By Katy Savage Since the pandemic started, an influx of people from cities have come to small Vermont towns, and while housing inventory is low, the short-term rental market is busier than ever. Guests are staying longer, they’re booking further […]
Tag: pandemic
Commentary, Opinion
The “new norm” is not a return to the past
What citizens, workers have learned in the pandemic and what it means By Kevin Ellis Editor’s note: Kevin Ellis, a partner in Ellis Mills, a communications consulting firm in Montpelier. We are not returning to normal. Almost two years since […]
Local News
Downtown Rutland businesses begin to emerge from pandemic economy
By Tom Kearney/VTDigger Ibjar Meneses wasn’t expecting to open a brick-and-mortar business downtown during the pandemic. He started selling tamales out of a local church where he volunteers, and when locals started asking if he also made tacos or enchiladas, he […]
State News
The Mary Jane letter
By Rep. Jim Harrison A clear sign we are entering the final days of the 2021 session was the initial meeting on Friday, May 7, of the House-Senate budget conference committee. When the budget is done, the Legislature is done. […]
Covid-19 updates, State News
Work-search requirement reinstated May 9 for people seeking unemployment benefits
By James Finn/VTDigger A requirement that laid-off workers must actively seek work if they want to qualify for unemployment benefits is being reinstated, Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington announced at Gov. Phil Scott’s press conference Tuesday, April 27. The work-search requirement was […]
Covid-19 updates, State News
‘Once-in-a-generation opportunity’: Covid relief brings half-billion to Vermont schools
By Lola Duffort/VTDigger At the start of the pandemic, state and education officials worried that Covid-19 would be a financial catastrophe for the pre-K-12 system. Instead, the opposite happened. With three major federal relief packages approved by Congress since the start of the […]