Vermont men’s soccer falls to Villanova 1-0 in a first-round NCAA tournament game at Virtue Field on Thursday night. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Overdose deaths in Vermont soared by 70% amid COVID. It’s the highest increase in the US.
From April 2020 to April 2021, the CDC predicts OD deaths in the U.S. increased by 28%. During the same period, VT’s OD deaths went up by nearly 70%. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Planning to shop on Black Friday? What to know about shops and malls around Burlington
While Black Friday shopping may not be as crazy as in past years, it is also not expected to be as unpopular as in the first pandemic year. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Bennington researchers publish study about PFAS contamination from airborne emissions
Samples are taken to determine whether PFAS is present in the soil. Photo courtesy of David Bond Airborne pollution can spread PFAS contamination farther than previously thought, according to a new study by Bennington College researchers. The study confirms and expands on the researchers’ preliminary findings, presented to the public in 2018, which found that…
Missisquoi flag raised in Alburgh a first for Grand Isle schools
Missisquoi Chief Richard Menard, center, and others pose in front of a Missisquoi flag at the Alburgh Community Education Center on Tuesday, Nov. 16. Photo courtesy of Wendy Savage For the first time, a Missisquoi flag is flying at a school in the Lake Champlain Islands. The Alburgh Community Education Center held a flag-raising ceremony…
How is ‘test-to-stay’ going in Vermont? It depends on the school.
Mill River Union High School in Clarendon. MRUHS photo Updated at 8:05 p.m. In the Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union, the superintendent estimates that its Covid-19 “test-to-stay” program has saved over 500 student learning days. Meanwhile, in the Mill River school district, school officials have been too busy to begin the test-to-stay program, although they have…
Gov. Phil Scott calls special legislative session to consider local masking law
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott isn’t interested in a statewide mask mandate, but he said he is willing to compromise and allow them on a local basis. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Eatery in ‘the tastiest parking lot in Vermont’ to close next month
Stoke Ramen Bar, which will shut down Dec. 4, shares parking lot in Waitsfield with dining destinations including The Mad Taco, Canteen Creemee Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years to be viewable in Vermont
In Vermont, the eclipse will start at about 2 a.m. and will reach its maximum at about 4 a.m. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Northwestern Medical Center to bring on-call recovery coaches into ER
Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans on Monday, June 21, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Turning Point of Franklin County is working with Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans to provide on-call recovery coaches for the hospital’s emergency department. The program, set to start next month, will connect patients who may need treatment for substance…
Prosecutors want EB-5 records kept secret ‘however unsatisfying’ to ‘the media, or the Vermont public’
From left: Ariel Quiros, William Kelly and Bill Stenger. File photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Federal prosecutors are calling on a judge to keep millions of documents, including secret grand jury testimony and witness statements that have been kept under wraps for years, from a lawyer representing bilked foreign investors in a lawsuit against the state. …
Vermont reports 245 cases, 3 new deaths
The Vermont Department of Health reported 245 new Covid cases Thursday, bringing the seven-day case average to 361 cases per day. It also disclosed three new deaths in its data. In total, 22 people have died so far in November, just past the halfway mark of the month, compared to 46 in total for October…
St. Albans chef stands out and keeps baking in ‘Holiday Baking Championship’
St. Albans’ Adam Monette continues to impress judges on Food Network show “Holiday Baking Championship.” Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Black Vermonters bear disproportionate brunt of drug charges, new report shows
Black people in Vermont are far more likely than white people to be charged and imprisoned on felony drug charges, according to a new data analysis for the Council of State Governments. Black people were 14 times more likely to be defendants in felony drug cases than white people, according to the council’s Justice Center…
Vermonters prepare for another COVID-19 Thanksgiving with these safety measures
Vermonters are getting ready to gather for Thanksgiving after many took a year off or gathered online instead because of COVID-19. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
AG’s Office clears Rutland City Police officer in shooting, killing of man in McDonald’s bathroom
Investigators process the scene of a fatal shooting at a McDonald’s in Rutland on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. Photo by Alan Keays/VTDigger Updated at 5:48 p.m. The Vermont Attorney General’s Office has ruled a Rutland City police officer was justified in using deadly force when he shot and killed a man inside a bathroom at…
Who made the 2021 high school field hockey coaches’ all-league team and Twin State roster?
As selected by the state’s high school coaches and reported to the Burlington Free Press sports department. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Newbury board rejects Vermont youth treatment facility
Editor’s Note: This story by Nora Doyle-Burr first appeared in the Valley News Nov. 15. The Newbury Development Review Board unanimously denied a conditional use permit for a proposed six-bed secure residential treatment facility for young people. In its decision issued Friday, the seven-member board found that the proposed facility, Covered Bridge Treatment Center, would…
Demand for truckers ‘is through the roof’: A view from Milton professional driving school
Truck drivers are in huge demand nationally and in Vermont as a shortage of 80,000 drivers is expected to grow to 100,000 in the coming years. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Meet Sweeping Beauty and Snowbegone Kenobi: VT snowplow names bestowed by schoolchildren
The Vermont Agency of Transportation asked schoolchildren in October to name the state’s snowplows, and they responded with a creative flourish. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Powder time: These photos give a taste of the ski season to come on Vermont mountains
Resorts and skiers are abuzz as fresh snowfall coated VT mountains, beckoning some for their first runs down the slope this season. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Vermont’s 2021 opioid overdose deaths climb to 129
A dozen Vermonters died of an opioid overdose in August, bringing the year’s total deaths to 129, according to the state’s latest tally. In a year when opioid fatalities in Vermont are surging, the 12 deaths in August match February as the lowest number recorded in a month. March registered the highest monthly figure so…
