On Guy Crosby’s beef farm in Hartland, farming runs in cycles. Nutrients move through soil, grass, and animals and return to the land. Plastic disrupts that cycle.
Closing the loop: A farmer-led pilot to recycle agricultural plastics
Reviving Randolph’s history museum
Forrest MacGregor takes care of the community and hundreds of years of Randolph history.
Meet Rutland’s new go-getter first lady Gayle Donahue
Rutland’s write-in mayoral election was already a week over, and a triumphant Tom Donahue joined a business chamber mixer last Tuesday to press the flesh and thank voters. No surprise: his wife Gayle, a frequent campaign partner and prolific social media supporter of her husband, was by his side. “I wouldn’t be anywhere without her,” the incoming mayor frequently said during the campaign.
North Country Hospital team raises over $6,000 at Jay Peak cancer fundraiser
The hospital’s team, NCH Heroes for Hope, brought in $6,164 with 14 participants, surpassing its $5,000 goal. The team placed eighth out of 23 teams at the event, which brings together groups from across the region for a day of skiing and fundraising to support people and families affected by cancer.
UVM Home Health & Hospice volunteers help redefine end of life care
Among the longest‑serving hospice volunteers in the nation, Charlotte Kenney, Jan Watt and Lil Venner have each devoted more than 45 years to UVM Health – Home Health & Hospice because, they say, helping patients and their families make the most of the time they have left of this earth is a privilege, rooted in grace and connection.
Castleton WWII veteran braved Japanese machine guns at Battle of Luzon, Trump tells SOTU audience
It took a speech made by the Commander in Chief to an estimated 40 million people for VDC to learn how George “Buddy” Taggert earned his Purple Heart – and Bronze Star.
Castleton WWII veteran to be honored guest at Trump State of the Union
Taggart, a resident of Castleton, is part of what remains of the rapidly shrinking generation of Americans who served during World War II. He will celebrate his 100th birthday on July 4.
Savannah Guthrie’s missing mom’s son, veteran ‘Green Mountain Boy,’ issues plea for her safe return
Camron Guthrie, a retired Vermont Air National Guard pilot, joined their sisters pleading for their mother’s return.
Rutland Garden Club serves the city with winter projects
The club currently has more than 50 active members and meets on the second Tuesday of each month in Rutland
National Martin Luther King Jr. tribute ends at Shelburne library
The Obama White House, the National Civil Rights Museum and Little Rock Central High School: all have hosted bronze statues of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as part of a local man’s public art project. Now, 15 years and 17 sculptures later, the last statue in the project has found its final home in Shelburne.
New England Donor Services announces record number of life-saving organ transplants in 2025
Despite national headwinds and federal regulatory uncertainty, leading OPO coordinated organ donations from 640 deceased donors across the New England region that resulted in a record 1,692 life-saving organ transplants
Vermont teens challenged to create life-saving videos in 2026 PSA contest
Lights, Camera, Safety!
Marlene’s cardinals: One Vermont artist’s fight against glioblastoma
People saw the Cardinals as a way to connect with loved ones and often purchased several at a time from Norton’s Gallery of Woodcarvings, Norton’s namesake gallery in Shoreham.
One woman’s personal fight to provide housing in Vermont
To fix our housing crisis, Jericho woman says attitudes need to change as much as zoning regulations
Convoy of Christmas kindness to roll into children’s hospital
A convoy of kindness will roll into the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital on December 18, carrying far more than boxes and bags. It will bring smiles, comfort, and a powerful reminder that the community stands shoulder to shoulder with its youngest patients.
Funeral home says yes to dissolving the dead
Alkaline hydrolysis — a cremation process that dissolves body tissue in water and chemicals — has been introduced to Vermont as a greener afterlife alternative.
Vermont alumna becomes ‘Doctor Brain Barbie’
Neurologist Dr. Jessica Lowe brings medical expertise and 230,000 followers to national telemedicine company
‘Split the Ticket’ fund back to help Vermonters this winter
The program matches financial contributions with donations of heating oil, kerosene, and propane from local energy providers. The delivery ticket or invoice is split 50/50; every $1 donated buys $2 worth of heating fuel. The same split works with local heating contractors who donate labor and equipment.
Derby student wins national scary story contest
His story won out over the more than 1,200 submissions in the 2025 competition.
