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• Transitional housing in Vermont, in transition

  05-12-2025 00:18 via vtdigger.org
  
  
  Dinner is served at Dismas House in Burlington on Friday, November 21, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerOver the past few months, VTDigger and Vermont Public reporter Carly Berlin has been looking into the changing landscape of transitional housing in Vermont. We’re excited to be able to share the results of that reporting in this podcast, produced by the Brave Little State team at Vermont Public.Note: Brave Little State is made for the ear. We recommend listening to the audio. We&rsq
  
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• New legal opinion complicates Saturday vote on shuttering high school grades in Danville

  04-12-2025 22:53 via vtdigger.org
  The Danville School, seen on Tuesday, Oct. 7. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerSaturday’s referendum on whether to shutter high school grades at Danville School cannot compel the Danville School board to move forward with closure, according to a legal opinion the Caledonia Central Supervisory Union received Tuesday.The opinion, sent to Superintendent Matt Foster just days before a controversial vote to end Danville School’s high school grades, makes the results of Saturday’s tow
  
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• Brattleboro hospital projects $14.5M shortfall in current budget

  04-12-2025 21:46 via vtdigger.org
  The Brattleboro Memorial Hospital campus on Belmont Avenue. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerBRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is projecting to end its current budget with a $14.5 million operating loss, potentially extending a string of annual shortfalls since 2020.“This is not the budget outcome we had hoped for,” Elizabeth McLarney, one of two acting co-CEOs, said in a written statement Thursday.The 500-worker hospital, the main health care provider for about
  
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• Act 73 explained: 10 things to know about Vermont’s education reform law

  04-12-2025 21:11 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont’s new education reform law, Act 73, sets in motion a multi-year effort to restructure how the state funds and governs its public schools. During a live conversation on Dec. 2, 2025, I sat down with VTDigger education reporter Corey McDonald to hear him break down the new law and answer reader questions about what it all means.
  Below is the full recording of our conversation and a summary of ten key points Vermonters should know. Watch the full recordingTen key takeaways1. Why
  
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• Internal affairs probe finds fellow Rutland officers violated policies in 2023 pursuit that killed new recruit

  04-12-2025 17:42 via vtdigger.org
  A procession travels under a huge U.S. flag as it arrives for the funeral for Rutland City Police Officer Jessica Ebbighausen in Castleton on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerAn internal affairs investigation into the actions of police in a motor-vehicle pursuit that resulted in the death of a young officer was “preventable” if police had followed proper procedures, recent court documents show. A Salisbury man driving the vehicle being pursued faces a murder ch
  
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• Bernie Gracy:  AI can be Vermont’s advantage

  04-12-2025 13:04 via vtdigger.org
  This commentary is by Bernie Gracy. He is a technology executive who splits his time between Hollis, New Hampshire  and Averill, Vermont,  where he also serves as president of the Averill Lakes Association.Last month I attended my second “Rumble in the Kingdom” pitch competition — the annual gathering where entrepreneurs, students, technologists, community leaders and outdoor-industry innovators come together in the Northeast Kingdom to compete for seed funding. In a
  
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• ‘A costly unforced error’: Vermont Legislature’s top economist slams Trump’s trade war

  04-12-2025 00:45 via vtdigger.org
  MONTPELIER — The Vermont Legislature’s top economist called President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada and Trump’s disparaging rhetoric toward the country a “costly unforced error” that is putting pressure on the state’s budget at an already challenging time.Tom Kavet was speaking to members of the Vermont House and Senate at a briefing Wednesday in Montpelier on some of the major issues legislators will face when they reconvene for the 2026 legisla
  
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• Norwich farmers market secures approval for permanent all-season structure

