The best player in Vermont girls hoops this year is set to play college baseball — get to know Elise Berger.
On the court or on the mound, VT Miss Basketball Elise Berger does it all
Vermont postal woes linger long after pandemic
Staffing shortages in Waterbury are among post office problems across Vermont that have disrupted deliveries and inconvenienced residents.
MEMORIAL MONTH: Seth Warner: Vermont’s oft-neglected hero
In the tumultuous political landscape of late 1770s and early 1780s Vermont, Battle of Bennington hero Seth Warner found himself at odds with the dominant forces shaping the state’s future.
LETTERS: Salat on Zuckerman, Green on pro-Hamas writer
Responses to Marxist victimizing and anti-Semitic statements.
Angwin: The unknowns of offshore wind power
It is clear to me that offshore is not as steady as the pro-wind rhetoric would have you believe.
Suspect in brutal, random beating of elderly man cited, released by court
In what Vermont city did a transient this weekend approach an 82-year-old man at random, knock him unconscious, then get released with a citation by the court hours later?
A letter from poets to the Governor and Vt. Legislature
Recently the State government has chosen to diminish the quality and diversity of Vermont’s educational offerings at our State colleges.
Dawson: Vermont pollen season longer, worse now
By taking steps to improve indoor air quality during these seasons, Vermonters can keep their homes healthy and allergy symptoms at bay.
Bronze Star recipient runs for State Representative
The ribbon isn’t “his,” it’s “theirs.”
Breaking: Dean won’t run
“Gov. Scott’s a popular governor. My polling shows that the most important issue for Vermonters is taxation. And the governor has talked a lot about this,” Dean told reporters.
VT Headlines: DQSH protests in Lyndonville
Protesting drag queen story hour at library. EV forklifts. Support after miscarriage. BIPOC professionals survey. UVM graduation, bass, bus fares.
Stack: Young people, you’re being punked
In layman’s terms, the Fed is going to keep the financial heroin in the system.
Tunbridge couple shelters farm animals
The couple formed the sanctuary in 2017, first in the town of Washington, then in 2019 they moved their setup to Tunbridge.
Fellow governor stumps for Trump while Scott looks on
Make America Great Again!, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum urged the state GOP convention as Trump foe and fellow Gov. Phil Scott watched.
Volatile health trends, Covid drive big health insurance rate hikes
Blue Cross Blue Shield and MVP health insurance companies each are requesting state approval of rate increases for monthly health insurance premiums.
Judge challenges State lawyer on pregnancy center law
Judge Sessions rejoined, “They may very well be saying things that you perceive to be false. Say, about the consequences of abortion….I wonder if that would be a reasonable concern for them.”
More claims added in Woodstock Foundation lawsuit
The ongoing legal battle has generated considerable interest because the Foundation and Holdings play a major role in the economy of the Woodstock region.
Roper: The Clean Heat Standard public engagement fiasco
No public show up; person hired to explain the program admits he doesn’t understand it; reveals chaos behind the scenes.
Federal trial ends for Moffitt
A Bennington man, who is awaiting a state court trial in a 2019 homicide case, was convicted in Fed. court in Burlington on three gun and drug charges Thursday.
Hucking hatchets: Axe throwing shop opens in Hardwick
Palilonis and Benham have been in Hardwick for 12 years and run their taqueria for eight years. “This is just an extension of the taqueria,” Palilonis said. “We’re trying to draw people here to Hardwick, and it’s not easy.”
VT announces 14-bed youth treatment site in Vergennes
The new site on state-owned land will have more than double the capacity of the now-abandonred planned facility in Newbury.
Burlington man pleads innocent to child luring
Charbonneau allegedly initiated contact online via Kik messenger with a Hartford investigator posing as a 14-year-old minor and engaged in sexual conversations, attempting to arrange a meeting for sexual acts.
VT Headlines: Well, THAT didn’t take long
Days after Notch opens, truck escapes stuckage. 8 new invasive species. Welch all about Rural Prosperity. VT goes to Drone Championships.
Hairstyle hiring law really about racial discrimination
If someone chose not to hire a person due to their hairstyle, it could be construed as an act of racism.
