The Vermont Flannel Company has purchased the assets of Vermont Teddy Bear, the largest manufacturer of teddy bears in North America and a massive Shelburne destination hot spot.
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Scenes from Chittenden County during the 2024 Solar Eclipse.
Eleven-year-old New Jersey native David Danese pressed his eye against the magnifying glass of his giant Dobsonian telescope, using his right hand to gently move the lens into perfect focus.
The suspect in an arson case at the Burlington offices of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders had his travel bags packed and his Shelburne hotel door barricaded when authorities tried to arrest him Sunday, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
When Richard Gagne, then 27, joined an informal committee four decades ago to discuss expanding volunteer opportunities to assist people in prison in Vermont, his rookie career path already indicated a strong interest in helping people.
Champlain Valley Union High School won the Vermont-NEA Scholars’ Bowl at Montpelier High School on April 6.
Ute Otley, who has led Champlain Valley Union High School to eight state titles has been tapped to lead the Norwich University women’s basketball program.
Shelburne solar eclipse scenes.
The Burlington Garden Club welcomes speaker Polly Ericksen, inaugural director of the University of Vermont Food Systems Research Center to its next monthly meeting, Tuesday, April 23, 1 p.m., Faith United Methodist Church, 899 Dorset St., South Burlington.
United Church of Hinesburg’s 2024 plant sale continues a 50-plus year tradition. The online sale of locally grown perennials and beautifully packaged homemade biscotti runs through Saturday, April 20, with orders ready for pick up on Saturday, May 4.
In every season of the year, birders may stumble upon the unusual: a western flycatcher with misguided migration; an arctic owl wandering south; or a far-flung waterfowl from across an ocean. How do these birds end up in our little state, and what can they tell us about our changing world?
The CVU Theater at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg will present three showings of three one-act plays — “Alice,” “Antigone Now” and “Black Comedy” this weekend.
The United Church of Hinesburg hosts a spring swap on Saturday, April 13, 9-11 a.m.
Green Up Vermont’s mission is to keep environmental stewardship exciting and rewarding for all and to pass this knowledge to the next generation of Jedi litter-clean-up volunteers. This year’s theme is teamwork.
Snow-covered geese on Shelburne Point after the last crazy snowstorm.
Last month, many Vermont towns defeated their school budgets, including the Champlain Valley School District. To be exact, 29 of 95 school districts statewide voted no and a key reason is the perfect storm of causes that generated higher than usual property tax increases to fund education.
While the revised Champlain Valley School District budget comes up for a vote on Tuesday, April 16, it is about more than the finances and operation of the school district but the result of accumulated legislative acts that drive the funding and delivery of education in Vermont.
I am the new chair of the Champlain Valley School Board. I have two children in CVSD schools — a sophomore at Champlain Valley Union and a sixth grader at Charlotte Central School — and I am in the unenviable position of being a new board chair without a passed budget.
As we are about two thirds of the way through the 2024 legislative session, I wanted to highlight and speak to the three topics I’ve been contacted about the most this year.
I recently completed an empowerment self-defense course, one specifically designed for women like me who have experienced physical or sexual assault. Initially, I felt skeptical. So much harm had been done to the core of who I am and to my sense of safety in this world, I figured it was too late for me. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
I am writing to express my gratitude for the Vermont Congressional delegation’s high scores on the recently released League of Conservation Voters’ 2023 National Environmental Scorecard.
The Vermont Agency of Education, in “Roles and Responsibilities in Vermont School Systems,” delineates the purpose of school boards and writes that they engage “the community to establish the mission and vision for the district, and school boards are accountable to voters.”
March 15 was the last day for the Senate and House to pass bills out of policy committees for consideration in the other chamber. Senate legislative committees now work on bills from their counterparts in the House.
In reference to the Shelburne Post Office “drive-thru” attempt: How about some metal poles at the sidewalk’s edge to prevent another crash?
Kudos to superintendent Rene Sanchez, his team and the Champlain Valley School District School Board for posting options for a revised budget that could reduce our tax increase from 26 percent to between 13 and 14 percent.
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