“Burlington is aggressively moving forward to electrify everything and reduce our carbon emissions as quickly as possible,” said Mayor Miro Weinberger.
Burlington unveils Vermont’s first all-electric bucket truck
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Auto crash with fatality in Randolph
During the investigation, VSP Troopers determined that the vehicle had veered off the roadway due to a medical event, then into several trees beyond the shoulder of the roadway.
Gov. Scott announces $3.6+ million in HUD grants awarded
The funding will support nine projects throughout Vermont including mixed income housing developments, recovery housing and the revitalization of community facilities.
Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism to help public confront “race essentialism” in education
What makes confronting these people and their ideas sometimes challenging is they present themselves at a moral high ground working for justice and doing what’s right.
Dig into the weeds of the 2023 flood
The National Weather Service office in Burlington has uploaded a webinar to YouTube on the Great Vermont Flood of July 10-11, 2023.
Gov. Phil Scott announces first round of BEGAP Grant awards issued to support business reopening
The $20 million BEGAP program is intended to support the reopening of businesses impacted by the floods.
Burlington to unveil important vehicle electrification step toward net zero energy
WHEN: Today/Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 1:00 pm
WHERE: Burlington Electric Department truck bay, 585 Pine Street
Two defendants in unrelated homicides appear in federal court on gun counts
A pair of out-of-staters, who police have linked to unrelated homicides in Vermont in recent months, were ordered held without bail following their appearances in U.S. District Court on Wednesday.
Bilger: Vermont abortions decline as more babies are being saved
The decline happened despite pro-abortion legislation. In November, the state added a constitutional amendment that creates a “right” to abort unborn babies for basically any reason up to birth.
CLG: Japan begins releasing Fukushima radioactive wastewater into Pacific Ocean
Japan begins releasing Fukushima radioactive wastewater into Pacific Ocean; Trump’s GOP debate night interview at 127 million views and counting
Klar: Does California’s Proposition 12 threaten states’ rights?
The constitutional and economic ramifications of California’s Proposition 12, which banned the sale in California of pork from pigs held in tight confinement, are profound.
VT Headlines: Former St. Michaels dorms to become housing
Businesses begin receiving BEGAP grants; Senator Hassan holds house of worship safety roundtable; Second round of grants available from Montpelier Strong Recovery Fund
Despite near-death drowning, Dente’s Market owner says he will reopen!
“Is it the last of my nine lives I don’t know but maybe I have something else left to do,” Rick muses.
VT Headlines: Brattleboro police make arrests in connection to Sunday robberies
Vermont driver crashes into power pole, cuts off electricity to 1,600 residents; Will congressional gridlock leave Vermont flood victims high and dry?; Burglary at Waterbury State Park
Trapping regs snagged in red tape and fiery debate
As for the safety of people, especially children, Fish and Wildlife said: “We’ve had zero reports of somebody being caught in a trap because of where the trappers placed them.”
McClaughry: A serious danger: asteroid impact
Asteroids at least 460 feet long — those with the potential to wipe out cities or small countries, should they impact Earth — are very difficult to locate. And we just found one.
Bananas: DOJ announces new training efforts following WH cocaine debacle
The DOJ has announced they will be requiring all personnel to commit to weekly training videos featuring “Where’s Waldo” “Dora the Explorer” and old episodes of “The Pink Panther”.
Suspect to face murder charge in connection with March homicide in Brattleboro
An arrest warrant on a charge of second-degree murder has been issued for Elias J. Lopez, 18, of Hartford, Connecticut. He is currently in custody at the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans.
Fernandez: Democrats’ summer vacation to Israel & West Bank
The Palestinian cause became a business for many. They are using it to get donations, to get sympathy, to get political support. They are not really fighting for freedom, democracy, human rights.
Roper: If you really care about Donald Trump, don’t let him be the Republican nominee
Too much is at stake for this election to be about anything other than winning a broad mandate for a conservative policy agenda.
