Vermont has some of the best COVID-19 numbers in the nation, but summer event planners want to make sure they’re not forgotten as state moves forward Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Town Meeting Day Results 2021: Chittenden County cities and towns
Voters throughout Chittenden County will cast their ballots on everything from city councilors to school budgets. Here’s what’s on the ballots. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
‘Just cause’ eviction: Everything you need to know about Burlington’s ballot item 5
Here’s what will happen if enough Burlington voters this Town Meeting Day swing in favor of a charter change proposal regarding “just cause” evictions. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Concerns raised over anti-transgender Burlington City Council candidate
Burlington City Hall. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Members of the LGBTQ community are criticizing a Burlington City Council candidate as anti-transgender. Peggy Luhrs, a longtime feminist/lesbian activist in Vermont, is running for the Central District City Council seat as an independent. She’s working to unseat Progressive incumbent Perri Freeman, who is also being challenged by…
UVM reports slowing Covid case growth
Ira Allen Chapel on University Row on the University of Vermont campus in Burlington. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The University of Vermont reported 31 student coronavirus cases over the past week, the lowest weekly total since classes began on Feb. 1. Before Monday’s report, UVM had seen a rapid rise in student cases from the…
1,500 UVM students, faculty, staff alumni say ‘no confidence’ in administration
University of Vermont President Suresh Garimella in October, when he announced a freeze on tuition and other charges for students. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Three months after the University of Vermont announced plans to cut 23 liberal arts programs, pressure on the university to reverse course is ramping up. Nearly 1,500 people, including many students,…
‘Kids are not okay.’ Sobering survey data about VT youth mental health during pandemic.
The pandemic is taking a significant toll on the mental health of Vermont youth. Here’s what a survey and subsequent study reveals. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Vermont and CDC are tracking adverse reaction to COVID vaccines. Here’s what the data shows
A majority of the reactions ranged from reports of fevers, body aches or arm soreness, according to the CDC’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Dropping off your ballot or voting in person on Town Meeting Day? Prepare for the weather.
Town Meeting Day is this Tuesday and, according to the National Weather Service’s forecast, you’ll want to check the conditions before you get out to vote. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Elayne Clift: Squirrely winters, pet peeves, and a few eyes I’d like to poke
This commentary is by Elayne Clift, who writes from Saxtons River, www.elayne-clift.com. Late on a freezing, snowy night during the harsh winter, my daughter texted me that a large squirrel had been clawing desperately at the kitchen window screen of her fourth-floor Brooklyn brownstone for days. Growing ever more frantic, the squirrel had started creating…
‘Eliminate that discussion’: student activists, state reps & the H.92 flag bill
Editor’s Note: This is the first story in an invitational series from the Underground Workshop, VTDigger’s platform for student journalism, seeking to chronicle the varied, complex experiences surrounding the Black Lives Matter flag in Vermont’s school communities. This invitational series will run through the spring semester: there are stories from several schools underway, and we…
New task force is proposed to deal with huge problem of college sexual assault
Rep. Selene Colburn, P-Burlington, in a pre-pandemic photo, was on a 2019 task force that began to tackle the problem of college sexual assault. That group recommended that a permanent task force be established. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Every college in Vermont handles sexual assaults on campus differently — and with a different level of…
UVM men’s hockey suffers weekend sweep to UMass Lowell
After Lowell’s weekend sweep in Burlington, Vermont men’s hockey drops to 1-9-2 in Hockey East play. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Vermont sports scores for Saturday, Feb. 27: See how your favorite team fared
Vermont high school and college sports scores and results as reported to the Burlington Free Press sports department. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
Burlington’s luxury housing market is about to get even hotter
Coldwell Banker Real Estate release a report on luxury real estate that included Burlington as one of its “new discoveries.” Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
FAQ LIVE: Send us your vaccine rollout questions
With the state’s vaccination campaign well underway, many Vermonters still have urgent questions about the distribution process, access and what will happen next. VTDigger has invited Vermont’s Deputy Health Commissioner, Tracy Dolan, to join us for an FAQ Live event to answer reader questions about the Covid-19 vaccine rollout at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March…
Walgreens surprise vaccine appointments are filled, but seniors can still register Monday
Mike Smith, secretary of the Agency of Human Services, at a Covid-19 press briefing on August 18, 2020. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Appointments that opened up before the expected date for Vermonters 65 and over to get the Covid-19 vaccine have all been filled, officials said at a press conference Friday. Walgreens on Thursday…
Canadian officials find PFAS traces in water from Memphremagog
View of Lake Memphremagog from a hill near Mansonville, Eastern Townships, Quebec. Photo by Kevstan/Wikimedia Commons Canadian officials have found traces of the emergent pollutant class PFAS in a drinking water intake area connected to Lake Memphremagog. The chemicals, found in water meant for the city of Sherbrooke by Quebec’s environmental ministry last fall, have…
Welch votes for Covid relief bill with $960 million for Vermont
U.S. Rep. Peter Welch speaks at a press conference in Barre on Monday, March 16, 2020, along with Scott administration officials about the impact of the coronavirus Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The U.S. House passed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Saturday that would extend federal unemployment benefits, provide $1,400 stimulus payments to most Americans…
Franklin County Covid surge is slowing down, but pockets of cases remain
Franklin County towns are recovering from a surge in cases that closed several schools in the area, but high case rates lingered in town-by-town data from the Department of Health. According to the health department, Franklin town, Enosburgh and Bakersfield remain in the highest category of case rate relative to their population. Sheldon dropped out…
Vermont Senate passes sales tax exemption for menstrual products
Sen. Ruth Hardy, D-Addison, in a pre-pandemic photo, is one of the sponsors of a proposal to exempt menstrual products from the state sales tax. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The Vermont Senate voted unanimously Friday to exempt menstrual products from the state sales tax. The bill, S.53, would remove the tax on products including…
Big housing and commercial growth envisioned near Burlington airport
How big could the ongoing development in South Burlington O’Brien project become? The owners spell it out this month: pretty darn big. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service
