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A project of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program.

Community News Service
Selectboard adds new member
Nov 5

Nov 5 Selectboard adds new member

Emmy Sobelman
Local Government

Maggie Gordon has been appointed to the Hinesburg Selectboard.

Budget planning begins in Shelburne
Nov 5

Nov 5 Budget planning begins in Shelburne

Lilly Young
Local Government

Budget-writing season has begun in Shelburne with a challenging preliminary goal: No increase in town spending next year, to avoid or minimize any municipal tax increase.

Election Day 2020 | Voter Interviews
Nov 4

Nov 4 Election Day 2020 | Voter Interviews

CNS Staff Reporters
Local Government

UVM students interviewed several voters from different locations within Vermont, and asked them about their voting experience and their concerns about the election.

UVM Democrats at the Polls | 2020 Election
Nov 4

Nov 4 UVM Democrats at the Polls | 2020 Election

Jordan Mitchell
Local Government

RDS reporter and video producer Jordan Mitchell had a chance to talk with a few members of the UVM Democrats who showed up to talk to fellow voters in the Ward 8 voting district.

Winooski elects Vermont’s first transgender lawmaker
Nov 4

Nov 4 Winooski elects Vermont’s first transgender lawmaker

Erin O'Connor
Local Government

Tuesday evening, Vermont elected its first openly transgender legislator.

Part of Hinesburg’s Geprags Park closed off to dogs
Nov 3

Nov 3 Part of Hinesburg’s Geprags Park closed off to dogs

Alyson Detch
Community

Geprags Park has closed off a portion of the park from dogs in order to protect habitat of ground-nesting birds.

Principal Pat Burke, at higher virus risk, finds creative ways to stay close to South Burlington campus
Nov 3

Nov 3 Principal Pat Burke, at higher virus risk, finds creative ways to stay close to South Burlington campus

Annika Ringen
Education

Between updating safety plans, crafting daily emails for students, and empathy training alongside district leaders, South Burlington High School principal Patrick Burke is busy these days.

School board, district leaders grapple with concerns Hinesburg kids get unequal time with teachers
Nov 3

Nov 3 School board, district leaders grapple with concerns Hinesburg kids get unequal time with teachers

Erin Gallagher
Education

Concerns that Hinesburg students, especially middle-schoolers, are getting less live instruction time than other district students dominated discussion at the Champlain Valley School District school board meeting, Tuesday, Oct 20.

Moving the World Forward: Descendant of Early Black Vermonter talks Family History
Nov 3

Nov 3 Moving the World Forward: Descendant of Early Black Vermonter talks Family History

Tyler Lederer
Community

His father worked on Apollo 11 in Guam. His sister is a science educator and geologist. His great, great grandfather fought in the Civil War. And his great, great, great grandfather helped build one of the earliest Black communities in Vermont, on Lincoln Hill Road in Hinesburg.

Scenes from the polls: General Election 2020
Nov 3

Nov 3 Scenes from the polls: General Election 2020

CNS Staff Reporters
Local Government

Starting at 7 a.m. on election day, the Community News Service dispatched student reporters to polling places across Vermont.

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