<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Vermont - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest news about Vermont with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your region!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 13:53:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Hartford considers a stricter car camping ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthony Heath walks past the Upper Valley Haven&rsquo;t Leahy Shelter and Resource Center on his way to charge his phone in White River Junction, Vt., on Thursday, June 18, 2026. The low-barrier shelter is on schedule to be completed in September, said Haven Executive Director Will Towne. &ldquo;Hopefully I get a room in it if I&rsquo;m still homeless,&rdquo; said Heath who is living in a tent. Photo by James M. Patterson/Valley NewsThis story by Sofia Langlois was first published in the Valley]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/hartford-considers-a-stricter-car-camping-ban/</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 13:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/hartford-considers-a-stricter-car-camping-ban/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airbnb hosts aren’t the enemy in Vermont’s housing debate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Editor,I recently read the opinion piece written by Lew Holtzman and found it to be misinformed sophistry. The headline reads &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t punish Vermonters,&rdquo; but in the article&rsquo;s first sentence, he describes himself as a part-timer.&nbsp;I, too, was a teacher downcountry when I made the clear, and some said risky, decision to actually become a Vermonter full-time. But here I am 50 years later running one of the most successful Airbnbs in the world while providing four in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/airbnb-hosts-arent-the-enemy-in-vermonts-housing-debate/</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/airbnb-hosts-arent-the-enemy-in-vermonts-housing-debate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UVM Health opens new outpatient clinic with leader in suicide care at the helm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Debra Lopez Gottesman, who founded the Four Pines Fund with her husband, stresses the importance of suicide care at the opening of the Asha Clinic, which the foundation supports, on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. Photo by Olivia Gieger/VTDiggerThroughout his career in emergency medicine, Dr. Steve Leffler knew the steps to treat the array of emergencies a patient could arrive with: chest pain, a broken arm, a fishhook.But suicidal thoughts had no such playbook.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be honest with you:]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/uvm-health-opens-new-outpatient-clinic-with-leader-in-suicide-care-at-the-helm/</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/uvm-health-opens-new-outpatient-clinic-with-leader-in-suicide-care-at-the-helm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tensions mount over teachers’ contract in Blue Mountain Union School District]]></title><description><![CDATA[A view of Wells River. Photo courtesy of Ascended Dreamer/Wikimedia CommonsNegotiations over teachers&rsquo; salaries in the Blue Mountain Union School District have reached a rare inflection point while teachers start the school year without a contract.According to school board members, the lengthy negotiations are the result of Vermont&rsquo;s sweeping new education reform law, which puts districts under intense pressure to cut costs and ratchets up penalties on taxpayers if they don&rsquo;t.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/tensions-mount-over-teachers-contract-in-blue-mountain-union-school-district/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/tensions-mount-over-teachers-contract-in-blue-mountain-union-school-district/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plans for 100-bed shelter in Chittenden County run into pushback]]></title><description><![CDATA[The proposed low-barrier shelter site on Williston Road in South Burlington on Sept. 4, 2026. Photo by Carly Berlin/Vermont PublicCarly Berlin covers housing and infrastructure for Vermont Public, in partnership with VTDigger.&nbsp;An effort to open a new 100-bed emergency shelter in Chittenden County ahead of winter&rsquo;s arrival is proving to be an uphill battle.Two nonprofits, the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity and Champlain Housing Trust, have been searching for a buildin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/plans-for-100-bed-shelter-in-chittenden-county-run-into-pushback/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/plans-for-100-bed-shelter-in-chittenden-county-run-into-pushback/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bump at the pump: Labor Day is on track to have the highest gas prices ever]]></title><description><![CDATA[A motorist pumps gas in Montpelier in April 2026.File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerGas prices have hit an average of $4.29 per gallon in Vermont, putting the state on track to have a record-breaking Labor Day weekend for gas prices, according to data from the American Automobile Association.&nbsp;&ldquo;We need to lower that price as best we can and save as much as we can,&rdquo; said Suzanne Grace, a spokesperson for AAA Northern New England.&nbsp;After a slight lull in higher gas prices in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/a-bump-at-the-pump-labor-day-is-on-track-to-have-the-highest-gas-prices-ever/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/a-bump-at-the-pump-labor-day-is-on-track-to-have-the-highest-gas-prices-ever/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonprofit to acquire Vermont newspaper company]]></title><description><![CDATA[A copy of the Stowe Reporter newspaper is pictured May 24, 2021. File photo by Natalie Williams/VTDiggerThis story by Tommy Gardner was first published in Vermont Community Newspaper Group papers on Sept. 3, 2026.