Tom McKone: The privileges of being white and middle class

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Tom McKone, of Montpelier, who is a retired English teacher, school principal and library administrator. What if my twenties had been fake? Twice in the months before George Floyd was killed by police after giving a store clerk a bad $20 bill, I had used bills that clerks put…

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Walt Amses: Disorder in the court

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Walt Amses, a writer who lives in North Calais. The last several weeks have seen an uptick in Republican accusations that a Joe Biden presidency would be an invitation to “court packing,” including expanding the Supreme Court in order to counterbalance the GOP’s years of stonewalling Barack Obama’s judicial…

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Another Vermont lawmaker receives postcard alleging ‘un-American’ activity, calling for arrest

It is unclear how many Vermont lawmakers have received similar mailed messages, but the latest also believes she heard gunshots outside her home.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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When can Vermonters expect results of the Nov. 3 election?

Several states have begun the pre-processing of ballots weeks prior to Election Day, potentially ensuring more results can be counted that night.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont Health Department urges flu vaccinations: Where to look if you have no insurance

The Vermont Health Department is encouraging people to get their flu vaccinations. Here’s where to look if you don’t have insurance.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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The Bright Side: Scout director through-hikes Long Trail, raises $36,000 for camp

The Bright Side is VTDigger’s series on Vermonters doing good during the coronavirus crisis. Read the full series. The 61-year-old lifelong Richmond resident said the seed was planted in his head to through-hike the Long Trail when he was just 10 years old, and did an overnight hike on the trail at ski camp. But…

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Deb Billado: Don’t ignore the down-ticket races

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Deb Billado, who is the chair of the Vermont Republican Party. On Sept. 13, Gov. Phil Scott vetoed the Global Warming Solutions Act because it is unconstitutional in that it usurps executive and legislative authority and accountability, it recklessly opens up Vermont taxpayers to potentially millions of dollars in…

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Stephen Leslie: A diversified and regenerative future for Vermont farming

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Stephen Leslie, who along with his wife Kerry Gawalt, co-manages Cedar Mountain Farm and Cobb Hill Cheese, located at Cobb Hill Co-housing in Hartland. He is an author at Chelsea Green Publishing and a member of Extinction Rebellion Upper Valley. A just transition for dairy farmers means we take…

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Vermont sets record for early voting three weeks before election day

Three weeks before election day, early voting in Vermont has already exceeded the total number of early or absentee ballots cast in the 2016 election.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont sports scores for Wednesday, October 14: See how your favorite team fared

High school scores and results as reported to the Burlington Free Press department.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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UVM to be host school for 2025 NCAA Frozen Four … in St. Louis

The University of Vermont teams up with St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Sports Commission to bring the 2025 Frozen Four to Missouri.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Thousands of undeliverable absentee ballots returned to municipalities

Secretary of State Jim Condos in August 2020. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Condos said that the undeliverable ballots had been anticipated this Fall, given the expansion of the state’s vote-by-mail system. He pointed out that if someone moves out of a given town, but is still registered to vote at a previous address, the…

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Burlington tech center students returning to in-person learning, district says

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Vermont Conversation: Howard Dean on what’s at stake in the 2020 election

Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont Conversation: Howard Dean on what’s at stake in the 2020 election. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Milton teacher, injured at school, faces potential job loss while awaiting surgeries

The Milton third grade teacher could lose her job as workplace injuries delay her return to work. She feels the system is flawed.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Century-old ‘high-tech campus’ for color photography: a Burlington legacy survives

The Lumière brothers chose Burlington for their first ‘Autochrome’ factory in the U.S. — and the monument to innovation still stands.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont sports scores for Tuesday, October 13: See how your favorite team fared

High school scores and results as reported to the Burlington Free Press department.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Kevin Ellis: Vermont senators are well positioned

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Kevin Ellis, a partner in Ellis Mills, a communications consulting firm in Montpelier. He is a member of the board of the Vermont Journalism Trust, the parent organization of VTDigger. Ignore the Trump stuff for a moment. Impossible I know. Three weeks out from the election and my mother…

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Concerned Catholics of Vermont: The choice for Catholic voters

Editor’s note: This commentary is by the Concerned Catholics of Vermont steering committee whose members are Terese Black, Melanie and Ernie Clerihew, Frankie Dunleavy, Joseph Gainza, Ursula Hirschman, and Dennis O’Brien. Regardless of party affiliation, there is general agreement that the 2020 presidential election may be the most important election in our lifetime. Beyond and…

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Nate Denny: Rethinking the future of education

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Nate Denny, a former woodworker and teacher from Northfield. It seems odd to me that our society is in such a hurry to return to the status quo ante that existed prior to the outbreak of the ongoing pandemic, as if the systems we had constructed were working well…

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Who was subjected to physical force by Burlington police in 2019? What the race data shows

A Free Press investigation found that racial disparities appear to persist in the way Burlington police use physical force on community members.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Businesses calling out behavior in downtown Burlington reflects decades-long tension

People affiliated with downtown businesses called out specific behaviors they witnessed. This is only the latest chapter in a decades-long tension.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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