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Environmental experts are asking Vermonters to keep a look out for spotted lanternflies.

Here’s what to do today.

Local businesses and organizations formed teams to support kids with cancer

Grace Potter makes surprise appearance at Burlington fundraiser.

Car lovers from across New England attend 32nd annual Northeast Street Rod Nationals

Tournament proceeds go directly to veterans in need.

Chester Festival and new food celebration bring crowds to town this weekend.

Jericho couple's tomato ranks second in the world.

Event connects renters, homeowners and local businesses with housing resources.

Teen who started as rookie now leads flight line crew.

The Latin American Connection Celebration is back at City Hall Park for a second year.

If you’re in the Bennington area, avoid taking Route 7 for your morning commute.

Tension over vehicle traffic near a popular Vermont creemee shop continues, with new parking barriers now installed outside Palmer’s Lane.

A water main break shut down a Montpelier street on Friday night.

Following hundreds of job cuts, some healthcare workers say losing their job now means potentially losing their home, too.

Fair officials say 118,656 people went to the fair or a concert at the fair this year.

Apple picking season is underway across the region, with reports of a strong crop.

Last Saturday, the Pownal Historical Society hosted the fourth annual Witches’ Walk at Strobridge Park in North Pownal.

According to the report, 42% of schools across New York face challenges with lead detected in their drinking water systems.

Thousands of people will climb up obstacles and ski slopes in Killington this weekend for the Vermont Spartan Race.

The judge sent jurors home Friday afternoon, saying closing arguments in the trial will begin first thing Monday morning.

The nonprofit trying to redevelop the former federal building at 87 State St. in Montpelier has had its winning auction bid denied by the federal government.

The NMC urgent care in St. Albans will soon offer expanded hours seven days a week, giving patients more access to quick medical care.

A court appearance scheduled for Friday for a suspect charged in a North Country homicide has been postponed.

The Grand Point North music festival returns to the Burlington Waterfront this weekend featuring three days of live music headlined by Grace Potter.

Authorities on Friday confirmed that there was a fatality in a car fire in Hartford last week.

Congressional candidate Anthony Constantino met with House Speaker Mike Johnson in Washington, D.C., and got the Speaker’s endorsement.

Diesel prices climbed to an all-time high Friday after rising a nickel overnight, according to GasBuddy.

Lieutenant Dan is coming to the Green Mountain State.

This week’s Pets with Potential come from the Kingdom Animal Shelter in St. Johnsbury.

Three people escaped a house fire in Wilder Friday morning that killed two pets.

Police have captured a criminal suspect who triggered a manhunt in New Hampshire.

Vermonters can raise a stein today as Oktoberfest returns to the Queen City bringing German food, live music and cheer starting Friday night.

The Church Street Marketplace is celebrating the third year of Vermont Cheese Week Friday evening.

New York is providing free car seat inspections across the state as part of Child Passenger Safety Week.

With the diverging diamond project wrapping up after 14 years in development, questions remain about how road projects get from start to finish in Vermont.

New York is taking steps to reduce hunger and food waste.

Testimony is expected to conclude Friday, setting the stage for closing arguments

Leaves are only just starting to turn, but preparations are already underway for the Stifel Killington Cup.

Burlington City Council President Ben Traverse says he is seriously considering challenging Progressive Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak if she seeks reelection.

Students from schools across Vermont marked Constitution Day with a poetry and art contest reflecting on what freedom means to them.

Vermonters will once again elect a chief executive this November, as Republican Gov. Phil Scott faces a challenge from Democrat Amanda Janoo as he seeks a historic sixth term.

For more than 60 years, Dan Lindner, better known as “Banjo Dan,” has been a fixture of Vermont’s bluegrass scene.

Local celebrities traded their usual attire for waiters' uniforms on Thursday evening, all in support of the Ronald McDonald House.

Students bused in from across the region helped kick off the first day of the Tunbridge World’s Fair on Thursday, celebrating the annual tradition focused on agriculture.

As concerns rise over the risks of artificial intelligence, the state wants to know exactly how New York’s utilities are using AI.

Young Vermonters and their families who took on the “Good Citizen Challenge” were honored Thursday at the Statehouse for completing the month-long civic-engagement program.

A New Hampshire state judge has denied Pamela Smart's request for a new trial.

New York’s legal sports betting industry is showing no signs of slowing down, bringing in record state revenues while prompting concerns over problem gambling.

It is the first food systems research station of its kind in New England and has been in the works for decades.