Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., pauses while speaking during a forum on Friday, June 21, 2019, in Miami.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Days before the first Democratic presidential debates, Sen. Bernie Sanders and House progressives are unveiling legislation cancelling all student debt, going further than a signature proposal by Sen. Elizabeth Warren as the two jockey for support from the party's liberal base.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's Natural Resources secretary is inviting the public to discuss a variety of environmental issues including composting.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — These Vermont lotteries were drawn Sunday:
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department and Loon Preservation Committee in New Hampshire are asking boaters and anglers to keep their distance from loons to protect the nesting birds.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets is again releasing up to $500,000 in grants for agricultural programs that address water quality.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Humanities Council says communities around Vermont will be holding readings in late June and early July of the 1852 Independence Day speech of abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — These Vermont lotteries were drawn Saturday:
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says a member of the Vermont Air National Guard has been charged with transporting and possessing child pornography.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is looking for volunteers to count bats this summer.
Editorials from around New England:
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A judge has determined bankruptcy cases involving a now-closed private ski area in Wilmington will take place in Vermont.
BARRE, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Agency of Education has launched an online tool to help track public school performance.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's unemployment rate has declined slightly to a new low of 2.1 % in May.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont attorney general and the Department of Public Safety are settling a lawsuit involving a 2014 traffic stop by a former Vermont state trooper.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A group of 33 Vermont school districts is taking their fight over forced mergers to the state Supreme Court.
BERNARDSTON, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts State Police have arrested a Vermont woman they say was carrying 1,100 bags of heroin in her car.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Competing in national TV contests has become something of a family affair for the Aldriches in the Capital City.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Prosecutors say multiple subjects are still under investigation in the fatal shooting of a man last fall in Concord, Vermont.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The University of Vermont will be getting about $2 million back after improperly coded water meters caused the city of Burlington to overcharge the school.
Queens District Attorney candidate Tiffany Caban, far right, and New York Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, third from left, join a coalition of civil rights activists at a press conference, calling for an investigation of former Assistant District Attorney Linda Fairstein, Tuesday June 11, …
WASHINGTON (AP) — An election for district attorney in the New York City borough of Queens became an unexpected proving ground in the Democratic presidential primary on Wednesday as two leading 2020 candidates offered their endorsements.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont city has approved a zoning change so a local warehouse can be taken over by a performing arts venue.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The Islamic Society of Vermont is fundraising to buy a church building for a new mosque in South Burlington.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The Berkshire Eagle has an expanded investigative team. There's a new 12-page lifestyle section for the Eagle's Sunday editions. There's a new monthly magazine focusing on the area's culinary and natural charms. There is an advisory board that includes cellist Yo-Yo …
Waves of layoffs continuing to hit both traditional newspaper chains and digital news startups. Cities and towns so denuded of coverage that they're described as "news deserts ." But then, there's The Berkshire Eagle.
NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H. (AP) — A man serving a 25-year-to-life sentence for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two Dartmouth College professors has withdrawn his request for early release after the victims' families objected.
WILMINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The president of a now-closed private Vermont ski area has resigned, saying a proposed reorganization plan is "completely unworkable."
DANVILLE, Vt. (AP) — Police are investigating the discovery of a body of a man found in Joe's Pond in the northern Vermont community of West Danville.
