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Vermont record stores prepare for their big day

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April 19, 2024

Vermont record stores prepare for their big day

WINOOSKI, Vt. (WCAX) – Record Store Day is Saturday, where artists prepare special releases to celebrate the culture of independently owned record stores. And with some recent big releases, shop owners say business is booming.

In Winooski, Autumn Records owner Greg Davis is preparing for a busy Saturday.

“Initially, it was a pretty small event, and in the past many years it’s grown into like quite a big event,” Davis said.

And this year’s Record Store Day could be the biggest yet. Taylor Swift’s highly-anticipated album, “The Tortured Poets Department” is out, surely getting more feet in the door.

Sebastiaan Gorissen, a digital media and communications professor at Saint Michael’s College, says artists like Swift are taking advantage of vinyl by selling different designs with exclusive tracks that translate into big sales. “Physical media allows consumers to experience albums in their entirety, allows them to experience the “Tortured Poet Department” as Taylor intended it,” he said.

While experts say record sales have grown every year for the last 17 years, sales are nowhere near where they once were. The Recording Industry Association of America says more than 43 million were sold last year compared to upwards of 300 million in the 80s.

But Davis says his sales are booming as more people return to vinyl.” I’ve seen it steadily grow in popularity like over the last 10 years for sure, and that is why I felt comfortable opening a record store when I did,” he said. “People get tired of streaming, you know? It’s like almost overwhelming, and maybe there isn’t that connection to it. And then when people do discover vinyl, they’d get really into it, you know? We get excited about it.”

Gorissen agrees that vinyl can give the music a new meaning. “The emphasis on tracklisting and sequencing and the listening experience that is often encouraged by listening to a physical album,” he said.

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Unemployment claims in Vermont increased last week

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7 hours ago

February 27, 2026

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Unemployment claims in Vermont increased last week

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| USA TODAY Network

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Vermont rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday.

New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 375 in the week ending February 21, up from 357 the week before, the Labor Department said.

U.S. unemployment claims rose to 212,000 last week, up 4,000 claims from 208,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Rhode Island saw the largest percentage increase in weekly claims, with claims jumping by 132.0%. Michigan, meanwhile, saw the largest percentage drop in new claims, with claims dropping by 49.9%.

USA TODAY Co. is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from the U.S. Department of Labor’s weekly unemployment insurance claims report.

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Vermont high school sports scores, results, stats for Thursday, Feb. 26

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February 26, 2026

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Vermont high school sports scores, results, stats for Thursday, Feb. 26

The 2025-2026 Vermont high school winter season has begun. See below for scores, schedules and game details (statistical leaders, game notes) from basketball, hockey, gymnastics, wrestling, Nordic/Alpine skiing and other winter sports.

TO REPORT SCORES

Coaches or team representatives are asked to report results ASAP after games by emailing sports@burlingtonfreepress.com. Please submit with a name/contact number.

▶ Contact Alex Abrami at aabrami@freepressmedia.com. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter: @aabrami5.

▶ Contact Judith Altneu at JAltneu@usatodayco.com. Follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter: @Judith_Altneu.

THURSDAY’S H.S. GAMES (REGULAR SEASON)

Boys basketball

Games at 7 p.m. unless noted

Peoples at North Country, 6:30 p.m.

Northfield at Stowe

Hazen at U-32

Oxbow at BFA-Fairfax

Winooski at Middlebury

Watch Vermont high school games on NFHS Network

Mount Mansfield at South Burlington

Essex at St. Johnsbury

BFA-St. Albans at Colchester

Lamoille at Spaulding

Lyndon at Harwood

Williamstown at Twinfield/Cabot

Rice at Champlain Valley

Randolph at Montpelier

Lake Region at Thetford

(Subject to change)

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Vermont seasonal snowfall ranks high despite missing out on the Blizzard of 2026

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February 26, 2026

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Vermont seasonal snowfall ranks high despite missing out on the Blizzard of 2026

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – The historic ‘Blizzard of 2026′ brought a winter’s worth of snowfall to Southern New England, especially Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts area. Both states including New Jersey had snowfall totals that surpassed each respective state’s 24-hour snowfall record. Vermont on the other hand, too far north of the storm only received a fraction of the amount of snow.

HIGHEST SNOWFALL REPORTS BY STATE FROM BLIZZARD 2026:

RHODE ISLAND 37.9″ (Warwick)
MASSACHUSETTS 37.0″ (Bliss Corner)
NEW YORK 31.0″ (Central Islip)
CONNECTICUT 30.8″ (North Stonington)
NEW JERSEY 30.7″ (Lyndhurst)
PENNSYLVANIA 22.1″ (Langhorne)
DELAWARE 21″ (Long Neck)
MARYLAND 16″ (Bishopville)
VIRGINIA 15″ (Wintergreen)
MAINE 12″ (Trescott)
NEW HAMPSHIRE 9.8″ (Barrington)
VERMONT 6.8″ (Readsboro)

In northern Vermont, Burlington only received a few flakes from this historic nor’easter. Despite that, Burlington’s seasonal snowfall to date still ranks in the top ten across the eastern United States.

Current seasonal snowfall total rankings in the Eastern United States as of February 24th, 2026: