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Over 1,300 runners braved cold temperatures Sunday morning to compete in the half-marathon or relay in Burlington.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont’s tournament season gets under way this week with the high school soccer, field hockey, volleyball and football playoff games.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermonters can order local turkeys from a number of farms and local markets. We’ve picked out a few for local residents to consider.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The greater Burlington area offers a slew of Halloween events this week and leading up to trick-or-treating Sunday.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The intersection of Main Street and University Heights in Burlington is seen in April 2019. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger For years, students at the University of Vermont have complained that the intersection of Main Street and University Heights Road is unsafe.  But the Burlington city government has yet to make numerous changes that advocates…

People who love Vermont high school sports may vote through midnight Thursday for a girls and a boys Athlete of the Week.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The Bernie Bobblehead has returned in four new versions after Sen. Bernie Sanders’ appearance at the inauguration went viral in January.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The dome of the Vermont Statehouse is visible through a maple tree on October 15, 2021. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Not for the first time, a special panel advising state lawmakers about how to redraw House and Senate district maps has proposed the wholesale elimination of multimember districts.   But whether the seven-member Legislative Apportionment Board…

BURLINGTON — Sarah Springer last ran the Vermont City Marathon in 2016 but didn’t finish.  “That was the one with crazy high humidity,” the 38-year-old Burlington resident said Sunday as she sipped water on the boardwalk. This year, though, was different in a number of ways: The race was cut in half, from 26.2 miles…

A team from Adventures With Purpose sets out on the Waterbury Reservoir at Little River State Park on Oct. 2 to search for signs of the Ford pickup truck Donald Messier was driving when he was last seen on October 15, 2006. Photo by Gordon Miller Lisa Scagliotti is a reporter and editor at the…

On senior day at Virtue Field, the University of Vermont men’s soccer team beats conference opponent, Albany, to improve to 9-4-2 on the season.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Burlington Parks, Recreation and Wildlife has set up a permanent nine-hole disc golf course at a New North End park. What we know.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont high school and college sports scores and results as reported to the Burlington Free Press sports department.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The Starbucks on Church Street will be closing permanently on Oct. 24 as the downtown mall continues to empty out.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

An image of the coronavirus. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Orleans County has entered its fourth week of a surge that has often placed it highest in the state for its rate of Covid-19 case spread. The county reported 419 cases in the past two weeks and about 1,300…

The leaves in your yard might be starting to fall to the ground. But if you were planning to add raking to your weekend to-do list, think again.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Editor’s Note: This is the first story in an invitational series running through this school year, documenting bright spots in our schools. We are seeking short feature pieces about specific instances of the most meaningful learning, from the students’ perspective. These can be examples of innovative projects, or more traditional learning experiences, like a great…

The quarterfinals in three divisions are slated for Friday, October 29 and Saturday, October 30.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Young Writers Project, an independent nonprofit based in Burlington, engages young people to write and use digital media to express themselves with clarity and power, and to gain confidence and skills for school, the workplace and life. Check out the most recent issue of The Voice, Young Writers Project’s monthly digital magazine. Click here. Each…