-
Dec 9, 2024 | 
ringtumphi.net | Emma Malinak
A single spotlight, a sullen young prince and the haunting words of “to be or not to be” have moved audiences of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” for centuries. The speech is regarded as one of the best-known soliloquies in the English language, yet over 500 years of performances, it has never been spoken by a female character. Until now. Washington and Lee University students brought the “Hamlet 50/50” adaptation to life in Johnson Theatre over three sold-out shows from Nov. 19 to 21.
-
Aug 29, 2024 | 
vtcng.com | Emma Malinak
President Joe Biden has approved Gov. Phil Scott’s request for a major disaster declaration from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for seven Vermont counties, according to the governor’s office. Residents and municipalities in Addison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Lamoille, Orleans and Washington counties are now eligible for federal funding to help recover from floods that swept through the state between July 9 and July 11.
-
Aug 26, 2024 | 
vnews.com | Emma Malinak
E-Edition Advertise Newsletters Subscribe Home News Opinion Sports Photos Arts & Life Obituaries Classifieds Calendar Puzzles By EMMA MALINAK VtDiggerPublished: 08-26-2024 5:48 PM Two months after lawmakers voted to overhaul the state’s land use and development law, Vermonters have a way to visualize temporary changes made to Act 250.
-
Aug 25, 2024 | 
vnews.com | Emma Malinak
E-Edition Advertise Newsletters Subscribe Home News Opinion Sports Photos Arts & Life Obituaries Classifieds Calendar Puzzles By EMMA MALINAK VTDigger Published: 08-25-2024 8:37 PM Reported cases of whooping cough are becoming more common across Vermont after remaining low for the past five years, according to a Vermont Department of Health official.
-
Aug 23, 2024 | 
vtdigger.org | Emma Malinak
Two months after lawmakers voted to overhaul the state’s land use and development law, Vermonters have a way to visualize temporary changes made to Act 250. Areas that are currently exempt from the Act 250 land use review process — and thus open for housing development — are now documented on a statewide interactive map, according to a Thursday press release from the Department of Housing and Community Development.
-
Aug 22, 2024 | 
vtdigger.org | Emma Malinak
Reported cases of whooping cough are becoming more common across Vermont after remaining low for the past five years, according to a Vermont Department of Health official. Over the past three months, 22 cases of pertussis — commonly known as whooping cough — have been reported across six Vermont counties, said Deputy State Epidemiologist Laura Ann Nicolai. The last time numbers were that high, she said, was in 2019, when a total of 43 cases were reported over the course of the year.
-
Aug 22, 2024 | 
vnews.com | Emma Malinak
President Joe Biden has approved Gov. Phil Scott’s request for a major disaster declaration from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for seven Vermont counties, according to a Tuesday press release from the governor’s office. Residents and municipalities in Addison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Lamoille, Orleans and Washington counties are now eligible for federal funding to help recover from floods that swept through the state between July 9 and July 11.
-
Aug 22, 2024 | 
vtcng.com | Emma Malinak
Vermont’s environmental experts are imagining a future without ash trees — and that future isn’t far away. It’s all because the emerald ash borer, an invasive beetle from Asia, is destroying ash trees from the inside out. The beetles’ larvae burrow into and feed on inner layers of bark, damaging the system trees use to transport water and nutrients throughout their branches and leaves.
-
Aug 21, 2024 | 
vtdigger.org | Emma Malinak
The Canada lynx, a rare wild cat, has been reported in Vermont for the first time in six years, according to a press release from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. The lynx was seen walking along a road in Rutland County on Aug. 17 and was recorded on video by several residents, said Brehan Furfey, a wildlife biologist with the department, in the Wednesday press release. Canada lynx are endangered in Vermont and threatened â meaning likely to become endangered â in the United States.
-
Aug 21, 2024 | 
vnews.com | Emma Malinak |Habib Sabet
The University of Vermont’s board of trustees appointed current provost Patricia Prelock to be the university’s interim president at a special meeting on Monday. The board discussed the appointment in an hourlong executive session before voting unanimously to name Prelock to the position. Prelock is expected to step into the role at the end of September, when current president Suresh Garimella plans to leave his post to lead the University of Arizona.
