Vermont entrepreneurs looking for money to start a business have a new source of cash thanks to a state investment fund, but competition is going to be fierce.

The Vermont Entrepreneur’s Seed Capital Fund — a revolving investment fund created by the legislature to help new, high-tech companies get off the ground — is the state’s latest economic development gambit.... Read more

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) has sported virtually the same logo since the union’s inception back in 1891: a clenched fist grasping radiating bolts of electricity. But that symbol could use a 21st-century update, showing an outstretched hand capturing rays of sunlight.... Read more

When 70-year-old Dave Warful moved to the Lindale Mobile Home Park on the eastern outskirts of Middlebury three years ago, what drew him to the community was that it was quiet, wooded and serene. He expected it to stay that way.... Read more

For Marie Audet of Blue Spruce Farm in Bridport, it’s not good enough to say that “shit happens.” On her family’s farm, shit happens to earn them money.... Read more

You’d never know from looking at the pretty pages of Vermont Life magazine that some ugly accusations were leveled at the state-owned publication last week. The group of citizens charged by the legislature with guiding and protecting the quarterly magazine presented a letter to the state agency that oversees it, listing a number of concerns they believe threaten Vermont Life’s existence. Their worries range from inadequate financial oversight to a new editorial vision they say could alienate the core base of subscribers.... Read more

Lara Mahmood tries hard each day to be a lighthearted person. But whenever the Iraqi refugee closes her eyes, she said she can’t avoid seeing images of her cousin lying dead in the road. Her cousin was gunned down while trying to buy milk for her infant child; her killers wouldn’t even allow the family to retrieve her body for burial.... Read more

Static between the owner and programmers of WCLX, the “Album Station,” has silenced the 10-year-old free-form rock station — on the airwaves, at least.... Read more

Eric Engler doesn’t have any military or law enforcement training, but he’s considered deadly with an AK-47. Lest anyone underestimate his marksmanship, he once shot five Marines in rapid succession in an abandoned Virginia prison.... Read more

The Vermont legislature has given the green light to a public financing scheme that could breathe new life into Burlington’s Moran Plant — a hulking structure that has cast a long shadow over the city’s waterfront revitalization for more than 20 years.... Read more

The single-serving coffeemaker in Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss’ office is swapping its old blend for a new brew — call it Green Mountain Fair Trade Select.... Read more