By Katy Savage Funding for homeless housing assistance and rental assistance is drying up, leaving thousands of people in search of permanent options in a very tight housing market. And while the need is still high, hotel owners, who have […]
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Mail-in ballots have been sent out to all registered voters in Vt
If you don’t receive it by Oct. 10, call your town clerk By Juliet Schulman-Hall/VTDigger Roughly 440,000 mail-in ballots are being sent to voters, according to Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos. The mailing began the last week of September and […]
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New rebate helps GMP customers save when switching away from fossil fuel cooking
Starting Oct. 1, Green Mountain Power (GMP) customers can save $200 when they switch from fossil fuel for cooking and install a new electric induction cooktop or range. Induction technology heats up and cools down faster than fossil fuel and […]
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Major hospitals keeping mask mandates despite new CDC guidance
By Erin Petenko/VTDigger The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revised its Covid-19 guidance to allow health care facilities in certain areas to drop mask mandates for patients, visitors and staff. But for the time being, the state’s […]
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Vermont’s archery deer season starts Oct. 1
Saturday, Oct.1 — STATEWIDE — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Dept. says hunters are looking forward to Vermont’s upcoming Oct. 1- Nov. 11 and Nov. 28 – Dec. 15 archery deer hunting season. A hunter may take up to four […]
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Vermont awards $500,000 to increase local food access
Program connects local farmers to underserved communities The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) will launch a significant program to purchase local food and support the most vulnerable, according to a news release Sept. 23. Earlier this summer […]
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Canada ends border crossing mandates, Governor Scott is glad
On Monday, Sept. 26 the Canadian government announced it would removed all vaccination, ArriveCan, and random Covid-19 testing requirements for border crossings, effective Sept. 30, 2022. Upon hearing this news, Governor Phil Scott issued the following statement: “This is another […]
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Vermont issues first retail cannabis licenses
By Fred Thys/VTDigger Businesses in Rutland, Middlebury and Burlington are the first in Vermont to secure licenses to sell cannabis for recreational use. The state Cannabis Control Board on Wednesday, Sept. 14, issued retail licenses to FLORA Cannabis in Middlebury and […]
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Department of Libraries to provide over $42,000 in books to state correctional facilities
The Vermont Department of Libraries, in collaboration with the Department of Corrections, has provided over $42,000 in books to the six state correctional facilities. The books will refresh the facilities’ library collections available to incarcerated individuals. The funding was part […]
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VTF&W to hunters, hikers: wear fluorescent orange
“Hunting is one of the safest outdoor activities, thanks to advances in education as well as science,” said Vermont Hunter Education Program Coordinator Nicole Meier. “Our volunteer hunter education instructors stress that wearing orange during hunting season is important, and […]