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Airport officials on Tuesday announced that Frontier Airlines will again offer direct flights between Florida and the Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport. Officials also said they plan to break ground within the next two weeks on a...

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When Jericho resident Bill Butler and Michael Oman of Underhill started talking about how they would like to live out their later years, they were dismayed by the assisted and senior living options.So the two friends came up with a plan to create the...

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Roughly 300 workers at Porter Medical Center ratified their first union contract late Saturday after three months of negotiations.Support staff, licensed practical nurses and technical professionals voted overwhelmingly to join the Vermont chapter of...

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Burlington Bio is a startup that uses biotechnology to turn agricultural byproducts into food ingredients – such as material for lab grown meat or protein powder.When Rachael Floreani, a faculty member at the University of Vermont for 13 years,...

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When the Peacham School lost its bus route last November due to a bus driver shortage, Principal Samuel McLeod was in a quandary.The Caledonia County K-7 school has about 70 students and most of them depend on a contracted bus service that runs a...

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Vijay Singh, a longtime public media professional, will be the next chief executive officer at Vermont Public, the organization announced Friday. On Oct. 1, he’ll take over from Brendan Kinney, who became the interim CEO in October 2023 after Scott...

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ESSEX, Vt. — With the Essex Experience shopping complex at capacity, its owner has his sights set on a new project in the plaza: four green buildings that would bring a total of 170 rental units of workforce housing. In an interview last week, Peter...

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Almost 26,000 rural or low-income households in Vermont were left in the lurch when a federal internet discount program ended June 1.The Affordable Connectivity Program, which launched in December 2021, provided $14.2 billion in discounts on internet...

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BURLINGTON – Tricia Bisson pointed to her photo on the colorful wall of fame recognizing employee contributions. It says she is “a star performer” and commends her can-do attitude that “continually inspires her fellow Rhinos.”Next to her plaque is one...

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RANDOLPH — On a sunny afternoon in late April, a woman with a shock of white curls was hunched over a corner of a park, digging intently in the dirt.Local resident Rosalind Burgess, 75, has been working to beautify that particular corner of town —...

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When Maria Rossi started working with at-risk teens in Washington County almost two decades ago, she quickly spotted inequities that low-income pregnant people face in accessing prenatal and postpartum care.As a caseworker at Washington County Mental...

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An effort afoot in the Vermont Senate would make Juneteenth a legal holiday — but not a day off.Two Senate committees have given their support to S.206, which would add June 19 to a dozen other dates already in statute, and the bill could hit the...

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Aaliyah Wilburn moved to Vermont two years ago and has faced more hair discrimination here than ever before.A senior at North Country Union High School in Newport, Wilburn, 17, recalls being in line for the bathroom when the girl in front turned...

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COLCHESTER, Vt. — The Vermont Army National Guard on Wednesday celebrated the first woman to be promoted to brigadier general. During a ceremony at Camp Johnson, Col. Tracey Poirier acknowledged the promotion gives her greater visibility, but said...

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 A 74-year-old man who was being held at Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield, Vt., died Sunday, according to the Department of Corrections and the Vermont State Police.Henry Butson of St. Johnsbury, Vt., was brought by ambulance to...

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The family of a transgender student in Randolph is reeling from an onslaught of transphobic messages and social media posts fueled by what it says were inaccurate news stories about a locker room incident.“It’s been an absolute nightmare. Horrifying....