UVM men’s basketball: UMass Lowell shoots past Catamounts

Host UMass Lowell used a 20-4 run to close the first half to race past the Vermont men’s basketball team 80-65 in America East action Wednesday night.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Noodles and broth carry the menu at Onsen Ramen in Essex Junction

Small shop on Pearl Street in Essex Junction ladles out shoyu chicken, spicy miso with pork, tan tan with tofu and other Japanese delicacies        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

PHOTOS: Essex hosts Montpelier, BBA in high school gymnastics

Photos from Wednesday’s high school gymnastics meet in Essex against Burr and Burton and Montpelier.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont H.S. scores for Jan. 11: 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

Vermont women’s basketball denies UMass Lowell in back-and-forth affair

The University of Vermont women’s basketball team outlasted UMass Lowell in an America East conference tilt 42-37 on Wednesday morning at Patrick Gym.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Burlington lifts rules about building new parking spots. Here’s what means for residents.

The ordinance aims to spur housing development citywide and reduce car usage.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Burlington lifts rules about building new parking spots. Here’s what means for residents.

The ordinance aims to spur housing development citywide and reduce car usage.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Burlington lifts rules about building new parking spots. Here’s what means for residents.

The ordinance aims to spur housing development citywide and reduce car usage.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont H.S. scores for Jan. 12: 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

Vermont H.S. scores for Jan. 12: 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

Vermont H.S. scores for Jan. 12: 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

How to celebrate MLK Day in Burlington, including a ‘treasure’ hunt around town

Learn something — and possibly earn free ECHO tickets — at this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations in Burlington.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont Varsity Insider: Girls hockey power rankings (Jan. 11)

Spaulding soars to No. 1 spot in the first Varsity Insider girls hockey power rankings of the 2022-23 high school season.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Warming winters have animals waking up from hibernation early, putting them in danger

Groundhogs, moose, snowshoe hares and Canada lynx are some of the species in New England being impacted by the changing winter landscape.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

St. Albans City, Town announce agreement for shared police and infrastructure

A sign at the border between St. Albans City and St. Albans Town, shown here in February 2022. The city and town of St. Albans on Wednesday announced a new agreement to share police services. Photo by Shaun Robinson/VTDigger ST. ALBANS TOWN — The city and town of St. Albans on Wednesday announced a new…

Cyberattack takes down land-records management system used by many Vermont towns

While accessing digital land records has become impossible for nearly 50 Vermont towns the time being, several town clerks who use Cott Systems have reverted to the old, physical way of managing land records until the digital system is restored. Photo via Pexels A cyberattack on Cott Systems, a public records company, has affected the…

Rutland school board settles on ‘Rutland’ as the name for school sports teams

Rutland High School. File photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger Forget the Raiders and forget the Ravens: The Rutland City School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to make “Rutland” the team name for Rutland High School sports. The vote was the culmination of more than two years of negotiations — and sometimes squabbling — among school board…

Democratic bill would guarantee 12 weeks paid family and medical leave to all Vermont workers

Rep. Tom Stevens, D-Waterbury, left, confers with Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, D-Brattleboro, at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Democrats in the Vermont House of Representatives are hoping the third time will be the charm. After twice — in 2018 and 2020 — failing to override Republican Gov. Phil…

Jerry D’Amico: Trapping commentaries seldom right, but never in doubt

This commentary is by Jerry D’Amico, a hunter and trapper who has lived in Roxbury for 50 years. There have been many recent commentaries by opponents of regulated trapping in Vermont, in which the authors make numerous misstatements as well as unsubstantiated claims to make their point.  In their commentaries, they claim that 68% of…

Final Reading: Waiting for the price tag on child care reform

Aly Richards, CEO of Let’s Grow Kids, in December 2022. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Child care — and money — will be at the top of the docket next week. That’s when a long-awaited report that will cost out potential child care sector reforms intended to achieve affordable and universal coverage is expected to be…

Sullivan-Rutanhira-Stoddard: This housing obstruction has to stop

This commentary is by Megan Sullivan, vice president of government affairs for the Vermont Chamber of Commerce; Tino Rutanhira, co-founder and board chair for the Vermont Professionals of Color Network; and Kelly Stoddard Poor, director of advocacy and outreach for AARP VT. In the past year, local news outlets have covered recurring instances of essential…

Fred Baser: Vermont pension solution: Take the medicine

This commentary is by Fred K. Baser of Bristol, a former state representative, a small business owner and a certified financial planner. As legislators search for money to fund their priorities this coming session, they may do well to reexamine the teachers and state employees pension plans.  The state pension plans are terribly underfunded. Last…

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