Decisions made in Montpelier have real and lasting consequences. They determine whether families can afford to stay, whether businesses can create jobs, and whether communities can sustain the services and opportunities that make Vermont a place worth calling home.
Open Enrollment for Vermont Health Connect Starts on November 1; Campaign for Vermont announces the addition of Pelin Kohn; Vermont Chamber’s Megan Sullivan named among nation’s top 100 lobbying and advocacy professionals
Driver dies after two-truck crash in Pawlet; 4 injured in Shelburne crash; Fairlee man seriously hurt after hit-and-run near Vermont elementary school
Now retired longtime employee focus of FBI case
The investigation involved Barre City Police Officer Matthew Frey, whose credibility has been questioned following allegations of misconduct while the woman’s criminal case was still pending.
“Burlington is apparently not back!”, Manno said, in an seeming reference to Mulvaney-Stanak’s “Burlington is back” claim at a June, 2026 press conference. “In fact, it’s quickly slipping away before our eyes. A change has to come,” Manno added.
The new contract for the 250 teachers is “substantially similar” to the contract ratified three years ago and which expired on June 30.
At about 5:40 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, troopers from the Vermont State Police Rutland Barracks received a report that a domestic assault had taken place in Poultney.
Doubles down on stale policies that we know don’t work.
“I’ll Take My Stand: Defending the Causes of Southern Secession” by Jeb Smith
Data tell us that Vermont ranks particularly poorly in many categories as a direct result of our state statutes that have been enacted by the current majority party over the past 30 years.
The consequences of rising business costs can show up in a purchase price, an unfilled position or an expansion that does not happen.
Chittenden deputy sheriffs found Silva on the front porch of the old Wilson Hotel on lower Church Street, which is operated as transitional housing by the Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS).
The survey by State Navigate.com, conducted Oct. 23-25 among 1,752 likely Vermont voters, found Scott leading Janoo 49% to 46%. The results are virtually unchanged from the polling organization’s early October survey, which showed Scott ahead 46% to 43%. The poll respondents weigh slightly Democrat over the actual Vermont Republican-Democrat split, based on how they said they voted in the 2024 presidential election vs. the actual outcome.
David Beatty was responding to yesterday’s news story about Democrat gubernatorial candidate Amanda Janoo’s call for less F-35 flights over Chittenden County and more time for their pilots in simulators.
Burlington Forward public safety resolution vote postponed; Man accused of stalking Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak ordered to stay six feet away
The 87-year-old singer-songwriter is retiring from touring with her “Sweet Judy Blue Eyes” Farewell Tour, which began July 4, 2026, and is scheduled to continue through 2027.
Rivendell will hold a community forum tonight at 5:30 p.m. at Rivendell Academy in Orford to discuss the district’s future configuration.
Religious group at Vermont’s elite school calls out administration
Scammers and dishonest businesses are exploiting paid search advertisements to impersonate legitimate companies, government agencies, and customer-service departments. Federal regulators are warning consumers that the first result isn’t necessarily the right one.
Rural Vermont Rising describes itself as a nonpartisan coalition of landowners and residents that formed in opposition to portions of Act 181. The group says its online community includes more than 18,000 Vermonters.
Rubio says Ukraine attacked ships carrying U.S.-owned oil, demands Zelensky bring ‘an end to this war’; Oil price rises above $117 a barrel amid fears U.S. will renew strikes on Iran; Thousands protest against Netanyahu ahead of Israeli election
Postage costs total about $1.5 million this year. In 2024, about 4% of mailed ballots were returned as undeliverable.
Democrat candidate for governor Amanda Janoo told an October 22 televised debate audience that her August, 2026 comments on an anti-F-35 Substack page to “get them out of the skies” were taken “out of context.” she insisted she only wants to reduce actual training flight time in favor of more pilot time on simulators.
South Burlington hosts “Girls in Sports” day; Burlington City Council to weigh reworked public safety resolution
For the second year in a row, voters in 18 Washington County communities are being asked to consider supporting a bond to pay for a new Central Vermont Career Center. But this year’s $54.9 million proposal is dramatically different – and a fraction of the cost – from the $149 million bond that voters rejected in 2025.
Proposals 3 and 4 deserve a decisive NO vote. These are not minor policy adjustments. They would place constitutional language beyond the reach of ordinary legislative changes, potentially creating years of legal disputes and consequences that voters may not fully understand until it is too late.
I’ve been called a lot of things in my political life, but this has to be one of the most entertaining things I’ve ever read in print: “Long Shot”.
The move doubles crisis fuel capacity from about 2,400 to 4,800 households and adds $500,000 for program administration.
Is Affordable Housing in VT Affordable? Part 2. Burlington’s new Post Apartments cost about $549,000 per apartment, within $1,000 of West Rutland’s Marble Village. By FYIVT’s count, about 98 percent of the money was public.
