More Vermonters than ever register to vote; Condos says 30 percent likely to...
vote Vermont has already registered a record number of voters this election season. As of Halloween, 461,070 Vermonters were slated to cast ballots. That’s 7,209 more voters than the previous record of...
View ArticleBarrie Dunsmore: The Crimea vote
Editor’s note: This commentary by retired ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore first appeared in the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus and Rutland Herald Sunday edition. All his columns can be...
View ArticleMontpelier passes school budget in revote
Montpelier voters braved the rain Tuesday to pass a new, slightly slimmer school budget by a vote of 914 to 565. The new budget came in at $17,826,803, trimming $158,266 from the $17,985,069 budget...
View ArticleHouse approves permanent vote-by-mail expansion for general elections
Stephanie Churchill, a justice of the peace in St. Johnsbury, opens advance ballot envelopes during a processing session on Oct. 22, twelve days prior to Election Day. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger...
View ArticleElayne Clift: Another day, another Newtown — the obscenity of gun violence
This commentary is by Elayne Clift, a writer and health communications specialist who lives in Vermont. When news of another school slaughter broke, this time again in Texas, the bile that rose in my...
View ArticleMary Alice Bisbee: We may lose our democracy if we don’t do our civic duty...
This commentary is by Mary Alice Bisbee of Montpelier, an 85-year-old with disabilities, at least a sixth-generation Vermonter and a former hospital and nursing home social worker. Vermont’s primary...
View ArticlePlymouth town office renovations run into unexpected costs
The Plymouth municipal building, which houses town offices, the fire department and highway department, needs renovations, selectboard members say. Photo by Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger Amid shipping...
View ArticleFranklin West hopes third time’s the charm for BFA-Fairfax bond
Bellows Free Academy-Fairfax. Photo courtesy Franklin West Supervisory Union For the third time in five years, the Franklin West Supervisory Union is asking Fairfax voters to fund major renovations at...
View ArticleWhat’s on Vermont Town Meeting ballots? Three-quarters of a billion dollars...
Voters from northernmost Alburgh to southernmost Vernon are set to decide local leaders, spending and special articles this Vermont Town Meeting season. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Think it’s...
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