Four Stowe businesses make the ’10 Best’ list for ski trips in North America

Several ski industry Vermont businesses made USA Today’s 10 Best list. Which ones were ranked among the best in North America?        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Burlington gas prices drop due to fear of omicron variant

Gas prices are falling everywhere because of anxiety over the omicron variant.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Roadway between South Burlington and Williston restored but traffic limitations remain

Plagued by detours since August, motorists can again travel Kimball and Marshall avenues across flood-prone Muddy Brook.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Darcie Johnston: Early Covid-19 treatment with monoclonal antibodies saves lives

This commentary is by Darcie L. Johnston of Essex, who was intergovernmental affairs director for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from January 2017 to January of this year. In November 2020, the first early treatments for Covid-19 infections — monoclonal antibodies — were allocated on a weekly basis to all U.S. States…

Vermont plans to use infrastructure money for roads, electric vehicles, trains

The Amtrak train Vermonter crosses the Winooski River between Bolton and Duxbury on July 19. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Last month, Congress passed President Joe Biden’s federal infrastructure bill after several months of delays.  Vermont is expected to receive at least $2.2 billion from the bill.  While details on how the state will use the…

Chittenden County towns to decide whether to establish mask mandates

A vending machine off Burlington’s Church Street Marketplace sells masks and hand sanitizer. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Now that they have the go-ahead to consider an indoor mask mandate, Chittenden County communities have begun discussing what they want to do.  Seven of the 18 cities and towns plan to discuss the often contentious topic over…

Mail delays leave some Vermonters waiting days for packages, payments and medicine

Williston and South Burlington residents have reported delays in receiving mail from the U.S. Postal Service. The extent of the issue is unclear.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont high school soccer: The 32nd Annual Free Press All-State Boys Soccer Team

The 32nd annual All-State Boys Soccer Team as picked by the Burlington Free Press sports department.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Strong winds in Vermont today could topple trees, Christmas decorations

The state of Vermont is expected to see high winds from Dec. 6 to early in the morning of Dec. 7, 2021. Here’s what the impact may be.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

John Bossange: The dangers of using the phrase ‘people of color’

This commentary is by John Bossange of Burlington, a retired middle school principal who now volunteers on a number of nonprofit boards in the Burlington area. I’ve always been careful not to label people by their skin color, race and national origin because one never knows how that will be received. BIPOC is a good…

Vermont Lt. Gov. Molly Gray launches campaign for U.S. House

Lt. Gov. Molly Gray speaks to a crowd at the Amtrak station in St. Albans in July. Photo by Riley Robinson/VTDigger It’s official: Vermont Lt. Gov. Molly Gray wants to make the jump from America’s smallest state capital to the nation’s capital. Gray on Monday announced her candidacy for Vermont’s sole seat in the U.S.…

Panel narrowly recommends single-member House and Senate districts

The Vermont state flag flies in front of the Statehouse. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger An advisory panel tasked with counseling lawmakers about how to redraw House and Senate maps has recommended — by two narrow 4-3 votes — to go all-in on single-member districts. The General Assembly must redraw its boundaries every 10 years,…

Carriere’s career night lifts UVM men’s hockey to shootout win at Maine

UVM men’s hockey snares five-point weekend at Maine to improve to 3-9-2 on the season.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Bob Dole, former GOP presidential candidate and longtime senator, dies at 98

Dole served in the Senate for 27 years, retiring in 1996, and ran for president three times. In February, he announced he had lung cancer.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Goal rush spurs UVM women’s hockey past New Hampshire

Kristina Shanahan scores the first goal and the last, leading the Catamounts to the road victory.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Don Keelan: The season of giving has come much sooner

This commentary is by Don Keelan of Arlington, a retired certified public accountant. Who expected the giving season to come in November rather than December? More surprising is the giver: the Governor’s Offices of Massachusetts and Connecticut.  What a wonderful present, especially to those of us who are fossil fuel users.  On Nov. 15, Connecticut…

One of Vermont’s oldest country stores is for sale

Jon St. Amour, general manager of The Jericho Center Country Store, works the grill and sandwich station on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. The store is considered Vermont’s oldest continually operating general store and is for sale. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A look of disbelief, visible even under a mask, flashed across Mark Fasching’s face when…

New South Burlington neighborhood underway after years of legal delays

Years after being sidelined by legal challenges, a residential neighborhood at last breaks ground on Spear Street in South Burlington.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

See the four finalists for a mural planned for a downtown Burlington building

Public art will adorn the John J. Zampieri State Office Building, which houses state Health Department, Vermont Department for Children and Families        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Earth-moving on Spear Street

Years of legal wrangling have delayed, but not stopped groundbreaking for Spear Meadows, a 47-unit development near Swift Street in South Burlington.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

State board decides against warning labels on cannabis products

James Pepper is chair of Vermont’s Cannabis Control Board. The Vermont Cannabis Control Board has decided not to recommend specific warning labels on the health effects of cannabis products, and James Pepper, the board chair, explained to VTDigger how the board made the decision. The Vermont Medical Society urged the board and the Legislature this…

3 Burlington school administrators on paid leave amid state, district investigations

J.J. Flynn Elementary School. Photo via Burlington School District Burlington school officials placed three administrators on paid leave last month after state investigations into the assistant principal of J.J. Flynn Elementary School unearthed other potential personnel issues in the district. Burlington School District Superintendent Tom Flanagan told parents in a letter Thursday that the state…

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