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Lyndon has tripled the fine for damaging a covered bridge after Miller’s Run bridge was hit six times this year. VTDigger file photo Covered bridges are a staple of Vermont’s idyllic landscape, but these historic structures were made to hold horse-drawn carriages, not modern-day box trucks. On Dec. 20, Miller’s Run bridge in Lyndon was…

From the Northeast Kingdom to the southwestern corner of the state and points in between, the celebrated Vermont beer scene kept growing this year.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The new year begins with cautious optimism as COVID-19 pandemic persists but arts events (with safety protocols in place) continue as well        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

UVM scientists used a supercomputer to design the “world’s first living robots.” The question remains can this AI adapt to unfamiliar circumstances.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Justine Zolotas shapes pizza dough at Pan’s Pizza in South Hero on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Throughout the pandemic, a South Hero pizzeria has been letting customers who are experiencing financial hardship choose to pay less than full price for their food. At Pan’s Pizza on Route 2, customers can opt…

The Stowe Development Review Board rejected a proposal from Stowe Mountain Resort to build a new parking lot. Creative Commons photo The local Development Review Board in Stowe has rejected a proposal from Stowe Mountain Resort to build a new parking lot, citing concerns over the new lot’s impact on the character of the area. …

Vermont high school and college sports scores and results as reported to the Burlington Free Press sports department.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Due to COVID protocols, UVM men’s basketball team’s home game vs. Albany has been postponed.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

This New Year’s weekend, we are combining our Thursday, Friday and Saturday print editions into singular newspapers.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Stu McGowan, who says he purchased the first Chevy Bolt (an electric vehicle) in the state, plugs his car in on Monday, April 12, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger An ambitious plan to tackle climate change — issued Dec. 1 by the Vermont Climate Council — includes recommendations for a clean heat program, robust weatherization…

Shoppers leave Expressions, a women’s clothing boutique on Church Street in Burlington on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BURLINGTON — Ask store owners downtown how their sales numbers looked for the 2021 holiday shopping season and the answer might surprise you: Normal. But beyond the bottom line, Year 2 of the Covid-19…

An entrance to the emergency department at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington on Dec. 13. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Deeper Dig is a weekly podcast from the VTDigger newsroom. Listen below, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify or anywhere you listen to podcasts. Vermont hospitals are feeling the strain from the recent surge of Covid-19…

Lake Champlain has frozen only three times in the past 10 years.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Christmas is officially over, so it’s time to start thinking about how to dispose of natural trees. Here’s how in Chittenden County.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

UVM women’s basketball and men’s hockey lose in their first games back from the winter break.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermonters on the World War II home front model the latest in gas masks. Photo by Aldo Merusi Weary at the thought of a third year of the Covid-19 pandemic? Consider the lives of the late Elaine and Robert Ransom, a Vermont couple from an era before cellphones and computers. On Oct. 24, 1942, an…

Lynne Vezina of the Vermont Family Pharmacy in Burlington on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Lynne Vezina did not have any over-the-counter Covid tests available at Vermont Family Pharmacy on Thursday and her supplier had not told her when she would get a shipment.  “I have them on a back order and…

Afghan evacuees board a U.S. Air Force plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan on Aug. 24, 2021. The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants says 260 Afghans are expected to have been relocated to various parts of Vermont before the end of February, including 90 who already have arrived. U.S. Air Force photo…

Owners of a long-neglected, mid-19th century carriage barn in Burlington’s Old North End have plans to replace it with a six-unit apartment dwelling.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

It’s been difficult to make plans for concerts, plays and other events the past couple of years; here’s to looking ahead to what the new year promises        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont high school and college sports scores and results as reported to the Burlington Free Press sports department.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service