Liam Elder-Connors
Liam is a Producer/Announcer.
- Christine Farrell was one of the only people in the world to collect every DC comic ever published. Her collection is being auctioned this week.
- Some students at public universities pay more for housing than they do for tuition. Vermont's flagship university is funding new off-campus apartments to ease the way.
- University of Vermont students are providing hands-on help to rural towns in the state. It's part of a trend to help build bridges between higher education and rural communities.
- A decade after Vermont's governor dedicated his annual State of the State speech to the opioid epidemic, there's been some progress. But it's overshadowed by record-breaking fatal overdoses.
- The shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vt., is being investigated as a possible hate crime. A man pleaded not guilty to attempted murder on Monday.
- In Vermont, a new incentive offers recent graduates $5,000 if they stay and work in any field for two years.
- After summer storms flooded many Vermont communities, homeowners are deciding whether to repair their buildings or accept a buyout.
- Vermont and other New England states saw mass flooding as a powerful storm moved across the area — washing out roads, forcing evacuations and temporarily grounding some transportation.
- Jon Appleton, who helped develop the digital synthesizer, has died. He was an innovator in what he called "electro-acoustic music," using effects to reshape natural sounds and field recordings.
- President Joe Biden nominated Vermont Supreme Court Justice Beth Robinson on Thursday to serve on the federal appeals court.