Businesses on South Hero reflect on summer lake tourism

SOUTH HERO, Vt. (WCAX) - While we had quite a sunny summer, Vermont faced some obstacles, whether it was the drought or less Canadian visitors. Jeff Woods works as a marina worker at the Apple Island Marina on South Hero and said he’s shocked by...

Burlington Farmers Market during harvest season

The Burlington Farmers Market was filled with energy as locals and visitors gathered to celebrate Vermont’s harvest season.More than a dozen vendors lined Pine Street, offering everything from fresh produce and homemade treats to locally crafted...

The Gracious Art of Innkeeping: Vermont's Charming Inns

“I’ve always felt that I’m not working. I just have lots of company!” Steve Cobb loves innkeeping, which he’s done in one way or another since he graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1973. He’s not alone in this passion. Susan and Martin Cherry...

Button Up Vermont urges use of state rebates and tax credits

REGION – As temperatures drop across the northeast, partners in the statewide Button Up Vermont campaign are urging homeowners and renters to prepare their homes for colder temperatures using Vermont weatherization and heat pump rebates, and use...

Vermont Apple Festival & Craft Show 2025

Vermont Apple Festival & Craft Show. Photo provided SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – The 40th annual Vermont Apple Festival and Craft Show will be held at Riverside Middle School, 13 Fairground Road, Springfield, Vt., on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.,...

Montpelier Finance Director:Year to End with Budget Surplus

Montpelier’s Finance Director Sarah LaCroix said it looks like the municipality may end the year in the black. While she did not estimate by how much during the city council meeting Sept. 24, LaCroix said between property taxes, flood abatement,...

The U.S. is about to hold the government’s biggest coal sales in over a decade even as demand wanes. ‘Eventually coal will get pushed out of the market’

U.S. officials in the coming days are set to hold the government’s biggest coal sales in more than a decade, offering 600 million tons from publicly owned reserves next to strip mines in Montana and Wyoming. The sales are a signature piece of...

Business Briefs for Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025

Blue Cross VT announces director Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont (Blue Cross VT) Board of Directors announced that Beth-Ann Roberts has been selected as the organization’s next president and CEO, effective Jan. 10, 2026. Roberts currently...

Nectar’s, the Vermont venue that launched Phish, closes on a quiet note after 50 years

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — As a Greek immigrant who came to the United States in 1956, Nectar Rorris never imagined the Vermont restaurant and music club he opened 50 years ago would become synonymous with Phish , but he credits the jam band with...

BTV Winter Market shortened, moved indoors due to budget and staffing

The market will be condensed into three days over two weekends at two different indoor locations. Organizers cite the move as a temporary "pause" and note the benefit of avoiding inclement weather for vendors. You may not need a down coat or...

Vermont housing programs add shelter beds ahead of winter season

According to the State of Homelessness Report, there are thousands of people in Vermont who do not have housing. The Department for Children and Families, DCF, is working with statewide housing programs to remedy this before winter starts. In...

Vermont officials ask for statewide disaster designation amid ongoing drought

Corn wilted by drought grows in St. Albans Town on Thursday, September 18, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts asked the federal government earlier this week to issue a secretarial disaster...

Vermont’s U.S. Rep. Becca Balint: ‘We have to hold the line’ on health insurance subsidies

U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, at the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps farm in Richmond on Wednesday, August 13, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Three days into the federal government shutdown, U.S. Rep. Becca Balint said she is keeping...

Vermont congressional delegation holding firm to restore health insurance benefits

WASHINGTON (WCAX) - Vermont Senator Peter Welch was among lawmakers returning to the Capitol in a failed vote to reopen the government. On the third day of the shutdown, the vote to advance a Republican bill that would reopen the government failed...

Vermont’s Construction: A year of growth, grit, and workforce challenges

Photo: Bay Ridge Apartments in Shelburne. Photo courtesy DEW Construction. VermontBiz It’s been a busy year for construction in Vermont. We’ve seen growth across the board — from housing developments to flood recovery, but we’re still up against...

Vermont responds to Globe story on Northern education nosedive: ‘Vermont can do a better job’

Vermont schools can, and will, do better, the state Agency of Education said. In a press release late Thursday, the agency responded to a Globe story detailing the dramatic slide in Vermont and New England’s educational achievement over the past...

Remember When: Emily Dutton Proctor — Vermont’s most generous donor

With the unveiling of a new marble statue in Rutland this month, Dr. Charles Caverly, the famed doctor who first identified polio as an epidemic and founded the Pittsford sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis, has been receiving a lot of...

Vermont Agency of Education responds to Boston Globe story on New England schools

VermontBiz On Wednesday, Boston Globe published an article titled “New England schools are failing — and nobody seems to care.” At the Agency of Education, we know that Vermonters do care about the quality of our schools. However, we need to...

Balint, Vermont Legal Aid warn of damage caused by cut health care subsidies

The loss of the federal health care subsidies at the center of the current government shutdown will hurt everyone, said Congresswoman Becca Balint, D-Vt. Balint spoke to reporters on Friday, the third day of the shutdown. She was joined by Michael...

F.W. Webb Opens New Vermont Location

BEDFORD, Massachusetts — Trade professionals across greater Middlebury, Vermont, now have a new resource for projects of any size as F.W. Webb Co. opened its newest wholesale location at 139 Industrial Avenue. The 35,000-square-foot building...