Vermont travel, homes, and services

3+ hour, 5+ min ago (563+ words) Freedley Quarry isn't your average Vermont hike. You won't be trekking up the mountains or even venturing to a waterfall but rather exploring a somewhat wild cavern where you'll be surrounded by darkness, water, and a lot of graffiti. It's an undeniably unique adventure that will likely take you out of your comfort zone, especially if you're not a fan of being underground or in enclosed spaces. 4 Trending Rentals in Vermont That People Book on Repeat (And We See Why) This Scenic 4.5-Mile Trail in the Green Mountain National Forest Is Worth the Incline Experience the Americana Town in Vermont So Charming You'll Want to Keep It a Secret Today, it's still possible to explore this abandoned quarry, which feels almost like a living time capsule. The quarry is a deep, arch-shaped cavern carved into the slope of Mount Aeolus....

15+ hour, 5+ min ago (43+ words) The National Weather Service collected snowfall data from Saturday, Nov. 29. A winter storm warning was issued for all of southeast Wisconsin. The season's first winter storm is on the move, set to ... Sun returns Monday, steady snow for part of Tuesday....

23+ hour, 55+ min ago (33+ words) University of Vermont women's hockey falls in Saturday's meeting against No. 5 Cornell The fans could not believe their eyes. University of Vermont women's hockey falls in Saturday's meeting against No. 5 Cornell...

1+ day, 30+ min ago (115+ words) Cyphers collected 46.57% of the 165,736 votes cast in the football contest. Cyphers totaled 121 yards from scrimmage and a TD in the semifinal win at Lyndon and Cyphers amassed another 121 yards of offense, including the game's opening score, in the Lakers' 27-20 victory over Fair Haven in the Division II championship game on Saturday, Nov. 15. The online voting at burlingtonfreepress.com began Thursday, Nov. 20 and closed on Wednesday, Nov. 26. Girls soccer: Sara Guidice, Rice Boys soccer: Brody Allard, Milton Field hockey: Veronica Moore, Bellows Falls Boys volleyball: Patrick Jordan, Essex This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Delta Dental MVP named for Vermont H.S. football playoffs...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago (38+ words) What does a romantic evening in Vermont mean to you? Maybe it means staying in and cuddling up without a care in the world. Or maybe you're more of a nature type, who likes getting out there with ......

1+ day, 14+ hour ago (1239+ words) Vermont surprised me with how gently its Italian cooking announces itself. I've wandered into little dining rooms tucked near village greens and old brick storefronts where the evening settles in with the soft clink of glasses and the steady scent of tomatoes simmering somewhere out of sight. The menus shift with the season almost without comment: local greens alongside red sauce that tastes patiently built, not performed. I've eaten pastas that felt like they carried fingerprints from someone's kitchen long before mine. These rooms don't hustle for attention; they let you arrive at your own pace. If you're drawn to places that feel lived in and food that shows its care quietly, the stops ahead will guide you well. At 152 St Paul St in Burlington, VT, candlelight glides across stone walls and creates a quiet cave like calm. The room…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago (311+ words) No. 5 Cornell women's hockey came up short in a 4-3 loss to Vermont on Friday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse, dropping the Big Red to 9-3-1 while the Catamounts moved to 6-9-2. Cornell's scoring came from Avi Adam, Delaney Fleming and Lindzi Avar, with Georgia Schiff, Grace Dwyer, Rose Dwyer and Nora Curtis providing assists.MoreCornell women's hockey upset by Vermont Cornell women's hockey upset by Vermont No. 5 Cornell women's hockey came up short in a 4-3 loss to Vermont on Friday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse, dropping the Big Red to 9-3-1 while the Catamounts moved to 6-9-2. Cornell's scoring came from Avi Adam, Delaney Fleming and Lindzi Avar, with Georgia Schiff, Grace Dwyer, Rose Dwyer and Nora Curtis providing assists. Vermont countered with goals from Julia Mesplede (two), Lauren O'Hara and Ashley Kokavec, while Ellie Zarcone, Ava Podein and Eliana Brochu combined for multiple assists. In…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago (1393+ words) The wishlist for achieving a more stable health care system in Vermont is a long and lofty one: By 2031, the Agency of Human Services says it aims to strengthen the rural health care workforce in the state and increase access to timely care in those rural areas, all while increasing quality and reducing cost." One big piece of achieving those goals rests in moving more of the health care Vermonters receive outside of hospitals, the agency argues in its latest vision for hospital transformation, made public last week. What might become a reality depends in part on grant funding decisions the federal government is expected to make by the end of this year. The national opportunity became available in September after funding for the program was inserted into the federal budget reconciliation package to win the needed support of rural…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago (879+ words) In Southeast Vermont, a group of school districts are already out of the gate putting into practice a key feature of the redistricting task force's proposal " forming regional cooperatives to share services." For several years, the Mountain Views Supervisory Union " which serves students in the towns of Woodstock, Barnard, Bridgewater, Killington, Plymouth, Pomfret and Reading " has been partnering with seven nearby districts in Windham, Windsor and Rutland counties to pool their resources under the Vermont Learning Collaborative. Officials there say the initiative shows clear cost benefits and improvements to educational programs, two central goals of Act 73, the state's sweeping education reform law." The districts' collaborative " a precursor to the type of regional entity now being proposed by the task force " facilitates the sharing of services in special education, professional development, human resources and more. A state law passed in 2024 enables…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago (411+ words) Vermont's Afghan community is reeling from news this week that a fellow national has been accused of shooting two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., killing one of them. "They're outraged that this horrible act of violence occurred, and they're deeply worried that they may be blamed," Gray said in a phone call Friday. Officials say Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, of Washington State, drove across the country to the nation's capital and shot two West Virginia National Guard members who were deployed there. Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, has since died, officials say, while 24-year-old Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe remained in critical condition. Lakanwal arrived in the U.S. in 2021 as part of a Biden-era program to resettle Afghan nationals whose work on behalf of the U.S. government made them targets of the Taliban. Officials say he was part of one of the CIA's "Zero Units," which were…...