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
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
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…
Nicholas Boke: What if they’re right? I really don’t know what to do
This commentary is by Nicholas Boke, a freelance writer and international education consultant who lives in Chester. I just don’t know what to do. Political commentaries these days often run something like, “There seems to be a good chance that democracy is in danger.” Those are the optimistic ones. Many — from both the right…
YWP: Bluebird song
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…
‘Green’ burials set to begin in Vermont’s first forest cemetery. What you want to know
After six years of advocating for casket-free burials, Michelle Acciavatti is on track to open Vermont’s first conservation cemetery. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Want to prevent falling on slick ice? Walk like this animal, Health Department says
The Vermont Department of Health says to walk like this animal to prevent falls on slick surfaces this winter. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
How to watch, live updates: UVM men’s basketball hosts UNH in America East clash
The Catamounts (8-4) return from long layoff to host New Hampshire in their America East Conference opener at Patrick Gym on Thursday night. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
4 more Covid-19 outbreaks in Killington area following holiday week resort outbreak
Skiers take to the slopes at the Killington resort during the 2021 Thanksgiving week. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger The Vermont Department of Health has detected at least four more active outbreaks of Covid-19 “in the immediate area” of Killington Resort, according to department spokesperson Ben Truman. Last week, during one of the busiest weeks of…
Vermont officials distributed only about half of nearly 90,000 test kits set aside for students
Jim Dieser distributes free rapid antigen Covid-19 tests at a VT Agency of Transportation garage in Colchester on Thursday, Dec. 30. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated at 10:13 p.m. Last week, Vermont officials announced plans to give away nearly 90,000 rapid Covid-19 testing kits to students around the state. Through an initiative called “Kits for…
Final Reading: House backs remote voting
A scanner that senses your body temperature as you approach it. A robotic voice announces “pass” if you’re deemed OK to go through. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger In: High-tech temperature scanners. Out: Mingling after adjournment. Exclamations of “so nice to see you!” and “can I give you a hug!” rang out Tuesday in the halls…
Vermont nursing shortage reaches ‘crisis’ level, elected officials say
As COVID-19 has strained health care workers and hospital capacity, lawmakers propose solutions to the ongoing state nursing shortage. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
‘A tinderbox’: Hound hunting in Vermont is a divisive topic, but got more tense in 2021
Several incidents in 2021 highlighted the tension between hound hunters and those who oppose the practice in Vermont. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Vermont entertainment venues are starting to require patrons have the COVID booster shot
Event spaces in Burlington and Middlebury are among the first in Vermont to include boosters in their COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Amid nerve-racking return to school, child care families feel left out of state response
Free rapid antigen Covid-19 tests ready for distribution at a VT Agency of Transportation garage in Colchester on Thursday, Dec. 30. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger To safely return to child care while Covid-19 cases surge, Billie Slade asked all the families she works with to rapid-test their children. Slade runs Wonder in the Woods, an…
Final Reading: Welcome back
Final Reading is brought to you by, from left, Sarah Mearhoff, Lola Duffort and Riley Robinson. Hi there. Did you miss us? Welcome back to Final Reading, VTDigger’s inside guide to the Vermont Statehouse. Every day the Legislature is in session, we’ll be bringing you an evening update on which bills are moving, who’s negotiating…
How to watch Vermont’s 2022 legislative session
Rep. Lynn Dickinson, R-St. Albans Town, answers a roll call remotely on the opening day of the Legislature at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Jan. 6, 2021. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Vermont Legislature is scheduled to reconvene Tuesday for the second year of the biennium — but no need to find a parking…
Toby Ducolon is retiring after this season. His impact on BFA hockey goes beyond titles.
The Vermont hockey legend and BFA-St. Albans head coach announced he will step down after this season following a 32-year career with the Bobwhites. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Aspiring female lawyers might consider Vermont Law School, according Princeton Review
Princeton Review recently ranked Vermont Law School best law school first in the nation for having the greatest resources women in 2022. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Testing beginning for Vermont ski area staff hit by COVID
Special community testing Began Sunday in the Killington area after 5% of the staff at the Killington ski resort contracted COVID-19. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
David Flemming: Stopping the bleeding with pension reform
This commentary is by David Flemming, a policy analyst at the Ethan Allen Institute. A dozen years ago, a Vermont pension reform committee recommended that the state look into switching the way it structures its pension plans for new hires in the future. Today, with a $5.7 billion unfunded liability that is growing with no…
Elayne Clift: Grateful for moments shared with intimate strangers
This commentary is by Elayne Clift, a columnist who lives in Vermont. Her book “Around the World in 50 Years: Travel Tales of a Not So Innocent Abroad” was published in 2019. I was 22 years old when I first flew across the Atlantic for a solo adventure in Europe. My best friend, with whom…
