A teenage driver fined $220 for her part in a double-fatal car crash that killed an elderly Addison County couple in September 2020 in Charlotte was among those arrested at an anti-Israel encampment at Columbia University in New York City last week.
Featured Stories
“Form follows function.” Those are the words that renowned Vermont architect Marcel Beaudin lived by during his 70-year career. Although he died in his home at the Residence at Shelburne Bay March 29 at the age of 95 and 11 days, Beaudin and his modernist design legacy live on in the more than 1,000 projects he completed in his lifetime.
April 16 at 7:20 a.m., officers responded to Hayden Hill West for an animal complaint.
Following a contentious tree-planting debacle in Charlotte that overtook several recent meetings, the selectboard is now working to tie up loose ends before appointing a new tree warden.
Last season, the boys' lacrosse team saw their nine-year D-I title run come to an end in the semifinals but the Redhawks return 15 seniors from that squad as they look to return to the top. CVU also welcomes new coach Brian Loughlin to steer the program back to the final.
Champlain Valley took an early lead but could not hold off South Burlington in a loss Saturday, April 13, to open the season.
The Hinesburg Selectboard last week approved the long-awaited construction bid for its new wastewater treatment facility.
Voters in the Champlain Valley Tuesday approved by 1,400 votes the school district’s second go at a school budget for next year.
On Saturday, March 30, nine students in grades six to eight represented Mater Christi School in Burlington at the 2024 Vermont Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fair at Norwich University.
Charlotte and Hinesburg solar eclipse scenes.
MycoLab, the community branch of MycoEvolve, is holding ecological restoration workshops at Shelburne Farms, 1611 Harbor Road. Volunteers will grow skills in non-chemical removal of nonnative plant species, tool safety and plant identification.
Howard Center has been redesignated by the Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living.
American Abenaki people in Vermont were and are culturally competent in many types of Indigenous hunting and trapping techniques as well as the use of traditional hunting spirituality. They have used sophisticated Native American technologies such as canoes and snowshoes to get to hunting grounds, stayed in the field in wigwams or tents, fished with spears and handlines, hunted and killed game with lances, bows and guns, and brought it back to camp for processing.
Marilyn Webb Neagley will speak about her memoir, “Attic of Dreams” on Thursday, May 2, 7 p.m., at the Pierson Library in Shelburne.
The Aurora Chamber Singers will present its spring concert, “Seeds of Modernism,” at the College Street Congregational Church, 265 College St., in Burlington, on Saturday, May 11, at 7:30 p.m.
What is stormwater and how can you help manage it to promote healthier watersheds?
Senate bill S.258 has passed and is now in the Vermont House of Representatives. This bill was pushed by and written in cooperation with animal rights groups.
In the April 18 issue of The Other Paper (“Ethics panel: no violation against Sen. Ram Hinsdale”), Sen. Ram Hinsdale tried to defend herself against the conflict-of-interest complaint filed by 14 Vermonters. Here are examples of the senator’s flawed defense.
On April 9, the Champlain Valley School District community voted in favor of the fiscal year 2025 school budget, 4,358-2,947. With the passage of the proposed budget, the school district can return to focusing on preparation for the end of this school year and the beginning of the next one.
Hoop Phi is the playful name of the fraternity of Ute Otley’s Champlain Valley High School girls’ basketball players. Let me tell you why Hoop Phi will never die.
I’m writing this column as I sit in seat No. 2 on the House floor — don’t worry, I can write and listen at the same time — as we head into our fourth hour of discussing and voting on H.887, which is an act relating to homestead property tax yields, non-homestead rates and policy changes to education finance and taxation.
First, a huge thank you to all those who openly expressed their thoughts, reservations or opinions in support of Champlain Valley School District schools or about the out-of-control school spending plaquing our great state. As always, community involvement and better information will always drive better decision-making.
On Feb. 13, 14 Vermonters filed a conflict-of-interest complaint with the Vermont Senate Ethics Committee accusing Sen. Ram Hinsdale, chair of the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing, and General Affairs, of advancing and promoting the financial interest of her family’s vast real estate holdings by helping craft and approve language in a bill she sponsored that will benefit her family’s fortune.
Recent town meeting votes against school budget proposals were not a just a wakeup call about property taxes. It was a reminder that the school funding system needs major repair.
Vermont stands as a beacon of community values. Yet, beneath this facade, the education system has harbored inequities for decades that undermine these very principles.
Commented