The question came upon me: “What is it about a Kennedy?”
Alix: Standing in the rain, RFK shares vision for a prosperous, healthy nation
VT Headlines: Central Vermont Medical Center nurses, tech staff vote to unionize
Central Vermont day care worker accused of child abuse; ‘Just tear them down’: After the flood, hard-hit Barre considers big changes; As VT records its 1,000th Covid death, hospitalizations tick up
Inmate who got prison guard pregnant pleads not guilty in gun case
They became lovers when she was a prison guard and he was an inmate – a violation of state law.
McClaughry: Peculiar response to the valley flooding problem
You have to wonder why the Vermont Climate Council is urging land use controls to keep people and businesses out of high ground, and cluster them in downtowns that flood.
Flood rescue team vandalism part of Morristown crime wave
A swift water rescue team was stationed at the Morrisville Fire Department. During the overnight hours, someone vandalized their equipment trailer in an attempt to gain access to the equipment inside.
Bernie Sanders’ long history of nepotism
This is not the first time that Vermont’s self-described democratic socialist has been in the spotlight for questionable financial decisions involving his family.
Granville man who died in double-fatal collision identified
A collision in Warren Monday night killed two men. Yesterday, police identified the second victim.
Letter: GOP needs Trump backup plan
The Dem’s aren’t dumb. They will bend rules to keep Trump’s name off six key state ballots.
VT Headlines: Enrollment declining at newly branded Vermont State University
Veterinarians say ticks and fleas are worse than ever this year; Vermont ends funding for worker relocation program; Montpelier businesses continue to struggle on the road to recovery
Vermont AG wants KY, Tennessee to shelve trans laws
AGs claim that the laws preventing hormone access to minors “single out transgender minors for discriminatory treatment.”
Flood forces rival schools to share athletic fields, combine teams
With their athletic fields buried under sewage, sand and silt, Cabot and Twinfield High will play most of their soccer games at high-ground schools like Danville and U-32.
Brazilian soldier convicted of massacre busted in NH
Filho fled Brazil after a murderous retaliation for the killing of a fellow officer.
State funds up to $11K for trading flood-damaged cars for EVs
“We hope these incentive changes will make a difference in curbing the worst effects of climate change,” Transportation Secretary Joseph Flynn said.
Woman died by hanging near highway intersection / Man found dead on riverbank
Police are investigating the unrelated deaths of two Vermonters.
Roper: Biden won’t, and was never going to, be the Democrats’ Nominee
That’s the trap being set, at least as I see it. The question for the debates is, will Republicans step into it?
Federal court expedites snowboarding coach’s lawsuit over transgender speech
Ousted coach David J. Bloch maintains he was unfairly fired the day after he joined in a brief private, non-disruptive discussion started by two of his athletes on Feb. 8 about a transgender student.
Keelan: After flood, harvest failures and scandal payout, time to rethink ’24 state budget
With the recent disasters, the Legislature should return to Montpelier and rethink the spring spending spree they unleashed on the State.
VT Headlines: Man pulls a gun on Uber driver in South Burlington
Green Mountain Power warns of potential scam calls; Judge throws out lawsuit brought against state, health care provider over prison suicide; Burlington restaurant owner Ahmed Omar dies unexpectedly
Elm-eating bug confirmed in Vermont
An invasive sawfly from Asia that can fully defoliate an elm tree has migrated across the Quebec border into northwestern Vermont.
Shepard: Decoupling schooling from the State
There was a time when public schools were locally funded and locally controlled. The focus was teaching students the tools for discovering and living life-not social experiments.
CLG: Donald Trump, 18 others, indicted in Georgia election probe
Hunter Biden’s appointed special counsel called a ‘clear violation,’ ‘illegal’; NIH royalty payments raise questions about Fauci testimony, show Wuhan lab ties
Vermont bear hunting starts in September
In addition to a hunting license, a bear hunter using a bow or crossbow must have a prior or current bow license or a certificate proving completion of a bow hunter education course.
Tyeastia Green supporters rally, Council sends audit to HR committee
Depending on who you listen to, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger is either a white supremacist or a city leader willing to ask awkward questions about the fiscal performance of the city’s former diversity office chief.
VT Headlines: Flooding forces some VT pot shops to relocate, look to ‘Higher Calling’
Burlington City Council discusses audit report involving former REIB director Tyeastia Green; Supporters of former Burlington REIB director slam investigation as ‘witch hunt’ at packed council meeting
Bananas: Pride Month to expand to seven-deadly season
Capitalizing on the smashing success of another month of pride, the crypto-fascists at Black Rock have excitedly announced they will be sponsoring Greed Month this coming December.
Two men die in early-morning crash
A falling pickup truck, two fatal car accidents, and a motorcycle-deer collision highlight Vermont traffic accident news.
