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Emma Crum’s first-half penalty stands up as Champlain Valley silences defending champion South Burlington 1-0 in Saturday’s title-game rematch.        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

An image of the coronavirus. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Two weeks after Labor Day weekend and school reopenings, Covid-19 cases have exploded across the state — with a record-high weekly average and elevated hospitalizations. The latest data from the Vermont Department of Health shows surges in some of…

Seen through the window of Patty Smith’s home in East Bethel, James Rogers, left, and Fran Rhynhart, right, watch as Ben Canonica, of Canonica Farm and Forest, makes a buffer to protect the bank of the Second Branch of the White River while preparing to remove the Hyde Dam on Tuesday, Sept. 15. “As kids,…

Photographer Frank F. Currier took this image of the Middlesex Narrows on the Winooski River during the 1870s, before it was dammed. Getty Museum photo Visiting the Winooski River one Sunday in 1854, Frederick William Shelton found it an almost religious experience. “(U)pon that peaceful Sabbath, with no habitations near, I heard a grander sermon than…

Here are a few highlights worthy of a spotlight from the weekend games in Vermont high school football.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The fall chill in the air means it’s time, or soon will be time, for summer-seasonal eateries to close. Here’s a rundown of what some are planning.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont high school football Week 3 scores, details for Friday, September 24 and Saturday, September 25.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

A refurbished gondola cabin hangs from its lift cable at Stowe Mountain Resort in 2014. File photo by Glenn Callahan/Stowe Reporter Authorities are investigating why a Stowe Mountain Resort employee crashed and died while riding a zip line on Thursday. Scott Lewis, 53, of Stowe crashed into the anchoring platform that holds up a zip…

A former Macy’s department store was converted into the temporary home of Burlington High School in January 2021. Students have begun their first full academic year in the building. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Deeper Dig is a weekly podcast from the VTDigger newsroom. Listen below, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify or anywhere you listen to…

Four small, Vermonter-owned businesses will be coming to the Essex Experience. Here’s what’s opening by spring 2022.        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

Vermont health officials are starting to administer the Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot to older residents by age band. Here’s how and when to sign up.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint, left, and House Speaker Jill Krowinski. Photos by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Vermont’s legislative leadership has called off plans to reconvene this October due to substantial delays to President Biden’s federal infrastructure bill. The decision likely forecloses the possibility that the Legislature could seek to enact more stringent Covid-19 protocols this…

Department of Public Safety’s first Director of Mental Health Programs Mourning Fox at the DPS headquarters in Waterbury on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Courtesy of Vermont State Police The Vermont Department of Public Safety has its first director of mental health. Mourning Fox, former deputy commissioner of the Vermont Department of Mental Health, started the…

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

South Burlington remains the top-ranked team in the latest Varsity Insider high school girls soccer power rankings.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont is struggling to keep up with the demand for spaying and neutering pets, which could lead to a overcrowding problem in shelters.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Brattleboro Union High School educates students from the towns of Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, Putney and Vernon. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The board that governs Brattleboro Union High School is debating how to respond to years-old yet newly publicized allegations that a retired educator sexually exploited teenage students. The weekly Commons newspaper last month published…

Vermont Superior Court in Newport. Photo by Justin Trombly/VTDigger An unlikely duo in Orleans County is seeking testimony from high-ranking Vermont court officials over their decision to forgo jury trials due to Covid-19 concerns in that Northeast Kingdom jurisdiction. Defense attorney David Sleigh and Orleans County State’s Attorney Jennifer Barrett argue the decision has slowed…