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Sterling College announces it will end degree programs
CRAFTSBURY – Sterling College, an experiential college in the Orleans County town of Craftsbury, announced on Thursday it would be ending its academic programs after the upcoming spring semester, becoming the latest in a string of transitions and closures at small colleges. The college’s decision to end programming was made[Read More…]
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Walgreens to pay state again
HARDWICK – The area’s sole pharmacy, Walgreens, permanently closed in September 2024. Twice hit by the summer floods, the absence of this store location forced residents into longer drives or alternative solutions. Most recently, the Walgreens corporation has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle claims of overcharging at its stores[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…]
Residents positive about fall tourists impact
DURHAM, N.H. – Nearly two-thirds of Northern New England residents (64%) say that out-of-state visitors in the Fall season have a very (29%) or somewhat (36%) positive impact in their local area. Only 10% say that out-of-state Fall visitors have a very (4%) or somewhat (6%) negative impact, while 22%[Read More…]
Act 181 imposes needless rural development restrictions
To the editor: The public may have heard about Act 181’s reduction of Act 250 review in developed areas. Few have heard of new, major, Act 250 review intrusion in rural areas that does not involve the large developments Act 250 was designed to address. Construction of a single-family home[Read More…]
Twinkletaters
Holiday boycott targets three companies
To the editor: Kicking off the holiday shopping season, from November 27 to December 1, there is a nation-wide call to boycott three major corporations, demonstrating the power of everyday citizens to vote with their dollars to protest the Trump regime. These companies are Target, which caved to Trump over[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…]
Woodsmoke
What is so important about a Vermont education?
I’ve been following the work of the School District Redistricting Commission, created by Act 73 of 2025; the many recent area school board forums about it, and the work of the state’s Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont, created by Act H.887 of 2024. All of them[Read More…]
