Wanna buy a cow for 25 bucks? They’re for sale in Stowe to help preserve farmland

The Ricketson Farm, a 115-acre site on the north side of town, ‘is in transition and at risk of being lost forever to development,’ organization says        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Christina Rainville: Reform the police in Vermont with education

This commentary is by Christina Rainville, a practicing lawyer for more than 30 years and former deputy state’s attorney for Bennington County. Her first novel, “The Courage to Tell,” is available on Amazon. Her second novel, “Dare to Live,” will be published late this year. She lives in Florida and summers in Jamaica, Vt. I…

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Scott Gillette: Damned statistics and Covid-19

This commentary is by Scott Gillette of Hancock, who reports he does know how to read between the lines. VTDigger is at risk of making itself a tool of the state government by reporting “the facts” of Covid-19, as provided by the state, verbatim — as “the facts” are framed statistically to minimize the political…

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Trea Hsieh-Lewis: Let’s end the wanton waste of Vermont’s wildlife

This commentary is by Trea Hsieh-Lewis of Burlington, a junior at the University of Vermont who’s majoring in animal science. One of the reasons I love Vermont so much is the wildlife this state is home to. Vast landscapes provide habitat for an abundance of animal species who interact with one another in the natural…

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Burlington City Council rejects Murad as permanent police chief. What happens next?

Acting Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad will continue on in that capacity despite being rejected for the permanent role. Will the search continue?        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vote now for the Vermont Varsity Insider Athletes of the Week: Ballots for Jan. 24-30

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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Vermonter Megan Nick’s journey from gymnast to U.S. Olympian

Vermont native and 2014 CVU graduate Megan Nick turns high school senior project into spot on US. Olympic freestyle ski team bound for Beijing.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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R.P. Dragon: Adoptees for Choice supports Vermont Proposal 5

This commentary is by R.P. Dragon of Pownal, a founding board member for Adoptees for Choice. Abortion and adoption are unrelated. The former is a medical decision regarding whether to continue a pregnancy. The latter is a social and legal decision made on behalf of an autonomous human being.  And yet, as adoptees, we are…

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Zack Porter: Let’s make a plan for our resilient future

This commentary is by Zack Porter, director of Standing Trees, a nonprofit organization based in Montpelier and dedicated to protecting and restoring forests on New England’s public lands. The struggle to preserve and restore wild nature is a long-distance relay race. Our efforts build upon those of dedicated activists over the last century, and — here…

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Richard and Gail Butz: Build Back Better would transform child nutrition

This commentary is by Richard and Gail Butz, who live in Bristol. If you enter a school or youth center in Vermont, you are likely to see backpacks stuffed, not with books, but instead with food to carry kids over the weekend when school breakfasts and lunches are not available.  And do you remember the…

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Burlington’s winter has been cold so far. Here’s how this January compares to last.

The National Weather Service data says January 2022 has been 6.1 degrees colder than average to date.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Varsity Insider: Vermont high school girls basketball power rankings (Jan. 31)

A four-win week keeps Rice (10-0) atop the latest Varsity Insider girls basketball power rankings.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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This radioactive gas could make your home unhealthy. What parts of VT are most at risk?

One in seven Vermont houses have heightened levels of radon, which increases a chances of getting lung cancer.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Sophie Bowater: The commissioner’s suspicious use of fertilizer

This commentary is by Sophie Bowater of Middlesex, founder of Peace of Mind Animal Wellness. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. These are the big three foundational elements of inorganic fertilizer.  Nitrogen is essential for the formation of protein in plants, and phosphorus allows for the use and storage of energy, including the all important process of…

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Dan Jones: We have to be open to a different conversation about farming

This commentary is by Dan Jones of Montpelier, a resilience activist and an avid frontyard gardener. The other day I was showing my farmer friend Alan LePage the garden soil analysis I had received from UVM. It puzzled him and led to a long discussion of the right way for improving chemical balances in my…

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Kolby LaMarche: Lessons on governance from Burlington Progressives

This commentary is by Kolby LaMarche, a Democrat from Burlington.  On a humid day in the month of June 2020, the Burlington City Council adopted a resolution, spearheaded by council Progressives, which capped the Burlington Police Department’s officer count at 74, rendering a 30% reduction.  What followed was not unforetold — rather, the damning repercussions…

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UVM men’s basketball pulls away from Maine for ninth straight victory

The Catamounts fend off Maine’s upset bid for an 81-68 victory in America East action at Patrick Gym on Saturday afternoon.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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State Auditor questions Vermont’s own assessment of how well the state is doing

State Auditor Doug Hoffer has called into question the state’s annual report on how well the government is doing, saying it’s overly optimistic        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Get to know Vermont’s Olympians — Here’s how to follow the athletes on social media

Once again, Vermont is well-represented at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Over 20 athletes with ties to Vermont are competing in Beijing.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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For a third year, Brattleboro to hold state’s only virtual town meeting

Retiring moderator Lawrin Crispe, left, has presided over Brattleboro’s town meeting online for the past two years. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger BRATTLEBORO — For a third pandemic year, this southern Vermont hub is preparing to hold the state’s only virtual official town meeting. Most Green Mountain municipalities decide budgets and other ballot questions at annual…

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With print news fading, lawmaker pushes to let digital-only platforms publish legal notices

Newspapers line the racks at Baker’s of Brattleboro. File photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger When The Hardwick Gazette stopped publishing a print paper in 2020 because of economic woes exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, the paper was dealt another financial blow. The small Northeast Kingdom weekly could no longer pull revenue from legal notices — the…

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Vermont Conversation: The ‘pandemic-to-prison pipeline’ and the student mental health crisis

School resource officer Jason Ziter of the Winooski Police Department waves to a student outside John F. Kennedy Elementary School at the end of the school Sept. 28, 2020. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians, activists,…

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