An Essex woman held against her will for more than five weeks at a psychiatric ward after her estranged husband killed their son and then hanged himself has told lawmakers she opposes involuntary hospitalization. Senator Patrick Leahy will be discussing the newly enacted appropriations bill for the State Department and U.S. foreign assistance. Green Mountain Power says a new sound monitoring report finds that its Lowell wind project continues to meet strict standards set by Vermont regulators. 90 percent of the Americans who need long-term care get it from family members. Now Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is giving classes to family caregivers, and they recruit actors to play patients. Senator Bernie Sanders will be holding a town meeting in Montpelier tomorrow about constitutional rights and privacy.