Tensions mount over teachers’ contract in Blue Mountain Union School District
Negotiations in the three-town district in Orange County are reaching an unusual point that school board members blame on rising pressure to cut costs. The union sees it differently.
UVM Health opens new outpatient clinic with leader in suicide care at the helm
The 100-patient clinic seeks to expand Vermont’s capacity to treat suicidal thinking while also broadening research into the condition.
Plans for 100-bed shelter in Chittenden County run into pushback
Two nonprofits had hoped to locate the new low-barrier shelter at a former mattress store in South Burlington, until city officials registered their opposition.
Nonprofit to acquire Vermont newspaper company
The National Trust for Local News will buy the five weekly publications under the Vermont Community Newspaper Group banner, expanding into a fourth state.
The teenager left behind in Irene’s chaos
Marble Arvidson, then 17, disappeared just as Tropical Storm Irene began devastating the region. Along with the anniversary of the storm is the anniversary of his absence.
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UVM president says school’s budget deficit is closed despite declining enrollment
Just before the fall semester begins at the University of Vermont, President Marlene Tromp delivered a “State of the University” address.
Vermont Conversation: Alternative media pioneer Nat Winthrop on a half-century of covering Vermont
Winthrop’s new book, “On the Record,” collects his cover stories over the years, from his reporting on a controversial Randolph physician in the 1970s to his stories about Bernie Sanders and ice cream icons Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield as they rose to national fame.
What’s next for Vermont? Meet the reporters covering politics, elections and health care
Join VTDigger at the Manchester Community Library for a free, public conversation with the journalists following some of the biggest decisions facing Vermont this fall.
‘Watershed moment’: Vermont secures $92.7M and new restrictions for teens in Meta settlement
“Our priority is to get the harm to stop,” Clark said Wednesday, calling the required changes to Facebook and Instagram “incredibly useful.”
Tar spot fungus likely won’t mute fall colors
“The spores overwinter in the leaf litter, so they’re always around,” said Charlotte town tree warden Cliff Mix. But they come out in years when the living is easy — if you’re a plant pathogen.
For some patients seeking drugs like Ozempic, the best path is to just get sicker
Now a federal pilot program is broadening access to the weight loss medication for some Medicare patients.
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Airbnb hosts aren’t the enemy in Vermont’s housing debate
Short-term rentals are heavily taxed and regulated in Vermont, contributing significant revenue to the state.
Save New England’s wildest forests before it’s too late
The roadless rule protects 260,000 acres of the White and Green Mountain national forests. The Trump administration wants to rescind it.
Vermont’s forgotten Abenaki war captain
An Abenaki captain and his soldiers fought alongside Vermont’s militia against the British in the Revolutionary War, some giving their lives for a nation not yet their own.
Burlington needs to get serious about stamping out drug markets
It’s time for bold, decisive action against Burlington’s open-air drug trade.
The Vermont Republican Party wants him elected Chittenden County’s top prosecutor. He doesn’t want the job.
Jace Laquerre, a software engineer, has an unconventional plan: If he beats George this fall, he’ll resign and let the governor appoint someone else, the GOP said.
‘Everyone’s friend’: Family describes slain Derby woman as her killer gets 30 years in prison
The man guilty of murder apologized to the victim’s family, telling them, “I know I could have walked away. I should have walked away.”
Holland Food Shelf announces closure after months of financial uncertainty
The service had lately been providing sustenance to roughly 700 people per month in the northern border community, most of whom were regulars, according to leadership.
Harwood district leaders eye Cabot Creamery’s Waitsfield complex as a possible future school site
The corporate office building may be suitable to convert to an elementary school that would serve Waitsfield, Warren, Fayston and Moretown students.
Obituaries
Death notices and celebrations of life.
Vermont Conversation: Historian Jill Lepore on the threat of authoritarianism and how to counter it
Lepore’s new book, “The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State,” frames the current state of artificial intelligence in a larger — and longer — historical context.
