VT Digger covers the trial of an Addison County sheriff accused of sex assault.
Water Cooler: VT trucking company laying off truckers
With a national shortage of truck drivers, why is a Vermont trucking company reportedly laying off drivers? WCAX reports
Students, parents describe bullying in Montpelier-area schools
The Montpelier community newspaper describes accounts of bullying in the local public schools.
Son of legendary Army band director picks up dad’s baton
A member of Vermont’s military band royal family performed Monday night, July 4 in Jeffersonville.
Patrick Leahy falls, needs hip surgery
Sen. Patrick Leahy has fallen at home and requires hip surgery.
Water Cooler: yes, you CAN grow peaches in Vermont
Grow Georgia peaches in Georgia, Vermont? Sure thing
Water Cooler: GOP sues over Winooski non-citizen voting
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has seems to be taking a dim view of non-citizen voting, the City of Winooski wants a judge to throw out a GOP lawsuit against its non-citizen voting charter change.
Water Cooler: plant layoff, Covid vax for kids, Pride Prom
80 workers are out of work after a North Springfield manufacturer closed.
Water Cooler: a tale of two Colchesters
Facebook brings together Colchester, Vermont and its English ancestor.
Water Cooler: ‘Unwoke Army’ exposes Burlington schools / state employees get raise, retention bonus
Headlines from Vermont news media.
Water Cooler: Migrant workers demand ICE drop deportation cases
As ICE ratchets up pressure on the American press, Vermont illegal immigrants and their supporters are demanding the federal agency drop their deportation cases.
Water Cooler: Burlington first responder assaults / pregnant nurse punched
Headlines from Vermont media today.
Water Cooler: sailboat sinks in Malletts Bay / attempted murder in Newport / Heroin picked up off Barre streets
A Newport woman has been arrested for attempting murder-by-car and other blunt objects.
Burlington bank start-up hits capital goal
Headlines from Vermont media today.
School reaches BLM flag compromise
With the Supreme Court discouraging the exclusive flying of the BLM flag, Vermont schools are reaching for compromises. This headline and others from today’s Vermont media.
Water Cooler: making Burlington Boys & Girls Club safer after nearby shooting
Recent headlines from Vermont news media.
Water Cooler: Balint campaign winks ‘red box’ at PACs / Latest on Burlington homeless ‘pods’
Campaigns aren’t supposed to reach out to PACS for support. But a ‘red box’ on Congressional candidate Becca Balint’s campaign website may be doing just that – this headline and others from VT media today.
Vermont to launch 3-digit suicide hotline #
Headlines from Vermont media include: a new suicide hotline number, Burlington’s growing graffiti problem, and this weekend’s gun control march at State House.
Montpelier to hold town hall over school threat
Today’s headlines from Vermont news media.
Burlington power rate increase, new school too expensive to bond
The electricity rates are going up in Burlington, and the new high school’s price tag exceeds the city’s borrowing capacity.
Water Cooler: Congrats to Darren Perron
The kid from Glover wins another Emmy. And now you, too, can adopt a storm drain. These headlines and others from Vermont media today.
Water Cooler: arson in WRJ
A construction worker allegedly set fire to a White River Junction building.
Water Cooler: inflation & fixed incomes
Headlines from today’s media.
Man denies burglarizing father’s home
Headlines from Vermont media.
Marathon, Rolling Thunder, parades highlight Memorial Day weekend
A beautiful Memorial Day weekend brought out motorcycle rides, marathon runners, parade viewers, and Vermonters honoring the fallen at the veterans’ cemetery.
Watercooler: VT Left opposes Molly Gray
Vermont’s political left has chosen sides in the race for Congress – against front-runner Molly Gray.
Students demand action after shooting
The ACLU says the Legislature dropped the ball on police reform, and students are demanding action following the Texas shootings.
Cold, fast water leads to Bolton drowning
First responders say that in springtime the water runs fast and cold in Vermont streams and rivers. Swimmers beware.
California couple bought cute country store in Woodstock, then “things went awry”
A well-heeled couple from California visit Vermont and “just fall in love” with the state, buy an abandoned country store in Woodstock, and then demand major local zoning changes. What could go wrong?
Watercooler: 300 refugees headed to Rutland
Over the next three years, refugees from Afghanistan and other nations will be arriving in Rutland.
Death penalty commuted for St. Albans dog
Moose the animal-attacking dog won’t be euthanized but instead is in the supervised custody of a dog-lover in Highgate.
