The city council approved the settlement during a special meeting on Tuesday. Three brothers brought legal action against the city related to an excessive force incident involving Officer Jason Bellavance in 2018. The settlement still needs to be approved by a federal judge.
The fifth-seeded Bellows Falls Terriers smelled an upset against the top-seeded and undefeated Winooski Spartans in the Division III boys’ basketball semifinal on March 9 at the Barre Auditorium. The Terriers had them. They really did. But an injury to one of Bellows Falls’ key players along with a .
In a highly unusual event, a Vermont police officer is heading to prison for using force while on duty. Former St. Alban’s officer Jason Lawton was sentenced to three months in prison this week for punching a handcuffed woman in 2019.