The Frequency

Vermont’s primary is less than a month away and there’s a tool to help voters see who is on local ballots; Vermont Public reporter Derek Brouwer takes us into his reporting on a Vermont bodyworker who has been accused of improper sexual contact.

A state’s attorney may be entering a court-diversion program for a D-U-I charge; a high school baseball star might make history this weekend; how the state’s recovery has been, after two years of back-to-back floods.

 A Montreal fest celebrates four decades of African and Caribbean music; an object from the Vermont Historical Society’s “50 for 250” exhibit that’s small enough to hold in one hand and big enough to define democracy.

Vermont is getting more money for disaster recovery as we near the anniversary of 3 back-to-back years of floods; what a group in southern Vermont is doing to save its hospital maternity ward.

Governor Phil Scott’s popularity may be slipping in his own party, a St. Johnsbury landlord hopes to join his wife in the state legislature and Vermont will get federal money to reconstruct parts of U.S. Route 7. Plus, we’ll go mountain biking with some folks working to make the Velomont trail more accessible.

New research into a tick-borne illness that was once rare and is increasing in our region; and troubles with maternity care in Brattleboro.

A man was shot and killed by a trooper nearly a year ago. Now his family is suing Vermont State Police; a bankrupt New Hampshire restaurateur is accused of hiding assets; an early voting primer with Vermont Public's Bob Kinzel. 

Extreme heat watches in our region over the next few days; a statewide organization marks a century of serving Vermonters with vision loss; and how to spot blue-green algae blooms in waterways this summer.

University of Vermont Health is making changes to try to cut down on wait times; the infamous ‘road to nowhere’ in the Queen City now goes somewhere; and plenty of celebrations this week in the lead-up to America’s 250th.

Learn how to cast your ballot ahead of Vermont’s primary election in August, a nonprofit takes over syringe services in Burlington, the campus of the recently-shuttered Sterling College is up for sale and time is running out to apply for broadband assistance.