Klar: Hunga Tonga and NASA climate science
The agency is not as good at looking down at the planet as it is looking up to ideologues for direction.
MacDonald: Vermont doesn’t have a sales tax holiday because …
The present make-up of the legislature is veto-proof Democrat majorities which means that if Vermonters want a break from rising taxes, any taxes, they will need to vote for new candidates.
Vermont’s hunting season for Gray Squirrels opens September 1
The best habitat for squirrel hunting is stands of nut-bearing trees like oak, hickory and beech. Hunters can harvest four gray squirrels per day and can have up to eight squirrels in their possession.
The Champlain Parkway is underway, but what’s that mean for Burlington’s South End?
Initially known as the Southern Connector, the project dates back to the early 1960s. Later it’d be branded the “road to nowhere,” as work sputtered across the next several decades in the face of legal challenges.
VT Headlines: New report details Vermont being near the top in fatal vehicle crashes involving cellphones
Senator Sanders hosts first Senior Meetings since before COVID-19 pandemic; UVM Health Network tackles wait times amid staffing shortages
LaMarche: Man denied speech at Burlington city council says “Black, White, You All Are Terrorists”
Lacroix did not use any foul language; he did not promote or entice violence. He was exercising his right. And Siegel, literally, took it from him.
Ellis: Montpelier’s reckoning – a proposal
We have the expertise and the determination to do this. Now we must face ourselves in the mirror and recognize that we must innovate our way out of this or slowly wither away.
Gonzalez: Found in translation
From flood info to apartment appliance guides, Vermont Language Justice Project aims to translate it all.
CLG: YouTube to censor content contradicting WHO guidelines
Scientists call for people to start wearing Covid masks again as they sound alarm over new variant BA.6 that has ‘a lot of new mutations’; CIA knows Ukraine’s counteroffensive will fail
Klar: The free speech beauty of Substack
The Beauty of Substack is that it offers a growing forum for Americans to free themselves from the stifling false narratives of a failed media.
Ackermann Dairy honored as Vermont Dairy Farm of the Year
If there is one word that can be used to describe Jimmy and Sara Ackermann, it’s resilient.
VT Headlines: Mansfield summit is a last refuge for rare Vermont species, but it’s fragile
VTrans conducts Winooski Bridge survey; Project in Swanton spreads awareness about poverty; Essex begins to restore historic water tower at Fort Ethan Allen; Abenaki mural in Montpelier
Bufka: The integrity of one’s virtue
What will you do the next time the “manure” hits the fan and you are told what to do by an authority figure and pressured by your peers to do it?
Glessner: Pregnancy centers under fire by those claiming to be Pro-Choice
If Democrats were really “Pro-Choice” they would stop attacking pro-life pregnancy centers.
Roper: “Gold Standard” study shows charter schools outperform public schools
While Vermont Democrats are trying to eliminate choices for Vermont kids
Hunters say ‘treeing’ bears most humane way to reduce bear population
With bear season starting Sept. 1, and rising reports of bear encounters in Vermont’s more urban areas like South Burlington, the state is facing new discussions on how to manage its bear population.
Evslin: Maui wildfires and ‘the cricks do rise’
Maui’s flammable grasses are there because they were imported, and they’ve spread because the danger they pose has been neglected.
New Northfield police chief exposed corrupt big-city prosecutor
A former Philadelphia detective who helped put the Philadelphia district attorney in federal prison for 5 years for bribery in 2017 has been named Northfield’s new police chief.
Klar: Cow and horse flatulence, compared
Why don’t climate alarmists target the burps and flatulence of dressage horses? Or distinguish between carbon-light grassfed cows and their more carbon-intensive grain-fed sisters?
Alix: Standing in the rain, RFK shares vision for a prosperous, healthy nation
The question came upon me: “What is it about a Kennedy?”
