The number of people sleeping in a car or on the street in Vermont rose 63% from last year — and it’s likely an undercount.

Vermont Green FC is playing for the USL League Two championship on Saturday. Head coach Chris Taylor was in-studio this week to discuss this season and the club’s superpower of belief.

The Vermont Agency of Education said it was unaware that a recent hire, whose job included shooting video in schools, had previously been investigated and faced a civil lawsuit for secretly filming two teenage girls in a changing room.

A village farm in Pittsford is creating energy and investment and bolstering a sense of community.

Federal tax credits for rooftop solar will go away altogether at the end of this year, repealing decades of incentives that previously enjoyed bipartisan support.

This week on Rumble Strip, host Erica Heilman and poet Garret Keizer go for a drive around the Northeast Kingdom and talk about poetry.

The Burlington-based semi-pro soccer team Vermont Green FC played the opening match of the conference tournament last Friday. It was a big night for the team and fans alike, especially the Green Mountain Bhoys, a supporters’ group of the club. Vermont Public’s Burgess Brown spent the evening in the stands with the group.

Deer flies are so bad this year in Jane Lindholm's town that neighbors have complained that they can’t garden, can’t play on their swingsets, and struggle to take their dogs for walks. Vermont Public had to put her on the case.

Opponents had hoped to overturn the new rules, which are designed to keep the growth of new rentals in check in the small Windham County town.

“Operating a small business is like riding a roller coaster,” says Mike Proia, who owns the cafe at Bread & Butter Farm in Shelburne.