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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A father-and-sons team have built several outdoor classrooms for Vermont students

The 20-by-30-foot truss structure at the Turtle Island Children’s Center in Montpelier. Photo courtesy of Greg Ryan Nine outdoor classrooms designed specifically for the pandemic have been installed at schools in central Vermont, thanks to a Rochester family.  Greg Ryan Dubbed the RyanTruss, each structure is basically a series of wooden trusses topped with a corrugated…

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Then Again: Fred Harris and the Woodstock rope tow fueled early skiing in Vermont

Fred Harris began ski jumping in Brattleboro as a teenager, using skis he had made for him at a local wood shop. Harris later attended Dartmouth College, where he promoted outdoor recreation of all sorts. Above, he jumped during the winter of 1911, the year he graduated. Courtesy of Dartmouth College Library If Fred Harris’…

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A Minnesota teen is running for office in Vermont. A past teen candidate has some advice.

Vermont’s constitution has quirky allowances around age and residency for candidates seeking some statewide offices.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont Women’s Fund seeks to identify 10,000 women-owned businesses by yearend

This Way UP: There’s power in our numbers, asks women business owners to help build a statewide database that Vermont is currently lacking.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont H.S. sports scores for Friday, February 4: 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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Final Reading: From Montpelier to Beijing, with love

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin is one of the athletes with a Vermont connection who will be competing in Beijing. File photo by Andrew Shinn While home looks like a snowglobe, lawmakers are wishing Vermont’s Olympians good luck in the Winter Games in Beijing. Friday’s Opening Ceremony kicked off more than two weeks of…

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Police: Milton man charged with assault was motivated by victim’s gender identity

A view out a window at the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans on Nov. 8, 2019. File photo by Glenn RussellVTDigger Police say a Milton man charged with sexually assaulting a 12-year-old was partly motivated by the child’s gender identity, making it a hate-motivated crime. Alfonso Williams, 40, is charged in Chittenden Superior…

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