Guy Page is the editor and publisher of the Vermont Daily Chronicle.
Plugging teens’ legal access cannabis concentrate. Housing slow-down bill. Why won’t State Government do what the Legislature tells it to do?!
The temporary shelters for a few cost more per night than the homeless hotels for the many – but that’s not the whole story, state officials say.
Anti-Israel graffiti. A voyeur at Jay Peak. Catalytic converter suspect dies before trial. Police Welfare check on chronic suicide threatener goes bad for checkers and checkee.
Girl Scouts have been selling cookies since 1917. More than a century later, they’re not homemade anymore, but they’re still a delicious, popular fundraiser.
Behind The Lines columnist Rob Roper comes out from behind the keyboard to expose an anti-fossil fuel lobbyist’s hypocrisy.
Some things never change.
The Senate passed an amended bill that, although less restrictive than the original version, could be “the end of hunting as we know it in Vermont,” one senator said. The Senate retained the ban on baiting coyotes and hunting them with dogs.
Changes to S.258 on Senate floor now.
Vermont’s new Secretary of Education comes from Broward County, Florida.
The Senate banned flavored tobacco, approved a flood safety bill, and adjusted youth criminal justice laws.
“This is beyond bewildering, and beyond frustrating for the men and women of patrol who responded to a bar-closing shooting in the heart of our downtown, for the detectives who spent their weekend investigating and assembling a case for arraignment, and, most of all, for the victim who had a firearm pointed at his chest at close range and was shot in the arm,” BPD Chief Murad said.
An expert in pandemic-related mental health problems will lead Vermont’s Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living.
Schools say it’s safer for students to be home on Eclipse Day.
Drunk, spitting on and headbutting cops after (again) refusing to leave, police say.
A Northeast Kingdom legislator tells her colleagues on the floor just what she thinks about their plan to get Vermont to 100% zero carbon emissions for electricity.
Both the Legislature and the governor have a plan to get to 100% zero emissions from power generation by 2030. One will cost $110 million over 10 years – and the other is far more expensive.
Banyai was a passenger in a car stopped for speeding by the town constable. An altercation ensued.
What to do with a prosecutor who (police say) drove drunk to a crime scene then wrote an angry, embarrassing letter about the cops she works with?
No tip is too small, the FBI said of the 20-year-old cold case.
If the Senate says so this afternoon, parents will be one step closer to being in the dark about what books their children are reading.
How much of the Truth & Reparations process be shielded from public view?
Former president and hoop junkie Barack Obama picks the UVM men’s team to upset Duke Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
A Democratic candidate for Congress in 2022 has set his sights on running for a state senate seat in the district where Sen. Ginny Lyons now holds a seat. His platform: changes in Vermont’s health care system.
“It seems to me this legislative session it has not been just a drift, it’s been a very dramatic shift,” Gov. Douglas said.
John and Jane Doe Taxpayer have exited the “complicit” phase and are now entering a more aware/active and, yes, skeptical “show me” phase.
Apart from Burlington, use of the proferred temporary shelters was low – but that doesn’t mean the transition out of ‘homeless hotels’ was easy for everyone.
It was unclear why Blatt, 32, was free in the community. Since 2010, Blatt has amassed at least 20 adult criminal convictions, mostly felonies.
State police and feds outline ‘new resources’ to be used on the 20-year-old missing person case.
Steve Cormier, a longtime star in the Vermont broadcasting world and a key transitional leader between owners at community radio station WDEV, is no longer general manager, VTDigger reports.
Over the last 50 years, Tim Hayward was the greatest force for good and effective government in Vermont that you never heard of.
The county committee voted: “We, hereby formally Endorse and Support the presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee, Donald J. Trump, for President of the United States!”
“We owe a debt of gratitude to those that sustain our forest economy: the landowners, the foresters, the loggers, the sawmill workers, and the craftspeople.”
Money bills – like Dr. Dynasaur for adults up to 26 – face Crossover this week.
Seeking tax relief for property owners, the House tax committee is looking to the Cloud and short-term-rentals.
It is becoming more widely known that Doubleday had no connection to baseball, but why, and for what purposes, did baseball’s boosters construct an origin story with him at the epicenter?
Drugs, child porn, and convenience store trespass.
One of only two Black Reps accuses colleagues of “dehumanizing Black and LGBTQ adults.”
Vermont’s legal online sales of beer and wine is being used for the purchase of alcohol by minors.
Skidders and other logging vehicles don’t like mud. This winter, there’s been a lot of it.
The Senate has approved another year of funding for the Salisbury fish hatchery.
A Senate committee has approved tougher conditions of release and more latitude for judges to impose bail.
‘Fess up – you’ve been too picky about your flavor of carbon-free electricity.
The Act 250 exemption for urban housing development won’t take effect until at least 2027 – and then under tight regulatory control.
They’ve never tried them, they barely know what they are, but the Legislature is coming for your Zyns.
A masked bandit got away after perpetrating the fifth bank robbery in Northwestern Vermont in two weeks.
S.5 requires a just and equitable transition away from fossil fuels – now Senators Bray, White, Watson, McCormack and MacDonald say, ‘Meh. Who cares?’
Army vet named top cop in Newport. Embattled Christian school holds fundraiser. Sex offender release scheduled. School budget revote April 15. A rabbi addresses the New Anti-Semitism.
