Semi-finals: First Stop vs. Chasin Tail By Dave Hoffenberg The Semi-final matchup between First Stop (FS) and Chasin Tail (CT) was a battle from start to finish. One of these teams would be going to their first championship. Would it be league veterans First Stop or league newcomers, Chasin Tail? Collin “Hungry Like The” Wolf…

Aug. 19-21 — LUDLOW — As part of the Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce 2nd annual Best of Vermont Summer Festival, there will be a car show and 5th annual Benson’s Chevy Cruise-In. The car show is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 20 and Sunday, Aug. 21 in Ludlow at the Okemo Field on Route…

Saturday, Aug. 20 — PUTNEY — Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present an evening of brass-fueled, swinging music of New Orleans by the Soggy Po’ Boys, as part of the 2022 Next Stage Bandwagon Summer Series,t on Saturday, Aug. 20 at 6 p.m. at Cooper Softball Field in Putney. The jazz septet brings…

By Emma Cotton/VTDigger Over the next five years, Vermont will be eligible to receive $37 million in federal funding for transportation projects that would make the state’s infrastructure more resilient to a changing climate, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday. The new program is designed to “help communities protect their transportation infrastructure from extreme…

By Lia Chen/VTDigger A national survey has ranked Vermont fifth in the nation for overall child well-being, but indicates there’s been a decline in key child mental health indicators in the state. The Annie E. Casey Foundation, a national nonprofit focused on improving child welfare, announced Monday the 2022 KIDS COUNT, an annual 50-state report…

George Pressley was a fixture in the Killington area for many years. Born in Detroit, his lengthy tenure in Vermont began when he became a resident of the Farm and Wilderness Camp in Plymouth in the 1960s. Life experiences gleaned there were truly that, and remained with and affected him throughout his life. During the…

By Fred Thys/ VTDigger Woodstock is adopting a novel approach to provide housing for people who work there. “You can get a job here, but then there’s nowhere to live,” said Trena Tolliver, who has been hired as Woodstock’s housing advisor by the town’s Economic Development Commission to run its pilot housing programs. “We’re trying…

By Katy Savage Lake Bomoseen Association’s application to use herbicides on the lake is on hold in the wake of public outcry, and it will likely remain on hold until the end of the year. The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) placed a technical hold on Lake Bomoseen Association’s (LBA) application to treat the lake…

The Community College of Vermont (CCV) and Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) are expanding a program to provide Vermonters with a debt-free college degree. The 802 Opportunity Grant provides free tuition to Vermonters with a household income of $75,000 or less that do not already have a bachelor’s degree. The grant is available to new…

By Alan J. Keays/VTDigger Vermont State Police are investigating after a Ludlow police officer shot a man who was then taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to a state police press release Aug. 16. The wounded man, whom police did not identify, was taken by ambulance to Springfield Hospital and was then expected to…

By Jacob Knipes Some of Vermont’s top librarians visited Sherburne Memorial Library in Killington this past Tuesday, Aug. 9. The visit came as part of an initiative by the Vermont Department of Libraries to tour every county in Vermont and visit the local libraries. Joshua Muse, consultant of library technology for the department, detailed how…

By Bonnie Kirn Donahue Editor's note: Bonnie Kirn Donahue is a UVM Extension master gardener and landscape designer from central Vermont. While summer provides a bounty of fruits, veggies and flowers, it also brings invasive species. Common invasive species that you might find in your garden or landscape often started out as decorative landscape plants.…

By John Flowers/ Addison County Independent The Vermont State Board of Education voted unanimously Friday, Aug. 12, to issue an opinion that “there is an overwhelming risk” that Ripton won’t be able to assume full responsibility for educating its students beginning next July — either as a supervisory district or as a school district within…

With the current infant formula shortages, more parents are exclusively breastfeeding their babies longer. For many new families, breastfeeding and returning to work can be hard. Fortunately, the Vermont Department of Health is letting families know that its breastfeeding programs offer support for workers and their employers to help make breastfeeding the easy choice. For…

Aug, 20-21 — LUDLOW — The Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce is excited to host the second annual Best of Vermont Summer Festival scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 20 and Sunday, Aug. 21 in Ludlow. The event will take place at Okemo Field on Route 103. This festival is a great opportunity for everyone including…