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Chief Superior Court Judge Brian Grearson listens to testimony in the House Judiciary Committee at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. He plans to retire Nov. 1. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The chief superior court judge for the trial courts in Vermont is retiring and his replacement has already been selected. Judge…

Kathleen Hescock in a barn at Elysian Fields, the organic dairy farm owned by Hescock and her husband Joe, in Shoreham on Wednesday, Sept. 15. Theirs is one of the Vermont farms whose contracts with Horizon Organic will be terminated next year. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger In 2017, Horizon Organic recognized Joe and Kathleen Hescock…

Vermont high school football Week 3 scores, details for Friday, September 17 and Saturday, September 18.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont reported its highest ever daily positive COVID-19 case total on Sept. 16. State officials say a data glitch may have inflated numbers.        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

With the launch of a community listening pilot project in northwestern Vermont, VTDigger is making strides to deepen and sustain relationships with the communities we serve. VTDigger’s Libbie Sparadeo (née Pattison) is filling the organization’s new role of director of community engagement and strategic partnerships. Readers from across the state are invited to participate in…

Joe Biden speaks with attendees at the Iowa Federation of Labor Convention at the Prairie Meadows Hotel in Altoona, Iowa, on Aug. 21, 2019. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr Public-sector employers in Vermont are expected to be subject to President Biden’s mandate that firms with 100 or more workers require their employees to get…

The Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport. Photo courtesy Vermont Department of Corrections The Vermont Supreme Court has dealt a blow to a lawsuit brought by the estate of a man who died by suicide at the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport.  Joshua Bittner’s family has claimed his death was the result of a…

The 77-year-old, world-famous tune nearly became Vermont’s official state anthem.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Wife and husband Penina Elbaz and David Schwartzman of Montreal, Canada, say they have been unable to visit their North Hero home during the pandemic.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

This fall’s rehabilitation of Burlington’s bike path again closes the southern stretch from downtown to Oakledge Park.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Camel’s Hump is seen at sunset. File photo by Mark Bushnell Editor’s note: This commentary is by former Gov. Madeleine Kunin, a Democrat and the first woman to serve as the governor of the state of Vermont. I was driving home on a September evening when the air started to turn cool. I glanced out…

Ariel Quiros, center, leaves federal court in Burlington after being arraigned on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case on May 22, 2019. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger VTDigger has filed a motion asking the United States District Court to unseal documents that could further show the state’s involvement in the EB-5 scandal that marks…

Police officers stand outside South Burlington High School during a lockdown there and Tuttle Middle School on Thursday, September 16, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Three students were removed from campus after a gun threat locked down South Burlington High School and F. H. Tuttle Middle School on Thursday afternoon, according to police. The lockdown…

Quarantines have the potential to cause major disruption to the school year, but no entity seems to be tracking the numbers.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Outlooks for the six high school boys volleyball programs in Chittenden County for the 2021 season.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Citing debt burdens to students and their families, University of Vermont President Suresh Garimella said tuition fees should remain at 2019 levels.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Clockwise from left: Vermont Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington, State Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Rep. Tiff Bluemle and Rep. Gabrielle Stebbins. VTDigger file photos Updated Thursday, Sept. 16, at 8:34 a.m. State Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, D-Chittenden, Rep. Tiff Bluemle, D-Burlington, and Rep. Gabrielle Stebbins, D-Burlington, have called on Vermont Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington to resign…

Daniel Banyai speaks to a group at Slate Ridge in Pawlet. Facebook photo Daniel Banyai, who operates Slate Ridge, an unpermitted firearms training center, has registered the operation as a nonprofit business with the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office.  Banyai has held paramilitary “gunfighting” training classes on his private property in West Pawlet for several…

Severe thunderstorms in Vermont were expected on Wednesday, Sept. 15 throughout the state. Find out how different parts of the state will be impacted.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service