Montpelier, Vt. – Governor Phil Scott and the Department of Public Service today announced an innovative collaboration with several partners that will increase internet access by means of public Wi-Fi hotspots for dozens of rural towns in Vermont. Deployment i... More »
William “Bill” L. Shatney Bill Shatney, 74, left this world peacefully when he died on Monday, April 6, 2020, at Copley Hospital in Morrisville. Bill was born April 2, 1946, to Leslie Shatney and Cora Evelyn (Laird Shatney) Withers. He married Linda Russell De... More »
by Meghan Wayland Swept up by the promise of easy money, hundreds of Vermonters registered to grow hemp in 2019. Many were first-time farmers, the majority were concentrated in the Northeast Kingdom, and many failed to profit. All told, last year was a prove... More »
by Joseph Gresser BARTON — Despite a few technical glitches, the Barton Select Board held its first remote meeting on April 7. Doug Swanson, the board chair, ran the meeting from his home, while Lenny Zenonos and Ken Mitchell-Eby, his colleagues, attended ele... More »
by Meghan Wayland JAY — Thirty-one seasonal workers from Argentina and Peru were still stuck last week at Jay Peak Resort due to international travel bans related to COVID-19. The workers are part of the federal J-1 visa program, a cultural exchange that allow... More »
by Joseph Gresser With schools, restaurants, and hotels shuttered to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the country’s dairy farmers are suffering even more than usual. Milk prices that were expected to rise to about $20 after staying stubbornly below the cos... More »
It seems harmless and fun! A bunch of friends on Facebook or other social media are sharing their senior portraits, including the high school name and graduation year, to support the graduating class of 2020 (most of whom are at home because of the coronavirus... More »
On April 13, at 7:53 p.m., the Vermont State Police received a report that a freight truck had been damaged by a collision with an unknown vehicle at the Derby Tire & Service parking lot, on Shattuck Hill in Derby. A Kenworth truck parked outside the garage wa... More »
With most of the US and Canada under orders to stay at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are turning to social media for a fun distraction. Taking a Facebook quiz may seem like a harmless way to pass the time while quarantined, but it could also g... More »
Montpelier, Vt.—Governor Phil Scott and the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) today announced the official launch of a new online system for license renewals. This new service comes at a critical time for Vermonters and dovetails with the Governor’s M... More »
STATE OF VERMONT EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT ADDENDUM 9 TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 01-20 [Extension of State of Emergency Declared March 13, 2020; Other COVID-19 Related Directives and Clarifications] WHEREAS, since December 2019, Vermont has been working in close collaborat... More »
