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At a weekend caucus that drew about 100 participants, Burlington Progressives nominated three candidates to run for city council this March. The races for the four "district" seats — which are made up of two city wards apiece — were uncontested. […]

The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that the Slate Valley Unified School District is not required to publicly release documents related to the use of restraint and seclusion in its schools. The decision, released on Friday, overturned a superior […]

A nonprofit that helps mobile home park residents  create owner cooperatives is looking for land for a new park. A private donor gave the Cooperative Development Institute, or CDI, $50,000 to jump-start the project, which is expected to cost […]

A group of Barre City residents, frustrated at a city council decision to help a local business group buy a derelict building, has filed an open meetings complaint in an effort to stop the transaction. At issue is 143 Main Street, in Barre’s […]

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Burlington Housing Authority plans to yank scores of Section 8 rental assistance vouchers in anticipation of budget cuts by Congress, despite the housing crisis that has led to hundreds living in tents in the Queen City. The drastic step by the […]

Updated at 7:45 p.m. Gov. Phil Scott urged lawmakers to heed the message that voters sent in November and work with him to lower the cost of living for Vermonters fed up with higher taxes and fees. During his fifth inaugural address, Scott told […]

In an attempt to rein in her outspoken police chief, Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak signed an executive order on Wednesday mandating that all Burlington Police Department press releases be sent to her office for approval prior to their distribution. […]

Knitwear designer Ona Wöldten teamed up with Junction Fiber Mill to create knitting patterns using its wool yarns. Wöldten launched her Lindal sweater pattern before the 2024 New York State Sheep & Wool Festival, where attendees wore handmade […]

The U. S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced a settlement agreement with the Elmore-Morristown Unified Union School District following a yearlong investigation into student-on-student racial harassment. The investigation, conducted by the […]

Vermont lawmakers reelected Burlington Democrat Jill Krowinski as House speaker on Wednesday, turning back a challenge to her leadership from Rep. Laura Sibilia (I-Dover). Krowinski won by 111 votes to Sibilia’s 35. The vote was the first order of […]

Shelburne native Lena Ashooh is headed to Oxford University next fall on a Rhodes Scholarship, a competitive program that provides up to three years of study at one of the most prestigious universities in the world. The Champlain Valley Union High […]

In the grim pandemic nadir of September 2020, violinist Soovin Kim stepped out on an empty stage at the New England Conservatory in Boston and performed Johann Sebastian Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin. These six towering works from the […]

Can invented worlds share common ground? They do in "Winter Color," a bright and vibrant show on view through February 15 at Kishka Gallery & Library in White River Junction. Cocurators Ben Finer and Bevan Dunbar have brought together a handful […]

Robert Eggers' Nosferatu has to be one of the least likely "Christmas movies" ever. Released on December 25, it's even set in the holiday season, but you may agree that this stunning remake of F.W. Murnau's silent horror classic is more suited to […]

Lots of people are scared of drawing. It's something most of us do as kids without question, but somehow it becomes daunting as we age. Many adults readily proclaim themselves "bad at drawing," even if they doodle through their workday; they dismiss […]

Waterbury will soon have its first coworking space and creative retail hub, called TREEHOUSE, in the historic village. Like the new business' name implies, the site has been hiding in plain sight for years, is perched above downtown, and will focus […]

Since 2014, Vermont has hosted a burlesque festival akin to one you might find in Las Vegas. The five-day extravaganza features performers flown in from as far as Australia, a black-tie red carpet, a charity auction to raise money for breast cancer […]

Last summer, 29-year-old Alex Reid found himself at a career crossroads. The St. Albans resident had worked in tree service and as a FedEx delivery driver in the years since he'd graduated from college but he didn't see a future in either path. He […]

Hip-hop and rock and roll are like the worst on-again, off-again couple you've ever met. When they're on, sparks fly and two of the 20th century's greatest artistic movements collide and transcend. When they're off — Limp Bizkit, Korn, Woodstock […]

Dustin Byerly, aka MC Sed One, is preparing for a busy 2025 filled with new music and new endeavors. But first, he'll pay tribute to an indispensable piece of his past. Byerly is best known as one half of the Montpelier hip-hop duo Boomslang. In […]

When Inua Ellams introduced his one-man show Search Party in New York City last January, he informed the audience that its success depended on them. "If it is brilliant it is because of your word choices," he told the crowd at the experimental […]

Negina Azimi painted her first mural as a member of ArtLords of Afghanistan in March 2017. It was Nowruz, the Persian New Year, a celebration of spring and new beginnings. The 18-year-old had just graduated from fine arts school when she picked up a […]

In addition to Queer, here's what is playing in Northern and Central Vermont movie theaters this week. Listings include new movies, vintage films and a directory of open theaters. new in theaters ALL WE IMAGINE AS […]

Last winter, Debbie Phelps carried pepper spray whenever she left her Decker Towers apartment. The corridors inside the low-income high-rise had become a magnet for the drug trade and squatters, thrusting Burlington's most urgent ills upon 160 […]