AMANDA SWINHART

Mohsen Mahdawi speaks during an interview at the ACLU of Vermont on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Alex Driehaus)
Freed Palestinian student accuses Columbia University of inciting violence
A Palestinian student arrested as he was about to finalize his U.S. citizenship is accusing Columbia University of eroding democracy with its handling of protests against the Israel-Hamas war.
May 9
Mohsen Mahdawi speaks during a press conference announcing the launch of the Vermont Immigration Legal Defense Fund in the Cedar Creek Reception Room at the Vermont State House on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Alex Driehaus)
Released Palestinian student helps launch immigrant legal aid initiative in Vermont
A Palestinian student arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship has helped launch an initiative to help other immigrants facing deportation in Vermont.
May 8
Mohsen Mahdawi speaks outside the courthouse after a judge released the Palestinian student activist on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 in Burlington, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)
A Palestinian student at Columbia is freed after his arrest at a citizenship interview
A judge has released a Palestinian student activist who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship. U.S.
April 30
Protesters gather outside federal court ahead of a hearing for Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian man arrested at a Vermont immigration office during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship and a legal permanent resident who led protests against the war in Gaza at Columbia University, Wednesday, April 23, 2025 in Burlington, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)
Palestinian student remains detained in Vermont with a hearing set for next week
A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship has made an initial apperance in a Vermont courthouse.
April 23
Small jars of this season's maple syrup show the variation in hue from day-to-day at Judd's Wayeeses Farms in Morgan, Vt., on Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Vermont maple syrup makers face uncertainty amid Canada and China tariff chaos
Making maple syrup in New England’s fickle spring weather can be an unpredictable business. Now President Donald Trump’s ever-changing tariff policies are adding anxiety about an industry that depends on cross-border trade.
April 16
Skiers head down a trail at Black Mountain, Friday, March 14, 2025, in Jackson, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
A New Hampshire ski resort bets on tech to compete with industry giants
There is plenty of nostalgia at Black Mountain, New Hampshire’s oldest ski area. But it’s also something of a tech laboratory these days, thanks to a new owner who hopes to boost efficiency and eventually transfer ownership to a cooperative.
March 31
A family from the United States enters the Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Derby Line, Vt., on Friday, March 21, 2025. The town of Stanstead, Que., says U.S. authorities have unilaterally decided to "close the main Canadian access" to the Victorian-style library that straddles the border between the two countries. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)
A beloved library that united the US and Canada faces new border restrictions
The U.S. government is ending a more than century-old friendly arrangement on the Canadian border as the two countries feud.
March 26
U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, a Democrat from Vermont, left, and Marie-Claude Bibeau, a Canadian member of parliament representing Compton-Stanstead, talk at a roundtable event about the Trump administration's tariffs with U.S. and Canadian business owners, Tuesday, March 18, 2025 in Newport, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)
Breweries and maple syrup producer among Vermont businesses hit by Trump’s tariffs on Canada
Business owners from both sides of the U.S.-Canada border have gathered in Vermont to share their experiences with the sweeping tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.
March 18