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• Small dairies go under as milk prices sink again

  businesses that rely on them, such as feed and tractor dealers and veterinarians, she said. It also could be a problem for Vermont tourism, which is closely tied to bucolic images of the state's mountains and dairies, although Bothfeld said she thinks much   Read more »

• Deportation threat lifted for lesbian Vt. couple

  and is based on evidence provided in each case."Among the evidence Ueda and Herbert presented were letters of support from Vermont's congressional delegation and Gov. Peter Shumlin , as well as a resolution passed by Dummerston voters on Town Meeting Day in   Read more »

• No border dispute here: Vt., NH reaffirm boundary

  -- In case you were wondering, the Vermont - New Hampshire border hasn't changed.The two states' attorneys general are reaffirming their shared boundary.State laws require the two to meet every seven years to reaffirm the border. The laws followed a 1935 U.S.   Read more »

• Vt. tourist destination opens for season

  -- One of Vermont's leading tourist destinations opens for the season this weekend.Shelburne Farms is a 1,400-acre working farm on the shores of Lake Champlain that uses its historic landscape and buildings to teach the stewardship of natural and agricultural   Read more »

• Letter: Vermont bans "fracking"

  inspiring to see political leaders do what's right for their state. On May 4, the Vermont legislature voted to ban shale gas drilling -- "fracking" -- from their state, and to prohibit the import of toxic fracking waste from other states. We need to see the   Read more »

Around the web

• Saleem H. Ali: Cuba and America: Beyond Cold War Vendettas

  to treat as a political pariah. I returned from a visit there last month under a U.S. government licensed program with the Vermont Caribbean Institute to promote citizen diplomacy. Since the 1959 communist revolution, Cuba has bedeviled U.S. policy makers 12:32 AM from The Huffington Post Read more »

• By Hand: Rosemary Gladstar's Herbal Recipes

  wise woman to several generations, training future herbalists for 25 years at her Sage Mountain Retreat Center on 500 acres in Vermont. For those new to using herbs medicinally, her "Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide"(Storey Publishing, 12:03 AM from Denver Post Read more »

• What do you hope to read in Jim Douglas' memoir?

  state senate candidates. And in a historically great year for the Republicans nationwide, your party got absolutely smoked in Vermont. Brilliant. One year after you left office, your party was so short of money that it couldn't pay its Executive Director. 6/1/12 from Green Mountain Daily Read more »

• State’s Attorney seeks changes to Vermont’s laws on child porn

  statues were amended in 2008 to address that issue, she said. "Federal statutes were amended to address a lot of these issues. Vermont never looked at any of it," she said. Vermont law is also unclear about images that are stored on a computer in what is known 6/1/12 from Bennington Banner Read more »

• Buhari/Tinubu On A Joint Ticket 2015 Election?–Reports

  Mr Dean was the former Democratic Party front-runner. President Bush had described Mr Howard Dean the erstwhile governor of Vermont uncomplimentary like this – he: “… was loud, shrill and undisciplined.” I refer you to page 287 line 21 of Mr Bush’s book titled 6/1/12 from Republic Report Read more »