Malik is known for partnering with community members and local institutions to connect her curriculum to the real world. Her teaching helps students to engage with the local Indigenous population. She has also worked to revitalize the school’s community garden.
Age Strong VT focuses our attention on a wide range of things that we – the government and the independent sector – can do to enrich the lives of our growing percentage of seniors.
Police are still trying to determine how and why Dontay Canada was shot Sunday in Colchester.
Should dogs used for coyote hunting always be within eyesight/shouting distance? Is trapping as constitutionally-protected as hunting? These questions and others divide the more pro-hunting Fish & Wildlife Dept. and the more hunting-restrictive Legislature.
For many in the gathering, concern for the wellbeing of people in Israel was personal. The singing was briefly interrupted by an unexpected cellphone call to Rabbi Jan Salzman. “That’s my son in Israel,” she said.
One suspect rented from high-end Airbnbs in Stowe to help facilitate his drug trafficking for more than a year.
Peoples Academy parent concerned following stabbing; Queen Bee’s destroyed after Sunday morning fire; VSP looking for suspect in elementary school burglary
The thief stole a small safe from the school’s front office.
The “Make Big Oil Pay” hypocrisy.
Initial reports indicated the man may have been shot in an arm and in a leg on Ethan Allen Avenue and sustained life-threatening injuries. His name was not released.
Judge Warren, in her remarks, highlighted the long-term domestic abuse suffered by Thea Swartz.
The situation around Struthers, his weed and his ducks has evolved into yelling matches, lawsuits, letters to legislators and an Essex Junction neighborhood on edge.
There was a time when we couldn’t have pictured things being worse than heroin. Then we couldn’t picture things being worse than fentanyl. Now we can’t picture things being worse than xylazine. It keeps escalating.
As the BLM riots burned down my home city of Portland, Oregon, I had to find out what was going on with this group.
Let’s realize this for what it truly is: hogwash.
Gov. Phil Scott has named five appointees to sit on the Vermont Superior Court bench, where if approved by the Legislature they’ll pull down $250,000/year.
The two juveniles who stole Joshua Kruml’s gun did not break in but were “just visiting,” Fair Haven police said.
The “fee” would charge non-compliant new and/or large commercial buildings or renovations upfront for the expected lifetime carbon emissions.
Jury convicts woman of fatally shooting Vt. cyclist Anna ‘Mo’ Wilson in jealous rage; Wilcox Ice Cream recalls products over Listeria risk; Killington gets greenlight for World Cup racing
Invasive species are a big issue in Vermont, and the debates surrounding their management often center on another contentious issue — herbicides and pesticides.
A Lyndon man faces “a slew of charges” including driving half the speed limit on the Interstate.
If we are going to have a chance at saving innocent lives, Congress must take action, the Biden Administration must take action, the world must take action.
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) welcomed more than 100 student-athletes to “Fields of Faith”, an annual event that invites students to take their faith onto the athletic field
A New York City man, who authorities said set up a major drug distribution business from a Burlington apartment house, pleaded innocent in Vermont court Thursday.
Counting up the real cost of virtue-car EVs.
The Burlington Fire Department urges everyone to diligently check their smoke detectors and ensure that the batteries are replaced as needed. Our actions can save our neighbors, as well as ourselves.
Vermont’s Jewish community welcomes any and all to meet noon Friday at City Hall in Burlington for a rally in support of the 240 Jews being held hostage by Hammas.
“The Squiers and staff created something really special in WDEV. They somehow made all of us listeners feel like we were part of something bigger. They created a connection that has often comforted the community as much as it informed.”
Jury draw begins in OneCare Vermont whistleblower case; DMV reopens with major data system upgrade; Franklin County Sheriff certification deliberations expected by Dec. 6
Vermont has the fourth lowest defense contractor spending in the nation, behind Idaho, Montana and Nebraska.
A reckoning has come for Virginia’s Loudoun County, where the school board had a father arrested after he demanded answers regarding the rape of his daughter in a girls’ restroom by a trans student.
The building now has sections for woodworking, pottery, a variety of glasswork, textiles, metal machining, welding, printing and metal engraving.
