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]

Sports

• 2024–25 Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey season ^[9]
• 2024–25 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team ^[10]
• 2024–25 Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey season ^[11]
• 2024–25 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team

See also

• 2025 in the United States

References

1. 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.
2. Treisman, Rachel (March 5, 2025). "Dozens of Canadians are charged for scamming American grandparents out of $21 million". NPR. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Martínez-Beltrán, Sergio (April 30, 2025). "Federal judge orders release of Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi". NPR. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. "2024-25 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule". University of Vermont Athletics. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
10. "2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings". americaeast.com. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
11. "Women's Hockey Announces Newcomers for 2024-25 Campaign". University of Vermont Athletics. July 12, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2025.