Nearly 500 residents voted against closure during Saturday's townwide referendum.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Danville residents vote overwhelmingly against shuttering high school grades at town school.
The candidate, current Woodstock municipal manager Eric Duffy, is being sued by the town's police chief, Joseph Swanson.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Finalist for Montpelier city manager job is a defendant in $5 million lawsuit .
“All I can say is, it's clearly not based in science,” new state Health Commissioner Rick Hildebrant says of the federal change to the 30-year standard immunization schedule.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont health officials reaffirm importance of hepatitis B vaccine after federal advisory panel recommends delays.
The review was prompted by a contentious election in Bennington County last year in which dozens of voters received the wrong ballots.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Audit finds more Vermont voters assigned to wrong state House, Senate districts .
The Vermont Criminal Justice Council’s recent decision follows a criminal trial and later sentencing for the former Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputy.
Read the story on VTDigger here: State panel permanently bans ex-deputy sheriff from police work following road rage conviction .
Morley replaces Sam Douglass, who resigned from the Vermont Senate after his involvement in a national Young Republicans group chat filled with racist and bigoted messages was revealed in a Politico exposé.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Former state rep John Morley appointed to Orleans County Senate seat.
Emergency shelters in Barre and Brattleboro opened Thursday, offering relief to people without housing.
Read the story on VTDigger here: As bitter cold hits Vermont, new shelters open for the first time this season.
Putney’s educational legacy is something Vermonters can be proud of.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Tyler Baker: Why Putney is an epicenter of progressive education in America.
The owner of a Johnson property worth $240,000 was offered about $40,000 by FEMA. “I feel like the mortgage company got their money, the town’s getting our property, and we’re getting sh-t,” Mandy Lacefield said.
Read the story on VTDigger here: In Lamoille County, property buyout process offers little solace for some flood survivors.
Many group homes, or "halfway houses," for people who have just been released from prison or drug treatment have closed in recent years, though Dismas House, in Burlington, is still welcoming new residents.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Transitional housing in Vermont, in transition.
Attorneys said the Danville School Board cannot be compelled to close high school grades by a citizen petition — the driving force behind this weekend’s vote.
Read the story on VTDigger here: New legal opinion complicates Saturday vote on shuttering high school grades in Danville.
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital’s new estimate for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1 would extend a string of annual losses since 2020.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Brattleboro hospital projects $14.5M shortfall in current budget.
A recap of VTDigger’s live conversation with education reporter Corey McDonald.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Act 73 explained: 10 things to know about Vermont’s education reform law.
“This incident and more specifically the pursuit should have never happened,” the report stated. “The specific parts of the vehicle pursuit policy were put in place to prevent this exact sort of thing.”
Read the story on VTDigger here: Internal affairs probe finds fellow Rutland officers violated policies in 2023 pursuit that killed new recruit.
AI does not reward size. It rewards small teams who can move quickly, learn fast and adapt.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Bernie Gracy: AI can be Vermont’s advantage.
“You can apply tariffs on whoever you want, but if you want to rub it in somebody's face and nose, you're going to get reactions like this,” Tom Kavet said of the president’s policies toward Canada.
Read the story on VTDigger here: ‘A costly unforced error’: Vermont Legislature’s top economist slams Trump’s trade war.
The $4.7 million project has been in the works for about three years, said Peggy Allen, president of the Upper Valley Agricultural Association.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Norwich farmers market secures approval for permanent all-season structure.
Underhill elects to stay in the dark, axing plan to light up ski trail: “The lights are BLINDING,” one resident says
Read the story on VTDigger here: It’s lights out on Tomasi Meadow.
Leila Stillman-Utterback, a graduate of Middlebury Union High School, traveled to Israel-Palestine where she participated in a solidarity program that included providing “protective presence” for Palestinians who are under constant attack from right-wing Israeli settlers.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont Conversation: Israel banished a rabbi’s daughter. Now they’re both speaking out..
Raised in rural West Fairlee, Ailyn Langley followed her fascination with nature to Dartmouth. Now a first-generation college student exploring marine biology, she’s embracing new opportunities as she charts her path toward a future shaped by curiosity and discovery.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Dreaming big, diving deep: Ailyn Langley’s road to college.
Services were private per her wishes. She is buried in Resurrection Park next to her husband Ruford in South Burlington VT.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Mary E Brace.
Kelly Murphy has accepted a job as the education finance director with the Vermont Agency of Education, according to a press release from the city.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Montpelier’s acting city manager resigns in the middle of search for new city manager.
Respecting the process requires acknowledging when we got it wrong. Anything less fails to honor the people whose land we are discussing.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Rep. Troy Headrick: In response to the recent opinion piece, ‘Respect the process, honor the people’.
A ransomware group has taken credit for the attack, which targeted the operations management software, Oracle eBusiness Suite, and impacted the college and over 100 companies.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Data breach at Dartmouth College exposes personal information of 40,000 people.
The current Hartford selectboard member replaces former Rep. Heather Surprenant, a Democrat from Barnard, who resigned earlier this year.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Hartford’s Mike Hoyt appointed to vacant House seat in Windsor County .
Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas announced in August she wouldn’t turn over the records, which include addresses, drivers license numbers and the last four digits of social security numbers.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Trump administration sues Vermont secretary of state for failing to turn over voter data.
Heating assistance is “an essential lifeline for more than 20,000 Vermont households every year,” said U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. on Tuesday. “Being able to heat your home is a matter of life and death.”
Read the story on VTDigger here: Feds release $21 million in funding for winter heating assistance to Vermont after shutdown.
‘I don’t want to come in here with a sledgehammer,’ the prosecutor leading the special court told the judge during one of the hearings.
Read the story on VTDigger here: New Chittenden County court grapples with how to reduce court backlog and manage cases of recidivist defendants.
Kevin was an avid hunter and fisherman, and skilled carpenter. He enjoyed spending time on his boat, and took meticulous care of his boat and vehicles.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Kevin H. Pallas.
What the redistricting task force has laid out is a more nuanced approach that has a better chance of gaining public acceptance than something imposed by Montpelier.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Jack Hoffman: Seize the opportunity for a second chance on school reform.