Vanishing Vermont: Preserving farmland or pushing farmers out? - WCAX

Vanishing Vermont: Preserving farmland or pushing farmers out?

No matter where you call home in Vermont, there’s a good chance that part of your community was once farmland.

Wardsboro: Small town, big turnip tradition

The town of Wardsboro has a population of about 870 spread among four villages along Route 100. The Windham County town is also near ski areas, and as Cat Viglienzoni reports in this week’s Vermont’s Own, it’s known as the first place the Gilfeather turnip was grown and harvested.

Vermont weighs new tax on high earners amid budget pressures

Would a tax on higher earners solve some of Vermont’s most pressing issues, or drive those people out of state?

Beta Technologies gets FAA authorization to fly customers in VTOL aircraft

South Burlington electric plane maker Beta Technologies says it has gotten FAA authorization to take prospective customers up in its vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

Campaign Countdown: The candidates for Clinton County sheriff

With less than two weeks until Election Day, the candidates for Clinton County sheriff are making final efforts on the campaign trail to earn voters’ support.

Woman extradited back to Vermont in eye-gouging case

A woman has been extradited back to Vermont to face charges in connection with a fight in which police say she gouged another person’s eye out.

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