Vermont

Vintage Mount Snow memorabilia up for auction

VERMONT - The Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum is auctioning off a number of fun and unique items to raise important funds for the museum. The auction will run until Wednesday, April 13, at 8 pm. The items available in this auction have been donated to VTSSM for this purpose and are not part...

Vermont Supreme Court upholds lower court's summary judgment in Whitingham education funding suit

MONTPELIER- The Vermont Supreme Court has upheld a decision by Windham Superior Court Judge Katherine Hayes that essentially dismissed Whitingham’s education funding lawsuit.
Boyd, et al. v. state of Vermont was originally filed by attorney James Valente in 2017 on behalf of three...

Spend the summer on campus

VERMONT - This summer, high school students in ninth- to 11th grade are invited to join a community of young Vermonters as passionate as they are at one of Governor’s Institute of Vermont’s nine residential institutes, in person.
At GIV, students will spend one to two weeks living on a...

Panel discussion on fixing journalism system

VERMONT - Vermont Independent Media, publisher of The Commons, will host a panel discussion and Q&A with Vermont publishers, editors, and local journalism students and interns about saving the broken system of journalism on Wednesday, March 23, at 7 pm on Zoom.
Topics of discussion...

Southern Vermont students selected for poetry competition

VERMONT - Nineteen high school students across Vermont were selected as school champions in the 2022 statewide Poetry Out Loud competition and will advance to the state finals, to be held Monday, March 14, at the Barre Opera House. In-person attendance will be limited at the event, which will be...

Registration open for Vermont chess championships

VERMONT - Registration is now open for the 35th Vermont Scholastic High School and Middle School Chess Championships, which will be held on Saturday, April 16, at the Capital City Grange Hall, Vermont Route 12 in Berlin. All Vermont students are eligible to compete for state championships in...

Vermont Holocaust Memorial contest

VERMONT - Inspiration from the strength and courage demonstrated by many survivors of the Holocaust has given hope to many young students in the past year, a story they are being asked to describe in a competitive contest organized by the Vermont Holocaust Memorial. VTHM is the state’s sole voice...

Celebrate Stratton's 60th anniversary

VERMONT - Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum has gathered an impressive panel of Stratton Mountain insiders to sit on the virtual “red bench” to share their memories and the history of Stratton Mountain as it celebrates its 60th anniversary. “60 Years of Memories: Celebrating Stratton’s 60th...

Luke Rizio on the course during Monday’s Vermont state championships for the skate event. Rizio beat the field by almost a minute. Jess Rizio

Local skier headed to nationals

VERMONT- Twin Valley Middle High School cross-country skier Luke Rizio continues to dominate the Vermont high school racing world. On Thursday, February 24, at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center, he won the Division 1 classic ski by 22 seconds. On Monday at Rikert Nordic Center in Ripton he destroyed...

Journalism scholarships

VERMONT - The New England Newspaper and Press Association awards up to 10 scholarships each year to aspiring journalists through the Journalism Education Foundation of New England. The foundation strives to encourage and support young people who plan to pursue a career in the newspaper industry....