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Author: Kate O'Farrell

Kate O'Farrell is a senior at the University of Vermont, majoring in English with a minor in Reporting and Documentary Storytelling. She has interned as a reporter with the Burlington Free Press and written for The Waterbury Roundabout and The Hardwick Gazette through the Community News Service UVM.
 

Camels Hump student reaches National Spelling Bee semifinals

By Kate O'Farrell

Jun 1 2023, 5:11 PMJune 1, 2023

Eighth grader Elise Cournoyer, who won the Vermont Spelling Bee in March, was one of 56 semifinalists in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and the only Vermonter on the stage in Washington, D.C.


Four Quarters brewery faces $5,000 fine for wastewater violations

By Kate O'Farrell

May 26 2023May 26, 2023

According to Thursday’s announcement, Four Quarters dumped more than 33,000 gallons of untreated wastewater from September 2021 through July 2022, due to the brewery neglecting to submit its required “management plan” and failing to file monthly monitoring reports under the brewery’s wastewater permit.


In Calais, a dog attack launches a small town into unexpected territory

By Kate O'Farrell

May 26 2023May 31, 2023

On Thursday evening, in the Town Hall that sits directly across the dirt road from the house where the dog owner lives, the Calais Selectboard heard two hours of testimony and debate over last week’s incident.


Green Mountain school board stands by ‘Chieftains’ name, drawing resignations

By Kate O'Farrell and Patrick Crowley

May 19 2023May 19, 2023

After months of back-and-forth, the Green Mountain Unified School District voted on Thursday to keep the name as its high school’s moniker. The vote led to the resignations of the superintendent and two board members.


How a video game connected Champlain College and Senegal’s former prime minister

By Kate O'Farrell

May 12 2023May 15, 2023

In her role with the United Nations Populations Fund, Aminata Touré began working with Champlain College and the Population Media Center to develop the game to help combat discrimination against women.


10,000 Vermonters will begin receiving checks from a Turbotax settlement

By Kate O'Farrell

May 10 2023May 10, 2023

Some customers who used Turbotax for their federal tax returns between 2016 and 2018 will be mailed checks for either $29 or $30.


Students from out of state keep close tabs on Vermont’s reproductive care legislation

By Kate O'Farrell

May 7 2023May 7, 2023

For students who attend college in Vermont but hail from states where such procedures are severely restricted or outlawed, they are able to legally access certain reproductive health care while at school, but their rights differ once they head home for the summer.


Barre is looking to maintain affordability while drawing in more business activity

By Kate O'Farrell

Apr 26 2023April 26, 2023

“I wouldn’t say it’s overdue, but it’s time,” Aimée Green, executive director of the Barre Area Development Corp., said about the lively business activity in downtown Barre.


An audiobook app gives Vermont libraries a one-stop digital collection

By Kate O'Farrell

Apr 16 2023April 16, 2023

Vermont State Library

The Department of Libraries began rolling out the app last year with 30 libraries around the state, and has been adding more libraries with the goal of eventually reaching all of the 185 public libraries in Vermont.


Back-to-back fires shock Barre City, wiping out a big downtown warehouse

By Kate O'Farrell

Apr 7 2023April 7, 2023

Firefighters had doused a fire at the warehouse Wednesday night, but then the city manager got a call early Thursday morning: “It’s on fire again. And this time it’s really going.”


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