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Flooded Vermont capital city demands that post office be restored

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — More than five months after catastrophic flooding hit Vermont's capital city, including its post office, Montpelier residents and members of the state's congressional delegation held a rally outside the building Monday to demand that the post office reopen and express ...

911 transcripts reveal chaotic scene as gunman killed 18 people in Maine

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Callers who dialed 911 after Maine's deadliest mass shooting described hiding behind trees, scrambling to find their glasses, searching for loved ones and fearing for their lives as shots rang out first at a bowling alley, then minutes later at a bar. Transcripts of ...

Maine man injured in crash is shocked by downed power line

FRENCHVILLE, Maine (AP) — A pickup truck passenger survived an initial crash that knocked down a utility pole only to be shocked by the downed electrical line and to die from his injuries, officials said Friday. Curtis Levesque, 19, of Madawaska, and the driver exited the vehicle after the ...

Terminally ill Connecticut woman ends her life on her own terms, in Vermont

A Connecticut woman who pushed for expanded access to Vermont's law that allows people who are terminally ill to receive lethal medication to end their lives died in Vermont on Thursday, an event her husband called "comfortable and peaceful," just like she wanted. Lynda Bluestein, who had ...