As motel program winds down for unhoused Vermonters, state looks to out-of-state contractors for solution, staffing
By Lola Duffort/VTDigger With close to 3,000 unhoused Vermonters slated to leave a state-run motel program in two waves over the spring and summer and local shelters already full, the state is beginning to sketch out an emergency response — […]
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Covid levels remain ‘low’ as the state stops reporting PCR testing data
By Kate O’Farrell/VTDigger Vermont’s Covid-19 community levels remained “low” this past week, the state Dept. of Health reported Wednesday, March 1, rounding out the month of February with consistently low community levels. The number of cases, hospital admissions and people in Vermont hospitals […]
Phil Scott vetoes Vermont’s $8.5B state budget, House Speaker calls for state of emergency
By Lola Duffort/VTDIgger Gov. Phil Scott on Saturday vetoed the $8.5 billion state budget sent his way by the Democratic-controlled Legislature. The governor’s action was widely anticipated, but in a more unexpected turn of events, House Speaker Jill Krowinski, […]
No phys ed or female sports back in the day
A classmate recently told me that she didn’t remember any sports for girls during our high school years at Mount St. Joseph Academy in the early 1960s. I didn’t recall any either so I checked the yearbooks online to […]
How to rescue a baby bird – and when to leave it alone
This is the time of year when my yard feels bursting with life, as the neighborhood welcomes eastern phoebes, ruby-throated hummingbirds, and broad-winged hawks back from their long migrations. At the Center for Wild Bird Rehabilitation at the Vermont Institute […]
Plant CSI: Solving crimes with plants
By Jodi Larison Plant materials have been used to solve crimes on television shows, in books and in real life. The use of plant materials in solving crimes is called forensic botany. Plant materials that have been utilized in solving […]
