Age Strong Vermont reports year-one progress, looks to future ahead

Vermont’s population is rapidly aging, with its largest age group being in their 60s now, and one in three Vermonters projected to be over 60 by 2030.  In response, the State of Vermont launched Age Strong, a 10-year roadmap to provide all people residing …

Great Vermont Coat Drive wraps up

Vermont men down New Hampshire, 79-59

BURLINGTON — Ileri Ayo-Faleye scored a game-high 16 points and dished out a career-high five assists while leading the University of Vermont to Thursday’s 79-59 victory over New Hampshire. Shamir Bogues added 15 points while going 6 of 7 from the field and …

Voters to decide 15 ballot measures on March 4 Town Meeting Day in Montpelier, Vermont

Montpelier voters will decide on 15 measures on the Town Meeting Day ballot on March 4, including three measures relating to the Montpelier Roxbury School District. Town Meeting Day is held at Montpelier City Hall on the first Tuesday of March. Polls are …

Vermont Supreme Court dismisses suit against Gov. Phil Scott about education secretary appointment

MONTPELIER — A lawsuit filed against Agency of Education Secretary Zoie Saunders and Gov. Phil Scott has been dismissed by the Vermont Supreme Court, according to a Friday decision. The lawsuit, filed by Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky, P/D-Chittenden Central, and …

Vermont School Officials Say Transgender Athletes Will Compete

Vermont officials are pushing back against President Donald Trump's executive order banning transgender students from competing in girls' sports. The Vermont Agency of Education and the Vermont Human Rights Commission have asserted that they will …

UMaine women’s basketball seeking to end 2-game losing streak at Vermont Saturday

For just the third time in her head coaching career and second time this season, University of Maine women’s basketball coach Amy Vachon has lost back-to-back games against America East opponents. The 2022-23 team lost three in a row. Vachon and her Black …

Captive Insurance Formations Among Top Ten Highest in Vermont’s History

The Vermont Department of Economic Development (DED) announced today that 2024 was a year of record growth, among Vermont’s top ten highest years of growth since captive enabling legislation in 1981. Vermont licensed a total of 41 new captive insurance …

A Vermont choir shows that people with aphasia who struggle to speak can still sing

People who've had strokes or traumatic brain injuries often live with aphasia: difficulty using language, both written and spoken. But music mostly originates in the undamaged hemisphere of the brain. Copyright 2025 NPR

Weekend storm expected in Vermont. Here's how much snow timing

A winter storm is expected in Vermont this weekend The highest snowfall amounts are expected in the St. Lawrence Valley People in Vermont might remember that the Valentine's Day storm of 2007 brought about 32 inches of snow to Vermont, but the storm on …