Popular Burlington breakfast spot reopens indoor dining after pandemic closure

It’s been a while since Burlington breakfast eaters got to dine inside one of their their favorite spots.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Bassiru Diawara led a co-op team before and he will do it again in the 2021 Shrine Bowl

Bassiru Diawara led the Burlington-South Burlington team through an unlikely 2020 season. He will look to do the same at the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Final Results: 2021 Vermont Women’s Amateur Golf Tournament at Newport

More than 50 golfers battled it out at head Newport Country Club for the Vermont State Women’s Golf Association’s amateur championship.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Biden names Justice Beth Robinson to federal appellate court

Associate Justice Beth Robinson of the Vermont Supreme Court in February 2019. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger President Joe Biden on Thursday nominated Vermont Supreme Court Justice Beth Robinson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. If confirmed by the Senate, Robinson would become the first openly LGBTQ+ woman to serve on…

Consulting firm’s assessment of Burlington Police has major omissions and errors, analyst says

Skyler Nash, a public policy and research analyst for the Burlington’s Racial Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Department, is pictured in Montpelier on April 11, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The joint Police Commission and Public Safety City Council committee are attempting to salvage a report that aimed to gather community feedback on the future of…

Speeding ticket spat raises claims of intimidation, corruption and bad behavior

Addison County Sheriff Peter Newton speaks Wednesday at a press conference at the department’s headquarters in Middlebury. Photo by Alan Keays/VTDigger Addison County Sheriff Peter Newton is calling the actions of Brandon Town Manager David Atherton and the town’s selectboard an example of “corruption,” adding that the days of doing business with a “wink and…

She was a bartender in Burlington. Friends say the late Monique Ford was so much more.

Ford, who worked at Higher Ground and Three Needs, recalled on eve of memorial for her innate sense to know what people needed and her desire to help.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Tokyo: Women’s 1500m semifinals results for Elle Purrier St. Pierre, Vermont native

Vermont native, Elle Purrier St. Pierre, was a standout athlete at Richford High School and now she competes in Tokyo with Team USA.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Essex and Essex Junction residents invited to discuss separation at three open forums

Upcoming forums will give residents on both sides of the Essex Village/Town border a chance to consider the consequences of a municipal split.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermonter Elle Purrier St. Pierre qualifies for Olympic 1,500 meter final

People cheer as they watch Vermont native Elle Purrier St. Pierre compete at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday Aug. 1, 2021, during a watch party at her alma mater, Richford Junior Senior High School in Richford. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Across Franklin County, there are signs urging local Olympic runner Elle Purrier St. Pierre to…

Advisory committee recommends using $1.65 million to update Statehouse before 2022 session

Lt. Gov. Molly Gray prepares to gavel in a session of the Vermont Senate, with most members participating via Zoom, on May 12, 2021. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Vermont legislative leaders met Tuesday to discuss myriad issues in preparation for the 2021 session. Among other things, members of the Legislative Advisory Committee on the Statehouse…

Government assistance lifts Vermonters out of poverty, but the work is far from done

People prepare free hot and cold meals for distribution by the Burlington School District at Burlington High School on May 20, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Stimulus checks, unemployment insurance and SNAP food benefits are just some of the government programs that kept about 77,000 Vermonters out of poverty this year, according to a study…

Kids without COVID vaccine should wear masks at school, VT officials say

Everyone is asked to wear a mask for the first few weeks of school in Vermont. Afterward, the state’s recommendations vary by age and circumstance.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

‘It was disturbing’: Vermont pedestrians left shaken in encounters with aggressive drivers

Runners and walkers are no match for people driving their cars and acting aggressively. How Vermonters can stay safe in these situations.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

L.L Bean will leave Burlington downtown mall for Williston

Burlington CityPlace developer Don Sinex said the departure of the store clears the way for future plans.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The Deeper Dig: How concerning is the Delta variant in Vermont?

Syringes of Covid-19 vaccine are prepared for injection at Central Vermont Medical Center on December 16, 2020. Photo by Mike Dougherty/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 podcasts. The Delta variant of the coronavirus is driving a new surge in…

Bread and Puppet Theater’s Elka Schumann dies at 85

Elka Schumann in Glover on June 17, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell Elka Schumann, a pivotal figure in Bread and Puppet Theater and the wife of the theater company’s founder Peter Schumann, died yesterday at North Country Hospital in Newport after a massive stroke. She was 85. Her death was confirmed by her son Max…

Vermont hopes for federal aid to deal with more than $10 million in flood damage

Bellows Falls street mud-slicked after floods last week. Courtesy photo Road damage from last week’s floods has surpassed $14 million, Vermont officials say. Damage is expected to run “well over $4 million to local roads in Bennington and Windham [counties],” said Ben Rose, the recovery and mitigation section chief for Vermont Emergency Management.  “It certainly…

‘The hometown girl’: Family and friends watch Elle Purrier St. Pierre in her Olympic debut

At the Snow Shoe Lodge and Pub where Purrier St. Pierre is known by just Elle the excitement was electric in her debut in the Tokyo Olympics.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermonters struggling to pay natural gas bills can get up to $10,000 in help

VGS has launched a new assistance program offering grants of up to $10,000 for residential customers and up to $50,000 for business customers.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Traveling to Canada after Aug. 9? How Vermonters should prepare for their trip

There are several things that Vermonters and other U.S. citizens must do before they try to cross into Canada after Aug. 9, 2021.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

One size does not fit all: How to navigate the rising Delta variant

A free walk-in Covid-19 vaccine clinic was available to fair-goers on the first day of the Lamoille County Field Days in Johnson on Friday, July 22, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The rise of Delta, a highly contagious variant of coronavirus, has led to an explosion in new cases almost everywhere in the United States. …

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