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- Joe Magee secures Progressive nomination for Burlington’s Ward 3 council race
Joe Magee secures Progressive nomination for Burlington’s Ward 3 council race -Magee beat out four other contestants for the party’s endorsement. So far, an Independent and Republican have also committed to running in the Ward 3 race.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Joe Magee secures Progressive nomination for Burlington’s Ward 3 council race.
- 2½ years later, Royalton teen’s message in a bottle receives reply from abroad
2½ years later, Royalton teen’s message in a bottle receives reply from abroad -Sean Smith’s bottle traveled for at least 2,400 miles, ending its journey in the Azores when Portuguese teenager Christian Santos fished it out of the water this spring and responded to the email.
Read the story on VTDigger here: 2½ years later, Royalton teen’s message in a bottle receives reply from abroad.
- The Northeast Kingdom could benefit from what’s in the new state budget
The Northeast Kingdom could benefit from what’s in the new state budget -Some of the funding, especially money centered around household income, could have “greater benefit to this area,” one lawmaker said.
Read the story on VTDigger here: The Northeast Kingdom could benefit from what’s in the new state budget.
- VTrans launches campaign to keep trucks out of Notch
VTrans launches campaign to keep trucks out of Notch -The narrow, twisting road through the Notch is impassable to tractor-trailers and most tour buses.
Read the story on VTDigger here: VTrans launches campaign to keep trucks out of Notch.
- Deal sets standards of care in lawsuit over denial of hepatitis C treatment for prisoners
Deal sets standards of care in lawsuit over denial of hepatitis C treatment for prisoners -Under the agreement, incarcerated individuals with the virus will receive treatment if they’re sentenced to at least four to six months, and they cannot be categorically denied care because of disease severity, disciplinary record or substance use.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Deal sets standards of care in lawsuit over denial of hepatitis C treatment for prisoners.
- Rutland County facing shortage of foster homes
Rutland County facing shortage of foster homes -The pandemic has exacerbated a shortage of foster care homes — an age-old, statewide problem — in Rutland.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Rutland County facing shortage of foster homes.
- People of color and low-income communities will suffer most by loss of natural spaces by 2100, UVM study says
People of color and low-income communities will suffer most by loss of natural spaces by 2100, UVM study says -While previous land-use research has compared geographic regions, this study is the first of its kind to compare environmental impacts across racial and socioeconomic lines.
Read the story on VTDigger here: People of color and low-income communities will suffer most by loss of natural spaces by 2100, UVM study says.
- YWP: Jumble of my life
YWP: Jumble of my life -This week’s Young Writers Project entry is ‘JUMBLE OF MY LIFE’ by SIRI DUNN, 15, of Morristown.
Read the story on VTDigger here: YWP: Jumble of my life.
- Seniors returning to life after weathering pandemic storm
Seniors returning to life after weathering pandemic storm -One senior center was a microcosm of renewal this week, as older Vermonters were ready to socialize again.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Seniors returning to life after weathering pandemic storm.
- In St. Albans City, activists call for change amid reckoning over blackface incident
In St. Albans City, activists call for change amid reckoning over blackface incident -Last fall, photos emerged of a St. Albans City employee wearing blackface years earlier for Halloween. Local activists say the city has an issue with racism that runs much deeper than that.
Read the story on VTDigger here: In St. Albans City, activists call for change amid reckoning over blackface incident.
- Walt Amses: Republican zealots are twisting our history
Walt Amses: Republican zealots are twisting our history -Since Saturday is Juneteenth, let’s focus on a signal item in the far right’s arsenal of crazed historical revisions: the vehemence with which they doggedly defend their fictions regarding race in America.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Walt Amses: Republican zealots are twisting our history.
- Jennie Gartner: Why I will no longer teach at Rutland High School
Jennie Gartner: Why I will no longer teach at Rutland High School -I chose to leave after 16 years because the lack of leadership in our school district on issues of local, state and global importance inhibited my ability to educate and advocate for my students in a meaningful and candid way.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Jennie Gartner: Why I will no longer teach at Rutland High School.
