Norwich Man Charged With Aggravated Assault

Killington, Vt. — A Norwich man was charged on Saturday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after police allege he brandished a firearm during a bar altercation.

Eli Kasper, 33, was held on $50,000 bail at the Marble Valley Correction Facility and is scheduled to be arraigned in Rutland Superior Court this morning.

Vermont State troopers and Killington police took Kasper into custody after being called to the Wobbly Barn in Killington, Vt. around 9:30 p.m., according to a state police news release.

Officers at the scene were told Kasper was initially asked to leave the bar because he was overly intoxicated but he later returned.

Wobbly Barn staff were escorting him out when Kasper pulled a firearm out of his jacket, according to the news release. Police say a “brief physical altercation” ensued where staff members were able to secure the firearm until officers arrived.

Bitter Cold Sets New England Temperature Records

Concord — Saturday’s frigid weather set records for the lowest high temperature in several northern New England cities.

In Burlington, the temperature never climbed past 11 degrees on Saturday, the coldest maximum temperature for the day since 1885. The highest temperature in Montpelier was 8 degrees, four degrees colder than the record set in 1960. Similar records were set in Augusta, Maine, where it got up to 14 degrees, and Portland where the high temperature was 17. In Concord, Saturday’s high temperature of 18 degrees tied a record set in 1874.

Work on Vt.-N.H. Bridge Will Slow Traffic

Westminster, Vt. — Renovation work on a Connecticut River bridge linking Westminster, Vt., and Walpole, N.H., could slow traffic.

The New Hampshire Department of Transportation said work on the bridge on state Route 123 that links U.S. Route 5 in Vermont with state Route 12 in New Hampshire will require single-lane traffic that will be controlled by traffic signals. The $812,000 renovation project includes removing and reconstructing bridge expansion joints, stripping pavement, and repairs to the bridge’s deck and piers. Work is set to begin April 1 and be finished by mid-August.

University of New Hampshire Picks New Law School Dean

Concord — The University of New Hampshire School of Law is getting a new leader.

Megan Carpenter is the founder and co-director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property at Texas A&M University School of Law. She will become dean of the UNH law school on July 1.

Carpenter, a nationally known expert in intellectual property with a focus in entrepreneurship and the arts, will be the first woman to lead the school since its founding in 1973 as the Franklin Pierce Law Center.

— Staff and wire reports

She will replace Jordan Budd, who was appointed to a three-year term as interim dean in 2014.