Generations of ringers faithfully gather at Hope Davey’s horseshoe pits
For a lot of folks involved, coming out to the park each week is as simple as getting to be with each other, having fun and keeping the tradition alive.
Blankley: Border agents seize enough lethal drugs this fiscal year to kill more than 6 billion people
Two milligrams of fentanyl is considered a lethal dose. One pound, equivalent to 453,592.4 milligrams, is enough to kill 226,796 people. Twenty-two thousand pounds is enough to kill nearly 5 billion.
UVM to build new dorms for 540 undergrads near DoubleTree
The $100 million ‘Catamount Woods’ will house 540 undergrads near the DoubleTree hotel near I-89.
Klar: A Country Mouse, in defense of the local
This intergenerational sapping of rural culture is evident in Vermont, where agriculture, especially cow dairying, has generally declined for a century.
McClaughry: Green New Deal vs. Small Farm Republic
Klar doesn’t challenge the arguments for addressing climate issues, but he is scathingly critical of the Democrats’ solution of choice, the multi-trillion dollar Green New Deal.
Bus safety barbecue moved to August 17
A Bus Safety Barbecue scheduled for Wednesday has been moved to Thursday due to expected rain.
Thayer: VFV Initiative reso demands parents’ rights
If you are a parent, grandparent or a concerned citizen, please help Vermonters for Vermont Initiative introduce this resolution at your local schoolboard meeting.
Arrest made in connection with Leicester double shooting
Roy’s Vermont rap sheet goes back six years.
Drunk boater injures swimmer, police say
Lydia Vorsteveld, a nurse at Porter Hospital, was swimming in Arnold Bay when she was struck by a vessel under motion operated by Gerard Vorsteveld of Panton.
Middlebury College pays students $10K to take the year off
Many students decided to take a leave of absence during the pandemic and are now graduating later than scheduled.
VT Headlines: VT mental health system not prepared for flood trauma, experts say
Vermont biologists work to shape forests to mitigate climate change effects; Rafters rescued out of river in Richmond; Vermont armed service retirees honored and taught about benefits
Flood farm damage $12 million and rising
So far, only 205 respondents have completed the survey, which will remain open until Aug. 28.
Montpelier man posted 8,000 pix on dark web child porn site, police say
Coolidge admitted at the police station he was a “member” of a dark web site that he called the “Boy’s Club,” police say.
Report: Bernie campaign paid $200K to non-profit run by stepson
It pays to be family with Vermont’s socialist senior senator.
LaMarche: Burlington’s ‘racial equity’ tax dollar odyssey
The recent exposé on Tyeastia Green, once at the helm of the Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Office, lays bare a troubling tale of accountability gone entirely wrong.
CLG: Utah man who posted Biden death-threats killed by FBI agents during raid
Sen. Ron Johnson claims COVID was ‘pre-planned by elite group’; Florida Republican introduces impeachment articles against Joe Biden; Biden Has Handed Taliban Over $2 Billion in 2 Years, SIGAR finds
Evslin: Whataboutism doesn’t excuse anyone
Hard as it is to say, both Biden and Trump are entitled to presumptions of innocence even though neither deserve them. If one or the other of them should be exonerated, it doesn’t make the other one any less guilty.
All historic sites open Battle of Bennington Day, Wednesday August 16
After a day of non-stop rain, the American forces led by Gen. John Stark and Col. Seth Warner defeated the British and German troops desperately trying to capture much needed provisions from the colonial arsenal in Bennington.
Roper: Are some on the Left realizing VT Climate policy is a useless waste?
What we’ve been doing is prioritizing greenhouse gas reduction over adaptation and preparation as a policy for dealing with extreme weather events. Let’s stop doing this. Today.
‘You Are Trespassing’ loudspeaker annoys neighbors, highlights Burlington retail theft problem
The camera/speaker system blurts out “You are trespassing! Please leave the area … This area is under video surveillance, and you have been recorded.” Neighbors are reportedly irritated.
Fundraising failures that plagued Burlington Juneteenth happened again in Minneapolis
The City of Burlington saw what happened under Tyeastia Green’s watch in Minneapolis and started asking questions about her work in Burlington, which ended in March 2022.
VT Headlines: County Courier stops printing
Middlebury police station remains closed from flooding; Washington County gets a new FEMA recovery center; Hundreds gather in Montpelier to discuss city’s future
Bean: Geoengineered Transhumanism influences our lives
Modifying the weather locally and “making it rain” is just a piece to the puzzle. Here’s another one: transhumanism.
Campaign for Vermont: S.5 costs unknown, financing targets rural poor
Heat pumps require a backup (fossil) fuel source for operation below freezing temperatures and in the event of power loss. You need two systems in parallel. You cannot simply swap one system for the other.