Klar: Vermonters strive to preserve their way of life against false charges of racism
Vermont is a culture of individualism, not government dependency; farming, not commuting; free speech, not stifling autocracy; of seeing all people as equal.
Pregnancy resource centers challenge Vermont law in court today
Vermont’s law impedes women’s ability to receive critical services during a difficult time in their lives and suppresses the free-speech rights of faith-based pregnancy centers, ADF lawyers argue.
State effort to reduce Lake Carmi algae makes it worse
Aeration “resulted in much higher surface water total phosphorus and stronger, more protracted cyanobacteria blooms.”
Judge shaves off sentence of drug dealer turned barber
As Judge William Sessions put it, he had “earned his freedom” by leaving the business of drug trafficking entirely and working hard to alter the direction of his life.
SHORTS: Cops, math whizzes honored/ masked intruder slain
Cops honored for saving lives. Man with drug record shot and killed while invading St. J. home. Postmaster presses pause on WRJ relo plan.
VT Headlines: Child injured after running in front of moving school bus
The 12-year-old suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Weight loss drug could bankrupt health care system, Sanders warns
Sanders releases report exposing how weight loss drugs could bankrupt American health care.
Speech therapist launches Stuttering Awareness Week
She began focusing on public awareness of differing speech patterns after a patient who stuttered died by suicide at age 12 in 2020.
Ertelt: Lauren Handy thrown in prison for 57 months for protesting abortion
The Biden administration used the FACE Act to prosecute her for supposedly blocking access to abortion.
Professional licensing “regardless of immigration status” becomes state law
The law lets “individuals who meet the requirements for professional licenses to be granted those licenses regardless of their immigration status or lack thereof.”
Despathy: Digging into the destructive Clean Heat Standard
While still in the design phase at the Public Utilities Commission, the economic devastation of Act 18 is already hitting home for small fuel dealers.
Scott will veto school funding bill
Scott wonders how many legislators actually read, much less understood, the 60 bills passed in the final week.
Bill calling for psychedelic mushroom research sent to Scott
Initially, the bill would’ve decriminalized psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms. But after a variety of doctors questioned whether there was enough research on the hallucinogenic, the Senate took it out.
Keelan: Israel is not the problem; Iran is and has been
Washington, wake up. History should have taught us, particularly the history of the 1930s, the cost of waiting, of vacillating.
MEMORIAL MONTH: Woman witnessed Battle of Bennington, Smugglers’ Riot
Lost her home to a savage British raid and her menfolk to captivity by the British forces.
VT Headlines: Stuckage Highway opens for season
When will the first big rig get stuck in Smugglers Notch? Health care rates to climb by double digits. Thom Lauzon is BACK in the Barre mayor’s seat.
Progressive Burlington mayor defunds the DEI
Created with federal pandemic funding as a response to the purported public health emergency of systemic racism, the city’s DEI office is a victim of the $13 million budget shortfall.
Perps beat cops in St. J
Judge Michael Kainen released a repeat convicted felon to be treated for an eye injury after he pleaded innocent Monday to misdemeanor assault on a protected professional.
‘Place-based’ Act 250 housing bill details explained
Tier 3 consists of “critical resource areas” where any activity within will more than likely trigger Act 250 jurisdiction and would, by some estimates, cover about 18% of the state’s land mass.
2024 session highlights: retail theft reform, 13.8% property tax, new taxes
A high-level overview of what the Legislature did on housing, public safety, and affordability.
Woislaw: Snooping listers must follow Constitution
Snooping in the area close to the home, which courts call the “curtilage,” is flatly forbidden by the federal constitution.
Vermont filmmaker seeking funding to wrap up murder mystery
He has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $5,000 for equipment costs, locations rental, and wages for the cast and crew.
Wildlife management bill dead in the water
Part of the bill aimed to ban hunters from using dogs and bait — without a trappers’ license — to hunt coyotes in the state.
Drag Queen Story Time coming to Lyndonville library, local resistance forms
A Massachusetts-based group plans to come to Lyndonville to support local resistance to a drag queen story hour currently scheduled at the library for this Saturday.
Roper: Howard Dean Vs. Phil Scott? Yes, Please!
As a well-funded, big-name headliner, Howard Dean will force Phil Scott to campaign. For real.
