BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Dante Flowers Jr., 30, formerly of Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court in Burlington to 200 months of imprisonment. United States District Judge Christina Reiss also ordered that Flowers Jr. to s  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Ninety days after the federal disaster declaration for the state of Vermont following July's severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides, more than $78.3 million in federal assistance has been provided by FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) directly to Vermonters to aid in their recovery. The funds include grants from FEMA, payouts fr  more

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base Andrews (11th Wing) issued the following story: By Senior Airman Bridgitte Taylor, 316th Wing Public Affairs AFWERX, in collaboration with one of its primary division partners, BETA Technologies, an electric aerospace company, landed an ALIA conventional take-off and landing, all-electric aircraft at Andrews during a multi-stop flight from Vermont to Florida, Oct. 18. AFWERX, an innovation program of the Department of the   more

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force District of Washington issued the following news: By Senior Airman Bridgitte Taylor, 316th Wing Public Affairs AFWERX, in collaboration with one of its primary division partners, BETA Technologies, an electric aerospace company, landed an ALIA conventional take-off and landing, all-electric aircraft at Andrews during a multi-stop flight from Vermont to Florida, Oct. 18. AFWERX, an innovation program of the Department of the Air Force  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Dante Flowers Jr., 30, formerly of Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court in Burlington to 200 months of imprisonment. United States District Judge Christina Reiss also ordered that Flowers Jr. to serve three years of supervise  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont, Nikolas P. Kerest, issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office stated that Pedro Huertas, 69, of Pasadena, California, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unlawfully importing wildlife parts (carvings from sperm whale teeth and a walrus tusk). On October 17, 2023, Chief Judge Geoffrey Crawford accepted the plea agreement and sentenced Huertas to a criminal penalty of $50,000 and no te  more