Revisiting the intimate and emotional work of a shearer, shepherd, and butcherer of sheep. Plus, priorities in the new year for Vermont’s prison system, calls for reviewing the management at the newly formed Vermont State University, using AI to help medical school students practice interviewing patients, and why public school students in Quebec won’t be allowed to bring cell phones into class next year.

Revisiting a Barre City ice arena turned into a temporary pet shelter after the historic summer floods. Plus, studying whether maple production contributes to climate change, birders flock to the annual Christmas Bird Count, and a New Hampshire lawmaker wants the state’s motto to appear on the official Granite State flag.

A longtime state employee assists Bennington residents whose water is contaminated with dangerous chemicals. Plus, a floodplain in Brattleboro holds up, public health officials urge Vermonters to stay COVID safe over the holidays, Sen. Welch speaks on a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and Lake Champlain is nearing flood stage.

The story of a Somali refugee who now lives in Burlington. Plus, a man with severe mental illness is sentenced for murdering his wife, FEMA says it has a new plan to house people displaced by the July floods, Green Mountain Transit adjusts its schedule for resuming fare collections, and a proposal to create a “baby bonds” program.

Vermont deals with the aftermath from more flooding. Plus, Gov. Scott says the recent flooding is less severe than the July floods, how much Vermont expects to receive in revenue since passing an online sports betting law, a community center for Afghan refugees opens in Bennington, and sobriety road checkpoints.

Some communities had to evacuate and swift water rescues were needed as another wave of floodwaters hits Vermont. Plus, the governor activates the state emergency operations center, the persistent rains cause the Winooski and Lamoille rivers to overflow their banks, and FEMA scraps plans to set up temporary housing in Montpelier for July’s flood victims.

The increasing pressure on librarians to provide social services. Plus, new incentives for contractors doing flood recovery work, Canadian students from outside Quebec will need to learn French at English-language universities there, concern from animal advocates after another beluga whale death at a New England aquarium, and staffing issues force the temporary closure of Windham Elementary School.

The Middlebury Snowbowl is offering night skiing for the first time. Plus, Sen. Welch pleads for compromise on border security to get aid for Ukraine and Israel, tips on recycling, a correction to a computer glitch that prevented some weekly unemployment claims from being filed, and why the Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts will not open next year.

The mother of a Palestinian-American college student severely injured after a shooting in Burlington provides an update on his condition. We’ll also have the latest on the man charged in the shooting. Plus, distrust over work removing so-called “forever chemicals” from the Coventry landfill, Vermont’s congressional delegation wants the state to have its own facility for people transitioning out of federal prison, and high demand leads to the suspension of an organic food exchange program.

A centuries-old family farm switches from dairy to cannabis. Plus, three on-line sports betting companies will open shop in Vermont next year, why an influx of new residents isn’t slowing Vermont’s aging demographic, local manufacturers strive for more efficiency to mitigate worker shortages, and a wind turbine project in Stamford gets scrapped.