Community Drivers needed
The Community Driver program, coordinated through Go! Vermont and local transit providers, relies on volunteers using their own vehicles to transport neighbors to critical destinations. According to the program, most trips involve medical care — including dialysis, radiation therapy, physical therapy, counseling, and preventive treatment — though drivers may also bring riders to senior centers, food-access sites, and other services.
Wheels for Warmth initiative raises over $100,000 to help Vermonters heat their homes
Governor Phil Scott, Community Action Agencies, Wheels for Warmth volunteers and partners announced the record-breaking year for the annual Wheels for Warmth initiative, which began in 2005.
Vermont’s “The Spark” program expands, offering new path for domestic violence intervention
The stated aim of The Spark is to “curb domestic violence.” As the program expands, a critical question for policymakers and the public will be how to measure its effectiveness.
Vermont Food Banks brace for impact
The lapse in federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known locally as 3SquaresVT, has triggered delays in November benefits for more than 64,000 residents, exacerbating pressures on the state’s food banks.
Scholarship helps women veterans help others with PTSD
The family of an Essex Junction Army veteran who took her life due to combat PTSD has started a scholarship to help women veterans receive advanced training in PTSD treatment.
Preserving the stories from Brattleboro’s Austine School for the Deaf
The school’s positive impact on the lives of their students and experiences in the larger Deaf community are important stories that will now be preserved for future generations of scholars – and members of the Deaf community wanting to learn more about their history.
A former Twelve Tribes member finds her voice through TikTok
Tamara Mathieu spent 14 years in the Twelve Tribes. Now, the Swanton resident is using TikTok to talk about life inside the group — and life after.
Backcountry bailouts
Whether it’s frozen boots or broken tibias, Waterbury Backcountry Rescue Team (WRBT) is prepared to respond to any kind of backcountry crisis.
Nonprofit seeks to rejuvenate Goddard
Arts events bring new life into the former campus
How Vermonters are tracking the state’s largest trees
“Everyone likes a big tree,” Arborist and Milton Tree Warden Kris Dulmer said.
Vermont’s WWII aircraft spotters: watching the skies at home
Springfield and Windsor, Vermont were considered key targets.
Bobolink birds are in decline. Vermont’s fields are key to changing that
The Bobolink Project pays owners of fields, often farmers, to conduct bird-friendly practices. The birds get time and habitat to nest while the landowners get some compensation for letting them do so.
Compass Vermont: Newport’s move to recruit vampires as blood donors goes global
The Vampire Swim, returning this Halloween, started in Newport as a small cold-water challenge to encourage blood donations in a season when supply often runs low.
Kids put down their smartphones to mow 50 lawns, and feel great about it
Rodney Smith Jr’s goal is to show Vermont kids the profound satisfaction that comes from helping a neighbor, one lawn at a time.
Compass Vermont: Family vows to rebuild after losing nearly 100 farm animals
On Sunday, April 6, 2025, while the Nodes family of Barre Town, Vermont, attended church with their nine children, a fire broke out on their farm.
To fight knotweed, Mad River Valley towns let goats pig out
According to Curt Lindberg, chair of the Waitsfield Conservation Commission, the project spans a cumulative 260 worksites across the region.
Vermont’s continuing hunger gap
Why food demand in Vermont remained high post-COVID as funding vanished
Special Olympics Vermont brings together athletes from across the state for the 2025 Summer Games
The organization brought together some 500 delegates this year for the event.
In Goshen, two generations of poet laureates converge
Ruth Stone House endures as a haven for writers and artists.
Three Rutland County students head to national SkillsUSA competition
Three Rutland area students are headed to Georgia this month to represent the area in the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference.
Scott’s press secretary stays rooted in Bradford
Amanda Wheeler hopes to show you don’t have to leave home to make an impact.
Lake Champlain shipwreck program to expand access to non-divers
Yellow buoys mark the wrecks’ locations, and divers can follow their lines down to submerged signage identifying each.
North Country Hospital nurses celebrate and receive awards
This year’s awardees are Katrina Bennett, RN for Commitment to Quality, Jennnifer Lavelle, RN for Commitment to Professional Growth, Lucy Carpenter, LPN for Commitment to Customer Service, and Bruce Muir, RN for Commitment to Community.
Vermont Granite Museum asks local taxpayers for support
Voters will decide whether to provide $15,000
Local food program seeks state money amid funding worries
Farmers say it helps secure their bottom line, and officials in and outside the Legislature say it’s vital to curbing hunger.
Orgs across Vermont mark Sexual Violence Awareness Month
Here are four groups across the state that are fighting for a safer, more just Vermont.