- Braus-Bossard et al.: Frontline action on Tar Sands pipeline
Braus-Bossard et al.: Frontline action on Tar Sands pipeline -The connection between those in power stealing life and possibility, whether through the killing of Black and brown bodies by police or through poisoning the land and breaking treaties, was brutally obvious.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Braus-Bossard et al.: Frontline action on Tar Sands pipeline.
- Progressive council hopefuls outline their visions for Burlington in Ward 3 race
Progressive council hopefuls outline their visions for Burlington in Ward 3 race -Voting closes Saturday evening. The results will determine which candidate will run in the Ward 3 special election with the backing of the Progressive Party.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Progressive council hopefuls outline their visions for Burlington in Ward 3 race.
- Joe Magee secures Progressive nomination for Burlington’s Ward 3 council race
Joe Magee secures Progressive nomination for Burlington’s Ward 3 council race -Magee beat out four other contestants for the party’s endorsement. So far, an Independent and Republican have also committed to running in the Ward 3 race.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Joe Magee secures Progressive nomination for Burlington’s Ward 3 council race.
- 2½ years later, Royalton teen’s message in a bottle receives reply from abroad
2½ years later, Royalton teen’s message in a bottle receives reply from abroad -Sean Smith’s bottle traveled for at least 2,400 miles, ending its journey in the Azores when Portuguese teenager Christian Santos fished it out of the water this spring and responded to the email.
Read the story on VTDigger here: 2½ years later, Royalton teen’s message in a bottle receives reply from abroad.
- The Northeast Kingdom could benefit from what’s in the new state budget
The Northeast Kingdom could benefit from what’s in the new state budget -Some of the funding, especially money centered around household income, could have “greater benefit to this area,” one lawmaker said.
Read the story on VTDigger here: The Northeast Kingdom could benefit from what’s in the new state budget.
- VTrans launches campaign to keep trucks out of Notch
VTrans launches campaign to keep trucks out of Notch -The narrow, twisting road through the Notch is impassable to tractor-trailers and most tour buses.
Read the story on VTDigger here: VTrans launches campaign to keep trucks out of Notch.
- Deal sets standards of care in lawsuit over denial of hepatitis C treatment for prisoners
Deal sets standards of care in lawsuit over denial of hepatitis C treatment for prisoners -Under the agreement, incarcerated individuals with the virus will receive treatment if they’re sentenced to at least four to six months, and they cannot be categorically denied care because of disease severity, disciplinary record or substance use.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Deal sets standards of care in lawsuit over denial of hepatitis C treatment for prisoners.
- Rutland County facing shortage of foster homes
Rutland County facing shortage of foster homes -The pandemic has exacerbated a shortage of foster care homes — an age-old, statewide problem — in Rutland.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Rutland County facing shortage of foster homes.
- People of color and low-income communities will suffer most by loss of natural spaces by 2100, UVM study says
People of color and low-income communities will suffer most by loss of natural spaces by 2100, UVM study says -While previous land-use research has compared geographic regions, this study is the first of its kind to compare environmental impacts across racial and socioeconomic lines.
Read the story on VTDigger here: People of color and low-income communities will suffer most by loss of natural spaces by 2100, UVM study says.
- YWP: Jumble of my life
YWP: Jumble of my life -This week’s Young Writers Project entry is ‘JUMBLE OF MY LIFE’ by SIRI DUNN, 15, of Morristown.
Read the story on VTDigger here: YWP: Jumble of my life.
- Seniors returning to life after weathering pandemic storm
Seniors returning to life after weathering pandemic storm -One senior center was a microcosm of renewal this week, as older Vermonters were ready to socialize again.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Seniors returning to life after weathering pandemic storm.
- In St. Albans City, activists call for change amid reckoning over blackface incident
In St. Albans City, activists call for change amid reckoning over blackface incident -Last fall, photos emerged of a St. Albans City employee wearing blackface years earlier for Halloween. Local activists say the city has an issue with racism that runs much deeper than that.
Read the story on VTDigger here: In St. Albans City, activists call for change amid reckoning over blackface incident.
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