RANDOLPH – Strategies for keeping Vermont in the forefront of stimulating the growth of green jobs while reducing carbon emissions were abundant at the Feb. 22 Summit on Vermont’s Climate Economy at Vermont Technical College in Randolph. Over 400 innovative business, non-profit, and community […]
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Area towns prepare for Town Meeting Day, Tuesday, March 1
By Stephen Seitz Voters across Vermont will trek to the polls on March 1 to set their town budgets, choose their local leaders, and settle various policy questions. Rutland and Windsor County voters will be considering the following: In Killington, […]
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After major drug enforcement operation, 31 facing charges
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org RUTLAND—Dozens of Vermonters are facing drug-related charges after an operation involving multiple law enforcement agencies this week. In total 20 defendants have been arrested and cited to appear in Bennington or Rutland Superior Court facing a […]
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Voter registration deadline is Wednesday, Feb. 24
Absentee ballots can be requested up to Feb. 29 Secretary of State Jim Condos and the Vermont Elections Division would like to remind all Vermonters that the deadline to register to vote is Wednesday, Feb. 24. You must register by this date […]
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Wilton to speak on the importance of citizen involvement in local government
CASTLETON — On Thursday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. the Castleton University College Republican Club will be hosting Rutland City Treasurer Wendy Wilton to speak about the importance of citizen involvement in local government. The event will take place in Jeffords […]
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Maple flavor: real or fake?
Vermont Maple Sugar Makers’ Association leads the battle with letter to FDA The Vermont Maple Sugar Makers’ Association (VMSMA) was formed in 1893, and one early mission of the organization was to safeguard the quality and tradition of maple syrup […]
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Vermont among leaders in solar jobs for third consecutive year
Wages are above national average A new report released by the national non-profit The Solar Foundation found Vermont to be No. 3 in solar jobs per capita in the country, for the third year in a row. Nationally, the solar […]
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For snow sports, it’s the winter of discontent
By Andrew Nemethy, VTDigger.org Vermont’s snow sports industries are having an epic winter — but not in a good way. After last year’s prodigious snows and long winter sports season, which ran up a record number of 4.7 million alpine […]
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Nation’s press says Sanders has ‘mountain to climb’
By Kevin O’Connor, VTDigger.org Vermont’s junior senator may have won New Hampshire presidential primary by 22 points, but “Bernie Sanders’ honeymoon is over,” CNN media reporter Dylan Byers began his story headlined “Sanders braces for a hard look from the […]
