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Girls leadership event at UMass held day after murder of Emma Mac Donald 'all the more necessary"
10+ hour, 23+ min ago (430+ words) As the public learned last Thursday morning about the murder of 31 year old Emma Mac Donald at a hotel on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in the same building the annual Girls Empowerment Leadership Initiative Summit was…...
Federal public defender joins fight against ICE detentions
9+ hour, 41+ min ago (217+ words) The office is seeking to represent a Venezuelan man who claims he is being unlawfully detained in Vermont. Immigration advocates say they can use the help....
New state law lets Vermonters sue federal officials for constitutional violations
3+ hour, 44+ min ago (611+ words) Vermonters who accuse federal agents of violating their constitutional rights will soon be able to take them to court after Republican Gov. Phil Scott reluctantly allowed a bill to go into law without his signature on Monday. Though federal law…...
With rabies on the rise, officials are redoubling efforts to vaccinate wildlife
10+ hour, 13+ min ago (357+ words) Rabies is significantly on the rise among wild animals in Vermont, according to Vermont health officials. In response, the state and federal government are ramping up joint efforts to vaccinate wildlife against the disease. Officials plan to put over 900, 000 doses…...
Strafford residents barter for a free vasectomy
16+ hour, 30+ min ago (788+ words) The Strafford Area Lions Club holds an annual raffle. The proceeds go towards projects like maintaining the town pond, the Citizen of the Year award and the town's rope tow. This year, Mike Curtis wanted to donate something. His first…...
Underhill farmers expected their sheep to have twins. She ended up having rare sextuplets
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (416+ words) A sheep owned by O'Connor, who runs Clover & Bee Farm in Underhill, Vermont, with her husband, Gunnar, gave birth to a rare batch of six lambs earlier this month. The sextuplets and their mother are all doing well, making the…...
Vermont colleges are cautiously welcoming AI to campus
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (692+ words) Vermont's colleges and universities are rolling out plans for how to responsibly bring artificial intelligence into their classrooms. Bennington College launched its Center for Artificial Intelligence this March to help create curricula that address AI for roughly 650 undergraduates. The center…...
A UVM researcher's study could help unlock treatments for progressive multiple sclerosis
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (480+ words) Peter Calabresi has been studying multiple sclerosis for over 30 years. As a young neurologist-in-training, he decided to specialize in the autoimmune condition because it struck him as a "particularly cruel disease." People usually receive their diagnosis when they're young adults....
Capitol Recap: Impasse on education fuels fears of state government shutdown
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (753+ words) Democratic lawmakers gathered in a Statehouse room earlier this week to inventory the horrors that might visit Vermont if it experiences another government shutdown. The funding lapse, according to House Appropriations Committee Chair Robin Scheu, would be far worse than…...
Cyberattacks on water plants are on the rise. Can the state do anything to stop them?
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (712+ words) Over the past year, multiple water and wastewater plants across the state have been the targets of attempted cyberattacks, according to Vermont Rural Water Association executive director Liz Royer. In one instance, a wastewater operator lost control of the pretreatment…...