Lake Champlain is freezing less frequently, what does that mean for Vermont wildlife?

Despite an especially cold January, Lake Champlain may not freeze and Vermont’s environment and wildlife could face more dangers.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont meteorologist has baby while Olympian husband competes in Beijing

The U.S. Biathlon team’s Twitter account announced the birth Monday night with a picture of the swaddled newborn.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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A longtime Bristol restaurant and inn makes way for a new one: The Tillerman is here.

Jason Kirmse and Kate Baron moved from northern California to take over the restaurant, inn and events space that had been in business for decades.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Reps. Leffler & Rachelson: Vermont needs to fix the injustice of civil forfeiture

This commentary is by state Reps. Felisha Leffler, R-Enosburg Falls, and Barbara Rachelson, D-Burlington. One of us is a lifelong Democrat, who ran in the past two elections as a Democrat/Progressive; the other is a Republican. We’ve stood across the aisle from one another on most debates and rarely ever voted the same way on…

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Elena Mihaly: A framework for achieving environmental justice in Vermont

This commentary is by Elena Mihaly, vice president of the Conservation Law Foundation in Vermont.  I chose to become an environmental lawyer because I wanted to protect the environment. But I’ve learned throughout my career that “the environment” means a lot of things.  It’s the wild undeveloped places in the mountains, deserts, or river valleys.…

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Don Keelan: Nonprofits are Vermont’s largest industry

This commentary is by Don Keelan of Arlington, a retired certified public accountant. We usually think of nonprofit organizations as the local food shelf, summer stock theater, libraries and the local hospital.  I intended to take a sabbatical from writing about the Vermont nonprofit sector until I came across Vermont Business Magazine’s recent issue, the…

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Vermont meteorologist gives birth while Olympian husband competes in Beijing

The U.S. Biathlon team’s Twitter account announced the birth Monday night with a picture of the swaddled newborn.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont’s Ryan Cochran-Siegle soars to historic silver medal at 2022 Winter Olympic Games

Ryan Cochran-Siegle captures silver in Super-G, the first Vermont native to win Alpine medal at the Olympics since mother Barbara Ann Cochran in 1972.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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‘It just has become too demoralizing’: How burnout is affecting Burlington City Council

Long meetings, harassing emails and low pay makes for burnout Burlington city councilors.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle scores silver in Olympic super-G

Vermont skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle displays his silver medal from the 2022 Olympics super-G on Tuesday morning’s “Today” show. Vermont skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle has scored Olympic silver in the super-G at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Cochran-Siegle, 29, of Starksboro won his medal almost 50 years to the day his mother, Barbara Ann Cochran, snagged…

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Eric Sorkin: We need a wage replacement plan for Covid absenteeism

This commentary is by Eric Sorkin, co-owner of Runamok in Fairfax and a member of Main Street Alliance.  Since the beginning of the pandemic, Runamok has done our best to position employee health and safety as a top priority. While we are in a much better place than we were in March of 2020, one…

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Chloe Learey: Plus and minus impacts of Covid-19 on child development

This commentary is by Chloe Learey, executive director of the Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development in Brattleboro. She serves on the Building Bright Futures State Advisory Council. Heading into the third year of dealing with Covid-19, there are pressing questions about the impact of the pandemic on children and child development.  We…

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Homelessness in 2021: U.S. trended down while Vermont had among highest increase

Vermonters experiencing homelessness in 2021 was among the highest increase in the nation, according to HUD data.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Permitting applications offer a preview of BETA Technologies facility. Here’s what we know.

BETA Technologies is applying for an Act 250 permit for a $122 million facility to build its vertical takeoff electric aircraft at the airport.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Winooski superintendent will take a 4-month sabbatical leave, prioritizing wellness

How Winooski Superintendent’s sabbatical will work and what the four-month leave reveals about educator wellness issues during COVID.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Olympians with Vermont ties face challenges in Winter Games opening events

Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin falls on the on the giant slalom hill at Beijing 2022 Olympics, just seconds after starting the race in which she won gold at the last Winter Games. NBC screenshot Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin stood atop the Beijing 2022 Olympics giant slalom hill as a television announcer recalled how she won…

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Allie Breker: Gun violence has long-lasting social, physical and emotional impacts

This commentary is by Allie Breyer of Montpelier, and a volunteer for Moms Demand Action Vermont.  Most people who haven’t experienced gun violence believe it will never happen to them. Unfortunately, I was one of those people. Until it happened to me. After settling into Vermont in 2019 with my partner, I became enamored with…

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David Zuckerman seeks to reclaim lieutenant governor’s office

David Zuckerman on Aug. 27, 2020. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Former Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, a Progressive/Democrat, would like his old job back. He announced his bid for the lieutenant governorship on Monday. With U.S. Sen Patrick Leahy, D-Vt, set to retire, tectonic shifts are afoot in Vermont’s political landscape as state-level politicians throw…

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Do you remember these three Vermonters who have won Olympic gold?

The Beijing Olympics are almost here. Here’s a look back at three Vermonters who brought home gold during past games, and made history.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Things to do in Vermont: February is short, but arts and entertainment options abound

Acts including Courtney Barnett, Anais Mitchell, Vermont Youth Orchestra, Kat Wright, plays in Essex and White River Junction highlight options        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont Department of Libraries partners with eBook companies to increase digital access

The Palace Project will be used to offer Vermonters an electronic library of children’s, youth, classics, bestsellers and more.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Stephen Leslie: Time to reconsider a statewide land use plan?

This commentary is by Stephen Leslie, co-owner of Cedar Mountain Farm and Cobb Hill Cheese in Hartland. In 1970, Vermont Gov. Deane C. Davis, a Republican, signed Act 250 into law. The traditional Republican voters of old Vermont were sons and daughters of the soil — true conservatives.  Many were alarmed at the sudden spate…

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