overnor Peter Shumlin urges Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage to urge his fellow Tea Party GOP members in Congress to reopen the government. Simon Pearce glass blowers at a Simon Pearce studio in Windsor County are going to get a lot busier, and maybe more numerous, as the company starts making its trademark stemware for embassies around the world. Fire alarm triggered by burnt toast at Burlington Airport causes evacuation. Film about VT’s Captain Phillips and his ordeal being captured by Somali pirates in 2009 hits theaters nationwide today.