Shelburne’s Bread & Butter Farm hopes to secure its future with community ownership

A new Vermont nonprofit called the Agrarian Commons aims to preserve farmland by putting it into a 99-year lease with farmers.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Bruce Post: The shrinking of Act 250

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bruce S. Post, a former congressional aide, who writes and lectures on Vermont environmental history. It’s enough to make one cry. All around, in every part of our beautiful state, ecological destruction and deterioration abound. From the scandalous abomination of Jay Peak and the leaching landfill in Coventry down…

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Pattie McCoy: Scott’s budget proposal responsible and prudent

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rep. Pattie McCoy, R-Poultney, the Vermont House minority leader. She serves on the Vermont House Committee on Transportation, House Committee on Rules, and the Joint Rules Committee. A few months ago, the Legislature adjourned without passing a full fiscal year’s budget. The hope by the majority party in Montpelier…

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Anne Sosin: Vermont should apply pandemic lessons to campus reopenings

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Anne N. Sosin, who is program director for the Dartmouth Center for Global Health Equity. By many indicators, Vermont is the state best poised to open its college campuses. The state’s Covid-19 incidence is the lowest in the nation and its test positivity rate of 0.6% is well below…

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Three made-in-Vermont movies to stream this week

Two films – one feature length and one short – are part of Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, while ‘The Luring’ is on various streaming sites         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont to add fact-finders to help address ongoing unemployment claim issues

The new team of fact-finders are intended to expedite the adjudication of jobless claims flagged with issues and holding up benefits for Vermonters.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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USCIS cancels furloughs of over 1,000 Vermont workers

The announcement follows weeks of uncertainty regarding the job security of workers at the federal immigration agency.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Lawmakers poised to pass expansion of marijuana expungements

Rep. Maxine Grad, D-Moretown, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, says she wants to move ahead in the special session with a bill that would expand the state’s marijuana conviction expungement laws. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger As lawmakers in the House and Senate attempt to hammer out a deal on legislation to create a legal…

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Laura Sibilia & Katherine Sims: School funding formula unfair to children and taxpayers

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rep. Laura Sibilia, an independent who represents the Windham-Bennington district in the Vermont House of Representatives, and Katherine Sims, of Craftsbury, the director of the Northeast Kingdom Collaborative and a Democratic candidate for the Vermont House. For the last 20 years, our public education system has overtaxed and underfunded…

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Larner College of Medicine Leaders: UVM’s on-campus plan maximizes safety

Editor’s note: This commentary is by leaders of the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont: Richard L. Page, M.D., is dean of the Larner College of Medicine. Jan Carney, M.D., M.P.H., is associate dean for Public Health and Health Policy and senior advisor to the dean at Larner, and was Vermont’s health…

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Look out for that lightning, Vermont: Showers and a cold front are on their way

You might need to factor cooler temperatures, rain and wind gusts into your plans this week, Burlington.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Smell something? Winooski residents living next to a hemp-drying facility do

Winooski neighbors took issue with the scent coming from a nearby hemp-drying facility. Here’s how the city is working to address the smell         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Colchester Little League powers to 11-12-year-old District I title

Colchester plated nine first-inning runs on its way to the title in a 16-2, four-inning victory over Shelburne at Schifilliti Park         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Symington: Vermont’s Food System and COVID

The commentary is by Gaye Symington, President of the High Meadows Fund, based at the Vermont Community Foundation. Gaye lives in Jericho. Before leading the High Meadows Fund she served 12 years in the Vermont legislature, 4 as Speaker of the House. She was the Democratic candidate for Governor in 2008. The COVID-19 pandemic has…

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As Woodside juvenile center is slated to close Oct. 1, second probe is underway

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Statewide water levels low; drought conditions develop in Southern Vermont

The low level of the Mad River is seen as it flows under the Village Bridge in Waitsfield on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger “It’s down about 16 inches,” he said. “The entire summer, right from the spring, we’ve been below level.” Hill expects Vermont will get more rain in the coming…

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Burlington bars report losses as COVID-19 alcohol restriction takes effect

Burlington’s new resolution to combat the spread of COVID-19 had an immediate financial impact on two bars.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Burlington restaurant closes temporarily because staff member potentially exposed to COVID-19

The Daily Planet, in business on Center Street since 1982, shuts down ‘out of the utmost concern for the wellbeing of our team members and patrons’         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Burlington Free Press editor: How the diversity of our news team enhances what we offer you

“A local newsroom works best when its staff reflects the diversity of the community it serves”-Emilie Stigliani         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont ski areas vow to provide an outdoor experience this winter

A runner passes under the Mad River Glen ski area’s single-person chairlift in Fayston on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Many ski areas have evolved over the past few years into four-season resorts, and several operated lifts and trails this summer. Mad River Glen, which is working on a $3.2 million base…

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The Deeper Dig: Preparing for Covid on campus

Vault Health administered a saliva test to returning University of Vermont students. Photo by Sawyer Loftus/VTDigger The Deeper Dig is a weekly podcast from the VTDigger newsroom. Listen below, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify or anywhere you listen to podcasts. While communities near college campuses remain concerned about the spread of Covid-19, state health officials say they’re…

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Pandemic DIY projects drive up lumber prices; building supplies run short

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