Vermont Fish & Wildlife game wardens Abigail Serra, 32, of Ira and Jeffrey Whipple, 34, of Vershire are hoping to expand Venison for Vermonters, an initiative they started last year that salvages clean roadkill to be donated to local food shelves.
“Everyone is vaccinated and will be testing before going,” one man from Burlington said. ”Normally we’d have a big family thing and people would stay over but we’re just doing dinner as a smaller thing this year because of Covid.”
Four F-22 Raptors from Joint Base Langley-Eustis came to Burlington for a training event hosted by the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing, held Friday and Saturday morning.
Former lawmaker Paul Dame won the race to be chairperson of the Vermont Republican Party Saturday, beating opponent Jim Sexton of Chittenden County with 57 votes to Sexton’s 26.
More than 100 people braved the rainy weather to celebrate Halloween with fun costumes, face painting, food stalls, games and music.
The $340,000 system is a reaction to the 2019 arrival of F-35 fighter jets — much louder than their F-16 predecessors — at the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington.
Local students and environmentalists braved the elements Tuesday night to condemn GlobalFoundries’ and Gov. Phil Scott’s proposal that protesters say will undercut Vermont’s climate goals.
“Bats are a very important part of our natural world, and now, more than ever, they need our help,” said Alyssa Bennett, a small mammals biologist with the state agency.
“This is a moment for grief, but it’s also a moment for growth,” said Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint, D-Windham.
While the majority of Rutland County and the rest of Vermont do not appear to have been affected, confirmed and suspected cases have been found in the towns of Castleton and West Haven.
The celebration, hosted by the Nulhegan tribe of the Abenaki and Stowe Vibrancy, marks the third year of observation for the holiday since Vermont officially redesignated Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2019.
