MONTPELIER – Dawn Fancher wanted to vote on the Plainfield town budget at this year’s Town Meeting Day on March 3. But due to a disability, they couldn’t attend in person, and the ballot they received didn’t include that question. “Our town does floor vote for the town budgets, so[Read More…]
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Dr. Roger Bradford Kellogg
MONTPELIER – Dr. Roger Bradford Kellogg passed away peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 22, at Central Vermont Medical Center, surrounded by his friends and family. Roger was born in Boston, Mass., September 25, 1944, to Celina and Edmund Kellogg. He was one of four children: Celina Moore, Ted Kellogg and Eliza[Read More…]
Burke paintings, drawings exhibited at State House Gallery
MONTPELIER – Brattleboro artist and state legislator, Mollie S. Burke, has a solo exhibit “Realism and Magical Realism,” at the Vermont State House Cafeteria Gallery. Burke’s paintings and drawings bring the viewer into a world filled with environments that present a sense of place and home, surrounded by nature. Burke’s imagery includes[Read More…]
Group exhibit features 13 artists, through May 22
MONTPELIER – Artists from the United States and Canada working in drawing, painting and sculpture will be exhibited May 22nd, with an opening reception on Friday, April 3, from 4 to 8 p.m., at the Hexum Gallery. The group exhibit, “Shadowland,” features works in black and white and centers on[Read More…]
New T.W. Wood exhibits, through May 23
MONTPELIER – “Wandering in Hope” by Samantha M. Eckert and “Springtide 2026” by the Vermont Watercolor Society are contemporary exhibits at the T.W. Wood Museum through May 23, with an Art Walk reception Friday, April 3, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., and an artist talk at 6 p.m. On view[Read More…]
Erection of Presidential statue planned, April 1
MONTPELIER — Invisible Hardwick has been selected to provide the keynote speech on the Vermont Statehouse lawn for the uncloaking of the first of 50 Donald Trump statues to be erected in state capitals throughout the U.S. The event is scheduled Wednesday, April 1, half past 1 to forevermore. The[Read More…]
Rights bill passes after raid raises red flags
MONTPELIER – State police and protesters were involved in an event on March 11, where federal agents served a warrant, raiding a property and disrupting South Burlington traffic in search of a person who wasn’t at the property involved. A day later, the Vermont House took up H.849, an act[Read More…]
Harple proposes CESA map, voluntary consolidation
MONTPELIER – Back in January, virtually no one imagined that lawmakers responsible for consolidating school districts would go anywhere near last fall’s disparaged recommendations from the school redistricting task force. Recall that lawmakers last year had punted the responsibility of drawing consolidated school district maps to the task force. But[Read More…]
Public comment invited on wetland map updates
MONTPELIER – The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) invited the public to comment on draft updates to the state wetland maps in 150 towns, covering over 45% of Vermont in a notice published March 17. The updated maps show the approximate location and shape of wetlands across major parts[Read More…]
Bill allowing land postings clarified
MONTPELIER – Last week, we passed H.723 out of the House chamber, an act relating to the posting of land. While I receive many emails from across our community on a variety of legislative proposals, this bill has generated particular interest in our district. It stemmed from a proposed rule[Read More…]
Cruickshank leads U-32 to runner-up finish at Gutterson
BURLINGTON – Hazen Union sophomore Paige Cruickshank and her U-32 girls hockey team’s Division II championship run came to an end over the weekend against Hartford at University of Vermont’s Gutterson Fieldhouse. Hartford captured their fourth straight state title on Sunday, knocking off the top-seeded Lady Raiders 5-1 on Sunday[Read More…]
It was another sobering week
MONTPELIER – It was yet another sobering week at the State House. Below are several facts I learned this week. Each reflects a separate area of concern, yet together they illustrate the challenging times we face. Twenty-five percent of students in our schools are chronically absent. “Chronically absent” means missing[Read More…]
