The Queen City continues its new look: less parking, more biking.

Ever since the Woodside facility in Essex closed, the State of Vermont has sought without success for somewhere, anywhere to safely and securely hold juvenile delinquents. Next stop, St. Albans.

The Vermont Climate Council is frowning on burning ‘biomass’ – what will this mean for Burlington’s plan to heat UVM, the hospital and other buildings with waste heat from McNeil?

Now that the CDC has added a Covid-19 vax to the ‘routine vaccination’ schedule, will it be required for students?

VTDigger reports that parents may now use X as a placeholder on their child’s initial birth certificate – no more binary requirement.

First the Oasis Diner went out of business, now Henry’s Diner is up for sale. Just one more sign of the Queen City Apocalypse.

NBC 5 reports that state officials are striking back against Vermont’s growing mental health crisis.

Swimming in Lake Champlain in January – crazy. Swimming in Lake Champlain during a polar vortex – beyond crazy and just plain dangerous.

VT Digger reports that someone in the Vermont Democratic Party thought it would be a great idea to charge $50 – $1000 for entry into a gin-drinking party with Vermont state senators. Proceeds would hire staff members for the senators.

The financial dealings and staffing woes of Vermont’s county sheriffs are getting close scrutiny by media and authorities.

Critics say a Burlington Progressive policing plan takes the ‘safety’ out of ‘public safety.’

Rocks that provided vital traction during the horrific Mud Season of 2022 are now causing flat tires during the Mild Winter of 2023.

Some in the Legislature want to go all Marshall Plan on the child care shortage problem. Pricetag: $645 million.

The ACLU has filed suit against Newport for not allowing a former employee to enter city parks. It’s part of a trend of government kicking Vermonters out of the village – or at least out of village-owned property and meetings.

A white CVU girls basketball team member used the ‘N word’ in a social media video she shot with a BIPOC family member.

Should the state buy breakfast and lunch for all students, or just those in need?

Ezra Miller, the disturbed actor who plays the Flash in the movies, will change his plea to stay out of jail arising from a burglary in Stamford, VT.

A Vermont public school that vaccinated a child without parental permission is legally immune from lawsuits because of the pandemic ‘federal emergency,’ a judge has ruled.

PUT DOWN THE PHONE! Highway deaths are up in Vermont, and distracted driving is the main reason.

Another relic of the pandemic – free bus fares – is on its way out, WCAX reports.

There’s no proof the Rolex a state trooper brought to a jeweler and the Rolex stolen from a state police barracks evidence locker are the same watch, says the lawyer for the suspended trooper.

A church built in the 1890’s was already seeing declining membership. Then the pandemic hit.

Sugar houses across Vermont were making the first maple syrup of 2023 during the cool nights and warm days of the new year.

Free speech, public safety, and answering the question ‘what is a woman?’ all proved problematic for local, state and federal officials in 2022.

Sure, it’ll be more expensive to stay warm in 2023. But at least we won’t be able to buy some types of fluorescent light bulbs!

VT Digger reports census data showing wealthy Vermonters got wealthier. Jury’s still out on improvement at the lower end of the income scale.