&nbsp;A Colorado-based nonprofit organization founded five years ago with the mission to acquire newspapers and avoid creating &ldquo;news deserts&rdquo; will purchase the five weekly publications under the Vermont Community Newspaper Group banner.The National Trust for Local News anno]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/nonprofit-to-acquire-vermont-newspaper-company/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/nonprofit-to-acquire-vermont-newspaper-company/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The teenager left behind in Irene’s chaos]]></title><description><![CDATA[A computer-generated rendering of what Marble Arvidson might look like at age 23. Police released this photo-illustration on the 10th anniversary of his disappearance.This story by Virginia Ray was first published in The Commons on Sept. 1, 2026.BRATTLEBORO &mdash; Marble Ace Arvidson was 17, a senior-to-be at Brattleboro Union High School, when he left a note on his bedroom door at his foster home at 503 Marlboro Road &mdash; the red house beside the Chelsea Royal Diner &mdash; on the afternoo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/the-teenager-left-behind-in-irenes-chaos/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/the-teenager-left-behind-in-irenes-chaos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tar spot fungus likely won’t mute fall colors]]></title><description><![CDATA[A maple leaf with tar spot fungus. Photo by Noel Clark/VTDiggerThis story by Scooter MacMillan was first published in The Charlotte News on Sept. 3, 2026.You may have noticed browning trees with crinkled, dried-up leaves on Thompson&rsquo;s Point Road in Charlotte.You may also have noticed these trees were sugar maples, and you might have worried that the premature browning of what is traditionally one of our brightest performers in the annual polychromapalooza could indicate we&rsquo;re in for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/tar-spot-fungus-likely-wont-mute-fall-colors/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/tar-spot-fungus-likely-wont-mute-fall-colors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For some patients seeking drugs like Ozempic, the best path is to just get sicker]]></title><description><![CDATA[Boxes for the medications Wegovy and Zepbound. File photo by JoNel Aleccia/APFor many, drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic seem a miracle. But for those without the extra $300 to $1,200 it can cost to buy the drugs out-of-pocket, getting insurance coverage for the diabetes drugs, which are known to alleviate a slew of other weight-related health conditions, can prove a nightmare.The story is all too familiar to Dr. Michelle Dorwart, the president of the Vermont Academy of Family Physicians and a fami]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/for-some-patients-seeking-drugs-like-ozempic-the-best-path-is-to-just-get-sicker/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/for-some-patients-seeking-drugs-like-ozempic-the-best-path-is-to-just-get-sicker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Save New England’s wildest forests before it’s too late]]></title><description><![CDATA[This commentary is by Zack Porter, the executive director of Standing Trees, which works to protect and restore forests on New England&rsquo;s public lands.This summer, did you stand on top of the Presidential Range, Mount Moosilauke or Franconia Ridge? Did you follow the Long Trail through the Green Mountain National Forest or the Appalachian Trail through the White Mountain National Forest?Did you take a scenic drive along Vermont&rsquo;s Route 100, through one of New Hampshire&rsquo;s or Mai]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/save-new-englands-wildest-forests-before-its-too-late/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/save-new-englands-wildest-forests-before-its-too-late/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vermont’s forgotten Abenaki war captain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Editor,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kyle Neece&rsquo;s recent story in VTDigger about &ldquo;three Vermonters whose histories are lesser known&rdquo; was very interesting. However, the writer could have chosen a Native American who was even less well known than &ldquo;Indian Joe&rdquo; and far more important.&nbsp;When the American Revolution began, an Abenaki leader in Vermont and New Hampshire raised a company of Abenaki soldiers who fought alongside the Yankee militia commanded by Gen. Jacob Bayle]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/vermonts-forgotten-abenaki-war-captain/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/vermonts-forgotten-abenaki-war-captain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From shut out to starting over]]></title><description><![CDATA[Violetta Ayrapetova works on the locked unit at a residential facility in Chittenden County. She is a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse. She plans to pursue wound care certification because many patients in psychiatric and substance use settings have untreated physical wounds. She does not want to be the provider who ignores them.Her path began well before nursing school.Her family came to Vermont as refugees in the early 1990s. They were Armenian minorities forced out of Azerbaij]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/from-shut-out-to-starting-over/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/from-shut-out-to-starting-over/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Vermont Republican Party wants him elected Chittenden County’s top prosecutor. He doesn’t want the job.