  04-12-2025 00:31 via vtdigger.org
  An artist’s rendering of the proposed building for the new Norwich farmer’s market. Image courtesy of the Upper Valley Agricultural AssociationThis story by Clare Shanahan was first published in Valley News on Nov. 28, 2025.NORWICH — The town has granted permission to a nonprofit to build a permanent all-season structure for the Norwich Farmer’s Market on a property across Route 5 from the market’s current location.The Norwich Development Review Board approved
  
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• It’s lights out on Tomasi Meadow

  03-12-2025 23:55 via vtdigger.org
  Back country skiing in Stowe’s Sterling Valley. Photo by Wilson Ring/APTomasi Meadow, a wide field at the base of Mount Mansfield, is beloved by Underhill residents.  It’s so popular that in October, the Mansfield Nordic Club, a ski group that voluntarily grooms  the trails, asked: Why not make it better by adding lights that could extend the hours along the trail two evenings a week? Not so fast. Dozens of people turned up at an October town meeting about the lights
  
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• Vermont Conversation: Israel banished a rabbi’s daughter. Now they’re both speaking out.

  03-12-2025 22:59 via vtdigger.org
  
  
  Leila Stillman-Utterback. Courtesy photoThe Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues. Listen below and subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts.Leila Stillman-Utterback graduated from Middlebury Union High School in June and decided to take a gap year to pursue a dream. The 18-year-old Vermonter traveled to Israel to participate in a solidarity program that i
  
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• Vermont Conversation: A Vermont Jewish student banished from Israel speaks out

  03-12-2025 22:59 via vtdigger.org
  
  
  Leila Stillman-Utterback. Courtesy photoThe Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues. Listen below and subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts.Leila Stillman-Utterback graduated from Middlebury Union High School in June and decided to take a gap year to pursue a dream. The 18-year-old Vermonter traveled to Israel to participate in a solidarity program that i
  
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• Vermont Conversation: A Jewish student banished from Israel and her mother, a rabbi, speak out

  03-12-2025 22:59 via vtdigger.org
  
  
  Leila Stillman-Utterback. Courtesy photoThe Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues. Listen below and subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts.Leila Stillman-Utterback graduated from Middlebury Union High School in June and decided to take a gap year to pursue a dream. The 18-year-old Vermonter traveled to Israel to participate in a solidarity program that i
  
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• Dreaming big, diving deep: Ailyn Langley’s road to college

  03-12-2025 17:39 via vtdigger.org
  Raised in the hills of rural West Fairlee, Ailyn Langley has always gravitated toward nature—woods, water, and everything in between. As she grew older, her interest turned seaward, sparked by a school trip to the Boston Aquarium with her class at Rivendell High School. Her job in the fish and reptile department at the West Lebanon Aquarium Center deepened that curiosity.Now a first-year student at Dartmouth College, Ailyn hasn’t declared her major quite yet—but time around sa
  
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• Mary E Brace

  03-12-2025 15:45 via vtdigger.org
  Born Aug. 31, 1931Hinesburg, VermontDied May 27, 2025Berlin, VermontDetails of servicesServices were private per her wishes.  She is buried in Resurrection Park next to her husband Ruford in South Burlington VT.Mary was the eldest daughter of Earl Emmons Sr. And Mary Conway Emmons of Hinesburg VT. She married Ruford L Brace of Starksboro VT December 23, 1949. Ruford pre deceased her on February 1, 1996. Together they owned a dairy farm in Starksboro then started an angus beef farm, Braces
  
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• Montpelier’s acting city manager resigns in the middle of search for new city manager

  03-12-2025 14:45 via vtdigger.org
  Acting City Manager Kelly Murphy speaks during a city council meeting. ORCA screenshotThis story by Cassandra Hemenway was first published in The Bridge on Dec. 1, 2025.With the Monday announcement that Montpelier’s Acting City Manager Kelly Murphy is leaving her role by the end of the year, the urgency has picked up for the City Council to fill the vacancy left by long-time City Manager Bill Fraser, who’s 30-year tenure ended in June.The council has plans to announce finalists for
  