Next big labor Vermont shortage: lawyers
In a sure sign of the Apocalypse, Vermont is running out of lawyers.
VT Watercooler: eating disorders get Legislature’s attention
Eating disorder study, and a teen walks tightrope in heels – these headlines and others from VT media today.
Bobcat trapped in bathroom
An even dozen state senators have announced their retirement. What’s going on?
St. Albans to euthanize killer dog
St. Albans plans to kill a dog that has attacked people and killed other animals – that headline and others from VT media.
Rutland delays school mascot issue
The Rutland School Board will delay action on the controversial school mascot issue until August.
VT Water Cooler: courts continue Covid emergency through August
Vermont’s court system will remain in a Covid ’emergency’ through August.
VT Water Cooler: Northern Lights, midnight arson
A rare sighting of the Northern Lights from nearby Mt. Washington.
VT Water Cooler: Foodbank says food costs up, federal $$ down, demand growing
The not-for-profit responsible for feeding Vermont’s neediest says food costs and demand are growing even as federal funding is in decline.
VT Water Cooler: Act 250 update passes House / F-35s to Europe
The Vermont House has passed an Act 250 reform bill with a heavy emphasis on housing.
VT Water Cooler: Roe reversal reactions ‘horrified’ to ‘happy’
Signs of the times: the Humane Society will now accept cryptocurrency donations.
VT Water Cooler: Starbucks shop to unionize, SB council relents on Beta park, barn fire kills two horses, overhauling Camel’s Hump trail
One of the most popular hiking trails in Vermont will get an overhaul.
VT Water Cooler: Econo Lodge OD arrests, some Abenaki question ‘recognized’ tribes, Covid #s high statwide
Headlines from around Vermont say Covid cases are pretty high – even if getting it isn’t the big deal it used to be.
VT Water Cooler: Police ‘citizen review’ board / Quiros sentencing / Air Guard deploys
Ariel Quiros faces sentencing today for EB-5 fraud.
VT Water Cooler: Pride Center vandalized / Housing crisis turns employers into builders, realtors
UVM Health Network stops work on building new psychiatric care beds, and BHS announces new $181 million plan to build new building.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Wed, Apr 27
Peter Welch DOES have a primary opponent – an activist from Brattleboro.
VT Water Cooler: Walmart evacuated / Greenup Day / senator won’t run
Is ANYONE running for governor?!
Water Cooler: Walk for eating disorders / Vermonter locked down in Shanghai / shelter pod pushback / who should own Burlington airport?
Those proposed homeless shelter pods are getting pushback in Burlington.
VT Water Cooler: Treating eating disorders / aggressive shoplifting in Burlington
WCAX continues its series on the treatment – or lack of it – for eating disorders in Vermont, and NBC5 describes a more aggressive form of shoplifting in Burlington.
VT Watercooler: School administrators fleeing VT / Sanders may run for prez in 2024
From Burlington City Hall to the White House in Washington, D.C.?
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Wed, Apr 20
Vermont actor busted on the Big Island, and a Milton dad left a four-year-old in a car for six hours – these headlines and others from VT media.
VT Watercooler: Montpelier mayor says GOP sells hatred / sex offender released
An iconic South Burlington diner reopens under new management.
VT Watercooler: antiviral update / Shumlin sought to protect EB-5 investors / Religious school tuition bill uncertain / Easter Sunday church services return to pre-pandemic numbers
Vermont’s Christian faithful enjoyed the first fully in-person Easter Sunday since the pandemic began.
VT Water Cooler: ‘White power’ bomber charged / Homeschooling grows / Newport scam sentencing
A man charged with making a bomb in Wilder is a white power advocate, police say.
VT Water Cooler: Beansie’s reopens / musical chairs in Burlington schools / homeless hotel stressing police / lower net metering for solar?
Constant calls to Berlin’s homeless hotel is stretching police resources – that headline and others from VT media.
VT Water Cooler: Welch in Eastern Europe / Covid-19 on rise / new Burlington High School plan faces questions / helping people who ‘look like us’
Building a new high school in Burlington is the $300 million (and maybe more) question facing Queen City residents.
Minor league seats at big league prices / college builds housing / Rutland SA won’t run
The Lake Monsters unveil new luxury suites at eye-popping prices.
VT Watercooler: Child porn bust / Bennington drug raid / pot store license applications / Nolan nets $156K / good year for sugaring
Another bookkeeper embezzling case – and other hot headlines from Vermont media.
