The World

Aug. 27

As students get ready for the new school year, the latest survey of Vermont high school and middle schoolers is showing recent improvements in their mental health as well as declines in vaping, alcohol and marijuana use. About a quarter of Vermont high school students report recently experiencing poor mental health — a nearly 10% decrease from 2023, when a third of students reported mental health concerns like persistent feelings of anxiety or hopelessness.

Soil Sampling Made Simple: New Project Helps Vermonters Protect Lake Champlain

It's time to start planning your application for a Working Lands Enterprise Initiative (WLEI) grant. This upcoming round of WLEI grants will fund projects designed to start in the spring of 2027 and be completed within one year. Grants are available for farm, forest product, and local food businesses as well as service providers and producer associations that work with these type of businesses. The Business Enhancement Grant will be open October 9–December 10.

Moose, Deer and Elk from CWD Areas Must be Processed Before Entry into Vermont

Seconds (1966)

There’s a moment every August when you can feel it, not in the temperature, which still clings to its summer heat, and not in the calendar, which insists we still have time. It’s something quieter, softer. A shift in the air. A reminder that summer, in all its brightness, is beginning to wind down. Kids will be back in school before we know it.

Richard H. Adams

September at the Brookfield Old Town Hall