Vermont

Recognize emerald ash borer awareness week

VERMONT - Vermont, along with the rest of the country, will recognize National Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week from Sunday, May 22, to Saturday, May 28. The week is designed to draw attention to the impact that this invasive species, a native of Asia, can have on ash trees.
In Vermont the...

Gov. Scott at his administration's weekly press conference Tuesday

Court decision will not affect Vermont

Women’s medical decisions to remain “private and protected” MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott commented on a leaked draft Supreme Court decision, and state health officials urged Vermonters to evaluate their own risk of contracting the BA2 variant of COVID-19.
Gov. Scott...

Student activists hold panel on racism in public schools

VERMONT - On Thursday, the Vermont Student Anti-Racism Network held an Equity in Education conference over Zoom. Student and teacher panelists answered questions on advancing racial equity in the public education system.
Within Vermont, acts and accusations of racism in public schools have...

US Forest Service to use prescribed fire in GMNF

VERMONT - Green Mountain National Forest officials announced that they, in partnership with local fire departments and land management agencies, are planning to use prescribed fire to treat approximately 200 to 600 acres of the more than 400,000-acre national forest. The Forest Service says in a...

Update on Vermont Yankee

VERMONT - The Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel will hold its first regular meeting of 2022 on Monday, May 9, from 6 pm to 8:35 pm. At this meeting, NorthStar and Vermont state agencies will provide updates of recent Vermont Yankee decommissioning activities. The Vermont...

Michael Veitch, of Bellows Falls, with Holocaust survivor Rita Schwartz.

Local songwriter puts Holocaust survivors’ story to music in PBS special

VERMONT - Witness the healing powers of music and friendship as Holocaust survivors share their stories with songwriters. “We Remember: Songs of Survivors” will premiere the week of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, on Tuesday, April 26, at 8 pm ET on PBS, PBS.org, and the PBS Video app....

Lone Star ticks bring rare, severe diseases, and are on the rise in southern Vermont. Courtesy Vermont Department of Health

The hunt for rare disease-causing ticks

BENNINGTON - The state is on the hunt for lone star ticks. The ticks, which can pass diseases on to humans, are currently thought to be rare in the region, but their population is possibly on the rise. To investigate, the Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets is staging two events that will...

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Eichler wins philanthropy award

VERMONT - Alexis (Swanson) Eichler, member of the first graduating class of Twin Valley Middle High School, has won the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s District VIII 2022 Rising Star Award, in the philanthropy category.
CASE District VIII covers the Pacific Northwest...

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...