BREAKING: While teaching a class to high school students on Wednesday, Burlington police officers staged a surprise demonstration in which a masked gunman burst into the room and pretended to open fire. The lack of warning sent students diving for cover
Burlington resident Colin Burch was driving home last Saturday afternoon when he says a bullet fired by a police officer nearly hit him in the head
#btv
The mother of a transgender volleyball player at Randolph Union High School says her daughter was harassed and bullied by teammates, despite a TV news story last week that told the story differently — and went viral on right-wing media outlets
Vermonters who follow the positivity teachings of
@GurdeepPandher
saw their worlds collide in February. That's when Pandher posted a video featuring a handmade quilt sent to him by a fan from the tiny Northeast Kingdom town of Wheelock.
Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott called on President Donald Trump to "resign or be removed from office" for inciting Wednesday's riot at the U.S. Capitol. In a statement, Scott accused the president of blatantly trying to spark an "insurrection"
Fans around the world know him as
@nothingnowhere
, the boundary-pushing emo/hip-hop artist. But his Vermont friends just call him "Joe." "For so long I feel like I've been living almost a double life," he said.
Slam poets Muslim Girls Making Change were invited to dine and perform last week at the Burlington Elks Lodge — where a club officer called the police on them.
#BTV
Booking video shows Madelyn Linsenmeir, a Vermonter whose obituary went viral for its frank depiction of her struggle with drugs, begging officers for medical care in the days before her death
On Friday, Meagan Downey got a text from her daughter, Fiona, who had just started at Champlain Valley Union High School.
“MOM,” read Fiona’s message, “I FLIPPED OFF THE ANTI-MASKERS AND SHE FLIPPED ME OFF BACK”
photo by
@GlennVermont
/
@vtdigger
Lady Glaucomflecken aka Kirstin Flanary and one half of the Dr. Glaucomflecken comedy team, gives the keynote address at The University of Vermont Cancer Center Women's Health and Cancer Conference on Friday, Sept. 29.
Responding to a wave of Fox News-fueled criticism, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott on Monday defended his decision to make all Black, Indigenous and people of color eligible for a vaccine, regardless of age
On Wednesday, after a third woman accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, Sen. Patrick Leahy called on President Trump to "immediately withdraw the nomination"
#vtpoli
The Vermont Foodbank has received the largest gift in its history — $9 million — as part of a $4.2 billion blast of charitable giving announced this week by MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
Middlebury College is considering revoking an honorary degree it conferred upon Rudy Giuliani, citing his role in "fomenting" the storming of the U.S. Capitol, college president Laurie Patton announced Sunday
The angry swarm of anti-maskers who descended on Burlington City Hall tried their hardest to convince city councilors to vote down a new masking ordinance.
But the belligerent crowd failed: The council unanimously approved an indoor mask mandate
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Matt Thorsen captured an enormous cross-section of Vermonters — from politicians to skateboarders, from dairy farmers to punk rockers. It was his way of communicating, and communing, with the world.
We will miss him very much.
UPDATE: Later Sunday evening, more than 250 people gathered in front of Burlington City Hall to condemn what they called a hate crime. The demonstrators lit candles for the victims and vowed to press the Palestinian cause even more vigorously
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BREAKING: Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, a Progressive state representative, has been elected the next mayor of Burlington.
In unofficial results, Mulvaney-Stanak earned 51.4 percent of the vote, besting Democrat Joan Shannon, a longtime city councilor
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Neighbors in Action, a small nonprofit that provides thousands of meals and other help, will receive a gift from an unusual funding source this year: the $30,000 that actor Luis Guzmán took home last week during an appearance on "Wheel of Fortune."
"He's just such a powerhouse," said Amelia Pollard, 21, who works on the Middlebury student newspaper, the
@middcampus
, with
@bhrenton
. "He's totally unparalleled."
After a 69-year absence, passenger rail service between Burlington and New York is set to return this summer, and rail advocates are giddy with anticipation
From late January through April, Burlington High School sophomore Ailsa — aided by her brother Gus during busy times — booked more than 300 vaccine appointments, mostly for New Jersey residents.
Gov. Phil Scott on Monday signed legislation that allows mail-in voting for all future general elections, making permanent a pandemic-era rule designed to increase voter participation amid the public health crisis
BREAKING: Vermont schools should stop contact tracing and PCR surveillance testing for students and staff, the Agency of Education said Friday in an email to school administrators announcing an "imminent policy shift"
Three recent Burlington High School grads have won seats on the city's 12-member school board, adding youth to a body that traditionally has been the domain of much older people
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Two makers in Poultney created a "rest and recharge station" that offers free hot drinks outside of their building at 169 Main Street, which sits just off the popular D&H Rail Trail
It actually happened. For three-plus glorious minutes, the moon blotted out the sun, casting northern Vermont in dusk-like darkness — in the middle of the afternoon.
A man claiming to work for a private intelligence agency contacted Vermont Law School professor
@jentaub
and offered to pay her for dirt on Special Counsel Robert Mueller. One (of many) problems: She's never met the guy
A bill
@GovPhilScott
signed into law Monday grants free and permanent hunting and fishing licenses to the approximately 6,000 members of Vermont's four officially recognized Native American tribes
#vtpoli
More than a year after she launched her campaign for U.S. House — and following a week in Washington, D.C., that felt like an eternity — Becca Balint can officially call herself Vermont’s first congresswoman
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona told a group of Champlain Elementary School students that he was there on a special assignment. Saturday is President Joe Biden’s birthday, he told the kids, and he wanted to bring him a card made by professionals
Several state lawmakers awoke Friday morning to find their houses defaced with messages protesting the end of a state program that provided motel rooms to the homeless.
