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After last year’s flooding hit Middlesex, Vt., causing more than $4 million in repair costs, the task of applying for federal recovery programs fell largely to the town’s unpaid volunteers.With only a handful of paid employees, most of them part-time,...

By COREY MCDONALD

Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak on Wednesday issued an executive order requiring that the Burlington Police Department send its news releases to her office for approval before being shared with the public.

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The personal data of students and staff at several dozen Vermont school districts may have been compromised in a nationwide data breach of a student information system, according to state education officials.

By COREY MCDONALD

A federal court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the University of Vermont by the school’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter. That lawsuit, filed in September 2024, challenged the legality of the group’s suspension following...

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The plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenging Burlington’s short-term rental regulations have appealed their case to the Vermont Supreme Court.The lawsuit, first filed in Chittenden County Superior Court in July 2023, challenges the legality of...

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Jason Eaton, the man accused of shooting and wounding three Palestinian and Palestinian-American men in Burlington nearly a year ago, has been deemed competent to stand trial, according to the judge presiding over the case.The findings of Eaton’s...

By COREY MCDONALD

SOUTH BURLINGTON — The Vermont Air National Guard on Wednesday detailed a new initiative to use afterburners on the F-35s based at the Patrick Leahy International Airport to mitigate the impact of noise from the fighter planes on local communities.The...

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The University of Vermont on Friday approved tuition increases for both in-state and out-of-state students for the 2025-2026 academic year.Board trustees and university officials voted Friday to increase out-of-state tuition by 4.5% to $44,646, and...

By COREY MCDONALD

Fabrice Rumama, the Massachusetts man charged in the fatal shooting of a Croydon man in Waterbury, Vt., last week, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment in Washington County Criminal Court on Monday.Rumama, 20, is accused of fatally shooting Shawn...

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A Burlington school board member resigned this week after he was arrested and charged in Massachusetts with trafficking fentanyl, according to court documents.Rida Kori, 24, was arrested and charged in Holyoke, Massachusetts on Sept. 16 after police...

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A Superior Court judge on Friday denied a request made by Jason Eaton, the man accused of shooting and wounding three Palestinian and Palestinian-American men in Burlington last year, to replace the public defenders who have been representing him. The...

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The Vermont Supreme Court recently affirmed a lower court decision that the state and the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union were immune from legal challenges brought by the parents of a student who received a COVID-19 vaccine against their...

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Holger Hoock admits his most recent job change was a “slightly unusual” move. Leaving the University of Pittsburgh, a school with the highest level of research classification and a member of the American Association of Universities, he joined the...

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BURLINGTON — University of Vermont is facing pushback from state lawmakers and city councilors as it initiates disciplinary proceedings against pro-Palestinian student protesters. Late last week, university police began ID’ing students at an...