Pat Bradley

Dairy farmers in upstate New York are considering their options as the drought impacts food supplies. Farmers say they could be forced to buy more forage to feed their cattle, or downsize their herds because there have been smaller harvests of corn and hay after a dry summer.

The winner of last week's Progressive primary for governor of Vermont says she won't be a candidate in the general election, while the loser in the primary is calling for a recount.

The official count released Tuesday by the secretary of state's office shows Martha Abbott with 371 votes, to 354 write-in votes for Annette Smith. Abbott says she wants the party's support to go toward the re-election of Democratic incumbent Governor Peter Shumlin.

The pent-up demand for skiing after last year's snow drought is producing brisk sales of early-bird season passes at ski resorts across New England.

Ski resort operators in northern New England are reporting that advance ski pass sales are as good, or often surpassing, last year’s sales. New Hampshire's Loon Mountain reports sales up 20 percent over last year. Maine's Sunday River reports season pass sales are up 10 percent from last year. Vermont's Magic Mountain in the month of April sold half of last year's total season pass sales.

Even the contender for the highest office in the land sometimes has to wait, as Mitt Romney discovered when he travelled to Vermont this week.

Mitt Romney's motorcade, en route to the home of former Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey in West Windsor, Vt., on Tuesday morning, got briefly waylaid — by a tractor.

Vermont's Republican gubernatorial candidate Randy Brock says Governor Peter Shumlin is avoiding debates before groups that could be hostile to some of his positions.

Brock made the comments Tuesday after Shumlin said he wouldn't be participating in any debates this campaign season sponsored by what he calls special interest groups.

But Shumlin said he was eager to take part in "five or six" debates sponsored by news organizations after he formally announces his candidacy next week. Shumlin says he has to balance the need to debate with his need to run the state.

Vermont State Police troopers are planning to attend the Sheffield Field Days in hopes of getting new information that could help them solve the abduction and killing of a 78-year-old woman.

Sept. 10 marks the two-year-anniversary of the abduction of Pat O'Hagan.

The field days are being held Monday in Sheffield.

O'Hagan's body was found almost a month later about ten miles from her Sheffield home in a remote area in Wheelock.

Some dairy farmers in upstate New York say they will be forced to buy more forage to feed their cattle or downsize their herds because of smaller harvests of corn and hay after a dry summer.

The Watertown Daily Times reports that healthy rainfall in August may have helped save some crops, but the dry weather this summer is expected to diminish the fall harvest.

A developer considering a wind power project in a remote area of Vermont's Essex County says it will drop its plans in any community that votes against the project — after it has a chance to present its proposal.

Jack Kenworthy of New Hampshire-based Seneca Mountain Wind says Seneca will honor the vote if it happens after the company has made a detailed presentation of its plans for the town.

Federal investigators say a Vermont school district violated civil rights laws while responding to an incident in which a teacher's aide threatened an African-American sixth-grader and then used a racial epithet.

After a two-year-investigation, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights has reached a settlement with the Springfield School District. The Valley News reports the district is required to pay nearly $3,000 in counseling services for the student and increase regulations in training for employees.

The Vermont Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a Bennington man convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for pointing a muzzleloader toward police.

A homeowner had asked police to remove Paul Bourn from his home after Bourn had been drinking and had become extremely agitated.