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Bill would mandate climate change education in Vermont schools

Educators who support S.175 still have concerns about integrating the subject into their curriculum

By Kate Kampner

Vermont bill would repeal retirement mandate for professors

Fast food wage bill would raise minimum pay to $20 an hour in 2027

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Churches in Poultney serve as community hubs

By Amanda Johnson

Winooski seeks EPA grant to clean up hazardous soil

By Wren Gomes

Rural Vermont roots for farmers as it keeps watch on new legislation

By Kate Kampner

A shot at the pros

By Hannah Tatro

Legislature

Proposed bill makes plug-in solar easier to own

A new bill that would allow customers to install plug-in solar systems without a previously required middle man passes the Senate

By Kate Kampner

Environment

🎧 Vermonters reimagine solar farms with sheep and pollinators

As solar grows, so does Vermont’s capacity for agrivoltaics — the dual use of land on solar farms for agriculture.

By Maeve Fairfax

Arts

News

Despite a low count of broad-winged hawks, experts don’t raise concern for the overall population

Vermont hawkwatch counting sites saw fewer numbers for the broad-winged hawk population this year.

By Kate Kampner

Features

Corinth Studio offers a window into an artist’s life

By Amelia Cunningham

🎧 This Milton mechanic helps Vermonters learn how to take care of their cars

By Robin Olsen

🎧 Seniors learn to fly at the Silver Circus

By Foster Hunt

Ridgeline Outdoor Collective helps grow the Randolph mountain biking community

By TJ Matteini

Community

Poultney band director passes the baton after 12 years

By Pearl Bellomo

Rutland Garden Club serves the city with winter projects

By Pearl Bellomo

Hardwick’s Galaxy Bookshop shines on

By Alana Dutcher-Hirsch

Local creatives re-imagine the gingerbread house at the Chaffee Art Center

By Gabby Blanchard

🎧 This Barre artist helps keep stone carving alive through mentorship

By Logan Wolff

🎧 Climbing Mount Everest in Brownsville

By Makayla Early

🎧 Youth cook up confidence at Common Roots’ after-school culinary class

By Annabelle Pattison and Makayla Early

State

New bill calls for ICE agents and police to unmask

By Mona Abou

Water finds a way: Ruins of 200-year-old Cabot dam to be cleared

By Elise Coyle

Conservation

Burlington Program Offers Homeowners Cash to Cut Stormwater Runoff

BLUE BTV is giving residents up to $2,000 for rain gardens, permeable driveways and other fixes to reduce phosphorus flowing into Lake Champlain.

By Max Handelman

Education

‘Interact, don’t be afraid’: Brittney Staffieri, a Deaf woman who speaks out

Brittney Staffieri has taught hundreds of students in American Sign Language

By Alivia Sanderson

Economy

A “dairy town” no more

It may be home to Ben & Jerry’s Factory Store, but Waterbury’s last three dairy farms were driven out of business. Their former owners struggle to let go.

By Sarah Andrews