Vermont maple industry celebrated at Pure Gold Sugaring

Vermont Governor Phil Scott officially opened the state's maple season at Pure Gold Sugaring in Sutton. The Solinsky family, owners of Pure Gold Sugaring, have been producing maple syrup since the 1940s and represent the state's long tradition of …

Vermont native Catherine Gilwee shines on and off basketball court

Regulators looks at new strategies to save Vermont’s health care system

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A hospital executive from Ohio is offering the Green Mountain Care Board recommendations on how to make services more accessible, provide better care, and also make it more affordable. It’s part of an initiative called “Medicare …

University of Vermont announces two-month hiring freeze

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - With the future of federal funding uncertain, the University of Vermont announces a hiring freeze. In a memo shared Tuesday, school officials say for the next 60 days, they will not be hiring long-term faculty or postdoctoral …

Two poems by Vermont sculptor / writer Nick Santoro

Two poems by Nick Santoro, retired Vermont scultor and writer. .................. 2-2-25 I look out upon my walking delight I sit upright now A mistake black ice delighted me not... Regardless, delight I do. Married I am to snow, trees, quiet wind and …

Vermont architect who went from Yale to the Mad River Valley has died

David Sellers, a renowned architect known for his innovative work in the Mad River Valley and his contributions to the design/build movement, has died at 86. Sellers, a graduate of the Yale School of Architecture, rejected traditional architectural …

Vermont’s loggers and sawmills are disappearing — and that’s bad news for forests

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - The logging industry and sawmills are disappearing in Vermont. Along with shrinking markets and a warming climate, Vermont’s forests and the people whose livelihoods depend on them face compounding threats: a fast-aging workforce, …

Voters approve budgets and bonds and elect local officials during Vermont town meetings

Town Meeting Day in Vermont is over and the results show most communities passed school budget and financial bonds. Preliminary results show that voters across the state passed proposed school budgets with two districts rejecting fiscal plans. Middlebury …

Four Vermont communities reject cannabis retail proposals

On Town Meeting Day, voters in Hinesburg, Fairfax and Concord rejected proposals to opt-in to cannabis retail in their community. In Wilmington, where there are already two dispensaries, voters rejected adding any more. The decisions come as small business …

Trump Administration looks to sell off 4 federal properties in Vermont 

VTDigger is as Vermont as Town Meeting Day. Keep us digging by becoming a monthly sustainer today. Four federal facilities in Vermont could be on the chopping block as the Trump administration seeks to sell off what it has deemed “non-core” government …