Water Cooler: Closed border hurts tourism / Pot industry eyes cheap power in NY / For Burlington school funding, race matters / Cyanobacteria blooms

Don’t miss breaking news! Vermont Daily Water Cooler is a roundup of important headlines from around the state.

Publication	Headline	Published
WCAX	Are Vermont schools too understaffed to test students for COVID?	10/4/2021 6:17 PM
WCAX	Border closure cutting into Vermont’s tourist traffic	10/4/2021 6:26 PM
WCAX	Taxis, ride-sharing services in short supply in Burlington area	10/4/2021 6:25 PM
WCAX	Cheap power has recreational marijuana industry eyeing Plattsburgh	10/4/2021 7:37 PM
VT Digger	In Fair Haven, a dog park sits empty despite fundraising campaign by pooch mayor	10/4/2021 7:55 PM
Seven Days	Slideshow: Buddy Walk Celebrates People With Down Syndrome as ‘More Alike Than Different’	10/4/2021 2:58 PM
Times Argus	Vermont school kids get to name state plow trucks this winter	10/4/2021 5:28 PM
WCAX	Vermont family asks for public’s help to find missing mother	10/4/2021 9:49 PM
NBC 5	Burlington School District to implement equitable budgeting model	10/4/2021 11:23 PM
Seven Days	St. Albans Family Frustrated After School Investigation Into Racist Meme Sputters	10/4/2021 11:49 PM
WCAX	New parking lot hopes to help with traffic at Lake Willoughby	10/5/2021 6:00 AM
WCAX	Snowboarding to be featured on Vermont $1 coin	10/5/2021 6:15 AM
NBC 5	Vermont businesses turn to incentives to help solve staff shortages	10/5/2021 6:45 AM
NBC 5	Weekend Rally for Reproductive Freedom	10/5/2021 7:16 AM
WCAX	Burlington still seeing reports of cyanobacteria blooms in October	10/5/2021 7:46 AM