The Frequency

A beloved local donut shop celebrates 100 years. Plus, the state wants to renegotiate how much it pays motels that provide emergency housing, beefing up cybersecurity and the first truck of the season gets stuck in Smugglers Notch.

How a small white flower uses its stem to eat insects. Plus, Governor Phil Scott on mobile housing, affirmative action is ruled unconstitutional, and how Vermonters experiencing homelessness can escape the smoky air

A queer comic strip turns 40. Plus, reducing overdose death rates among people released from prison, Governor Phil Scott vetoes an expansion of the state’s bottle deposit law, and Secretary of State Sarah Copeland-Hanzas on a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Why the “scary” sea lamprey is worth conserving in the Connecticut River Valley. Plus: millennial career shifts, charter changes tied to voting and a program to make solar power more affordable.

An unexpected win in the fight to get more money for Vermont broadband. Plus, getting paid to recycle, a play about medical aid in dying and the end of train service to Montreal.

What life is like for some of the people still in the state’s motel emergency housing program. Plus, air quality from wildfire smoke, record deaths from opioid overdoses, and how much money Vermont got from taxes.

New research shows just how widespread Black land ownership was in the Adirondacks in the 1850s. And putt and learn at a new feminist mini golf course in Middlebury. Plus, one year after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade out-of-state visits for abortion care are up, Gov. Phil Scott seeks federal help for farmers after the spring freeze and Sen. Peter Welch calls for an ethics policy for the country’s highest court.

How a 93-year-old Burlingtonian fills her days. Hint: It will probably make you cry. Plus, a settlement in the EB-5 case, physician residents at the University of Vermont Medical Center get a contract and farmworkers plan to protest Saturday in Maine.

How to pronounce Waitsfeild’s Mehuron’s Supermarket. Plus, the vetoed bills that didn’t get overridden by the Legislature and sailing on Lake Champlain for Juneteenth.

Sportscaster Tim Hagerty on his new book about wild and unique stories from Minor League Baseball. Plus, Vermont State Police are investigating after an officer shot and killed a man Monday, updates from the veto session and good news for broadband funding.