House approves a pause on Vermont’s PCB testing program

Lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that would put the state’s testing program on hold and provide up to $16 million to the Burlington School District. Photo via Oak Grove School The Vermont House approved legislation Thursday that would pause a state initiative to test school buildings for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), toxic chemicals linked to a…

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‘It makes you feel like a person’: Pod shelter offers security, space to breathe for residents

With their four walls and doors that lock, the pods offer dignity and support for those in transition.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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‘It makes you feel like a person’: Pod shelter offers security, space to breathe for residents

With their four walls and doors that lock, the pods offer dignity and support for those in transition.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Spring into action with these Vermont arts-and-entertainment events

This list gives you the choice of several dozen entertaining and enlightening days and nights out, whether it’s for a concert, a play or visual art.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Spring into action with these Vermont arts-and-entertainment events

This list gives you the choice of several dozen entertaining and enlightening days and nights out, whether it’s for a concert, a play or visual art.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Former Gov. Douglas sues Middlebury College over chapel name removal

Gov Douglas accused Middlebury College of cancel culture in removing name of former governor link to eugenics from campus chapel.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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How to watch: Vermont St. Pats seek to defend national championship

The Vermont St. Pats begin pool play on Thursday, March 30 in a Tier II division at the USA Hockey national championships in Amherst, New York.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Man charged with manslaughter months after construction site fight

A 42-year-old Middlebury man has been charged with manslaughter in the death of his former coworker following a fight at their worksite last fall. Whitney Grady was charged in the death of 72-year-old David Cheney, of East Montpelier, on Thursday, following a monthslong investigation by Vermont State Police, according to a press release.  The fight…

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U.S.-Canada agreement puts new limits on asylum seekers

The Highgate Springs border crossing with Canada. A deal announced last week expands a measure called the Safe Third Country Agreement across the entire U.S.-Canada border. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A new agreement between the U.S and Canada designed to curb irregular border crossings could, according to some immigration advocacy groups, make cross-border journeys…

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Higher costs led to big hospital system losses in Vermont in 2022

The losses at the largest hospitals were $22.7 million (1.2% of expenses) at University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, $21 million (6.5%) at Central Vermont Medical Center in Barre — seen here in April 2020 — and $12.6 million (3.8%) at Rutland Regional Medical Center. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger As predicted, 2022 was…

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Caring for VT children: Mental health needs, homelessness spiked in 2022. What’s going on?

The “State of Vermont’s Children” 2022 report shows staggering statistics in mental health needs and young kids experiencing homelessness.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont Varsity Insider: High school girls basketball power rankings (Jan. 16)

Who rose and who fell in this week’s Varsity Insider high school girls basketball power rankings?        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont H.S. scores for Jan. 16: See how your favorite team fared

Vermont high school sports scores and results as reported to the Burlington Free Press sports department.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Brenda Siegel: Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act is a giant step forward

This commentary is by Brenda Siegel, who was the Democratic nominee for governor in November. On Thursday, the Drug Enforcement Administration and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services released guidelines on buprenorphine treatment access triggered by federal legislation, H.R.2617, the Omnibus FY23 spending package that was signed into law by President Biden.  In this piece…

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Lynn Kelley Gee: Moratorium needed on aquatic herbicide use in Vermont lakes

This commentary is by Lynn Kelley Gee, a resident of Bomoseen. How is it that a dozen of our Vermont lakes have become “addicted” to the use of toxic chemicals to manage unwanted aquatic vegetation? And how is it that this situation has gone unnoticed by Vermont residents for whom the lakes are held in…

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John McClaughry: Hidden milk tax will make dairy farming a public utility

This commentary is by John McClaughry, vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute. Ever since arriving in the Legislature in 1979, Bobby Starr, a Democrat who’s been a representative and is now a state senator from Orleans County, has pursued his one great legislative passion: to get dairy farmers more money.  As chair of the…

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Vote now for the Vermont Varsity Insider Athletes of the Week: Ballots for Jan. 9-15

People who love Vermont high school sports may vote through midnight Thursday for a girls and a boys Athlete of the Week.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Just in time for winter, Onsen Ramen brings warmth to Essex Junction

Onsen Ramen, a sister business to The Scale, is one of a small handful of Vermont restaurants where you can find fresh ramen.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont men’s basketball lands first recruit of 2023-24 freshman class

Bridgton Academy’s Seth Joba will arrive in Burlington this summer, the UVM men’s basketball team’s first recruit of the 2023-24 freshman class.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Need for youth psych beds prompts unusual budget request for Southern Vermont Medical Center

An entrance to the emergency department at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The midyear administrative budget adjustment that absorbs the first weeks of every Vermont legislative session usually involves requests to transfer money between already existing programs. And normally a hospital will take several…

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Michael Shank: 3 tangible ways to engage your community and tackle big problems

This commentary is by Michael Shank, a resident of Montpelier, who is director of engagement at the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance and teaches sustainable development at New York University.  As more people migrate to urban areas at risk of climate disaster, Vermont cities and towns are increasingly thinking and working outside the traditional toolbox when…

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Ali Jalili: We need more housing for more people — growth is good

This commentary is by Ali Jalili of Burlington, is a retired Foreign Service Officer who held assignments all over the world. He was primarily an economic officer, analyzing and writing about economic issues relevant to U.S. policy makers.  Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger recently tweeted his pleasure at the sight of construction cranes in the Queen…

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