Community Voices

22+ hour, 49+ min ago   (518+ words) More than 190 people gathered at Vermont's Killington Grand Resort Hotel on Sept. 23-24 for Efficiency Vermont's 15th annual Best Practices Exchange, where business leaders, facility managers and contractors explored ways to cut energy use and control operating costs. The event highlighted projects…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1157+ words) Despite some improvements in standardized test scores, state data reveals a widening achievement gap in Vermont’s schools. The state’s initial evaluation of its annual standardized test scores for the 2025-26 school year, released last month, shows “marginalized students,” including those with…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (205+ words) VERMONT (ABC22/FOX44) - The office of Vermont Governor Phil Scott wrote Friday that he had sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking for an increase in the number of refugees coming to the state. Officials say that around 125 refugees are expected…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (405+ words) For the last two decades relations between the Canadian Abenaki and the Vermont Abenaki have fractured. Amidst that animus, a bill has been introduced in Vermont's legislature to change how the state recognizes native tribes. The animosity was highlighted recently…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1229+ words) A Vermont cost segregation study may allow owners of short-term rentals and small multifamily properties to accelerate federal depreciation. Before commissioning one, owners should examine the property’s basis, business use, local compliance, state tax treatment and expected holding period. Vermont’s…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (638+ words) Carly Berlin covers housing and infrastructure for Vermont Public, in partnership with VTDigger. Katie Mandych thought she’d be in a financial position to try to purchase her first home by now. But as rent for her Waterbury apartment has continued…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (536+ words) Vermont Business Magazine A major new report is out this week focusing on energy affordability in Vermont. Average prices for fuel oil are now nearing $6.00 per gallon in Vermont and are over 70%... Amidst rising prices, new report analyzes energy affordability…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (223+ words) A black bear visited Ethan Tapper’s orchard in the foothills of Vermont’s Green Mountains this spring. It grabbed a young pear tree, bit down, and ripped the trunk in half. Days after Tapper cut the damaged branches, the tree started…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1591+ words) One night in 2020, Grace Potter recalls, she and her family were watching “Tiger King” when a trespasser walked into their California home. While he never showed them the knife — authorities found it afterward — the man seemed to have wandered off,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (821+ words) Carly Berlin covers housing and infrastructure for Vermont Public, in partnership with VTDigger. Last year, Steve Koren slept on a friend’s sofa for nearly six months while searching for an apartment he could afford on his Social Security disability payments…...