Vermont not meeting its recycling goals

Vermont is still not meeting its goal of recycling and composting half its waste, according to a new report from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation.

Thirteen Middlebury College students are spending their January term learning about entrepreneurship from the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies, a Burlington business incubator. 

Another program is launching to help Vermont businesses that are short on operating funds because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The percentage of Vermont homes bought by investors more than doubled in 2021, according to data from a company that analyzes property information.

Some 482 Vermont dairy farms will receive an extra $23 million in subsidies through a federal program next year.