With Honoree Fleming’s killer still at large, community rallies to raise reward money
Fleming’s husband, Ron Powers, said he was surprised by and grateful for the initiative, started by a longtime Castleton business owner.
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JetBlue CEO meets with Vermont delegation, may reinstate popular Burlington-JFK route
The airline cited a chronic shortage of air traffic controllers when it announced in October that it was pulling out of the Burlington airport.
Corrections department asks judge to consider home detention for ailing 80-year-old double murder suspect
The move comes as the cost to the state to provide staff for round-the-clock supervision of Michael Louise at a medical facility tops more than $220,000 over four months.
Vermont reports post-Thanksgiving Covid outbreaks in schools and long-term care facilities
A health department expert said Covid metrics were “mixed.”
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Bernie Sanders votes against Ukraine aid package, citing unconditional funding for Israel
In an interview with VTDigger on Wednesday afternoon, the independent senator from Vermont said he was opposed to providing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government ‘money with no strings attached.’ Sen. Peter Welch joined the rest of the Democratic caucus in supporting the measure.
‘It used to feel safe’: 4 Muslim students share fears after shooting injured 3 Palestinian Americans
Days after the shooting in Burlington which drew national condemnation, fourth-year students at Winooski High School spoke to VTDigger about what the incident means to them and why they’re changing their behavior because of it.
Veteran editor Tom Kearney, a champion of New England journalism, departs VTDigger
The former top editor of the Keene Sentinel and the Stowe Reporter most recently led VTDigger’s southern Vermont bureau and opinion section. He was best known as a caring and compassionate supervisor.
Vermont’s foster care IT system predates the internet — and puts kids at risk
The information technology system is so clunky that even the most basic information about a child can be hard to find.
Nonprofit celebrates purchase of Clemmons Family Farm in Charlotte
The sale allows the farm to “secure both its history and its future,” the nonprofit said, including as an example of an African American-owned farm in a country where systemic barriers have left those few and far between.
Farmers association presses pause on popular local food access program
The Northeast Organic Farmers Association said unprecedented demand in the program drove rapid growth, but that outpaced fundraising efforts to supplement a federal grant.
VTDigger board elects Gaye Symington as president; newsroom announces promotions
Among other transitions, Kristen Fountain has been named senior editor, Sarah Mearhoff will serve as Statehouse bureau chief and Sam Gale Rosen will oversee and revamp VTDigger’s opinion section.
New owners of Mocha Joe’s see themselves as part of Brattleboro’s ‘transition to new generation’
Entrepreneurs purchase iconic coffee shop amid a swirl of change for Brattleboro’s downtown.
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Meg Handler: Weighing whims of the few against rights of the many
Vermont’s willingness to indulge a few people in their desire to engage in wake sports will result in the degradation of broader public rights to clean water, healthy shorelines, personal…
Mary Dingee Fillmore: Three shots in Vermont heard around the world
Our feeling of being exceptional has eroded a lot lately.
Don Tinney: Vermont can’t afford to shortchange our children
With his gloom-and-doom rhetoric, Gov. Phil Scott is trying to scare taxpayers instead of offering solutions.
Lucie Lehmann: It’s time to change how and why we name things after people
We can debate whether or not public servants should be honored on monuments that taxpayers pay for. What isn’t debatable is that we need more diversity in our honorees.
Emma Mulvaney-Stanak secures Progressive nomination for Burlington mayor
The Progressives also finalized a slate of six candidates for City Council.
Vermont Conversation: Garrett Graff on UFOs, conspiracy theories, and the fate of civilization
“The story of the hunt for ‘them’ is mostly actually a story about us,” Graff writes about the search for extraterrestrial life in his new book.
Obituaries
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State panel votes to revoke Franklin County sheriff’s police certification
The decision came after the Vermont Criminal Justice Council heard some eight hours of testimony from attorneys, police use-of-force experts and others over two days.