1+ week, 2+ day ago   (464+ words) The National Trust for Local News, the nonprofit that owns the Portland Press Herald and dozens of newspapers in Maine, Georgia, and California, is buying five weekly newspapers in Vermont. The trust is acquiring the Vermont Community Newspaper Group, which…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (520+ words) 167 Ward Hill Road, Tunbridge, Vermont Christopher M. Young knew his goal: Design an energy-efficient home for his family, one that maximized solar gain, and could take advantage of the clearing on Ward Hill 1,500 feet above the First Branch of the White…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1446+ words) QUECHEE, Vt. — The eaglet was getting hungry. Nested 100 feet up a white pine tree on the Ottauquechee River, its chirps grew louder and louder as it waited for its parents to deliver food. The 6-week-old bald eagle was all alone....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (181+ words) Authorities were expected to resume searching Thursday for a girl who fell into a Vermont lake and a man who jumped into the water trying to rescue her, officials said. The incident took place around 7:50 p.m. Wednesday along the shores of…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (678+ words) MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont has become the first US state to ban paraquat, one of the most commonly used herbicides, with lawmakers citing a possible link between the weed killer and Parkinson’s disease. The ban has been widely celebrated by advocates…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (736+ words) Gov. Phil Scott has vetoed S.190, a healthcare bill designed to fast-track premium savings for two groups of insurance customers: public school employees and people buying plans on Vermont’s Affordable Care Act marketplace. The bill was one of the few healthcare…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (113+ words) Flash flooding washed out several roads in New Hampshire and Vermont on Wednesday, officials said. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for parts of northern New Hampshire and... Flash flooding washed out several roads in New Hampshire…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (614+ words) A decade, apparently, is not long enough. Vermont’s Republican governor, Phil Scott, filed for reelection Thursday, seeking an unprecedented sixth two-year term. Scott, 67, disclosed his plans hours before the deadline for major-party candidates to seek a spot on the ballot....

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (223+ words) Police in Vermont are investigating after a former state representative was found dead at her Norwich home under “potentially suspicious circumstances.” Emergency responders found the body of Noel A. Neely after police received a report of a deceased woman at…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (436+ words) A new Vermont law designed to combat the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown will allow people to sue government officials in state court over alleged violations of their federal constitutional rights. Governor Phil Scott, a Republican, allowed the measure to become…...