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HARTFORD, Vt. - "She was a Sunday school teacher. She taught me 'love thine enemy.' You can't always live up to that, but she would be standing right here beside me supporting what I am doing today if she were still alive," Paul Keane said, holding a picture of his mother. The longtime former Hartford High school teacher, Paul Keane, says his mother is buried at the Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hamden, Conn. The Hartford, Vt., resident is offering to donate the empty plot next to his mother to bury the Boston Marathon Bomber. He blogged, "I am willing to...

BURLINGTON, Vt. - A firing range has announced the Burlington Police Department is not welcome to train at its facilities any longer. Last week the Burlington City Council voted to ban semi-automatic rifles and large capacity magazines in the city limits. The chairman of the Lamoille Valley Fish and Game Club explained in a letter that it cannot support the city with such a prejudice against the club, and has voted to suspend the city's use of the range for law enforcement officers. Burlington Police Chief Michael Schirling says it will affect how and when officers train with their firearms....

I'm looking for good places to buy ammo. I usually buy at walmart or from Sportsman's Guide. SG had a lot of "Backordered - Expected Availability: ..." and I don't feel like dealing with the Christmas shoppers at wally world. Sorry for the vanity, but do Freepers have an good sources for buying ammo (and mags) on-line? Thanks.

BURLINGTON, Vt. - "The state of Vermont is not going to crumble because there was a prank played on us," said Gov. Peter Shumlin, D-Vermont. Some think the hoopla over the doctored decal on Vermont State police cruisers is hogwash. "Not news," said Nancy Brouillette, who is visiting Vermont. "I don't think it's big news," said Jason Maring of Moretown. "When I first heard about it I was like eek what does it look like? And then I saw it and I didn't think it was that big of a deal," said Martha Demers of Woodbury. Others are tickled pink...