News from Vermont Public

Chepe Cuadra is an artist and a chef in St. Albans. For almost a decade, he’s been selling Nicaraguan and Spanish food at farmers markets across Vermont.

Andrew Wyslotsky is a chef in Winooski and an avid fly fisherman. He started fly fishing in 2020, and it quickly became an essential part of his mental health.

Milton arborist Kris Dulmer keeps a lookout for healthy black ash trees. When he finds one, he volunteers to inject it with a dose of insecticide.

I went to a party and spent the whole time lying down in the guest room. I asked people at the party to send me recordings about what happened at the party.

It’s part of a new civic education program led by the Office of the Vermont Secretary of State.

“I just want to shout on every corner that this guy is a big deal."

The UVM Water Resources Institute has applied to the town of Lyndon for a zoning permit for its first weather station.

The Spark, a St. Johnsbury-based service, offers support and resources to people who’ve caused harm, or are at risk of causing harm, in their relationships.

This is a story about a 118-pound hairdresser when he was drafted into the Vietnam War, and in Vaughn’s war, most men didn’t survive their first three-month tour.

A sculpture by Lydia Kerns brings a welcome dose of color to a city street that's been under construction for more than a year.

A program that has offered parental support services to incarcerated mothers will soon be available to men held at the state prison in Newport.

Now entering its third week, the new court docket in Chittenden County is focused on people who have five or more pending criminal cases. State and local leaders hope the effort will ease some of the Queen City’s recent public safety concerns.

Carl Blaisdell is private. He only goes to town to get something he needs. His life is close to the ground, to his dogs, and to the outside.

Vermont leaders approved a plan to use roughly $6 million in state money to pay for 15 days' worth of food benefits if the federal government shutdown continues and SNAP runs out of money on Nov. 1.

Vermont hasn’t had a permanent facility for justice-involved youth since 2020. The lack of a secure facility has meant more juveniles have been held in adult prisons.

Representatives from PowerTransitions have been meeting with officials in Vernon about potentially developing the 140-acre site along the Connecticut River.

I asked listeners to send me recordings from wherever they were, about whatever they wanted.

Town clerks and select boards say it is getting harder to run meetings and conduct town business as the vitriolic tone of political polarization continues to ramp up.

State officials want to clone Jonah Richard, an Orange County native who’s building housing at a clip in the town where his family has lived for generations.

It's not a nursing home. It's a house where old people live together.