MONTPELIER – The Washington Central Unified Union Supervisory District (WCUUSD) board was divided in a six-to-five vote as it denied a valid petition with more than 450 signatures that called for a special meeting to vote on amending the district’s articles of agreement beginning with the 2027-28 academic year. If[Read More…]
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Vermonters hungry for neighborhood connection
MONTPELIER – Ben Doyle knows block parties. This time, though, he was in over his head. Last summer, Doyle decided to roast a whole pig for his Montpelier neighborhood’s annual block party. Panicked, he left a voicemail for Richard Amore, a fellow Montpelier resident who happened to know his way[Read More…]
Peter Gould finds purpose through performance
BURLINGTON – At the dinner table on his first night in Mexico, then-17-year-old Peter Gould watched as members of his host family spoke with arched eyebrows, toothy grins and wide eyes. Their bodies moved with them, hands flew through the air, each finger articulating a syllable. Conversation became a dance. [Read More…]
Local students graduate from CCV
MONTPELIER – The following students at the Community College of Vermont (CCV) earned associate degrees at CCV’s 2026 Commencement on Saturday, June 6: Eujenio Rosas Osoria of Calais, Lucas Erikson Jewell of Hardwick and Marie F. Barney of Marshfield.
Understanding Vermont public education landscape
MONTPELIER – As you probably know, Vermont is at a crossroads, many argue a crisis, concerning the costs to operate Vermont’s public education system and the results. Property taxes have grown 40% in the last five years, while results are declining. Before digging into the details of what Montpelier did[Read More…]
It is not the end of the work
MONTPELIER – Yesterday evening, we gavelled out the 2026 legislative session, officially concluding the biennium. We passed the state budget, the yield bill to set property tax rates and the education transformation bill that I have been working so carefully on throughout the past year to get right. While this[Read More…]
Good work done by balanced legislature
MONTPELIER – Vermont’s Senate adjourned on Friday evening, ending the 2025-2026 biennium. The 2024 election and an end to the super majority in the House and Senate made it possible for a lot of good work to be accomplished over the last 2 years. Vermonters were rewarded for voting in[Read More…]
Getting major legislation right
MONTPELIER – It is a little daunting that the legislative session is continuing this late into May, but that is because we are working hard in these final weeks to get several major pieces of legislation right.We are close to reaching an agreement with Governor Scott on the final education[Read More…]
Confronting highest health insurance premiums
MONTPELIER – The debate over health care legislation known as S.190 may ultimately be remembered as one of the defining affordability fights of this legislative session. At issue was whether Vermont would finally take aggressive action to confront some of the highest health insurance premiums in America or continue down[Read More…]
AG Clark takes enforcement action against unregistered residential contractor
MONTPELIER – Attorney General Charity Clark announced her office filed a lawsuit against residential contractor Jesse Reeder of Montpelier based on a complaint involving a homeowner in Hardwick, for failure to register under Vermont’s Residential Contractor law. Since 2023, residential contractors have been required to register with the Secretary of[Read More…]
New exhibits open at museum’s galleries, May 28
MONTPELIER – “Sea Wonders” by Carolyn Shapiro and Deb Fleischman and “Art Resource Association Members Exhibit” by the Art Resource Association will be on exhibit May 28 through July 24 at the T.W. Wood Gallery. An Art Walk reception will be held June 6, 5 to 7:30 p.m., with an[Read More…]
Burtt’s amendments pass as Tier 3, Road Rule scraped by House
MONTPELIER – Amid this legislative session’s turmoil over Act 181’s land use revisions to Act 250, adding three tiers and a road rule, and the turmoil of an extended floor debate last week, Rep. Greg Burtt (R-Cabot) scored a win for Republicans. His two pro-farm amendments to Senate bill S.325,[Read More…]
