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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
Two cases of fear, folklore, and tuberculosis in early Vermont
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
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.
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
Major funding grant helps secure purchase
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 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
Why the fight for humanity is no longer physical
Former Democrat Rep says John Rodgers “s one of the few people in the Statehouse who actually speaks with a Vermont accent.”
State Police say a man entered a store on Route 78 in Highgate on the evening of Oct. 9 with a firearm and demanded money from the cash register.
Laws that view people as the problem throw away the maximum leverage for reaching their own stated goals. Vermont became a place worth protecting because of the relationship between people and land: a working landscape, not a wilderness preserve.
With the crisis at a boiling point and the majority party not paying attention, now is not the time to think “Well I’ve always voted that way, so I’m just going to continue.”
Mass murderer Ted Bundy, born in Burlington, in chilling theater recreation
State Senate candidate David Wolk of Rutland is proposing a legislative bill that is designed to attack the lack of accountability and the revolving door reputation for repeat offenders in criminal courts across the entire state.
Maybe the overgrown public school system itself is the problem.
Janoo’s notable donors include the Vermont National Education Association, the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s, and David Blittersdorf, president and CEO of All Earth Renewables, a renewable energy company.
Higher taxes. Higher cost of living. Fewer job opportunities. Less business investment. Less choice. And all of it locked in.
12-year-old rescued after becoming separated from family on Camel’s Hump; Bystanders rescue driver after camper van rolls into Lake Champlain; VSP investigate an ATM burglary in Shaftsbury
Studies find better primary care improves health but doesn’t reliably lower total spending. State reports on the idea are due in January.
The unresolved question is whether restricting the hardware entering American homes can adequately protect personal information when applications already operating inside those homes may continue transmitting data overseas.
Bat houses are a great alternative for bats you need to evict from your home, but they do require some maintenance in the late fall or winter to clean out abandoned wasp nests and repair any leaks.
Burke said officers are precluded from asking some questions about the suspect’s background due to a state policy entitled Fair and Impartial Policing.
The protests were triggered by UVM then-junior Athena Hendrick’s Instagram post in which she said she received little support from the university after she was raped at school.
My point is not to pit the urban against rural, but rather to show why urban thinking does not work in a rural setting. The reverse is also true.
Man accused of armed robbery of Highgate gas station; Police investigate burglary at maritime museum; Boat sinks at Colchester marina, triggering fuel leak into Lake Champlain
Gov. Phil Scott’s reelection campaign is challenging Democratic opponent Amanda Janoo’s proposal to provide universal primary health care in Vermont, arguing that the plan could cost hundreds of millions of dollars more than the revenue Janoo has proposed to raise.
VDC has contacted the Gray campaign for comment and will publish any response received in full. Rodgers, the incumbent, is trailing Gray in two major polls released last month.
Proposal 4, if passed by the voters in November, would provide the legal framework to defend Vermont’s existing discriminatory laws and bureaucracy in state courts. Proposal 4 would also provide the legal framework to implement even more DEI discriminatory laws and bureaucracy, all at taxpayer expense.
Political dodgeball is apparently Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak’s favorite sport
A Burlington man is facing an attempted second-degree murder charge after city police say he pummeled his wife unconscious in front of three children over the weekend.
A Connecticut woman is facing multiple charges after police said she was intoxicated when she drove the wrong way on Interstate 89 in Williston and crashed into a state police cruiser that was trying to get her to stop safely early Sunday, officials said.
Of the many alarming statements uttered this past year by America’s rising tide of “democratic” socialists, pay closest attention to the one that landed in early August, via the godfather of this modern movement, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
If Phil Scott is not reelected there will likely be no more vetoes of Vermont’s very aggressive climate policies.
Vermont voters will choose a new state auditor on November 3, filling the seat Doug Hoffer has held since 2013. On the ballot: Democrat Tim Ashe of Burlington, the current deputy auditor and former Senate president pro tempore, and Republican Ivar Kronick of Poultney, a former city councilor in Pittsfield, MA.
Lake Willoughby, recognized for more than a century as one of the most beautiful places in New England with a National Natural Landmark designation, was failed by everyone except the local residents who fought valiantly to protect the scenic beauty of an extraordinary place.