Moran plant gets makeover / Amtrak terrorist watchlist / Rail trail progress / hazing at Norwich / Burlington eviction, runoff voting bills advance / National Guard to Europe
Godspeed the Vermont National Guard as members deploy to Europe. Burlington one step closer to making life even MORE difficult for landlords. Hazing at Norwich? These headlines and others from VT media
VT Water Cooler: New invasive fish on Lake Champlain / land use regs impact housing crisis / Health network wants 10% rate hike / Condos denies voting irregularities
There’s a new invasive fish in Lake Champlain. That headline and others from Vermont media.
VT Watercooler: ERs flood, surgeries postponed / Drugged driver hits schoolbus / college hazing
Hot headlines from around the Vermont media.
Water Cooler: Rest area schedules cut, truck crashes into laundromat
With all the federal $$ flowing, apparently there’s not enough to keep popular highway rest areas open as often.
VT Watercooler: Digger gone to the dogs / Navy names ship after Ruth Bader Ginsburg / ‘Every Queer Eats’ / Prison supervisor busted for child porn
Some headlines are April Fools, and some aren’t. Hard to tell in Vermont!
VT Watercooler: religious schools in VT ed system? / what’s the fuss about Beta project / Miro wants to electrify Burlington / Sunflowers for Ukraine
A big building project is on hold in South Burlington. It’s just Vermont’s economic future hanging in the balance.
Water Cooler: storm pic takes on Mt. Washington / fireworks bill fizzles / high school robot team in world championship
Ranked choice voting and fireworks bills stall.
Water Cooler: Wildlife bills advance / School PCB testing delayed / Dog survives bobcat attack
Not every day a dog gets attacked by a bobcat.
Water Cooler: racism, eugenics bill passes House / Senate leery of $$ for religious schools / getting to school in mud season
Two sisters will tell their families what it was like to get to school during a rural Vermont Mud Season. That story and others from Vermont news media yesterday and today.
Water Cooler: Housing stalemate, chip shortage
Vermont media headlines show Gov. Scott squared off against legislative leadership over solutions to Vermont’s worsening housing shortage.
Water Cooler: No free lunch in Brattleboro, NH birds euthanized due to avian flu
It will be pot luck or no luck at all for hungry Brattleboro town meeting representatives.
Water Cooler: U.S. alcohol deaths up 25% during lockdowns / gas inflation challenges VT businesses
What happens when you shut down AA? When you force alcoholics to stay at home but ensure that the liquor stores stay open?
Water Cooler: “Squad” staffer runs for U.S. House / Woman punches with brass knuckles
Hot headlines from the Vermont media include a former staffer for Ayana Pressley running for Congress in Vermont, and a Rutland woman allegedly committing assault with brass knuckles.
Water Cooler: Race for Secretary of State / skied down the wrong side of Mansfield / Welch has Covid
Secretary of State Jim Condos’ hand-picked successor will have competition in the 2022 election for Secretary of State.
Watercooler: Homeless pods in Burlington / UVM off to the Big Dance / microburst flattens Flatbread greenhouse / ferry prices up
Hot headlines from today’s Vermont media.
Watercooler: homeless ‘pod’ coming to Burlington
Burlington will try a new tactic to serve its homeless population. That headline and others from Vermont media today.
Water Cooler: Exodus from Burlington Racial Equity Office / Winooski 100 years old / Homeless funding extended
100 years ago, prosperous, urban, one-mile-square Winooski concluded its lengthy divorce proceedings from rural Colchester – and promptly saw its industrial base go into a tailspin from which the Onion City has never fully emerged.
Water Cooler: Gas prices drive us to EVs? / Lost urn discovered / Loons rescued
Will high gas prices be an “incentive” to drive electric? Maybe – or maybe the cost of electricity will climb sky-high, too.
Water Cooler: Gas prices soaring / Caviar Emptor / privileged Vermonters / Bus drivers have new contract
For rural Vermonters who depend on the bus, a new labor contract ensures they can still get to work, the doctor, and the store. This story and others from today’s Vermont media headlines.
Water Cooler: Electric snowmobiles, masks off in Essex, Burl/SoBu bike path, Rice & Rutland in state hoop championship
Powerhouse Rice Memorial High School is, once again, seeking the state crown in boy’s basketball. And the masks come off in a big Chittenden County school district.
