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Historic preservation grants help to keep history within Vermont communities

By Kate O'Farrell

Feb 6 2023February 5, 2023

“It has such a big impact in communities all over the state,” said Caitlin Corkins, grants coordinator at the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. “These are buildings that are really treasured by their communities.”


MicroMoo transportation initiative in Windsor is pilot program for state

By Valley News

Feb 5 2023February 5, 2023

The MicroMoo is one of five two-year pilot projects across the state selected by the Vermont Agency of Transportation to bolster and diversify rural public transportation.


Then Again: An accident with an ax fueled a Vermont artist’s career

By Mark Bushnell

Feb 5 2023February 2, 2023

The New York Independent newspaper claimed James Hope had “no rival in Europe in forest or brook scenery” and the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph called him the “father of the realistic school of landscape painters in America.”


Young Writers Project: Hiking upward

By VTD Editor

Feb 5 2023February 2, 2023

This week’s Young Writers Project entry is “Hiking upward (heaven has no golden stars)” by Sawyer Fellows, 17, of East Burke. Artwork is “Marigolds,” by Molly Quavelin, 13, of Burlington.


Vermont buttons up against upcoming freeze, offers shelter to people who need it

By Maggie Reynolds

Feb 1 2023February 2, 2023

Minus 20 degrees is likely in parts of the state this weekend, and shelters and warming centers plan to be open in many communities.


Shelburne Museum creates a curatorship for Native American art

By Maggie Reynolds

Jan 31 2023January 31, 2023

The curatorship is an effort to add more cultural diversity and representation of Indigenous art in the museum’s collections, according to museum officials.


Bill Schubart: Earning the Gravel Slalom and Roads Scholarship

By Bill Schubart

Jan 31 2023January 30, 2023

Flatlanders are often deceived by the idea that driving at very high speed means the wheels don’t have time to actually penetrate potholes. They learn fast when a costly MacPherson strut rockets through the leather upholstery in the rear seat.


Young Writers Project: January silence

By VTD Editor

Jan 29 2023January 29, 2023

This week’s Young Writers Project entry is “January Silence” by Elise Cournoyer, 13, of Richmond. Artwork is “Ice Castles” by Amelia Van Driesche, 16, of Burlington.


Vermont Conversation: Food, love and mental illness

By David Goodman

Jan 25 2023January 25, 2023

What Erika Nichols-Frazer guarded as her deeply private struggle is actually common.


Mikaela Shiffrin breaks Lindsey Vonn’s World Cup win record

By Taylor Slonaker

Jan 24 2023January 24, 2023

Shiffrin told NBC Sports, “This number 83, it was almost completely out of my mind today… I guess it’s very fitting that it would come in the moment when I actually am thinking about it the least and don’t expect it at all.”


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