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The process of what comes next for three closed Vermont colleges has been a little different for each campus as they try to sell or reimagine how the physical infrastructure can be used. In at least one of these cases, that project has become mired in lawsuits.

There will soon be a local history museum in the Northeast Kingdom town of Granby. The organization opening the museum — inside a 19th-century schoolhouse — is the same group responsible for bringing electricity to the town decades ago.

Ten books have been selected as finalists for the 2019 Vermont Book Award, including two different works by the same writer.

Sometimes, you just know you're having a life-changing experience. In my case, it was a chance in early July to teach Russian college students about media in the U.S.A. It all started when a Vermont-based company, Project Harmony International, organized an exchange program through the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.

For as long as he can remember, Matthew Evan Taylor has been intrigued by sound.

There's a new exhibit on display at the Museum of Everyday Life, a self-service museum in an old barn on route 16 between Glover and Hardwick in the Northeast Kingdom. Erica Heilman talked with the museum curator, Clare Dolan, who asked: Why is there no job for appreciators of crickets, for sunset watchers? Where are the museums for the surprising familiar objects of our everyday lives?

While there is no place to legally purchase marijuana in the state, law-abiding Vermonters can, if they already have it, consume it. As for how to do so politely, Lizzie Post, co-president of the Emily Post Institute , has provided a book called, "Higher Etiquette: A Guide To the World of Cannabis, From Dispensaries To Dinner Parties."

The Democratic presidential field is a crowded one. And the candidates got to appear together over two nights in Miami for debates of 10 candidates each night. It's not easy to stand out in such a robust field. Vermont Edition takes a look at how the candidates did when they had the spotlight.

Updated 5:15 p.m. Vermont's Springfield Hospital has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

There's a summer leadership and government-in-action learning program for high school juniors sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary in which young women become knowledgeable in the practice of freedom, democracy and citizenship. It's called Girls State and there’s a similar program for boys. I understand both are galvanizing, and I've met many legislators and leaders who named Boys or Girls State as a positive influence in their development.

A chunk of northern Vermont forest will soon help reduce greenhouse gas pollution in California.

Many of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' policy positions have stayed remarkably consistent throughout his decades in politics, but his position on gun control has changed over time. His complex relationship with the issue goes all the way back to the first time he won statewide office in Vermont.

Montreal's Champlain Bridge is finally open after four years of construction. Isaac Olson, a reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation joins Vermont Edition to give an update on the new bridge, what’s left to finish and what will happen to the old bridge.

I grew up VT style, where the virtues of patience were constantly extolled. We waited for recess, we waited for snow, we waited Santa, and we waited for summer. 'It's something to look forward to,' was the cheerful and infuriating parental explanation.

A 16-year old Mill River Union High School student's controversial art project will go on display Friday at Rutland’s Chaffee Art Center, getting a public showing after all.