PAWLET—Staff from the Pawlet Public Library and the Mettawee Community School recently met to solidify their partnership to promote reading through a grant from the Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLIF). The grant program encourages libraries in Vermont and New Hampshire towns […]
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Gingerbread houses reimagine holiday sweets
‘Tis the season for gingerbread creations! Chaffee Art Center in Rutland held a gingerbread contest on Dec. 12. Creators of Chaffee Art Center’s winning house, titled “Good Tidings Farm,” Jill Talbot, Brandy Ellison, Alexandria Perone and Phoebe Forman said, “[Our] […]
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$94 million still available in Vermont unclaimed property
The Vermont Treasurer’s Office has a record $94.5 million in unclaimed property and Vermont Treasurer Beth Pearce wants to return it to Vermonters. In the one-month span Nov. 10-Dec. 10, 2019, the Treasurer’s Office returned $413,455.60 to 1,966 claimants, according […]
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Over $500,000 in housing vouchers unused since 2017
By Grace Elletson/VTDigger Vermont is returning hundreds of thousands of dollars in unused housing vouchers to the federal government each year. A new report shows that the federal housing voucher programs have been underutilized because of a lack of case management […]
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Vermont again ranked nation’s healthiest state
Vermont is once again the healthiest state in the nation, according to the United Health Foundation’s newly released America’s Heath Rankings annual report. The state moved up three steps to reclaim the top spot in the Foundation’s 30th year documenting the nation’s health […]
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Arbitrator sides with union in school health care bargaining
Decision will increase costs for school boards, taxpayers By Lola Duffort/VTDigger Last week, an independent arbitrator has sided with the union in negotiations for Vermont’s first-ever statewide health care contract for all school employees. The binding decision brings an end to […]
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School board discusses budget increases
By Curt Peterson Windsor Central Modified Unified Union School District Superintendent Mary Beth Banios and the finance committee gave board members a taste of challenges faced in creating the FY2021 budget at the Monday night School Board meeting, on Dec. […]
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How Vermont’s DMV makes millions of dollars selling personal information
By Xander Landen/VTDigger The Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles has been quietly selling the personal data of Vermonters to private companies since at least 2004. The state agency has made more than $15 million on sales of the data over the […]
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‘Newly’wed Game announces 2020 local cast
Eight fun and funny couples are lined up, and tickets are on sale for February’s Pack The Paramount “Newly”wed Game to benefit the Rutland Community Cupboard, BROC’s Community Food Shelf and the Salvation Army. The fourth-annual event presented by WJJR […]
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CU receives $200K grant for president’s residence
Will also house Early Childhood Lab Castleton University has received a $200,000 grant from the Alma Gibbs Donchian Foundation to support the revitalization of Granger House, which will be the new home of the president. “I am grateful for the […]