When Diane Wyatt bought a family cow in 1998, she thought it would be just that – for the family. But home cheesemaking turned to yogurt making, one cow turned into two, and by 2009, the family had built a processing plant and was selling Sweet Cow Yogurt at markets around Vermont.
There is no better time to make the drive up I-89 to Burlington than when the leaves are changing and the weather is still warm enough to keep the windows down. The Green Mountain state transforms to the autumn creamcicle with cherries on top state as nature’s diverse colorscape parades through the foothills one more time before we return to Narnia.
The technology secretary says developers review and test changes before applying them. Ballot proofreading used public information.
And yet McNeil and Reedy, a traditional men’s fashion store, is upbeat. The Rutland-based retailer bought MK Clothing located on Church Street in downtown Burlington in July. On October 3, McNeil & Reedy celebrated its 70th anniversary with hundreds of customers and local luminaries at a celebration along Rutland’s Merchants Row.
Guard commander says Vermont F-35 pilots faced hostile fire over Iran; Derby Veterans Park adds monuments to honor unrecognized veterans; Driver cited with domestic assault charge hours after car fire
The actor plays bass. Around him: a Pat Metheny Group drummer, a 22-year Army Band trombonist, jazz professors — and his late son’s songs.
Also, Fauci’s diary reveals alarm that U.S. had aerosolized Ebola virus: ‘Never should have been done’
Also, asking Democrats why they think Democrat incumbents deserve another term.
We at SPEAKVT congratulate and extend our appreciation to Rebecca Duprey for courageously speaking up at a school board meeting regarding Green Mountain High School’s attempt to secretly counsel her special-needs son to be transgender.
Evangelist Tommie Zito has completed his purchase of the former Green Mountain College campus in Poultney, clearing the way for his plan to open a Christian college called Z University.
Lake Willoughby looked like the middle of July on Saturday, minus the swimsuits.
The ATF arrests Nathaniel Santiago, 40, of Barre City on federal drug charges on Pine Street in Burlington on Friday
After failing miserably the first time, Bernie Sanders is trying again to influence Maine’s politics
The collections holds treasures such as a 2008 field recording of the Hannaford Fife and Drum Corps in Hyde Park, The Vermont Symphony Orchestra at the Flynn in 1999, and music from venues around the state, including Nectar’s and Toast. There is also a small collection of items, including the ladle from Nectar’s and the door from 242 Main.
Multiple Myeloma took his life early.
In a free and democratic society, should an individual have to join a private organization as a condition of getting or keeping a job?
Man tied to 2018 Fair Haven school shooting plot accused of Sterling College burglary; Police say man taken into custody tried to burn down occupied camper; Record diesel prices strain Vermont school district budgets; What are those tiny flies swarming some Northeast Kingdom homes?
About 214 college students are losing out on funds to help them further their education and make it more affordable every year.
The dire financial woes of Green Mountain Transit will be the subject of a public forum next week.
Klar on Burlington’s natural consequences of short-sighted leadership.
Democrat Molly Gray painted by leftists as a turncoat
You do not need to know a board member, hire a lawyer, or learn a secret handshake to speak at a Vermont Land Use Review Board meeting.
UVM Health runs hospitals on both sides of the lake. BETA says the Vermont flights haven’t launched and it is working on a start date.
The request comes as authorities document a sharp rise in threats against federal judges. According to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, “security incidents of significant concern” for judges spiked by 57 percent in FY 2025.
Governor Phil Scott this week announced new appointments within the administration, including senior agency leaders and per diem board members.
Loss assistance program will provide recovery assistance for eligible agricultural and timber losses caused by 2023 and 2024 weather events.
As we enter the election’s crunch time, and Vermont’s economic, demographic and education problems metastasize, one candidate for governor has zero life experience with the issues at hand.
Missing hiker spotted again in Vermont, Lincoln police say case is closed; Fire destroys building on Elmore Road in Worcester; Medicaid changes are set to kick in for Vermonters; Free education opportunity for 3SquaresVT recipients
Before the hotly contested August 11 primary against Ryan McLaren and Esther Charlestin, Gray won support from the progressive voters when she told the GMDSA she would support a wealth tax. But just last week on the Morning Drive – having won the Democratic primary and now facing a Republican incumbent – she said she doesn’t.
Don’t believe the hype about the Supreme Court ending Trump’s effort to clean up mail-in ballots. He’s got every bureaucrat nervous and careful—and you can help.
Since filing two years ago, the Vermont Catholic Church’s bankruptcy has developed into multiple overlapping legal battles that could have ramifications across the state for the church’s faithful.
