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A for sale sign is pictured during the pandemic. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/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. As Covid-19 infections spiked in major cities last year, a wave of people moved to Vermont seeking safety and community.…

Vermont lifted all of its COVID-19 restrictions this month, but public transit passengers are required to abide by federal mask-wearing guidance.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Looking for some outdoor summer fun? Head to these spots around Chittenden County.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The U.S.-Canada border has been closed since March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Will cross-border crime increase when it reopens?        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

South Burlington resident Jacques-Paul “J.P.” Marton says he is thankful to be able to reconnect with neighbors and the land while rebuilding cairns.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The entrepreneurs who worked with Phish, Magic Hat and Green Mountain Coffee are creating a new arts-and-food site just off Interstate 89.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

State Auditor Doug Hoffer issued his final report on OneCare, concluding the state has yet to save money on health care but has invested $29.8M.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Susan Rogers steps outside her Enfield, N.H., apartment to grill dinner Saturday, June 12, 2021. Rogers moved from Plattsburgh, N.Y., in fall 2020 for a nursing residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and has found the Upper Valley’s rental housing market difficult. Photo by James M. Patterson/Valley News This story by Anna Merriman first appeared in…

Editor’s note: The Underground Workshop is an open platform for student journalism from across Vermont. For more information please contact Ben Heintz, the workshop’s editor, at ben@vtdigger.org. by Bruce Pandya, U-32 High School One morning this spring, five service providers gathered for what would turn out to be the last “door knocking” event at Barre’s Quality…

Sen. Diane Snelling, R-Chittenden. Photo by John Herrick “This isn’t the end,” Diane Snelling said this week as she prepared to step down as chair of Vermont’s Natural Resources Board. “I have a very active life ahead of me. I will not fade away.” Gov. Phil Scott announced Thursday that the former state senator from…

Many fireworks displays in Vermont were canceled during summer 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s where to find them this summer.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

An empty store, a barn-size storage building and a duplex occupy a site that within a year will house a four-story, 67-unit apartment building.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermonters gathered at parks, schools and other spots across Burlington on Saturday, June 19, 2021, for the first city-wide celebration of Juneteenth. Photo by Riley Robinson/VTDigger Vermonters gathered at parks, schools and other spots across Burlington Saturday for the first city-wide celebration of Juneteenth.  The federal government also designated Juneteenth a federal holiday earlier this…

Green Street Housing, an affordable housing project for families, in Hinesburg on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. However, columnist Bill Schubart reports homeownership is out of reach for many families. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The most corrosive issue affecting the American Dream today is that so many families have had to give up on the idea…

Barton residents want local police officers, after a string of robberies. On Aug. 20, Ken Mitchell-Eby outlined his complaints about the selectboard’s transparency at a meeting on Aug. 20. Photo by Justin Trombly/VTDigger A group of Barton residents want the town to hire its own police officers, citing a string of armed robberies in the…

The Canadian government has announced another monthlong extension to the border closure, which will now run until at least July 21.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

U-32 ace Owen Kellington will start for the Vermont Lake Monsters in Saturday’s home game vs. Westfield at Centennial Field. Game time is 6:05 p.m.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The Vermont native takes aim at qualifying for the United States women’s track and field team in the 1,500-meter run.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service