Lisa Rathke, Author at Greenfield Recorder

Randal Gebo, 63, enters the courtroom on Wednesday, in Barre, Vt., to face sentencing in the death of his girlfriend Cindy Cook in 2017.

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Vermont man sentenced in girlfriend killing

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressJune 26, 2019

BARRE, Vt. — A Vermont man who killed his girlfriend in 2017 and dumped her body down a roadside embankment was sentenced Wednesday to more than 17 years in prison.Randal Gebo of Barre had pleaded guilty in May to second-degree murder in the death of…

Motorcyclists participate in a "Blessing of the Bikes" ceremony in Columbia, N.H., Sunday, June 23, 2019. While such ceremonies are periodically held, the Sunday event held special meaning for the motorcycle community. Bikers and veterans are reeling from a crash, in which a pickup truck towing a flatbed trailer collided with a group of 10 motorcycles Friday evening. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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Bikers bid goodbye to 7 motorcyclists killed in crash

by Lisa Rathke Associated Press, and Patrick Whittle Associated PressJune 24, 2019

Motorcyclists participate in a "Blessing of the Bikes" ceremony in Columbia, N.H., Sunday, June 23, 2019. While such ceremonies are periodically held, the Sunday event held special meaning for the motorcycle community. Bikers and veterans are reeling from a crash, in which a pickup truck towing a flatbed trailer collided with a group of 10 motorcycles Friday evening. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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Bikers bid goodbye to 7 motorcyclists killed in crash

by Lisa Rathke Associated Press, and Patrick Whittle Associated PressJune 23, 2019

Cows stand at Nate Elzinga’s farm in Zeeland, Mich., on the day of an auction where Elzinga sold the herd. A new federal program to help hard-pressed dairy farmers is expected to be ready for enrollment in June 2019, as farmers undergo their fifth year of low milk prices that have driven thousands out of business.

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Dairy safety net program expected in June

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressApril 9, 2019

Florence “Flo” Filion Meiler, an 84-year-old record-setting pole vaulter, poses while training at the University of Vermont indoor track in Burlington, Vt.

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Pole vaulter, 84, sets her sights on more records

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressMarch 22, 2019

In this April 6, 2018 photo, students walk past Holbrook Hall on the campus of Mount Ida College in Newton, Mass. The school shut down weeks later, one of several private colleges that have closed due to financial pressure. Officials in New England have been looking into increasing their oversight of the schools to help protect students. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via AP)

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States look to boost oversight of struggling small colleges

by Lisa Rathke Associated Press, and Collin Binkley Associated PressFebruary 13, 2019

Max Misch, a self-described white nationalist, leaving the Bennington County courtroom, Thursday in Bennington, Vt.

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Vermont white supremacist faces gun charge

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressFebruary 7, 2019

This photo provided Wednesday by Will Novak shows Will holding his 10-month-old daughter Olivia at their home in Phoenix. Novak received a wrongly addressed email inviting him to a bachelor party at a ski resort in Vermont.

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Errant email leads man to join stranger’s bachelor party

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressJanuary 17, 2019

In this Tuesday, Jan. 8 photo, a worker uses a torch to finish a granite monolith at Rock of Ages in Barre, Vt. The monolith will be one of six that will be part of a permanent dedication to ground zero rescue and recovery workers expected to be unveiled in late May at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York.

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Tribute to 9/11 workers takes shape in granite country

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressJanuary 16, 2019

Christmas trees stand in a field at the Pleasant Valley Tree Farm in Bennington, Vt.

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It may be harder to find the perfect Christmas tree

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressNovember 21, 2018