The Deeper Dig

'It's hard out here'

For the past few years, Vermont has had the second highest per-capita rate of homelessness in the country. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the number...

A plan for what’s left of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant

For decades, Vermont Yankee, a nuclear power plant in Vernon, was the largest producer of electricity for the state.

The plant has...

Edi Abeneto of Feeding Chittenden on fighting hunger and breaking down cultural barriers

Edi Abeneto is food shelf supervisor at Feeding Chittenden, a Burlington-based nonprofit that focuses on hunger relief and serves more than 12,000 people...

How to raise emotionally intelligent kids

Managing big emotions is hard for adults, so what must it be like if you’re 3 feet tall and still in diapers? Anyone who’s been around kids knows...

The star-studded history of a small island in Lake Bomoseen

Neshobe Island is a small island located on the Castleton side of Lake Bomoseen. It has two houses, a barn and some surrounding woods, and that’s...