MONTPELIER – The Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB) has a program to help Vermonters afford to get connected to broadband. The Affordable Long Drop Program will provide grants to eligible providers to cover connection costs for long or nonstandard drops, including underground installations. Providers currently pay costs that exceed routine[Read More…]
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Secretary of State Visits with Headwaters Community Trust
MONTPELIER – Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas visited with Linda Ramsdell, president of the Headwaters Community Trust, on July 1, as part of a statewide listening tour following the upgrade of her office’s online business filing system. The listening tour follows her office’s improvements to an online business filing[Read More…]
How to Flex Your Flood Preparedness Muscle
MONTPELIER – It has been heartbreaking to see flash flooding occur in Vermont for the past three summers, and increasingly around the country as well. I, for one, do not want to let this kind of news begin to feel normal. This is not the Vermont I grew up in. It is already hotter[Read More…]
Work Complete on U.S. 2 Resurfacing Project
MONTPELIER − The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) has finished construction on the Marshfield-Danville NH PS19(1) Resurfacing Project. The Marshfield-Danville Resurfacing Project was located along U.S. Route 2 (U.S. 2) in the Towns of Marshfield, Cabot and Danville. The project consisted of reclaiming work, milling and filling activities, excavation, paving,[Read More…]
Willey’s, Schoolhouses Featured in Hazen Road Dispatch
GREENSBORO − The yearly edition of The Hazen Road Dispatch, published by the Greensboro Historical Society, is out and available at the museum as well as Willey’s, The Galaxy Bookshop in Hardwick and other locations. This edition covers such wide-ranging topics as the history of The Willey’s Store and the[Read More…]
Beck Appointed to School Redistricting Task Force
MONTPELIER – Caledonia County Senator Scott Beck (R-Caledonia) of St. Johnsbury is one of 11 members appointed last week to the state task force charged with drawing up Vermont’s new school district boundaries. Beck brings to the task his experience as a social studies teacher on the St. Johnsbury Academy[Read More…]
Welch Unveils Bill to Reform FEMA
KILLINGTON – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) recently unveiled the Disaster Assistance Improvement and Decentralization (AID) Act, new legislation to improve the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The Disaster AID Act was inspired and shaped by the experiences of towns and cities across Vermont recovering from historic floods in 2023 and 2024. Senator Welch’s bill will[Read More…]
Gov. Scott Appoints Locals to Boards and Commissions
MONTPELIER – Governor Phil Scott’s office recently announced a range of appointments made in the second quarter of 2025. Area residents appointed include Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens’ Advisory Panel: J. Randall Pratt, Wolcott; State Rehabilitation Council: Helena Kehne, Adamant; and Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs: Linda Savoca, Cabot. Boards and[Read More…]
Complaints Allege Senators Violated Ethics Rules
MONTPELIER – Ethics complaints filed with the Vermont Senate against Sens. Seth Bongartz, D-Bennington, and Scott Beck, R-Caledonia, allege they used their positions on a critical committee negotiating the final form of a wide-ranging education bill to advance provisions that benefited the private schools they are associated with. Beck, the[Read More…]
Climate Catalysts Leadership Program Cohort Gathers
MONTPELIER – Members of the newest Climate Catalysts Leadership Program met at the North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier to kick off the start of their six-month journey together on June 2. They introduced themselves and their project ideas, heard from guest speakers and Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD)[Read More…]
Session Ends Like Roller Coaster
MONTPELIER – The legislative session came to an end a bit like a roller coaster. We wrapped up most of our work on Friday, May 30, working until 11 p.m., as votes passed back and forth between the House and Senate. I was pleased to see that Governor Scott signed[Read More…]
Final 2025 Legislative Session Update
MONTPELIER – This will be my final newsletter of the 2025 session, though I may be in touch throughout the summer and certainly again in fall as the new session shapes up. Please feel free to reach out to me as well if you have legislative questions. I have written[Read More…]
