How to get utility assistance this winter in Vermont

Depending on income level, Green Mountain Power and Vermont Gas offer discounts for people who need it.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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A Burlington bulk refill shop gets ‘reused,’ recycled into a similar store

A shop providing refillable bulk items for the home is opening in Burlington, taking over the location of a similar business.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Lawyer for bilked EB-5 investors calls on federal judge to reverse secrecy ruling

Russell Barr speaks to reporters outside the Lamoille County Courthouse. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger An attorney suing the state for failing to stop a fraud that left his clients out millions of dollars wants a judge to reverse a ruling that he says blocks him from obtaining evidence to help prove his case. Russell…

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Vermont to get $2.2 billion for roads, bridges, broadband and more from $1 trillion infrastructure deal

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, left, and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch listen as U.S. Sen Bernie Sanders speaks at a press conference in Montpelier on Thursday, October 14, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger With Congress’s long-awaited passage of a $1 trillion nationwide infrastructure package, Vermont is set to receive about $2.2 billion to invest in roads,…

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Northern Vermont businesses anticipate Canadian tourists as border reopens to nonessential travel

The Highgate Springs border crossing with Canada on Wednesday, September 1, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont businesses are eager to welcome Canadian tourists, now that the border reopened Monday to nonessential travelers after 19 months of closure due to the pandemic. “We’re very happy to see our Canadian friends back,” said Hans van Wees,…

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Vermont names winter conditions that would let people qualify for emergency motel rooms

Vermont announced this year’s rules for paying for motel rooms on cold winter days. Advocates say they’re insufficient.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Mayor suspends search for Burlington police chief, citing weak pool of candidates

Mayor Miro Weinberger has suspended the search for a new permanent police chief, citing a weak pool of candidates, and insufficient salary.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont model farm unfriends Facebook in favor of ‘authentic’ community connection

Brattleboro’s Retreat Farm includes historic barns and 500 acres of former Abenaki fields, forests and waters. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger BRATTLEBORO — This town’s sprawling showcase Retreat Farm is “on a mission,” its website says, “to connect people to the land and one another.” This month, that means unfriending Facebook and its corporate social media…

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Annette Smith: Decoding the Climate Council as Dec. 1 deadline looms

This commentary is by Annette Smith, executive director of Vermonters for a Clean Environment, a statewide grassroots nonprofit organization based in Danby. Vermont’s 23-member Climate Council is in the final stages of constructing its Climate Action Plan to be delivered Dec. 1, as required by the Legislature’s override of Gov. Scott’s veto. What has the…

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‘Deficient’ bridges in Vermont pose costly repairs

Bridge on I- 89 in Colchester has structural problems, but they pose little danger to the public, inspectors say        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Roger White: In climate comments, Roper’s got hold of the wrong end of the stick

This commentary is by Roger White of Middlebury, an artist and a volunteer with 350Vermont.  Rob Roper’s recent commentary on the work of the Vermont Climate Council contains, in 791 words, not a single one devoted to anything like a positive suggestion. The piece is a pure hatchet job on our state’s first formal attempt…

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Homeschooling stays as pandemic keeps shaking up Vermont families’ school choices

Here’s what two years of enrollment trends in Vermont say about where the future of education is headed as a result of COVID.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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America East women’s soccer championship: Basa lifts Vermont to historic conference crown

The University of Vermont women’s soccer team beats UNH 1-0, to win its first-ever America East Conference championship at Virtue Field on Sunday.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Here’s what the new infrastructure bill would mean for Vermont

Passage of a federal spending bill this weekend will speed upgrades to Vermont’s roads, bridges, public transit, water systems and rural broadband.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Experts warn the Upper Valley a likely destination for climate migration, and we should plan for it

This article by Claire Potter was originally published Oct. 31 by the Valley News. Arriving home from work, Michelle Brazil reaches out for her daughter Una, 9 months, in Enfield, New Hampshire, on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. Her husband, Forest Brazil, had been playing in the yard with their three children, Lily, 4, and Emmett,…

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Veterinarians struggle to care for pets after pandemic surge in adoptions

Dr. Sonya Zehle, a veterinarian at River Cove Animal Hospital in Williston, conducts a physical exam on Winter the husky on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. Photo by Jenny Koppang WILLISTON — Pandemic-induced isolation triggered a surge in the adoption of furry companions. Today, Vermont’s understaffed and emotionally taxed veterinarians say they struggle to accommodate the…

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F-22 Raptors come to Burlington for joint training exercise with National Guard

Raptors from Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Virginia, arrived Friday at Burlington International Airport for a training exercise with the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing. “We are excited to take part in this integrated training opportunity with our fifth-gen partners from Virginia,”158th Operations Group Commander Col. Nathan Graber said in a press release.…

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Want local produce during the winter? Check out these Vermont farmers markets.

Vermont’s winter farmers market are more scattered around the state than the summer markets, but there are still a number of options for local food.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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South Burlington seizes penalty shootout to outlast CVU, retain D-I girls soccer crown

Goalie Mercedes Rozzi stops four of five shots in shootout to guide No. 6 South Burlington to back-to-back D-I crowns over CVU on Saturday.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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D-I field hockey championship: Fast start propels South Burlington past Bellows Falls

In a rematch of last season semifinals match, South Burlington gets revenge in 3-1 victory over Bellows Falls.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Paul Dame takes over as Vermont GOP Chair, Billado steps down

Paul Dame speaks before the vote for state Republican chair. Dame beat Jim Sexton to take over Deb Billado’s role. Photo by Rachel Nostrant/VTDigger BURLINGTON — Paul Dame, a former one-term Republican member of the Vermont House of Representatives, was voted in as chair of the Vermont Republican Party after Deb Billado decided not to…

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Ex-employees of Higher Ground accuse owners of creating environment hostile to women

Former Higher Ground manager Laura Keating. Supplied photo A former top employee of Higher Ground, the South Burlington music venue and production company, has accused its owners of fostering a climate hostile to women and tolerating abusive behavior. In an Instagram post in September and in interviews with VTDigger, former general manager Laura Keating made…

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