"You don't get up at 7 o'clock in the morning and spend the whole day stomping around outside, freezing to death or getting soaking wet, unless it's something you're really committed to," said Sally Laughlin, who has organized the Christmas Bird Count in Woodstock for 50 years.
Journalists from the New England News Collaborative had a rare chance to see Vineyard Wind, the nation's largest standing offshore wind project.
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Petroleum Institute this week have sued Vermont over a landmark climate law that seeks damages for climate change from big oil companies, and is modeled after the federal Superfund program.
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The cancer-causing chemicals TCE and PCE have been found at dozens of sites in Vermont that were home to dry cleaning businesses, auto shops, and manufacturing plants.
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The announcement of the course “Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition History, Culture, Theory & Politics through Music” has generated global attention, with many people having mixed emotions about the necessity of the class.
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Putnam Elementary students in Meriden were celebrated for gains made by students in math, as one of 356 schools tapped to join the 2024 cohort of National Blue Ribbon Schools announced in September.
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During a classroom discussion, a teacher at Elms College asked students to assess the credibility of two sexual assault lawsuits filed against another student, the college and college administrators, according to amended complaints filed in federal court.
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Jane Young was nominated by President Biden in 2022 to lead the state’s federal prosecutor's office.
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Connecticut borrowers burdened by the challenges of high student loan could find relief through a new state program offering up to $5,000 a year, for up to four years.
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According to an oral health equity report recently published by the nonprofit Voices for Vermont’s Children, people without legal immigration status face particularly big barriers to dental care. But there are local efforts to overcome these challenges.
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