According to an analysis of FBI data, Vermont recorded the seventh-highest rate of grocery-store shoplifting in the United States.
Land Use Review Board holds meetings on new Act 250 forest criterion; College students allegedly damaging Middlebury bar; Burlington cat lounge recovers after front window is smashed; 2 drivers injured in Warren Route 100 crash
A majority said yes. The survey never said what counts as a second home or asked whether respondents own one, a camp or a rental.
“The multidimensional dynamics of immune dysfunction is too complex for a person, even an expert, to comprehend. But we can train a computational model to do that.”
Alcoholic beverages, dairy products, and motorcycles were among the Canadian products banned from import into the United States, under a Trump administration measure that took effect yesterday.
Believe it or not, as Ripley would say.
Democrats, however, don’t want voters to know that.
Lt. Gov. John Rodgers has agreed on behalf of his cannabis business to pay a $2,500 fine to the Vermont Cannabis Control Board for operating at a location that had not received required state approval.
A media festival featuring national and Vermont speakers on education, socialism, teachers unions and two proposed amendments to the Vermont Constitution will be held Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Main Street Landing Film House in Burlington.
School consolidation talks underway in Central Vermont; Advances in BTV Overdose Prevention Center, tax fairness proposals; Burlington’s ‘Hot Spot Working Group’ is making areas safer, mayor says
New state program aims to increase opportunities to reuse and repair.
The event included museum exhibits, live demonstrations, and family fun.
Vail Resorts needs snow – and lots of it
Polymarket makes Phil Scott an 84% favorite even as one local poll has him trailing. It backs Molly Gray too — and there, the polls agree.
In everyday English, decommissioned sounds like gone. In federal nuclear rules, it means something narrower.
St. Anselm College offers free tuition to Vermont students; Missing South Burlington man with Alzheimer’s found in Shelburne; Vermont rolls out new plan to battle chronic school absenteeism
Amity Shlaes is the author of four New York Times bestsellers, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, The Forgotten Man: Graphic, a full length illustrated version of the same book drawn by Paul Rivoche, and Coolidge, a full-length biography of the thirtieth president, which debuted at number three on the Times list and The Greedy Hand: How Taxes Drive Americas Crazy.
Clark said she’s just upholding the law and that her personal political preferences are clearly on the side of the trespassers.
Gerald Malloy, an Army veteran who has twice previously run for US Senate in Vermont as a Republican, is seeking a seat in the US House, where he will face incumbent Democratic Rep. Becca Balint in the November 3 general election.
A dangerous South Burlington man, who was sentenced to federal prison in 2022 after threatening a former domestic partner with an AK-47 rifle while on drugs, has been arrested again for a new gun charge, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Wrightsville Dam ranks second of 18 on the state’s own dam safety priority list, behind only the East Barre Dam. The drilling is part of the state’s effort to learn more about the vulnerabilities and potential failure scenarios identified in its assessment.
For the second time in less than a year, a Vermont court has overturned efforts by Municipal Manager Eric Duffy and the Village Trustees to demote Woodstock Police Chief Joe Swanson to a patrol officer.
Police investigate it as a possible hate crime
Vermont legislators seem to have an uncanny knack for crafting constitutional amendments which are touted as noble and necessary to uninformed voters, but are, in fact, neither.
Friends from second grade reconnect decades later to form a new special bond and got recognized by Variety Magazine’s Favorite Couple Contest.
Executive Director: “State employees struggling under the weight of ever-increasing costs and a failing economy under Governor Scott can’t give up the fight, and neither will their union.”
Also, a silent film series gets underway.
Car damaged in gunfire incident on Maple Street in Essex Junction; Vulnerable adult reported missing in South Burlington
Data Centers should not automatically be treated as the enemy.
Beyond mapping where growth should go, the Two Rivers draft set rules on heating fuel, EV chargers and farm events. Staff now proposes easing them.
A Franklin County man with a history of making threats to shoot up or bomb schools in northwestern Vermont, has been charged in federal court in Burlington with threatening to kill President Donald J. Trump.
An independent congressional candidate’s voice in Vermont
Thomas Hatfield, 26, entered the plea Monday. A charge of cruelty to a child was dismissed as part of the agreement accepted by the court.
What we actually need are more special educators, paraeducators and behavioral specialists in classrooms. We need them urgently if we are serious about improving educational outcomes. But that is not what this budget protects or prioritizes.
Milton man dies in crash; Police look for suspect in South Burlington vandalism investigation; Second fire ignites at Vermont family-owned convenience store; Vermont Route 9 reopens after hazmat trailer failure; Vermont program teaches how to forage, process, and cook wild foods
The state says the 2027 repeal stands. Four attempts to change it went nowhere, and one Vermont town is already debating its cameras.
