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Even if you’re behind on holiday shopping, it’s not too late – give someone the gift of local news (bonus: no need to worry about shipping).        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The one-room Elmore School. Courtesy photo In 2018, when the Vermont Agency of Education revealed plans to force the Stowe School District to merge with two of its neighbors, it sparked immediate controversy.  Even before it took place, Stowe tried to fend off the arranged marriage, which paired the upscale resort town with its more…

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, right, confers with City Attorney Dan Richardson during a City Council meeting on Monday, Dec. 20. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BURLINGTON — A day after city councilors voted to earmark $75,000 for a recruiting firm to help the city find a permanent police chief, Mayor Miro Weinberger says he won’t spend…

State Auditor Doug Hoffer has questioned a report that says the Remote Worker Relocation Program brought $17.1 million into the Vermont economy. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The 307 people prompted to move to Vermont under programs that reimburse relocation expenses spurred the creation of an estimated 115 additional jobs, according to a report submitted…

A company called carafem offers abortion pills by mail and has just expanded to Vermont, which joins 10 other states where this service is available.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The Department of Financial Regulation examined the economic impact of Vermont’s various worker relocation programs.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont lawmakers plan to tackle qualified immunity at the state level. Here’s how similar proposals have played out elsewhere in New England.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

A nurse tends to a Covid-19 patient in the ICU at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Dozens of federal medical personnel are being deployed to Vermont to help alleviate hospital capacity issues caused by Covid-19, according to the White House. President Joe Biden is…

Burlington City Councilor Joe Magee listens to public comment on the city’s regulation of short-term rentals on Monday, Dec. 20. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BURLINGTON — City councilors voted Monday night to enlist a recruitment firm in the city’s two-year search for a permanent police chief, acquiescing to one of five recommendations made by Mayor…

Fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, including workforce shortages and high prices, gave the state’s restaurant industry headache upon headache in 2021        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

THINKMD, a smartphone-based medical intelligence platform, allows community health workers without medical training to diagnose and treat sick children.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Want a sweet treat to warm up with while in Burlington? Try hot chocolate at these downtown restaurants and cafes.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Editors’ Note: The Underground Workshop is a collaborative network of student journalists from across Vermont. Any student is welcome to participate. Our current menu of opportunities is here; for more information please contact the Workshop’s editor, Ben Heintz, at ben@vtdigger.org. Harwood Union High School Two ‘no’ voters: Why the Harwood Bond failed By Beniamino Nardin, Harwood High School…

Vermont’s retail sales are expected to start next year, while Massachusetts continues to grapple with industry inequities. Plus, will RI legalize?        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The Burlington Free Press talked to four restaurant owners and chefs in Burlington about their holiday food traditions from around the world.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

On Sunday, Dec. 19, the Clemmons Family Farm in Charlotte will be co-hosting a free interactive Kwanzaa storytelling online event.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Bales of plastic bottles await collection outside Chittenden Solid Waste District’s “material recovery facility.” Photo by Elizabeth Gribkoff/VTDigger The observance of December religious holidays can be a source of spiritual, family and community enrichment — or, as it is for many, a descent into anxiety and consumerist hell.  But we have other choices. All life…

A health care worker tends to a Covid-19 patient in the emergency department at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington on Monday, Dec. 13. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BENNINGTON — On the doors to the ICU, a laminated sign reads: “Quiet hospitals help healing.”  The Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Photo by Glenn…

The Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott this week appointed Republican Larry Labor of Morgan to a vacant Vermont House seat representing a stretch of the Northeast Kingdom.  But with less than three weeks remaining before the Legislature reconvenes, two House seats remain unfilled. A third is slated to…