The car is on a narrow mountain road with a 3000 foot drop off to the left and a solid cliff on the right. It comes around a turn and there are four children unaccountably in the road. There is not enough space to stop or even slow down substantially. The car knows that.
Six years before the Battle of Bennington, the Green Mountain Boys were born when a handful of Vermonters frustrated the plans of a posse of New Yorkers in the “Breakenridge Stand-off.” Re-enactors and historians will celebrate the 250th anniversary of this little-known but important event Sunday, July 18.
A pedestrian died while trying to cross Rte. 7 in Rutland Town Sunday night.
At its annual meeting last week, the parent organization of one of Vermont’s most influential unions rejected a school vax and mask mandate, but backed CRT.
All across the nation, Critical Race Theory is in the news. The NEA is for it, the military is trying to decide what to do with it, some governors have said not […]
An electric car owned by the architect of the Vermont Global Warming Solutions Act caught fire while charging and parked in his driveway. Police say the fire was caused by electrical failure.
My fellow Vermonters, today as we gather to celebrate the glorious history of the Fourth but we too wonder about our nation’s future. Let us take some consolation that many celebrants of bygone Fourths questioned if their nation would long endure.
Gov. Phil Scott today vetoed S79, the rental registry bill passed June 24 during the veto session.
On our nation’s 245th birthday, it would be nice to set our eyes on the window displaying blue skies. Instead, we see storm clouds.
Vermont police will be using new techniques to stop impaired boaters this 4th of July weekend.
Yesterday’s Supreme Court decision allowing electoral freedom to states made Sen. Patrick Leahy go all Elmer Fudd.
It is now permissible for UVM student-athletes to earn money from the use of their name, image and likeness.
Vermont has the smallest gender wage gap in the country.
Vermont employers will pay higher unemployment insurance (UI) rates, while the maximum weekly benefit for unemployed workers will increase from $531 to $583 per week.
In what is believed to be the first time a carbon tax has been put to a national vote, upscale urban regions including Geneva, Basel, and Zurich voted in favor of the CO2 law, but 51.6 per cent of voters, and 21 of the country’s 26 cantons, said “get out of here with your carbon tax”.
It could be that in Vermont a new variant may surface that the vaccine will not protect against. It will take at least three months to know this statistically.
Vermont Liberty will offer an Independence Day Celebration on the Vermont State House Lawn noon – 2 pm Saturday, July 3.
The parent organization of the Vermont NEA – the state teachers’ union – is considering mandatory vaccination of all students and staff before face-to-face instruction begins this fall.
A sergeant in the Air National Guard has received a prestigious award from the NAACP.
Vermont’s forests and wood products consume and store 45% of all of Vermont’s carbon emissions – both manmade and natural, VT Forest & Parks Commissioner Michael Snyder said on Common Sense Radio show on WDEV.
The State of Vermont will extend for two weeks its free hotel-motel housing of the homeless.
A new law, crafted and pushed by the special interest group Let’s Grow Kids, could have major negative consequences for children, families, and taxpayers.
A Manchester woman must pay $655 after driving 99 MPH, Vermont State Police say. At 8 pm Wednesday June 30, police saw a vehicle traveling at 99 MPH in a posted 55 […]
A cop convicted of raping a 12 year old girl in 1988 has been charged with obstruction of justice.
America, and the West in general, have become almost unrecognizable from what they were not that long ago.
Vermonters might remind Senator Leahy that the real White House was partially constructed by black slaves. The private clubs that Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) frequents apparently aren’t eager to admit many of those ancestors as club members.
The Vermont Proposition is a sincere liberal’s dream for somehow ending racism, reducing inequality, defeating poverty, countering the menace of climate change, and replacing grassroots democracy with a hugely expanded and unaccountable administrative state. Put it back on the shelf.
6:30 pm, the Vermont for Vermonters Initiative will host a public Townhall Informational in Brattleboro on “Critical Race Theory/Equity” with four speakers and a Q&A session.
Police visits to some of the state’s hotels and motels have been commonplace since the State of Vermont converted them into much-needed housing for the homeless.
A traditional Independence Day celebration will be held on the State House Lawn Saturday at noon.
We don’t need to defund the police. Your sheriff is the highest elected local law enforcement officer and authorized to intervene on your behalf if other police step on your constitutional rights.