When Sarah George took office, she brought new ideas about criminal justice that I believed were worth trying at the time. I still believe in criminal justice reform. But it’s been over nine years, longer than a presidential term, and we’ve seen the results. The experiment has failed.
Last weekend of September, and Vermont has decided to spend all of fall at once. Two long-running festivals open within an hour of each other Saturday morning at opposite ends of the state, Cabot puts close to forty cheese, ferment, and beverage makers on its village common, and the Paramount in Rutland books Talking Heads on Friday and Journey on Saturday like it’s settling a bet. Ten counties are doing something worth the drive.
GMP’s planned mobile batteries could keep neighborhoods powered after storms and help lower electricity costs for customers beyond the five proposed communities.
Move comes after State’s Attorney Sarah George gives them a pass.
Sixty-three years ago, Jack Ruby stepped out of a crowd and killed Lee Harvey Oswald before the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy could ever stand trial.
Scores 100% on the Democratic Socialist Party policy questionnaire.
Vermont Route 9 closed after tractor-trailer crash, hazmat spill; Baaaaad influence: Sheep on the lam wander Burlington High School grounds; Alleged Springfield kidnapping brings additional federal charges; Fire damages Stowe building housing several businesses
The American beef market faces unique challenges that will likely keep burger prices high for some time.
Several New England journalism organizations have come together to condemn the Trump administration’s decision to ban Politico, CNN, and MS Now reporters from the White House.
A mother and son both charged in incident of child sex crime.
Repairs are expected to keep both towers closed through October. Here’s what hikers need to know, plus seven alternatives the state recommends.
The Times was the brainchild of Henry Jarvis Raymond, who graduated with high honors from UVM in the Class of 1840. The paper kicked off its dodransbicentennial (yes, that is the official term for a 175th) this January with a “Birth of the Times” column that featured the original prospectus published by Raymond and his business partner, George Jones, who functioned as the Times’ publisher. The paper’s celebration continues with a multimedia “New York Times at 175” website.
“Molly Gray has it backwards,” Rodgers said in a statement. “Vermont dairy isn’t dying because people stopped drinking milk or eating cheese.”
About 150 volunteers passed thousands of books down the line from the old library building to the new one.
Bail hearing for Rutland man who tried to lure child with candy; Poultney man, accused of shooting dog, pleads not guilty to animal cruelty
Also, drought down despite rising temps
The results so far have shown zero wrongdoing by Chief Swanson.
Vermont is one of 14 states with no dedicated scrap-tire program.
The Vermont teachers union formally recognizes students’ right to play sports based on “gender identity,” rather than biological sex. The National Education Association Vermont chapter also asserts that the state’s public school teachers must acknowledge the nation’s “white supremacy culture” as responsible for “white privilege” that is “conferred irrespective of wealth, gender, and other factors.”
Vintage car show draws crowds to Essex Junction; Advocates push to improve ballot access for Vermonters with disabilities
On September 5, 2026, the Bennington Banner ran a full-page ad supporting the repurposing of the former Southern Vermont College (SVC) into a five-star Orchards Resort.
Fox News Poll: 71% think Trump administration lacks plan to end Iran war; Trump announces Greenland deal; Trump signs new Russia sanctions bill; Iran war costs U.S. households $860 each as energy prices surge – economist
Winter on the legislative road ahead; Holt on Copeland-Hanza’s disappointing celebration
Also, conservationist honored, and the Stuff the Buss nonperishable food drive
The American government payment on the national debt is more than a trillion a year.
Also: Hartford man, 62, identified as victim of vehicle fire; CSAM producer sentenced; Man charged after child found on second-story windowsill
Connie LaPlume of Westfield has been named the 2025 Vermont Queen by TOPS Club Inc., a national nonprofit weight-loss support organization, after losing 43 pounds.
Incumbent US Rep. Becca Balint is running for reelection as Vermont’s only member of the US House of Representatives.
U.S. farmers face record-high fuel expenses this year as the fall harvest kicks into gear while pressure grows on the Trump administration to impose a temporary ban on diesel exports that could bring down prices.
Tammy Haas, 61, is accused of sending death threats, placing metal spikes in the woman’s driveway, posting signs containing her photograph and home address around Essex County, and creating a social media account in her name, the Caledonian-Record reported.
Inaugural event, on Oct. 1, to focus on coverage of South Burlington ICE raid and protest
We know this because history and math.
It is a wakeup call for knowing what is happening with our agriculture across the country. Family farms are disappearing and farmland is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain.
