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A Colony of Endangered Indiana Bats Is Thriving in a Chittenden County Forest
It was still light out when the first bats began leaving their roost.
One by one, or sometimes in pairs, they swooped from the weather-beaten pine box, just over the heads of several people who had converged in Hinesburg last Thursday to observe the flying mammals. “Oh, my gosh, they’re out! They’re out!” exclaimed Susi von Oettingen, pulling a tally counter from her jacket pocket and clicking it furiously. “Three, four, five!”
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Vermont flooding: Resources for flood victims
The following resources are available to help those affected by floodwaters.
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Heavy Rain, Flooding Hits Vermont — and Rivers Are Rising
Published July 10, 2023 at 1:13 p.m.
A severe storm slamming Vermont has dumped several inches of rain, flooded dozens of roads and led to water rescues. Rivers are continuing to rise, and Vermont is only beginning to feel the full brunt of the event.
The storm has the potential to drop even more rain over a longer period of time than Tropical Storm Irene, which in 2011 caused $750 million in damage.
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Can Vermont Turn Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Into High-Speed Internet for All?
Published July 5, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. | Updated July 5, 2023 at 12:01 p.m.
Last week, the Vermont Community Broadband Board announced that the state will receive $229 million in federal funding from a White House initiative to expand high-speed broadband access. That figure is some $50 million more than state officials had anticipated — good news for the effort to wire up rural Vermont.
In the lead-up to the announcement, officials worried that Vermont would get too small a piece of the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program pie. The feds doled out the money based on an internet connectivity map generated by the Federal Communications Commission, which overstated the number of Vermont households with reliable broadband connection.
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Burlington Asks to Turn State Office Building Into a Homeless Shelter
By KEVIN MCCALLUM for Seven Days
Published June 5, 2023 at 3:47 p.m.
Burlington officials are asking permission to turn a downtown state office building into a homeless shelter to help address the evictions of people from motels in Chittenden County this summer.
The proposal that Mayor Miro Weinberger outlined on Monday calls for the city to use the three-story brick building at 108 Cherry Street as an overnight shelter for 50 people, with daytime services for up to 75.
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A New Outdoor Exhibit in Montpelier Reflects on the Climate and Housing Crises
By SALLY POLLAK for Seven Days
Published June 7, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.
A few weeks before Nick Pattis installed a new exhibit at the Vermont Arts Council sculpture garden, he visited the site on State Street in Montpelier. Pattis, project manager at Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Waitsfield, was viewing the space for the first time.
“I was like, Wow, this is up front!” he recalled. “This is right across from the Statehouse — the big-time!”
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Still Flying High: Vermont's State Flag Turns 100
By ABIGAIL SYLVOR GREENBERG for Seven Days
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State Announces 28-Day Extension for Some in Motel Housing Program
By KEVIN MCCALLUM for Seven Days
Published May 26, 2023 at 7:01 p.m.
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UVM graduates preparing for next steps; ceremony brings thousands to Burlington
Updated: 9:39 AM EDT May 22, 2023
On Sunday thousands gathered in Burlington to commemorate the University of Vermont’s class of 2023.
For some, it was an early start after a weekend of celebrating.
Surrounded by friends and family, hundreds grads crossed the stage in the ceremony for UVM’s College of Arts and Sciences and entered a new chapter in their lives.
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