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Jane Mayer. Courtesy photo. Jane Mayer, the chief Washington correspondent for The New Yorker, has joined the Vermont Journalism Trust’s board of directors. The nonprofit organization, which operates VTDigger, elected her to its board on Dec. 3.  Mayer has worked as a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1995, cultivating a reputation as one…

A mailbox outside Brattleboro’s Municipal Center awaits ballots this past March. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger The Vermont Legislature is set to consider allowing the state’s 246 municipalities to replace March 2022 town meetings with Covid-safe voting or warm-weather gatherings. Some 80% of communities used a one-year-only state law last winter to temporarily replace shoulder-to-shoulder decision-making…

Despite some serious challenges, some developers plan to wrap up their projects in Chittenden County next year.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

All the states surrounding Vermont have said they detected omicron within their borders. Vermont is watching closely.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began distributing nearly $46 million to 143 of Vermont’s rural medical providers and suppliers.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Leah Kelleher, a podcast intern at a taping of “the Daily” – a New York Times show — in upstate New York. Photo courtesy of Eliza Giles The number of students who want for-credit internships through the University of Vermont has nearly tripled in the past four years, with the pandemic enabling the increase. “There…

Ernie Pomerleau speaks at the Burlington City Council meeting on Oct. 18, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BURLINGTON — The recent clearing of the Sears Lane encampment loomed large at Monday night’s City Council meeting, with Mayor Miro Weinberger and Progressive councilors sharply criticizing each other’s stances on the issue as harmful to the demolished…

Kyle Wolfe, 34, of Rutland was arraigned virtually and in person Monday, Dec. 13 in Windsor County Superior Court. Screenshot via Zoom A man who was arrested in early October at the Vermont Statehouse after threatening the House speaker was released with several conditions following an arraignment Monday afternoon. Kyle Wolfe, 34, must not contact…

Vermont bus drivers tasked with enforcing federal mask rules have faced a higher number of threats and assaults from members of the public recently.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Many Christmas tree farms are closed weeks before Christmas. Here’s why, and where you can still find trees.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The 31st annual All-State Football Team as picked by the Burlington Free Press sports department.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Becca Balint, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate, at a press conference in Montpelier on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Becca Balint, the president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate, is running for the state’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, she announced Monday morning.  “I’m running because I…

Students also brought Pride flags to wave at the homecoming game Friday night, in support of the LGBTQ community. Photo by Riley Robinson/VTDigger The Burlington School District is launching a community-led LGBTQ+ task force, whose job will be coming up with a plan to create a more inclusive and safe learning environment for LGBTQ+ students…

Cows feed at Liberty Hill Farm in Rochester on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Some 482 Vermont dairy farms will receive an extra $23 million in subsidies through a federal program next  year. “The feed cost calculation has long been too low, failing to accurately account for the costs incurred by dairy…

The Champlain Valley School District had a rocky start to diversity initiatives: multiple coaches resigned in protest.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Google has announced the top meme for 2021 in terms of internet search and there’s a connection to Vermont.        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

Sloan Hospital in Montpelier treated soldiers during the Civil War. The complex sat on high land just to the east of the downtown, an area that is now home to Vermont College of Fine Arts. Silver Special Collections Library, University of Vermont Soldiers on the front lines during the Civil War got so used to…

Traffic travels along Pine Street in Burlington on Wednesday, November 24, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Deeper Dig is a weekly podcast from the VTDigger newsroom. Listen below, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify or anywhere you listen to podcasts. A new 300-page report offers Vermont’s first comprehensive strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for…

The Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki Nation is raising bison to provide a healthy source of protein to Indigenous people who are food insecure.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The Burlington Free Press’ list of Vermont high school girls basketball players to watch for the 2021-22 season.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service