Joel Banner Baird
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Burlington, VT, United States
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Vermont becomes first state to allow women to enlist in all Army National Guard combat roles
All combat units in the Vermont Army National Guard are now open to women — the first such Guard policy in the U.S. → Read More
COVID-19 drives many Vermont outdoor learning classes into virtual realms
In the years before COVID arrived, Vermont's summer forests, glades and hills were typically crawling with students of Mother Nature.This season, many students have followed their teachers online.A pivot to the great, virtual outdoors has been underway for decades. Who hasn't gawked on-screen at a prizewinning photo or video? Or listened to bird-call from the other side of the world?But the… → Read More
Despite recent cloudbursts, Champlain Valley remains in a dry spell
Recent rounds of thunderstorms in northwest Vermont dented June's dry spell, but forecasters say the parching trend is likely to continue. → Read More
Two-mouthed trout in Lake Champlain puzzles anglers, biologists
The second mouth on a lake trout hooked in Lake Champlain last week is likely a deformity it has endured, according to a Vermont fisheries expert → Read More
Curveball Festival 2018: No plans for impromptu Phish show after canceled Watkins Glen weekend
University of Vermont-born band was to play three days of music for 40,000 fans until plug pulled Thursday because of health, weather concerns. → Read More
Search ongoing for New Jersey kayaker seen clinging to craft off Shelburne shore
Eric Plett, 41, of Weehawken, was last seen holding onto his overturned yellow kayak close to Dunder Rock in Lake Champlain. → Read More
Target is opening a store in Vermont. Here's why it matters
Vermont is the last state in the U.S. to host a Target store. → Read More
So you want to own a private train car?
Travel the vintage way, but be ready to open your wallet. → Read More
Homeless campers enforce a law, order of their own
The self-appointed leader's rules: “No more drinking. Drugs and alcohol — none of that. After 10 o’clock, quiet time." → Read More
Vt. utility not specifically targeted for hack, official says
Malware linked to Russian hackers found Friday on Burlington Electric Department laptop. → Read More
Naked man protected by Vermont law
"Just feeling free," explained a man who walked Burlington streets Tuesday wearing a red bandanna, shoes and socks — and nothing else. → Read More
Wind power stirs Swanton’s backyard
How close is too close for utility-sized turbines, Rocky Ridge neighbors ask → Read More
Battery recycling made easier in Vermont
By design, single-use batteries are conveniently used and discarded. → Read More
Farm-friendly helicopter
A drop-in exhibit at the Vermont Farm Show: Aerial seeding of cover-crops help prevent soil erosion -- and water pollution. → Read More
VT Farm Show features exotics, old standbys
Annual event in Essex Junction displays hybrid vigor for Vermont’s agriculture industry. → Read More
Eyes sharpen on bald eagles in Vermont
A group of rapt volunteers conducts a census of the powerful, charismatic predator → Read More
Salt depot raises hackles in Shelburne
Rail facility near LaPlatte River exempted from local oversight → Read More
Powerball fever grips Vermont as jackpot grows
Powerball lottery tickets — garnished with daydreams — animate a convenience store's ambiance → Read More
Petrarca: Let Trump speak
For better and for worse, Donald Trump should speak his mind when he comes to Vermont, says Burlington resident Albert Petrarca JOEL BANNER BAIRD/FREE PRESS → Read More
Touting Trump in Vermont
Upstate New Yorker Michael Hart explains Trump's appeal, and how the GOP candidate resembles Bernie. → Read More