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The Village of Woodstock recently kicked off their first weekend-long Pride of Woodstock with a high heel race — and the participants delivered.

After nearly 30 years at the Vermont Superintendents Association, Jeff Francis is retiring this summer. His career has spanned some of the consequential educational reforms in state history. He talked with Vermont Public's Lola Duffort about the overhauls he's seen over the years, the expanding role of public schools, and how we talk about the cost of public education.

The Division of Historic Preservation recently led an archaeological dig to determine if the assumed location of the former Vermont State Hospital Cemetery was accurate.

Vermont's largest public transportation provider, Green Mountain Transit, is reintroducing fees in the Burlington area for the first time since the pandemic. At the same time, it’s dealing with issues with ridership and funding, and service cuts loom on the horizon.

On a recent Sunday morning, Vermont Wild Kitchen hosted about a dozen Vermonters in Franklin County to learn about raising rabbits for meat. The group cooked up some rabbit dishes for lunch at the Fairfield Community Center — but first, they met the animals, alive, at G.I.V.E. A. Care Homestead in Bakersfield.

At a rally for climate action at the Vermont Statehouse, one high school senior reflected on what he's learned from his years of activism.