‘This is a sad morning’: Five people killed in 18 hours on Vermont roads, state police say

Vermont State Police say speed and driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol caused many of the deadly crashes.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Top moments in Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl history

Highlights across six-plus decades of high school football all-star games between Vermont and New Hampshire.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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What’s so hard about reopening schools? A Vermont superintendent’s letter outlines the puzzle

A month away from students heading back to school, one superintendent sounds the alarm that schools are unlikely to be able to fulfill their plans.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Escaped inmate captured not far from correctional center in St. Johnsbury

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Molly Gray: There’s no time to waste with broadband

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Molly Gray, an assistant attorney general who is a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor. She is also an adjunct professor of human rights Law at Vermont Law School. When I stood with students, parents, and educators recently to discuss the challenges of emergency remote education during this global pandemic,…

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‘Rally to Support Law Enforcement’ meet counter-protesters meet on Vermont Statehouse Lawn

A pro-police rally held on Saturday, July 25 was met with protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and calling to defund the police.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Protesters march on downtown Burlington to denounce President’s actions to send federal agents to Portland and other U.S. cities         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Burlington protesters call out president for sending federal agents to U.S. cities

Protesters denounce President’s actions sending federal agents to cities with Black Lives Matter protests         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont Law School gives artist 90 days to remove mural deemed offensive

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Demonstrators clash at Montpelier pro-police rally

There was a limited police presence on the Statehouse lawn, with only a handful of officers standing on the outskirts. Newly-named Montpelier Police Chief Brian Peete said Saturday evening that there were no arrests. After the rally ended — earlier than originally planned — tensions cooled slightly and scattered conversations took place between demonstrators from…

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As Vermonters speak out against racism, a ‘spate of hate’ has also emerged

A Black Lives Matter mural painted on North Craftsbury Road in front of Craftsbury Commons was reportedly defaced by a pickup truck doing a burnout on the pavement on June 18, 2020. Vermont State Police photo “Within the last year, we have retrained our members that any time they come across an incident that has…

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Burlington marchers protest federal agents deployed to Portland, Oregon, and across U.S.

Hundreds marched in Burlington to denounce the President’s use of force deploying federal agents to cities across the U.S. to quell BLM protests.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Chittenden County parents respond to hybrid learning schedule and school reopening plans

Parents react to the new school schedule and how it will impact their families         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Watch again: Memorial service for Rep. John Lewis in his hometown of Troy, Alabama

Rep. John Lewis will be honored during a memorial service Saturday at Troy University.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Alis Headlam: John Lewis — a life’s work that moved forward racial justice

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Alis Headlam, of Rutland, who is a member of the NAACP and Project VISION in Rutland and a retired public school teacher with a focus on literacy and racial justice. John R. Lewis, a member of Congress since 1987 from Georgia’s 5th  congressional district, will be remembered as a…

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Ron Pulcer: Watering, mulching and weeding the summer garden

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Ron Pulcer of Rutland Town, who is a software developer, skier, guitar player and occasional blogger at SkiTheMiddleVT.wordpress.com.  As Mother Nature continues to turn up the heat, here are some garden suggestions. Along with the high temperatures, there has been little rainfall, causing drought conditions.   Watering — First off,…

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Scott Milne: A viable Republican candidate in the race for lieutenant governor

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Coronavirus: Gov. Scott issues statewide mask mandate in Vermont

Scott said at a press conference Friday that he has signed an order to strengthen the state’s current mask policy from a recommendation to a requirement.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Massachusetts teen John Broderick wins New England Amateur title, Rutland’s Nelson 5th

Massachusetts’ John Broderick pulls out playoff win over Nick Maccario in weather-shortened New England Amateur.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Dream of owning a historic home in Vermont? A 1796 Scottish farmhouse is ready to be saved

The house, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, is one of only four like it in the region.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Police searching for inmate who escaped St. Johnsbury prison by scaling a fence

Shannon Edwards, who police say escaped from the Northeast Correctional Complex in St. Johnsbury. Police photo Authorities are looking for a Vermont inmate who they say escaped the Northeast Correctional Complex in St. Johnsbury early Friday morning by scaling a fence. Shannon Edwards, 35, is believed to be traveling back to Waterbury, where he is…

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Sale of Marlboro College campus finalized

Seth Andrew, left, takes part in a Brookings Institution panel discussion in January 2012, during his time leading Democracy Prep. Andrew’s nonprofit, Democracy Builders, finalized the purchase of the Marlboro College campus this week. Photos via Medill DC/Courtesy Marlboro College Democracy Builders, a nonprofit that founded a network of charter schools, has purchased the Marlboro…

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