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Invasive species are a big issue in Vermont, and the debates surrounding their management often center on another contentious issue — herbicides and pesticides.   

A coalition of Vermont organizations has begun a new project to shed light on harassment, hazing and bullying in schools.

Maya Porter reported this story on assignment from the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus. The Community News Service is a program in which University of Vermont students work with professional editors to provide content for local news outlets at no cost. The capital of an often self-styled progressive state might be one of the last places you’d […]

Federal officials are set to disclose next month the environmental effects of a proposal to cut down trees on about 11,800 acres of the Green Mountain National Forest — and activist groups are hoping to see some changes to the plan amid campaigning to let trees stay up.

The Vermont Truth and Reconciliation Commission holds first meeting.