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. 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. 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. 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. April 30 – Federal judge Geoffrey W. Crawford orders that Mohsen Mahdawi be released. September 18 – Vermont joins the Northeast Public Health Collaborative, a collaborative health agency among Northeastern states. October 18 – Transgender Middlebury College student Lia Smith dies by suicide. 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. November 12 – Sterling College in Craftsbury announces it will close after the Spring 2026 semester.

Sports

2024–25 Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey season 2024–25 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team 2024–25 Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey season 2024–25 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team

See also 2025 in the United States

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