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Vermont spring has sprung. Five signs of the season change.
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Spring is formally right here in Vermont, regardless of what the fluctuating climate patterns make individuals imagine.
How do we all know? We have appeared for the traditional indicators that hotter climate is coming.
Listed below are 5 of these indicators that Vermont spring has sprung:
1. There’s plenty of mud.
Mud season has been taking place in Vermont for a number of weeks already, which often overlaps with spring. It is typically thought-about Vermont’s unofficial fifth season. Some individuals have stated this yr’s mud season is the worst they’ve seen shortly due to the vast fluctuation of temperatures.
Learn extra about mud season right here: Why mud season is such a infamous, messy time in Vermont
Freeze-thaw complications:When potholes trigger harm, Vermont drivers are sometimes out of luck on reimbursement
2. Creemee stands are opening.
Creemees are a certain signal of hotter climate on the horizon. Stands started opening again up on the finish of March.
I scream for ice cream:Some creemee stands are already open for the season. This is your information.
3. Snack bars are opening again up, too.
The yellow bus that doubles as a snack bar — Beansie’s — returned to Battery Park this month. Different snack bars are additionally opening throughout the state because it will get heat sufficient to eat exterior.
Discover your favourite:Snack bars (and one snack bus) on the brink of reopen in northern Vermont
4. Spring allergy symptoms are performing up.
Feeling sniffly, however haven’t got COVID? That additionally could also be an indication of spring as allergens like pollen are again within the air.
Obtained the sniffles?:The 2022 spring tree pollen season has begun. This is how unhealthy will probably be in Vermont?
5. Farmers markets will open in lower than a month.
The Burlington Farmer’s Market’s opening day for the hotter seasons might be Could 7. It’s often one of many first markets to open within the spring. Others will comply with all through Could and June.
Get your produce right here:When will Vermont farmers markets open? This is what you will need to know for 2022.
Contact Elizabeth Murray at 802-310-8585 or emurray@freepressmedia.com. Comply with her on Twitter at @LizMurrayBFP.
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Health officials warn of possible measles exposure in Upper Valley
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State health officials are investigating a possible measles exposure in the Upper Valley.
Vermont and New Hampshire health officials say there are currently no confirmed cases of the measles in either state.
But New Hampshire’s public health division is looking into a report of an international traveler contracting measles shortly after visiting the town of Hanover.
Officials say the traveler could have been potentially infectious while in various public places June 20-22, including Dartmouth College’s campus. The list of locations released by the health department is below:
- June 20-22: Dartmouth College campus, Hanover
- June 20-22: The Hanover Inn, 2 E Wheelock St., Hanover
- June 20, 3 p.m.: Hanover Scoops, 57 S Main St., Hanover
- June 20-22: Lou’s Restaurant and Bakery, 30 S Main St., Hanover (one meal, unknown date and time)
- June 22: Dartmouth Coach Bus from Hanover to Boston Logan Airport (unknown time)
For people who were in the area on those days, and who aren’t vaccinated or haven’t previously had the measles, officials recommend monitoring for symptoms.
Those include high fever, cough, runny nose, and watery eyes several days before developing a body rash.
Officials ask that people who do feel sick to call their provider before getting treatment to help prevent possible spread of the virus.
Experts say the measles is a preventable disease, and that the vaccine for it is safe and effective.
Have questions, comments or tips? Send us a message.
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Chinese woman tried to smuggle turtles into Quebec: U.S. Border Patrol
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A woman from China has been arrested at a Vermont lake bordering Quebec for trying to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, into Canada by kayak, according to U.S. Border Patrol agents.
Wan Yee Ng was arrested on the morning of June 28 at an Airbnb in Canaan as she was about to get into an inflatable kayak with a duffle bag on Lake Wallace, about 50 kilometres southeast of Sherbrooke, according to an agent’s affidavit filed in federal court. U.S. agents had been notified by Royal Canadian Mounted Police that two other people, including a man who was believed to be her husband, had started to paddle an inflatable watercraft from the Canadian side of the lake toward the United States, according to an agent’s affidavit.
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The agents searched her heavy duffle bag and found 29 live eastern box turtles individually wrapped in socks, the affidavit states. Eastern box turtles are known to be sold on the Chinese black market for $1,000 each, according to the affidavit.
Ng is charged with attempting to export the turtles from the U.S., in violation of the Endangered Species Act. A federal judge on Friday ordered that she remain detained. The federal public defender’s office, which is representing her, declined to comment.
Border Patrol agents first spotted Ng at the Airbnb rental in May when they noticed a vehicle with Ontario plates traveling on a Vermont road in Canaan in an area used by smugglers, they said. Lake Wallace has been used for human and narcotic smuggling, the affidavit states. The vehicle had entered the U.S. in Alburgh, Vermont, near Lake Champlain, agents said.
Ng was admitted to the United States in May on a visitor visa with an intended destination of Fort Lee, N.J., the affidavit states. Border Patrol agents learned on June 18 that she had again entered the U.S. in Buffalo in a vehicle with a Quebec plate and was expected to arrive at the same Airbnb on Lake Wallace in Vermont on June 25, the affidavit states. They then started to surveil the property.
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Vermont Settles In Lawsuit With Man Arrested For Giving An Officer The Middle Finger
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The state of Vermont agreed to pay $175,000 in damages to a man who was pulled over for giving an officer the middle finger in 2018 and arrested for disorderly conduct, with the ACLU saying that “Police need to respect everyone’s First Amendment rights—even for things they consider offensive or insulting.” What do you think?
“Must have been a rookie cop who didn’t realize they could’ve used deadly force.”
Jameel Velez, Yarn Spinner
“I’ll stick to safer lawsuits like throwing myself in front of cars.”
Layton Battle, Inflation Predictor
“Do what you love, and the money will come.”
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