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Reality knocks: Vermont’s biggest economic development story becomes its biggest fraud April McCullum and Dan DAmbrosio, Burlington Free Press © RYAN MERCER/FREE PRESS FILE The "hole" in downtown Newport was a demolished city block that was to become a retail, office and residential space, and possibly a boutique hotel, under Bill Stenger and Ariel Quiros grand design. It was never approved as an EB-5 project that could accept foreign investment. After allegations of financ...

Assurances aren’t enough: Pressure mounts on ski resort owners in Vermont’s largest fraud April McCullum and Dan DAmbrosio, Burlington Free Press © EMILY McMANAMY/FREE PRESS FILE The Pump House Indoor Water Park at Jay Peak Resort is a humid oasis away from the cold ski conditions on Jays mountains on Wednesday Feb. 8, 2012. Jay opened the water park to provide year-round resort options for both skiers and non-skiers. This is the second of a three-part investigation. Read...

A ski resort, a dream and greed: How a $350M fraud happened in Vermont’s poorest region Dan DAmbrosio and April McCullum, Burlington Free Press © COURTESY Jay Peak Resort seen on Thursday, January 17, 2020. The resort got about 8 inches of snow between Wednesday and Thursday with more expected over the MLK Day holiday weekend. No one would have recognized the man with icy eyes and a military bearing who drove through rural Vermont in 2007 with his lawyer in tow. In anonymit...

Snowed A ski resort, a dream and greed: How a $350M fraud happened in Vermont’s poorest region April McCullum and Dan DAmbrosio, Burlington Free Press Published 3:22 pm UTC Dec. 18, 2020 No one would have recognized the man with icy eyes and a military bearing who drove through rural Vermont in 2007 with his lawyer in tow. In anonymity, Ariel Quiros brought his real estate attorney, Fred Burgess, on a tour of the mountainous area near the Canadian border that’s known as the Northeast Kingdo...

A ski resort, a dream and greed: How a $350M fraud happened in Vermont’s poorest region April McCullum and Dan DAmbrosio, Burlington Free Press © COURTESY Jay Peak Resort seen on Thursday, January 17, 2020. The resort got about 8 inches of snow between Wednesday and Thursday with more expected over the MLK Day holiday weekend. A series in 4 parts No one would have recognized the man with icy eyes and a military bearing who drove through rural Vermont in 2007 with his lawyer...

this is what we would call a major quake and capable of causing quite a bit of destruction near the epicenter. so far we dont have any reports of major damage or any injuries. its been a couple of hours, so thats a little bit of good news. heres the location. this is about 45 miles away from temuca. this was on the land, not over the water so no real tsunami threat. about 91,000 people live within the area of severe shaking. and we do know shaking was felt as much as 400 miles away. we...

mid-80s vallejo and san rafael, near 90 in napa, santa rosa and san francisco at 79 degrees. day 2 of the warmup. the weekend days 3 and 4 even hotter. well have your weekend forecast coming up. back to you. was the pipe that blew up on the peninsula eaten away from within? thats one possibility under investigation this morning. anne makovec is in san bruno where bacteria may have caused the big explosion two weeks ago. bacteria? where did this come from, anne? >> reporter: well, you...

good morning, its friday, the 10th of september. im john kessler. >> im sydnie kohara. good morning, everyone. it is 5:00. lets quickly take you to the scene. this is where it all began in san bruno. the crater is filled with water. the natural gas line exploded into flames yesterday evening. our newsroom confirms three people are dead. 53 homes are destroyed. 120 others are damaged. take a look at this map. the fire inside this area of the peninsula, the general perimeter starting at ...

so, two more wishes. mmmm. maybe later, then. [ female announcer ] new kelloggs fiber plus cereal®. positively delicious. your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. caption colorado, l.l.c. comments@captioncolorado.com we were live over the site of last nights deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno. and this morning, the coroner confirms three people are dead. >> flames destroyed the entire neighborhood. 53 homes completely gone, 120 others damaged. >> and this is where it ...

we have three reporters on the story. simon perez is at the fire command center. julie watts is at one of the evacuation centers. and well begin anne makovec... in the san bruno neighborhood where it all began. anne. "..." "..." anne makovec in san bruno as of last night, about five as of last night, about five thousand people in san bruno were without power. jeff smith with p-g-and-e joins us live by phone now to give us an update. good morning jeff. thank you jeff smith with pg & e...