Vermont ranks number four on the list of Top Moving Destinations of 2014, according to the 2014 Annual National Movers Study released by United Van Lines, the nation’s largest mover. In 2014, more residents were moving into Vermont than out […]
Category: State News
State News
Boost financial literacy for all, task force recommends
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org A task force launched by Champlain College unveiled a 13-point plan recently for boosting Vermonters’ understanding of personal finances. One year after the state received a ‘D’ on a national report card on financial literacy in […]
State News
Doing more with less: Killington boosts events by 75 percent in five years
By Cristina Kumka The local option tax has served the town well, allowing town officials to increase the number of spring, summer and fall events in town by 75 percent since 2009 and paying down debt on a municipal golf […]
Local News, State News
King of Christmas
Commins holiday films featured on Hallmark Channel By John Flowers The next time you watch one of those made-for-TV Christmas movies on the Hallmark Channel, realize that the idea and dialogue were more than likely the creations of Middlebury resident […]
State News
Shumlin scraps single-payer
By John Flowers Gov. Peter Shumlin on Wednesday, Dec. 17, put the brakes on the state’s multi-year quest to convert to a universal, single-payer health care system, saying the cost and financing scheme of such a plan would be “detrimental […]
State News
Mount Holly Town Library receives literacy grant
MOUNT HOLLY—This fall, the Mount Holly Town Library was one of only 12 libraries to be awarded a grant from the Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF). The library received $2,000 worth of new books for the library’s children’s collection, plus a […]
State News
Report: Vermont second-healthiest state in the U.S.
By Morgan True, VTDigger.org For the second consecutive year, Vermont ranks as the second-healthiest state in the U.S., according to America’s Health Rankings 2014 report. The report was is based on an evaluation of four categories of health determinants including […]
State News
Group to take action opposing the legalization of recreational weed
Smart Approaches to Marijuana chapter takes root in Vermont By Julia Purdy At the start of 2012, both Colorado and Washington State voters legalized recreational marijuana. However, the votes amounted to nothing like a landslide, as many expected, with about […]
State News
Larger-than-life snowman welcomes visitors to Bridge’s Country Store
By Polly Lynn MENDON — On Sunday afternoon Seth Bridge, Jesse Bridge, Nick Paquette, Kelly Paquette and a few other friends and family admired the larger-than-life snowman they had constructed on the east side of Bridge’s Country Store in Mendon. “Inside […]
State News
The Outside Story: The shortest day
Dec. 21 is not only the longest night but also the darkest as there there will be a new moon By Carolyn Lorié Every year, I eagerly await the winter solstice, which this year falls on Dec. 21. My anticipation […]