Dear Editor, Something’s missing. Your Vermont General Assembly is back in full swing and once again the body is forced into a posture of reaction—reacting to continued drops in student population, the highest health care premiums in the United States, […]
Tag: Montpelier
State News
Labor laws for contractors under examination in Vermont
By Michael Bielawski, Vermont Watchdog The House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development met with labor leaders on Thursday, Feb. 4, to gauge how new bills regarding contractor work can best suit employers and employees. “The big issue is trying […]
State News
Report: State may spend 10 percent more than needed on education
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org Is Vermont spending too little or too much on schools? The answer, according to experts hired by the state, is that Vermont may have spent about 10 percent more than necessary in the 2014-2015 school […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Vermont Pride Theater at Chandler presents “Love! Valour! Compassion!”
Saturday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. — RANDOLPH — Join Vermont Pride Theater at Chandler Music Hall for the first Vermont presentation of Terrence McNally’s 1994 play “Love! Valour! Compassion!” in a staged reading to benefit Vermont CARES and the HIV/HCV Resource […]
News Briefs
Vermont Community Foundation awards nonprofit organizations
The Vermont Community Foundation (VCF) has announced that the Innovations and Collaborations Grant program awarded $312,000 to 20 nonprofit organizations in Vermont in the fall of 2015. One of several competitive grant programs, Innovations and Collaborations supports projects that help […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
$10,000 grant helps 2016 Freedom and Unity Youth Film competition
Calling all filmmakers ages 14-30 who live or go to school in Vermont! Win cash prizes and share your work on Vermont PBS and at film festivals statewide in the 2016 Freedom & Unity TV Vermont Youth Film Competition. The […]
Opinion
Syrup of Tar
Courtesy of the state of Vermont The Lester H. Greene Co., in Montpelier, Vt., manufactured and sold a cough syrup containing alcohol, chloroform and heroin. The company was fined in 1917. On Tuesday, Oct. 20 at UVM, historian and author […]
Letter
Solar is a selling point
Dear Editor, I was disappointed when I learned that solar wasn’t a fit for my home. Here in Montpelier, the city has launched a Net Zero initiative—meaning we will reduce our dependence on fossil fuels by investing in renewable energy. […]
State News
Public hearing on gun bill draws big crowd to Montpelier
By Morgan True, VTDigger.org A public hearing on proposed firearms legislation before the Senate Judiciary and the Senate Health and Welfare committees drew several hundred people to Montpelier Tuesday, Feb. 10. Supporters wearing green Gunsense Vermont T-shirts were outnumbered by […]
Local News
Lola Aiken dies at 102
The widow of former Vermont Sen. George Aiken died Monday at age 102. Lola Aiken was a fixture in Montpelier after the death of her husband in 1984. A resident of the Gary Home, she could often be seen holding […]