MONTPELIER – The League of Women Voters of Vermont, in partnership with Kellogg-Hubbard Library presents the second in its 2025-26 Lecture Series. The second program, on Wednesday, Dec.10, at 7 p.m., presents Prof. Alec Ewald, who teaches constitutional law and U.S. politics and constitutional law, in the Department of Political Science at University of Vermont. This season will look at “Voting Rights and Access to[Read More…]
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Area disaster recovery projects recommended for funding
MONTPELIER – The Community Development (CD) Board met last Thursday with the Vermont Community Development Program (VCDP) staff to review applications for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery funds. The recommendations will go to the Secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD), who will then make[Read More…]
Whooping cough spreading in Caledonia, Lamoille, Washington Counties
MONTPELIER – The Vermont Department of Health recommends that people in the impacted counties of Lamoille, Caledonia and Washington take extra steps to protect themselves and their community from whooping cough by checking that the family is up to date on whooping cough vaccine (Tdap or DTap). The vaccine work[Read More…]
Seize the opportunity for second chance on school reform
MONTPELIER – The Act 73 Redistricting Task Force wrapped up their work, and they’ve given the state a chance to rethink the course of education reform it has been pursuing for the last decade. Vermont communities, as well as elected leaders, should seize this opportunity to get us out of[Read More…]
Handel’s “Messiah” presented Dec. 5, Dec. 7
BARRE-MONTPELIER – Handel’s “Messiah” will be presented by the orchestra and chorus of the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra on Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m., in St Augustine Church in Montpelier, and Sunday, Dec, 7, at 2 p.m., in the Barre Opera House. Lisa Jablow, will conduct and soloists include Colleen Flynn[Read More…]
Gov. Phil Scott admonishes school redistricting task force
MONTPELER – Vermont Gov. Phil Scott had some strong words for the school redistricting task force after the group endorsed a proposal to incentivize voluntary mergers of the state’s 119 school districts. The task force members, he told reporters, “didn’t fulfill their obligation.” “They didn’t redraw the lines, and they were supposed[Read More…]
Vermonters deserve notice, fair voice in land-use decisions
MONTPELIER – Vermont is undergoing the most significant land-use regulation update in over 50 years. As Tier 2 and Tier 3 mapping and rulemaking under Act 181 of 2024 move forward, decisions are being made right now that will affect how Vermonters access their homes, and live on, build on[Read More…]
Federal efforts to undermine medical debt relief condemned
MONTPELIER – The Trump administration recently issued a new interpretive rule advising that the Federal Credit Reporting Act preempts state measures to remove medical debt from credit reports. This guidance, issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Russell Vought, directly challenges laws passed in several states, including Vermont,[Read More…]
Shutdown poses risks to Vermont families
MONTPELIER – As the federal government remains shut down, many of the supports that Vermont families and children rely on are under threat, creating ripple effects for child abuse prevention programs and the safety net services that help keep homes healthy and safe. At Prevent Child Abuse Vermont (PCAVT), we[Read More…]
Lange’s “A Christmas Carol” performed for 50th year, Dec. 7
MONTPELIER – Yankee storyteller Willem Lange is back for a 50th-anniversary performance of “A Christmas Carol: a ghost story” by Charles Dickens, live on stage at Lost Nation Theater, 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 7. Emmy-winner Lange’s tradition of reading Dickens’ Christmas Carol began in 1975, and has continued uninterrupted ever[Read More…]
Redistricting task force grapples with school choice
MONTPELIER – The group considered several kinds of mergers that would reduce costs across the state, including for school districts that provide families choice when there are public schools in neighboring districts. Protect Vermont’s school choice system: That was the loud and clear message to the Vermont school redistricting task[Read More…]
Leaving Scene of an Accident, Woodbury canoeist safe after capsize on Lake Champlain
Leaving Scene of an AccidentVermont State Police PLAINFIELD – On October 15 at 11:57 p.m., the Vermont State Police were notified of a crash that occurred the previous week at the entrance to the Hollister Hill Apartments in Plainfield. Someone had backed a vehicle into a metal fence, causing significant[Read More…]
