Vermont

Across Vermont and the nation, many communities are hard at work this month administering summer learning programs, trying to make up for some of the classroom time and other educational opportunities students lost to the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020. Inside the Twinfield Union School in Plainfield, Vermont, Victoria Lambert-Nuovo, a rising ninth grader, was practicing piano in the music…

With American vacationers congregating in many of the same destinations, some travel spots — even well-known ones — have fewer people than usual.

Across Vermont and the nation, many communities are hard at work this month administering summer learning programs, trying to make up for some of the classroom time and other educational opportunities students lost to the COVID-19 pandemic since March of 2020.

A Vermont town board is considering whether to revive the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance now that it is holding in-person meetings again after it stopped the practice at the beginning of the pandemic. The Bennington Select Board stopped reciting the pledge during more than a year of remote meetings because it was considered impractical. Board Chairwoman Jeannie Jenkins…

A potentially harmful bacteria closed Burlington’s busiest beach to swimmers Thursday.

Swimmers in Vermont’s largest city were crestfallen Thursday after a natural, but possibly dangerous, substance was spotted near the shore of Lake Champlain — closing a busy beach for the day. Health and environmental experts are now urging people in Burlington and beyond to read up on cyanobacteria. “We’re definitely disappointed,” said Tessa Santarpia of Buffalo, New York, who...

In Vermont communities hit hard by powerful thunderstorms Tuesday evening, Wednesday was a day of cleanup. “There was some big, big lightning,” said Hugh Johnson of Waitsfield, whose road saw a major washout in Tuesday night’s storm. The town of Waitsfield and a contractor were working Wednesday to reconnect Butternut Hill Road. Johnson told NECN he got home to...

Crews worked to clean up after storms passed through Vermont Tuesday evening.

Vermonters are anxiously awaiting word on when the border with Canada will fully reopen — following a closure that dates back to March of 2020 to slow the spread of COVID-19. Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, said Tuesday he pressed the White House for answers. “They continued to defer, which is disappointing, because I believe it’s past time to open the…

People and businesses near Vermont’s border want to reopen travel from Canada, which has been closed since the pandemic began.

Vermonters saw another big step Monday in their state’s ongoing recovery from the effects of COVID-19 when Amtrak resumed passenger service in the Green Mountain State for the first time in 16 months. “I’m excited — really, really excited for this,” said Calvin Schweers, 9, as he waited for the Vermonter train to pull into the station in St. Albans…

Ben & Jerry’s said Monday it was going to stop selling its ice cream in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and contested east Jerusalem, saying the sales in the territories sought by the Palestinians are “inconsistent with our values.” The announcement was one of the strongest and highest-profile rebukes by a well-known company of Israel’s policy of settling its citizens on...

Amtrak services are returning to Vermont with $1 fares after being closed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.

Vermont State Police say a 51-year-old man is dead after the vehicle he was driving overturned in Danby. The crash on Danby-Pawlet Road was reported about 5:20 p.m. on Sunday. State police say a vehicle driven by Scot Rafus of Mount Tabor was traveling west when he went off the north side of the road. The vehicle rolled over and…

The heavy rainfall that hit New England washed out some roads and bridges and flooded basements. A bridge in Brattleboro, Vermont, was completely washed out, Charles Keir III, assistant fire chief, told the Brattleboro Reformer on Sunday. Brattleboro received about 2.5 inches of rainfall during Saturday afternoon and night, the fire department said. In West Haven, Vermont, the Devil’s Bowl Speedway...

Vermont State Police say a pickup truck driver crashed into a guardrail in Charlotte on Saturday and died at a hospital. The driver, 22-year-old Gregory Ouellette, of Bristol, was the only one in the truck. He was traveling south on Route 7 at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday when the truck crossed into oncoming traffic, struck the guard rail, and rolled….

A Vermont-wide program that distributes free restaurant-made meals for people in need during the pandemic and helps eateries stay afloat is being extended through Sept. 20 with help of almost $4.3 million in emergency funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The statewide Everyone Eats program offers restaurants financial support to cook healthy meals for the community.

A hot air balloon pilot died after he fell from it on the border of New Hampshire and Vermont Thursday. Four passengers survived.

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