http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont en-us 2009-11-22T15:24:27Z http://www.boston.com/ http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-Based_Image_Resource/bcom_logo_140w.gif http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/22/vt_congressman_has_food_bank_visit_monday?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news U.S. Rep. Peter Welch will start Thanksgiving week with a visit to a food bank in Barre. 2009-11-22T15:09:27Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/22/green_mountain_tech_school_wins_annual_cook_off?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news The results are in, hot from the oven: Green Mountain Technical and Career Center, of Hyde Park, has captured top honors in an annual cooking contest in Vermont's capital, for the second year in a row. 2009-11-22T14:39:26Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/22/vermont_man_charged_with_sexual_assault?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news A 49-year-old Cabot man has been charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a juvenile boy over the past four years. 2009-11-22T14:09:26Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/22/vermont_man_killed_in_atv_accident?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news Police say a 53-year-old Vermont man was killed and a juvenile girl was injured when they were ejected from an all-terrain vehicle that went out of control, crashed into an embankment and flipped over. 2009-11-22T13:39:26Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/22/vt_man_who_struck_deer_hit_by_2_cars_in_nh?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news New Hampshire state police say a man who hit a large deer with his vehicle on a highway tried to warn oncoming traffic about the crash before he was struck by two cars and seriously injured. 2009-11-22T11:59:21Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/22/one_jackpot_winner?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news One of the tickets sold in Oklahoma for the Powerball game Saturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 2009-11-22T05:29:27Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/22/mental_health_cases_tax_police_emergency_workers?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news Police found him sitting on the floor of his old apartment near a bucket of urine, still dressed in his hospital gown. Lisa Rathke, Associated Press Writer 2009-11-22T05:09:34Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/21/d9c4bj901?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news The winning numbers drawn Saturday night in Powerball are: 7-26-36-49-58 2009-11-22T04:19:30Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/21/megabucks_plus?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news Here are the winning numbers selected in Saturday's Tri-State Megabucks Plus lottery drawing: 16-28-29-36-39 Megaball 6 2009-11-22T01:19:22Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/21/a_bad_month_in_afghanistan_rippled_across_the_us?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news Every afternoon, seven days a week, Ed Epley has a 5 p.m. appointment with the war. Sharon Cohen, AP National Writer 2009-11-21T19:09:28Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/21/pick_3_pick_4_numbers?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news Here are the winning numbers selected Saturday in both drawings of the daily New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine lotteries: EVENING DRAWING 2009-11-21T18:49:20Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/21/mental_health_cases_tax_police_emergency_workers?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news Police found him sitting on the floor of his old apartment near a bucket of urine, still dressed in his hospital gown. Lisa Rathke, Associated Press Writer 2009-11-21T18:29:22Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/21/ben__jerrys_names_new_flavor_after_hannah_teter?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news Ben & Jerry's has named its newest ice cream flavor after Vermont native and champion snowboarder Hannah Teter. 2009-11-21T17:39:24Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/21/vt_church_to_sell_tiffany_window_to_help_homeless?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news Here's a twist on the old saying, "When a door closes, a window opens." A Brattleboro, Vt., a church is removing a historic stained glass window, so it can open its doors to the homeless. 2009-11-21T14:39:29Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/21/passenger_train_ridership_inches_up_in_vt?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news Vermont's passenger trains are seeing a slightly positive trend in ridership despite the economic downturn. 2009-11-21T14:29:20Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/21/trespassers_warned_to_stay_out_of_vt_firing_range?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news The Vermont National Guard wants hunters and other civilians to stay off its firing range. 2009-11-21T13:49:20Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/21/3_vermont_ski_areas_postpone_opening_day?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news Mother Nature has postponed opening day for some Vermont ski areas. Stowe, Sugarbush and Okemo Mountain Resort had planned to open Saturday but have pushed back the date because warm weather has hindered snowmaking. 2009-11-21T13:09:34Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/20/tri_state_weekly_grand?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news The four numbers drawn Friday in the Tri-State Weekly Grand lottery in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont were 4, 5, 13 and 33, and the Lucky Ball number was 11. 2009-11-21T00:19:33Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/20/ap_names_new_england_news_editor_in_restructuring?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news The Associated Press has named Karen Testa, currently the news editor for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as New England news editor as part of a restructuring of U.S. news management to ensure the continuing strength of the news cooperative's state reports. 2009-11-20T22:19:42Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/20/feds_5_vt_dairy_farms_targeted_over_workers?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news Federal immigration officials say five Vermont dairy farms are being asked to provide records proving their workers are legal. But the names of the farms aren't being released. Andrew Miga and Suzanne Gamboa, Associated Press Writer 2009-11-20T22:09:25Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/20/vermont_auditor_to_plead_guilty_to_dui?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news Vermont State Auditor Tom Salmon said Friday that he will plead guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol, and apologized to Vermonters for his actions. Lisa Rathke, Associated Press Writer 2009-11-20T19:59:22Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/20/vt_unemployment_drops_2_percent_in_october?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news The state says Vermont's unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of one percent in October to 6.5 percent of the work force. 2009-11-20T19:49:30Z http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/11/20/pick_3_pick_4_numbers?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Vermont+news Here are the winning numbers selected Friday in both drawings of the daily New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine lotteries: EVENING DRAWING 2009-11-20T18:41:24Z