Adding microspikes to your trail pack this winter can be a “game-changer” for safety on Vermont’s icy trails, according to Stowe Mountain Rescue. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Hartford schools may alter schedule due to Covid challenges
Hartford School Board chair Kevin Christie. File photo by Geoff Hansen/Valley News Editor’s Note: This story by Nora Doyle-Burr first appeared in the Valley News on Nov. 23. The Hartford School Board is considering shortening the school day to reduce the burden on teachers who say the Covid-19 pandemic is hurting their morale, affecting school…
Vermont receives federal money to build pedestrian and bike bridge over busy I-89 intersection
Traffic crosses from Burlington to South Burlington over Interstate 89. Photo by Alexandre Silverman/VTDigger By car, it’s simple to travel between Burlington and South Burlington. Drive up Main Street from Burlington’s downtown or lakeside, past UVM and a small strip mall, past the I-89 intersection, and you’re in South Burlington. For bicyclists and pedestrians, it’s…
Vermont lawmakers approve Scott’s town-by-town mask mandate bill
Speaker of the House Jill Krowinski, D-Burlington, right, confers with Clerk of the House BetsyAnn Wrask during a special session of the Legislature at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Friday, Nov. 22. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger MONTPELIER — Selectboards and city councils will soon take up the often polarized debate over mask mandates after state…
Vermont-based Gordini navigates the choppy waters of global shipping in the COVID era
Gordini gloves, based in Vermont, makes its gloves in Asia and that has presented a challenge on shipping costs in the COVID era. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Bridge across the Winooski River adds another vital link to Vermont’s rail-trail network
Cross Vermont Trail Association announced the completion of the Winooski Bridge on the Cross Vermont Trail. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
New historic marker in Burlington honors the founding of Vermont’s Green Mountain Club
The Green Mountain Club is commemorating its 1910 founding with a new historical marker in downtown Burlington. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Juneteenth to be a paid holiday in Essex Junction
People gathered at the “five corners” intersection in Essex to mark Juneteenth on June 19, 2020. Photo by Sawyer Loftus/VTDigger Juneteenth will now be an official holiday in the Village of Essex Junction. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously last week to establish the holiday, which will be a paid day off for village staff. …
Welch launches campaign to replace Leahy in the U.S. Senate
U.S. Rep. Peter Welch speaks at a press conference in Barre on March 16, 2020, along with Scott administration officials about the impact of the coronavirus. Welch on Monday announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated at 9:10 a.m. The long-suspected rumors are true: Vermont’s U.S. Rep. Peter Welch is…
Bill Schubart: Economic growth or strong families and communities?
House members of the Rural Development Caucus listen as then-Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman speaks during a hearing on the rural economy at the Statehouse in December 2019. Photo by Justin Trombly/VTDigger Robert Kennedy said in a 1968 speech at the University of Kansas: “Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of…
Making violence visible: More gender options added to online BPD incident reporting form
While Jessica Oski felt her transgender son was safe in Burlington, it was hard to know how safe. She advocated for more gender options on a BPD form. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Removal of benches at three Burlington bus shelters draws mixed reviews
A “clubhouse” atmosphere at the bus stop at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington evaporated last year when its benches were removed, a rider says. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Church Street Marketplace has a full agenda of holiday events; check it out here.
Church Street Marketplace has released its schedule for holiday events from caroling to tree lighting and more. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Then Again: In the wake of the 1927 floods, CCC crews built crucial dams
Men work on one of the walls of the Wrightsville dam in 1935. Vermont Historical Society President Franklin Roosevelt wasn’t messing around. A month after taking office in 1933, he had already persuaded a cooperative Congress to pass legislation creating the Civilian Conservation Corps, a key part of his New Deal programs. The CCC achieved…
Burlington appears poised for mask mandate if legislators, governor approve plan
Burlington City Council President Max Tracy, right, listens as Mayor Miro Weinberger speaks during a council meeting on Monday, October 18, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger There’s support in Vermont’s largest city for a mask mandate should state legislators and Gov. Phil Scott authorize municipalities to set their own Covid-19 policies in a special session…
Orange, Rutland, Bennington counties report Covid surges
Covid cases in Vermont have risen a whopping 58% since the beginning of November, driven at first by an increase in Northeast Kingdom counties’ case rates. But increasingly, the brunt of that wave has spread southward and eastward, while a separate surge is hitting the bottom half of the state. In the far northeast corner…
Small Business Saturday: Burlington retailers have adapted and are ready for holidays
Businesses reflect and look for continued support this holiday season. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
This Vermont dining experience ranks among Esquire’s ‘Best New Restaurants in America’
The restaurant, which was already featured in the New York Times food section, was opened over the summer by Maria Rondeau and JuanMa Calderón. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
UVM men’s basketball: Catamounts outlast Yale in defensive struggle
Ryan Davis, Ben Shungu and Co. find way down stretch to edge Yale 61-53 in a men’s basketball nonconference contest at Patrick Gym on Friday. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
The Deeper Dig: The case for mask mandates
A sign at Brattleboro’s Municipal Center mandates masks inside town offices. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/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. Local governments across Vermont may soon be deciding whether to implement their own mask mandates amid a record-breaking…
Judge tosses 3 Orleans County cases pending for years, citing lack of speedy trials
Superior Court Judge Robert Mello in 2019. Pool photo by Gregory J. Lamoureux/County Courier A Vermont judge has dismissed criminal cases pending against three people in Orleans County, citing delays in bringing them to trial. “The pending charges have caused the Defendant anxiety and embarrassment,” Judge Robert Mello wrote in a ruling issued Friday, in…
Scott administration pushes for youth detention facility in Newbury, despite permit rejection
The state Department for Children and Families’ Brattleboro office. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger The Scott administration plans to appeal a Newbury board’s decision to deny a permit for a youth detention facility there, according to Sean Brown, commissioner of the state Department for Children and Families. “We still believe this is the right location for…
