The Montshire Museum in Norwich has what’s known as a wind phone in its 100-acre forest for people who want to speak to lost loved ones. Plus, State regulators review budgets from Vermont hospitals with a requirement to keep expenses and insurance rates at no more than a three percent hike from last year, construction begins on forty new affordable housing units in Burlington, a federal lawsuit seeks to overturn a new New Hampshire law that denies state funding for schools with DEI programs, and a new poll shows more young people in Quebec want the province to become independent.

A conversation with the retiring head of Vermont’s Department of Corrections after his nearly four year tenure. Plus, Gov. Scott faces backlash for his decision to provide the federal government with the sensitive personal information of people receiving food assistance benefits, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital puts its budget before state health care regulators as it tries to mitigate severe financial deficits, housing advocates advise people forced to leave Vermont's motel voucher program to appeal to the state's Human Services Board, and Gov. Scott says he’s working on a strategy to bring a good number of state employees back to work in downtown Montpelier.

Day programs providing critical care for older adults and people with disabilities have been closing in Vermont, but efforts are underway to extend services in some areas. Plus, state officials move to expand access to Vermont’s medical cannabis program, a local donation will add more than 50 acres of land to Roxbury State Forest, Vermont’s Supreme Court is preparing to hear a lawsuit over who can maintain public trails that run through private land, an associate justice is set to retire from the state’s high court, and we reflect on a very good week for fans of the Boston Red Sox in our weekly sports report.