Snowmobilers and pedestrian users clashed this past winter over use of Newport’s rail trail
“Perfect storm” of state’s inconsistent management and climate change collided, causing outcry in the Northeast Kingdom community.
Vermont land-posting bill tries to put confusion to rest
Also in Final Reading: A junk food ban and gender-affirming care.
Dartmouth groups renew calls to rename arts center bankrolled by Epstein associate
Calls to remove Black’s name from the visual arts center date back to 2020 and 2021, when links between Black and Epstein began to draw greater scrutiny.
Vermont businesses seek thousands in tariff refunds as federal system launches
“I think it could be huge,” said a representative of one Vermont customs broker. “I’m sure it’s going to be a big windfall for a lot of companies in Vermont and elsewhere.”
Legislators take steps aiming to bolster Vermont’s animal welfare system
“These bills are trying to modernize Vermont’s approach to animal welfare,” said the state’s director of the Division of Animal Welfare.
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Vermont’s Champlain Valley poised to become a federally recognized wine region
“It gives us validity,” said Kenneth Albert, former president of the Vermont Grape and Wine Council, who originally submitted the petition for recognition in 2022.
Vermont Conversation: One year after arrest, Mohsen Mahdawi refuses to be silent
When the Palestinian student activist walked out of federal detention in Vermont a year ago, he declared to President Trump: “I am not afraid of you.”
Vermont House poised to roll back portions of Act 181
“We don’t need our shared interest in protecting our environment to divide Vermont, particularly at this moment,” said Rep. Amy Sheldon, D-Middlebury.
Windsor County sheriff facing more sex crime charges, including soliciting prostitution
“The charges allege (Ryan) Palmer paid a woman on multiple occasions to participate in sex acts and that he sent unsolicited sexual material to another woman,” Vermont State Police said in a press release Thursday.
A transgender Vermont veteran is riding the gravel cycling circuit. Cue filmmaker.
The new documentary “Claim the Lane: Becoming Roxy,” set for its state festival debut this week, focuses on the humanity behind the headlines.
Welch touts repair rights during Randolph Center visit
The Freedom for Agricultural Repair and Maintenance (FARM) Act would require manufacturers to share software, parts, and documentation with farmers and independent repair technicians.
Opinion
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Vermont’s wake rules restrict the wrong lakes
Proposed rules would eliminate wakesports on dozens of lakes that never reported a conflict or requested additional restrictions.
Vermont’s housing crisis is built on a lie
The 40,000 homes Vermont ‘needs’ is a pandemic-era mirage — and developers know it.
Make Vermont the first state to ban paraquat
One sip can kill you. More than 70 countries have banned it. Yet paraquat remains legal in the United States, despite its link to Parkinson’s disease.
Vermont is being sold two bad ideas on energy
Radioactive waste with nowhere to go and data centers that create few jobs aren’t the energy future Vermont needs.
Bald eagle population soars in the region
Only 60 years ago, the national emblem of the U.S. was nearly extinct. Now, its numbers are burgeoning along the Connecticut River Valley.
Young Writers Project: ‘Wild Things’
This week’s Young Writers Project (YWP) entry is “Wild Things” by Sela Morgenstein Fuerst, 13, of South Burlington. Photo is “On the Rock,” by Amelia Van Driesche, 19, of Burlington.
Some sugarmakers break records, though a range of results reported across Vermont
Sugarhouses are closing their doors for the season, and the state estimates farmers produced about 3 million gallons of maple syrup, more than half the country’s output.
A teen bet he could run on a treadmill for 26 miles. Now he’s the youngest Vermonter in the Boston Marathon.
Zane White, 18, of Jericho didn’t know a spur-of-the-moment wager would springboard him into Monday’s race — and reap $15,000 for charity.
Obituaries
Death notices and celebrations of life.
Faced with high cost of restoring the Bennington Battle Monument, state seeks feedback from Vermonters
“It’s a big undertaking. It’s going to take many years and a lot of dollars. I want to open it up to the people of Vermont,” said the state historic preservation officer.