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chittenden County State&rsquo;s Attorney Sarah George, left, is seeking reelection. Jace Laquerre, right, will appear on the November ballot as a Republican. Photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger and courtesyThe Vermont Republican Party is putting up a candidate, for the first time, to challenge Chittenden County State&rsquo;s Attorney Sarah George in November&rsquo;s election. But the party&rsquo;s choice does not actually want the job.Instead, Jace Laquerre, a software engineer from Milton, is ent]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/the-vermont-republican-party-wants-him-elected-chittenden-countys-top-prosecutor-he-doesnt-want-the-job/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/the-vermont-republican-party-wants-him-elected-chittenden-countys-top-prosecutor-he-doesnt-want-the-job/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Everyone’s friend’: Family describes slain Derby woman as her killer gets 30 years in prison]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jakiy Keith appears during his sentencing hearing in Orleans Superior criminal court in Newport on Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Keith pleaded guilty in the 2024 shooting death of Kayla Wright. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerA former Connecticut man has been sentenced to 30 years to life in prison on a murder charge for fatally shooting a Derby woman inside a Northeast Kingdom home where he helped run an illegal drug operation.Judge Rory Thibault handed down the sentence to 26-year-old Jakiy Tr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/everyones-friend-family-describes-slain-derby-woman-as-her-killer-gets-30-years-in-prison/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/everyones-friend-family-describes-slain-derby-woman-as-her-killer-gets-30-years-in-prison/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holland Food Shelf announces closure after months of financial uncertainty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tomatoes are displayed at the Holland Food Shelf as a visitor looks at vegetables. Photo courtesy of Don Stevens/Abenaki Helping AbenakiTheo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.The Holland Food Shelf announced Wednesday that the organization would close, following months of financial uncertainty.According to Don Stevens, executive director of Abenaki Helping Abenaki, the food shelf&rsquo;s nonprofit operator, the service has become financially unfeasible]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/holland-food-shelf-announces-closure-after-months-of-financial-uncertainty/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/holland-food-shelf-announces-closure-after-months-of-financial-uncertainty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harwood district leaders eye Cabot Creamery’s Waitsfield complex as a possible future school site]]></title><description><![CDATA[Students arrive at Brookside Primary School this morning for the first day of the school year. School district leaders are considering a consolidation scenario that would close the Waterbury school in the future. Photo by Lisa Scagliotti/Waterbury Roundabout Credit: Lisa Scagliotti/Waterbury RoundaboutThis story by Lisa Scagliotti was first published in the Waterbury Roundabout on Aug. 26, 2026.DUXBURY &mdash; The recent listing of Cabot Creamery&rsquo;s company headquarters in Waitsfield for s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/harwood-district-leaders-eye-cabot-creamerys-waitsfield-complex-as-a-possible-future-school-site/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/harwood-district-leaders-eye-cabot-creamerys-waitsfield-complex-as-a-possible-future-school-site/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burlington needs to get serious about stamping out drug markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[This commentary is by Charlie Smith, a self-employed consultant specializing in transitional leadership. He has lived in Burlington for 39 years.In the wake of Burlington&rsquo;s recent knife and gun incidents, Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak reassured us that safety is her administration&rsquo;s top priority. She said the incidents &ldquo;point to larger work our community must do to interrupt conditions that lead people to act violently.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;These words admit that Burlington is stuck]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/burlington-needs-to-get-serious-about-stamping-out-drug-markets/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 22:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/burlington-needs-to-get-serious-about-stamping-out-drug-markets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil or babies, Vermont?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Editor,It is obvious to most that children are essential to our state&rsquo;s future well-being. Children will become the future workforce, paying taxes and contributing in myriad ways to build and guide our communities. They will also be the next generation of parents.&nbsp;In contrast, imported oil drains a ridiculous amount of money out of the Vermont economy because we have no petroleum resources here. Money spent on oil leaves the state. So why does our governor go to the mat to prote]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/oil-or-babies-vermont/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/oil-or-babies-vermont/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vermont Conversation: Historian Jill Lepore on the threat of authoritarianism and how to counter it]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman&nbsp;is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues. Listen and subscribe for free on&nbsp;Apple Podcasts,&nbsp;Spotify, YouTube&nbsp;or wherever you get podcasts.Author and historian Jill Lepore. Photo by Richard Renaldi Credit: Photo by Richard RenaldiIs technology killing democracy and destroying communities?Yes, argues acclaimed historian Jill Lepore in her new book, &ldquo;The Rise and Fall of the Artificial]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/vermont-conversation-historian-jill-lepore-on-the-threat-of-authoritarianism-and-how-to-counter-it/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/vermont/vermont-conversation-historian-jill-lepore-on-the-threat-of-authoritarianism-and-how-to-counter-it/</guid></item></channel></rss>