"Isn't it nice to have a home" was scrawled on Rep. Martin LaLonde's garage door.
The world's top brewer, Vermonter Shaun Hill, is reconsidering his values and priorities. "I see my own pursuit and learning as that of blending new-world with old-world traditions," he wrote by email.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will speak via video at
@GovPhilScott
's press briefing tomorrow. He'll also take questions
Becca Balint is officially one step closer to becoming the first woman elected to Congress in Vermont’s history, defeating Lt. Gov. Molly Gray in the Democratic primary for U.S. House
A bill to make universal mail-in ballots a permanent feature of Vermont general elections, and to make it easier for voters to fix mistakes on those ballots, cleared a key legislative hurdle on Tuesday
Breaking: Acting Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad threatened to arrest a trauma surgeon who was treating a gunshot victim last summer.
Murad’s behavior, the surgeon said, “did interfere with the care we were providing.”
#BTV
The Vermont House and Senate adopted a joint resolution supporting transgender youth and their parents who seek medical care for the treatment of gender dysphoria, saying patients, parents and doctors should make such decisions — "not politicians"
Green Mountain Foster Bikes has fixed up and given away more than 100 bikes. Each kid gets a helmet, an air pump and some chain oil to keep their two-wheeler serviceable for years to come
After nearly 10 hours of debate, the House backed a bill that would:
→ mandate universal background checks
→ raise the minimum age for firearm purchases to 21
→ ban bump stocks and high-capacity magazines.
They'll vote on final passage next week.
#vtpoli
Burlington's Fletcher Free Library plans to open on Thanksgiving Day and hand out free, prepackaged roast turkey dinners. The library will be open from noon to 4 p.m., and patrons can also check out books and use the computers
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Lawmakers are hoping to get the attention of GPS companies that are routing truck drivers up the long, winding road through Smugglers' Notch. A bill would fine them $2,000 for failing to show drivers that Route 108 is closed to trucks and buses
Sophie, a 15-year-old shih tzu from Burlington, has made canine history: She's likely the first pup to have peed in nearly every town in the state — and she appears to be the first pooch to have visited each one
The Vermont legislature gave final approval on Tuesday to a bill that would make mail-in ballots a permanent fixture of voting in the state and would let voters fix their ballot if they make a mistake
Harmony Edosomwan held up a clear gallon jug filled with a red liquid. She dumped it onto the pavement at the feet of Burlington police leaders.
"Their blood is on your hands," she said, referring to people killed by cops
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Starting on Thursday, buying a box of tampons or pads in Vermont will be a slightly less costly proposition.
That's when Act 73 goes into effect. It exempts tampons, sanitary napkins, panty liners and menstrual cups from the state’s 6 percent sales tax
The Kismayo Kitchen chef-owner, a Somali refugee and father of two, is remembered as a warm, energetic and ambitious man who seemed to beam with a perpetual smile. ,
After pandemic restrictions were lifted
@RedHenBaking
staff noted an uptick in rude customers. So they made signs reminding patrons that “the person on the other side of the counter is a human being with hopes and dreams and feelings, just like you.”
On October 3, Jocelyn Hebert stood at the Vermont-Canada border after thru-hiking the 272-mile Long Trail for the fourth time.
"I went 27 days without a shower," she said with a laugh. "I'm very proud of that."
A charter bus ferrying 50 or so Vermont Trump supporters from the nation's capital pulled into a pitch-black parking lot in South Burlington after 3 a.m. this morning.
@derekwbrouwer
was there to greet them
The police supervisor who shot and wounded a suicidal man in Burlington’s Old North End earlier this month was trained to handle mental health calls and leads the department’s crisis negotiation team
BREAKING: A 41-year-old Vermont man was arrested on Wednesday for his involvement in the January 6, 2021, insurrectionist riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
It might be the biggest soccer match Vermont has ever seen.
Next Tuesday, March 19, the upstart Vermont Green FC, a Burlington semipro squad formed in 2022, will host a professional team from Kentucky
"In his heyday, he was the fastest grill guy anyone had ever seen," said Al's French Fries co-owner Shane Bissonette of McHugh, who worked his final shift on Sunday — 45 years after his first one.
The Champlain Housing Trust is converting a Marriott hotel in Williston into 72 apartments for formerly homeless and low-income Vermonters. The studio and one-bedroom apartments are expected to open by next summer
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South Burlington nightclub
@HigherGround
will require all patrons for indoor shows "to show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19, or a negative test from the past 72 hours, along with a matching photo ID," according to marketing director Amy Wild.
.
@benandjerrys
has a new flavor honoring activist
@Kaepernick7
.
The 33-year-old former NFL quarterback is a vegan, and his “Change the Whirled” flavor will be too
Today is the 75th anniversary of iconic Burlington diner
@handyslunch
. So maybe give Earl Handy a call and order up a Texas Cheeseburger, McHandy breakfast sandwich or a Macho Man for takeout.
South Burlington science teacher Greg Wolf has used his TikTok account to teach about everything from how siphons work to whether Double Stuf Oreos are really double-stuffed. Along the way, he’s amassed almost 300,000 followers and had three viral videos