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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CityPlace Burlington remains locked in impasse despite new proposal from developers

The project developers are now proposing to sell the City of Burlington the land that would allow streets to be reconnected.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Here’s how Gov. Scott wants to use Vermont’s federal COVID-19 relief funds

Funds would be divided among four major categories, prioritizing tourism as well as financially strapped small businesses.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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1968 was a year for big musical acts in Burlington: Here’s four shows you’ll wish you’d seen

In 1968, the Lane Series announced their most ambitious line up yet. Here are a few concerts you’ll wish you hadn’t missed.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont DMV offices will reopen in Rutland, South Burlington and Montpelier

Vermont will soon reopen three of its Department of Motor Vehicle offices. Image by Erin Petenko/VTDigger Three Vermont DMV locations will soon reopen for in-person services — in Rutland, South Burlington and Montpelier — Gov. Phil Scott announced Friday. “We’ll be talking about that next week,” Scott said at his twice-weekly press conference Friday. “There’ll…

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Woolf: Unemployment rate decline indicates flicker of improving economy

Art Woolf is a columnist for VTDigger. He recently retired as an associate professor of economics at the University of Vermont.  Vermont’s unemployment rate fell by more than one percentage point in July to 8.3%, two points below the U.S. July rate and half of what it was in April. That’s a sign of an…

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As college students return, health officials say they’re prepared for the influx

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Thousands of Vermonters to get an internet speed boost

A $4 million state grant will bring high-speed broadband to thousands of Vermonters with limited connections to online health, education and work.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Having a diverse newsroom is critical to telling stories about Burlington. This is the makeup of our newsroom staff.

Here is a snapshot as of July 31, 2020, of the gender and racial makeup of our news workforce and our coverage area.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Why a new Vermont business wants to rip up and recycle your old mattress

Forget about retiring your old mattress to the landfill (or a sidewalk): A young Burlington entrepreneur has the will and the ways to recycle it.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont’s school reopening plans, mapped

The state is taking a local-control mentality to reopening schools, and reopening plans are all over the map. But for weeks, Vermonters have been asking us for some way to track what schools are doing statewide. Both the Vermont Superintendents Association and the Agency of Education have recently put out surveys into the field to…

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Vicki Harrison: The expensive and untimely myth of ‘value-based health care’ and its Vermont promoters

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Vicki Harrison MSN of Barnard, retired from 45 years in social work and community health nursing, with a subspecialty in mental health and substance abuse. Believe it or not, “social determinants of health” have been a main study of social work and community health nursing for 100+ years. Bachelors…

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Corrections chief tells lawmakers of shocking ‘level of sexualization’ in workforce

Jim Baker, interim commissioner of the VT Dept. of Corrections. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The head of the Vermont Department of Corrections told lawmakers Thursday that he was “shocked at the level of sexualization” among the staff he oversees. “I’m just going to be candid because that’s what I tend to be,” James Baker,…

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