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Burlington School District made significant strides addressing bullying in schools, according to DOJ which concluded 3-year settlement agreement.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Photos from the University of Vermont women’s basketball at pratice for the NCAA Tournament first-round game vs. Connecticut.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The federal SNAP food aid program, known as 3SquaresVT in Vermont, has been cut drastically after COVID-19, leaving Vermonters short on food        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a commentary, follow the instructions here. This commentary is by Eric Peterson, who was producing artistic director of…

Mayor Miro Weinberger had lofty goals for 2022. Here’s a lookback at what he completed and what remains to be done.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

After sleeping in his car, living with substance use disorder and struggling with run-ins with the law, Will Suchoski’s stay at the Elmwood emergency shelter has afforded him another chance. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BURLINGTON — Will Suchoski reached into his backpack, pulled out a stack of magazines and arranged them on the table. “I…

Since 2004, The Bern Gallery was been crafting custom glass pipes for cannabis consumption. This February, the Burlington shop debuted its dispensary.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Letters to the editor are brief reader responses to stories and opinion pieces published by VTDigger. Letters give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a letter, complete this form. Assuming the facts of this case are as Jim Douglas described, and Mr. Mead made a charitable contribution that paid…

Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a commentary, follow the instructions here. This commentary is by Marvin Malek, M.D. and MPH, an internist who…

Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a commentary, follow the instructions here. This commentary is by Alana Stevenson, a resident of Charlotte. I attended…

Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a commentary, follow the instructions here. This commentary is by Cary Brown, executive director of the Vermont Commission…

The state’s top high school girls hockey players of the 2022-23 season as selected by the Burlington Free Press sports department.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The victim’s identity was unknown late Thursday night, according to police. File photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Vermont State Police are investigating what they have called a “suspicious death” in Brattleboro.  According to a press release issued Thursday night, authorities received a report of gunfire at a residence on Birge Street around 7:50 p.m. Brattleboro police…

“King” James McMillan runs King James Boxing and Fitness, a Winooski gym where youth gain self defense skills, learn life lessons, and find community.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Speaker of the House Jill Krowinski, D-Burlington, speaks in favor of the House budget bill during a press conference at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Thursday, March 30. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Vermont House advanced an $8.5 billion state budget with a late-night vote Thursday, bringing the so-called big bill one step closer to…

After one season in Burlington, Perry Smith, Jr. and Jorge Ochoa have decided to transfer and leave the Vermont men’s basketball program.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, D-Chittenden Southeast, who is pregnant, speaks to the Senate remotely at the Statehouse in Montpelier from her hospital room in Burlington on Thursday, March 30. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger With little debate and by a 24-6 vote, the Vermont Senate gave preliminary approval Thursday to a bill that would inject $150…

Stay current on the latest news regarding transfers and new commits for the Vermont men’s basketball team.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The cast of “Songs for a New World” recognize the band at the conclusion of the show in the Briggs Opera House in White River Junction in 2015. File photo by Sarah Shaw/Valley News This column by Alex Hanson first appeared in the Valley News on March 29. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Last summer, as…

As chosen by the coaches following the 2022-23 high school boys basketball season and reported to the Burlington Free Press sports department.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

A proposal in H.429 would allow voters who are ill, injured, disabled, members of the military or Vermonters living overseas to return their ballots through an online cloud. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger If we can put a person on the moon and bring them back in one piece, can we electronically send a ballot to…

Restaurant’s co-founder and public face, Jozef Harrewyn, retired on the final day of 2022, leaving the bakery/café to start 2023 on new footing.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service