VT ski resorts ramp up hiring despite historically tight job market

The labor market remains historically tight in Vermont, but ski resorts are doing well hiring the seasonal employees they need        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Last remnant of Burlington’s grandest estate is for sale at $2.35 million

Col. Le Grand Cannon built the finest estate in Burlington in 1859. The only remaining remnant, a carriage house converted to a home, is for sale.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont beer maker wins national Craft Brewery of the Year honors

Shelburne-based Fiddlehead Brewing named top craft brewer by Brewbound, nationwide trade publication that previously honored Lagunitas, Allagash        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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After Selectboard fiasco, Chelsea community steps up

Chelsea’s town hall and library. Photo by Michael Calore via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0) Last month, Chelsea’s town government was like a leaky lifeboat, as the entire road crew and four of the town’s five Selectboard members resigned. But townspeople have moved quickly to fill the leaks. Seven people have signed up to run for…

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After Selectboard fiasco, Chelsea community steps up

Chelsea’s town hall and library. Photo by Michael Calore via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0) Last month, Chelsea’s town government was like a leaky lifeboat, as the entire road crew and four of the town’s five Selectboard members resigned. But townspeople have moved quickly to fill the leaks. Seven people have signed up to run for…

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After Selectboard fiasco, Chelsea community steps up

Chelsea’s town hall and library. Photo by Michael Calore via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0) Last month, Chelsea’s town government was like a leaky lifeboat, as the entire road crew and four of the town’s five Selectboard members resigned. But townspeople have moved quickly to fill the leaks. Seven people have signed up to run for…

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Anne Sosin: Homelessness is a crisis of housing, not unhousable Vermonters 

This commentary is by Anne N. Sosin, a policy fellow at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences at Dartmouth College.  A recent Vermont Public story profiled a home health worker who, after nearly 30 years of steady service, now earns $18 per hour. That is $5.40 per hour short…

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Anne Sosin: Homelessness is a crisis of housing, not unhousable Vermonters 

This commentary is by Anne N. Sosin, a policy fellow at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences at Dartmouth College.  A recent Vermont Public story profiled a home health worker who, after nearly 30 years of steady service, now earns $18 per hour. That is $5.40 per hour short…

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Anne Sosin: Homelessness is a crisis of housing, not unhousable Vermonters 

This commentary is by Anne N. Sosin, a policy fellow at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences at Dartmouth College.  A recent Vermont Public story profiled a home health worker who, after nearly 30 years of steady service, now earns $18 per hour. That is $5.40 per hour short…

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Karl Meyer: Feds should reject FirstLight’s Connecticut River deal

This commentary is by Karl Meyer of Greenfield, Mass., a fish and aquatics studies team member and an intervenor in the current Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensing process since 2012. He is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists.  Two generations back, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service signed a long-term Federal Power Commission…

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David Van Deusen: Democrats side with bosses over rail workers

This commentary by David Van Deusen, president of the Vermont AFL-CIO, was sent to Vermont union members. U.S. rail unions went into this bargaining season with not a single day of paid sick leave in their contract. Achieving paid sick leave was the top priority of union members. And today, because of an act of…

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Dr. Andrew Haig: Vermont needs to train rehabilitation medicine specialists

This commentary is by Andrew J. Haig, M.D., a tenured professor emeritus of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Michigan and recipient of numerous international awards, most recently the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation’s 2022 Distinguished Advocate award. He practices in Middlebury and Williston. I’m the local rehabilitation doctor here in…

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The 32nd Annual Free Press All-State Football Team: Offense

The 32nd annual Free Press all-state football offensive team as picked by the Burlington Free Press sports department.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Warm up this winter with these books by, for and about Vermonters

One of the most rewarding things a person can do in the dead of a Vermont winter is hunker down while losing yourself in a good book.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Highlights of Highlight: Schedule for Burlington New Year’s Eve party revealed

Schedule includes music from Rough Francis, King Tuff, Dwight & Nicole, plus family-friendly comedy, immersive ‘Tarot Taxi’ experience        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Dr. Paul Manganiello: On health care, ‘If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it’

This commentary is by Paul Manganiello, M.D., a resident of Norwich who is emeritus professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and co-medical director of the Good Neighbor Clinic in White River Junction. This November, VTDigger had a three-part series on the need for meaningful health care reform in Vermont.…

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Ken Fredette: On school taxes, the devil is in the details

This commentary is by Ken Fredette, a resident of Wallingford. Vermont statutes require our tax commissioner to release a letter annually — known as “The December 1st Letter” — that predicts likely property tax rates needed to support education in the ensuing fiscal year.  Three major figures considered when formulating the prediction are estimates of…

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Rick Hausman: State should own and operate its juvenile detention facilities

This commentary is by Rick Hausman, a 50-year resident of Newbury and a former state representative. Two years after the state of Vermont shuttered the Woodside Juvenile Rehab Center, it now finds itself in desperate need of facilities to house and treat its juvenile offenders most in danger to themselves and society.  But instead of…

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How to watch: Vermont men’s basketball, Dartmouth resume rivalry

The Catamounts make the trek down to Hanover, New Hampshire, to take on Dartmouth Big Green on Tuesday, Dec. 6. Tip-off set for 7 p.m.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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New era for Vermont high school sports: VPA leader on fan behavior, esports, pickleball

Lauren Thomas, VPA’s new head of Vermont high school sports, says a sportsmanship policy is helping reduce offensive outbursts by fans and players.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Burlington police investigate stabbing death, the year’s 5th killing

While it was the fifth homicide in Burlington this year, it was the first that did not involve gunfire.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Following a petition and a lawsuit, Agency of Natural Resources begins new public process for state lands

A cleared area in Groton State Forest. Photo courtesy of Zack Porter The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources is embarking on a new process to create rules that will guide the agency’s public land management procedures.  The move, announced last week by Julie Moore, who leads the agency, follows a petition — and more recently,…

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