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The article discusses challenges to Vermont's autumn tourist season. Several states including Michigan and Pennsylvania have begun to market themselves as attractive destinations for leaf watching and other autumn activities. Vermont governor Pete Shumlin has emphasized the importance of new initiatives to promote Vermont tourism. Megan Smith of Vermont's Department of Tourism and Marketing says Vermont leads all other states in its concentration of covered bridges.

The article discusses controversy in Vermont over the state's decision to adopt a uniform grading standard for maple syrup put forth by the International Maple Syrup Institute. Some syrup sellers fear the move will dilute the uniqueness of their product. Burr Morse of Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks says Vermont needs to protect its image as a syrup producer.

The article reports on the campaign by the University of Nevada to seek students from Vermont where the university spent for an advertisement in the Burlington Free Press newspaper and its counterpart in online media with an open letter from admission director Steve Maples.

The article discusses a dispute between town officials in Vermont and the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) over the latter's refusal to reimburse the former for upgraded infrastructure the towns want to build in the aftermath of damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011.

This article reports on the pressure facing businesses in Vermont damaged by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene to rebuild and reopen as the state's peak leaf-peeping season begins in 2011.

The article reports that residents in Brattleboro, Vermont were devastated after the landfall of Hurricane Irene caused massive floods in the area in August 2011.