Liam Elder-Connors
Interim News EditorLiam is 开云体育鈥檚 public safety reporter, focusing on law enforcement, courts and the prison system.
Liam has worked at 开云体育 since 2015 and has reported several special projects, including an investigation into one of the state's prominent landlords and a series of remembrances of Vermonters killed by COVID-19. In 2018, he reported and co-hosted JOLTED, a five-part podcast about an averted school shooting and was a finalist for the Livingston Award for his work on that project.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington filed for bankruptcy on Monday in a bid to resolve more than two dozen sexual abuse lawsuits. Since 2006, the diocese has paid more than $30 million to settle abuse allegations. -
The Greatwood Project, a group founded by former Goddard alumni and faculty, was unable to raise the $3.4 million needed to purchase the campus, the college鈥檚 board of trustees announced on Monday. -
The Dozer is 2 pounds of burger, eight strips of bacon and cheese, and a pound of fries. It has to be eaten in 30 minutes or less. -
In May, the Department for Children and Families unveiled a plan to build a new secure youth facility in Vergennes 鈥� partially on land that once housed the Weeks School, a former youth detention center with a troubled history. Some advocates say it鈥檚 a physical reminder that the state hasn't done enough to reckon with the past. -
St. Johnsbury police Sgt. George Johnson was cited by Vermont State Police for allegedly using excessive force against a 35-year-old man he initially stopped for jaywalking. -
A group of local investors plans to buy Killington Resort and Pico Mountain from POWDR, the resorts鈥� current owner. The sale is expected to be finalized this fall. -
A handful of colleges and universities are trying to address what has become 鈥� along with food 鈥� the fastest-growing cost of college: student housing. -
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will review and possibly update a proposed flood map for the town of Johnson after state and local officials raised concerns that the draft didn鈥檛 incorporate data from recent flood events and showed a decreased risk of flooding in the town. -
Judge Mary Morrissey on Wednesday rejected the Lamoille County state鈥檚 attorney鈥檚 request to further delay the murder trial, which is set to begin in October. Seth Brunell faces a second-degree murder charge after prosecutors allege he stabbed Fern Feather, a transgender woman from Hinesburg, to death in 2022. -
Incumbent Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, who won the Democratic primary Tuesday, will face off in November against former state senator John Rodgers, the Republican nominee. Affordability will likely be a major theme in the campaign for the largely ceremonial position.