VT Headlines: Central Vermont Medical Center nurses, tech staff vote to unionize
Central Vermont day care worker accused of child abuse; ‘Just tear them down’: After the flood, hard-hit Barre considers big changes; As VT records its 1,000th Covid death, hospitalizations tick up
McClaughry: Peculiar response to the valley flooding problem
You have to wonder why the Vermont Climate Council is urging land use controls to keep people and businesses out of high ground, and cluster them in downtowns that flood.
Letter: GOP needs Trump backup plan
The Dem’s aren’t dumb. They will bend rules to keep Trump’s name off six key state ballots.
VT Headlines: Enrollment declining at newly branded Vermont State University
Veterinarians say ticks and fleas are worse than ever this year; Vermont ends funding for worker relocation program; Montpelier businesses continue to struggle on the road to recovery
Vermont AG wants KY, Tennessee to shelve trans laws
AGs claim that the laws preventing hormone access to minors “single out transgender minors for discriminatory treatment.”
Roper: Biden won’t, and was never going to, be the Democrats’ Nominee
That’s the trap being set, at least as I see it. The question for the debates is, will Republicans step into it?
Keelan: After flood, harvest failures and scandal payout, time to rethink ’24 state budget
With the recent disasters, the Legislature should return to Montpelier and rethink the spring spending spree they unleashed on the State.
VT Headlines: Man pulls a gun on Uber driver in South Burlington
Green Mountain Power warns of potential scam calls; Judge throws out lawsuit brought against state, health care provider over prison suicide; Burlington restaurant owner Ahmed Omar dies unexpectedly
Shepard: Decoupling schooling from the State
There was a time when public schools were locally funded and locally controlled. The focus was teaching students the tools for discovering and living life-not social experiments.
CLG: Donald Trump, 18 others, indicted in Georgia election probe
Hunter Biden’s appointed special counsel called a ‘clear violation,’ ‘illegal’; NIH royalty payments raise questions about Fauci testimony, show Wuhan lab ties
Vermont bear hunting starts in September
In addition to a hunting license, a bear hunter using a bow or crossbow must have a prior or current bow license or a certificate proving completion of a bow hunter education course.
VT Headlines: Flooding forces some VT pot shops to relocate, look to ‘Higher Calling’
Burlington City Council discusses audit report involving former REIB director Tyeastia Green; Supporters of former Burlington REIB director slam investigation as ‘witch hunt’ at packed council meeting
Bananas: Pride Month to expand to seven-deadly season
Capitalizing on the smashing success of another month of pride, the crypto-fascists at Black Rock have excitedly announced they will be sponsoring Greed Month this coming December.
Generations of ringers faithfully gather at Hope Davey’s horseshoe pits
For a lot of folks involved, coming out to the park each week is as simple as getting to be with each other, having fun and keeping the tradition alive.
Blankley: Border agents seize enough lethal drugs this fiscal year to kill more than 6 billion people
Two milligrams of fentanyl is considered a lethal dose. One pound, equivalent to 453,592.4 milligrams, is enough to kill 226,796 people. Twenty-two thousand pounds is enough to kill nearly 5 billion.
UVM to build new dorms for 540 undergrads near DoubleTree
The $100 million ‘Catamount Woods’ will house 540 undergrads near the DoubleTree hotel near I-89.
Klar: A Country Mouse, in defense of the local
This intergenerational sapping of rural culture is evident in Vermont, where agriculture, especially cow dairying, has generally declined for a century.
McClaughry: Green New Deal vs. Small Farm Republic
Klar doesn’t challenge the arguments for addressing climate issues, but he is scathingly critical of the Democrats’ solution of choice, the multi-trillion dollar Green New Deal.
Thayer: VFV Initiative reso demands parents’ rights
If you are a parent, grandparent or a concerned citizen, please help Vermonters for Vermont Initiative introduce this resolution at your local schoolboard meeting.
VT Headlines: VT mental health system not prepared for flood trauma, experts say
Vermont biologists work to shape forests to mitigate climate change effects; Rafters rescued out of river in Richmond; Vermont armed service retirees honored and taught about benefits
LaMarche: Burlington’s ‘racial equity’ tax dollar odyssey
The recent exposé on Tyeastia Green, once at the helm of the Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Office, lays bare a troubling tale of accountability gone entirely wrong.
