Vermont State University's Castleton campus is honoring the feline not for his mousing or napping, but for his friendliness.
Stewart Ledbetter, the former face of the public affairs TV show "Vermont This Week" for 26 years and a longtime fixture on NBC5 before he retired, is running for the Vermont Senate, hoping to represent the five-town Chittenden-Central district. Ledbetter, 62, a Winooski resident for the past 30 years, is running as a Democrat. He said his decades on camera will make him useful to a body that is losing several members to retirement this year. He retired from "Vermont This Week" last...
An antique copper weathervane that was swiped from a Vermont railway station 40 years ago has been found and was returned to the state last week, the Vermont Agency of Transportation has announced. "We are delighted to see this valuable historic artifact and beautiful piece of art returned to its home here in Vermont," Judith Ehrlich, the agency’s historic preservation officer said in a statement on Monday. TRUCK DRIVER TICKETED OVER VERMONT TRAIN CRASH The 1910 weathervane is of a steam...
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Republican Gov. Phil Scott is running for reelection to a fifth two-year term in the largely blue state of Vermont. Scott announced his reelection bid on Saturday, saying there’s more work to do. “During my four terms as Governor, my team and I have worked to grow the economy, make Vermont […]
Republican Gov. Phil Scott is running for reelection to a fifth two-year term in the largely blue state of Vermont.
Vermont lawmakers have passed a bill aimed at holding big fossil fuel companies accountable for the damage caused by climate change.
This story was originally published in the Daily Yonder. Tucked away on a quiet side street in downtown Bennington, Vermont, is the public library. It’s an imposing brick building, remodeled in the 1930s to mirror a 19th century courthouse with huge arched windows that bathe the interior in natural light, even in the
Students at the campus say they pet and take selfies with Max anytime he visits the campus
Scott Farm in Dummerston is known for heirloom apples. In a good year, its apple harvest totals more than half a million pounds of varieties such as copper-skinned Ashmead's kernel and a 16th-century French apple called Calville blanc d'hiver. Last year was not a good one. The orchard lost 90 percent of its apples to a record-breaking May 18 freeze, which was attributed, like many recent extreme weather events, to the destabilizing effects of climate change. Exceptionally low February...
Vermont officials have recovered an antique weather vane stolen in the last century, solving a 41-year-old cold case. Modeled after the first steam locomotives, the five-foot-long copper piece was installed atop the White River Junction train station in 1910. It remained perched there until it was stolen in 1983 amid a rash of such thefts from buildings in northern New England. "I don't think anyone was expecting it to come back," said Judith Ehrlich, historic preservation officer for...
Vermont lawmakers passed a bill this week that is designed to make big fossil fuel companies pay for damage from weather disasters fueled by climate change. The legislation is modeled after the Environmental Protection Agency’s superfund program, which requires the companies responsible for environmental contamination to either clean sites up themselves or reimburse the government for the costs of work to do so. Vermont’s bill, referred to as its Climate Superfund Act, would similarly mandate...
The Aubins have lived in Lyndonville for seven generations, and Lizzie — a Ford Model A — has been driven by their family for five of them. Over the years, Lizzie has been a familiar sight in parades and around town. Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger visited Aubin Electric to meet Lizzie's current caretaker, C.J. Aubin, and his kids, Zak and Ali. ✖ i C.J. Aubin never considered himself a “car guy” until he inherited a 1931 Ford Model A from...