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On Wednesday morning, the Burlington Electric Department issued a peak alert encouraging Burlington residents to reduce their evening energy usage.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont’s apparent increase in urban and suburban foxes in 2021 is likely tied to a bumper crop of squirrels, chipmunks and mice, biologists say.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan speaks Jan. 28, 2020. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger This article by Nora Doyle-Burr first appeared in the Valley News on June 29. SPRINGFIELD — The nonprofit community mental health agency serving southeastern Vermont has agreed to pay $170,000 for improperly submitting insurance claims for services provided by an ineligible employee,…

The site of the proposed CityPlace Burlington development in Burlington on Monday, January 13, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger BURLINGTON — Redstone’s legal challenge to the CityPlace downtown development is meeting pushback from city officials and developers. The Burlington city government and CityPlace developers both filed opposition briefs last week in response to Redstone’s lawsuit…

The Vermont state flag flies in front of the Statehouse. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Lawmakers decided Tuesday not to recommend requiring that people show proof of a Covid-19 vaccination to enter the Statehouse in 2022. A week ago, the Legislative Advisory Committee on the Statehouse discussed possibly implementing a Covid-19 vaccine passport system. However, the…

City Council unanimously passed Burlington’s budget for the new fiscal year starting in July 2021. Here’s where some of the millions will go.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

A man was dress coded at Einstein’s Tap House for wearing a tank top, discovering a rule that applies only to men.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont’s Department of Fish and Wildlife is doing a wild turkey brood survey from July 1 through the end of August. It’s asking for the public’s help.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Burlington City Councilor Jane Stromberg speaks during a press conference Aug. 14, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Burlington City Council unanimously approved the city’s fiscal year 2022 budget Monday night, and both Democrats and Progressives recognized that this year’s budget process was much less contentious compared to last year’s. Last summer, the council was…

Downtown Montpelier is pictured May 2. Photo by Erin Petenko/VTDigger With Vermont’s universal motel vouchers set to expire in the coming months, housing advocates have been worried about people being pushed onto the streets. Montpelier’s city government has outlined a new policy that would decriminalize public camping and set up a system for providing services…

The Statehouse halls are empty in this May 18, 2021, file photo. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The Vermont Statehouse will reopen to the public next week, marking a return to normal operations after the 15-month Covid-19 shutdown. Janet Miller, the Statehouse sergeant-at-arms, briefed legislative leaders Monday about her plans to allow the public to tour…

CeresMED will strengthen its Vermont operations through a merger with Toronto-based SLANG Worldwide, its owners said Friday.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The Patriot Front, a white nationalist group that has been active in Vermont, made national news after a George Floyd statue in Brooklyn was defaced.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The Fairbanks Museum planned to start construction on the Science Annex project in July until the project came in at 68% above construction estimates.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Young Writers Project, an independent nonprofit based in Burlington, engages young people to write and use digital media to express themselves with clarity and power, and to gain confidence and skills for school, the workplace and life. Check out the most recent issue of The Voice, Young Writers Project’s monthly digital magazine. Click here. Each…

Anti-BLM graffiti is seen on a car on Route 15. Photo courtesy of Brian Walsh Vermont State Police said Thursday they are searching for a suspect who painted anti-Black Lives Matter graffiti on a private home and vehicle in Jericho. According to the police report, the letters “BLM” with a strikethrough were painted on the…

A mural representing inclusivity is displayed outside Bailee Goodell’s house in Alburgh. The mural was created by Chloe Viner Collins, Isaac Lambert and Hilarie Santiago. Photo courtesy of Bailee Goodell Alburgh is seeking residents’ views on how best to word a local declaration of inclusion, which voters may then be invited to approve, or not…

More apartment buildings near Essex Way could kickstart commercial activity better than “mixed-use” neighborhoods, says developer Rick Bove.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Street-level commercial space is required in many of Vermont’s new developments. Should it be?        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Tampons, panty liners and all comparable products will become tax-exempt for Vermonters beginning on July 1.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service