‘I realized a dream’: What’s next for Food Network baking-contest champion Adam Monette?

Adam Monette, a high-school culinary instructor in St. Albans, took home $25,000 by winning ‘Holiday Baking Championship’ in December        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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You can soon have a COVID testing kit delivered to your house. How the program will work

Vermonters could soon receive a COVID testing kit delivered to their home. How this pilot program will work.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Hockey East: UVM women’s hockey rocks nationally ranked Connecticut

The University of Vermont women’s hockey team uses impressive six-goal outburst to beat No. 10 Connecticut on Saturday afternoon.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Bob Stannard: Happy Sad Anniversary to the United States

This commentary is by Bob Stannard of Manchester, an author, musician and former state legislator and lobbyist. Some insurrections are better than others.   By the time you’re reading this, the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, violent insurrection against our democracy will have come and gone. We allow it to disappear completely at our peril.…

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Planned child care center ends relationship with Alburgh school board

The board of directors of the Alburgh Family Clubhouse has ended its relationship with the town’s school board. The building is shown here in an artist’s rendering. Courtesy image The directors of a planned child care center in Alburgh have ended their relationship with the town’s school board, a decision that has come amid disagreement…

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YWP: Strangers’ love

Young Writers Project, an independent nonprofit based in Burlington, engages young people to write and use digital media to express themselves with clarity and power, and to gain confidence and skills for school, the workplace and life. Check out the most recent issue of The Voice, Young Writers Project’s monthly digital magazine. Click here. Each…

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Still have your Christmas tree? These Colchester goats want it.

Pine Island Community Farm and its goats will accept Christmas tree drop-offs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Three thoughts: Rice girls basketball halts CVU’s 57-game regular-season winning streak

The Green Knights rely on an early run and man-to-man defense throughout to topple CVU 34-20 in high school girls basketball action on Friday night.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont H.S. sports scores for Friday, January 7: See how your favorite team fared

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

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Vermont schools should plan to stop contact tracing, change testing procedures, state officials say

Education Secretary Dan French on Aug. 18, 2020. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Vermont schools should prepare to halt Covid-19 contact tracing and PCR surveillance testing ahead of a major policy shift next week, the state’s top education official said Friday.  In an email sent to local school officials Friday evening and obtained by VTDigger, Secretary…

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Final Reading: One week in, one bill down

Members of the press observe the House of Representatives from the chamber’s balcony on the opening day of the Legislature in Montpelier on Tuesday, Jan. 4. Members of the press and public were kept to the balconies of both the House and Senate chambers due to Covid-19. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Legislature has already…

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‘A pretty serious crisis’: Students and staff return to school closures, surging cases and expired tests

U-32 Middle & High School in East Montpelier was closed on Friday, Jan. 7, due to Covid-related staff shortages, according to administrators. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger In Winooski, as students returned from the holiday break, schools lasted just three days this week before closing under the weight of Covid-19 cases. There were so many cases…

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‘We had Benny Shungu on our side’: Shungu’s career game pushes UVM basketball to win

Ben Shungu makes key shots down stretch in 29-point outing, guiding the Catamounts to 82-68 victory over New Hampshire on Thursday night.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Bitter winds are coming: How to stay safe and warm during a Vermont cold snap

Colder temperatures mean an increased risk of frostbite and hypothermia. Here’s how to stay safe when it’s cold in Vermont.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Burlington area expected to get coldest wind chills in years

The air will be coldest in Burlington early Tuesday morning when the wind chill is expected to drop to -26 degrees.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Walt Amses: Belief in the stars — real, and on the big screen

This commentary is by Walt Amses, a writer who lives in North Calais. We’ve grown fond of saying “It’s not rocket science” while chiding a confused someone into divining their own solution to what they mistakenly perceive as a particularly challenging problem.  Since we’re inundated with a near-constant buzz of technology reinventing itself every 30…

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George Longenecker: Anti-vaxxer cadre giving chiropractic a bad name

This commentary is by George Longenecker of Middlesex, who has retired from Vermont Technical College, where he taught writing, geography and environmental issues.  For years, I’ve received effective and necessary chiropractic care for ongoing back problems.  This fall, I received a call from my chiropractor’s assistant. The doctor had Covid, and I had been exposed…

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Research shows Black people are 6 times more likely than white people to be jailed in Vermont

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Jan. 6. Screenshot In 2019, Black people were six times more likely to be jailed than white people in Vermont, even though they made up just 1.4% of the population. They were also more likely to be locked up for felony property and drug offenses. The Justice…

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Protests and allegations at Frog Hollow gallery: Here’s what we know

Three named employees have come forward with stories of their time at Frog Hollow.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Marty Richards, Essex High School cut ties after winning Division I football championship

Marty Richards leaves Essex High School football after leading the Hornets to the D-I title in his only season in charge of his alma mater.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Folino’s goes for three: New Williston pizza restaurant follows Shelburne and Burlington

The restaurant’s third location has opened in Finney Crossing neighborhood off U.S. 2 at Taft Corners, in the same plaza with Healthy Living.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Grant Rees: Democracy requires accountability, or else we’re done

This commentary is by Grant C. Rees of Milton, a practicing attorney for over 30 years in Vermont before he retired.   It has been a year since the Jan. 6 insurrection with no criminal prosecutions pending against its organizers. Unless former President Trump and his allies are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law…

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