Latest by Lisa Rathke
Published on January 27, 2024 - Page 5
MIDDLESEX, Vt. -- Since catastrophic flooding hit Vermont in July and waterlogged crops, some farmers are trying to figure out how to get through the...
Published on August 29, 2023 - Page 18
WESTON, Vt. -- Members of a beloved Vermont acting company were sleeping in theater housing when torrential rains and flooding forced them to flee....
Published on April 23, 2023 - Page 23
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- "Welcome to the USA," reads a note attached to a hand-crocheted blanket of purple, white and gray stripes.
Hollie Shaner-McRae...
Published on June 25, 2022 - Page 3
Congress passed a bill Friday that aims to keep up the expanded, pandemic-era distribution of free meals for all students this summer. Final passage...
Published on January 4, 2022 - Page 8
CHESTER, Vt. — Brooke Goodwin came home one night last March after being out with friends. She had just turned 23 the day before, had a good job and...
Published on July 21, 2021 - Page 18
HYDE PARK, Vt. — Grappling with a changed industry, two brothers operating their family’s dairy farm in Vermont have made the drastic decision to...
Published on November 28, 2020 - Page 12
COLCHESTER, Vt. — St. Michael’s College managed to keep coronavirus cases at bay for almost two months this fall. Students were tested upon arrival...
Published on October 15, 2019 - Page 8
POULTNEY, Vt. — As colleges and universities come alive this fall, some campuses sit closed and empty after succumbing to a recent wave of fewer...
Published on September 15, 2019 - Page 19
LYNDON, Vt. — An impassioned overflow crowd at Northern Vermont University in Lyndon expressed fears, concerns and suggestions to Vermont State...
Published on October 18, 2018 - Page 5
MONTPELIER, Vt. — An obituary for a Vermont woman with opioid addiction has inspired more than 100 donations to a recovery center from around the...