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The Long Trail School, a college preparatory school in Dorset, has a student population of around 240. Photo courtesy of Long Trail School Several alumni of Long Trail School in Dorset are backing faculty and staff who are planning a walkout next month if the school’s board chair does not resign. Five graduates of the…

Goddard College Updated at 9:34 a.m. The Goddard College staff union has filed an unfair labor practice with the National Labor Relations Board following a weekslong fight with the school administration over vaccine and mask mandates. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Goddard College has allowed staff to work from home, but when Dan Hocoy…

The Vermont State Colleges office in Montpelier. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The institution that will combine Vermont’s three residential state colleges into one school has a name: Vermont State University.  Following public comments that ranged from support for the name to condemnation, trustees of the Vermont State Colleges System unanimously voted for its approval…

Hundreds of community members turned out to cheer on the Winooski Spartans following the superintendent’s statement on a Sept. 18 incident.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Williston planners will soon review a commercial and residential development proposed for Taft Corners in Williston.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Between “Forrest Gump,” “I Am Legend,” “Beetlejuice,” and “Star Trek,” the big screen has captured the beauty of Vermont.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Economic Development Commissioner Joan Goldstein speaks in February 2016. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger In the latest round, only $1.9 million in economic recovery gap grants have been made to Vermont businesses, state Economic Development Commissioner Joan Goldstein told a Senate committee Tuesday. The grants have been made in three rounds since the start of…

Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington speaks at a press conference in Barre on March 16, 2020. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington blamed the Legislature on Tuesday for a failed attempt to increase unemployment benefits by $25 a week. The U.S. Department of Labor deemed the money a supplemental benefit earlier this month…

The Rutland City Board of School Commissioners meet on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2021. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger RUTLAND — After a contentious year debating the validity of the mascot for the city’s school system, it appears the new “Ravens” moniker will stick — for now.  The board last fall voted to abandon the former “Raiders”…

Burlington’s City Council unanimously voted to put than $1 million in COVID-19 relief money toward attracting and retaining city police.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Burlington Beer, which operates out of Williston, to shut down taproom after business Sunday as brewery gets ready to go into new Burlington space        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Why Winooski and Montpelier are being sued by the Republican National Committee and the Vermont Republican Party.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The Great Seal of the United States seen outside the Federal Building in Burlington on Wednesday, September 25, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A longtime federal prosecutor has been tapped by President Joe Biden to become the next U.S. Attorney for Vermont.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Nikolas Kerest, who now works in the Vermont office, was…

An empty Statehouse hallway in May 2021. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The possibilities for expanding the Vermont Capitol are on the minds of members of the Legislative Advisory Committee. For years, many who frequent the Statehouse complex have expressed concern about the size of committee rooms and airflow in the building. Pandemic protocols have only…

Acting Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad listens during a press conference on Dec. 16, 2019. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Burlington City Council on Monday unanimously endorsed a proposal to give police officers a $10,000 bonus to keep them from leaving the city’s dwindling force.  Acting Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad pitched the plan,…

A unique tilted house in Marshfield went on the market for the first time in 20 years and sold in a matter of days in a bidding war.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Burlington-area residents are part of nationwide protests against the planned Line 3 oil pipeline in the Midwest.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Keurig Dr Pepper began as a small Vermont company selling its coffee in local gas stations.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Eva, who asked to be identified by only her first name, has worked on a dairy farm in Franklin County for 12 years. Photo by Elodie Reed/Vermont Public Radio Alicia Rodriguez dashed through the cow corrals, searching for her husband. In her hand was a Covid-19 vaccine dose that would expire in just five minutes.…

Elle Purrier St. Pierre autographs photos at a homecoming ceremony for her in Richford on Saturday, Sept. 25. Photo by Shaun Robinson/VTDigger RICHFORD — When Elle Purrier St. Pierre was on the way to the track for her first race of the Tokyo Olympics, she saw a message pop up on her phone. It was…

Editor’s Note: The students who wrote this article also played a part in some of the events it documents, as members of the Student Diversity Union at Rice Memorial High School. This type of conflict of interest is sometimes hard to avoid in student journalism: when students report on issues at their own school they…

The merger involving Castleton University, Northern Vermont University and Vermont Technical College, is planned to occur in 2023.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service