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NORWICH, Vt. (WCAX) - After many schools have already sent their graduates off to start anew, the Community College of Vermont joined the roster. Sending more than 400 students off with their diplomas. The entire class of 2023 graduated with their associates. The graduation invited more than three thousand family...

ESSEX, Vt. — On Saturday, communities all across Vermont celebrated the first weekend of Pride Month and the LGBTQIA+ community. In Essex Junction, Essex Pride hosted its first-ever Essex Pride Festival. "We're just so stoked that people turned out, we didn’t quite know how many people were going to...

A Vermont school district punished a father and his daughter for speaking out against a biological male in the girls’ locker room. Now, The Daily Signal has learned, the district has settled with the Allen family in what its legal team is hailing as a “resounding victory.”. That...

The language of the settlement document notes that it is a compromise and “is not in any way to be construed as admission of liability or wrongdoing.” Read the story on VTDigger here: Orange Southwest reaches settlement in locker room lawsuit.

My last four Take Me Back articles were about the Waitsfield High School graduating class of 1952. I found their yearbook at Joslin Library, and it was exciting to me because we Mehurons had family in it -- a teacher and one of the seniors. Studying the book made me remember that I had seen another old yearbook buried somewhere in our family pictures and papers. It took a while to find. But there it was, “The Annual,” published by the Waitsfield High School Class of 1922/23. The students included in the volume would have been part of the generation that could have been parents of some of the Class of 1952. For example, senior Anne Mehuron was in the 1952 “Mad River Echoes” and her father, Elmer Mehuron, and aunt, Ruth Mehuron, were in the 1923’s “The Annual.”

Montpelier, VT - Thursday is the first deadline for the homeless utilizing state’s pandemic-era hotel voucher program to exit their temporary homes. The program is ending due to the lack of funding.

Maybe it is finally time to follow these rebellious legislators and at last start prioritizing humanity over costs. Read the story on VTDigger here: Letter to the editor: a breathtaking lack of empathy.

WATERBURY, Vt. — Vermont State Police are looking for a driver involved in a hit-and-run yesterday. This happened on Kneeland Flats Road in the town of Waterbury. A black sedan had turned in front of a motorcycle and the two collided. The motorcycle driver was injured, but it wasn't...

Vermont Superior Court Judge Timothy Tomasi scheduled an expedited hearing for 8:30 a.m. Thursday — the same day the first 800 people are scheduled to be booted from the program. Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont Legal Aid sues state to halt evictions from motel program.

Tunes emanated from the pavilion at Lareau Farm and Forest while children kept busy with arts and crafts and chasing bubbles and pizza slices were slung from the outdoor oven. Pulled pork sandwiches and a cash bar were also available. Vendors peddled jewelry and accessories, artwork, and other crafts. It...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Fluctuating mortgage rates are making the cost of buying, selling, and owning real estate less predictable. But, is that hurting the housing market in Vermont?. “It’s definitely taken a bite out of business,” Terry Culver, Owner of Last Time Around Antiques in Barre, said.

Barre City offered the state of Vermont 90 days of temporary housing for up to 110 Washington County residents who are about to be exited from the state’s motel voucher program. Times Argus reporter David Delcore, in a May 24 story, explained that Barre has offered the ice arena...

John Lynch, Moretown, loves cars. He owns a 1951 Ford Custom four-door sedan, a 1984 Chevy El Camino and a 2014 Ford Taurus police interceptor, which he says is “like a rocket ship. “It’s about the people and the relaxed format,” he said. He also pointed out that it...

Peoples Academy standout baseball player Ben Alekson has been named Vermont's high school baseball player of the year, Gatorade announced Friday morning. Alekson, a student at Stowe, is the first player in program history to earn Gatorade's distinction, which recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, high academic achievement and exemplary character. The 6-foot-3, 190-pound senior right-handed pitcher...

Eighth grader Elise Cournoyer, who won the Vermont Spelling Bee in March, was one of 56 semifinalists in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and the only Vermonter on the stage in Washington, D.C. Read the story on VTDigger here: Camels Hump student reaches National Spelling Bee semifinals.

MORETOWN – Grace Potter gathered her band and a film crew at her home studio last week to record a video tied in to her latest album, “Mother Road,” which comes out Aug. 18. The Vermont rock musician lives less than five miles from the home where...

A global equity and justice organization has granted money to EmpowR to hold community discussions on race and identity, largely with the goal of encouraging white women to share their thoughts on race, equity and other social justice themes. On June 8, July 12, Aug. 10, and Sept. 13, four...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - The town of Roxbury has been fighting over a junk ordinance since the ‘90s. Now, residents will weigh in again at the polls on Wednesday after a similar vote on Town Meeting Day ended in confusion. Amedeo David Santi has been living in Roxbury since...

This periodic series of three images and responses to questions tells the stories of people of the Valley who love what they do. As Confucius once said, “Choose a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.”. This month features Lisa Mason, owner and...

BARRE, Vt. (WCAX) - Federal funding for Vermont’s emergency hotel program has run out, and for some, it’s time to check out. An estimated 800 households are expected to lose their pandemic-era housing starting Thursday, and about 1,000 more by the end of June. Now, community service providers and homeless shelters are preparing for the impact.