Matthew Roy

The four candidates vying for the Democratic ballot line to succeed U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) debated Thursday night. Vermont Senate President Pro Tempore Becca...

My wife and I were walking our dog in downtown Burlington in July when we passed a young man standing on a sidewalk, gesticulating oddly. He’d take a half step forward, move his hands in front of his face with no discernible purpose, step back, then repeat. He seemed oblivious to the traffic whizzing past on North Winooski Avenue and the other people around. I paused and studied his strange ritual.

The Grand Isle Supervisory Union will not allow spectators at home basketball games for the rest of the season following an on-court brawl, school officials announced on Thursday. The fight erupted on Tuesday night at the Alburgh Community Education Center, which hosted a boys’ seventh- and eighth-grade basketball game between Alburgh and St. Albans City School.

Town Meeting Day is here! As pandemic shutdowns become a memory, more and more towns are planning their traditional in-person sessions to hash out budgets, fire truck purchases and local elections.

Dairy farming occupies three-quarters of Vermont's working agricultural landscape and has been a leading industry since the 19th century. Its impacts are all around us:...

Updated at 9 p.m. Firefighters battled a huge blaze in Montpelier on Wednesday evening — the second fire to strike downtown after the devastating July flood.

Protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza swarmed a Burlington fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) on Thursday evening, chanting loudly on a sidewalk outside J Skis while she met with supporters inside. More than 200 people marched from a rally at Burlington City Hall to the sidewalk outside the Main Street business where a “Welcome Congresswoman Balint!” sign had been set up.

<i>Seven Days</i>′ special Dairy Issue was devoted entirely to examining the viability of Vermont’s signature agricultural industry. Here the elephant in the room is the “cow in the barn.” I was the lead editor on the project. The anchor story, by Kirk Kardashian, provided a historical overview as well as essential info about how the business works. It needed some color, so I inserted a quick anecdote about Fred Tuttle, the folksy dairy farmer who had starred in John O’Brien’s 1996 film <i>Man W…

Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) has called for President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race, saying the stakes are too high and Biden has been damaged by his “disastrous” debate with Donald Trump.

Officials say that equipment they are requesting is not a solution to the housing crisis — but people's basic needs must be met.