Water Cooler: Vermont Cannabis vs. tax-free NH / Jay Peak sale / Health insurance dispute
Randolph is supporting a ‘sister community’ in Ukraine.
Water Cooler: ATV voting at Town Meeting / fed $$ to modernize dairy farms / Sarah George wants alleged killer returned to VT
Across rural Vermont, many towns decided at Town Meeting whether to allow ATVs to be driven on town highways.
Water Cooler: Colchester OKs townwide sewer / New BHS would cost $207 million / More Town Meeting results
Town Meeting results, plus – what kind of people would leave their kid in the car while they went skiing? Not that couple in Killington, they told the judge.
Water Cooler: VT has highest % of LGBTQ / Balint changes campaign manager / Rutland rescinds mask ordinance
Masks mandates rescinded. Middlebury College suspends Russia abroad study. Becca Balint swaps campaign manager.
Water Cooler: finding snow plows and trophy trout / honoring VT’s first black sheriff
Russki wodka? Nyet!
Water Cooler: too much ice in rivers, too little on Lake Champlain / Pregnancy deaths up in Year One of pandemic, esp. among blacks
Nationwide, deaths among pregnant mothers rose during the first year of the pandemic.
Water Cooler: court records say driver in fatal had used drugs / Councilors blame Burlington mayor for Diversity chief departure
The young woman who caused a crash killing two teens admitting using drugs, court records show.
Water Cooler: 40 towns send retail pot ? to voters / free meals in schools / rape at UVM / bird flu
Next week, 40 communities will ask voters if they want to allow retail marijuana.
Water Cooler: Shortstaffed Burlington PD do best to protect and serve / when revival fires burned in Vermont
About 200 years ago, Vermont was afire with religious revival….How short-staffed Burlington PD protects and serves….Vermont welcomes its newest seasonal resident, Alec Baldwin.
Water Cooler: Burlingon police union endorses council candidate / Hospitals dispute medical care delay report
The Burlington police union is making public safety an issue in the upcoming City Council elections.
Water Cooler: free range cows, murder for profit, Sarah George & “her own brand of justice”
Free range cows, Sarah George, and murder for profit lead the Vermont media headlines.
Water Cooler: tipping point for restaurants / Super Bowl party for homeless / SB protesters support Canadian truckers
Protesters rally in South Burlington to support Canadian truckers. And restaurant owners are looking at the tipping point of long-term affordability.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Fri, Feb 11
South Burlington abandons municipal mask mandate. Vermonters are planning a freedom convoy. More federal dough for electric cars. These headlines and more from VT media.
Water Cooler: what if PCBs are found in Vermont schools? / Miro on suing cops / Burlington man gets Super Bowl ad spot
The State of Vermont will look for PCBs in its schools. What happens if they find them? And, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger weighs in on a controversial issue: should the public be allowed to sue police?
Another Cochran medals at Olympics / Long Covid a threat after Omicron? / Homeless ‘shelter pods’ in Burlington / Self-driving cars
The legacy of the skiing Cochran family of Richmond continues. Coming soon to Vermont metro areas near you: shelter pods for the homeless, and self-driving cars.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler for Mon, Feb 07
Headlines from Vermont media.
Water Cooler: Animal welfare bills / teacher sex assault of student / Toll to run for Lt. Governor /
The former chair of House Appropriations and sister of Sen. Jane Kitchell has thrown her hat into the ring for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor.
Water Cooler: Medical delay report delayed by Omicron / Cameras monitor highways for road safety / Foggy memory afflicts Covid sufferers
That report promised on how Covid-19 delayed much-needed medical attention? Delayed by Omicron.
Water Cooler: Renters forced out / Burlington mayor hopes voters resolve police chief standoff / debt $30 trillion
Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger thinks – or at least hopes – city voters will toss out a few ‘soft on crime’ city councilors in March.
Water Cooler: Montpelier gets down ‘n dirty with ‘garbage juice,’ composting human remains / Welch, Gray lead in fundraising
Vermont lawmakers sure do talk about gross stuff sometimes.
Water Cooler: IT woes hold up help for low-income families / VT schools to get 100K N95 masks / Arts groups score big pandemic funding / It’s raining iguanas in Florida
The State of Vermont’s IT system is getting the blame (again) for sloooow delivery of money promised to needy families.
Water Cooler: permanent solutions for homeless / Long-term care staffing shortage urgent / Bald eagle slams into window
Today’s hottest news from Vermont media.








