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A catalog of designs — some extravagantly fanciful — of bridges across Interstate 89 at Williston Road in South Burlington        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Sarah Trombly and her daughter Attalyn Philbrick are two of the people without housing staying at the Courtyard by Marriott in Middlebury on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger MIDDLEBURY— Josh Lisenby is worried about July 1. He’s trying to figure out where he’ll sleep and store his personal belongings when he has…

The Vermont girls score twice in third period to seize 4-2 win over New Hampshire; the Vermont boys fall at Saturday’s Twin State Hockey Classic.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

A new grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will boost the Vermont Loon Conservation Project to help replace loons that were killed in 2003 Bouchard B-120 oil spill. Courtesy photo. The Vermont Center for Ecostudies has received a five-year grant totaling more than $400,000 to support the Vermont Loon Conservation Project. The funds…

Scores and schedules from the 2021 Vermont Little League baseball and softball all-star tournaments as reported to the Burlington Free Press.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Non-citizen residents of Winooski and Montpelier will now be allowed to participate in voting on local issues.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

James Fisk worked as a traveling salesman, based in Brattleboro, before becoming a major force in the business world as a stockbroker and executive. A sign on the wagon identifies Fisk as a “jobber,” or wholesaler, and advertises “silks,” “shawls,” and “dress goods.” Photo from Vermont Historical Society The nation’s industrial boom during the 19th…

The group Neighbors for a Safer St. Albans held a private Juneteenth barbecue last week. Photo courtesy of Reier Erickson Editor’s note: Luca Kolba is a reporter with Community News Service, a collaboration with the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program. Last weekend, communities across Vermont held their first-ever Juneteenth celebrations, some sponsored…

Different grades of maple syrup from different sap runs sit on a window sill at the End ‘o ‘ Lane Maple sugar house in Jericho on Saturday, March 23, 2019. This year Vermont’s sugarmakers are facing a serious shortage of plastic maple syrup jugs. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger With a short sugaring season and low…

Free Press staffers round up Vermont’s doughnut offerings to see who might best meet your sudden need to fill the hole left by Koffee Kup Bakery.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Many people and towns in Vermont canceled tag sales and yard sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s where to find them in summer 2021.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Across the region, there are businesses and leagues where people can learn these unique activities, get active and meet people.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

For the past 20 years, a freshwater Asian jellyfish has bobbed up in Vermont lakes and ponds — and scientists are still giving it mixed reviews.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

A Green Mountain Transit bus leaves the Downtown Transit Center in Burlington on Friday, July 26, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Vermont Agency of Transportation will buy four electric buses to traverse the central part of the state with a $1 million “Low and No Emissions” grant from the Federal Transit Administration.  This is…

Taking stock of school community COVID case rates can help plan for the fall semester. A look at Chittenden County public and private schools.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

As the emergency housing voucher program is set to end, residents still facing homelessness have few options for secure housing even with state help.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Vermont Superior Court in St. Albans on Monday, June 21, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Vermont court system is moving toward a full reopening of its courthouses after Gov. Phil Scott lifted restrictions based on his Covid-19 emergency order earlier this month.  State court buildings will be open “for in-person trials, hearings and filings…

Long Trail hikers approach the summit of Mount Abraham. Photo by Sheri Larsen, courtesy of the Green Mountain Club. One of Vermont’s oldest trail groups has condemned racist graffiti found on its Northeast Kingdom hiking paths.  “What was found in the Northeast Kingdom was not simply graffiti, but a blatant display of bigotry and hatred…

The Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility in Rutland. Photo by Jim Therrien/VTDigger Some housing units will be closed at the Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility in Rutland so workers there can be shifted to the Springfield prison to cover staffing shortages there.  “I wouldn’t say it’s dire but I would say it’s concerning,” Al Cormier,…