Real Vermonters: Our image in the mirror
It was a terrible natural disaster, but the response by officials and ordinary citizens alike was remarkable, perhaps heart-warming.
Waterbury confronts flood recovery on three fronts: damaged downtown, scattered state workforce, imploded tax base
A month after Irene delivered one of its harshest blows to the village of Waterbury, signs of closure and upheaval, renovation and reconstruction, are everywhere.
The Supremes: Return to Dogpatch
Today’s case in part stems from our sister state’s refusal to allow a known child molester back into its neighborhoods.
Maroney: Working Landscape Plan would perpetuate Vermont’s farm problems, not solve them
The report is utopian and long on normative economics, which expresses value judgments about economic fairness or what the economy ought to be like or what goals of public policy ought to be. Words like “should,” “must,” “ought” and “need to” proliferate. The report is short on positive economics, which expresses economic reality.
Youngbaer: Oral care should be included in Vermont health care reform efforts
To date, Vermont’s health care reform efforts have excluded oral health, much as we excluded mental health for many years. For people with commercial health insurance, dental insurance is not included, and a secondary policy is often not available or affordable.
Vermont food system leaders to launch new Farm to Plate network
More than 150 food system leaders from around the state will launch an initiative to implement The Farm to Plate Strategic Plan.
Vermont Historical Society elects new Officers and Trustees
At their 173rd annual meeting, held on September 24, the membership of the Vermont Historical Society elected officers and trustees.
One month after Irene, disaster assistance reaches $16 million
With one month gone since Vermont suffered a major disaster in Tropical Storm Irene and another month left to register for aid, FEMA has approved more than $16 million in assistance to individuals and families.
Vermont State Board of Education special meeting notice
The purpose of the meeting is a discussion on the recently released ESEA flexibility requirements and Vermont’s pending waiver proposal to be developed and submitted to the US Education Department.
VT Air Guard to hold ribbon cutting ceremony activating its solar photovoltaic facility
The Vermont Air National Guard will host a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony tomorrow at 1:00pm at its South Burlington Air Base as they place one of Vermont’s and the Air National Guard’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) facilities into operation.
