The Citizen - VT

05/27/2025

Opinion from Jenny Patterson:

Despite its name, marine debris is not restricted to oceans. Marine debris is also found in freshwater bodies like Lake Champlain, Lake George, and the rivers and streams that flow into them. So how does marine debris get to our waterways? What are its impacts? What can we do?

As May approaches, skis and other winter gear get tucked away, and it’s time to start preparing for the warmer days ahead. Some of us may already be dreaming about

05/26/2025

While most teenagers around that age look for jobs at a local restaurant or pick up side jobs from local neighbors, Miles Jordan was busy spending the remainder of his high school years at Champlain Valley Union High School making a name for himself with his own entrepreneurial adventure.

It all started with an online video and a creative idea.

05/25/2025

Opinion from John Clifford:

Like most other essential services and daily living costs in Vermont, the high cost of owning and operating a vehicle is becoming ridiculous and getting more burdensome by the day. Like everything in state government, the always hungry transportation fund has a big appetite and a lot of that money comes from vehicle taxes, fees and tickets.

Like most other essential services and daily living costs in Vermont, the high cost of owning and operating a vehicle is becoming ridiculous and getting more burdensome by the day.

05/24/2025

Mary Jo Sleeper has some big plans for the existing barn attached to her ten-acre property: a new day care facility with the capacity to hold 17 people.

When Mary Jo Sleeper was looking to purchase a new home in Charlotte, stumbling across 435 Dorset Street seemed like fate.

05/23/2025

While many children are used to seeing their art hanging proudly on their parents’ refrigerators or the walls of their schools, the kindergarten and first grade students in Hinesburg Community Schools’ Arts and Math program got to see their art in a more unusual place last weekend: gracing the walls of a special Shelburne Museum exhibit.

While many children are used to seeing their art hanging proudly on their parents’ refrigerators or the walls of their schools, the kindergarten and first grade students in Hinesburg Community

05/22/2025

At the beginning of his narration, the Hinesburg fire chief, Prescott Nadeau, encouraged students to grapple with the difficult feelings they might have while watching the simulation. Soon after, the sirens started.

Read the full story here: https://www.vtcng.com/shelburnenews/community/school_news/staged-crash-shows-perils-of-impaired-driving/article_3152ed2b-7a54-46db-bb49-c0cbecae836e.html

04/30/2025

Ken Brown’s nucleus colony survival rate is much higher than what other beekeepers have been seeing across the country. According to Project Apis m., a nonprofit focused on honeybee research, 2025 has seen huge losses in honeybee colonies so far. In a survey of 702 respondents, the organization found that commercial beekeepers had lost, on average, 62 percent of their colonies.

Read the full story here: https://www.vtcng.com/thecitizenvt/news/local_news_hinesburg/springtime-is-buzzing-for-hinesburg-beekeeper-s-biz/article_726ed552-3f2c-4ab1-b732-3ddb976b13f5.html

04/22/2025

Opinion from Sarah Robinson, co-executive director of the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence:

"Brought forward by Sen. Ginny Lyons, D-Williston, and Treasurer Mike Pieciak, the bill is a critical step toward helping survivors achieve economic security, better health outcomes, and a safer future."

At the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, we support survivors of domestic and sexual violence, amplify their voices and build safer communities. We collectively represent 15 independent nonprofits

04/21/2025

Opinion from Rep. Chea Waters Evans:

"It’s a weird time in the Statehouse. We’re making all these laws and working on a budget and, honestly, we don’t know how much money we’re going to have from the federal government with each passing day.
But we’re carrying on as if everything is going to be all right, because of course, it is. We’ll figure it out."

It’s a weird time in the Statehouse. We’re making all these laws and working on a budget and, honestly, we don’t know how much money we’re going to have from

04/20/2025

The Hinesburg and Richmond selectboards have signed a contract for shared police chief services for the next year and put together a committee to plan out the future of policing in the two towns.

The Hinesburg and Richmond selectboards have signed a contract for shared police chief services for the next year and put together a committee to plan out the future of policing

04/19/2025

The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission has released new housing targets that put Charlotte on the low scale for growth over the next 25 years.

04/18/2025

“We’re basically making sure that every student feels safe and like they belong, they feel included, they feel safe, and that their achievements are not limited by any identity” Blasius, who is also the Title IX coordinator for the district, said. “That goes for disability, it goes for race, it goes for socio-economic status. It’s every kid, and that’s what I think people don’t understand about DEI.”

Bageshree Blasius and Christina Daudelin, staff members at Champlain Valley School District, only recently had their titles changed.