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Connecting Vermont’s most rural homes to high-speed internet has been a challenge for decades. Christine Hallquist, the incoming executive director of the state’s new community broadband board, hopes to finish the job within seven years. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The Deeper Dig is a weekly podcast from the VTDigger newsroom. Listen below, and subscribe on Apple…

A man experiencing homelessness is pictured at the Courtyard by Marriott in Middlebury on June 22, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Only eight of 37 homeless Vermonters who have applied to extend their stay at motels due to a disability have been approved by the state Agency of Human Services.  Eligibility for motel vouchers under…

The summit of Mt. Mansfield is barely visible through the haze in this view from Lower Pleasant Valley Road in Cambridge on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Particulate matter from wildfires in Oregon and southern Canada created hazy skies in Vermont on Monday evening and Tuesday, prompting state officials to issue an…

Four single-family homes are scheduled for demolition next year in Burlington — the site of a proposed big, new independent-living complex.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The owner of North Hero House Inn and Restaurant, which opened in 1881 to serve steamship passengers, has again put the property up for sale.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

UVM Medical Center has notified the Green Mountain Care Board that it wants to build an outpatient surgery center at its Fanny Allen campus.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Heavy rains led to a collapsed culvert and car on Hinesburg Road in Brattleboro on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Joshua Carnes. On Saturday night the rains in Brattleboro fell ceaselessly. What at first seemed like just a heavy rainstorm quickly produced flash flooding that damaged basements and washed out roads in parts of town. The…

The one-room Elmore School; townspeople hope to keep it operating. Courtesy photo This article by Tommy Gardner was published July 15 in the News & Citizen of Morrisville. It’s unclear what Morristown and Elmore will do about Stowe’s vote earlier this year to leave the three-town Lamoille South school district.  Whatever happens next, some Elmore…

With many Vermonters vaccinated and state’s bars and restaurants back open folks are ready for in-person dates. What will post-COVID dating look like?        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The University of Vermont Medical Center’s Fanny Allen campus in Colchester on Tuesday, October 22, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated at 9:07 p.m. The University of Vermont Medical Center hopes to replace operating rooms at the Fanny Allen campus with a new outpatient surgical center in South Burlington.  UVM Medical Center filed a letter…

U.S.-Canada border restrictions on nonessential travel have been in place since March 2020 because of COVID-19.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Amtrak conductor Alden Barbieri-Gage, center, helps a passenger board the Vermonter with their bike at St. Albans. Photo by Riley Robinson/VTDigger Train stations drew sold-out railcars and scores of trackside celebrants Monday when Amtrak passenger service resumed in the Green Mountain State after a 16-month pandemic absence. “This is a good day for all of…

A recent bout of wet weather has eased but not quenched near-drought conditions that persist in the Champlain Valley, climate experts say.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

A car crosses the U.S.-Canada border in Beebe Plain, Vermont. Photo by Alexandre Silberman/VTDigger U.S. citizens who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can visit Canada starting Aug. 9, the Canadian government announced Monday. The northern border will be open to any Americans who present proof of full vaccination: either two doses of the Pfizer, Moderna…

Ben & Jerry’s announces plans to end sales in OPT after months of silence in the face of public backlash on their affiliation to the Israeli state.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Whether you’re planning to bake muffins or just eat them straight out of the container, blueberries are hitting their stride right now in Vermont.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Rita Curran was found dead on July 20, 1971, in her Burlington, Vermont, apartment. This is the oldest case still under investigation by city police.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Shona Sanford-Long fills a stock tank with water for her herd in Tunbridge, Vt., on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Sanford-Long raises beef cattle, sheep, and pigs. (Valley News / Report For America – Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. This article by Claire…

A satellite view of a former landfill in South Hero where officials found high levels of PFAS. The chemicals were detected in monitoring wells placed around the perimeter of the site. VTDigger illustration; Google Earth/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Almost three years after high levels of PFAS were detected at a closed landfill in South Hero,…

Brian Corr, immediate past president of the National Organization for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement, presents to Bennington residents and members of the Selectboard. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger A national expert on police oversight provided an overview and fielded questions from Bennington residents who plan to create such a committee at an in-person meeting Thursday…

The Vermont girls win 3-2 and the Vermont boys take second game 5-1 in annual Lions Twin State Soccer Cup vs. New Hampshire on Saturday.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service