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Milton Rep. Ron Hubert to resign seat July 1
Rep. Ron Hubert, R-Milton, will give up his seat in the House, effective July 1. The Vermont Press Bureau first reported the news Monday. Hubert was not available for comment at his workplace Monday...
View ArticleMilton School Board apologizes for passing over black athletic director...
The Milton School Board has apologized for “ambiguity in communications” to a job applicant who said his candidacy for the position of high school athletic director was rejected without explanation....
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Milton Town School District hears call for action on diversity
A school crossing sign. Photo by Ruth Hare/VTDigger MILTON — More than three dozen Milton Town School District employees and residents attended a community forum Monday evening in which educators...
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Vermonters question ramped up border security
Border Patrol agents set up a checkpoint on the Sandbar Causeway connecting Milton and South Hero in May. Photo courtesy of ACLU-VT David Bahrenburg was driving across Lake Champlain late Monday...
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Vermont schools embark on their second reopening, as virus levels stay low
Students get picked up at the end of the day outside John F. Kennedy Elementary School on Monday. Dismissal times are staggered and students are separated by class into specific areas for pickup....
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Conservationists rap state plans to treat the Lamoille River with lampricide
The Lamoille River flows over the Peterson Dam in Milton on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be applying lampricide to this stretch of the river on Oct. 27. Photo by...
View ArticleChittenden County man accused of using $383,000 from federal PPP loan to buy...
A Chittenden County man allegedly used false documents to obtain a loan through a federal Covid-19 aid program for businesses, then used $380,000 of the money to buy a house in Milton. Dennis Duffy...
View ArticleHuman Rights Commission backs student in discrimination claim against Milton...
A Milton Middle School student may have faced illegal discrimination based on his learning disability, according to a report released by the Vermont Human Rights Commission. In a 4-1 vote Sept. 23,...
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Chittenden County towns to decide whether to establish mask mandates
A vending machine off Burlington's Church Street Marketplace sells masks and hand sanitizer. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Now that they have the go-ahead to consider an indoor mask mandate,...
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Milton teams with nonprofit group to plan town’s future, get residents more...
Milton residents line up to vote in the November 2020 election at the Milton Municipal Building. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Milton residents will come together next week to help shape the town’s...
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Vermont’s biggest cities and towns to vote on $100 million in bond requests
Main Street in Burlington on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont’s biggest municipalities are set to vote on a collective $100 million in one-time-only spending proposals...
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School board candidates against critical race theory founder at the polls
Mill River Union High School in Clarendon. MRUHS photo In the weeks before Town Meeting Day, a surge of anti-mask mandate, anti-“critical race theory” candidates from across Vermont made bids for...
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Scenes from the polls: Town Meeting Day 2022
Editor's Note: Each Town Meeting Day UVM's Community News Service sends student journalists to polling places to interview voters across Vermont. The students' dispatches were published in a live blog...
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2 early contestants join race for new Chittenden North state Senate district
Irene Wrenner, left, a longtime local activist and former Essex Town selectboard member, and Rep. Leland Morgan, R-Milton, are running for Vermont's new North Chittenden Senate seat. Courtesy photos...
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Colchester surgeon and son seek to change the chair business
Alexis Osler, left, and Turner Osler display a QOR360 chair. Photo courtesy of QOR360 A Colchester doctor and his son are hoping to change the way people sit. What began as a basement project in 2018...
View ArticleGeorge Longenecker: Disruption vs. governance in community affairs
This commentary is by George Longenecker, a resident of Middlesex. In Vermont and across the country, citizens have been running for city councils and school boards in an attempt to overturn policies...
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Chittenden North Senate primary pits 2 often-at-odds Essex Democrats against...
Irene Wrenner, left, and Brian Shelden are competing in the Democratic primary for the new Chittenden North Senate seat. Courtesy photos Two Essex residents who have been on opposite sides of...
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Milton committee proposes new uses for lakeside town garage
A Milton public works facility on Ice House Road, where a town committee has proposed a host of new uses including a waterfront community space and expanded access for boats. The building is along the...
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US Labor Department finds child labor violations at Dunkin’ and McDonald’s...
McDonald's, left, and Dunkin Donuts. Photos by Kelvin Studdard via Pixabay and Michael Rivera via Wikimedia Commons Nine McDonald’s locations in Vermont and New Hampshire and 12 Dunkin’ locations in...
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Rep. John Palasik of Milton dies at 68
Rep. John Palasik. Photo courtesy of the Vermont Legislature Rep. John Palasik, a longtime Milton resident who had represented the town in the Vermont House since 2019, died Tuesday morning. He was...
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Police arrest Milton man after negotiating release of his son during...
Police have arrested a Milton man who barricaded himself with his 4-year-old son in a residence. Crisis negotiation teams from across the state intervened on Friday to get him to surrender and to...
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A proposed equity policy divides Milton school board races
Clockwise from top left: Nicholas Smith and Allison Duquette are challenging incumbents Jeremy Metcalf and Melinda Young. Photos courtesy of the candidates In Milton, two school board races reflect a...
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Equity policy supporters win in Milton school board elections
Candidates for school board greet Milton voters outside the polls on Town Meeting Day. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated at 8:57 p.m. Jeremy Metcalf. Courtesy photo After a school board race in...
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South Burlington man gets year in prison for Covid-19 federal aid fraud
A screenshot of an application for the Paycheck Protection Program. Image via U.S. Small Business Administration A South Burlington man will serve a year in prison for using false documents to obtain...
View ArticleUncertified Milton salvage yard agrees to penalty, cleanup
Operators of a Milton salvage yard agreed to remove junk cars from their property and pay a $4,500 penalty under a settlement with the state. The Department of Environmental Conservation found that...
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YWP: Letter to a Bully
Editor’s note: Young Writers Project, a Vermont nonprofit dedicated to helping students write well, will be sharing several exceptional pieces of best student work each week at VTDigger.org for special...
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Racial bias alleged in Milton’s handling of athletic director hire
[T]he outgoing athletic director at Milton High School has accused the Milton School Board of racial discrimination in the hiring process for his successor. Michael Jabour says the board chose not to...
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Milton dam helps prevent more severe flooding
Town officials are relieved the Clark Falls Dam worked the way it should during “an extreme high water event.” Photo by Auditi Guha/VTDigger MILTON — As crews work to clear up the debris left by the...
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Milton residents raise objections as town pulls funding for local arts...
The Milton Artists’ Guild seen on Tuesday, September 26, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A decision by the Milton Selectboard to withdraw funding for a local artists’ organization has prompted...
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‘A perfect mess’: School construction needs may fall by the wayside in a...
An exterior wall and a door are rotting away at Woodstock Union Middle School and High School on Monday, January 15, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger In fall 2023, the leaders of the Milton Town...
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