Turns out that it is very easy to use AI for fact-checking. It can even be made to check its own assertions.
The town letter was sparked in part by a large load of crushed stone that was picked up on behalf of Boutin and delivered to her home on Adams Landing Road this summer, records show.
Employees are quitting downtown Burlington jobs in part because they don’t feel safe, the Burlington Business Association executive director told the City Council.
A man walking his dog had to dive into the trees to escape gunfire from the passenger of a black van that had pulled over onto the local rail trail.
The bad news has to do with PayPal. The good news? Check it out.
The death of Marquis follows his shooting in Hardwick Wednesday night.
A recent addition to the Waterbury Select Board agenda’s “parking lot” of topics to get to in the future is “leaf peeper traffic.”
@pnshdvermonster wrote in apparent sarcasm, “Stop fear-mongering. Burlington is perfectly safe. These clearly have nothing to do with the rampant drug use and unhoused immigrants.”
The Public Utilities Commission rubs salt in the wound for struggling Vermonters just trying to stay warm.
Ex-CIA boss gets Ukrainian cellphone firm directorship; Israel strikes ‘landmark’ air defense deal; Columbia suspends anti-Israel student groups for ‘threatening rhetoric and intimidation’
One county sheriff has added staff and expanded services. How did Ryan Palmer do it?
The Thanksgiving turkeys on our tables this holiday originated from native wild turkeys whose populations have been restored across much of North America thanks to scientific wildlife management by state fish and wildlife agencies.
Vt. Criminal Justice Council takes testimony in case of Franklin County Sheriff; Vermont officials on the hunt for new type of tick in Vermont; Vermont receives more fed. funding for flood cleanup
Austria and Vermont share more than just the Von Trapps.
These people have no shame.
A member of the violent Crips gang was shot to death in Burlington Sunday night. Another man also died in the Decatur Street shooting.
The career criminal who fled police for two weeks in late summer has pleaded innocent in federal court to armed robbery-related charges.
Burlington Probation and Parole will supervise the homeless, low-risk sex offender released November 9.
Longtime friends of Francois Clemmons are providing financial support for the well-known singer, performer and teacher now residing in an assisted living facility.
Exposing the coordinated global effort to censor and propagandize public opinion against the right under the guise of human rights.
Two men were shot in the head Sunday night in the second of three separate episodes of illegal gunfire last night in the Queen City.
Age Strong VT is intended to serve as a roadmap for building an age-friendly state.
Last week’s theft of an ambulance by the person it was sent to rescue may not have been a new low for Burlington, after all.
With nearly two decades of experience in government, Paul could only afford to give Burlingtonians more of the same decline.
But the top candidates shouldn’t participate in it any more.
Also in attendance with Presler will be Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform, along with former U.S. Senator and Ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown.
Protesters in Burlington call for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war; River conservation forum highlights resident questions about flood preparedness; St. Johnsbury hosts Scouting Salute to Veterans Parade
Pope Francis’ actions are causing tensions to rise, with Catholics upholding conservative Church teachings even being branded schismatics by some.
Illegal immigrant advocates want the State of Vermont to continue to refuse to cooperate with federal immigration officials. It’s unclear if a state criminal justice council agreed last week.
190 years ago tonight, an intense meteor shower had Vermonters wondering if it was the end of the world.
Two U.S. senators have introduced a bill to ban bulk ammunition sales.
The EB-5 fraud and high seas murder for insurance money made Vermont news headlines. Last week, the U S. Attorney’s Office gave credit where due.
Gone are the days of pasty conservative men. We are left with two Indians, an African American, an obese guy and another guy wearing high heels. If that’s not representative of modern America, I don’t know what is!
A citizens’ group concerned about street crime gathered recently in Rutland, where city police are down three officers and prosecutors complain how their hands are tied.
Chinese foreign nationals are exploiting Maine’s lax marijuana laws by establishing legal ‘grows’ in rural areas.
“I did repost this,” Paul Dame said. “But this represents one of the problems that Donald Trump has posed as a candidate. It is incredibly foolish to tell people not to vote because you ‘have plenty of votes’.”
