COMMENTARY: Vermont’s higher ed must adapt with urgency and resolve

Higher education in Vermont has always meant more than classrooms and campuses. From our very origins as teacher’s colleges and technical schools, our focus has remained on opportunity. Providing Vermonters with the skills, confidence, and...

Vermont Conversation: Cynthia Miller-Idriss on ‘the common thread’ of misogyny and violent extremism

Cynthia Miller-Idriss and her new book, “Man Up.” Photo courtesy of Cynthia Miller-Idriss The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues. Listen below and subscribe...

Otter Creek Bakery hosts local bands for weekly music nights

Since August, Otter Creek Bakery on College Street has expanded beyond serving coffee, sandwiches and baked goods to hosting live music every Friday night. The sidewalk concerts have brought together students and residents in a family-friendly...

Your Guide to Can’t-Miss Houston Arts & Culture: October 2025 Edition

We know Alhambra Palace isn't in Houston. Keep reading, it'll make sense. Bored in Houston? Sounds like a you problem. There’s never not something going on in this big, bold, and bizarre city of ours. Every month, just because we’re all pals here,...

Vermont’s congressional delegation says federal shutdown is needed to protect health care

Sen. Bernie Sanders, left, Rep. Becca Balint, center, and Sen. Peter Welch. Photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont’s three members of Congress are casting the federal government shutdown that started Wednesday as a result of their Republican...

Our picks for Vermont arts events in October

October is already a very Vermont-y month. Pumpkin patches brim with gourds, maple trees erupt with Playskool-colored leaves and sales of flannel probably shoot into the stratosphere as summer’s swelter steps aside. What could make this October...

Vermont officials react to the government shutdown

Members of Vermont's Congressional delegation have highlighted lack of movement on healthcare costs as the reason for the lack of a deal on a continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded. Congress failed to strike an agreement to...

Vermont Center for Photography announces 2nd Annual Silent Auction

BRATTLEBORO — The Vermont Center for Photography (VCP) is holding its 2nd Annual Silent Auction, a major fundraising event featuring more than 100 photographic prints from a diverse group of regional, national, and international artists. The...

Vermont State Police investigate bullet hole in woman’s car in Bradford

Sign up for the Valley News' morning newsletter and get essential news each day. BRADFORD, Vt. — Vermont State Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a person who shot at a Corinth woman’s car in Bradford, Vt., Tuesday. Alorha...

The Lamoille County town ‘where art, food, and history meet’

MORRISTOWN, Vt. (WCAX) - There’s been a long-simmering debate about what Morristown should be called. On Town Meeting Day in 2019, residents narrowly passed a non-binding resolution to change the name to Morrisville, which is the name of the...

In most of Vermont, there won’t be a single Medicare Advantage plan available next year

Two private insurers, Blue Cross Blue Shield and United Healthcare, are leaving Vermont’s Medicare Advantage market next year, and a third, Humana, will only offer plans in a handful of counties. That’s according to data released this week by the...

Local artist to discuss visual research on mathematics

PUTNEY — On Thursday, Oct. 9, at 6:30 p.m. the visual artist Owen Schuh, of Westminster, will discuss his work collaborating directly with mathematician Prof. Satyan Devadoss (University of San Diego, CA) for more than a decade. Schuh is a painter...

Commentary | John Bossange: Vermont needs an ecologically sound economy

Better (not Bigger) Vermont is a non-profit organization that works to promote steady state economies in Vermont. We want Vermonters to recognize the need for an ecologically sound economy and the need to balance our human population and...

Center for Cartoon Studies marks two decades of artistic innovation

Sign up for the Valley News' morning newsletter and get essential news each day. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — When collaborators Michelle Ollie and James Sturm set out to start a school for cartooning in the early 2000s, they were met with incredulity....

Vermontitude Episode 124: Subaru Trunk or Treat

In this week's Vermontitude video webcast, host Peter "Fish" Case chats with guests John Sciacca and Greta Sharkey from Brattleboro Subaru and Lylah Wright from the Reformer about the annual Trunk or Treat event. This is a free Halloween event...

Anderson Center welcomes October 2025 resident artists

This month at Anderson Center at Tower View, seven artists and writers are welcomed for residencies. The cohort is comprised of a translator from New York; writers from California, Pennsylvania and New York; sculptors from Austria and Vermont; and...

Commentary | Elaine Buckberg: Vermont can encourage EV adoption and create jobs, for free

Not long ago, when my husband and I moved from Detroit to Boston, we drove the 600 miles twice in electric vehicles. A short road trip by American standards turned into a frustrating validation of our range anxiety. The reason: a lack of data....

At halfway mark, Vermont school redistricting task force reviews first draft map proposal 

Sign up for the Valley News' morning newsletter and get essential news each day. The school redistricting task force, now at its halfway mark, began its review of a draft map for the first time since launching in August. The group is tasked with...

SVAC's Beaux Arts Fête raises record-breaking $270,000

MANCHESTER -- Southern Vermont Arts Center (SVAC) announced the success of its annual Beaux Arts Fête, held Saturday, Sept. 6. This year’s gala brought together artists, patrons, and community members for an evening of celebration, netting more...

Look Out, Vermont

When one thinks of pure maple syrup—aside from the delicious image of the drizzled amber liquid cascading down a stack of pancakes—the prevailing assumption is that it’s produced in New England and Canada. But a new University of Kentucky study...