2025 in Vermont
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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in Vermont.
Incumbents
State government
- Governor: Phil Scott (R)
Events
- January 20 – Border Patrol Agent David Maland is shot and killed during a traffic stop in Coventry. Ophelia Bauckholt, who shot Maland, is shot and killed by agents. Maland's murder is connected to other homicides committed by a rationalist group called the Zizians.[1]
- March 5 – Elder financial abuse: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District Court of Vermont indicts and charges 25 Canadians for conspiracy to defraud elderly people in the United States out of US$21 million and charges five of those 25 with conspiracy to commit money laundering.[2]
- March 20 – The United States closes Canadian access to the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, a library that straddles the border of Derby Line, Vermont, and Stanstead, Quebec. The library later opens a new entrance on the Canadian side.[3]
- April 14 – Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrest Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester. Mahdawi had been involved with pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia in 2023 and 2024.[4]
- April 30 – Federal judge Geoffrey W. Crawford orders that Mohsen Mahdawi be released.[5]
- September 18 – Vermont joins the Northeast Public Health Collaborative, a collaborative health agency among Northeastern states.[6]
- October 18 – Transgender Middlebury College student Lia Smith dies by suicide.[7]
- October 20 – State Senator Sam Douglass announces he will resign following a report by Politico that he and other members of Young Republicans groups, including his wife Brianna, were in a group chat that contained racist and antisemitic messages.[8]
- November 12 – Sterling College in Craftsbury announces it will close after the Spring 2026 semester.[9]
Sports
- 2024–25 Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey season[10]
- 2024–25 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team[11]
- 2024–25 Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey season[12]
- 2024–25 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team
See also
References
- ^ McCormack, Kathy; Whittle, Patrick (May 16, 2025). "Woman connected to the Zizians fired the bullet that killed a Vermont border agent, report says". The Associated Press. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
- ^ Treisman, Rachel (March 5, 2025). "Dozens of Canadians are charged for scamming American grandparents out of $21 million". NPR. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
- ^ Cecco, Leyland (April 13, 2025). "Dismay as cross-border library caught in US-Canada feud: 'We just want to stay open'". Retrieved May 6, 2025.
- ^ Betts, Anna (April 14, 2025). "Mohsen Mahdawi, Palestinian green card holder and Columbia student, detained by Ice". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
- ^ Martínez-Beltrán, Sergio (April 30, 2025). "Federal judge orders release of Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi". NPR. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
- ^ Skipworth, William (September 18, 2025). "Health officials from 10 Northeast states officially band together. New Hampshire remains out". New Hampshire Bulletin. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
- ^ Elder-Connors, Liam (October 27, 2025). "Police identify body found in Cornwall as missing Middlebury College student". Vermont Public. Colchester, Vermont. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ Kruesi, Kimberlee (October 20, 2025). "Vermont state senator who took part in 'deeply disturbing' Young Republicans group chat resigns". The Associated Press. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
- ^ Unglesbee, Ben (November 14, 2025). "Sterling College in Vermont to close". Higher Ed Dive. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
- ^ "2024-25 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule". University of Vermont Athletics. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
- ^ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings". americaeast.com. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
- ^ "Women's Hockey Announces Newcomers for 2024-25 Campaign". University of Vermont Athletics. July 12, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2025.