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The top 10 sports stories of 2021 as presented by the Burlington Free Press.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The festival’s organizers announced on Dec. 27 that its eclectic lineup of New Year’s Eve performances will be moved outdoors.        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

Vermont, like the rest of the nation, is facing a critical blood shortage.  Blood supplies have been declining since the pandemic began in March 2020, exacerbated by surging Covid-19 cases and a lack of donations.  Blood shortages can have disastrous impacts on hospitals’ ability to treat patients with serious health problems. For instance, blood is…

The U.S. District Court and post office building on West Street in Rutland in 2016. File photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDigger Residents who complained of water and soil contamination from two shuttered Bennington factories are one step closer to receiving compensation in a class-action suit. On Dec. 17, the federal court preliminarily approved a $34 million…

Solar panels in Duxbury on Aug. 25. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Editor’s Note: This story by Claire Potter first appeared in the Valley News on Dec. 27. An Upper Valley solar company is proposing to build a 500-kilowatt solar array on a wooded hillside in Norwich that was once part of a farm now…

Burlington entrepreneur David Hurwitt launched Troove to revolutionize college admissions by better matching students to colleges and universities.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont reported far fewer coronavirus cases in the week ending Sunday, adding 1,570 new cases. That’s down 44.8%…        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Which new laws should Vermonters be aware of that begin in 2022?        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Steven Brown, deputy state’s attorney for Windham County, left, and Jozsef Piri, 49, during Piri’s virtual arraignment Dec. 27. Screenshot A Florida man pleaded not guilty Monday to a second-degree murder charge related to the fatal shooting of a produce truck driver two years ago in Rockingham.  Jozsef Piri, 49, was arrested Dec. 16 in…

Justice Karen Russell Carroll of the Vermont Supreme Court in 2017. Carroll authored a unanimous decision this month that slammed the Department of Corrections over its handling of furlough cases, demanding that the department “do better for the persons subject to the rules.”  File photo by Mark Johnson/VTDigger The Vermont Supreme Court slammed the state…

Ambitious plans to redevelop the Holiday Inn property at Williston Road and Dorset Street have gotten bigger — and now include an apartment building.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermonters who gathered for the December holidays are being asked to get tested to help avoid the spread of COVID-19.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Taking a winter hike is a safe way to enjoy the first day of 2022 with friends and family who want to take precautions.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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A barred owl in Whitby, Ontario, in 2005. Photo by Mdf (CC BY-SA 3.0) Editor’s Note: This story by Claire Potter first appeared in the Valley News on Dec. 17. QUECHEE — Rehabilitators at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science are used to seeing injured barred owls arrive for treatment. After all, the raptors are…

Don Hooper, left, and Bill Mares have a new book, “I Could Hardly Keep from Laughing: An Illustrated Collection of Vermont Humor.” The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians, activists, artists, changemakers and citizens who are making a difference. Listen below, and…

Are the SAT and ACT a thing of the past? What “test-optional” really means and what experts advise when students apply to college.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Last year’s New Year’s Eve celebrations were largely erased by the COVID-19 pandemic, but events (with precautions) are scheduled for the end of 2021        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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