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The trend of "No Mow May" follows the logic that leaving your whole lawn unmowed for the month can help pollinators. The birds, bugs and bees will use the overgrown weeds and flowers as food and shelter. Instead of doing this for a month then mowing it all down, consider dedicating a small portion of your yard to pollinators for the whole season.
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Southern Vermont broadband district says it needs to change its financial plan to meet cost overrunsDeerfield Valley Fiber, which serves 24 towns in southern Vermont, asked the Vermont Community Broadband Board this week to make changes to its federal grant contract. -
Greer Kennedy, a senior at St. Johnsbury Academy, will compete on behalf of Vermont in the national championship in Washington D.C. Thursday. -
Vermont has distributed 4,000 gun locks since launching a gun safety initiative last year, U.S. Attorney Nikolas Kerest announced Tuesday. -
In a rebuke to Gov. Phil Scott amid a time of turmoil for Vermont’s schools, the state Senate on Tuesday declined to confirm Zoie Saunders as secretary of education. But she'll serve anyway. -
On the second day of a student encampment on the University of Vermont campus, more than a hundred students and community members gathered to protest against the school’s upcoming commencement speaker, who vetoed U.N. resolutions calling for a Gaza ceasefire. The cancellation is one of five demands made by the group Students for Justice in Palestine. -
Under current law, only initial screenings were required to be covered by insurance. But starting in 2026, additional rounds of imaging will be covered. -
Green Up Day is around the corner. We learn about grassroots efforts across the state to remove trash from our communities. -
VSP's Major Crime Unit investigates dozens of cold cases. It can be a challenge to move them forwardThere are more than 80 unsolved homicides and missing persons cases in Vermont. These decades-old investigations present unique challenges: witnesses and detectives who worked the case may be dead, physical evidence can deteriorate and the case files can be hard to find. -
Zoie Saunders may be a fresh face in Montpelier, but her appointment as education secretary has resurfaced old grievances surrounding the role of private school vouchers in the state’s educational landscape. -
The first tents went up at the University of Vermont Sunday afternoon. An outdoor Passover seder was held that evening. Students at Middlebury College also erected tents Sunday. -
Capture and conserve storm water from heavy rains in gardens planted with water-loving flowers or catch it in a rain barrel. -
On Friday, U.S. Congresswoman Becca Balint toured the site of the former Bennington High School, where developers hope to bring housing, childcare and senior services.
