Montpelier
The Rutland Herald reports that Gov. Phil Scott and other state officials traveled to New York last week to meet with representatives from the three major credit agencies. Adam Greshin, the governor’s commissioner of finance, says the state has maintained its top-level AAA rating with Moody’s and expects the state’s ratings with the other two to stay consistent.
Greshin says the state typically seeks a rating update when it looks to issue bonds because buyers take that into account in making their decisions.
Burlington
Kat Thompson tells WCAX-TV she wants to inspire young girls who don’t fit the stereotype of a typical pageant contestant.
She competed in last year’s pageant but didn’t make the top 10. She said she thought about her military training and being resilient in deciding to try again in November.
Bow, n.h.
Sisters Madison and Olivia Dunne, of Newton, took top honors in the New Hampshire Maple Producers Association contest for the Walter A. Felker Memorial Award.
The awards are the culmination of an annual program which encourages K-12 schools and students across the state to take a hands-on approach to learning about New Hampshire’s maple tradition. Earlier this spring, students tapped trees, collected sap and boiled it down to make the syrup.
They submitted samples that were judged at the organization’s annual summer meeting in July.
Montpelier
Vermont’s early bear hunting season starts on Sept. 1 and runs through Nov. 10.
The teeth are used to determine the age of bears.
The department says biologists use age and sex information to evaluate the status and health of the bear population.
Envelopes for submitting the premolar teeth are available at big game checking stations.
The late bear hunting season runs Nov. 11-19. Hunters are permitted to take one bear per year.
— Wire reports