Burlington Free Press 2020 Hand Turkey Contest: Here are the winners

Nearly 60 readers got in on the fun and submitted their feathered, painted and colored hand turkeys.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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AG’s office clears Rutland officer in shooting that wounded man in drug probe

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Maryellen Griffin & Mairead O’Reilly: Pandemic offers lessons in reducing evictions

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Maryellen Griffin and Mairead O’Reilly, who are staff attorneys at Vermont Legal Aid.  In an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19, our state and federal  governments have issued eviction moratoriums. These orders to halt most evictions were made to ensure that more people can “stay safe and stay…

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Norman Arthur Fischer: Windsor School Board’s disdain of the First Amendment

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Norman Arthur Fischer, a retired professor of philosophy from Kent State University who has lived in Burlington since 2015. He is the author of “Marxist Ethics within Western Political Theory: A Dialogue with Republicanism, Communitarianism, and Liberalism.” The Windsor School Board has made it clear that they disdain the…

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Moats: It takes more than words to resist the new authoritarian minority

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Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger urges caution as weekly cases rise

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger speaks at a downtown press conference last July. Photo by Aidan Quigley/VTDigger Mayor Miro Weinberger urged Burlington residents Tuesday to exercise caution heading into Thanksgiving, and asked that they keep local vendors in mind as they shop for the holidays.  Though Chittenden County saw a dip in its seven-day rolling average…

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Pot prosecution of paralyzed NEK man raises policy concerns

Vince Illuzzi, the state’s attorney in Essex County, is prosecuting the case against Bruce Prosper Jr., and Prosper’s brother and sister-in-law. VTD file/Josh Larkin Gov. Phil Scott in October allowed a bill to go into law that would create a legal market for marijuana and clear the way for recreational dispensaries to open in coming…

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Holiday gatherings may lead to mandatory remote learning for Vermont students

“This is not meant as a way around the gathering ban, this shouldn’t be used as an excuse to get together with other households,” said Gov. Phil Scott.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermonters need food help in record numbers during COVID-19 pandemic, study finds

Nearly one in three Vermonters have faced food insecurity due to the COVID pandemic, according to University of Vermont researchers.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Grace Potter, Anais Mitchell each receive two Grammy Award nominations

Potter receives two nominations for 2019 album ‘Daylight’ while Mitchell, a past winner, gets pair of nods for her work with Bonny Light Horseman         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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New restaurant The Meltdown brings grilled cheese to Barre — and lots of it

Eatery inside homey building on Washington Street lists 10 varieties of grilled cheese on menu, from basic sandwich to one featuring lobster         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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UVM Medical Center restores electronic medical records nearly a month after cyberattack

The UVM Health Network restored electronic medical records at UVM Medical Center as well as partially at Central Vermont Medical Center.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont high school winter sports delayed ‘until further notice’

Winter school sports were slated to begin with preseason practices on Nov. 30. Gov. Phil Scott said the state will review the decision each week.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Burlington City Council directs retirement fund divestment to begin

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A month after cyberattack, UVM Medical Center restores access to electronic records

The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington on Monday. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger But multiple hospitals attacked in the same time period as UVM have been much more public about their attackers. The St. Lawrence Health System information system went down the day before UVM Medical Center was hit.  IT staff at the hospital…

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Paul Dame: Green Mountain Care Board fails to ‘do no harm’

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Paul Dame, a former state rep for Essex Junction who served on the Human Services Committee. Nearly 10 years ago Vermont was plunged into an experiment in health care that ended up failing. The Green Mountain Care Board was originally set up to be the bureaucratic decision makers about…

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Will Black Friday survive COVID? Probably, but it’s already a shadow of its former self.

Black Friday, already in decline, is like no other year because of COVID-19. Just look at what’s happening at the region’s outlet malls.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont distillery to see new life, location after ownership change

The distillery is expected to remain in Vermont.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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From 31 to 50,000: How Vermonters changed the fate of the wild turkey

Before you gobble your Thanksgiving bird, spare a moment to celebrate Vermont’s wild turkeys, urge local biologists.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Robin Chesnut-Tangerman: Election cemented status quo in Montpelier

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rep. Robin Chesnut-Tangerman, P-Middletown Springs, who represents the Rutland-Bennington district in the Vermont House of Representatives and is leader of the House Progressive Caucus.  In a recent commentary, former House Republican leader Don Turner called the 2020 Vermont election results far-reaching and a rejection of the status quo. I…

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Nate Denny: Why my neighbors voted for Trump

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Nate Denny, a former woodworker and teacher from Northfield. A Nov. 15 VTDigger article featured a map using data supplied by the secretary of state, and this was how I learned that in my hometown support for Donald Trump increased in 2020 compared to his 2016 performance. What did…

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Brian Ricca: The kids want to be in school

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Brian G. Ricca, who is superintendent of schools in St. Johnsbury. On Nov. 13, Gov. Phil Scott enacted more guidelines and restrictions to stem the tide of the Covid-19 virus that seems intent on making its way further and further into our state. One of the hardest things for…

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