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Doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Berlin on Oct. 2. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A technical error in the state’s Covid-19 vaccine registration for children earlier this week made it impossible to schedule appointments for children who are Black, Indigenous or people of color, who are already disproportionately affected by the…

A sign shows the way to the Northeast Correctional Center in St. Johnsbury. Photo by Justin Trombly/VTDigger The Covid-19 outbreak at St. Johnsbury prison has grown, with a total of 16 incarcerated individuals now having tested positive for the virus. “I think we all just got notices about an outbreak in St. Johnsbury,” Sen. Dick…

Here are seven food pantries in Chittenden County where you can drop off food or donate money to provide for neighbors in need.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The Kitchen Table Bistro in Richmond has been nominated for prestigious awards and earned the respect of top Vermont chefs, thousands of diners        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Parents and caregivers to Vermont kids aged 5 to 11 can now register their children for the COVID-19 vaccine. Here’s what to know.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

James Thompson has joined the activists camping at the Statehouse in order to raise awareness about changes to the state’s housing assistance program. Seen on Monday, Nov. 1. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger MONTPELIER — James Thompson needed a phone.  Thompson, who has lived without permanent shelter for months, had been sleeping at the Statehouse for…

Photo courtesy of Vermont State Police A Vermont State Police trooper harassed another trooper. Another trooper accidentally discharged a firearm while training. A trooper got so drunk off-duty “that it could have discredited him or the Vermont State Police.” And, a trooper, who was found to have been “discourteous to a civilian on two consecutive…

Company started in small suburban space in Williston in May 2014 before quadrupling in size, then expanding to new space that better reflects its name        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Karen Tronsgard-Scott, the executive director for the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, talks about how to spot violence and help.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

More than 31,164 smoke alarms have been installed in homes for free in the northern New England region by the Red Cross and its partners so far.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The Spinelli Complex at Mount Anthony Union High School. Courtesy photo In a bond vote on Tuesday, residents in the Mount Anthony Union School District rejected a $3.5 million proposal for a new athletic complex at the district’s high school in Bennington.  Residents of Shaftsbury, Pownal, Woodford and Bennington voted 1,217-841 against the project, which…

A Walgreens employee prepares a syringe of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine during a walk-in clinic in Burlington on May 20. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger When it came to inoculating hard-to-track people against Covid-19, Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine was an obvious choice.  Unlike Pfizer and Moderna’s two-dose series, J&J was a one-and-done deal.…

U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday once again blocked debate on a sweeping voting rights bill championed by Vermont’s Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy. It’s the second time in recent weeks that Democrats failed to overcome a 60-vote hurdle to consider voting rights legislation. With only 50 members in their caucus, Democrats needed at least 10 Republicans…

Lawson’s Finest Liquids to rebrand Knockout Blonde, Maple Nipple because ‘they could be viewed in a different light, particularly today,’ owner says.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Open enrollment for health and dental insurance plans began on Nov. 1 and extends to Jan. 15 in Vermont Health Connect.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Voters in the Village of Essex Junction on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to separate from Essex town; the charter change now needs legislative approval        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Heather Legacy of Northeast Kingdom Organizing speaks during a press conference held in Barton to discuss the lack of mental health services in the Northeast Kingdom on Monday, May 10, 2021. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger In September, Marian Wright Edelman, a lifelong champion of the well-being of children and the founder of the Children’s…

Deb Billado in November 2019. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Deb Billado, the polarizing and ardently pro-Trump chair of the Vermont Republican Party, does not plan to run for reelection at the party’s reorganization meeting this Saturday. Paul Dame, a former lawmaker pledging to unite the party, and James Sexton, a hard-right activist, are vying…

Light snow accumulations could fall in northern Vermont between Nov. 2 and Nov. 3, 2021, according to the National Weather Service in Burlington.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service