Longtime Rutland radio personality Jack Healey is also the voice of all VTSU Castleton sports, and it’s a voice that streams across country.
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Amanda Janoo met with Newport city leaders Monday to hear their plans for rebuilding downtown, as she brought her campaign to a packed town hall at the Gateway Center.
Residents may never see the mistakes an internal tool produces. A draft notice can leave out a requirement. A service summary can misstate a deadline. The employee checking the output needs explicit authority to halt the process and send a case back for correction.
When Governor Phil Scott was elected in 2016, Vermont urgently needed a leader willing to challenge the legislature’s unsustainable spending and policies. Today, that need is even more critical.
The Subaru left the right side of the gravel road and struck a tree.
Waging class warfare in an effort to cure the state’s mounting financial woes, Amanda Janoo is entering a slippery slope.
Planned Parenthood advised its supporters: “Halloween is the perfect time to practice witchcraft. Cast some spells and curse the protestors with a perpetually runny nose or bad parking spots for life!”
During the argument, Guillette introduced a firearm to the situation knowing that Kawalec was expressing intentions of self-harm.
The first half of the Friday, October 23 Chronicle Conversations, airing noon – 1 PM on WVMTradio.com (live and podcast), AM 620, FM 101.3 , features comments written in response to the top news stories of the week. There’s also the interview with Chittenden North Senate candidate Ashley Bartley (seen with family, above) from 12:34 – 1 PM.
Police locate Ford Mustang missing from a Bradford auto shop lot; Condition of dogs at Champlain home under investigation; Free art festival to debut this weekend in Burlington
Ammo and drugs also found.
The merger process isn’t something scheduled to begin next year. It is happening now.
The agenda adopted by majority rule in Vermont is United Nations, Global Governance in action, but well hidden.
2026 survey finds businesses raising prices, delaying hiring, and postponing investment amid mounting affordability, workforce, and housing pressures.
Only 23% of Vermonters would tell an 18-year-old to stay here and build a life. Four years ago it was 36%.
The old program carried a large bill and left serious needs unmet. Lawmakers and Gov. Scott approved a replacement—but people need shelter before the new system, and the homes behind it, are ready.
Chef Phoebe Bright of South Hero, who is listed as the “sole member/manager,” reported the restaurant has $588,964 in liabilities and only $27,614 in assets, including $54 in cash, according to federal bankruptcy court records in Burlington.
The exchanges have become pointed. Rodgers and his supporters are portraying Gray as a career-minded politician with ties to national and international political circles. Gray’s campaign, meanwhile, is accusing Rodgers of relying on out-of-state Republican consultants, corporate contributions, and political operatives connected to President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
Vermont man pleads not guilty to animal cruelty charges in dog’s death; Dozens laid off from Colchester software company; As Beta Technologies Grows, ‘Betaville’ Sprouts in South Burlington
“The fact is, trapping is largely unregulated, especially trapping out of season ‘in defense of property.’ The regulations that are in place are nearly impossible to enforce.”
A resident of a Brattleboro homeless shelter axed the facility director to death in 2023, she admitted in court this week.
She said the money would help finance a universal primary and preventive health care system, which she has previously estimated would cost about $320 million annually.
Vermont’s BETA Technologies has received federal permission to take prospective customers along in its aircraft that can lift off and land vertically.
Eleven counties, one weekend, and the leaf traffic is finally gone. Go take the roads back.
Olson, 38, is being held without bail on charges including repeated sexual assault of a child, sexual assault of a victim under 13, sexual exploitation of a child, and possession of child sexual abuse material.
The Vermont Attorney General’s Office had to file the criminal charges because Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George has refused to pursue more than two dozen trespassing arrests at the ICE facility this year.
Critics say Immigrants contribute to the economy through work, consumer spending and taxes
Vermont, with its aging population and workforce shortage, had three counties selected as likely candidates for needing an infusion of migrant workers.
Construction flagger hit, driver leaves scene in Londonderry; No injuries reported after Springfield home explosion; Mail-in ballot deadline has passed, Vermont secretary of state says
“She admitted to consuming heroin within 24 hours of the crash, although we don’t know if she was under the influence of heroin at the time of the crash,” the state’s attorney said.
The upgrades could also support expanded passenger rail service along the Albany-Bennington-Burlington route, supplementing the Ethan Allen Express service in western Vermont.
Vermont’s regulated land and water trapping seasons open on October 24, 2026, according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.
If there’s one thing that Vermont’s politicians, pundits, and journalists all agree on, it’s that Vermont has a severe housing affordability crisis.
Unless everyone works together to make housing possible for the workforce, seniors, and others, the required housing will never materialize.
Cyclist hospitalized after being hit by car in Enosburg; Driver in 2022 crash that killed 2 Vermont teens found guilty of new parole violations; After UVMMC layoff announcement, employees share concerns
In recent years Collier has spoken publicly about recovery from alcoholism and about the faith that reshaped his life. He hosts Alive & Sober with Reno C, a conversation series produced with Back to the Bible that addresses sobriety, second chances, and hope in Christ.
