Having a Senate race in Colchester and Grand Isle is a novel experience for most voters,” said the chair of Grand Isle County’s Democratic committee.

The decision to close Gifford would have genuine human and social costs, impacting people’s lives in ways that are absent in the bloodless language of this consultant’s superficial analysis.

Mukhtar Abdulkhaleiq thought college would be an expensive burden on his family. VSAC gave him a different point of view—and encouragement he needed to launch his career.

Co-founder Barry Aleshnick said he’s “wide-eyed and astonished” the organization has reached this milestone. That Vermont Independent Media, the organization behind the Windham County newspaper The ...