Because the answer would scare the you-know-what out of voters.
A Vermont Daily Chronicle report on migrant worker housing violations at the family farm of Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Molly Gray has received national attention following a televised debate exchange between Gray and Republican incumbent Lt. Gov. John Rodgers.
Windsor County Sheriff accused of sexual misconduct returns to court, asks a judge to dismiss counts of alleged stalking; Juvenile injured in Brattleboro hit-and-run, police say; Vehicle fire slows traffic on I-89 northbound
Littenberg: Vote “yes” on Prop 4; Thayer on the need for affordability; Scully on what BTV must do before receiving more State funds.
A second Williston patrol officer also had responded to the downed utility line. Once the report of shots fired was aired, additional police from nearby agencies also responded.
In an interview with Population Balance, Janoo said, “economies need to stop growing” and need to “decline in some areas.”
Bennington, ever so deliberately, has witnessed unprecedented development. This development is the substantial repurposing of long-abandoned manufacturing, educational, inn, and retail facilities.
Burlington man facing civil lawsuit for e-bike crash that killed a local teen; Williston road closures during week of anti-ICE protests disrupt commute times; Fire destroys South Burlington home; Wish Benefit Tour stops at Higher Ground for fundraising, music
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott wants to redirect state money from Burlington’s long-delayed overdose prevention center toward a 100-bed homeless shelter instead.
Three-day weekend, fall color on the hills, and every town green in the state has a tent on it. Craft fairs, foliage trains, a maple sugarhouse boiling in October, and a 5K that pays out in cider donuts. Gas up.
The tire slicer belongs to the state’s mosquito program, and it will turn out up to 1,500 free sidewalls for dairy farms in Barre this month.
Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas announced Wednesday, October 7 that ballots have been mailed to all active registered voters for the November 3 General Election.
Independent journalists Feldman and Collier discuss on Chronicle Conversations how the attack and its aftermath have been portrayed by Vermont political leaders, activists and media.
UVM Medical Center and support staff unions reach contract agreement; Milton fuel delivery service fined for illegal dumping; A change in Vermont high school athletic uniforms could mean no more white shorts; New senior housing coming to Brattleboro on site destroyed by Irene flooding
Vermont’s eighth graders still lead. Vermont’s own education agency points to Mississippi’s reading overhaul as the model to follow.
This has been a topic of conversation under the Golden Dome for at least the past couple of years, and the reasons behind it expose some really ugly sides to our collective character. It also illustrates the important difference between the concepts of “Democracy” and our Constitutional Republic.
To the troopers who stopped a wrong-way driver on I-91 in the middle of the night, the dispatchers on the receiving end of twenty-plus abusive calls, the officers who dealt with the same Montpelier man twice before breakfast, and every deputy, agent and municipal officer who answered a call in between: thank you. Your work keeps Vermont’s roads, homes and schools safer, and it rarely gets the credit it deserves.
Vermont Fish and Wildlife is inviting families to attend its Jack-O’-Lantern Lit Nature Hike at the Kehoe Conservation Camp, 636 Point of Pines Road in Castleton on Friday, October 23, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Jasper Hill Farm in Greensboro, one of Vermont’s best-known cheesemakers, shows what that gap looks like for one business. Co-founder Mateo Kehler told CTV News Ottawa, in a story published Oct. 5, that the company’s Canadian sales “went from gangbusters to zero cases.” He put the loss at hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Vermont schools are failing to teach reading: Prop 4 threatens to make the problem permanent
Barre school district board approves fourth budget proposal; Sen. Peter Welch visits Brattleboro for first listening session event in Windham County; Vermont State University sees consistent increase in enrollment
The election marks a significant shift in Quebec politics. Since taking over leadership of the Parti Québécois, St-Pierre Plamondon has sought to rebuild support for the sovereignty movement, arguing that Quebec should become an independent country. He has pledged to hold another referendum on independence, though he has indicated he would wait until President Donald Trump is no longer in office before asking voters to weigh in on the issue.
Free community events in Middlebury, St. Johnsbury, Charlotte, Chester, and Montpelier will help voters understand the proposed constitutional amendment before November 3
