The Citizen - VT

06/10/2026

Unionized education support staff at Champlain Valley School District showed up in force at the school board meeting on May 19 to call for higher wages in the new contract they’re negotiating with the board.

Unionized education support staff at Champlain Valley School District showed up in force at the school board meeting on May 19 to call for higher wages in the new contract

06/05/2026

Lincoln Hill Botanical Garden feels like a warren of magical groves. At any turn you might walk down a path into a new small landscape filled with different patchworks of flowers and trees in sprays of yellows, pinks and greens.

Lincoln Hill Botanical Garden feels like a warren of magical groves. At any turn you might walk down a path into a new small landscape filled with different patchworks of

06/04/2026

See how Redhawks spring teams line up going into the postseason this week.

Here's how the CVU Redhawks fared this week.

06/03/2026

It was the perfect day for a hot latte, croissant and art gazing. Last weekend was Vermont’s annual Open Studio Weekend, so those passing through the otherwise quiet town of Charlotte made their way through the studios of four artists who call the place home.

On a rainy and brisk Sunday morning, the corner of Greenbush Road and Ferry Road in Charlotte was buzzing with activity.

06/02/2026

As Hinesburg prepares to set its water and sewer rates for the coming year, the selectboard is mulling how the town could restructure the fees long-term.

05/30/2026

While “Shakespeare in Love,” may have originated as a screenplay, in taking it to the stage, Vermont Repertory is giving the show the kind of treatment only live theater can.

For Brad Coolidge, who plays Kit Marlowe in Vermont Repertory Theater’s upcoming production of “Shakespeare in Love,” it will be the first time he’s stepped on stage as an actor

05/29/2026

A months-long study performed by Champlain Valley School District has reached a conclusion: For now, it’s better if Hinesburg and Charlotte’s schools don’t consolidate.

05/28/2026

Neil Shah began working on the earliest inception of the idea roughly 18 months ago, mostly for his own personal use as he was working remotely. His home office is all the way across the house from where the wood stove is.

“I just got tired of walking downstairs and checking the stove across the house, and so I was like, ‘Man, I really wish I had something that just pinged me and told me what the stove was,’” he said.

Neil Shah didn’t know anything about woodstoves when he and his wife moved to Hinesburg in 2023.

05/22/2026

In a worst-case scenario, during a 100-year storm event, some parts of the village near the LaPlatte could see flow increases of more than 30% by the end of the century, according to the study.

The risk of flooding is increasing in Hinesburg around the LaPlatte River and its tributaries.

05/19/2026

Rep. Becca Balint, D-VT, and Sen. Peter Welch, D-VT, heard from Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas and five town clerks just what goes into ensuring election security — a duty that town clerks don’t just fully uphold, but also take very seriously.

Some of Vermont’s Congressional delegation last week heard from a roundtable of town clerks on election integrity.