Vermont town gives the ax to a woman’s fledgling chicken business after neighbors complainBARRE, Vt. — A Vermont town has given the ax to a woman’s fledgling chicken business after neighbors complained about wandering birds and loud roosters. Board members in Barre on Tuesday ordered Kathy Rubalcaba to pay $600 in fines, get rid of all but one of her roosters and keep her chickens penned up. Jousting match turns painful for Vermont mayor, who gets a trip to the ER with broken ribsBARRE, Vt. — A Vermont mayor who agreed in fun to a jousting match with padded sticks and helmets ended up in the emergency room after he broke some ribs. Skydiver misses landing spot in western NY nighttime jump, escapes with minor injuriesBARRE, N.Y. — Authorities say a skydiver who bungled the landing on a roughly 10,000-foot nighttime jump was flown to a hospital but ended up with little more than a broken nose. Skydiver fails to slow descent in nighttime jump over western NY but survivesBARRE, N.Y. — Officials say a skydiver who fell too fast and was knocked unconscious when she hit the ground in western New York has been treated at a hospital. |