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In 1970, biologist Roger Payne released an LP called "Songs of the Humpback Whale.” It played a key role in igniting the modern environmental movement, and helped bring whales back from the brink of extinction. Payne, who lived in South Woodstock, died over the weekend.
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As climate change intensifies winter storms, Vermont regulators want utilities to communicate better with customers during power outages.
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Some Vermont schools are now hosting large groups of refugee children for the first time.
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A worker at a Brattleboro homeless shelter was killed, and the woman charged with her murder was staying at the shelter. The service agency that runs the shelter shut down all its operations, and volunteers have stepped in to continue services.
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March 31 is International Transgender Day of visibility. It's a celebration of trans and nonbinary people and a way to elevate their voices, pioneered by transgender activist Rachel Crandall Crocker in 2009. It's also the anniversary of the opening of Shapeshifters, an online shop in Brattleboro that specializes in size-inclusive, gender-affirming clothing, including chest binders.
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A southern Vermont housing group used more than $2 million in COVID relief money to purchase a motel, but the building now needs extensive renovations.
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Towns all over Vermont will discuss zoning, landlord-tenant rights and housing infrastructure as voters weigh in on development and managed growth.
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There are two bills in the Legislature that would end Vermont's school choice program. Lawmakers say a U.S. Supreme Court decision that says states with school choice have to fund religious schools would contribute to discrimination.
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Doug Cox has been making world-class violins and violas for 50 years and has built a reputation as one of the premier luthiers in the United States.
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Some of the neediest Vermont counties have fewer projects in line for ARPA funds, partly because they lack staff to navigate the application process.