The City of Montpelier is considering taking making an official policy of its laissez-faire approach to homeless encampments.
The Vermont State Police is investigating an incident in which yellow spray paint was used to write a racial slur on the driveway of a private residence in Sheldon.
Today’s Vermont media headlines: Montpelier proposes camping policy for homeless. State House to reopen next week. Winooski raises Pride flag. New laws take effect July 1.
Information and tickets are now available for the September 10-11 visit of two national media powerhouses: China expert Gordon Chang and author/interviewer Eric Metaxas.
Collision with the rock ledges on I-89 ended a June 25 ‘road rage’ incident involving two men, a Jeep Wrangler, and a Toyota Corolla.
The Vermont unemployment rate is down to 2.6% and isn’t expected to climb much until more workers re-enter the workforce. Meanwhile – the federal government is paying $300/week to stay home.
How Fox News, CNN, Joe Biden and Donald Trump might react to news of aliens of the extraterrestial kind.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state.
Representing his nine year-old organization Turning Point USA, where he speaks at high school and college campuses around the United States over three hundred times a year, Charlie Kirk launched into explaining the difference between making disciples of Christ as opposed to converts to religious Christianity. The former more about character and societal impact for good with the latter tending to be more insular and less generous toward one’s neighbor.
Runner Elle Purrier is going to Tokyo Olympics with the aim of winning – something she’s been in the habit of doing since her days at Richford High School.
Some Vermonters didn’t throw away their freedoms. They went to church, they didn’t wear the rag on their faces, they went to work, they gathered with families and friends, they refused the jab. And they were attacked, they lost people they thought were friends. Family members attacked and fear them, even still.
H 296, a bill in the Vermont Legislature, would eliminate cash bail for drug offenses. A similar New York law has led to more drug abuse, the Essex County (NY) prosecutor said last week.
A Marlboro man is in critical condition after being shot Sunday evening.
A $1 million federal grant will help the State of Vermont buy for more electric buses for public transportation.
You would think the story about a lifeguard fired for expressing free speech would be all over the news, but did any of Vermont’s state-wide main-stream printed news media report it? Seven Days? – no. VTDigger? – no.
nal watching of Independence Day fireworks from the State House lawn won’t happen this year. In its place, several organizations will offer West African dance and music.
Today’s Top News Headlines from around the state.
Vermont’s Legislature has embraced a panoply of race-based bills during the 2021-22 session.
“Vermonters for Vermont” Initiative will bring an informational presentation on Critical Race Theory to St. Albans City Hall Friday, July 16 at 6:30 pm.
The police we (Congress) need to defend us are overworked, stressed out, and lacking equipment, Sen. Patrick Leahy told his fellow senators. Solution: more, not less, funding.
In 1861 Gen. John Wolcott Phelps of Guilford had no authority to actually free slaves, but his tract became known as the Phelps Emancipation Proclamation.
A judge yesterday ordered former UPS Store owner Michael Desautels to pay $850 in penalties for violating mask guidelines, as the Attorney General’s Office had requested.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state.
Felker, Republican candidate for an open Burlington City Council seat, has stirred up opposition by denying a man can have a vagina.
The Barre Unified School District plans to take action tonight on a proposed district equity policy at a meeting beginning at 5:30 pm. The public is welcome to attend and comment.
The Vermont Senate today agreed with the House on bills to create statewide registries of all rental housing and building trades contractors.
A hospital employee discovered a camera hidden in a unisex employee bathroom in the Emergency Department. Investigators with the Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations (CUSI) recovered the camera and discovered about 1,300 videos on the camera.
A customer conducting business at the bank grabbed McCandless and began pulling McCandless toward the exit of the bank. McCandless was given $10 in cash by a patron, and McCandless left the bank.
Politically powerful unions trashed the plan, which would have required them to shoulder some of the financial burden for repairing the system, and threatened any politician who dared indicate support.
Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT) and Operation Lifesaver of Vermont (OLVT) officials are reporting that trespassing on or near railroad tracks in Vermont has increased since the suspension of Amtrak services in March 2020.
What a racist scumbag Marx was. Do socialists know this? Does Bernie?
Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, will speak at Ignite Church in Williston 10 AM Sunday, June 27.
ted 4-1 Tuesday night to continue to fly the Black Lives Matter flag at town schools. But first it heard Colchester resident and educator Genna Barnaby explain why doing so violates flag protocol and policy. She also recommends a new flag to honor civil rights and the end of slavery.
Police found that James Bryant, age 41, of Rutland had engaged in violent, tumultuous behavior, made unreasonable noise, and used obscene language in a public place.
Vermont’s native bees, including over 300 unique species and three that are threatened or endangered, are among our pollinators being impacted the most.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state.
Key legislators discuss banning non-vaccinated Vermonters from part or all of the Vermont State House.
The House of Representatives today overrode the vetos of Gov. Phil Scott of two municipal charter changes allowing non-citizen voting.
Former Winooski lawmaker George Cross supports Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of non-citizen voting in his city.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state.
Anyone who’s endured the myriad of issues that come with closing on a home mortgage might want to get ready for the next wave of complexity and cost. And once again, climate change is the driver.
Christopher-Aaron Felker, the Burlington GOP Ward 3 nominee for the upcoming special election in August, will kick-off his campaign with a unifying message for all Burlingtonians Tuesday, 5:30 pm at the Battery Park Fountain extension.
Just 50 percent of Vermont drinkers were willing to switch to non-alcoholic beer – below the national average, between #1 Michigan and #50 MIssissippi.
Without the sacrifice made by hundreds of thousands of white men, and that of their families, there would be no Juneteenth.
For now, the federal government is reimbursing the state for most of the $79 million cost to house up to 2000 families per night in ‘homeless hotels.’ Projections for state fiscal year 2022 pegged the cost rising to $108 million if the program did not undergo changes.
Vermont’s legislative districting map could look very different for next year’s election.
Our readers weren’t happy to hear the Village of Essex Junction has fired an 18-year-old lifeguard for speaking out against Critical Race Theory. First Amendment, anyone?
by Guy Page Vermont Daily is taking a brief rest. Look for our next post on Tuesday. John Klar’s story yesterday about Alex Katsnelson, Essex teenager fired from lifeguard job for speaking […]
The Colchester School District has planned a special meeting this Tuesday, June 22 at 7 pm in the Colchester High School Library -in person! – in order to discuss when to remove or take down the currently-flying flag that represents the organization, “Black Lives Matter.”
A bill introduced by Rep. Peter Welch would require 70% renewable power from U.S. electricity generators by 2030.
Two colleges in the Vermont State College system will mandate Covid-19 vaccination for all students this fall.
A bill introduced by Bernie Sanders would increase the minimum SSDI payment by 31%, or $246/month.
Governor Phil Scott is seeking applications for an opening on the State Board of Education.
Speaking/singing are integral to developing a strong sense of self. If infringed upon, this will lead to a general thwarting of the human spirit.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state.
To ensure continuation of federal funding for certain programs, the Governor has signed an Executive Order issued under his general powers.
Vermonters for Vermont Initiative (V4V) will host a public Townhall Informational on public school’s teaching of Critical Race Theory, better known as equity, in the the classroom.
The Burlington Republican Committee will hold an emergency meeting by Zoom at 7:30 pm to nominate a candidate for the open Ward 3 City Council seat.
Firefighters located an injured male, Wayne LePage, 40, seated outside. He appeared to have sustained burns to his upper body.
Project 14, a new statewide media outlet funded by the University of Vermont, will be led by former Obama White House communications staff member, Meg Little Reilly, a Brattleboro native and UVM graduate.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state.
y legally fire employees who refuse to be vaccinated once a vaccine receives final approval by the FDA, the chief legal counsel for the Scott administration said today.
Gov. Phil Scott said he hasn’t heard from his fellow governors in Texas and Arizona about their plea for help from other states to stop the inflow of illegal immigrants.
Through further investigation, troopers were able to review surveillance footage at the store and could see a male leave with the wallet.
Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state.
Ask yourself: Is Critical Race Theory taught to our children in such a way that they are able to see alternative views? Are these alternative views studied as part of the curriculum and with respect?
Some Vermont counties are set to get more money from the federal government in one year than they have gotten from Vermont taxpayers in the 21st century.
Temporary Open Meeting measures enacted by the Vermont Legislature tied to the State of Emergency will no longer be in effect as of midnight tonight, when the SOE expires, the Vermont Secretary of State’s office said.
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