State government body to meet behind closed doors
Secret testimony allowed in $1.1 million state government body, because “the politics are sensitive.” Plus, the bill’s veto-proof.
Copper market explodes, Chinese pot growers suck up power
As the shutdown of Orange County copper mines continues, the market for copper has exploded due to electrification.
VT Headlines: Slain rookie cop to be honored in D.C.
Burlington copes with $13 million deficit. Balint in Barre for mental health help for flood victims. Barre picking new mayor
Ex-Marble Valley guard cited for smuggling contraband into jail
It was discovered that Orvis had worked together with at least two inmates to bring illegal items into Marble Valley Correctional.
And…. they’re off!
“I’ve come to realize I cannot step away at a time when Vermont’s Legislature is so far out of balance, so I’ve decided to run for reelection to keep working for you,” Scott said.
New Director of Elections named
Election, mail sorting, turtle-crossing, and Coronal Mass Ejection news.
13.8% property tax increase passes
On the last day of the 2024 session, the Vermont Legislature passed a state budget, school funding, Act 250 reform, and a slew of lesser-known bills.
Harrison: Veto session a safe bet
While I may have lost the adjournment pool, it is a very safe bet there will be gubernatorial vetoes over the next several weeks.
Vermont has third-highest tax burden
#3 in taxes, after New York and Hawaii.
CLG: European hawks readying for war with Russia
Ukraine using British weapons for terror attacks; Germany ‘considers conscripting all 18-year-olds’ amid fears of all-out NATO war with Russia
Bear attack hoaxer arrested for shooting at house
Bear hoaxer busted again.Cop tased with his own taser. Uncle, nephew die in homicide-suicide. Cow dies in freeway collision.
Bananas: NCAA creates new Interscholastic Protest League
The league will be named the Collegiate Radical Interscholastic Protest League (CRIPL) and will be the first ever truly trans-ed sports endeavor by the NCAA.
VT Headlines: Fighting knotweed with goats
Rural blight fight: knotweed-eating goats. Urban blight fight: limiting the junk left at curbside by departing college students.
VDC-TV: Housing for Me, But Not For Thee
Guy and Paul look at where the other half live – you know, the people deciding our kids will live in towns and cities.
Rutland-Addison voters reject school budget for third time
Voters in the Slate Valley region declined a budget $211,000 less than the Town Meeting budget.
Critics question VT’s plan for a new women’s prison
Vermont’s only women’s prison is half a century old and in terrible shape. The state has set aside millions for a new facility, but construction is years away.
Swanton Sector border continues to see all-time record illegal crossings
In one week, from April 28 to May 4, agents apprehended 492 illegal border crossers, more than the total apprehensions for all of fiscal 2021 of 365.
From inside out: The real cost of data breaches in our workplaces
Vermont is no stranger to these kinds of attacks – and how it deals with them going forward will be key to its future success in the private and public sectors.
“Legislature wasted time” helping big shots, not the needy, former senator says
“This is a regressive bill. It will punish working class and poor Vermonters to make millionaires even richer,” Rodgers said.
Roper: Supermajority votes for even higher health insurance costs
H.766 will add estimated 3-7% increase on top of “normal” annual premium increases.
VT Headlines: Northern lights coming?
The spectacular Northern Lights may make an appearance in Vermont, thanks to a ‘severe’ solar storm coming our way. Photo by shutterbug extraordinare Adam Silverman.
S.258 a goner
“I think the majority (of Democrats) didn’t want to take it up in an election year with all the sportsmen voters out there defending Vermont traditions,” said Rep. Smith, of Derby.
McGuinness: Lawmakers play fast and loose with Prop 4 “equality of rights” constitutional amendment
Vermont lawmakers do not have the constitutional upper hand under Prop 4. Taxpayers can anticipate footing the bill for the State’s defense against anyone who dares to challenge them, if Proposition 4 is approved by voters in 2026.
Ann Story: Mother of Vermont
Heroine of Thompson’s Green Mountain Boys
Page: Howard Dean’s betrayal of the Abenaki
How Dean betrayed our first inhabitants, and the Republican who fought for them.
Woodstock adopts short-term rental fees, rules
The ordinance standardizes STR rules and fees across the Village and Town, along with capping the number of units.