One-time recipient works for Make-A-Wish
Now, she makes their wishes come true
Klar: A chance to support a Vermont farm in tragedy
A tragic barn fire offers an opportunity to express farmer support
Castleton constable hangs up his badge after 53 years
Silas Loomis has been the Castleton constable since Richard Nixon was in the White House.
Consuelo Northrop Bailey, first woman lieutenant governor in U.S.
Despite the fact that women would not win the right to vote until she was 19, Bailey pursued and succeeded in a career in law and politics.
Farmer-led project gets grant to recycle agricultural plastics
Guy Crosby collects plastic waste from farms and brings them to a landfill in New Hampshire, where they are compacted into a bale.
KVS: State trooper honored with Carnegie Medal for saving girl from icy pond
According to the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, the medal recognizes people who risk serious injury or death in extraordinary acts to save others.
Vermont Church at Prison leader authors memoir, “Don’t Burn My House Down”
Fiske’s book/teaching tool “Don’t Burn My House Down,” details Pastor Pete’s life work in prison ministry, his calling to do God’s work.
Birds of Vermont Museum thinks global, counts local
Vermont has the most birders per capita in the U.S. according to data from a popular birding app.
Surviving head-on collision offers business owner second chance at life
In June of 2022, Seymour was driving along route 116 in Hinesburg, when a large pickup truck with a fully loaded trailer came around a blind corner in her lane.
Ira Allen’s legacy in Winooski explored at recent book talk
“Without him, your picture of the history of Vermont is massively incomplete,” said J. Kevin Graffagnino, author of “Ira Allen: A Biography.”
Q&A with 104-year-old Kenneth Hart
Kenneth Hart is 104 years old and currently resides in The Pines nursing home in Rutland.
Not the final chapter for Braintree author
The Hislop family gives posthumous life to their mother’s work.
Abandoned Rottweiler Hank finds new home
Potters Angels thanked the efforts of Vermonters Against Animal Cruelty and Abandonment, an organization dedicated to finding loving homes for animals in need.
Dog rescue was a way of life for Hinesburg woman
VT Dog Rescue continues its work after founder’s death.
Refugee network readies for Trump administration
Based on Trump’s previous record, activists believe significantly fewer immigrants will be allowed into the country.
Dread your commute? These folks suggest trying a trail instead
“Our whole mission is trails that go somewhere,” one org director said. “The whole point is that you could use it to commute.”
More dogs than ever need homes: Passion 4 Paws is trying to help
Robin Shover founded the Shelburne-based non-profit in 2014 and has since rescued over 3,000 dogs.
Donna’s Christmas Village brings joy to Newport visitors
What began as a small collection has grown into a sprawling display of nearly 200 pieces, including houses, figurines, and festive scenes, assembled with painstaking attention to detail.
Riding along with Meals on Wheels
The Greater Randolph Senior Center delivers about 45 meals per day to homebound people 60 and older, as well as adults with disabilities.
Klar: VT parents appeal to SCOTUS to defend rights of parental consent
This comes after Vermont courts ruled schools can vaccinate kids against parents’ wishes.
Rebuild at Green Mountain Club visitor center undeterred by storms
September Long Trail Day fundraiser aims to power ongoing trail work.
Community banks help flood-ravaged communities while they wait for federal support
“It’s deeply personal,” said Jim Kisch, the President of Passumpsic Savings Bank. He added, “Our employees are impacted.”
Shelburne farm hosts fundraiser to help Latin America farmers
Farmers in Vermont and in Latin America face many of the same challenges, and events like the picnic help make that connection for people here, organizer said.
American Revolution Experience traveling exhibit at Chimney Point
The Vermont State Society Daughters of the American Revolution and Vermont Division for Historic Preservation host the American Revolution Experience.
Flood mitigation solutions sought by Cabot task force
The public will get a chance to learn more about the project at an August public meeting.
Vermonters planting native gardens to help pollinators prosper
The mission is to reduce the distance pollinators like bees and butterflies must go to get nectar and pollen. The gardens, in effect, form a highway.
Snowmobilers look to rehab flood-battered bridge over the Winooski
Barely a month after workers cut a tree off a bridge from last year’s floods, two more logs are jammed into the structure.
NEK homeowners and recovery groups struggle to rebuild amid relentless rain
The NEK org’s $1 million fundraising goal from last summer has gone up to $2.5 million.
