Salisbury won’t challenge Career Center budget vote

The selectboard won’t request a revote on the fiscal year 2027 Hannaford Career Center budget following a “missing ballots” mystery that prevented Salisbury residents from voting on the $6,271,915 spending plan.

Beta Technologies selected for federal pilot program

Beta Technologies announced Monday that the company had been selected for a federal pilot program that will allow the South Burlington-based electric airplane maker and its partners to begin medical flights to and from Vermont this year.

Another group seeks suspension of prosecutor Vekos

An attorney who handles discipline for lawyers in Vermont is seeking the “immediate suspension” of Addison County State’s Attorney Eva Vekos’s law license.

Vermont targeted for Medicaid fraud by GOP

Vermont is the target of the latest federal probe into Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse.

Lincoln transfer station in works

If all goes to plan, the transfer station will be able to accept household trash bags again on April 4.

New coalition touts single-payer health care

Less than two weeks after residents in seven Addison County towns urged the Legislature to support universal access to primary care, a new statewide coalition has formed to lobby for a new publicly financed health care system for the state of Vermont.

Granville man sentenced after guilty plea in shooting

After he pleaded guilty to two crimes of violence, a Granville man on Monday was told by a judge that he will be spending several years on probation.

Amanda Janoo prepares to challenge Scott, if he runs again

Amanda Janoo, an economist raised in Strafford and now living in Burlington, is a first-time candidate for statewide office. She will presumably face Gov. Phil Scott.

Grazing pastures offer opportunities for bird conservation

As America’s native grasslands have diminished over the years, so too have the birds that rely on those habitats.

Otter Valley, Slate Valley set school budget revotes

OVUU and SVUSD leaders will spend the next three weeks crunching numbers in hopes of getting fiscal year 2027 spending plans approved by their respective residents, who on March 3 defeated both districts’ original budget asks.

Two Bristol projects move along

Bristol officials are in the midst of a couple of projects aimed at addressing sidewalks on West Street and aging waterlines in town.

ACEDC picks top 10 county projects

A proposed 74-unit middle-income housing development in Vergennes, a major broadband expansion effort, and a keenly anticipated skatepark project in Middlebury are among 10 initiatives that have earned a place on the ACEDC 2026 Regional Priority Project l … (read more)

Orwell land to remain forever wild

Pat Stevenson has always been fond of nature — in its purest form. Originally hailing from urban Connecticut, she knew that pastureland, once paved, is gone forever.

Starksboro explores steps to withdrawal from MAUSD

Starksboro residents will start exploring what it would require for the town to withdraw from the Mount Abraham Unified School District, should their community decide to pursue that option in the future.

College raises tuition, sees progress in tackling deficit

The $94,386 per year comprehensive fee put Middlebury in the ‘middle of its peer institutions.’

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