Vermont State highway safety office launches Connect To Disconnect campaign

This past Friday was the final day for the first group of legislative pages. Always nice to see the recognition the eighth graders receive for their service with their families present at the State House. Pages serve for six weeks, with three groups comprising the scheduled 18-week session. The Legislature would normally be one-third of…

A record of just over 3,000 elementary and middle school students learned to find and identify signs of bobcat, raccoon, snowshoe hare and white-tailed deer this winter. This success marks the fifth year of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Dept’s Scat and Tracks program. Scat and Tracks is a hybrid outdoor education curriculum that got its start…

By Noah Diedrich, Community News Service Editor’s note: The Community News Service is a program in which University of Vermont students work with professional editors to provide content for local news outlets at no cost. Can Vermont legislators distinguish an AI-generated portrait from a real one? That was the question facing the Senate government operations committee last…

Vermont State University’s (VTSU) Construction Management program is making strides in addressing Vermont’s skilled labor shortage while achieving national recognition with a new accreditation. The program, which prepares students for high-demand careers in construction, has earned accreditation from the Applied and Natural Sciences Accreditation Commission of ABET, affirming its commitment to excellence in industry-recognized education.…