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Amanda Wheeler named governor's press secretary
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today named Amanda Wheeler, of Bradford, as his press secretary, effective Monday, May 20. She will now serve as the primary contact for press inquiries for the Governor’s Office. Wheeler has served as a special assistant to the Governor since July 2022, where...
Beau Welling begins renovation of No. 1 public-access course in Vermont
Stowe Country Club, ranked by Golfweek’s Best as the No. 1 public-access course in Vermont, is slated to undergo a two-year renovation by golf architect Beau Welling. In the town of Stowe, the course originally opened in 1950 and was expanded in 1962 by William Mitchell. The club plans a growing membership, but public-access opportunities are available through stay-and-play packages at the Lodge at Spruce Creek. Beau Welling Design has drawn up a comprehensive renovation plan, with work on the front nine having started this month and to be completed this year, then work on the back nine to be completed in...
LETTER: Vote ‘yes’ but ask to keep World Language program
I am writing in support of the Elementary World Language Program in the Harwood Unified Union School District. I don’t live in the HUUSD, so I am not able to vote on the upcoming budget, but I have worked in this community for 8 years. As someone who works...
Aug. 7 | Signs of Summer!
When: Wednesday, August 7th at 4:30 p.m. Where: North Branch Nature Center - 713 Elm Street Montpelier, Vt. 05602. Join Vermont Public's kids podcast But Why? and Kellogg-Hubbard Library at North Branch Nature Center for a FREE live event. Want to know more about what's going on in the woods in the summertime? Podcast host and author Jane Lindholm and naturalist/teacher Victoria Lee will be front and center to discuss woodland creatures - big and small, and summer time ecology. Kids will get all the answers they need to their curious questions and have a great time doing it!
Lawmakers pass flood disclosure requirements for home sellers, landlords
Vermont now joins a growing list of states that mandate flood risk disclosure for real estate transactions, as climate change fuels more extreme weather. Read the story on VTDigger here: Lawmakers pass flood disclosure requirements for home sellers, landlords.
Notch Road opens for the season
STOWE, Vt. (WCAX) - A sign of the season -- Smugglers’ Notch is now open to drivers. VTrans says scenic Route 108 officially opened at noon Tuesday. Officials say new traffic control devices, chicanes, have been added on the Cambridge and Stowe sides this year to try and prevent large trucks and busses from getting stuck on narrow and curvy road.
2 wrong-way drivers stopped on Vt. interstates, police say
ST. ALBANS, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont troopers say they stopped two drivers headed the wrong way on Vermont interstates on Wednesday. Vermont troopers say they stopped a wrong-way driver on Interstate 89 in St. Albans Wednesday morning. State police say they got numerous reports of a driver headed south in...
Revitalizing Waterbury seeks donations to transform Jack's Alley off of Stowe Street
WATERBURY, Vt. — Community members in Waterbury are in the process of revamping an alleyway to become an attractive public gathering spot. However, the project has one month left to raise $10,000 in donations in order to receive a grant from the state's Better Places Program. Up until a...
Vt. man repeatedly tried to hit firefighters with stick, police say
NEWBURY, Vt. (WCAX) - Police say a Vermont man faces charges for repeatedly trying to assault crews fighting a fire at his home. It happened Tuesday at about 8 p.m. at a house fire in Newbury. Vermont State Police say Edward Rose, 33, kept trying to hit Wells River firefighters...
LETTER: Base your ‘no’ vote to the school budget on facts
My name is Frank Provato, and I have been a resident of Waterbury Center for 24 years. You are being asked to vote again on a new school budget proposal. Please do not base your decision on wanting to “just get this over with.” And please do not base your decision on the unsubstantiated claims by school administration and staff that further budget reductions will somehow harm the future prospects of our students. They have put forth no objective evidence to support that claim.
Barre voters reject school budget, Lauzon returns to office as Mayor
Barre, VT- Voters in Barre have decided to return a prior mayor to office for a record-breaking 7th term, but voted down the school district’s proposed budget for the second time this year on Tuesday. Ward 1 City Councilor Thom Lauzon, who was the city’s mayor from 2006 to...
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