The last new village in Vermont was established in 1933, so there wasn’t a modern roadmap. Westbury also didn’t have money for lawyers or professional support for guidance.

"What class are you?" It's a question that Vermont Public reporter Erica Heilman has been asking people in Vermont, and this is the fourth installment of a new five-part series. Mark LaRouche grew up in a middle class family in Rutland, but says he prefers "the lower class," and he believes that addiction is the hardest class of all.

Reporter Erica Heilman talked with Katrin Tchana about her childhood in Lyme, New Hampshire, and how it has become increasingly difficult for people who grew up there to remain.

Retired Vermont State Police trooper Ingrid Jonas talks about class assumptions in law enforcement — and expensive condiments.

Damian Renzello and reporter Erica Heilman are the same age and both grew up in Vermont. But according to Damian, they will always be different fruits.

Lawmakers had hoped the temporary carve-outs would help ease Vermont’s acute housing shortage. Developers are using the new exemptions in at least a dozen locations across the state.

Three separate homicides around Vermont this fall involved young men accused of killing members of their family. Law enforcement officials say these unusually violent incidents highlight a long-standing gap between the criminal justice and mental health systems. Mental health experts disagree.

There are just 20 commercial alpine ski areas in Vermont today. But if you live just about anywhere around the state, chances are there used to be a ski hill right in your town — according to a new exhibit at Stowe’s Ski and Snowboard Museum.

This fall, the Vermont Law and Graduate School welcomed its first class of Brooks Institute for Animal Rights and Policy Animal Law LLM fellows. The four practicing lawyers will spend the school year focused on animal issues.

"On the surface it looks like we're just giving away free veggies," said Nour El-Naboulsi. "But we are bringing our community members into a solidarity fold."