Shapiro: The Barack Obama cover-up
Just as our institutions were shaped for decades beyond JFK’s death by the myth built around him, so our modern institutions will be shaped for decades to come by the myth of Barack Obama.
Bradley: Anti-trapping bill will cause more beaver trapping
H.191 will actually cause more trapping in Vermont; by creating an industry for the commercial killing of critters like beavers with expensive rates. It will absolutely create Wanton Waste.
Vermont regulators approve double-digit health insurance hikes
“While we were able to reduce these rate requests, we know that Vermonters will still struggle to pay for their health care,” Board chairman Owen Foster said in a statement.
Vermont #1 worldwide in niche ‘captive insurance’ industry
As the global captive insurance industry meets this week in South Burlington, Vermont can rightly claim: We’re #1!
McClaughry: San Francisco’s homelessness crisis
As San Francisco progressives are learning, government can build more shelter, but that doesn’t mean the homeless will use them.
NEK lake celebrates 5 years Eurasian milfoil-free
It took a lot of work, but Shadow Lake has been removed from the list of milfoil-infested Vermont lakes.
Overdose of psychedelic ‘love drug’ killed man at festival at VT legislator’s farm
A Boston man who died of a drug overdose July 7 at the Vermont version of the Burning Man Festival has been identified, and so has the drug that killed him.
Payroll tax, other added costs push newspaper to online-only
While emphasizing that cost increases in many areas led to his decision, Publisher Greg Lamoureux holds the new .44% payroll tax partly responsible.
Bargain apartment or police nuisance? Opinions vary on Church Street building
“The danger of labeling one of the very few actually-affordable buildings in Burlington as a nuisance property is that most of those people will not have any housing opportunities if forced to leave,” the former tenant said.
Bufka: The courage to listen
Our biology does not distinguish between the challenge of a bear or the challenge of an idea.
Grismore disciplinary hearing delayed
The embattled Grismore remains under fire on at least three fronts for an Aug. 7, 2022 incident in which he was caught on video using his foot to kick or — depending on your perspective — shove the lower abdomen of an intoxicated, shackled prisoner at the sheriff’s office.
St. Johnsbury cop writes about policing in the first person
St. Johnsbury Police Department Corporal George Johnson’s press releases depart from the canned style taught at the Dragnet Joe Friday School of Cop Speak.
VT Headlines: Are VT inmates getting the health care they need behind bars?
Vermont Flooding: List of FEMA disaster recovery centers; Co-op GM to Resign Amid Sex Charges Against Former Employee; Norwich hires former Capitol police chief to be new interim chief
Ellis: And now, the hard part
But now it must change. We must change. We must innovate. The Dutch have been dealing with the North Sea for generations. New Orleans with the Gulf of Mexico. Let’s hire some of the experts out there to help with this redesign.
Living with wildlife: bats in your house?
Bat colonies are starting to disperse now that young bats can fly. Fall is a good time of year to think about safely evicting bats from structures following the Fish and Wildlife recommendations.
Douglas suit against college ‘cancel culture’ proceeds
Douglas said Middlebury College got it wrong and succumbed to “cancel culture” conduct.
CLG: Niger closes airspace amid invasion threat
Doctors’ Coalition Sues CA Medical Board for Insisting ‘White Individuals Are Naturally Racist’; FBI Agent Lied Under Oath About of Hunter Biden Laptop; Trump leads Biden by 4 points after indictments
Klar: Despite media apathy, SFR book sales still #1 in Amazon category
If the book were wrong, Seven Days and VTDigger would jump on me like the flies to manure they both are.
Your letters: Sugarcoating credit downgrade/ Notch stuckage hogwash/ Fedsurrection
Any idiot who can’t read warning signs should not be operating a big rig on the highway. Also, any idiot who can’t read warning signs about federal debt should not be operating the U.S. government.
Covid vax not required for public schools, UVM
Students in Vermont public schools at the University of Vermont will not need a Covid-19 vaccination as a prerequisite for enrollment.
McClaughry: Sen. Welch’s Small Farmers’ Bill
All in all, it’s a good thing that our Senator is focusing on helping small farmers and ranchers prosper in a world of anticompetitive agribusiness mergers.
VT Headlines: Constant rainfall continues to pummel VT communities
Federal judge dismisses Slate Ridge owner’s lawsuit against town of Pawlet, state judge; Gary Sadowsky celebrates his last day on the Channel 3 News This Morning
Vermont hunter education courses are offered now
A person must pass the basic hunter education course before they can purchase their first hunting license.
Jailhouse killing draws murder #2 charge
A 21-year-old South Burlington man has been charged with the second-degree murder of a 55-year-old prison cellmate.
