By Sarah Olsen, VTDigger A banner welcomed people to the Rainbow Family gathering this month in Mt. Tabor
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State News
Hardwick Gazette seeks new owner via essay contest
By Sarah Olsen, VTDigger.org An essay contest launches Saturday with a prompt that asks why the writer would like to own and operate a paid weekly newspaper. The prize? Ownership rights to that newspaper: the Hardwick Gazette. Operating since 1889 in the […]
Local News
Board of Education discusses alternatives structure for school district mergers
By Sarah Olsen, VTDigger.com A state education official says the state should move toward many fewer supervisory unions under Act 46. The new state law incentivizes communities to merge local school districts into larger supervisory districts with unified boards from […]
State News
Vermont NAACP receives “avalanche” of housing discrimination complaints
By Sarah Olsen, www.VTDigger.org Mary Brown-Guillory, president of the Champlain area National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), told a statewide civil rights panel Monday that her organization has received an “avalanche” of discrimination complaints. In the month […]
State News
EPA releases new pollution limits for Lake Champlain
By Sarah Olsen, VTDigger.org The EPA released new pollution limits for Lake Champlain on Friday, Aug. 14. Gov. Peter Shumlin and federal officials announced Friday the new phosphorus limits at a press conference on North Beach in Burlington. Vermont is […]
Commentary
Taxes on soft drinks, vending machine victuals now in effect
By Sarah Olsen, VTDigger.org That Coke now costs a little more. A 6 percent sales tax on sugary drinks went into effect July 1. The Vermont Legislature and Gov. Peter Shumlin approved the extension of the sales tax to soda […]
State News
Shumlin signs water quality bill
By Sarah Olsen, VTDigger.org On Tuesday, June 16, on the shore of Lake Champlain, Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill that aims to improve the quality of the state’s waterways . The bill, H.35, raises money through a 0.2 percent […]
State News
Heavy rains lead to increase in sewage discharges
By Sarah Olsen, VTDigger.org There have been almost as many sewage discharges reported across the state in the past 35 days as there were in all of the previous year, according to state data. Twenty-five discharges have been reported since […]
State News
State supports two projects at Vermont Tech
By Sarah Olsen, VTDigger.org Gov. Peter Shumlin visited the campus of Vermont Technical College on Monday to highlight two state spending projects. One project makes Vermont Technical College the site of the new Vermont Agriculture and Environmental Lab; the other […]