3+ hour, 52+ min ago  (584+ words) A major concession from Gov. Phil Scott this week could help clear the path to bipartisan compromise on a sweeping education reform package. The Republican governor and Democratic lawmakers had been at loggerheads over whether to force school district mergers…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (82+ words) Vermont Public The new short film A School of Trout tells the story of fourth graders at Burlington's Sustainability Academy raising baby trout in their classroom. This heartwarming film by Ronan Furuta of Burlington follows a journey of discovery as…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (946+ words) HINESBURG " The Champlain Valley School District board has vowed to not proceed with a proposed artificial turf athletic field until a long list of additional information is gathered, but debate about the project has not paused. The privately funded $5. 5 million…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (578+ words) Gov. Phil Scott and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate united last year to pass Act 73, an ambitious blueprint to transform the state's public schools. As the Legislature works to operationalize that plan, however, it's chosen to abandon a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (698+ words) The death of a wealthy Vermonter has led to a dispute in Montpelier over whether lawmakers should use taxpayer money to help the University of Vermont build a 5, 000-seat athletic and entertainment venue on its Burlington campus. Vermont received $55 million…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (437+ words) Now, a group of Hampshire College alumni want to keep the experiment going, even if the college itself ceases to be. The campaign is called Hampshire Next. The goal? Raise $10 million by May 16 to dissuade the Hampshire Board of Trustees…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (618+ words) The publication of dictionaries has been associated with the Webster name since Noah Webster's first dictionary in 1806 and his ground breaking "American Dictionary of English" in 1828. Following Webster's death in 1843, two brothers, George and Charles Merriam, acquired the rights to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (423+ words) Vermont Public Chief Operating Officer Brendan Kinney has been hired as the new CEO of VTDigger's parent organization. Kinney is among Vermont Public's most experienced leaders. He spent 16 years at the merged Vermont Public and one of its predecessors, Vermont…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (908+ words) Last October, Rite Aid closed its door in St. Johnsbury, leaving a big, shuttered building right in the middle of town. After intense organizing, the community raised enough money and support to build the new Caledonia Food Co-Op, which is…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (359+ words) The Vermont Principals" Association has agreed to pay $566, 000 in damages and attorney fees stemming from a lawsuit over transgender athletes competing in high school sports. The lawsuit goes back to 2023, when the principals" association expelled Mid Vermont Christian School, a…...