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Vermont's Combined Sewers Are Built to Overflow, and the State Makes Towns Prove It
6+ hour, 41+ min ago (271+ words) In a lot of Vermont towns, the pipe under the street does two jobs at once. It carries what leaves your sink and your toilet, and it carries the rain that runs off your road into the storm grate. One…...
Vermont downtowns are trading the one big festival for a year-round calendar
6+ hour, 30+ min ago (346+ words) One annual festival does exactly one thing well. It produces a spike. Thousands of people arrive, parking fills, vendors sell out, and then the street empties and the calendar goes quiet until the following year. Retailers can't staff against a…...
Vermont Healthcare Workers vote to stike
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (771+ words) BURLINGTON, VERMONT — Over 3,000 healthcare workers at UVM Medical Center voted to authorize a strike Friday, Oct 2. Last week UVMMC management presented its latest proposal, according to a press release from Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals. The union rejected…...
Study finds Vermont youth justice reform is lowering repeat crime
11+ hour, 48+ min ago (395+ words) MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s landmark youth criminal justice law called “raise the age” is paying off by keeping young people from committing more crimes, according to a new report delivered to state leaders. In 2020, Vermont raised the age at which…...
Despite some overall progress, Vermont test scores show a widening achievement gap
12+ hour, 3+ min ago (1157+ words) Despite some improvements in standardized test scores, state data reveals a widening achievement gap in Vermont’s schools. The state’s initial evaluation of its annual standardized test scores for the 2025-26 school year, released last month, shows “marginalized students,” including those with…...
Vermont Historical Society acquires Big Heavy World’s music collection
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (173+ words) Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Historical Society is pleased to announce that it has acquired the Vermont music collection assembled by Big Heavy World, preserving this one-of-a-kind archive for scholars and music lovers alike. James Lockridge founded Big Heavy World…...
Vermont’s open studio weekend returns for fall edition
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (146+ words) RUTLAND, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s Open Studio Weekend has returned for its fall edition. The event is designed to showcase local artists across the state during the tourist season. While many artists around the state are opening their home-based studios, others,…...
Scott: let more refugees settle in Vermont
4+ day, 39+ min ago (205+ words) VERMONT (ABC22/FOX44) - The office of Vermont Governor Phil Scott wrote Friday that he had sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking for an increase in the number of refugees coming to the state. Officials say that around 125 refugees are expected…...
Vermont ranks #7 per capita in grocery-store shoplifting incidents
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (281+ words) Vermont recorded the seventh-highest grocery shoplifting rate in the country at 80.1 incidents per 100,000 residents, about 1.4 times the national average of 58. The state averaged 518 incidents a year from 2021 to 2025, between one and two every day, peaking at 793 in 2024 before easing to…...
In Vermont, 5,500 leased home batteries became the state's biggest power source
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (479+ words) Across Vermont, more than 5,500 battery systems in ordinary homes are functioning as a shared energy resource, becoming the state's largest power source and helping residents keep electricity flowing when storms disrupt the grid. According to the BBC, the energy company…...