Vermont

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• John Grega pleads not guilty in advance of potential retrial in wife's murder

  Vt. -- John Grega, the Lake Ronkonkoma man convicted nearly two decades ago of killing his wife while on vacation in Vermont before new DNA evidence led to his release from prison last year, pleaded not guilty Thursday in advance of his potential retrial.Amid   Read more »

• Cleared by DNA, John Grega returns to Vt. court in '94 slay

  witness, who also spoke anonymously, said she would testify at the retrial as long as lawyers paid for her airfare to Vermont from Long Island."People have moved on with their lives," she said. "Now they want to dredge up all these old memories."   Read more »

• 'SoNew' tourism effort highlights Mass., RI, Conn.

  -- People travel from all over the world to walk the Freedom Trail in Boston , see the autumn leaves turn in Vermont and New Hampshire and eat lobster in Maine . A new campaign involving tourism officials in three states to the south and west of Boston is   Read more »

• Demmianne Cook sets tournament, school records as Stony Brook beats Vermont, 18-4

  couldn't have been a better pass.'' Notes & quotes: Cook scored six of her goals in the first half. Janine Hillier had four goals and Michelle Rubino and Amber Kuperes scored two each. Alyssa Cardillo had three assists. Stony Brook outshot Vermont 36-17.   Read more »

• Christopher Mackey, Justin Wakefield, Branden Messier face drug felonies in Mamaroneck

  official said. They are due back in village court Tuesday.It was the second recent drug arrest in Westchester County involving Vermonters and at least the third in the Albany -New York City corridor. On April 9, Town of Greenburgh police charged a Vermont   Read more »

Around the web

• Students help stock "trophy trout" in Vermont river

  her classmates taking taking the course "Science of the North" did something Thursday they had never done before: they helped the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department restock parts of the Missisquoi River around Enosburg Falls with trout. "I put two in already," 25 m ago from WPTZ Plattsburgh Read more »

• Vermont Center for Geographic Information Announces New Online Event Registration Service

  over the web. The new online service was launched on April 8, just two months after the launch of its new website, www.vcgi.vermont.gov. "VCGI is excited to offer citizens the convenience of online registration for events, workshops, and trainings throughout 55 m ago from Directions Magazine Read more »

• Why can't blue states allow people to die with dignity?

  needless suffering. Oregon and Washington established death with dignity by referendum and Montana through judicial action. Vermont is the first state to pass "aid in dying" legislation. In California, a death with dignity proposition was defeated in 1992. 7:58 PM from Los Angeles Times Read more »

• Shumlin signs end-of-life bill

  but it appears unlikely that any Vermont doctors would be ready to act immediately. Fletcher Allen Health Care and other Vermont hospitals have said they plan to wait and study the law before deciding whether they will permit use of the law, which is voluntary 7:54 PM from Burlington Free Press Read more »

• Vermont passes law allowing doctor-assisted suicide

  as Connecticut and New Jersey, that have considered similar legislation. A bill legalizing the practice failed in Massachusetts last year. -snip- Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/20/us-usa-vermont-assistedsuicide-idUSBRE94J0QC20130520 7:41 PM from Democratic Underground Read more »