CVU students open farmstand with sustainability in mind
“We’re trying to start small and tackle this issue,” said a junior involved in the effort. “It’s hard to see the world destructing and not take action.”
‘Getting In and Staying’: What it means to be a young woman in advocacy work
Activists try to strike a balance between being passionate and getting burned out.
Meet the faith-guided leaders backing the South Burlington Food Shelf
“We want to bring to bear for good, but we also want to do that in a very humble and a servant style.”
Farmer, foster mom runs for Windsor County senate seat
Andrea Murray of Weathersfield (R),,July 9 officially launched her campaign for the Vermont State Senate representing Windsor County.
Empowering change
The Father’s House Board donates to Teen Challenge Vermont
United Way of Northwest Vermont announces $748,000 in partner funding
The funds will assist 30 local organizations meeting an array of interconnected needs in our community.
Vermonters for a Clean Environment Regulatory Affairs Director, John Brabant
John has decades experience working in VT Government, protecting the environment and Vermonters, and then watching it fall into greed and “Green” corruption.
Dawson: Volunteer litter pickers clean up local towns
Green Up Day — an annual litter pick-up event held in over 250 towns in Vermont since 1970 — has so far eradicated over 24 million pounds of litter and 450,000 tires from the streets.
Hardwick’s AWARE releases diversity statement and hires social change advocate
AWARE, the Hardwick group helping survivors of domestic and sexual violence, now pivoting, focusing on diversity.
Winooski market tends to immigrants’ tastes
Immigrant entrepreneur helps New Americans access the foods of their homelands and honor their heritage.
Volunteers helping older Vermonters care for their pets
About a dozen interns regularly assist about 30 people at three Cathedral Square locations.
Leaving Big Pharma for mushroom farming, Wiseman family finds purpose in Worcester
The products, the Wisemans say, can boost immune systems, improve memory and energy and spur a range of other healthy body functions.
Ex-State Sen. Dick Mazza has died
Flags will be flown at half mast in Vermont this Thursday, the day of his funeral at Holy Cross Church in Colchester.
Tunbridge couple shelters farm animals
The couple formed the sanctuary in 2017, first in the town of Washington, then in 2019 they moved their setup to Tunbridge.
Speech therapist launches Stuttering Awareness Week
She began focusing on public awareness of differing speech patterns after a patient who stuttered died by suicide at age 12 in 2020.
Vermont filmmaker seeking funding to wrap up murder mystery
He has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $5,000 for equipment costs, locations rental, and wages for the cast and crew.
Ann Story: Mother of Vermont
Heroine of Thompson’s Green Mountain Boys
Thursday’s rally leader John Rodgers live on VDC-TV tomorrow
“I am helping to organize these events to represent working class, Vermonters and the working poor, who have been forgotten by the majority of our state legislature,” the former state senator said.
‘Tap Trees, Not Vermonters’ follow-up rally Thursday at State House
“As more and more Vermonters are finding themselves left out of the political process, diverse groups are gathering together to be heard and make change,” a spokesperson for the coalition-based Downstream Vermonters rally said.
Vermonters rallied to challenge political threat to food, water, and shelter
The diverse group chose the cafeteria to voice their concerns recognizing that the politicians could not get away with eating Vermonters’ lunch without at least having to look them in the eye.
Vermont’s only billionaire overcame death of father in WWII, crippling childhood disease
His father commanded a WWII submarine that sank in 1942 with all hands. As a boy he suffered osteomyelitis, requiring surgeries and years of walking on crutches.
Teen entrepreneur wins full ride to UVM with ‘Shark Tank’ style win
UVM’s new ‘Shark Tank’-style competition rewards high school entrepreneurs making a difference in their communities.
Student documentary looks at VTSU library controversy
Five VTSU Castleton students, professor have created a documentary following the controversial, and now rescinded, decision to get rid of all VTSU libraries.
Brothers from Vermont light up Taylor Swift…and the world
The brothers’ art-filled upbringings have taken them from auditoriums in Randolph to arenas and stages worldwide.
Green Mountain Film Festival reboots after 4-year Covid break
The festival was on pause during the Covid-19 pandemic, and reviving it was no small feat.
Tax troubles? Vermont’s taxpayer advocate wants to help
He can’t fly or shoot lasers out his eyes, but he can do what many dread and few understand: taxes.
Carmen Menard named Mother of the Year
The Vermont Mother of the Year may not be able to attend the national convention because she needs to care for an elderly relative. “Family first,” she said.