Roofer dies after electric shock, fall
Driver struck a high-tension power line with a metal ladder, causing an electric shock and a fall of 25-30 feet off the roof.
Fast-rising rivers may lead to second emergency declaration
The Mad River rose five feet after just one inch of rainfall last night. Super-saturated soil is to blame.
Replace gas-powered generators with portable batteries? VT company gets big grant
Each NOMAD unit will be capable of providing power to about 50 homes for 10 hours.
Gymnastics coach busted for voyeurism in Waterbury
Girard allegedly made video recordings in the bathroom of a gymnastics academy.
VT Headlines: VT Attorney General investigating Brattleboro Retreat for health care fraud
Vermont State Police looking for driver who hit man and drove away; 20 bank branches were affected by the July floods,; Recent storms prompt federal funding for re-enforcing Vt. power grid
Brattleboro woman and trafficking victim says pregnancy center saved her life
The first African-American director of a Vermont pregnancy resource center was once a scared, pregnant victim of human trafficking.
Former major drug dealer, now clean, gets second chance
“Today, following this criminal justice intervention, her pattern of drug use and criminal conduct has ceased,” a federal prosecutor said of former kingpin Melissa George.
Concerned about public schools, Moms for Liberty, VTGrassroots meet August 17
VTGrassroots and Moms for Liberty will offer speakers and networking at a joint meeting August 17 in Barre.
Roper: Let health insurance be insurance again
Since 2014 and the passage of the so-called “Affordable Care Act,” healthcare premiums have nearly doubled in cost. Don’t blame the insurance companies, blame the politicians.
Bananas: New underground railroads emerge along West Coast
Vermont, once the first colony in the union to abolish slavery, has been rumored to be yet another state ready to see it’s nearly 3% Christian population fleeing to safer spaces like Florida.
Peregrine Falcon nesting season complete
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has confirmed that all the young falcons have learned to fly and should not be disturbed by human presence on the cliffs.
UVM researcher paves way for revolutionary RSV treatment
Nirsevimab, owned and distributed by AstroZeneca, is a passive immunization that allows the immune system to develop its own protective responses to RSV.
Danville man dies by gunfire in domestic dispute
Wayne Payton, 50, of Danville.was killed by a shot to the head.
Home study bill would reduce parents’ taxes
A bill in the Vermont House would allow families to more affordably consider a homeschool path for their child.
‘Improvements’ at Willoughby beach get F from disabled college professor
I have been going to swim and kayak on Willoughby for over 30 years and when I saw these horrible “improvements,” I frankly cried.
ATV rider, pedestrian die in crashes
In addition to the two fatal crashes, the weekend saw a wrecked state police cruiser and a speeding VW escape police pursuit.
VT Headlines: S. Burlington bear sightings cause wildlife experts to worry
FEMA hires Vermonters to help in flood response; Hyde Park homeless shelter zoning appeal resolved; Schools prepare for new safety protocols in effect this school year
Trump campaign collecting signatures at the Fair, Trump truck stolen
The Trump 2024 campaign hopes his supporters will stop by the Champlain Valley Fair booth and sign a petition to place the former president on the 2024 Vermont primary ballot.
Wilson: What is really going on
In 2023, as I look on my youth and remember, I now see how liberals have worked against our Constitution to divide a nation and our states.
CLG: DOJ asks judge for ‘protective order’ in Trump election case after social media post
RFK, Jr., files lawsuit against Youtube, Google over ‘Censorship Campaign’; Ukraine shells Donetsk with cluster munitions; Green Hypocrisy: 16 million trees axed for wind farms in Scotland
LaMarche: America’s masochistic fetish for getting ripped off
Ukrainian corruption isn’t new. In fact, it has a long-seeded reputation for being heavily corrupt.
Extra! Extra! ‘Newsies’ delivers fun, empowering message
You can attend the “Newsies” premiere this weekend on Friday, Aug. 4 at the Barnard Town Hall at 7 p.m. Other showtimes can be found on the BarnArts website.
Klar: What I saw in Vermont after the storms
When the nation soon faces a much greater trial than a natural disaster, the rural men and women will separate from the urban boys and girls, like oil from water.
Middlebury teen died of hypothermia
Cause of death: hypothermia. Manner of death: accidental, for a Middlebury teenager who reports say often wandered away.
McClaughry: Green Mountain Meetups
In this time of alienation, division, and political rhetoric, let’s give a gold star to these homegrown efforts to rebuild community and shared purpose.
VT Headlines: Middlebury hit with flash flooding Thursday evening
Vt. unemployment insurance system to improve accessibility; Jon Murad sworn-in as Burlington police chief, along with new police recruits; Burlington, Rutland experiencing spike in overdoses
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