Free Press editor: Why our newsroom moved to Williston and how we remain in Burlington

There’s a synergy to this move. We have been reunited with our circulation department under one roof.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Fowler & Gill: Climate emergency requires energy system redesign

This commentary is by Brandon Fowler of St. Johnsbury, a consultant with 35 years of experience in the energy sector, and Jock Gill of Peacham, an internet communications consultant who served in President Bill Clinton’s Office of Media Affairs and is chair of the Peacham Energy Committee. By not including the cost of externalities the…

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Rep. Mike Mrowicki: Ups and downs can be catalysts for bringing us together

This commentary is by state Rep. Mike Mrowicki, D-Putney; his district also includes Dummerston and Westminster. “There is hope everywhere,” concludes Suzanne Simard in a recent interview with “On Being” NPR host Krista Tippet. Simard is professor of forest ecology at the University of British Columbia and her most recent book is “Finding the Mother…

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David Holmes’ book traces life on his family’s farm from 1822 to 1923

David Holmes points out meadow that was once the site of a horse track on the old family farm in Charlotte. Photo by David Moats David Holmes plucked a shiny red apple from the moist grass beneath a sprawling unpruned apple tree. He took a bite and expressed delight at his find. We were walking…

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Brattleboro Retreat reports its first Covid outbreak of the pandemic

The Brattleboro Retreat on Thursday, May 6, 2021. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Brattleboro Retreat discovered a Covid-19 outbreak last week, which the Retreat’s president and CEO, Louis Josephson, confirmed Thursday in an email to VTDigger.  It is the Retreat’s first Covid outbreak.  Josephson said three adolescent patients have tested positive, and “are doing…

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2021 Fearless Free Press Football Forecast: Here’s are the Week 7 picks (and standings)

High school and college football are back, which means it’s once again time to resume the annual Fearless Free Press Football Forecast.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont reports 236 cases, one new death; seven-day average still high

The Vermont Department of Health reported 236 Covid-19 cases Friday and disclosed one new death. If trends continue, October will have a lower death total than September. The state has reported 15 deaths so far in October, while September had 45. In total, 343 people in Vermont have died in the pandemic. The seven-day case…

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Vermont Conversation: Vermont’s last Republican congressman

Rep. Peter Smith on the House floor in a 1990 C-SPAN broadcast. Smith later left the Republican Party. The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians, activists, artists, changemakers and citizens who are making a difference. Listen below, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify to…

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A February ‘winter whopper?’ What the Farmers’ Almanac predicts for New England

The almanac’s “time-tested” winter formula awaited by many each year predicts “near-normal” snow, and major storm in February.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams had a house in Vermont, and you can stay there

‘The Splendid Splinter’ lived in southern Vermont in 1960s and ’70s with third wife, Dolores Wettach, a one-time Miss Vermont and Vogue model        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Fall foliage: Central Vermont reaches peak color while good conditions remain statewide

The fall foliage season is upon us. The best places in Vermont to find autumn colors this week.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Full of spam: Vermont has a big problem with problem callers.

A recent Harris poll showed that Vermonters receive more than 10% of all the spam calls made in the nation, a heavy burden for a small state.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Move over, Chick-fil-A: Chic Full Gay makes its mark in Burlington’s fried chicken market

Pop-up eatery run by Vermont restaurant veteran Bryan Gildersleeve takes on fast-food giant while feeding customers its own take on chicken sandwiches        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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‘These are students in crisis’: Vermont educators grapple with a spike in student misbehavior

For many Vermont students, the start of the fall semester six weeks ago represented the first time in roughly a year and a half that they had attended fully in-person classes. Educators now report that they are grappling with a rise in misbehavior, which they say is an indicator of a mental and behavioral health crisis…

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We heard about pandemic migration to Vermont. New research shows where people went.

Recent research by Vermont geographers shows that in the past year, migration has shifted towards the urban areas of smaller towns and cities.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Otis & Titterton: Investing in early childhood educators is a lever of change

This commentary is by Staci Otis, an early childhood educator with a home program in Springfield and a member of the Task Force for Advancing Early Childhood Education as a Profession in Vermont; and by Susan Titterton of Elmore, the task force coordinator. Information: vtaeyc.org. What if you could invest in one thing that, on…

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Vermont high school football: Top 10 quarterbacks in 2021

Quarterbacks are asked to do a lot for their teams, as leaders and as offensive threats, and ranking them is also no easy task.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Raymond Shadis: We have one chance to get Vermont Yankee cleanup right

This column is by Raymond Shadis, who was technical adviser to the New England Coalition from 1997 to 2019. Covid-19 has reduced the hustle and bustle, letting us think about what is important — or, more correctly, reset our priorities. This is no small thing; in fact, a culture-quake may be necessary before we can…

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Ex-Landmark College student charged with sexual assault on campus

A New York man who had been a student at Landmark College in Putney is accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student.  Victor Tomelden, 23, of Altamont, New York, had been the student government president at the school. Police say the sexual assault took place in his office on campus nearly a year ago. Victor…

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Mount Mansfield still hasn’t hit freezing temperatures, setting a record

Lake Champlain with Mount Mansfield in the distance in an undated photograph. Photo by Andrew Nemethy In case you’ve missed it, fall has arrived in Vermont. Winding roads and mountain summits are busy with people gawking at the splendor and gathering festive Instagram content. In past years, early October is already pretty chilly atop the…

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Vermont spiritual leaders renew push for social and economic justice

St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Brattleboro is one of more than 70 spiritual communities that are part of Vermont Interfaith Action. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger As executive director of Vermont Interfaith Action, Debbie Ingram knows the 15,000 Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim members of her grassroots organizing group are outnumbered in what the latest…

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U.S.-Canada land border will reopen to foreign travelers. What this means for Vermont.

The U.S.-Canada border will soon reopen to foreign travelers hoping to come into the U.S. by land. What does this mean for Vermont?        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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