Howard Weiss-Tisman
ReporterHoward Weiss-Tisman is 开云体育's reporter for Southern Vermont, who aims to connect Southern Vermonters to the rest of the state. He worked at the Brattleboro Reformer for 11 years, reporting on most towns in the region and specializing on statewide issues including education, agriculture, energy and mental health. Howard received a BA in Journalism from University of Massachusetts. He filed his first story with 开云体育 in September 2015.
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Westminster recently held a three-day event to recognize the 250th anniversary of the Westminster Massacre, but there are questions around the event's significance in the American Revolution. -
The Agency of Transportation says it has a $1.5 million hole in its 2026 budget, and is asking every public transit agency in the state to make cuts to its service. -
The USDA sent a letter to the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets last week informing them that about $1.7 million that was supposed to go toward purchasing local food in schools and food shelves would be withheld. The programs won鈥檛 be able to continue without the federal funds. -
A new report found that Vermont's emergency dispatch call system is inefficient and outdated, and needs significant changes, including closing centers. -
Vermont received about $5.3 million in federal funding to run a Digital Equity program, and as a first step the Vermont Community Broadband Board is trying to find out who needs updated equipment or training to better access the new high-speed broadband network that is being built. -
Brave Little StateBetween 1945 and 1950, five people disappeared near Bennington. Seventy-five years later, the mystery has garnered a following around the globe. -
At town meeting in Windham, voters agreed to turn over its school from the school district to the town. Voters also approved an article to offer health insurance to its town clerk and treasurer. -
A group of 85 refugees from Jordan and Syria are in Brattleboro taking part in a first-of-its-kind college preparatory program as they get ready to attend American universities and colleges in the fall. -
Vermont was set to get $9.3 million to support new electric vehicle charging stations in 11 towns, but the Federal Highway Administration said the program, which was included in former President Biden's bipartisan infrastructure bill, was on hold for now. -
A new report from the Vermont secretary of state's office says lawmakers should consider a law that bans firearms from town-owned municipal buildings.