Both victims appear to have taken their own lives. In both cases police were nearby.
Milton Police warn of man posing as town employee; Final FEMA Disaster Recovery Center closes in Barre; Derby ministry that housed Ukrainian refugees is downsizing
The red flag law allows a judge to temporarily remove a gun from a person considered dangerous. It hasn’t reduced homicides – and if we’re honest, that was never the intent.
A new homeless shelter will open near the Ret. 2/302 roundabout in Montpelier later this month.
“We’ve spent more on the War on Poverty than all the military wars combined in the United States without any success,” says Rachel Sheffield.
While it’s generally very quiet and tranquil here, make no mistake about it – Vermont has a fair share of strange and mysterious crimes.
With their favorite war cry of “Allahu Akbar”, or “God is Great,” resounding repeatedly, the murder of 1400 Israelis, 31 Americans in the October 7 genocide was chronicled online by the proud killers
As we learned at the summit, amid these vicious attacks and violent antisemitism in our midst we must continue to work together to restore faith in God: the one true God, who is love and not hate, life and not death.
Come dusk Friday night, lights will flicker on in thousands of deer camps in the hills, dales, and deep woods throughout rural Vermont as hunters gather for Vermont’s unofficial sixteen day holiday otherwise known as Deer Rifle Season.
Two juveniles stole his gun. The theft was reported. Now he’s looking at prison time for leaving the gun on a shelf in his house.
“The main thing that the critical social justice types want to get you to do is to buy into what they want you to believe and to not question it,” Dr. Kindsvatter told the crowd.
Should our government leave no stone unturned to discover the origin of the Covid-19 virus, even if the path leads to Wuhan, China? The new National Institutes of Health director faced this question at her nomination hearing.
Leniency undermines the rule of law and perpetuates a cycle of crime harmful to both perpetrator and victim alike. It is time for Vermont Legislators from all parties to stand up.
We may need to scrap the DSM and start over. As someone who has several family, friends and clients who struggle with mental illness I couldn’t agree more.
As evictions rise, those seeking help face an uphill battle finding shelter; Road salt pollutes Vt. waterways. Why aren’t more towns curbing its use?; 10 Vermont dairy farms get USDA grants
The letter, sent on behalf of the full selectboard, centers on a large load of crushed stone that was picked up on behalf of Boutin and delivered to her home on Adams Landing Road this summer.
The Hinesburg Fire Department will be conducting a staged burn for training purposes on the corner of Route 116 and Hollow Road.
Brandon R. Clough, 42, was ordered to undergo a mental evaluation Tuesday following his third arrest in 24 hours, including separate assault incidents
This concert is by donation and will benefit the St. Johnsbury History & Heritage Center.
The Scott administration hopes adding more housing to the market will lower one of the root causes of homelessness: exorbitantly high rental rates.
Voters yesterday rejected a wastewater project in Westford and a $39 million school project in Stowe.
DNA extraction in zero gravity is the mission of a UVM research project aboard the International Space Station.
Stowe voters turn down $39M school bond; Westford neighbors vote down building new wastewater system; CCV spotlights 1st-generation students with ‘Free Degree Promise’ event
At a special meeting in August, the Vermont Board of Armory Commissioners decided it was time to address the fate of the Waterbury Armory.
How all that happened was what we were never supposed to forget. But we are living and watching an alarmingly similar Nazi-like attitude develop today in America.
The fastest-growing religion in America is “none,” according to a 2021 Pew Research Center poll.
Cannabis is in the top three of accidental child overdoses.
The State Agency of Housing and Community Development has not ignored the crisis. However, its solutions resemble placing one’s thumb in the dike.
Montpelier chosen as a capital for its central location? Kinda… but mostly it was about the money.
More tales of ‘catch and release’ from Vermont law enforcement.
Vermont needs more options to protect the public from mentally disturbed violent offenders, Burlington’s police chief says.
A member of the Vermont GOP Special Election Committee praises a national resolution supporting paper ballots, limited voting time periods, auditable balloting, and voter identification.
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