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More humid today before a stormier Tuesday
Happy Monday! It’s a fresh, clear, and clean start to the day with some patchy fog and temperatures in the 50s to low 60s. Dew point temperatures are registering in the comfortable category, too. Highs will top out in the lower to middle 80s this afternoon with increasing humidity...
UM 'leans in' to gender stereotypes to attract male students
Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Big Sky Connection reporting for The Hechinger Report-Public News Service Collaboration. Hopeful young entrepreneurs in business schools routinely pitch ideas for startup companies as part of their classroom assignments. But the ones who were doing it at the University of Vermont were still in high school.
Seeking an appropriate education, Vermont families battle lawyers, the Legislature and a lack of staff
“The whole system is designed to not educate a certain subset of the population,” said one parent of a child with autism. Read the story on VTDigger here: Seeking an appropriate education, Vermont families battle lawyers, the Legislature and a lack of staff.
Green FC loses to Seacoast in playoffs
Another tremendous season and playoff run by the Vermont Green FC has ended. The team faced Seacoast United in Ocean City, NJ on Sunday looking to punch their ticket to the USL League 2 quarterfinals. In a scoreless game midway through the second half, a Vermont foul in the box gifted the Phantoms a penalty […]
Lake Monsters sweep Sunday doubleheader
Following two-straight home losses, the Vermont Lake Monsters hosted the Futures League Road Warriors for a doubleheader at Centennial Field. Vermont won both games to bounce back and head into the all-star break with confidence.
Mountaineers even Governor’s Cup series with big comeback
On a beautiful baseball evening across the state, the Upper Valley Nighthawks hosted the Vermont Mountaineers in the sixth installment of this season’s Governor’s Cup series. Despite trailing 5-0 early, the Mountaineer scored 10 unanswered runs to win the game 10-5 and even the series at three games each.
A Vermont musician released an album, planned a big tour. Then came the cancer diagnosis
MIDDLEBURY ― This year was looking bright for Sarah King. The Ripton musician released her first solo, full-length album in March that got mentioned by a prominent pop-culture website in the same article touting Beyonce’s new release. King was planning a national tour to rival the big one she took in 2023 to launch the blues/folk/rock musician’s career toward a higher level.
Vermont maintains a list of registered contractors to avoid scammers for flood damaged homes
Vermont's latest round of flooding this month, and the damaged homes that resulted, is another chance for fraudsters to rip off homeowners, according to Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas. "Among the challenges brought on by the flooding in our cities and towns, many homeowners have an urgent need...
A place to be kids again
A camp that provides a free getaway for children diagnosed with cancer looks back at its 40-year run, and ahead for what’s next. Plus, Plus, Sen. Peter Welch and Rep. Becca Balint react to the news that Joe Biden has withdrawn from the 2024 presidential race, there may be an easier path to federal money this year for Vermonters who lost personal possessions in the recent floods, the trial for a Franklin County sheriff facing charges of assaulting a shackled and handcuffed prisoner begins today, migrant workers in West Pawlet say their employer assaulted a farm worker and his teenage nephew, and nurses at University of Vermont Medical Center ratify a new contract with hospital administrators.
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