The National Weather Service in Burlington says Vermont’s winter weather will be impacted by a pattern emerging for the second year in a row: La Niña. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Jim Condos: How you can help protect democracy in the Age of Disinformation
This commentary is by Jim Condos, the Vermont secretary of state. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Over the past few weeks, I have given considerable thought to the message I want to convey to Vermonters on this important topic. The world of cybersecurity has changed significantly for election officials over the last five years. Turn…
Andrew Ahern: We’re not in a climate crisis. We’re in an ecological emergency.
This commentary is by Andrew Ahern of Brattleboro, a member of the youth-led climate change organization the Sunrise Movement. During the beginning of October, nearly every country in the world, absent the United States, gathered to discuss and enact plans to confront our biodiversity crisis. Unfortunately, this global gathering, called the Conference of the Parties…
Vermont 125 road collapse due to rain leads to closure in Addison ‘for an extended period’
Traveling from Vermont to New York may take longer for “an extended period.” Vermont 125 is closed because of “heavy flooding and multiple washouts.” Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Things to do in Vermont: November arts, entertainment events bring brightness to gray days
Sold-out concerts by Sylvan Esso and Adrianne Lenker, plus return of theater companies and choral groups highlight the state’s arts happenings. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Montpelier Fall Festival leaves kids grinning despite the soggy weather
Participants in the costume parade portion of the festival head downtown for some trick-or-treating. Photo by Rachel Nostrant/VTDigger Updated at 9:09 p.m. MONTPELIER — Princesses and superheroes, pumpkins and unicorns of all ages had a scary good time Sunday afternoon on the State House lawn while attending the Montpelier Fall Festival. About 800 people braved…
Dr. Amy Rogers: Look again at eliminating the military retirement tax
This commentary is by Amy Rogers, M.D., of Essex, who practices preventive, occupational and aerospace medicine. I was saddened to hear that Vermont failed again to pass legislation that would allow military retirees to not have their retirement taxed, despite support from Gov. Scott. When less than 0.5% of the U.S. population serves in the…
Vermont ski resorts prep for winter with significantly looser pandemic restrictions
Sugarbush ski area in Warren. Photo by John Atkinson/Sugarbush Ski resorts throughout Vermont are preparing for the coming winter, and while many pandemic restrictions will be looser if not completely gone, a spot-check shows that some changes made last season will remain. Last winter, when the Covid-19 pandemic reached its peak and vaccines were not…
Experts: Leave leaves out of garbage
This story by Claire Potter was published Oct. 26 by the Valley News. WINDSOR — When Ham Gillett first moved to Windsor, he thought that he had to keep the small stretch of woods behind his house pristine. But his neighbor shook his head, and soon Gillett learned better. “It’s much better for the environment…
Clever ways Vermonters are keeping trick-or-treaters safe from COVID this Halloween
Vermonters are using their ingenuity to keep unvaccinated trick-or-treaters safe this year. Clever Halloween candy delivery systems you can replicate. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Confusion rains down in final minute of South Burlington-Burlington soccer playoff game
No. 6 South Burlington holds off third-seed Burlington’s late rush to snag a 2-1 victory in a D-I girls soccer quarterfinal game on Saturday. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Burlington girls halt CVU’s 12-year title streak, St. Johnsbury boys win on tiebreaker
Burlington girls and St. Johnsbury boys reign in D-I while U-32 boys and Harwood capture D-II titles at the H.S. cross-country running state meet. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Walt Amses: Holiday-industrial complex threatens to overwhelm the calendar
This commentary is by Walt Amses, a writer from North Calais. Halloween has become the launching pad for the holidays. Once, not very long ago, we waited until Thanksgiving to kick things off, and I suppose boomers like me missed the memo extending all things commercial — defined by capitalism as all things — to…
Will Vermont’s pandemic-era online municipal meetings ever end?
Brattleboro Town Manager Peter Elwell (center) appears to be the only local leader with energy in the fifth hour of a recent online selectboard meeting. Photo by Kevin O’Connor BRATTLEBORO — The proverbial clock had struck 10 p.m. when Brattleboro Selectboard member Daniel Quipp asked his colleagues when their online meeting would end. Quipp wasn’t…
Debate over development versus conservation comes to a head in South Burlington
The Rye Meadows neighborhood in South Burlington’s southeast quadrant on Monday, October 25, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger SOUTH BURLINGTON — With McMansions on manicured lawns against a backdrop of picturesque farms and rolling hills, the southeast quadrant of South Burlington feels worlds away from nearby densely populated Burlington. Some people want to keep it…
Vermont high school playoff observations: What we learned from quarterfinal weekend
Who stood out in during quarterfinal weekend in soccer, field hockey and football? Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
This where the Burlington Schools superintendent thinks the new high school should go
Burlington School District superintendent recommends Institute Road North – where the old high school stands – for the new Burlington High School. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
SoBo coach finalist for Humankind Person of the Year
Rene D. LaBerge has taught young people the importance of teamwork, sacrifice, hard work, and perseverance for 55 years Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Police probe leads to murder charge against Greensboro man in fatal shooting
Darryl Johnson. Photo courtesy of Vermont State Police A Greensboro man who police say had claimed self-defense in fatally shooting another man is now facing a charge of murder. Daryl Johnson, 48, was arrested Friday evening on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death on Oct. 20 of Robert Chaplin, 27, of East Hardwick,…
Vermont State Police block officer from viewing video of McDonald’s police shooting
Investigators process the scene of a fatal shooting at a McDonald’s in Rutland on Aug. 25. Photo by Alan Keays/VTDigger The attorney for Rutland City Police Cpl. Christopher Rose, who fatally shot a man in a McDonald’s restaurant, is battling Vermont State Police to obtain a video from inside the restaurant, even though it does…
Essex police officer facing voyeurism charge, suspended from job
An Essex Police officer has been cited into court on a charge of voyeurism, according to Vermont State Police. Cpl. Lance Martel, 36, of Highgate Center was issued the citation through his attorney Friday, state police said in a news release. State police said they launched their investigation in June. Essex Police Department contacted the…
Why does the run game dominate Vermont H.S. football? Coaches and former players weigh in.
An in-depth look at the offenses that propelled the Middlebury Union and Hartford High school to annual success. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
