Though a number of other states have sued the company, Vermont is the first to sue on the grounds of damage to educational institutions. By Emma Cotton/VTDigger Attorney General Charity Clark has filed her first major lawsuit since taking office […]
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Lawmakers are set to extend the motel program, but many will be left out
By Lola Duffort/VTDigger Sitting in the drizzling rain outside of Montpelier’s Kellogg-Hubbard Library on Friday afternoon, Jeffrey Dorsey rolled back the black sock on his left ankle. “I just want to show you that so you believe me. Because I […]
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Paul Ginther named Killington’s new Chief, Fire Chief Chis LaHart and Asst. Chief Glenn Burres leave dept.
After a tumultuous start to Killington’s first hybrid volunteer fire department, the town’s first paid fire chief and assistant chief have departed. Town Manager Chet Hagenbarth announced June 20 that he accepted Fire Chief Chris LaHart’s verbal resignation on June […]
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Vt ski industry business increased 10% despite weather challenges
Celebrating a successful winter season, supporters and friends of Vermont’s ski industry joined the state’s Alpine and crosscountry ski areas at Killington Resort on June 7-8 for the Vermont Ski Areas Association’s 54th Annual Meeting. Despite initial weather challenges in the first half of the […]
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Sanders: $1 million for solar and sustainable energy projects in schools, libraries
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and the Vermont Department of Public Service announced June 9 that $1 million in federal funding will soon come to Vermont to establish sustainable energy projects at elementary, middle, and high schools across the state […]
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Rutland robotics team awarded Medal of Honor for collaboration at Mass event
The Rutland Area Robotics’ FRC Team 2370- IBOTS, based at the Stafford Technical Center, traveled to a prestigious offseason event at Worcester Polytechnic Institute June 3-4,called BattleCry @ WPI ‘23. The event was attended by 64 teams from all over […]
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Vermont should ban trapping
Dear Editor, The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife has recently proposed new trapping regulations they call “Best Management Practices (BMPs)” in response to Act 159, which was passed last year by the Vermont Legislature. The purpose of Act […]
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State urges to protect grassland birds by mowing later
Bobolinks, Savannah sparrows and eastern meadowlarks enrich our summers with their songs, but their populations have suffered dramatic, long-term declines due to the loss of their grassland habitat. “These species have experienced declines across the continent, but on Vermont’s […]
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State awarded $1 million grant to expand community-based mental health, substance use services
On May 30 the Vermont Department of Mental Health announced that the state had received a new federal grant to help provide mental health and substance use services to more people throughout the state. The $1 million, one-year planning […]
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State employees to enroll in family and medical leave July 1
Gov. Phil Scott today announced continued progress towards the implementation of the Vermont Family and Medical Leave Insurance Plan (VT-FMLI). The Department of Financial Regulation approved the VT-FMLI insurance coverages and rates filed by The Hartford, a private insurance carrier […]