Vermont will loosen some wetland protections to help spur new housing under a compromise announced Tuesday between environmental groups and Gov. Phil Scott’s administration. The agreement will temporarily shrink the buffer restricting construction around ... See more
Two weeks after the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, Chad le Clos was sitting at a desk writing his matric exams, possibly more than a little distracted and dreaming of the Olympics two years hence. He had left India as a new star, one for the future... See more
Vermont Democrats are still smarting from the loss of the lieutenant governorship in 2024, when longtime Democratic lawmaker John Rodgers defected to the GOP and rode a Republican wave right over incumbent David Zuckerman, a Progressive/Democrat. Rodgers’... See more
Regulators have rejected as “shocking and offensive” a proposed Morristown quarry that residents feared would spew toxic dust into their neighborhood. The District 5 Act 250 Commission has been grappling for two years with businessman Garret Hirchak’s req... See more
The 23rd Commonwealth Games began in Glasgow on Thursday, 12 years to the day the same event started in 2014. They were the third and last of the Commonwealth Games I covered. At the end of them, I wrote something along the lines of: “Someday, all Games w... See more
