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Pickles find new life at Fancy Food Show: Gut health,...
Once seen as a fridge-side condiment, pickles are emerging as a powerhouse in the specialty food space – bridging wellness trends and culinary snacking formats. At the recent Summer Fancy Food Show, flavor-forward pickle brands showcased just how...

Abortion Giant Planned Parenthood Says 200 Clinics Are ‘at Risk of Closure’ After Passage of ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
President Donald Trump signed his “Big, Beautiful Bill” into law last week, which contains a provision defunding Planned Parenthood of taxpayer funding through Medicaid. It is a move that appears to have the abortion giant scrambling, as its...

A Vermont dairy farm was raided. The mixed messages from Washington have increased fears
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — After six 12-hour shifts milking cows, José Molina-Aguilar's lone day off was hardly relaxing. On April 21, he and seven co-workers were arrested on a Vermont dairy farm in what advocates say was one of the state’s...

A Vermont dairy farm raided by ICE. Mixed messages since have increased fears
After six 12-hour shifts milking cows, José Molina-Aguilar's lone day off was hardly relaxing. On April 21, he and seven co-workers were arrested on a Vermont dairy farm in what advocates say was one of the state’s largest-ever immigration raids....

A dairy farm was raided. Mixed messages from Washington have only increased fears
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- After six 12-hour shifts milking cows, José Molina-Aguilar's lone day off was hardly relaxing. On April 21, he and seven co-workers were arrested on a Vermont dairy farm in what advocates say was one of the state’s largest-ever...

Commentary | Kate Casa: Vermont group aims for silence through intimidation
Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lured the United States to the brink of yet another costly, dangerous and illogical war. By manipulating Donald Trump into bombing Iranian nuclear sites, Netanyahu managed to achieve his own...

Seven Can't-Miss Vermont Events This Week: July 9-16, 2025
Drive It Home Sunday 13 We're not fangirling — you are! Spruce Peak Unplugged presents Jakob Dylan-led rock band the Wallflowers at the Spruce Peak Village Green in Stowe. For more than three decades, the group's timeless tunes have dominated...

A fantasy of flavors comes together in this tasty and healthy summer salad
By James Kent Many moons ago, I lived in Scottsdale, Arizona, with my wife and then firstborn. One of our favorite restaurants to frequent was a place called Pita Jungle. Besides serving the most incredible hummus I’ve ever tasted, they had this...

Mr. Big is alive and well and married in Vermont
Local News The real-life inspiration for the famous toxic bachelor on “Sex and the City” left the Big Apple for the Green Mountain state. By Jacob Bernstein, New York Times News Service July 7, 2025 | 1:30 PM 10 minutes to read Share Close Send...

A Vermont dairy farm was raided. The mixed messages from Washington since then have...
“I saw through the window of the house that immigration were already there, inside the farm, and that’s when they detained us,” he said in a recent interview. “I was in the process of asylum, and even with that, they didn’t respect the document...

A Vermont dairy farm was raided. The mixed messages from Washington since then have increased fears
Four of the workers were swiftly deported to Mexico. Molina-Aguilar, released after a month in a Texas detention center with his asylum case still pending, is now working at a different farm and speaking out. “We must fight as a community so that...

Upper Valley cannabis business owners navigate ‘shake out period’ for the industry
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — In 2022, the first recreational retail cannabis shops opened in Vermont and the industry took off. One of first such shops in the Upper Valley was The Tea House, which opened in December 2022. Miriam El Guemri left her...

Wednesday season 1 recap: All to know before season 2 arrives
Wednesday season 1 premiered on November 23, 2022. It offered a reimagining of the Addams Family universe. But this time, through the lens of the sharp, macabre, and endlessly deadpan Wednesday Addams. The Netflix series, co-created by Alfred...

The Medical Minute: Outcomes of Very Preterm Infants May Vary Across Health Systems
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Nearly one in every 10 infants in the United States is born preterm, or before 37 weeks of gestational age, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Author: Aaron Wagner Infants born with very low...

Then Again: Vermont suffered the first polio epidemic in the U.S.
Doctors knew when the outbreak had started — June 17, 1894 — but they didn’t know what had broken out. The symptoms of the many cases erupting in Rutland County that summer varied so much that they made doctors unsure of the diagnosis. A...

The terrifying mental health issue that has haunted Mikaela Shiffrin since accident
Mikaela Shiffrin may have returned to winning ways in 2025, but the psychological aftermath of her frightening crash last November is still very real. The 30-year-old American ski icon has opened up about the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...

Connecticut Attorney General claims in lawsuit President Trump shared personal health data with ICE
This week, CT AG William Tong joined a multistate lawsuit challenging a federal decision to potentially give ICE access to individual personal health data. HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined multiple coalitions of...
Tree wars are tearing through Vacationland USA
An ocean view is priceless in coastal New England — unless you cut down a neighbor's trees to get it. Cases of alleged unauthorized tree-cutting and poisoning, or so-called "timber trespass," have sparked bitter neighbor-versus-neighbor legal...

The surprising shifts climate change is bringing to Vermont farms: rice paddies, peaches, saffron
Vermont’s farmers are growing crops that better suit the state’s warmer and wetter climate — and branching into products that provide income even when traditional crops fail. Since 1900, annual temperatures in Vermont have increased by about 2...
Senate HELP Committee to Consider 3 ESOP Bills Next Week
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing Thursday to consider three bills aimed at expanding employee stock ownership plans. The committee has a planned legislative markup for July 30 to consider the ESOP...