Katherine Fiegenbaum

A new community land trust is just one of several efforts afoot in southern Orleans County, where locals say year-round renters and homeowners are being priced out.

“It was really heartbreaking for people, I think, after the flood, to not have the joy of the lake,” said Dylan Ford, Barnet’s selectboard chair.

“You lose something really important when you lose your community pharmacist,” said Mike Fisher, Vermont’s chief health care advocate.

Barnet student Ezra Goss won last year’s state competition, but no Vermont entry has won the national competition since its inception over two decades ago.

Once complete, the multiuse trail is expected to run 485 miles from Massachusetts to the Canadian border, connecting existing mountain biking networks alongside backcountry huts and small-town hostels.

The Caledonia County town of around 5,500 has a long history of flooding, sitting in a valley at the confluence of numerous waterways including the Passumpsic River, which winds through town.

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The Northern Forest Canoe Trail hopes to improve access points and information for anyone with a mobility challenge.

Peter Schumann, co-founder of the radical theater group, led attendees through song, dance and a snowball fight — against cardboard machine guns labeled "freedom" and "democracy" — prior to three minutes of silence during the eclipse itself.

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The town has already paid over $54,000 this year to an interim chief, in addition to keeping Police Chief Aaron Cochran on payroll.

As the state Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation prepares to construct new parking lots, accessible trails and composting toilets at the lake’s South End, acts of destruction continue.

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The allegations include untenable working conditions for pharmacists due to insufficient staff; medication and vaccination errors; stores losing track of controlled substances; and unexpected store closures without notice, leaving patients with no clear way to fill prescriptions for days at a time.

A JELD-WEN spokesperson said the company plans to lay off roughly 10 more workers when it closes its Springfield facility.

A Vermont judge has granted an Extreme Risk Protection Order to prevent Shane Gobeil from accessing dangerous weapons for at least six months. He faces harassment charges in New Hampshire,

Sheriff Jennifer Harlow said the elements of the case “fit the statute” in question.