Author Archives: Amy Ash Nixon

Twitter: @vegnixon. Nixon has been a reporter in New England since 1986. She most recently worked for the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus. Previously, Amy covered communities in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom for The Caledonian-Record. She spent the bulk of her career as a reporter for The Hartford Courant in Connecticut. Nixon also taught middle school language arts in Connecticut for several years.

College Hall, Vermont College of Fine Arts

Public reading of a fictional description of a rape sparks debate over freedom of expression at arts college

by Amy Ash Nixon September 6, 2015, 11:55 amSeptember 7, 2015, 4:23 pm

Tom Sullivan, UVM

Performance-based funding may affect UVM and Vermont state colleges

by Amy Ash Nixon August 12, 2015, 6:11 amAugust 12, 2015, 9:18 am

Anthony Pollina

Legislator eyes bill to improve VSC funding

by Amy Ash Nixon August 10, 2015, 6:02 pmAugust 11, 2015, 4:47 am

William Mathis

State Board of Education sets criteria to help districts implement Act 46

by Amy Ash Nixon August 7, 2015, 6:21 pm

Goddard defends hiring of dean with a past no confidence vote

by Amy Ash Nixon August 6, 2015, 4:17 pmAugust 7, 2015, 9:37 am

school bus

Act 46 puts school districts on path to accelerated consolidation

by Amy Ash Nixon August 5, 2015, 8:22 pmAugust 6, 2015, 9:10 am

Edmunds Middle School, Burlington

Burlington school board to vote on harassment, bullying policy

by Amy Ash Nixon August 3, 2015, 5:53 pmAugust 4, 2015, 10:05 am

Middlebury, Bennington among top entrepreneurial colleges, Forbes says

by Amy Ash Nixon July 31, 2015, 6:45 pmAugust 3, 2015, 11:39 am

Employees buy Montpelier school, now largest worker-owned coop in Vt.

by Amy Ash Nixon July 30, 2015, 6:10 pmJuly 31, 2015, 8:04 am

Former Gov. Jim Douglas to bridge transition at Vermont Historical Society

by Amy Ash Nixon July 30, 2015, 3:56 pmJuly 31, 2015, 3:49 am

State lands $6.7 million for emergency preparedness

by Amy Ash Nixon July 29, 2015, 7:55 pmOctober 28, 2024, 10:33 am

Government & Politics

Head of Vermont Workers’ Center to launch new policy effort

by Amy Ash Nixon July 29, 2015, 6:35 pmJuly 30, 2015, 10:15 am

Carl Martin, fossil fuel divestment

Vermont pension board will not divest from fossil fuels

by Amy Ash Nixon July 29, 2015, 5:36 amJuly 29, 2015, 9:32 am

St. Johnsbury officials consider homeless shelter

by Amy Ash Nixon July 19, 2015, 4:37 pmJuly 20, 2015, 11:10 am