In this Thursday, April 11, 2019 photo, copies of The Berkshire Eagle newspaper are placed in a machine before being bundled for distribution, in Pittsfield, Mass. The paper now features a new 12-page lifestyle section for Sunday editions, a reconstituted editorial board, a new monthly magaz…
In this Wednesday, April 10, 2019 photo Phil Viscuso, owner of East Street Auto Sales, flips through a copy The Berkshire Eagle Newspaper at his shop in Pittsfield, Mass. Viscuso said he has two subscriptions of the print edition of The Berkshire Eagle newspaper so his customers can read the…
In this Tuesday, April 9, 2019 photo a The Berkshire Eagle emblem is attached to a wall inside the newspaper, in Pittsfield, Mass. The paper now features a new 12-page lifestyle section for Sunday editions, a reconstituted editorial board, a new monthly magazine, and the newspaper print edit…
In this Wednesday, April 10, 2019 photo President of The Berkshire Eagle newspaper Fred Rutberg sits during an interview in his office at the newspaper, in Pittsfield, Mass. The paper now features a new 12-page lifestyle section for Sunday editions, a reconstituted editorial board, a new mon…
In this Thursday, April 11, 2019 photo worker Zach Charbonneau, of Pittsfield, Mass., throws papers to a colleague while loading vehicles with bundles of papers at The Berkshire Eagle newspaper, in Pittsfield. The paper now features a new 12-page lifestyle section for Sunday editions, a reco…
In this Thursday, April 11, 2019 photo pressmen Kit Stover, of Richmond, Mass., left, and Lukus Ladeinde, of Pittsfield, Mass., right, check for correct registration of print from a sample of a newspaper fresh off the press at The Berkshire Eagle newspaper, in Pittsfield, Mass. The paper now…
In this Thursday, April 11, 2019 photo pressman Lukus Ladeinde, of Pittsfield, Mass., left, works on the printing presses at The Berkshire Eagle newspaper, in Pittsfield. The paper now features a new 12-page lifestyle section for Sunday editions, a reconstituted editorial board, a new monthl…
In this Thursday, April 11, 2019 photo pressman Adam Doucette, of Pittsfield, Mass., prepares a roll of paper for printing presses at The Berkshire Eagle newspaper, in Pittsfield. The paper now features a new 12-page lifestyle section for Sunday editions, a reconstituted editorial board, a n…
In this Thursday, April 11, 2019 photo Berkshire Eagle photographer Stephanie Zollshan, right, speaks with tattoo artist Brian Brown, of Dalton, Mass., left, at his tattoo parlor, in Dalton. Zollshan photographed Brown for a Berkshire Eagle section called Berkshire Landscapes. The paper now …
In this Wednesday, April 10, 2019 photo Lanny Lambert, of Pittsfield, Mass., left, listens listens during a "coffee with the president of The Berkshire Eagle" gathering, in Williamstown, Mass. The paper now features a new 12-page lifestyle section for Sunday editions, a reconstituted editori…
In this Thursday, April 11, 2019 photo Berkshire Eagle writer Benjamin Cassidy, behind center, takes notes as tattoo artist Brian Brown, of Dalton, Mass., right, creates an image on the arm and shoulder of customer Scott Forrest, of North Adams, Mass., left, at a tattoo parlor in Dalton, Mas…
In this Tuesday, April 9, 2019 photo Berkshire Eagle reporter Heather Bellows, center left, attends a news conference with Berkshire County District Attorney Andrea Harrington, right, in Pittsfield, Mass. Bellow was recruited as an investigative reporter two years ago as part of a hiring flu…
In this Tuesday, April 9, 2019 photo Berkshire Eagle reporter Heather Bellows, seated center, and Eagle photographer Ben Garver, standing at right, attend a news conference with Berkshire County District Attorney Andrea Harrington, not shown, in Pittsfield, Mass. Bellow was recruited as an i…
In this Wednesday, April 10, 2019 photo, editors and writers monitor screens in the newsroom at The Berkshire Eagle newspaper, in Pittsfield, Mass. The paper now features a new 12-page lifestyle section for Sunday editions, a reconstituted editorial board, a new monthly magazine, and the new…
In this Wednesday, April 10, 2019 photo President of The Berkshire Eagle newspaper Fred Rutberg, left, speaks with Lanny Lambert, of Pittsfield, Mass., right, at the conclusion of a "coffee with the president of the Berkshire Eagle" gathering, in Williamstown, Mass. The paper now features a …
In this Wednesday, April 10, 2019 photo President of the Berkshire Eagle newspaper Fred Rutberg, top right, engages people during a "coffee with the president of The Berkshire Eagle" gathering, in Williamstown, Mass. The paper now features a new 12-page lifestyle section for Sunday editions,…
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The Berkshire Eagle has an expanded investigative team. There's a new 12-page lifestyle section for the Eagle's Sunday editions. There's a new monthly magazine focusing on the area's culinary and natural charms. There is an advisory board that includes cellist Yo-Yo …
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — These days, the news about local news seems relentlessly bad:
RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — A court has given members of a now-closed private Vermont ski area approval to participate in the club's bankruptcy proceedings.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A bill requiring the testing of water for lead in Vermont schools and registered or licensed child care centers has become law.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An effort is underway to identify the remains of two unknown victims of a massive fire at a Connecticut circus 75 years ago.
