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    Charlie Farrell is on a quest to document Vermont's former schools. All of them

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2025 4:18


    For nearly two decades, the retired middle school teacher has been on a singular quest: to find, photograph, and inventory every school in Vermont that ever was — at least, if a record exists of it.

    Ladies' Pond

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2025 15:32


    In swimming holes all over of the world, since the beginning of time, there have been groups of women of a certain age who stand up to their thighs, talking. This is a show about them.

    Unsheltered homelessness spikes in Vermont as need outstrips safety net

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 4:08


    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.

    ‘There's nothing we cannot do,' Vermont Green FC coach says ahead of national final

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2025 4:26


    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.

    A man was ordered to pay millions for filming teens undressing. Then he got an education agency job

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2025 4:27


    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.

    After years of fundraising, Pittsford Village Farm's vision is taking shape

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2025 4:34


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

    What happens to solar in Vermont after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2025 4:48


    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.

    A perfect drive with Garret Keizer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2025 15:27


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

    Chants, gentle heckling and love for a hometown soccer team: Meet the Green Mountain Bhoys

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2025 4:56


    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.

    Why are there so many deer flies in Vermont this summer?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 5:20


    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.

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    Londonderry votes to keep its short-term rental rules

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 3:57


    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.

    Farm-to-table is the mission at Blank Page Cafe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2025 2:58


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

    Armand's garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2025 15:30


    A conversation with Armand Patoine about gardening, and what God has to do with it — which, it turns out, is everything.

    Thousands of Vermonters will see federal food benefits eliminated or reduced

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 3:32


    The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, supplies the vast majority of food aid in Vermont, where about 65,000 residents received $155 million in benefits last year.

    Migrant workers in Vermont navigate fear, uncertainty amid deportation crackdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2025 8:39


    A mobile Mexican consulate set up in Montpelier to help nationals obtain passports, birth certificates and other official documents. An undocumented farmworker living in Vermont who drove his coworkers to the event discussed the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and his own journey to the U.S.

    Older adults are more likely to be hospitalized. Go-bags can make those visits easier

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2025 4:30


    Nearly a quarter of U.S. emergency department visits among people 60 and older resulted in a hospital stay. The rate goes up the older you get. That's why health experts recommend seniors pack an emergency go-bag to make surprise hospital visits better.

    After two decades of ‘magic,' Waterbury toy store prepares to close

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 4:16


    The Tiny Acorn will close on August 15.

    Mark Utter's beautiful mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2025 14:56


    Mark Utter could not communicate with words until he was 30. Then he had a whole lot to say.

    Flooded again, Sutton residents return to damaged homes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 3:50


    Roughly 20 homes in Sutton remained cut off from road access as of Friday, according to Kyle Seymour, the town fire chief.

    When the next disaster hits, Vermont doesn't know what version of FEMA will show up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 4:46


    The Trump administration wants states to assume a bigger role in disaster response and recovery. The ambiguity over what that looks like has complicated the task of state officials trying to gird for the next catastrophe.

    Vermont towns try to move, or fortify, their flood-prone buildings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2025 5:18


    After two years of catastrophic floods, towns are still figuring out how to protect their infrastructure.

    Springfield rejects methadone clinic permit, as state looks to expand services to 3 communities

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2025 4:19


    The Springfied Development Review Board denied a permit application from Acadia Healthcare to open a methadone clinic in a building downtown that houses family medical practices.

    After 2 devastating floods, a Plainfield couple contemplates the future

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2025 6:49


    On the anniversary of a second devastating flood, one Plainfield couple considers whether to stay — or go for good.

    Vermont's attorney general sees shifts ahead in legal battle against Trump orders

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 4:02


    Charity Clark said she thinks her Republican counterparts in other states will eventually join the fight in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

    Susan Ritz on the complexities of having more than most

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2025 7:11


    "What class are you?" is a periodic series that explores everyday lives inside the American class system. In this episode, Susan Ritz talks about the complexities of having more resources than most.