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• Rep. Troy Headrick: In response to the recent opinion piece, ‘Respect the process, honor the people’

  03-12-2025 13:04 via vtdigger.org
  This commentary is by Rep. Troy Headrick, I-Burlington, sponsor of H.362, a bill relating to State recognition of Native American tribes and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.In response to the piece “Respect the process, honor the people” —The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is not an optional or peripheral document. It is the global consensus on how governments must engage with Indigenous peoples when decisions involve their lands, histor
  
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• Data breach at Dartmouth College exposes personal information of 40,000 people

  03-12-2025 00:28 via vtdigger.org
  A student walks on the campus of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, on March 5, 2024. Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/APThis story by Clare Shanahan was first published in the Valley News on Dec. 1, 2025.HANOVER — More than 40,000 people in Vermont and New Hampshire may have been impacted by a data breach in a system used by Dartmouth College. Last week, Dartmouth started mailing letters to the people whose personal information was included in data stolen over three days in early
  
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• Hartford’s Mike Hoyt appointed to vacant House seat in Windsor County 

  03-12-2025 00:15 via vtdigger.org
  Mike Hoyt. Courtesy photoMike Hoyt, a Hartford selectboard member, will fill a vacant House seat representing Barnard, Bridgewater and Pomfret, as well as part of Hartford. Gov. Phil Scott announced the appointment Tuesday. Hoyt replaces Heather Surprenant, a Barnard Democrat who stepped down in September, according to a press release from Scott’s office. In an interview on Tuesday, Hoyt, who lives in West Hartford, said he was excited to build on his prior experience working in
  
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• Trump administration sues Vermont secretary of state for failing to turn over voter data

  03-12-2025 00:04 via vtdigger.org
  Secretary of State Sarah Copeland-Hanzas at the Statehouse in Montpelier on June 18, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThe Trump administration has taken Vermont’s secretary of state to court, asking a federal judge to force the state to turn over information on registered voters. Filed on Monday in Vermont’s U.S. District Court, the lawsuit argues Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas violated federal election law when she refused to share registered voters’ addres
  
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• Feds release $21 million in funding for winter heating assistance to Vermont after shutdown

  02-12-2025 23:49 via vtdigger.org
  A person adjusts the temperature on a thermostat. Photo illustration by Natalie Williams/VTDiggerTheo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released nearly $21 million in long-awaited federal funding for Vermont’s heating assistance programs, members of the state’s congressional delegation said Tuesday.“LIHEAP is an essential lifeline for more than 20,000 Vermont households every y
  
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• New Chittenden County court grapples with how to reduce court backlog and manage cases of recidivist defendants

  02-12-2025 23:39 via vtdigger.org
  Superior Court Judge Martin Maley listens to an argument at Chittenden County Community Accountability Court in Burlington on Friday, Nov. 21. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — A defendant appeared in court on a Wednesday morning in an oversized crewneck with her hands cuffed in front of her. Judge Martin Maley said she was already looking healthier after spending time in jail since her last court date. The defendant’s case, involving theft charges, was one of four sc
  
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• Kevin H. Pallas

  02-12-2025 18:56 via vtdigger.org
  Born Jan. 13, 1959Died Nov. 20, 2025Details of servicesA celebration of life will be held in January more information will be posted at a later date.Kevin Howard Pallas, 66, of Milton, passed away at the McClure Miller Respite House on November 20th , 2025 with his loving wife by his side.He was born January 13,1959 the son of Jon Sr and Marie (née Dickinson) Pallas, who have both predeceased him.Kevin studied at Daniel Webster College, and Rhode Island School of Electronics. He reti
  
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• Jack Hoffman: Seize the opportunity for a second chance on school reform

