Former Burlington mayor Miro Weinberger is the face of a new group that is trying to get more housing built in Vermont. Let’s Build Homes launched on Tuesday with a Statehouse press conference ...

Burlington city councilors received mixed news on Monday about a pricey plan to fix the city’s aging wastewater treatment system. The upside: City officials trimmed several million dollars from ...

James Stephen Fry, educator, historian and cherished friend, passed away on December 21, 2024, at the age of 77. Born on August 30, 1947, in Queens, N.Y., Jim lived a life marked by intellectual ...

John A. Spaeth, 70, of Stafford Springs, Conn., passed away peacefully on January 4, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. Born in 1954 in West Allis, Wis., to Dorothy and Gilbert Spaeth, John ...

At a weekend caucus that drew about 100 participants, Burlington Progressives nominated three candidates to run for city council this March. The races for the four "district" seats — which are ...

The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that the Slate Valley Unified School District is not required to publicly release documents related to the use of restraint and seclusion in its schools.

Gov. Phil Scott urged lawmakers to heed the message that voters sent in November and work with him to lower the cost of living for Vermonters fed up with higher taxes and fees. During his fifth ...

In an attempt to rein in her outspoken police chief, Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak signed an executive order on Wednesday mandating that all Burlington Police Department press releases be sent to her ...

Last summer, 29-year-old Alex Reid found himself at a career crossroads. The St. Albans resident had worked in tree service and as a FedEx delivery driver in the years since he'd graduated from ...

Last winter, Debbie Phelps carried pepper spray whenever she left her Decker Towers apartment. The corridors inside the low-income high-rise had become a magnet for the drug trade and squatters ...

Last year, the legislature created the Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont and gave it an ambitious task: to develop a more sustainable, affordable and equitable vision for ...

Democrats took a drubbing at the polls last fall, and leaders face challengers for key positions when the new session convenes on January 8. Voters may have called for sweeping change in the ...