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Amanda Sanville from Part 2 Kids leads her young charges into the childcare hub at the Allen Brook School in Williston on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A bill that sets an ambitious goal — that no Vermont family will pay more than 10% of its household income on child care by…

Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington. Photo by Anne Wallace Allen/VTDigger BENNINGTON — After students were asked to role-play an interview between an undocumented immigrant and an immigration official, school officials have agreed to make several policy changes in curriculum related to marginalized communities. Rutland Area NAACP President Mia Schultz had predicted that schools…

The Vermont National Guard deploys 100 soldiers this week. Find out where their mission is taking them.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Anthony Lamb averaged 18.2 points, 8.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists game for Houston’s G League team before the call-up to the NBA franchise.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The University of Vermont Health Network has taken a $21.3 million loss since its fiscal year began in October because of the COVID-19 pandemic.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Dr. John Brumsted, the CEO of the UVM Health Network, at a press conference about the state’s second presumptive case of COVID-19. on Thursday, March 12, 2020 Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The University of Vermont Health Network announced Monday that it lost $21.3 million between October 2020 and January 2021. President John Brumsted attributed the…

Clockwise from upper left, Judge Mary Miles Teachout, witness Aimee Stephenson, defendant Andre Desautels and defense attorney Deborah Bucknam appear during at a virtual court hearing Monday. Justin Trombly/VTDigge Debate over whether face masks help prevent the spread of Covid-19 dominated a court hearing Monday in the case against the former Newport UPS store owner…

The Burlington wastewater treatment facility on Lavalley Lane in Burlington. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger Vermont has registered its first case of the B.1.1.7 variant of Covid-19, a more transmissible mutation of the virus that originated in the United Kingdom, Department of Health officials said Monday. Officials first detected the presence of the variant in…

A meteor over Vermont made a loud boom when it impacted the atmosphere Sunday night        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

States with poor quality roads and bridges have motorists shelling out more money for repairs.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

The Federal Aviation Administration is in the midst of a new nationwide survey on how jet noise, like that from the F-35, is affecting people.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Omar Biladi, a refugee from Burundi, at home in Winooski with three of his six children on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. From left are Pascaline, 14; Selemani, 8; and Laini, 10. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger When Omar Biladi came to Vermont in 2019 as a refugee from Burundi, he thought life would get at least…

Delaney Partlow works at Four Seasons Care Home in Northfield. Seen on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Delaney Partlow worked two months at Four Seasons Care Home in Northfield before Covid hit. She was 16 and in her first health care job, working a shift a week as a personal care assistant.…

Editor’s Note: The Underground Workshop is seeking submissions from Vermont’s high school and college students. Students can contribute to our series about the BLM flag, our series of “profiles in resilience” from our school communities in the pandemic, or independent stories of their own, like the article below. For more information please contact Ben Heintz,…

Eight-game regular season for the UVM men’s soccer team begins Feb. 27 against UMass. Can the Catamounts sustain the success of recent years?        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Short term rentals, like Airbnb, are on the Vermont Legislatures radar this year as two bills address some of the concerns with the properties.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Behind red-hot shooting, No. 4 Hartford stuns second-seeded Vermont 71-65 in Saturday’s America East men’s basketball semifinals at Patrick Gym.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

Michele Ready Ambrosino of Ready Funeral Service in Burlington on Monday, February 9, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger When the first Covid-19 death occurred in Chittenden County last March, Michele Ready Ambrosino was called in to remove the body. She and her staff at Ready Funeral and Cremation Services weren’t sure what to expect. Questions…

Insignia of the Burlington Police Department. Photo by Aidan Quigley/VTDigger A Burlington man was charged with attempted homicide after allegedly shooting a woman in the leg in her own home, fleeing in a car that crashed into trees, and then flashing a gun inside the crashed car, police said. Police were called Friday just after…

Dr. Benjamin Lee, associate professor in the pediatrics department at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine. Supplied photo A recent seroprevalence study of students and teachers in the Colchester School District detected antibodies for the coronavirus in 4.7% of participants. Benjamin Lee, an associate professor in the pediatrics department at the University of…

Game updates from Saturday’s America East Conference men’s basketball semifinal between No. 2 Vermont and No. 4 Hartford from Patrick Gym.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service