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You have fans. Do you know who they are? They're the people who root for you to do your best and... The president will be in Burlington on March 30 "to participate in campaign events," the White House confirmed to the Burlington Free Press on Monday afternoon.

W. Pawlet student takes the plunge Henry Ahlfeld, a fifth-grader at the Mettawee Community School, took part in the Penguin Plunge at Lake Paran in Bennington on Jan.

February is Black History Month, a time to revisit the stories of those long gone black pioneers who crossed the "colour line" and helped shape the province.

Last week, I was at the Statehouse in Montpelier to cover the inauguration of Peter Shumlin as Vermont's 81st governor.

Every three years, the state reviews -- and usually increases -- Department of Motor Vehicle fees.

A new government map gives gardeners in many parts of the nation a chance to turn over a new leaf... HANCOCK -- Eric Laporte, 48, described as a transient, is in hot water.

DUMMERSTON, Vt. - They called him "Silent Cal," but Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States - the second one born in Vermont and the only U.S. president to be born on the Fourth of July - said one of the most beautiful things I've ever read about the state.

While the national media was fixated last week on the kabuki theater of the new Republican majority in the U.S. House voting to repeal last year's health care reform bill, they missed another, more important, development in Vermont.

A diehard New York Giants fan since he was a child, Danny Pion grew even more attached to the NFL... For all the pomp and excess of Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show, it is likely to be a single... A Vermonter's film focusing on the toll taken on Americans by the war on drugs earns a prize at the Sundance Festival

The North Bennington Prudential Committee met Saturday to rewarn a slightly revised ballot for district residents to consider on Town Meeting Day.

Twice in less than a century, Waterbury's 1827 Congregational Church, at the crest of a small rise on Main Street, has played a critical role in helping the community escape the ravages of the rising Winooski River and recover after epic floodwaters have receded.

A diehard New York Giants fan since he was a child, Danny Pion grew even more attached to the NFL... I believe that if we could have the economic vitality of the 19th century, with the smarts of the 21st century, then we could have vibrant, economically productive towns.

A Vermont prison inmate, whose job it was to make stationery and license plates, has roasted Vermont's state troopers by adding the image of a pig to the state decal appearing on the side of police cruisers.

Black River Today is blogged by Ralph Pace who lives in Ludlow with his wife of 49 years, Janet, and a dog named Devi.

The Caledonian-Record says a 41-year-old man is accused of stealing $2,602 from the Northern Umpires Association, a 34-year-old woman is charged with embezzling $6,100 from the Albany Fire Department while serving as treasurer, and a 46-year-old woman is accused of taking $45,800 from the University of Vermont Extension.

A Vermont woman has been charged with felony prescription fraud after police say she tried to fraudulently obtain drugs for the third time in less than a month.

At the same time, as a reporter for Vermont Business Magazine, I have never run out of creative and successful entrepreneurs to profile.

When I first moved to southeast Vermont, I knew the about the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, just 15.6 miles from us by road - and less as the crow flies.

Town Meeting Day is held in Vermont every year on the first Tuesday in March. The day is a state holiday and it allows for each town in the New England state to come together and make legislative decisions in a traditional Town Hall Meeting format, one of the purest forms of democracy practiced in the United States.

Our "green" leaders tell us we cannot afford to take a time out on the path to a greener Vermont:... Lindsay Harris: "Retail sales of raw milk are legal in other states including Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.