Galfetti: A legislature on a dangerous course
Vermonters will continue to pay for a mirage that promises effective climate change legislation but yields no discernible results.
Dame: R in G.E.T. R.E.A.L! stands for Regulatory Reform
Regulatory stagnation is partly to blame for housing prices out of reach for young Vermonters.
Christian athletes from VT universities huddle at Norwich
About college-aged, student-athletes gathered on this Saturday night to worship together.
Federal jury convicts Colchester man on all counts related to fatal drug deal in Swanton
The jury needed just over 3 hours before convicting Dominque “Wop” Troupe, 37, on all four felony charges he faced during the six-day trial.
Biden DOL vs. Bradford restaurant: the other side of the story
According to the harshly worded DOL press release, a server at that restaurant will receive $50,000 in punitive damages and $829 in back pay after the investigation found that the “employer retaliated against them by terminating their employment for refusing to share tips with a manager.”
Day before today’s rally, House OKs new Act 250
“They have to have a way to build wealth,” Rodgers said. “Home ownership is a way to build equity and wealth which will turn into intergenerational wealth. Without that, people are just working like dogs and they’re handing all their money over to some business or business owner.
VT Headlines: Burlington Gateway construction hurts business downtown
It’ll be nice when it’s done, the dust clears, and the traffic starts flowing. Meanwhile…..
On King Street, a hope to pair laundry and literacy goes unanswered — for now
The storytimes give parents a chance to do a chore while their kids learn. Organizers hope people will turn out for the next event May 30.
Hunt more moose to save them from winter ticks?
Experts see few other ways to stem the grisly pests.
Data shows hard choices facing Green Mountain Transit
Five years of data shows the state’s largest transit system is approaching an inflection point on the back of haywire trends.
With days left is session, Guv bashes Legislature’s housing, school funding efforts
He doesn’t like what he sees in housing and school funding legislation. On public safety and affordability, he sees a glass half full.
Pew: Minorities suffered under regressive Act 250
Other progressive regions have added more housing, while Vermont’s regressive regulation has done real damage.
Podcast: Matt Musgrave, Associated General Contractors of Vermont
Some podcasts are interesting because of the subject matter, others for the personalities and conversation. This one’s both.
SHORTS: State vehicle auction Saturday
Summer Free Fishing Day, opening day of Vermont’s bass fishing season, as well as the Grand Isle Family Fishing Festival, all on June 8.
Five school districts pass school budgets Tuesday
The Yes votes in three big school districts followed budget cuts of $1 million or more.
Son helps mom murder step-father, gets 18 years-to-life
Kory Lee George, 36, and his mother Angela M. Auclair, 52, formerly of Williston, have been implicated in orchestrating the nighttime ambush killing of David Auclair, 45, of Williston almost five years ago.
VT Headlines: Sanders says he hates anti-semitism, supports free speech on campus
Middlebury puts money on the table to renovate library. Volunteers needed for lakes and ponds. Hospital backs food bank services.
MEMORIAL MONTH: Brigadier General Lewis A. Grant
The valor of a Vermonter, in peace and war
Klar: Identity crisis at Middlebury
A backfired effort to cancel John Mead.
Harrison: Big Oil bill a big gamble for Vermont
Not only will Vermont need to front its own legal costs and hire various experts to back up its claims, but the State could also be on the hook for the defendants’ legal bills if it loses the case on constitutional grounds.
Rutland woman competes in international beauty pageant
Sunita Dholakia, of Rutland, is one of 114 finalists competing in Haut Monde Mrs. India Worldwide, an annual beauty pageant for married Indian women across the globe.
Adjournment still on for Friday
Gov. Phil Scott appointed a Democrat to fill the seat vacated by Progressive Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, who was elected mayor of Burlington.
MacDonald: The ‘dome’ Winooski built
Years later, the town, more woke than ever, has achieved a different kind of dome, one that protects exorbitant public school spending at great expense.
Thursday’s rally leader John Rodgers live on VDC-TV tomorrow
“I am helping to organize these events to represent working class, Vermonters and the working poor, who have been forgotten by the majority of our state legislature,” the former state senator said.
Roper: The climate crusade that’s bankrupting Vermonters
This week Vermont Senate passed the Renewable Energy Standard bill (H.289) by a vote of 18-8.
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