Vermont House candidate Stephanie Mack is calling for a more transparent, businesslike approach to state budgeting after preparing an independent financial ‘starting point’ analysis of Vermont’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget.
Vermonters are sharing stories of receiving ballots for the dead and gone.
Also: Local official recall vote, and muzzleloader doe season begins Oct. 29
The announcement did not identify the printing vendor, explain the cause of the delay, or say how much money had been committed to producing and mailing the printed guides.
UVM leadership is missing an easy layup by choosing an unnecessary $100 million basketball upgrade at the cost of academics.
Al’s French Fries original sign not going down without a fight
Willy Buhlmann, founder of Swiss Precision Turning, made the donation out of gratitude to the community where he has lived and worked for more than half a century, according to a report in the Brattleboro Reformer.
Of particular interest to Vermonters is Ngo’s account of why two members of the group, Teresa Youngblut and German national Felix “Ophelia” Bauckholt, were in the Northeast Kingdom when they encountered Maland on January 20, 2025.
Two cases of fear, folklore, and tuberculosis in early Vermont
Pearl contends that the vulnerability of glass doors and windows makes schools easy targets for armed attackers.
Charleston man dies in car crash; Teen hiker rescued from freezing hike on Long Trail; Vermont Green FC Head Coach Chris Taylor steps down; Residents say weekslong internet outages persist in North Troy
The Northernmost land action of the Civil War
“It’s likely that your compost won’t get nearly hot enough to fully kill all the root segments, so you’ll just end up spreading Japanese knotweed throughout your garden. In fact, the plant is so persistent that if you throw out Japanese knotweed roots or stems, you should make sure to use sturdy black contractor bags and tie them shut, instead of just tossing them in your kitchen garbage bags.”
Also, has Fish and Wildlife gone rogue?
Vermont hunters and gun owners have already felt Bloomberg’s financial influence. The state—long a constitutional carry, low-crime, hunting stronghold with deep rural traditions—has adopted several of Bloomberg’s gun control policies in recent years, with Vermont Moms Demand Action chapters actively lobbying.
It sounds like arithmetic. It isn’t. It’s three different claims wearing one slogan, and the reason the argument never ends is that none of the three ever names a number.
Authorities have identified Tinker as a high-risk offender, citing concerns that include failure to comply with treatment requirements.
Our fuzzy forecaster, two almanacs and the federal government all weigh in on this winter. Only one of them works for free.
Andrea Murray is a candidate for the Vermont State Senate, representing Windsor County, Pittsfield, and Thetford. August Murray serves as one of five members on the USDA Farm Service Agency State Committee for Vermont.
Inflation ranks among the top three issues for 46% of registered voters, a nine-point climb since March, while the national debt and government spending sit near the bottom at 13%.
Army general warns next war could hit U.S. homeland before troops even deploy; Trump considers using ‘mother of all bombs’ against Iran as president faces pressure to end the war; Pentagon quietly admits true death toll of Iran war as 21 Americans are killed and hundreds are injured
“Now Montpelier’s kings wear suits and come for you / They draw corridors across your back forty / Then tax the land they say you cannot use.”
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Only 13 percent rate it as a top 3 issue.
Also: Maine motorcyclist seriously injured in Waterford crash, and Berlin Mall trespass suspect cited after employees report intimidation
OnLogic says no layoffs. Vermont has been paying it for adding jobs here, and those payments stop if the jobs don’t stay.
After weeks of criticism by Republican incumbent John Rodgers, the campaign for the front-running candidate for lieutenant governor Molly Gray took aim at Rodgers this morning, charging that much of his funding and campaign help is from out-of-state – including a Virginia firm characterized as ‘Trump consultants’.
Traffic stop ends in suspected drug trafficking arrest; Lawsuit alleges mental health failures before Montpelier couple allegedly slain by son
The bill is awaiting action by Senate Judiciary Committee, which includes Vermont Sen. Peter Welch.
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation is soliciting public input on the draft Tactical Basin Plan for Vermont’s Ompompanoosuc, Stevens, Wells, and Waits River Basin. There is a meeting at Blue Mountain Union tonight at 6:30 p.m. and at Thetford Academy on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 6:30 p.m. Remote access in the links above.
In 2016 we were the bleeding-heart liberals, the knee-jerk liberals, adopting the civil-rights angle, and proposing gender-neutral bathrooms in the local high school. But we woke up.
About half of eligible Vermonters aren’t enrolled in 3SquaresVT, the programs are built to supplement rather than feed, and federal eligibility rules have tightened over the past year.
Lawmakers say it supplies 1 million lake trout eggs a year and breeds salmon. The Fish and Wildlife Service hasn’t confirmed its plans.
The flawed logic of Prop 4
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