CLG: Utah man who posted Biden death-threats killed by FBI agents during raid
Sen. Ron Johnson claims COVID was ‘pre-planned by elite group’; Florida Republican introduces impeachment articles against Joe Biden; Biden Has Handed Taliban Over $2 Billion in 2 Years, SIGAR finds
Evslin: Whataboutism doesn’t excuse anyone
Hard as it is to say, both Biden and Trump are entitled to presumptions of innocence even though neither deserve them. If one or the other of them should be exonerated, it doesn’t make the other one any less guilty.
Roper: Are some on the Left realizing VT Climate policy is a useless waste?
What we’ve been doing is prioritizing greenhouse gas reduction over adaptation and preparation as a policy for dealing with extreme weather events. Let’s stop doing this. Today.
VT Headlines: County Courier stops printing
Middlebury police station remains closed from flooding; Washington County gets a new FEMA recovery center; Hundreds gather in Montpelier to discuss city’s future
Bean: Geoengineered Transhumanism influences our lives
Modifying the weather locally and “making it rain” is just a piece to the puzzle. Here’s another one: transhumanism.
Campaign for Vermont: S.5 costs unknown, financing targets rural poor
Heat pumps require a backup (fossil) fuel source for operation below freezing temperatures and in the event of power loss. You need two systems in parallel. You cannot simply swap one system for the other.
Shapiro: The Barack Obama cover-up
Just as our institutions were shaped for decades beyond JFK’s death by the myth built around him, so our modern institutions will be shaped for decades to come by the myth of Barack Obama.
Bradley: Anti-trapping bill will cause more beaver trapping
H.191 will actually cause more trapping in Vermont; by creating an industry for the commercial killing of critters like beavers with expensive rates. It will absolutely create Wanton Waste.
Vermont regulators approve double-digit health insurance hikes
“While we were able to reduce these rate requests, we know that Vermonters will still struggle to pay for their health care,” Board chairman Owen Foster said in a statement.
Vermont #1 worldwide in niche ‘captive insurance’ industry
As the global captive insurance industry meets this week in South Burlington, Vermont can rightly claim: We’re #1!
McClaughry: San Francisco’s homelessness crisis
As San Francisco progressives are learning, government can build more shelter, but that doesn’t mean the homeless will use them.
Bufka: The courage to listen
Our biology does not distinguish between the challenge of a bear or the challenge of an idea.
VT Headlines: Are VT inmates getting the health care they need behind bars?
Vermont Flooding: List of FEMA disaster recovery centers; Co-op GM to Resign Amid Sex Charges Against Former Employee; Norwich hires former Capitol police chief to be new interim chief
Living with wildlife: bats in your house?
Bat colonies are starting to disperse now that young bats can fly. Fall is a good time of year to think about safely evicting bats from structures following the Fish and Wildlife recommendations.
CLG: Niger closes airspace amid invasion threat
Doctors’ Coalition Sues CA Medical Board for Insisting ‘White Individuals Are Naturally Racist’; FBI Agent Lied Under Oath About of Hunter Biden Laptop; Trump leads Biden by 4 points after indictments
Klar: Despite media apathy, SFR book sales still #1 in Amazon category
If the book were wrong, Seven Days and VTDigger would jump on me like the flies to manure they both are.
McClaughry: Sen. Welch’s Small Farmers’ Bill
All in all, it’s a good thing that our Senator is focusing on helping small farmers and ranchers prosper in a world of anticompetitive agribusiness mergers.
VT Headlines: Constant rainfall continues to pummel VT communities
Federal judge dismisses Slate Ridge owner’s lawsuit against town of Pawlet, state judge; Gary Sadowsky celebrates his last day on the Channel 3 News This Morning
Vermont hunter education courses are offered now
A person must pass the basic hunter education course before they can purchase their first hunting license.
