1+ week, 5+ day ago   (659+ words) On July 23, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced bill S5128, known as the GRACE Act, the acronym for Guaranteeing Religious Accommodation in Childhood Education. If passed, it will require public schools to offer religious exemptions to vaccine mandates for school children. The…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (200+ words) A public panel in Woodstock will examine growing concerns about children, schools, screen use and digital addiction. “Kids, Schools, Screens: Panel with the Experts” will be held Wednesday, Sept. 16, from 6-8 PM at the Norman Williams Public Library. The discussion will…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (469+ words) Editor’s note. Yesterday marked the birthday of William Wilberforce, who, in the waning years of the 18th century, successfully led what seemed to be an utterly quixotic campaign to end the British slave trade. In 2007, a wonderful film, “Amazing Grace,” was…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (133+ words) On radio NOW: Burlington wants state $$ for vagrant help – should there be strings attached? Vermont Daily Chronicle On Chronicle Conversations at noon today on WVMT AM 620 FM 101.3 and WVMTradio.com, Burlington Daily News editor Kolby LaMarche and I will talk…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (95+ words) Vermont Daily Chronicle Business & Service Directory Alabaster Home Repair – William Moore, Johnson VT, 888-3930 Advertise Your Business or Service for as little as $10/month. Contact [email protected]. - Jacqueline Brook on Letter: Why I left Vermont Brattleboro Memorial Hospital face $30M+ in losses Discover…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (512+ words) There and back again—the journeys of two Wood Thrush vermontdailychronicle.com Business & Service Directory Alabaster Home Repair – William Moore, Johnson VT, 888-3930 Advertise Your Business or Service for as little as $10/month. Contact [email protected]. - Ron Wonderlick on Mice may drive…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (246+ words) Vermont has second highest Lyme disease rate in nation; Researchers hope to genetically modify mice Researchers in New York have found that white-footed mice are closely linked to the number of blacklegged ticks, Stateline (via the Journal-Opinion) reports: “A year…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (241+ words) Windham County officials are preparing to seek federal approval for a $1.1 million grant aimed at ridding local homes of lead hazards, with plans to eventually expand the effort to well over 100 properties. The scope of the work goes beyond lead…...

1+ mon, 1+ hour ago   (308+ words) The Green Mountain Birthing Center, a nonprofit organization based out of a new clinic in Morrisville, is working to give families more birthing plan options. The nonprofit plans to open a full-service freestanding birth center in Waterbury by 2028, which they…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (192+ words) As Vermont faces problems associated with human interaction with one growing species of wildlife (Bear population now 9,000, double state goal, August 6 VDC), another nuisance species could see growth in the Green Mountain State if proposed legislation becomes law. Los Angeles is…...