wearing the same sweatshirt at both crime scenes.The first robbery took place Saturday morning, Aug. 21, … (read more)

UPDATEDMIDDLEBURY — Police are looking for men suspected of being involved with armed robberies in Middlebury and Shoreham on Monday evening.Middlebury police are searching for a man who robbed the Jolley Shortstop gas station at knifepoint in Middlebury … (read more)

BRISTOL — After looking for Walter Rusch for a week, family of the 63-year-old man found his remains in a wooded area near his Bristol home on Saturday morning, police report. His death does not appear to be suspicious, according to Vermont State Police D … (read more)