Vermont News

Retailers and growers warn of cannabis shortage ahead of retail sales; Spurned bidder for Koffee Kup and Vermont Bread proposing new in-state commercial bakery; Head of Rutland’s Board of Aldermen running for city mayor

Pacific Group Resorts makes winning, $76 million bid for Jay Peak; Banking transfer is bumpy for some new M&T Bank customers; Scott makes 3 appointments to the Green Mountain Care Board; UVM Health Network names Sunil Eappen its next president and CEO.

Energy Action Network report addresses climate shortcomings; 2 men arrested after fatal shooting in Burlington’s City Hall Park; State auditor finds police training council’s oversight is not up to snuff; Burlington rolls out bike registry in effort to combat theft.

Burlington Police Department investigates its own handling of bike path emergency call; Omicron booster available in Vermont; Cavendish man shot by police last month in Ludlow has died; Feds accuse Burlington long-term care facility of tolerating racial harassment.

Preeminent Progressive lawmakers are retiring or changing party affiliation; No consensus on solutions to Vermont’s criminal mental health challenges; Percentage of Vermont homes bought by investors surged in 2021; Weather in coming weeks could make or break Vermont’s fall foliage.

ALSO: Mike Pieciak, the one-time commissioner of Vermont’s little-known Department of Financial Regulation, is running for state treasurer and generating significant buzz; Amid a longstanding shortage of nurses in schools and medical facilities, some Vermont schools are making plans for handling Covid-19 without a full-time nurse; A superior court judge ruled Winooski residents who are not U.S. citizens can continue to vote in local elections.

ALSO: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized Covid-19 booster shots from Pfizer and Moderna on Wednesday that target the newest variants of the virus; The Rutland school board voted 6-4 on Tuesday evening to retire the “Raiders” mascot, effective immediately; A Brighton man appeared in court on charges of domestic terrorism after he allegedly attempted to blow up his neighbors’ home and vehicles.

ALSO: A dairy partnership has made headway with expanding the local organic milk market; A pandemic-era rental assistance program that has doled out more than $130 million in federal funds to keep Vermonters in their homes will begin to significantly ramp down in just a month; The Department for Children and Families is hoping to build stronger relationships with Vermont’s Abenaki tribes by hiring its first coordinator for state custody proceedings involving Native American children.

ALSO: Vermont students are urging state officials and educators to make a series of sweeping reforms to combat longstanding racial inequities in the state; Beta Technologies and area fire departments are investigating the cause of a lithium battery fire at the electric aircraft maker's plant; Brattleboro is discontinuing its use of portable restrooms this year and is seeking a more permanent solution.

ALSO: The resilience and contributions of the descendants of enslaved people who first sailed to North America more than 400 years ago were celebrated on Saturday; Walgreens is defending itself against allegations that the company had threatened Vermonters’ health and safety during the Covid-19 pandemic; The attorney for a Vermont state trooper accused of assaulting an arrestee wants to get the case dismissed due to what he described as delay tactics by state prosecutors.