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Workers are completing the concrete walls that extend beyond the new rail tunnel in downtown Middlebury and replacing the south cap wall, which did not meet VTrans quality standards for concrete. Photo by Abigail Chang/VTDigger MIDDLEBURY — For four years, parts of downtown Middlebury have been closed off or under construction for the Middlebury Bridge…

“Sexual harassment and assault is so normalized throughout society, especially at U32,” one former student wrote in a public post to Instagram earlier this month. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Frustrated by how school administrators are handling reports of sexual harassment and assault, some Vermont high school students are going public. “I left U32 confused, and…

The weekend leading up to the summer solstice is packed with celebrations and ceremonies to commemorate the longest day of the year.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermonters have a plethora of places to swim in the state, but fishing access areas aren’t on the list.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Rural students are less likely to get their college degree. These five Vermont schools seeking a change were selected for college readiness program.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont’s 2020-21 legislative session saw a handful of resolutions geared toward addressing or acknowledging systemic racism. What comes next?        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

South Burlington scores the most goals and earns the most-lopsided victory in the 26-year history of the D-I girls lacrosse tournament.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

These Vermont museums display collections and curiosities you’re not likely to find elsewhere. Here’s what makes them stand out.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The original building of Kurn Hattin Homes for Children in Westminster. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Members of the State Board of Education sharply questioned Secretary of Education Dan French on Wednesday about his agency’s handling of a recent investigation into Kurn Hattin Homes for Children.  They expressed concern about what the state’s treatment of the…

About 200 people gathered on the Statehouse lawn to celebrate Juneteenth in 2020. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Silent vigils and anti-racism protests marked most of June 2020. This June, Vermont has Juneteenth celebrations scheduled for Saturday in Burlington, Bethel, Charlotte, Essex, Montpelier, White River Junction and Winooski.  June 19 also marks Vermont’s first weekend free…

This week marks the 50th anniversary of Daniel Ellsberg’s leak of the Pentagon Papers. Photo by Christopher Michel (CC BY-SA 4.0) The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians, activists, artists, changemakers and citizens who are making a difference. Listen below, and subscribe…

Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans. Photo by Sawyer Loftus/VTDigger While Gov. Phil Scott lifted statewide Covid-19 restrictions in Vermont this week, the state Department of Corrections is taking a slower approach. Scott announced Monday he was lifting the restrictions because 80% of eligible Vermonters had been vaccinated.  The corrections department is also easing…

Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint, left, and her chief of staff Carolyn Wesley walk through the Statehouse in May. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Though they adjourned last month, Vermont lawmakers are preparing to log back on to Zoom once again next week.  Legislators will return June 23 for a remote veto session, during which…

Burlington will soon be searching for its next chief of police after more than a year of delays. The stakes will be high for whoever is hired.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Soldiers from the Vermont National Guard filled syringes at a folding table inside the Spaulding High School gym during a vaccine clinic in Barre on May 19, 2021. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger “I’m so proud to be a Vermonter,” my friend said to me, as we were walking along a tree-lined dirt road shortly after…

Celebration for Vermonter said to be first African American college graduate marks year in which Twilight film debuts, portrait planned for Statehouse        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The Brattleboro Selectboard, that has been meeting virtually since the state of emergency declared last March, will return to its Municipal Center meeting room while offering the public the ability to join through Zoom and community access television. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger BRATTLEBORO — When the Brattleboro Selectboard decided to hold an online meeting Tuesday…

As fentanyl and opioid-related overdose deaths are on the rise, stay in the know about prevention and intervention resources and strategies.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Indoors or outdoors, if there’s a wall in Chittenden County that’s ripe for brightening,— a group of artists would love to get some paint on it.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

A new equity policy will change the way history is taught in Essex and Westford schools and is aimed at making schools anti-racist and inclusive.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service