Column: How to guide children through today's political chaos

Opinion: Vermont should oppose bobcat trapping season extension

A lobbyist who works for the Vermont Trappers Association petitioned the Fish & Wildlife Board to extend the bobcat trapping season. My first thought: Read the room. In a survey conducted by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, 68% of Vermonters oppose recreational trapping and 62% oppose it for fur or clothing. Check out any […]

A Yankee Notebook: Packing for a 10-day jaunt

Looking around the house, it’s hard to believe that all the scattered items will be moving in an orderly fashion out the back door and into their proper places before I have to leave for a couple of weeks. There’s also the ominous threat of Murphy’s Law kicking in: If Hans, the washing machine, Franz, […]

HIV/HCV Resource Center hosts first community syringe cleanup day Friday

The HIV/HCV Resource Center is scheduled to host its first community syringe cleanup day at Lyman Point Park in White River Junction this Friday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Hartland adopts new dog ordinance after pet was killed

The Hartland Selectboard voted on Monday to adopt a new ordinance requiring a public hearing for dog attacks and establishing penalties for owners of potentially vicious dogs.

In the climate race between more rain and more evaporation, rain is winning in the Northeast

A new Dartmouth study found that increased precipitation has made droughts in the Northeast less frequent and less intense since 1984, despite rising temperatures causing greater water loss through evaporation.