Emilie Krasnow: Covid emphasizes the need for paid family medical leave

This commentary is by Emilie Krasnow, a resident of South Burlington. Looking to the future, we must make paid family and medical leave a reality for Vermont families and caregivers. The positive impact of a comprehensive paid family medical leave bill on the lives of working Vermonters cannot be overstated. Vermonters across the state support…

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How Vermonters honor furry loved ones as it becomes more mainstream to talk about pet loss

Memorializing a lost pet gives owners a chance to move through grief. Creative and cathartic ways Vermonters say goodbye or keep the memory alive.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Feeling burnt out by COVID? How Vermonters can spot the stress and cope.

Vermont is poised to enter the third year of the pandemic as it deals with the most contagious version of the virus yet. People are feeling burnt out.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Paws what you’re doing and meet Vermont’s Puppy Bowl participants for 2022

Puppies named Pudding and Dumpling were born in the same litter to a mother who arrived at the Rutland County Humane Society        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Elaine Haney: Infantilizing women? I can’t unsee this cartoon

This commentary is by Elaine Haney, executive director of Emerge Vermont. Tim Newcomb’s cartoon in the Rutland Herald on Jan. 20 compares the three candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives. It appears to imply that experience is the most important factor for voters to consider.  But whatever the primary message of this cartoon…

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Walt Amses: How can we possibly find a way to move on?

This commentary is by Walt Amses, a writer who lives in North Calais. Earlier in the week, I found myself all-in, anticipating a Nor’easter that eventually failed to fully materialize, thwarting visions of taking to the woods in a foot and a half of light, fluffy powder, quelling thoughts that increasingly border on paranoia and…

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YWP: Foxtrot, Charleston

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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Two Stowe restaurants get spruced up: Meet Alpine Hall and Tipsy Trout

The restaurants which opened at The Lodge at Spruce Peak in 2008 were recently renovated and renamed.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Survey: Burlington residents want to help unhoused people with federal money

The survey, which was translated into eight languages, garnered 3,877 responses, the most responses any city survey has ever received.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Shungu, Davis spark UVM men’s basketball past pesky Hartford in America East clash

After blowing 20-point second-half, Vermont pulls away down stretch for 82-72 America East victory over Hartford on Saturday night at Patrick Gym.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Don Keelan: The odyssey of a country doctor

Michael Welther, M.D., has been a family doctor in Arlington, Vt., for 35 years. Now he’s headed for Arizona. Photo by Kate Bryan This commentary is by Don Keelan of Arlington, a retired certified public accountant. Longtime Arlington resident Norman Rockwell memorialized the unique position of the Arlington-area country doctor. The famous illustrator would often…

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Proposed AT&T cell tower gets mixed reception from Chelsea residents

MG Ellis, of Chelsea, right, signs a petition put forward by Christiana Potter, left, of Chelsea, on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2022, asking town and state officials to look for an alternate location for a cellphone tower that is planned to be built within 1,000 feet of her home. “I have to sell my house… that’s…

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Then Again: Antimasonry rose up to oppose the power of Masons

Detail of the cover of the 1830 Vermont Anti-Masonic Almanac of Woodstock. The almanac promised to reveal secrets about the Masons, which the publication referred to dismissively as “The Sublime Mysteries of Noodleism.” Vermont Historical Society  In September 1826, the disappearance of an obscure stonecutter in upstate New York unleashed a decade of political and…

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How has the pandemic affected Vermonters’ health? A new study offers insight

Vermonters are increasingly struggling with mental and physical health issues during the pandemic, a new University of Vermont study finds.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Dobra Tea moves off Church Street but stays in Burlington

Dobra Tea owners announced the move Jan. 12 on the store’s Facebook page after the shop was closed for two weeks.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont H.S. sports scores for Friday, January 21: 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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Former LGs Zuckerman and Racine say they’re mulling a run for their old job

Doug Racine in 2011, left, and David Zuckerman in 2020. File photos by Josh Larkin and Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Two former lieutenant governors say they are thinking seriously about asking voters to give them their old job back. David Zuckerman, a Progressive/Democrat who served in the post from 2017 to 2021, said Friday he’s “more likely…

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Chelsea Green publisher linked to failed bus trip to protest Covid-related mandates

Margo Baldwin in 2014. File photo by Andrew Nemethy Margo Baldwin has faced criticism in recent months for promoting discredited theories about Covid-19 and the vaccines intended to prevent its spread. Chelsea Green, the White River Junction publishing house she runs, is the force behind the bestselling book “The Truth About Covid-19,” written by Dr.…

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Final Reading: Yes, the Statehouse is also a museum

David Schütz, the Vermont state curator. He is the first person to serve in this office. Photo by Riley Robinson/VTDigger It all started with an ad in a historic preservation journal: A scholar from Dartmouth was studying the art in the Vermont Statehouse and needed an assistant. David Schütz, fresh out of grad school, applied.…

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Outside chefs set up shop at Vermont breweries — serving way more than pretzels

If you visit these Vermont breweries, you’ll find there are actually two businesses under one roof. How do these beer-and-food marriages work?        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont breweries and cideries are collecting and reusing plastic carriers. Here’s why.

Not very recyclable. The program collected over 10,000 can toppers in Vermont over the past two months.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Snowmobile season has finally begun along Vermont’s 5,000 miles of trails

This week’s snowfall means more trails are opening up for snowmobilers to take advantage of across Vermont this winter.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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