VERMONT — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department (F&W) has begun to receive reports of bears coming out of their dens as the weather warms. Bear incidents have been on the rise over the past several years. 2022 saw high numbers of bear homes break-ins, and two bear attacks. Officials[Read More…]
Vermont
Cut to Free School Meals Prompts Pushback
VERMONT — In the face of skyrocketing property taxes across the state, Gov. Phil Scott is looking for new ways to economize Vermont’s education spending. The statewide average property tax bill increased nearly 14% last year, triggering calls for cost control and an uncharacteristic red wave in November’s election that[Read More…]
New White House Policies Disrupt Vermont’s Workforce
VERMONT – From layoffs at federal agency offices, furloughs at private contractors and international volunteer callbacks, Trump administration action is hitting Vermonters in waves. Just hours after Brooke Rollins was sworn in as secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., Feb. 13, in Vermont, Richard Amore received[Read More…]
34,000 Vermonters Call in to Telephone Town Hall
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a 90-minute live event, Vermont’s three-member congressional delegation fielded calls from residents concerned about federal actions. A virtual town hall hosted by U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Congresswoman Becca Balint, D-Vt., drew roughly 34,000 participants Wednesday night as uncertainty over the[Read More…]
Vermont State Police
Single-Vehicle Crash, Fire Victim Identified On January 21, at approximately 4:48 p.m., the Vermont State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Rte. 215 near Cabot Plains Road in Cabot. Before arriving on scene, dispatch notified Troopers that the operator was picked up by a third party and left the[Read More…]
Computer Tech Support Top Scam in State
MONTPELIER – Vermonters made a total of 3,533 scam reports to the Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) in 2024. Leading the list was the “computer tech support” scam, totaling almost 30% of the top scams reported. This scam tricks people with sudden alerts about alleged computer issues, such as expiring[Read More…]
Construction Management Degree Program Accredited
VERMONT — Vermont State University’s Construction Management bachelor’s degree program was recently awarded accreditation by the Applied and Natural Sciences Accreditation Commission of ABET. The accreditation, through September 2030, retroactively applies from Oct. 1, 2021, and to all degrees awarded after that date. ABET originally stood for the Accreditation Board[Read More…]
NOFA-VT Conference, Feb. 15-16
BURLINGTON — The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont has opened registration for its annual winter conference, Feb. 15-16 on the University of Vermont campus in Burlington. This year’s theme is “Growing Together.” The conference programming will cover a variety of food, farming and land-use topics, with a focus to[Read More…]
State, Copley Shared Confidential Info, says ACLU
VERMONT – A new lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont allege the Vermont Department for Children and Families went to extraordinary and illegal lengths to remove a child from its mother’s custody, aided by an internal program that monitors the pregnancies of multiple Vermonters, The 30-page[Read More…]
How 1975 Sparked the Vermont of Today
VERMONT – Fifty years ago, Interstate 91 was still under construction, Bernie Sanders couldn’t win an election and Ben & Jerry had yet to split the $5 tuition for a correspondence course in ice cream making. Then everything changed. When 82-year-old George Aiken retired to his Putney home in 1975 after[Read More…]
Municipal Code of Ethics Training Now Required
VERMONT – All members of legislative bodies; quasi-judicial bodies; chief administrative officers; mayors; and town and city managers are required to complete training on the new statewide municipal code of ethics. Municipal officers who are in office on January 1, 2025, must complete the training no later than September 25,[Read More…]
Pharmacy Closures Mean Long Drives for Vermont Residents
HARDWICK — Hardwick’s sole pharmacy, a Walgreens that had twice been hit by Vermont’s recent summer floods, closed for good at the end of September. Since then, residents have had to drive 25 minutes to access a pharmacy in Morrisville or 40 minutes to the closest Walgreens in Lyndon, leaving[Read More…]
