Celebration of Life to be held for Elaine L. Begin

The Celebration of Life Service and Committal for Elaine L. Begin, 69, will be held on Friday, June 16.   Read more

Dorothy Myer

While enrolled at UVM, Dorothy became deeply involved in the university’s Outing Club, and developed a lifelong fascination with mountaineering.  She went on to systematically summit all known 4,000-plus foot peaks in Vermont, New York, New Hampshire and Maine in both winter and summer - the first woman to do so.   Read more

Joyce Ann Ranney

She and her husband ran their family’s dairy farm in Westminster West from 1982 until 2009.   Read more

Public Safety

Brattleboro to hire unarmed private security in test to help understaffed police

The number of local burglaries has nearly doubled in the past year, and downtown businesses and organizations repeatedly have asked the selectboard to broaden municipal safety measures.

Life & Culture

Vermont Conversation: Made in Vermont: The Marriage Equality Revolution

In 2000, Vermont legalized civil unions, the most sweeping grant of rights to same-sex couples up to that time.

Economy

As pandemic-era motel programs end, tenants struggle to claim their deposits

One set of hotels is asking tenants to sign away their rights to the cash in exchange for $500 — a move that Mark Hengstler, an attorney at a nonprofit that represents low-income Vermonters in civil matters, said is clearly in violation of state rules.