State troopers face trial for shooting a suspect with a beanbag round, right before he fell from a roof.
Senior senators squabble over health care bill that includes minor consent for vax.
The controversial Fish & Wildlife bill was passed out of a policy committee and now is in the Senate’s money committee. And a flavored tobacco ban may or may not have the votes to pass in the House.
It was voter repudiation of the way Democrats have run – or not – the crime-and-drug-infested city.
Republicans suing Republicans in spat over county chair position.
Cirill Brown pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree murder and a felony charge of burglary.
Vekos had issued an email to law enforcement in Addison County saying she did not feel safe round them and would no longer meet with them.
The narrative of encouraging minorities to abort their babies while simultaneously supporting migrants bringing their babies across the border is contradictory and perplexing.
A patchwork of responses by the City of Burlington are being given credit for reducing the overdose rate this year.
The likelihood of sex abuse is high when parents are shut out of knowing about their child’s STD vaccination record.
Tuesday the Senate gave preliminary approval to a bill that would allow some non-citizens to access VSAC advancement grants.
Snowmobiler dies in Town of Washington. Doctor pleads innocent to child sex charge. Former state trooper gets another theft charge. Woman sentenced for Covid-era paycheck protection fraud.
Gumrukcu asked Eratay before the summer of 2017 to help find a hitman, the plea agreement said. Gumrukcu wired about $300,000 to two bank accounts controlled by Eratay.
Returning from injury, Vermont’s Mikaela Shiffrin tied the record for most World Cup season titles for slalom racing.
S.258 is strongly supported by anti-hunting and fishing organizations, but passage on the Senate floor is not certain.
Bills would keep parents from knowing which library books their kids check out and their STD vaccination status.
Sponsored post: Vote No on bill to remove caps on THC concentrates in legal sales of cannabis.
The murder victim, a member of a well-known local family, was associated with drug traffickers. Her bullet-riddled body was found stuffed in a metal can on the Missisquoi River.
Concerned about Burlington’s McNeil power plant? The state energy court is holding a hearing tonight.
The heirs of Cincinnatus are farming, and fighting, in Israel.
The Underhill man will face charges in a Washington County courthouse today.
The calls for party unity are readily made when the dissenters are the MAGA conservative elements of the party. Not so much when the objections are coming from the more liberal Republicans.
The Legislature knows replacing crumbling old schools over the next two decades will cost $6 billion. Where will that money come from?
Gov. Scott said he’s open to voting for Democrat Joe Biden. Again.
The police cruiser crashed into a stopped fire truck on I-89.
Two young woman died Saturday afternoon after their car left I-91 and struck a tree.
We didn’t think we’d get out of winter without another good snowstorm, did we?
Like good panhandlers anywhere, the Vermont Legislature knows you can’t push you too hard.
The anglers, hunters and trappers on the current Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board are Vermont’s most committed wildlife advocates and conservationists.
Winooski and Burlington were the big winners in the education funding equity sweepstakes Tuesday. Not Bellows Falls.
The legislative pay hike, Fish & Wildlife Board changes, controlling sheriffs, and above all school funding all have fallen or will likely do so because the Supermajority wants to stay the Supermajority.
Not only does Vermont’s smallest in the nation staff-student ratio cost beaucoup bucks, it also may actually hurt student performance.
Maybe we’ll find out WHY Jeffrey Eaton allegedly shot three Palestinians.
The Washington Central Unified School District (Berlin, Middlesex, Worcester, Calais, and East Montpelier) announced Wednesday night that its budget had failed.
Not only did the fired coach receive 17 times his annual pay, the school establishment admitted he didn’t violate the bullying and hazing policy.
The board of the largest school district with rejected budget has returned to the drawing board.
Amelia Earhart had an important personal connection to Vermont – the wife of the Norwich University president.
She’s been gone since March 1.
An impartial poll worker, I kept my mouth completely shut, to the detriment of my tongue which I frequently had to bite.
Two men shot at a passing car, in what police say may be connected with harassment last month.
School districts and supervisory unions across Vermont said no to school budgets at Town Meeting.
Split-ticket delegates to the National Convention will be picked at the state convention in May.
School budgets, Nikki-Donald, and the Burlington mayoral race are the headliners of the tumultuous Town Meeting of ’24. But there was plenty of other big news.
Here’s what’s happening in Vermont BESIDES the tumultuous Town Meeting of ’24.
When feeling unwell, the main options are primary care, urgent care, and the Emergency Department. Navigating these choices can feel challenging.
Burlington voters pick a Progressive mayor and approve their school budget.
Join VDC for a live, interactive review of 2024 Town Meeting results at 8:30 PM tonight.
Minorities hate wars. We support law and order. We love babies. We want secure borders. We work long hours to ensure our families are living comfortably. We want the American Dream, so we work hard!
See ‘n share this brief reel of Rob Roper’s riff on the intentional complexity of Vermont school funding.
A transmission corridor bringing Hydro-Quebec power to New England through the Northeast Kingdom appears to have been shelved.
Wilson suggests that if Vermont takes up trying to feed the world, then it’s Vermonters who ultimately are going to be left out.
The Vermont Supreme Court said it’s okay to grant bail to a man charged as an accessory to the slaying of a teenager in 2022.
Some former Burlington homeless camp residents have migrated to the stairwells and utility rooms of Decker Towers, a city housing project.
