Monkton News: March 26, 2026

It’s time to register your dogs again. Register by Wednesday, April 1 to avoid a late fee.

Despite the fact that millions of Americans have reported living with the disease, there are no clear-cut diagnostic tests. Nor are there treatments with a clear-cut record of success. 

Vermont’s House Appropriations Committee voted out a state budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year. The $9.3 billion spending plan cleared the committee on a unanimous vote. The full House will consider the proposal Thursday, with a final vote expect … (read more)

Doug Anderson will bring this story to life in an entertaining evening he’s calling “Looking for Joe,” which will be a fundraiser for the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History and Town Hall Theater.

With unpredictability a watchword in today’s American economy, it is no wonder that soon-to-be-college-graduates and their parents are wondering what awaits them in terms of jobs, housing and standard of living.

Lawmakers are heading into the stretch run of the 2026 legislative session with a to-do list that includes major reform of the state’s education system.

Vermont Gas Systems is back in front of the Vermont Public Utilities Commission to address a series of five violations of the certificate of public good it received in 2013 to proceed with the pipeline.

Birong, who chairs the House Committee on Government Operations & Military Affairs, said during a recent phone interview that he’s found service in the Legislature rewarding, but is now — at age 48 — planning the next phase of his professional and public … (read more)

Millions of us are chocoholics, and more than 150 of them turned up on Sunday for the inaugural Vermont Chocolate Festival.

The Addison County Independent took top honors at the New England Newspaper Press Association’s Better Newspaper Competition this past weekend.

The 69-year-old is held without bail; a lengthy Vergennes Police investigation looked into allegations that he’d pressured multiple women into sex in exchange for drugs.

The Ferrisburgh selectboard unanimously elected Christopher Campbell to lead the body during a regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday night.

The issues a recommendation committee has been tasked with thinking through are longstanding, and Fire Chief David DiBiase said they’ve been put off for as long as possible.

Members of the Beeman Elementary School community are planning learning experiences to help students at the New Haven school further their understanding of what it means to be inclusive, empathetic and respectful of differences.

Cristian Humberto Jerez Andrade, 31, has been held since the March 11 raid on a home that triggered an hours-long confrontation, street shutdown and forced entry by federal agents.