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As the election approaches, people across the nation are feeling the anxiety and tension that comes with heightened political polarization. And, experts say, children and teenagers are also likely absorbing some of that stress.“We certainly have a...

By KLARA BAUTERS

BURLINGTON — Do you ever feel anxious wondering if you left the oven on or whether you closed the door? At an open house at the University of Vermont, visitors explored a recreated apartment with low- and high-tech devices that could make it easier to...

By KLARA BAUTERS

The GlobalFoundries plant in Essex Junction, Vt., has been awarded an additional $9.5 million in federal funding to support advanced chip production in Vermont.The funding aims to boost manufacturing of GlobalFoundries’ gallium nitride chips, known as...

By KLARA BAUTERS

One year after Honorée Fleming was killed in Castleton, Vermont State University has launched a memorial fund to honor its late dean of education. The Dean Honorée Fleming Memorial Financial Aid Fund will provide financial assistance to students at...

By KLARA BAUTERS

A new initiative from the University of Vermont hopes to address the shortage of mental health professionals available to support the state’s youth.Known as the Catamount Counseling Collaborative for Rural Schools, the program plans to train and place...

By KLARA BAUTERS

While spiny softshell turtles are threatened in Vermont and spotted turtles are endangered, wood turtles could soon be threatened in the state due to land use change. That is why the state’s Fish & Wildlife Department is watching the species closely...

By KLARA BAUTERS

The City of Burlington and Franklin County prosecutor Diane Wheeler reached an agreement earlier this month to relocate a 65-pound brindle mix that the city has deemed “vicious” and require the dog, named Moose, to undergo intensive behavioral...

By KLARA BAUTERS

BURLINGTON — In a modest Church Street shop with walls splashed red and yellow, three customers quietly flipped through stacks of comic books. What many visitors to Earth Prime Comics, one of Vermont’s first comic book stores, may not realize is that...

By KLARA BAUTERS

The rare Canada lynx has been spotted again in Vermont. And again, and again.Biologists from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department said they’ve received multiple photos and videos of what they believe is the same cat spotted in southern Vermont...