  02-12-2025 13:03 via vtdigger.org
  Jack Hoffman is a senior policy analyst with the Public Assets Institute. Before joining Public Assets, Jack covered politics and state government in Vermont for 20 years. 
  The Act 73 redistricting task force wrapped up their work, and they’ve given the state a chance to rethink the course of education reform it has been pursuing for the last decade.Vermont communities, as well as elected leaders, should seize this opportunity to get us out of the ditch we’ve been in and refocu
  
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• Immigrant review plan following DC shooting raises concerns for Afghans in Vermont

  02-12-2025 12:54 via vtdigger.org
  Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerFederal immigration officials recently announced plans to re-examine the green cards of individuals from “19 high-risk countries” and conduct an assessment of country-specific factors for pending and future immigration requests, stirring worry among Vermont’s Afghan community, advocates say.The announcement from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services came after an Afghan man was named as the suspect in the Wednesday shooting of two Nationa
  
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• Winooski school district rallies to help 2nd-grader detained by ICE

  02-12-2025 02:44 via vtdigger.org
  A federal agent wears a badge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Photo by Yuki Iwamura/APThe Winooski School District is calling for the rapid release of a second-grade student who was allegedly detained, with his mother, by federal immigration agents during the Thanksgiving break last week.“They were traveling out of state, they made a wrong turn and were stopped and taken into ICE custody,” said Superintendent Wilmer Chavarria, who has since received information they are bein
  
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• Giving Tuesday triple match: Your gift goes 3X further on Dec. 2

  02-12-2025 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Dear readers,This Giving Tuesday is your chance to make three times the impact for independent, local news in Vermont.Thanks to three generous donors, every contribution up to $500 made on Tuesday, Dec. 2 will be tripled until midnight.That means:
  $20 becomes $60
  $60 becomes $120
  $120 becomes $360
  $500 becomes $1,500
  Triple your impact
  Your support powers journalism that holds leaders accountable and connects communities. It makes possible the investigations that interrogate the use of public f
  
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• Vermont attorney general joins lawsuit against Trump administration over food assistance eligibility for noncitizens

  02-12-2025 00:57 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark and President Donald Trump. Photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger and Alex Brandon/APVermont Attorney General Charity Clark joined a multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration last week over an Oct. 31 federal memo that mandated new food assistance restrictions for noncitizens. The move came after Clark signed a joint letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture last month, criticizing both the new rules and the department’s manner of delive
  
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• How Bernie Sanders Is weighing 2026 endorsements

  01-12-2025 23:49 via vtdigger.org
  Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders raise their arms after addressing supporters during a rally for El-Sayed on Aug. 5, 2018, in Detroit. File photo by Carlos Osorio/APThis story by Torrie Herrington was first published in NOTUS on Nov. 24, 2025.A Bernie Sanders endorsement doesn’t always mean a primary win — some voters might even see it as a red flag. But for progressive and populist candidates, the Vermont senato
  
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• Vacancy sign is out but Vermont’s top federal prosecutor says he’s in charge

  01-12-2025 23:34 via vtdigger.org
  The Federal Building in Burlington on Sept. 5, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThe U.S. Department of Justice lists the top prosecutor position in Vermont as vacant, but the person who has been running that office for nearly a year said he is running the show.The situation in Vermont is not unique, and has led to confusion and court cases around the country regarding who is legally carrying out federal law. Michael Drescher — a longtime federal prosecutor in Vermont — has
  
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• Pride Center of Vermont gets $350K donation and works to revive operations

  01-12-2025 22:40 via vtdigger.org
  The Pride Parade marches down Lake Street in Burlington on Sept. 18, 2022. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThe Pride Center of Vermont, which announced in October it was closing its doors, has received a $350,000 anonymous donation that will help it reopen.In announcing the financial contribution, the organization stated that the donation will not mean an immediate reviving of the group’s operations, but instead will allow it “breathing room” to develop and implement a sus
  
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• Clearing the path for more accessible outdoor spaces

