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A woman was sent to the hospital after she was run over at a car wash by her husband at a Plattsburgh car wash on Wednesday. Plattsburgh police say the older couple arrived at the gate of the Splash Car Wash. The woman got out near the kiosk and her husband accidentally hit the gas, running her over. Police say she was in stable condition.

Those in Vermont’s maple sugaring industry say they could be seriously impacted by new tariffs on Canada. While Vermont supplies a lot of the country with maple syrup, the U.S. also imports a lot from Canada. Tariffs could drive up that price and the price of materials for maple sugar producers who want to expand. Experts say the tariffs could also turn people away from pure maple products. 

More than two dozen Canadian nationals have been indicted in a scam that aimed to defraud seniors in Vermont and other states. Federal authorities say between the summer of 2021 and last summer, the Canadian residents — all but one from Quebec — made calls from centers in and around Montreal claiming to be an elderly victim’s relative who needed money for bail after a car crash. The so-called “grandparent scam” defrauded older folks across the country out of more than $21 million. Nine others connected to the scam have already been arrested and were charged in federal court.

A former Vermont state trooper who pleaded guilty to stealing $40,000 worth of personal property seized by police is set to go to trial this month in another theft case. Giancarlo DiGenova is accused of stealing cash and cellphones from the Berlin barracks in 2022. Prosecutors say he stole the items to purchase Adderall. DiGenova pleaded guilty last year to felony charges for stealing several items

Town officials on Monday evening encouraged attendance for an upcoming meeting called by a group interested in buying Burke Mountain.

St. Johnsbury voters gave a thumbs up to all spending requests during Town Meeting voting Tuesday and elected Brittany Benoit Petty to the school board in the only contested race on the ballot. In results provided by Town Clerk Stacy Jewell shortly after polls closed, the school budget passed by a vote of 663 to 483. In the race for a 2-year seat on the school board, Petty defeated Callahan Beck by a vote of 558 to 453. She will join Kelsey Stavseth, who was the only candidate for a 3-year seat, as new members on the school board. 

Traffic was snarled in Irasburg Wednesday after an overturned tractor-trailer blocked part of the road. A witness says it happened at the intersection of Guyette Road and Lake Region Road. There was no immediate word from police on what caused the crash or if anyone was injured.

The court-assigned receiver tasked with selling Burke Mountain Resort said a group that went public this week with its desire to buy the resort couldn’t seal the deal last year because of their “bad faith” and “last minute” attempt to renegotiate terms. The resort is under the control of Goldberg, of Florida, and has been since 2016 through a court order. Goldberg reported to the North Star Monthly that he had a “viable buyer” for the resort. Green Mountain Ski Partners Todd Firestone and Mark Greenberg knew that he wasn’t referring to them, and they were concerned that the process of a public auction was being lost to Goldberg’s negotiation of a private sale.

A two-vehicle crash on February 28 on I-89 South in Brookfield totaled a car driven by an Albany man. The 9:38 a.m. accident occurred as State Police troopers from the Berlin barracks and members of the Brookfield Fire Department were at the scene of an unrelated motor vehicle crash at the location. According to State Police, a flatbed wrecker operated by Tyson Wescot, 21, of Wilder, entered the area at reported highway speeds and failed to follow the direction of emergency personnel, who had their emergency lights activated in the right lane of I-89 South. The flatbed wrecker rear-ended a vehicle operated by Gerald Peters, 75, of Albany. Peters’ Subaru Outback then struck a parked Brookfield fire engine before resting in the median.

A Newport Center woman pled guilty to a charge of DUI and providing false information to officers. Taylor Bernier, 32, appeared in Court and pled guilty to the charges from a traffic violation stop in Lyndon. On February 14, State Trooper Riley Fenoff stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation while traveling North on US Route 5.