The mayor of Montpelier denounced lawless vandalism in her city as “the acts of vandalism and destruction that a cowardly few would seek to inflict on us. To those individuals who would seek to deface these public installations, I implore you to consider what position would require such violence and destruction.” She’s talking about damage done to the Black Lives Matter street mural; other mayors (though not many in Vermont) might be saying the same of rioting and vandalism done in the name of BLM.

The city council promised to act on requests to defund and replace the police department - but first it wants to hear from its newly-hired police chief.

Theo Kennedy, the likable lawyer and owner of the Gelato ice cream shop on State Street in Montpelier, will once again try to unseat one of the three Democratic incumbents for Washington County Senate.

Especially as its outstanding restaurants begin to re-open, the historic, multi-ethnic Granite City of Barre has a diversity of destinations for the Vermont ‘stay-cation.’

A young woman from Barre died in the town of Washington after the high-speed ATV on which she was riding rolled over.

A former Chicago cop named police chief in Montpelier is believed to be the first ever black police chief in the State of Vermont. He’s coming from a New Mexico city where, as police chief, he clashed with apparently dysfunctional city leadership.

With Vermont’s hospitals virtually empty of Covid-19 patients, the “emergency” has impelled several communities to mandate wearing masks in public places. Montpelier passed a mandate Monday night, and Barre narrowly avoided a mandate Tuesday night.

The long-empty Grossman’s lumber building on Rte. 2 in Montpelier will be converted into office space for a liquid waste hauling company.

City Councilors Michael Boutin and John Steinman and Mayor Lucas Herring spoke on behalf of many Barre residents and for visitors to its popular restaurants: no downtown mask mandates.

A well-publicized food donation produced a “Black Friday-ish” response including congested traffic and unhappy, unsatisfied “shoppers”. Now planners are asking what went wrong. Including the people relieving themselves on the side of the airport runway.