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By JUAN VEGA DE SOTO

In Vermont’s congressional races, Tuesday was one of the quietest nights in recent memory. The two incumbents seeking reelection, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt., won their Democratic primaries unopposed. On the...

By JUAN VEGA DE SOTO

If you live in Vermont’s state capital, you still cannot buy stamps or ship a package with the U.S. Postal Service.Despite the agency’s promises of a fully-functional Montpelier post office “before the summer months,” and a lease on a large retail...

By JUAN VEGA DE SOTO

A very rainy Vermont summer may get rainier yet. The remnants of Tropical Storm Debby are expected to settle over most of the state on Friday, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service, soaking already saturated ground with...

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The long drama of Goddard College’s dissolution might have reached its final scene. On Thursday morning, a community group named the Greatwood Project announced that its bid for the Plainfield, Vt., campus had been accepted by the school’s board of...

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Do natural calamities strike Vermont more often than other states? Many Vermonters might say yes, recalling the storm just a few weeks ago, or casting their memory back to last summer’s floods, or to Tropical Storm Irene, among others. A new report...

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Asked to describe this year’s Republican National Convention, members of Vermont’s delegation began with the same word: “Unity”. It was evident, they said during interviews, in the procession of former President Donald Trump’s primary rivals taking...

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On July 10 last year, heavy rains that had begun the night before unleashed catastrophic floods across Vermont. This Wednesday, exactly a year later, torrential downpours may once again threaten the state with flooding, according to a forecast issued...

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The precipitous fall of Vermont’s net metering payment rates shows no signs of stalling. For years now, the compensation Vermonters receive when they install solar panels and send excess power back to the grid has been declining — and the state’s...

By JUAN VEGA DE SOTO

Stop by one of the nine Amtrak stations on the Vermonter’s route Saturday, June 8, and you might catch a glimpse of LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations as the train slows into the platform. That’s because, for the second year running, Pride groups across the...

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No criminal charges will be filed in the 1982 death of “Baby Doe,” Vermont State Police announced this week, bringing the long-standing investigation to a close. More than four decades after a group of schoolchildren found a deceased infant off the...

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Roughly 30 people will lose their jobs at a distribution center for the former apparel brands of the Vermont Teddy Bear Company, according to a letter the new owner sent to the Vermont Department of Labor. The first round of layoffs were expected to...

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Opioid deaths among Vermonters appear to have dipped in 2023, according to new data from the state Department of Health, following three consecutive years of record-breaking fatalities. According to the report, which was released Wednesday, 231 state...

By JUAN VEGA DE SOTO

His life is spare, almost monastic in its simplicity. Rowing on the water in the mornings. Working the rowing machine on land in the afternoons.Two weeks ago, lifelong Norwich resident Billy Bender fulfilled his dream — he qualified for this summer’s...

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To celebrate Earth Day, two nonprofits announced the launch of a Vermont-specific incentives calculator to electrify everything from your car to your water heater. Rewire America, a national electrification nonprofit, worked with Efficiency Vermont on...

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One of Vermont’s best-known independent publishers is expected to be sold to an international publishing consortium. Rizzoli International, a New York City subsidiary of the Italian publishing giant Mondadori Group, announced Monday that it had agreed...

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More people than ever are vaping in Vermont.Survey results recently released by the Vermont Department of Health show the rate of e-cigarette use in the state doubled, from 3% to 6% of adult respondents, between 2016 and 2022. During that same...