Gas prices in Vermont, and nationally, rise after Texas power shutoff

Gas price analysts point to the temporary closure of oil refineries across the South as the region was hit by extreme cold weather in the past week.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

all Top Featured Content @

Activists, officials blast ‘inappropriate’ lawn signs, mailers against just cause evictions

Burlington City Council member Zoraya Hightower points to one of the signs that she says made false claims about the issue of just cause eviction. Facebook photo BURLINGTON — Last Thursday, bright red lawn signs appeared on roadsides across Burlington. “Vote no on just cause,” they read. “Protect BIPOC tenants from racist neighbors.” By Monday,…

all Top Featured Content @

How many schools are closed due to Covid? And other questions we can’t answer

all Top Featured Content @

Demoted Rutland detective, barred from taking the stand, named beat cop

Rutland County State’s Attorney Rose Kennedy. Pool photo by Robert Layman/Rutland Herald Rosario was among the Vermont police officers named in “Tarnished Badge,” a three-part VTDigger series last December that revealed the identities of all 28 cops in the state who have received Brady letters from county prosecutors over the past five years.   Kennedy issued…

all Top Featured Content @

Penguin Plunge fundraiser goes freestyle this year in Vermont’s icy lakes

COVID has shifted Vermont’s most raucous of winter fundraisers — the Penguin Plunge — from a one-day event into a season-long icy challenge.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

all Top Featured Content @

COVID-19 has crippled live music. These Vermont venues are still making it happen.

Though pandemic-related restrictions are keeping crowd sizes to a minimum, a handful of Vermont spaces are trying to keep the music alive        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

all Top Featured Content @

M&T Bank finalizes $8 billion purchase of People’s United Financial. What it means for customers

M&T, People’s United pen $8bn acquisition.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

all Top Featured Content @

UVM expands quarantine housing as Covid cases climb for the semester

Mercy Hall on the University of Vermont’s Trinity Campus. Photo by Ivy Kirby/Vermont Cynic Emme Pinezich and Ella Ruehsen are news reporters for the Vermont Cynic, where a version of this article was first published.  The University of Vermont is adding an additional on-campus location to quarantine students after nearly 80 tested positive for Covid-19…

all Top Featured Content @

Scott Weathers: Making vote-by-mail permanent in Vermont is common sense

This commentary is by Scott Weathers of Stowe, chair of the Lamoille County Democrats. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Vox and other outlets. He holds a master of science from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.  Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams has argued that in 2020, our…

all Top Featured Content @

Helen Scott: The struggle for the soul of the University of Vermont

Helen Scott is a professor of English at the University of Vermont, a department representative for the faculty union, United Academics, and is on the board of the Vermont State Labor Council, AFL-CIO. During this year of crisis, faculty and staff have mustered all our strength and resolve to ensure that the University of Vermont…

all Top Featured Content @

Vermont leads the nation in battery recycling. Why do most still end up in the trash?

Vermonters still toss the vast majority of their batteries into landfill-bound trash, but the state has a one-of-a-kind solution.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

all Top Featured Content @

Second-ranked Northeastern topples UVM 4-1 in women’s hockey

Huskies open up 3-0 lead en route to their 13th straight win.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

all Top Featured Content @

PHOTOS: CVU tops BFA-St. Albans in girls hoops showdown

Champlain Valley rallies from early deficit to beat BFA-St. Albans 44-27 in high school girls basketball on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

all Top Featured Content @

The Deeper Dig: Bringing students back

all Top Featured Content @

Malaika Puffer: Vermont about to make the wrong move on mental health

This commentary is by Malaika Puffer of Dummerston, a psychiatric survivor, social worker, manager at a designated mental health agency and a member of the Vermont Department of Mental Health adult mental health standing committee. Vermont’s mental health system is poised to move millions of dollars toward the wrong side of history by prioritizing control…

all Top Featured Content @

Vermont sports scores for Saturday, Feb. 20: 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

all Top Featured Content @

Final Reading: A new relief bill takes shape

all Top Featured Content @

Do vaccinated Vermonters need to quarantine if exposed to COVID-19? Your questions, answered.

The CDC has issued guidelines for people who have received the COVID-19 vaccine. Here’s what they should do if they’ve been exposed to the coronavirus.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

all Top Featured Content @

Long-term care restrictions, quarantine rules eased for vaccinated people

all Top Featured Content @

Robert Fireovid: Restrict use of TIF districts so taxpayers don’t have to subsidize them

This commentary is by Robert Fireovid of South Hero, a grass-fed beef farmer who retails frozen beef directly to consumers. He is also the volunteer executive director of Better(not bigger)Vermont (betternotbiggervt.org/), a small nonprofit. Two companion bills introduced in the General Assembly, H.129 and S.33, “An act relating to project-based tax increment financing districts,” deserve…

all Top Featured Content @

Back to business for Red Sox left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez

Back to business for Red Sox left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

all Top Featured Content @

Moose hunt proposed amid overcrowding, tick-related deaths in the Northeast Kingdom

The overcrowded moose habitat in northeast Vermont has led to tick-related health problems — and prompted wildlife experts to propose a hunting season.        Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

all Top Featured Content @

Feature your business, services, products, events & news. Submit Website.