VT Headlines: VT Attorney General investigating Brattleboro Retreat for health care fraud
Vermont State Police looking for driver who hit man and drove away; 20 bank branches were affected by the July floods,; Recent storms prompt federal funding for re-enforcing Vt. power grid
Roper: Let health insurance be insurance again
Since 2014 and the passage of the so-called “Affordable Care Act,” healthcare premiums have nearly doubled in cost. Don’t blame the insurance companies, blame the politicians.
Bananas: New underground railroads emerge along West Coast
Vermont, once the first colony in the union to abolish slavery, has been rumored to be yet another state ready to see it’s nearly 3% Christian population fleeing to safer spaces like Florida.
Peregrine Falcon nesting season complete
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has confirmed that all the young falcons have learned to fly and should not be disturbed by human presence on the cliffs.
UVM researcher paves way for revolutionary RSV treatment
Nirsevimab, owned and distributed by AstroZeneca, is a passive immunization that allows the immune system to develop its own protective responses to RSV.
Home study bill would reduce parents’ taxes
A bill in the Vermont House would allow families to more affordably consider a homeschool path for their child.
VT Headlines: S. Burlington bear sightings cause wildlife experts to worry
FEMA hires Vermonters to help in flood response; Hyde Park homeless shelter zoning appeal resolved; Schools prepare for new safety protocols in effect this school year
Wilson: What is really going on
In 2023, as I look on my youth and remember, I now see how liberals have worked against our Constitution to divide a nation and our states.
CLG: DOJ asks judge for ‘protective order’ in Trump election case after social media post
RFK, Jr., files lawsuit against Youtube, Google over ‘Censorship Campaign’; Ukraine shells Donetsk with cluster munitions; Green Hypocrisy: 16 million trees axed for wind farms in Scotland
LaMarche: America’s masochistic fetish for getting ripped off
Ukrainian corruption isn’t new. In fact, it has a long-seeded reputation for being heavily corrupt.
Extra! Extra! ‘Newsies’ delivers fun, empowering message
You can attend the “Newsies” premiere this weekend on Friday, Aug. 4 at the Barnard Town Hall at 7 p.m. Other showtimes can be found on the BarnArts website.
Klar: What I saw in Vermont after the storms
When the nation soon faces a much greater trial than a natural disaster, the rural men and women will separate from the urban boys and girls, like oil from water.
McClaughry: Green Mountain Meetups
In this time of alienation, division, and political rhetoric, let’s give a gold star to these homegrown efforts to rebuild community and shared purpose.
VT Headlines: Middlebury hit with flash flooding Thursday evening
Vt. unemployment insurance system to improve accessibility; Jon Murad sworn-in as Burlington police chief, along with new police recruits; Burlington, Rutland experiencing spike in overdoses
MacDonald: Spin on VT rainfall stats all wet
Over the past ten years, from 2012 to 2022, the annual average rainfall has declined nearly 1.25 inches to 44.23.
6 key takeaways from Devon Archer’s testimony about Joe and Hunter Biden
The transcript is 141 pages and covers much of his answers previously reported about what Archer said of the “brand” that then-Vice President Joe Biden lent to son Hunter’s various business ventures.
Vermont AG joins plea against ‘plastic pollution crisis’
The letter sent to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants a stronger plan to dramatically reduce the production of plastic materials.
Keelan: For EB-5 scandal, State of Vermont will need a bigger rug
There is one that describes what has taken place in Montpelier. Vermont State government has swept the EB-5 Ponzi-like scheme under the rug.
Fake Green Beret Grandizio charged with attempted gun smuggling
Homeland Security raided the home of John J. Grandizio to arrest him for attempting to receive firearms illegally from parties in China.
VT Headlines: Brattleboro Police investigate ‘suspicious death’
N.Y., Vt., and N.H. congressmembers speak on January 6th riot, Trump indictment; Murad to be honored at B.P.D. promotion ceremony; Loss of grocery store leaves Johnson-area residents in limbo
