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Since 1999, GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) has helped students from modest-income and first-generation families discover their path to postsecondary education and training. This week, VSAC celebrates National GE

Several hundred demonstrators gather to protest Act 181 at the Statehouse in Montpelier in March 2026. The law seeks to modernize Act 250, the land use law. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Theo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. Photo by Alex Brandon/AP BURLINGTON - A Vermont man has been charged with threatening to kill President Donald Trump. Keegan Lagasse, 21, o

This commentary is by Libby Moyer, who lives in Vershire and works in communications. I live in one of the two smallest towns in Orange County, Vermont: Vershire. About 670 of us live here, and just three buildings constitute our downtown. We are one of 3

A Green Mountain Transit bus at Burlington's Downtown Transit Center on Sept. 22, 2026. Carly Berlin / Vermont Public Carly Berlin covers housing and infrastructure for Vermont Public, in partnership with VTDigger. As Vermont bus routes are eliminated or

Balloons show where the top of proposed Westmore telecommunications tower would be. Photo courtesy of Donna Dzugas-Smith. A group of Westmore residents is continuing in their multi-year fight over a 140-foot telecommunications tower proposed to be install

Dear Editor, In a recent commentary for VTDigger regarding tax loopholes for the wealthy, author Dan Jones said, "As I watch the South become insufferably hot and the West burn up, Vermont's moderate climate looks more and more attractive. I'm pretty sure

Dead Street Dreamers performing at The Underground, courtesy of The Underground For Dan O'Day, "there's no better feeling" than performing live music for a crowd and feeling the energy go out and come back to you. "I think about these moments of just havi

Born: 01/24/1939 Newport, Rhode Island Died: 09/07/2026 Berlin, Vermont Details of service: There will be a Celebration of Life on June 5, 2027 at Memorial Hall on Mirror Lake in Calais. In lieu of flowers the family is asking you consider a donation to o

The Veterans' Place in Northfield. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recently awarded more than $18 million to community organizations across Vermont and New Hampshire, helping those organizations to continue to ho