Community News Service

As the weather gets warmer, Vermont’s brook trout are staying cool.

After opening in October, the Waterbury Skatepark gives a new space for skaters to ride, connect and build a community.

Four UVM students took an audio storytelling class last year and entered their work into NPR’s College Podcast Challenge. It’s a national competition for student-made radio stories. Hundreds of students from all across the country submitted stories to the competition. And last month, all four students were recognized as finalists or with honorable mentions.

As solar grows, so does Vermont’s capacity for agrivoltaics — the dual use of land on solar farms for agriculture.

The donated land will be called Wolf Tree Wilderness Sanctuary.

Homecoming Seeds cultivates varieties to extend the state’s short growing season.

A dam safety bill passed in the House Committee on Environment on Feb. 20.

Dee Christie is an artist and former art teacher in Milton. She specializes in making colorful collages out of old books.

Stone carver Heather Milne Ritchie is mentoring a new generation of women artists at her central Vermont studio.

Thetford Academy regularly sends teams to the VEX Robotics World Championship.