The philosophy behind the broad-based transaction tax appears to be “many hands make light work.”
The philosophy behind the broad-based transaction tax appears to be “many hands make light work.”
Bennington County Sheriff, James Gulley, Jr., who has headed up this competition for the past two years, as well as representatives of the Vermont Sheriff’s Association and Vermont State Police will be on hand to judge the competitions.
The bizarre testimony of the Renewable Energy Vermont executive director.
Soghomonian was arrested just before he was scheduled to check out of the the Quality Inn on Shelburne Road in Shelburne.
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office in the massive 1897 Masonic Temple at the Church & Pearl intersection in Burlington was set on fire Friday morning.
Mail sorted in White River Junction could soon be sorted in Connecticut.
What’s in the governor’s recommended budget isn’t pretty. The governor’s budget makes the state’s housing and criminal justice situations worse, much worse.
50 years ago Vermont reintroduced turkeys to the Vermont wild. Now Fish & Wildlife is seeing early success at reintroducing another large bird – this one with ancestors from Vermont’s Pleistocene era.
A federal judge has agreed to hold a hearing on a claim by a New York skier that he had accepted a multi-million dollar out-of-court settlement minutes before a jury last month rejected all the legal claims he made about an accident that left him paralyzed at Okemo Mountain.
Burlington’s current mayor and Mayor-elect will raise a Burlington Trans flag sewn by a community member.
Depression-era salary cuts and harsh working conditions led Barre granite workers to go on strike. The National Guard was called out.
Peter Rabbit sues State of Vermont for reparations due to suburban sprawl.
Senior senators squabble over health care bill that includes minor consent for vax.
Maybe we’ll find out WHY Jeffrey Eaton allegedly shot three Palestinians.
An impartial poll worker, I kept my mouth completely shut, to the detriment of my tongue which I frequently had to bite.
Here’s what’s happening in Vermont BESIDES the tumultuous Town Meeting of ’24.
State officials are urging patience.
Luther allegedly sprayed an individual who was, in fact, a paid cleaner who was cleaning the stairwell.
Q& A with Paul Dame on Twitter/X Thursday night
Newbury is out and South Burlington and Vergennes are in as possible sites for the state’s new ‘justice involved’ youth detention and treatment facility.
Drug addicts need real help, not enabling. And with our country under invasion, why won’t Phil Scott protest?
An Island Pond man pleaded guilty to DUI-4 and other charges almost three years after his truck collided with a van.
Especially lethal drugs are suspected. Tell your drug-abusing friends and loved ones.
A bill introduced into the House would require Big Oil to pay into a climate change Superfund.
The fire was contained to a single room, but not before its occupant died.
The investigation stems from police pursuit of a fleeing domestic abuse suspect.
For flood damage to our communities and mental health damage to our children
The supervisory union budget is reviewed and approved by the School Board, not the voters.
Go home, Becca.
Nonetheless, Lalonde argues that lighter penalties are more beneficial than harsher ones. He goes as far as to suggest that probation is a “higher deterrence” than jail time.
The Blake Allen incident made national headlines and took its toll on Layne Millington, he told a local newspaper after announcing his resignation.
Frustrated by the City Council’s unwillingness to condemn Israel’s role in the war with Hamas, pro-Palestine activists are collecting signatures to bring the issue directly to voters.
More gun control is the right response to increase in violent crime, the leader of the Vermont Senate told a Burlington forum last night.
The 20-year-old stabbed the 38-year-old multiple times, but an assault charge is unwarranted because he acted in self-defense, a family court judge said.
“The Supreme Court made it clear that governments may not impose arbitrary and pointless restrictions like Vermont’s waiting period and its ban on commonly-owned, standard-capacity magazines. These restrictions unconstitutionally infringe on Vermonters’ fundamental right to self-defense and must be struck down.”
The following letter was submitted to Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger and the City Council prior to its Monday resolution linking the shooting of three Palestinian men in November to Israel.
Jodi Lathrop concealed the embezzlement in several ways.
Drugs, speeding, and wet roads contributed to the crash, police say.
Police say Grant had assaulted a family member by striking her and pouring turpentine on her.
Jason Eaton’s alleged violent act was completely out of character for the teenager and young man they knew in the 1990’s and early 2000s.
As already adopted in three of Vermont’s cities, a small rural town is considering allowing non-citizens to vote.
Told he couldn’t drink in the house, a man convicted of criminal threatening shot his Hardwick landlord to death November 8.
Did Sarah George’s ‘hateful act’ comment create a “substantial likelihood of heightening public condemnation of the accused”?
On the subject of the supposed extinction of catamounts, numerous Vermonters believe their own eyes.
During the dispute, Beayon fired at least one round from a semiautomatic 9mm handgun at Paxton Taube, 25, a resident of the home where the incident occurred
A Lyndon man faces “a slew of charges” including driving half the speed limit on the Interstate.
Austria and Vermont share more than just the Von Trapps.
The EB-5 fraud and high seas murder for insurance money made Vermont news headlines. Last week, the U S. Attorney’s Office gave credit where due.
A citizens’ group concerned about street crime gathered recently in Rutland, where city police are down three officers and prosecutors complain how their hands are tied.
As we learned at the summit, amid these vicious attacks and violent antisemitism in our midst we must continue to work together to restore faith in God: the one true God, who is love and not hate, life and not death.
Homeless men huddled in a cold car in New Hampshire suffered burns when propane torch fumes exploded.
