WTSA News For Your Monday, February 27th:
Vermont progressives are calling for grass roots action against an election bill set to hit the house floor this week. The legislation would increase the maximum allowed individual contribution for campaigns, and prohibit candidates that lost in a primary from running as an independent in the general election. The state progressive committee says they support election reforms that eliminate barriers to the political process for voters and candidates. House action is scheduled Wednesday.
Vermont’s Agency of Transportation is making additional progress on replacing the interstate southbound 91 Route 121 bridge in Westminster. This week, Crews will be tying reinforcing steel (rebar) and installing formwork on Southbound Pier Cap 3. Concrete for the new cap is tentatively scheduled to be poured on Thursday, weather dependent. Route 121 will have one way alternating traffic regulated by temporary signals 24/7, and signals will remain in place into the summer. There is a single lane of traffic on the interstate in each direction.
Vermont Governor Phil Scott’ s Administration will be visiting Grand Isle County on Monday to continue their county tour to hear from community leaders about their unique infrastructure needs and to discuss the many funding opportunities available to them via federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Officials will offer guidance on how communities can apply for assistance with tangible economic development, housing, water and sewer, climate change mitigation measures, and broadband projects. Top officials held a similar say in Windham County earlier this year.
New Hampshire’s congressional delegation says $23,186,000 is heading to the state for clean water infrastructure upgrades. The funding will support New Hampshire communities in upgrading essential water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure that protects public health and treasured water bodies. Of this funding, $2.1 million is targeted to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants. These funds, allocated through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will be distributed by the Environmental Protection Agency to the State’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Technology developed by a team of scientists at Dartmouth, that contributed to the development of COVID-19 vaccines will allow Dartmouth to make major investments into advancing its research and education enterprise. The discovery at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine was instrumental in quickly bringing to market the COVID-19 vaccines credited with preventing more than 18 million hospitalizations and more than three million deaths in the U.S. alone. The underlying research, conducted by Professor Jason McLellan and his team at Geisel with collaborators at the Scripps Research Institute and the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, started in 2014 and culminated in 2016 with the development of a method to stabilize coronavirus spike proteins for use as vaccine antigens.
A Grafton man has been charged with aggravated domestic assault. Vermont state police say 46-year-old Casey Jones was arrested after they investigated an incident on Eastman Road. Jones was lodged and held on $25,000 bail with a citation to appear at the Vermont Superior Court, Windham Criminal Division, today.
LOTTERY NUMBERS:
TRI STATE PICK 3 0-1-4
TRI STATE PICK 4 8-3-6-5
MASS CASH 14-24-25-26-27
WTSA SPORTS:
The Celtics visit the Knicks tonight, tip-off is at 7:30.
The Bruins are in Edmonton tonight, puck drops at 8:30.