Vermont

Homeowner Assistance program accepting applications, part of ARPA

VERMONT - Gov. Phil Scott and the Department of Housing and Community Development announced that the Homeowner Assistance program, which will help Vermont homeowners facing pandemic hardships, is now accepting applications.
The program, funded by $50 million from the federal American...

Better Places program supports community-led projects

VERMONT - Better Places is a community matching grant program empowering Vermonters to create inclusive and vibrant public places serving Vermont’s designated downtowns, village centers, new town centers or neighborhood development areas.
The program is led by the Vermont Department of...

Workshops

Printmaking BRATTLEBORO - Daniel Chiaccio will demonstrate the basics of monotype printmaking at First Proof Press on Saturday, February 12, at 2 pm. This event is presented in partnership with the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.
Monotype printmaking is an ideal...

Senate Pro Tem Becca Balint

Report highlights issues facing Vermonters

MONTPELIER - In January, the office of Senate Pro Tem Becca Balint released a report that synthesized the findings of a public engagement period held by Balint and House Speaker Jill Krowinski. The report details Vermonters’ concerns about the state’s biggest challenges. Voices from Windham and...

Lawsuit has its day in court

Whitingham arguments on education disparities heard by justices
MONTPELIER- Attorneys in Boyd, et al., v. state of Vermont, an education funding lawsuit filed by the town of Whitingham and two of its residents, argued their case before the Vermont Supreme Court last week....

Rep. Peter Welch

Welch holds online session with child care educators, hears their problems

VERMONT- On Wednesday morning, Rep. Peter Welch held a virtual round table with early child care educators in Vermont. They discussed issues that their industry has been facing over the past two years and what supports and changes they need from elected officials as well as what they have done to...

Share some love, write a letter to your town

VERMONT - It’s year two of the pandemic and everyone could use a little love. That’s why Come Alive Outside is asking Vermonters to help boost the morale of their community, themselves, and their neighbors by telling the world what they love about where they live.
Come Alive Outside’s...

Celebrate winter with “Walk to School” day

VERMONT – Embrace the Norwegians’ wintertime secret for a healthy mind, body, and emotional well-being. Cool that cabin fever with a refreshing winter walk to school, work or the grocery store.
Whether or not people and their families have fun this winter could be all about how they...

Connecticut River commission receives 30K grant

VERMONT - The Connecticut River Joint Commissions announces that it has received a $30,733 grant through the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation. This one-year grant provides funding to implement CRJC’s July 2021 to June 2022 work program. Additional...

Internship fair

VERMONT - The Vermont State Colleges System has launched a virtual job and internship fair through Tuesday, May 31.
The virtual job and internship fair is open to all students and community members. Free for both employers and job seekers, the fair is an excellent opportunity for employers...