‘More than just video games’: Esports is the new athletic department at Champlain College

Champlain Esports is Champlain College’s first varsity team in 20 years. Athletes compete nationally and students guide the direction of the team.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The 28th Annual Free Press All-State Field Hockey Team

The 28th annual All-State Field Hockey Team as picked by the Burlington Free Press sports department.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Does Vermont owe you money? Here’s what to know about the unclaimed property database

Vermont has collected millions of dollars in unclaimed property. The Free Press created a database of the property held by the state.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Norwich loses another key town employee due to discontent

Editor’s Note: This story by Patrick Adrian was first published by the Valley News on Nov. 23. Norwich — still without an acting town manager — will now be without a zoning administrator as well, as Planning and Zoning Coordinator Aaron DeNamur has tendered his resignation. In a letter to the Selectboard earlier this month,…

Chief Justice Reiber: People get a say in how courts are doing in diversity, equity and inclusion

This commentary is by Paul L. Reiber, chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. The Vermont Constitution entrusts the Vermont judiciary with the responsibility to protect the rights of all Vermonters and visitors to our great state through access to the courts and equal justice under law.  Specifically, the Constitution requires that “(e)very person within…

Dr. Diane Roston: I need to do better. And I am doing the best I can. 

This commentary is by Diane Roston, M.D., medical director of West Central Behavioral Health in Lebanon, New Hampshire. A friend contacted me about her adult daughter who had lost her job, was drinking alcoholically and was considering suicide. I carefully considered the services my friend’s daughter should receive to help her recover.  As physicians, we…

PHOTOS: Vermont men’s soccer vs. UCLA in NCAA Tournament

Photos from Saturday night’s UCLA at Vermont men’s soccer in the third round of the NCAA Tournament at Virtue Field.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

MMU’s Tess Drury qualifies for cross-country running national championships

MMU senior Tess Drury races to ninth overall at the Northeast Regionals cross-country running championships to book spot at Nike Cross Nationals.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont men’s soccer buries UCLA to reach 2022 NCAA Tournament quarterfinals

UVM scores 3 second-half goals to blank UCLA and advance to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Craig Mitchell may be Vermont’s most famous DJ. But do you really know him?

DJ Craig Mitchell, Winooski’s unofficial DJ laureate, has worked with Jay-Z, Janet Jackson, Yoko Ono, Backstreet Boys, The Strokes, Michael Buble and Moby. But still he feels danger when he steps outside. Photo by Justin Trombly/Community News Service Kayla Duvel is a reporter with Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary…

Lawmakers contemplate ‘third-rail’ reforms amid housing crisis

Many legislators say Vermonters sent a clear message ahead of the November elections: Housing must be at the top of the agenda when they return to Montpelier in January. Photo by Pixabay via Pexels People are declining job offers in the state because they can’t find housing. Homelessness is rising. Vermont has the lowest rental…

Then Again: Vermont took a rugged road to statehood

A 1784 map shows the legal limbo that once surrounded what is today Vermont. The map labels the territory as “Part of the State of New York now commonly known as Vermont.” Library of Congress History can make the past appear deceptively simple. Looking in the rearview mirror, we can see the road behind us…

VPA’s Lauren Thomas on her first season in charge of Vermont high school sports

A question-and-answer session with VPA assistant executive director Lauren Thomas, who just finished her first fall high school sports season.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Does Vermont owe you money? Search our database

It is estimated that Vermont has millions of dollars in unclaimed property. The Free Press created a database of the property held by the state.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Burlington City Council puts election-related charter changes on Town Meeting Day ballot

The city will have public hearings on the three charter changes before Town Meeting Day for residents to comment and ask questions.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Inside one man’s quest to bring performing arts back to Burlington’s Memorial Auditorium

Jim Lockridge stands outside the part of Memorial Auditorium that used to house teen club 242 Main in Burlington on Thursday, Nov. 17. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BURLINGTON — In a corner of a studio space in Burlington’s South End, there is a door that goes nowhere. It might be like any other interior door…

Phil Scott launches new equity initiative focused on Vermont municipalities

IDEAL Vermont, which stands for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Action and Leadership, officially kicked off in October. Photo courtesy Vermont Office of the Governor Gov. Phil Scott announced this week that a new statewide program, called IDEAL — Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Action and Leadership — will encourage Vermont’s municipalities to focus more proactively on equity.  Xusana Davis.…

Police say Vermont man injured 2 people in 48-hour ‘crime spree’

David Oleson. Photo courtesy of the Williston Police Department A Vermont man was arrested in Burlington Wednesday morning after he injured two people in a 48-hour “crime spree” of car thefts and break-ins across the area, the city’s police department said.  David Oleson, 38, was lodged at Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans and…

Officials shortage still rampant in Vermont high school football

The Vermont Football Officials Association added four new members to the northern division since August, but help is still needed.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont hockey, basketball: How Catamount teams fared Nov. 25-27

Results and schedules for University of Vermont men’s hockey and women’s basketball teams from Nov. 25-27, 2022.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

How to watch, live updates: Vermont men’s soccer hosts UCLA in Sweet 16

The Catamounts take on UCLA at home in the third round of the NCAA men’s soccer tournament. Game time is 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26 at Virtue Field.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Bursts of gunfire collide with other uses on 825-acre property in Windsor

Michael Quinn, of Windsor, points to the bank where people used to set up targets that they would shoot from across the pond at the Windsor Grasslands Wildlife Management Area on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Target shooting was prohibited after the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department acquired the property. Photo by Alex Driehaus/Valley News/Report For America…

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