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Under the bill, plug-in solar devices would no longer need an interconnection agreement, a contract between customer and utility which ensures technical compatibility when connecting a new energy system to an existing grid (via @reportinguvm). buff.ly/egP6E0J

PUTNEY – Working in a wastewater plant may seem undesirable, but Tori Beloin likes it. For the past six months, she’s been working in southern Vermont as an apprentice through the Vermont Rural Water Association.  vtcommunitynews.org/2025/08/21/was…

WINOOSKI –The city unveiled the initiative last February as part of its master plan to reduce 33% of emissions-producing energy use by 2050. Officials hope that at least 89% of registered vehicles will be electric in the future.  vtcommunitynews.org/2025/08/20/ev-…

GREENSBORO — A ball rolls down the back of a slithering serpent, under the tangled webs of a lurking spider and into a lake guarded by a frog king. vtcommunitynews.org/2025/08/19/enc…

When a parent goes to jail, it can turn a child’s world upside down.  Some 4,700 Vermont kids — one in every 25 — know what that’s like.  tinyurl.com/3cn6yspb

Between houses and greenery in the heart of Cabot, the Winooski River now runs unrestricted. Rubble along the banks serves as the sole reminder of what once was — a dam that powered industry in the town for decades.   vtcommunitynews.org/2025/08/15/wat…

Every fall, a crane trundles in and, three times a day, hoists a massive steel hopper from beneath the swirling pools of the Winooski River Salmon Hole.  vtcommunitynews.org/2025/08/14/sal…

NEW HAVEN — Hyla Howe trudged through the high grass. She scanned the ground and took note: red clover, sedge, canary reed. Each plant said something about whether the field would be a good spot for bobolinks.  vtcommunitynews.org/2025/08/13/bob…

MORRISVILLE — On Wednesday nights in the summer, Morrisville residents file into Oxbow Park prepared for a night of music. vtcommunitynews.org/2025/08/12/oxb…

BOLTON — Wednesday nights are for mud-splattered limbs, sweaty faces, and no fear for the Bolton Babe Force, an all-female and non-binary outdoor extreme sports group. vtcommunitynews.org/2025/08/11/thi…

The American Camp Association, a membership organization that has accredited more than 3,500 overnight summer camps, plays a crucial role in promoting safety precautions to camps certified in its network. (via @reportinguvm) buff.ly/5hCGtVz

BURLINGTON — Ahead of Vermont Green FC’s sold-out league championship match, the team sent out a statewide call: If your venue planned to play the game live Aug. 2, let us know.  vtcommunitynews.org/2025/08/08/gre…

SOUTH BURLINGTON —  A Japanese dragon loomed from a poster over the ballroom doors inside the DoubleTree, greeter and guard for the ink-filled labyrinth within vtcommunitynews.org/2025/08/07/ink…

Students gathered in a circle at the Intervale Center in Burlington as Bronislaw Grala, an herbalist and teacher at Spoonful Herbals, a nonprofit organization that connects the community to herbal medicine, pulled a wild carrot from the ground.  vtcommunitynews.org/2025/07/17/her…

WINOOSKI — People and their pets came to show off tricks, costumes and even bad breath at the Best Pooch in the Noosk dog show last Sunday. vtcommunitynews.org/2025/08/05/bes…

ROCHESTER — Liberty Hill Farm is straight out of a movie set with stately dairy cows, grandkids playing in the grass and barn cats napping on the porch of the picturesque farm house bought by Beth and Bob Kennett in 1979. vtcommunitynews.org/2025/07/22/agr…

BURLINGTON — Vermont Green is headed to the United Soccer League 2 championship after outscoring Lionsbridge FC in extra time and Dothan United in penalties last week.  vtcommunitynews.org/2025/08/01/ver…

BURLINGTON — Vermont’s dirt roads span 8,534 miles — more than the straight-line distance between Burlington and San Francisco three times over. vtcommunitynews.org/2025/07/29/whe…

A new logging plan for the Green Mountain National Forest could harvest almost 5 million cubic feet of timber, or enough trees to fill 5,000 school buses.  vtcommunitynews.org/2025/07/29/man…

BURLINGTON — Vermont’s dirt roadsspan 8,534 miles — more than the straight-line distance between Burlington and San Francisco three times over. vtcommunitynews.org/2025/07/29/whe…