Milton residents raise objections as town pulls funding for local arts organization
The selectboard made the decision after the Milton Artists’ Guild’s former board president wrote a letter supporting two school board candidates and the organization hosted a poetry reading connected to a town-wide inclusion festival.
Federal requirement to set aside funds could make grants too expensive for Vermont’s communications union districts
“It’s not connecting Vermonters. It’s limiting the pool of applicants that can apply.”
Following the Floods
Read VTDigger’s latest coverage of the aftermath from historic flooding that hit Vermont this summer.
Richmond’s historic East Monitor Barn undergoes major restoration
Built in 1901 by well-known farmer Charles C. Miller, it is one of the region’s few remaining examples of large-scale pre-industrial farming.
Chemicals show up in more Bennington wells 7 years after PFAS detected in area
Tests showed drinking water for at least a dozen households contained PFAS levels beyond the state’s safety limit.
Vermont State Police say series of bomb threats appears to be a hoax
Noting that hoax campaigns have become commonplace, police are asking residents to report any suspicious emails or activities.
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Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger will not seek reelection
After nearly 12 years leading the Queen City, Weinberger announced on Thursday that he will not seek a fifth term, capping an eventful and tumultuous period for the city.
The Deeper Dig: Who is the University of Vermont for?
“I think the big thing is just this question of: What’s the best thing that UVM can do? And where’s the best place to put its resources? And what does that mean for its future?”
Vermont expects a huge pot of federal money to provide broadband, but with strings attached
Federal guidelines could slow the rollout, since they require connection even to off-grid sites, including remote hunting camps. The state had planned to connect only those locations already on the grid.
Vermont State University could consolidate, cut academic programs in ‘optimization’ process
Vermont State University has been analyzing its academic offerings to see which programs could be combined or “retired,” interim president Mike Smith said this week. The process could ultimately lead to lost positions, he said.
Vacant Pizza Hut redevelopment hits a snag in South Burlington
A disagreement over what the mix of market rate and affordable housing should be in the proposed development — as well as a disagreement over a drive-through ATM — resulted in the city’s Development Review Board in August voting against the project’s approval.
Young Writers Project: Despite it/resilience
This week’s Young Writers Project entry is “Despite it/resilience” by Sof Morton, 13, of Hinesburg. Artwork is “Dancing in a Field of Flowers” by Evie Crowell, 13, of Milton.
Lamoille County kennel withdraws: Animal control officers on a tight leash
Animal control officers and police in Johnson, Cambridge, Hyde Park and Morristown are actively searching for alternatives now that this once essential lynchpin of municipal dog services is moving in a different direction.
Vermont officials ask feds to study Wrightsville and East Barre dams after flooding
The state is asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for help improving the flood-control dams, after historic flooding showed they were “susceptible to a back-to-back storm event.”
Opinion
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Peter Langella: It’s time for education to change. The whole system.
By focusing on learning “loss,” by focusing on all of our students’ supposed deficits, we do a disservice to them and their complex world.
James Lyall: Can we afford Gov. Scott’s vision for Vermont?
When it comes to investing in our communities, Gov. Scott says we can’t afford it. When it comes to more policing and bigger prisons? Apparently, money is no object.
Bill Schubart: An elegy for the St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad
Imagine an intercity high-speed rail system connecting major American urban centers with exurban webs of automated light rail serving suburbs and smaller communities.
Don Keelan: ‘We still don’t care if they die’
At the rate that young adults are dying from overdose, being incarcerated, and ending up in recovery centers, do you need to ask, where are the young people?
Burlington has never had a woman as mayor. Will that change in 2024?
A day after Mayor Miro Weinberger announced he would not seek a fifth term, three women said they were considering a run.
Trial delayed in Hinesburg murder case as suspect and attorney iron out differences
Angela Auclair had been set to stand trial in a murder case, in which her son is expected to testify that she was the one who pulled the trigger of the gun that killed her husband, David Auclair, at a trailhead in Hinesburg in July 2019.
Obituaries
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Wanted: Education secretary who can manage ‘complex issues,’ believes in ‘transformational power of education’
Candidates for the job, which pays roughly $168,000 a year, will be expected to reduce inequality, increase test scores and promote career and tech education, according to the job posting for the position.