Public input sought regarding Vermont state airports; meeting set

BENNINGTON — The Vermont Agency of Transportation is preparing to modernize its Aviation Program by reviewing and revising policies, minimum standards for airport use and operational procedures at state-owned airports with paved runways. “We are committed …

Paula Routly: Convening the New Vermont Journalism Coalition

It takes more than a free lunch to round up a roomful of working Vermont journalists. On June 13, before and after a buffet, the University of Vermont's Center for Community News served up a day of programming in the Silver Pavilion of the Alumni House …

Vermont Music News: Parking Garage Parties and Poop Decks

Last week, I wrote about tons of offbeat and lesser-known cool places to catch live music in Vermont. Spurred by some prominent venue closures, I wanted to highlight that there are more live shows happening than most people realize. I'm not going to …

Leading Bike Tours in Vermont Is No Walk in the Park

In all his years as a bike tour guide, there is one guest Rich First will never forget. Though she'd never ridden with clipless pedals, this particular client informed First ahead of a trip with his Woodstock company, Discovery Bicycle Tours, that she …

Pardon Seekers in Vermont Plead for an Answer

Every now and then, Jez Smith calls Gov. Phil Scott's office to ask about an application she submitted back in 2017. The Bellows Falls woman isn't seeking a job. It's forgiveness she's after, the official variety, for a crime she committed …

What's the fall forecast for Vermont? See what Old Farmer's Almanac says

It may be scorching hot now, but sooner than you know it Vermont's fall foliage season will be here. What will the weather be like for leaf peeping this year? The Old Farmer's Almanac is predicting the air will have the perfect chill in Vermont, …

History Corner: Remembering a Vermont Portraitist 

A Vermont woman painted one of the few portraits of a female legislator that hangs in the Statehouse in Montpelier. Ruth Mould, who lived from 1894 through 1979, and worked for a time with the Montpelier School District, was a painter and portraitist. …

Vermont arts scene takes off in July with Father John…

18 Vermont high school girls athletes who left their mark in 2024-25 

Vermont just became the latest state to ban cellphones in the classroom. What does that mean for schools?

A child uses a smartphone. Photo via Adobe Stock Vermont has joined more than half the states across the country in banning smartphones from schools, a move state education officials and lawmakers have said will go a long way toward alleviating compulsive …