A Brownington man who worked with slain National Guardsman Gunnar Watson was found dead by suicide.
Former UVM prof Aaron Kindsvatter believes teaching DEI on schools can harm the psyches and development of children.
The prosecutor wanted the suspect sent to a psychiatric facility for a competency exam. Instead, Jiron released Myott.
The Essex-Westford school board won’t down the BLM flag and in a recent letter didn’t condemn BLM’s siding with Hamas.
Fortunately most of the illegal deposits were reversed.
A gunfire expert confirmed the shot that struck a school bus windshield in Montpelier came from a homeless camp.
Almost seven months after the director of a Brattleboro homeless shelter was axed to death, the Groundworks shelter network was shaken by a hatchet-wielding local man.
A possibly defunct non-profit owns the land where police seized weapons from a homeless camp following a shooting at a school bus last week.
Police are treating two dead bodies they found in the Northeast Kingdom as a case of homicide.
“Bernie hates capitalism, but loves $,” says a prominent DC lawyer.
Tansient arrested in Burlington found guilty of murdering a retired NH couple. Another shooting. And a masked man who nonetheless was easy to identify, due to….
The public looks to law enforcement for its safety. Well, that safety net has been torn apart. What is worse is that no one has the courage to fix it.
“The Federal Government refuses to take action on our Northern Border,” said Governor Chris Sununu. “They cut funding, limited our resources, and have thrown their hands up.” Now 85% of border encounters with suspected terrorists are on the northern border.
Academics across America are praising the vicious attack on Israel.
It’s just one example in a broad pattern of public policy failures driven by the ‘philosophical entrenchment of wrongheaded thinking’ on behalf of Leftists policy makers
Questions critical of the Israeli response to the Hamas invasion are asked by a leading Vermont news outlet. Governor Scott responds.
VDC has obtained numerous Vermont law enforcement documents showing a former Bellows Falls police officer and Homeland Security child safety program worker was investigated in 2015 for allegedly abusing a young teenager in 1995-96.
A bagel shop in Burlington is advertising for new hires at $25 per hour — about $5 more than the state’s Weatherization Assistance Program insulation installers are now paid.
Police hope a sketch of the suspect will help locate the killer of Honoree Fleming.
Progressive lawmakers under pressure to disavow pro-Hamas statements made by local group that endorsed them.
Train collisions on opposite ends of the state killed one Vermonter and injured two.
Following a horrific weekend for Jews in Israel and around the world, Jewish and Christian leaders will discuss religious faith and freedom Tuesday in South Burlington.
A Middlebury College political science professor said that – right or not – the perception of flawed election integrity has already affected U.S. Senate races.
Krowinski acknowledged that to date the Climate Council has focused on emissions reduction. But her letter does not suggest doing less emissions reduction, just more work adapting communities and infrastructure to extreme weather.
Agriculture, forestry, school psychology, photography, and music are among the programs on the chopping block.
Car payments up? Blame the pandemic and the Biden administration anti-inflation measures.
A Woodstock snowboarding coach fired for discussing transgenderism with a student is suing the school for infringing on his First Amendment rights.
“It’s all Obama 3.0 which is taking this country and throwing it in the gutter,” Shepard said.
This offense – termed “ Vandalism/Hate Motivated Crimes” by state police – is believed to have occurred between 7 PM Saturday night and 9:45 AM Sunday.
Man with dementia rescued in upper valley; WCAX reporter among the thousands stranded at Burning Man; Xylazine strips will be added to state’s toolkit for opioid overdose prevention
Filho fled Brazil after a murderous retaliation for the killing of a fellow officer.
An invasive sawfly from Asia that can fully defoliate an elm tree has migrated across the Quebec border into northwestern Vermont.
To convict, a jury must hold DOJ to its burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt three facts about former President Trump.
Door to Freedom has been launched “to help people make sense of a rapidly changing world, and inform them of efforts by the W.H.O. to govern public health worldwide.”
Welch introduces act to end medication price gouging; Sheldon Elementary School target of ‘racist’ and ‘homophobic’ graffiti; Weekend flooding causes damage in Upper Valley towns
We’re still No. 1 in U.S. gallons produced, and #2 isn’t even close. New York, eat our dust!
Recently, Vermont Public ran a fascinating profile on the 79-year-old, highlighting his incredible talent and the rich history of stone carvers that preceded him.
Political indoctrination is masquerading as school curricula. It is manipulative and shameful.
The unhappy 75-day tenure of Newport’s mayor came to an end Monday night.
The director of the U.S. National Science Foundation used an acrostic to help his fellow UVM grads remember his commencement speech.
Department officials attribute the decline in work crew sentences to the success of criminal justice reforms, including Justice Reinvestment I and II initiatives.
The Vermont House and Senate often disagree on what priorities should be or the best way to pay for a program, but on this point they heartily agree: they themselves deserve a lot more money.
Bear sightings are increasingly common in Vermont. Now they’re even visiting a suburban Shelburne neighborhood.
Dr. Stanley was the founder of In Touch Ministries, the author of over 70 New York Times best-selling books, and the senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta for 49 years.
The case for frugal use of old cars and trucks.
Dr. Horace “Sandy” Reider will join Great Barrington Declaration co-author Martin Kulldorf at Dartmouth College Wednesday, April 26.
Springfield prison super faces allegations of misconduct; Vt. delegation pushes to protect abortion pill access; VT students have been restrained or secluded at least 125 times this school year
Sandra Dragon was a force of nature.