Inside the confidential contest to lead Vermont’s most powerful healthcare regulator
The Green Mountain Care Board has become one of the most influential forces on how Vermont hospitals make and spend their money. Now, it’s in need of a new leader.
Voter voices from the Upper Valley
A Saturday snapshot from the Norwich Farmers’ Market just over two weeks ahead of Election Day shows some former Scott voters growing skeptical about the governor’s bid for reelection.
Vermont officials raise concerns over ‘heated’ confrontations between voters, town clerks ahead of Election Day
Republican Gov. Phil Scott also said his administration would “do whatever we have to do” to prevent federal officials from exerting undue influence over the voting process.
Supporters raise offer for Rice Memorial High in hopes of spurring court approval of sale
A nonprofit aiming to save the South Burlington parochial school campus from potential Chapter 11 liquidation has increased its bid to $5.9 million.
Teen food pantry tackles food insecurity
What was intended to be a supplement for kids in the after-school program has grown into a resource run by those very students for their peers.
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Essex failed to warn voters about a tax vote. Now the November result might not count.
The notification blunder means that if passed, the results likely must be adopted during Town Meeting Day in March.
Vermont Conversation: ‘We can’t solve our problems with the same thinking that created them.’ Amanda Janoo would ‘lead a different way.’
With artificial intelligence, climate change, fiscal strain and democratic instability converging, Janoo said Vermont should seek to shape events rather than simply endure them.
Bernie Sanders makes rare Vermont campaign appearance, stumping with Amanda Janoo to push universal primary care
“She is a progressive candidate who’s reaching out to working class people and in a variety of ways, I think, fills the agenda of what a strong, progressive governor can do,” Sanders told reporters.
Beta Technologies takes electric planes to new territories
Vermont-based Beta Technologies received authorization for prospective customers to experience their vertical planes in action.
What’s behind the Vermont Catholic Church’s ever-evolving bankruptcy case — and what’s next
A primer from people in the know about the state’s largest religious denomination and its two years (and counting) of Chapter 11 plot twists.
‘Anti-homelessness landscaping’ in Middlebury raises questions over approaches to rural encampments
As winter approaches and debates rage in Montpelier over Vermont’s approach to homelessness, the small municipality faces a difficult balance between the competing needs of its constituents.
Opinion
Commentaries and letters to the editor written by community members and regular contributors.
Can we trust the polls?
The best way to read the polls is to look at them together — and allow for error.
Guard families deserve an answer
Two months after veterans and military families urged Gov. Phil Scott to back the Defend the Guard Act, they still haven’t heard back.
Second-home taxes aren’t fair
Vermont can’t legally target only out-of-staters, so locals would pay too.
Magical thinking won’t fix Vermont’s problems
Higher wages, a four-day workweek, lower business costs and artificial intelligence in state government would do more for Vermont than another feel-good program.
Turning tragedy into baskets: One partnership brings conservation and craft together
The emerald ash borer, an insect from Asia that is present in every county in Vermont, will likely kill the vast majority of ash trees in the state. But, one community workshop is hoping to preserve some of what’s left.
Manchester weighs Flock camera alternatives ahead of Vermont ban on automated license plate readers
Town officials are looking for the “fine line” between public safety, privacy and community trust.
Vermont commits $15.3M to expand heating assistance amid high fuel prices
As winter approaches, residential heating oil prices have risen above $6 per gallon, with kerosene prices even higher.
Return of the ‘Mountain Brigade’ from training Ukrainian troops
A Vermont National Guard unit will return to the U.S. as the military transitions the training of Ukrainian soldiers in Germany to active Army units.
Obituaries
Death notices and celebrations of life.
At vigil, memories of two who died while unhoused and a call for change
“As a community we just have to come around, all of us, and just care for each other more. Something’s missing,” said one person.