    The Neighborhood

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2025 10:12


    A postcard from childhood, a place we remember but can't visit anymore.

    Vermont's new climate plan enters a challenging political landscape

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 3:53


    Vermont passed up most of the major recommendations in the last Climate Action Plan, from 2021. What's different this time around?

    Defense attorney Dan Sedon on the American class system

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 7:10


    Dan Sedon has been working as a criminal defense attorney in Vermont, where he works with poor people and rich people and all the people in between. In this latest episode of What Class are You?, reporter Erica Heilman talks with Dan about what this line of work has taught him about the American class system.

    'We need a prayer': As executive order ends, hundreds of Vermonters exit motels

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2025 3:46


    Over 800 people — including nearly 300 children — were slated to exit the program on Tuesday, as an executive order that extended their stays expired, according to data provided by the Department for Children and Families.

    Sharon Plumb on the invisible advantages of family financial support

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2025 7:11


    "What class are you?" is a periodic series that explores everyday lives inside the American class system. In this episode, Sharon Plumb talks about the advantages she sees in the lives of people whose parents are able to help their kids financially all the way into adulthood.

    Ralph Rockwell is a mechanic and tow driver. He figures he might have to work until he dies.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2025 7:07


    "What class are you?" is a periodic series that explores everyday lives inside the American class system. In this episode, reporter Erica Heilman talks with Wolcott resident Ralph Rockwell about the importance of supporting his church and his fears about having enough money at the end of his life.

    What the criminal justice system can teach us about class

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2025 15:05


    Defense attorney Dan Sedon on what this line of work has taught him about the American class system.

    Scientists expect beech leaf disease to spread throughout Vermont this summer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 4:41


    Beech leaf disease was found in 43 towns last year, and scientists are searching beyond those borders to see if the disease is spreading farther.

    Microplastics are in Lake Champlain and in us. These scientists want to know their source

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2025 4:30


    Researchers on Lake Champlain are doubling down on years of research to try to figure out how tiny pieces of toxic plastic are getting into the lake, which serves some 200,000 people with drinking water.

    Disappointed with new cannabis law, small growers raise concerns about their survival

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 5:52


    The Vermont Cannabis Equity Coalition warns that a sizable number of small growers may go out of business — or return to the illicit market to sell their products.

    Vermont Legislature passes landmark education reform, despite fierce dissent

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 3:57


    The bill, which Gov. Phil Scott is expected to sign, would fundamentally change how the state pays for and governs its K-12 schools.

    Vermont Green FC women's exhibition matches delight fans of all ages

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 3:33


    Vermont Green capped off Women's Week on Saturday with a 2-1 win over AS Blainville in front of another sold-out crowd.

    25 years after Vermont legalized civil unions, Bill Lippert reflects on watershed speech

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 6:57


    Vermont became the first state in the county to legally recognize same-sex partnerships 25 years ago. Former Rep. Bill Lippert, the only openly gay member of the Vermont House, gave an impassioned speech urging his colleagues to pass the measure. Lippert's remarks are widely seen as a turning point in the debate.

    National uncertainty leads to change in Vermont's all-resident voting efforts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 3:50


    Last month, South Burlington decided to table all-resident voting at this time, citing the current political climate.

    Meet some teens in Swanton helping kids get connected to their community

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 3:29


    Survey data showed that less than half of local high schoolers feel they matter to people. Here's part of the response.

    Dropping in with wheelchair motocross rider Mo O'Neill

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 4:43


    Do you know how to do a wheelie in a wheelchair? Mo does.

    Data privacy bill stalls in Montpelier

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 4:46


    The yearslong push to put guardrails on when — and how — companies can commodify key aspects of a person's identity has taken on new urgency in Montpelier. But the tension between strict consumer protections and their potential impact on local businesses continues to thwart compromise over an issue that states are reckoning with nationwide.

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