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Award-winning Randolph restaurateurs invited to dine with VP
RANDOLPH, Vt. (WCAX) - The owners of an award-winning Randolph restaurant have been invited to dine with the vice president Kamala Harris. In recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Nisachon and Steve Morgan are celebrating at the White House. Nisachon won the James Beard Award two years...
From dirt patch to a gateway garden, a Randolph volunteer cultivates community
As Rosalind Burgess’s plantings grew, so did enthusiasm for the previously neglected plot. Other volunteers came to help with fundraisers and plantings, donating bulbs and time. Read the story on VTDigger here: From dirt patch to a gateway garden, a Randolph volunteer cultivates community .
Vermont's new wakeboat rule now in effect - what boaters should know
As the summer season approaches, boaters should be aware of a new wakeboat rule in effect. The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has published the rule regulating wakeboats and wakesports under Vermont’s Use of Public Waters Rules. The rule went into effect April 15, 2024, and came about as...
Dartmouth professor arrested during protest: 'It's really shameful'
A Dartmouth College professor who was one of dozens of people arrested Wednesday night during a pro-Palestinian protest on campus said the experience was unlike anything she has seen in her decades of being a professor there. Professor Annelise Orleck, 65, said the Dartmouth Green was unrecognizable Wednesday night when...
Lawmakers send to Gov. Scott bill to curb insurance companies' influence on health care
Vermont legislators passed a bill to streamline insurance requirements for health care and are urging Gov. Phil Scott to sign the bill into law. The bill, H.766, will reduce administrative delays and remove barriers to care for Vermont patients, according to proponents. The University of Vermont Health Care Network, the state's largest health care provider, has been pushing for the bill's passage.
Vermont recognizes its school lunch heroes
Child nutrition advocates celebrate the year-round efforts of school nutrition professionals. Vermont Business Magazine In celebration of School Lunch Hero Day, the School Nutrition Association of Vermont and Hunger Free Vermont recognize the dedication, creativity and outstanding service of school nutrition professionals who ensure that Vermont students receive nutritious, healthy meals every day. As part of a national celebration, Vermont’s Essex Westford School District has received the School Nutrition Program of the Year Award.
Dispute over Abenaki identity in Vermont grows more entrenched
“We're going to keep on pushing this,” said the chief of an Abenaki tribe in Canada that maintains many members of Vermont’s state-recognized tribes aren’t Indigenous. Read the story on VTDigger here: Dispute over Abenaki identity in Vermont grows more entrenched.
Stuck in Vt: Visiting the ‘Wind Phone’ at the Lanpher Memorial Library in Hyde Park
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - In 2010, garden designer Itaru Sasaki of Japan installed a telephone booth in his garden that he called a “phone of the wind.” The rotary phone line was not connected to anything, but the booth gave Sasaki a meaningful place to have a one-way conversation with his cousin, who had died of cancer.
Body pulled from Connecticut River. Police say it may have drifted from Massachusetts, Vermont.
Police are investigating after a body was pulled from the Connecticut River in Hartford on Monday. The body was spotted just after noon at Charter Oak Landing, according to the Hartford Fire Department. Multiple people fishing off the shore saw the body and were able to snag it until fire crews arrived and removed it from the river, fire officials said. Fire officials said the man’s body ...
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