As school principals crack down on sexist and racist comments at high school games, a black Winooski soccer player is looking at possible assault charges for head-butting an Enosburg player. It’s all in today’s Water Cooler.
Water Cooler: Permanent housing for homeless / Charlie Kirk / 235-year old home torn down
The Scott administration’s decision to extend homeless hotel funding through Dec. 31 isn’t good enough for some advocates.
Water Cooler: ACLU calls Burlington evictions ‘cruel’ / Sanders attacks Manchin in hometown paper / getting the lead out in Bennington costs $11 mil / cops down, crime up in Burlington
The Burlington City Council has – at last – recognized that defunding police seems to lead to more crime. Imagine that. The city’s businesses have known this all along…..
Water Cooler: Drag Night at BHS Football Game / saving the turtles / ‘suffering through’ Fox News
Halftime at the BHS homecoming game featured young men and women dressed in clothing of the opposite sex.
Water Cooler: 40% TSA workers unvaxxed as deadline looms / Shumlin admin can’t testify about Kingdom Con / Burlington man gets life for torture videos
As federal vax-or-else date approaches, 40% of the TSA is unvaccinated. Expect a flight delay.
Water Cooler: Violence in elementary school classes / Heating cost to rise sharply / no freeze on Mt. Mansfield yet
Violence and fear are disrupting classes in a Vermont elementary school.
Water Cooler: Drag Queen ball at football game / Hospital plan to speed patient care / State to own Colchester Causeway, again
A drag queen ball has been scheduled at a Burlington High School football game. And other headlines from Vermont media.
Water Cooler: OD corpse found in Burlington parking garage stairwell / empty grocery shelves / another game stopped/ crossbow, car chase, crash
OD in parking garage. Crossbow used in car chase. These and more headlines from a busy weekend.
Water Cooler: Essex principal resigns / ‘Urban park ranger’ program for Burlington / Wind developer Blittersdorf gets earful from public / unvaxxed woman denied kidney transplant
“I live on Whipple Hollow. Grandpa’s Knob is right behind me, so I will have all of your ill-effects, and I do say, ill-effects,” said Pam Sokol.
Water Cooler: Tiny equity rally draws WCAX coverage. Hunting fungal chickens. Canceling Christmas?
Big shortage in addiction counselors. Hunting the Wild Fungal Chicken. Mall shooter to be tried as adult.
