By Elizabeth Hewitt and Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org Burlington College officials announced Monday, May 16, that the school will close effective May 27 because of the “crushing weight of the debt” incurred with the purchase of a lakefront property on North […]
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Program touts results in getting kids to eat breakfast
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org A pilot program looking at ways to get more kids to eat school breakfast has confirmed what many might suspect: It helps to serve it after the start of the school day. The initial Breakfast […]
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At forum, Lisman is the only gubernatorial candidate who doesn’t disavow Trump
By Mark Johnson, VTDigger.org The Republican candidates for governor differed in their support for their party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump, while the three Democratic candidates were unified behind Bernie Sanders. Lt. Gov. Phil Scott rejected any idea of voting […]
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Feds charge Quiros and Stenger with “Ponzi-like” scheme
Vermont files a similar complaint By Anne Galloway, Mark Johnson and Morgan True Vtdigger.org The Securities and Exchange Commission announced federal fraud charges Thursday, April 14 against two prominent Northeast Kingdom developers, accusing them of running a massive “Ponzi-like” scheme, using […]
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House OKs bill to raise smoking age to 21
By Elizabeth Hewitt, vtdigger.org The Vermont House has approved a measure that would raise the legal smoking age from 18 to 21. The body OK’d the bill, H.93, on a vote of 84 to 61 after hours of debate and […]
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Manchester Chamber of Commerce to Close
Courtesy of Marji Graf, CEO of the Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce Courtesy of Vtdigger.org Editor’s note: This story by Andrew McKeever first appeared in The Manchester Journal. MANCHESTER—Following a nearly month-long struggle to keep its doors open while it […]
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Vermont’s warmest winter shifts flood risk, raises fire worries, say first responders
By Mike Faher, VTDigger.org It’s been the warmest winter on record in Vermont, with mean temperatures 5 to 10 degrees above normal and snowfall several feet below normal statewide, the National Weather Service reported at a meeting in Brattleboro Thursday, […]
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Panel backs bills to keep energy projects where they’re welcome
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Feb. surprise: state tax receipts up by $16.34 million
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org State revenues were up by a whopping $16.34 million in February, despite sagging ski resort attendance due to unseasonably warm weather. Justin Johnson, the secretary of the Agency of Administration, said personal income was higher last […]
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Panel approves $5.77 billion budget
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org After nearly three months of work, the House Appropriations Committee voted out a budget bill for fiscal year 2017 Monday, March 21. The committee passed the package on a vote of 10 to 1. Rep. Marty Feltus, […]