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Canadian travel boycott hurting U.S. tourism industry, northeast governors say
The Globe and Mail
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June 16, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:American and Canadian flags fly near the Palace Playland amusement park in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, in April. Many travellers who cross into the U.S. have concerns about safety or disruptions.Robert F. Bukaty/The...
The 7 Best Vermont Events This Week: June 18-25, 2025
Seven Days - Vermont
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June 16, 2025
The Butterfly Effect Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 World-class education organization the Caterpillar Lab takes over North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier for a weekend of metamorphosis and mimicry. The traveling exhibition beckons area entomophiles...
Hundreds of ‘most vulnerable’ households to lose emergency shelter as Vermont governor’s order expires
Valley News - New Hampshire
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June 16, 2025
Julie Whitney follows her husband Chuck Rouille to their room at the Travelodge motel on Shelburne Road in South Burlington on Sunday, September 15, 2024. They are waiting to find out if they will soon lose the room provided by the state’s motel...
Drop in Canadian tourists hurting U.S., say northeast governors
Tri-City News
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June 16, 2025
FREDERICTON — New England governors say tariffs and rhetoric by the United States government toward Canada is taking a bite out of tourism. The governors made the comments in Boston, following a meeting with a group of Canadian premiers....
Frank Miller Is Travelling To Ireland For The Very First Time
Bleeding Cool - Illinois
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June 16, 2025
Posted in: Comics, Current News | Tagged: dublin, frank miller Frank Miller is travelling to Ireland for the very first time Published Mon, 16 Jun 2025 06:27:03 -0500 by Rich Johnston | Last updated Mon, 16 Jun 2025 06:49:05 -0500 | Frank Miller...
Baseball Roundup: Mountaineers, Lake Monsters suffer losses
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus - Vermont
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MONTPELIER – An eighth inning go-ahead grand slam from Nick Romano sealed Keene’s eighth straight win Sunday as the SwampBats shocked Vermont, 4-1. The Mountaineers no-hit the SwampBats through seven innings, but the two-out rally in the eighth...
Why Canada’s Strong Borders Act is as troublesome as Donald Trump’s travel bans
The Conversation
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June 16, 2025
Was it just a coincidence that within days of Canada’s Liberal government announcing Bill C-2, the Strong Borders Act, Donald Trump’s administration in the United States released its long anticipated travel ban? Perhaps. But the timing also...
Starting Over Strong Vermont Offers Hope and Help to Flooded Communities
Seven Days - Vermont
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June 16, 2025
In her job as training and community engagement director at Northeast Kingdom Human Services, Terri Lavely typically provides mental health services, including training, educational opportunities, supports around mental health substance use and...
Northern US states try to woo travelers with ‘Canadians-only’ deals amid faltering cross-border tourism
CNN
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June 16, 2025
CNN — Like maple syrup and lakeside lounging, an annual influx of Canadians tourists has long been a part of life for the border-hugging New York region known as “North Country.” “I don’t ever remember a summer where I wasn’t at the beach, hearing...
COMMENTARY: Vermont's fiscal mess: Let's slash bloat and restore sanity
Bennington Banner - Vermont
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Rob Roper recently highlighted that, despite a modest increase in Vermont’s state budget this year, it has grown at more than twice the rate of inflation since 2019, resulting in nearly $2 billion in annual spending beyond the rate of inflation....
Check out these vacation rentals a short drive away from Gardner
The Gardner News - Massachusetts
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If you haven't made your vacation plans yet, there's no need to panic. And, you don't need to take a flight or do a super long road trip to have a relaxing vacation. There are several homes, cabins, and cottages in the area available for rent on...
Gov. Mills to talk trade & tourism with Northeast, Canadian leaders
WMTW 8 - Maine
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June 16, 2025
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THE U-S IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE STRIKES. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS IN CANADA THIS MORNING... MEETING WITH LEADERS OF THE WORLD'S LEADING ECONOMIES OF THE G7. IN A YEAR WHERE THE GOAL IS TO EASE TENSIONS... THE SUMMIT APPEARS TO...
With lines down the block, quaint CT ice cream shop going retail too. It’s keeping small batch model
Hartford Courant - Connecticut
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June 18, 2025
The line at a Connecticut ice cream shop is out the door and down the block by 2 p.m. every day and co-owner Colin Desmarais figures that because it’s in the heart of a busy tourist town the line would be just as long if they served...
Map Shows Where 250 Million Acres of Public Land is Being Sold Off
Newsweek
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June 18, 2025
The largest single sale of national public land in modern history could be carried out as part of President Donald Trump's budget bill to help pay for his sweeping tax cuts. However, a professor who is an expert on climate policy questioned the...
Kate Hughes: It is time to tax second-home owners more
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 18, 2025
Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a...
Hickory Stick Bookshop Poetry Reading with Nicholas Benson
Voices News - Connecticut
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WASHINGTON DEPOT — The Hickory Stick Bookshop welcomes local author Nicholas Benson, who will read from his latest book of poetry “I Commissioned Some Wooden Luggage” at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 29. While backpacking in Europe as a teenager in the...
Canada Street: Church Street's summer renaming shows solidarity
The Burlington Free Press - Vermont
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Burlington's Church Street will be temporarily renamed Canada Street (or Rue de Canada) until Labor Day. The name change is a symbolic gesture of support for Canada amidst declining tourism and recent federal policy changes. The city council hopes...
Billings Farm hosts family-friendly dairy celebration in Woodstock
The Mountain Times - Vermont
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June 18, 2025
Sunday, June 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.—WOODSTOCK — Cheese lovers, curious kids, and anyone with an appetite for Vermont’s agricultural heritage are invited to Billings Farm & Museum for its annual dairy celebration — a full day of farm-fresh...
Liquid Death’s next act: A whiskey aged in a casket
KVIA - Texas
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June 18, 2025
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Liquid Death is getting closer to resembling its name. The trendy water brand is partnering with WhistlePig Whiskey to create a new whiskey partially aged in an actual casket at the Vermont distillery, and...
Vote now for the Free Press' boys MVP of the H.S. spring playoffs
The Burlington Free Press - Vermont
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This past weekend, champions were crowned eight times to close out the 2025 Vermont spring season for high school boys sports. St. Johnsbury in Division I, Missisquoi in Division II, Thetford in Division III and Blue Mountain in Division IV seized...