Shelburne

A pedestrian has died after being hit by a vehicle last week in Shelburne, Vermont, according to the town’s police force. The Shelburne Police Department was notified around 5 p.m. Monday that the pedestrian had died, following a crash last Wednesday, according to a news release. Officers responded to the crash at around 7:30 p.m. last Wednesday, which happened...

A globally rare and federally threatened orchid believed to have been extinct in Vermont since 1902 was recently discovered, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department announced Wednesday. The orchid, classified as a small whorled pogonia, was found on Winooski Valley Park District Conservation land in Chittenden County after over a century of unsuccessful searches. The exact local was not made…

A Vermont town celebrated its home-grown Olympian Wednesday, with a parade, food, autograph signings, and more. Megan Nick, 25, won a bronze medal last month at the Winter Olympics in China, as NECN & NBC10 Boston reported at the time. During her first trip back home to Shelburne, Nick was greeted with a hero’s welcome — what organizers called “Megan…

Megan Nick, 25, won a bronze medal last month at the Winter Olympics in China. During her first trip back home to Shelburne, Nick was greeted with a hero’s welcome — what organizers called “Megan Nick Day” in the community.

In the coming weeks, schools across Vermont can expect to see expansions of testing programs that aim to detect COVID-19 as the pandemic makes the start of the academic year challenging for educators. The small state reported 144 cases in schools over the last week. That figure that was down from the week before. At the Lake Champlain Waldorf School…

COVID cases in Vermont schools are making the start of the academic year challenging, so testing in schools is ramping up.