WTSA News for your Thursday, May 1st:
Police say they caught one of the suspects in a kidnapping in Brattleboro. Investigators say Eamon Burke, 21, ordered a man into his car against his will and drove him around town for about an hour Monday night. The victim told police that someone else in the car claimed they had a gun but did not show it. He said the car eventually slowed down enough that he was able to jump out. Police say the victim was targeted and they expect to make more arrests.
Five area towns have approved a 5 and a half million-dollar school budget. 549 people voted in the west river education district, nearly 200 more than voted when the budget was defeated in March. The spending plan passed by a vote of 338 yes and 211 no.
Early voting begins this week in four area towns. Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford and Putney will vote May 21st for the new Windham Southeast school board. Putney voters can vote early beginning today, while Brattleboro begins early balloting on Thursday. Eight school board members, representing the new district, will be elected, with ballot competition for the seats representing Brattleboro and Putney.
More groundbreaking electric technology is being launched in Vermont. Green Mountain Power says customers enrolled in it’s Resilient Home program can either get two Tesla Powerwall batteries for $30 a month or can choose to work with a Powerwall retailer in Vermont and get a battery system under GMP’s Bring Your Own Device program. GMP’s patent-pending approach also means the batteries can act as the meter for the home, leapfrogging the utility practice of using a traditional, single-purpose meter to count up power use.
An Oregon court has stopped the federal government from starting a new Title ten funding regulation. Attorney General T J Donovan says Vermont joined the lawsuit to protect the basic healthcare needs of 10,000 Vermonters. Title ten is the only national federal grant program that is dedicated solely to providing comprehensive family planning and preventative health care, such as cancer screenings. In Vermont, the only recipient of Title ten funds are 10 Planned Parenthood health care centers located around the State.
The AIDS Project of Southern Vermont is gearing up for it’s major fundraiser of the year, the 32nd annual AIDS Walk. The May 18 event will spotlight community efforts not only to support local people living with HIV/AIDS but also to reduce the risk of transmission to others. The AIDS Project, established in 1988 works in Windham, Bennington and southern Windsor counties.
New Hampshire’s Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services has released a draft of the next State Plan on Aging. The draft plan is the result of input from a robust stakeholder engagement process last fall that included 13 listening sessions across the State and an online State Plan on Aging Survey. Four listening sessions are taking place this week, and the final plan will be submitted to the Federal Administration for Community Living, which is a requirement to receive federal funding for the Older Americans Act programs in New Hampshire.
LOTTERY NUMBERS:
TRI STATE PICK 3 5-7-5
TRI STATE PICK 4 2-8-1-1
LUCKY FOR LIFE 7-22-28-39-48 LUCKY BALL 5
MEGA MILLIONS 24-37-41-61-70 MEGA BALL 20
MASS CASH 5-8-22-27-28
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