  01-12-2025 22:33 via vtdigger.org
  Edie Perkins takes in the view from the end of the accessible trail at the Raven Ridge Natural Area, Monkton, Vermont.Before Edie Perkins heads out to explore a new trail, she runs through a mental checklist.Is there accessible parking? How far is it from her car to the trail? Is the surface hard-packed or uneven? For most people, those questions barely register. For Perkins, who uses a wheelchair, they determine whether she can venture out at all.“Exploring new places is always exciting.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Inside Vermont’s education overhaul with VTDigger’s Corey McDonald

  01-12-2025 21:53 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont’s public education system is undergoing its most significant overhaul in years. Act 73 is already reshaping how schools operate, and readers have been asking pointed questions about what’s changing, what’s uncertain and what lawmakers may take up next.In this live, one-hour conversation, education reporter Corey McDonald answers those reader questions and breaks down the early impacts of the reform. The discussion is moderated by Libbie Sparadeo, VTDigger’s direc
  
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• WATCH: Inside Vermont’s education overhaul with VTDigger’s Corey McDonald

  01-12-2025 21:53 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont’s public education system is undergoing its most significant overhaul in years. Act 73 is already reshaping how schools operate, and readers have been asking pointed questions about what’s changing, what’s uncertain and what lawmakers may take up next.In this live, one-hour conversation, education reporter Corey McDonald answers those reader questions and breaks down the early impacts of the reform. The discussion is moderated by Libbie Sparadeo, VTDigger’s direc
  
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• Judge denies injunction to stop state return-to-office

  01-12-2025 21:45 via vtdigger.org
  State employees enter the state office complex in Waterbury as the Vermont State Employees Association opposes Gov. Phil Scott’s return to work mandate on Oct. 23, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerA Superior Court judge ruled Saturday that he would not grant an injunction of the state’s return-to-office policy, paving the way for the state to enforce its Dec. 1 deadline for employees to begin in-person work. The Vermont State Employees’ Association had filed the lawsu
  
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• Judge denies injunction motion to stop state return-to-office

  01-12-2025 21:45 via vtdigger.org
  State employees enter the state office complex in Waterbury as the Vermont State Employees Association opposes Gov. Phil Scott’s return to work mandate on Oct. 23, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerA Superior Court judge ruled Saturday that he would not grant an injunction of the state’s return-to-office policy, paving the way for the state to enforce its Dec. 1 deadline for employees to begin in-person work. The Vermont State Employees’ Association had filed the lawsu
  
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• Nearly 12% property tax increase projected for next year

  01-12-2025 21:17 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont Tax Commissioner Bill Shouldice speaks during Gov. Phil Scott’s weekly press conference at the Statehouse in Montpelier on May 14, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerVermonters could see a nearly 12% property tax increase in 2026, according to early estimates from the state. The news arrived Monday in the form of the “Dec. 1 letter,” an annual Tax Department projection that represents the first public-facing estimate of the average expected education property ta
  
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• E. Thomas Pierce, Jr.

  01-12-2025 18:58 via vtdigger.org
  Born June 24, 1947Stamford, ConnecticutDied Nov. 28, 2025Burlington, VermontDetails of servicesA Celebration of Life will take place at The Catholic Center on the Redstone Campus at UVM in Burlington on Saturday December 6th at 10AM. Please wear your finest haberdashery attire to honor TP, a City of Burlington iconic businessman, art enthusiast, and loving friend to all those whose lives he touched throughout his stellar career and wonderful lifetime here among the gardens and Green Mountains th
  
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• Chaunce Benedict: The school redistricting task force did indeed fail

  01-12-2025 13:05 via vtdigger.org
  Dear Editor,
  Whether one thinks school district consolidations or mergers would be beneficial for Vermont or not is immaterial in regard to the fundamental issue raised by the Vermont school redistricting task force’s move to thwart the intent and requirements of Vermont law concerning the future of our pre-K-12 schools.The task force has grossly abused its privilege as an appointed policy group by deciding to, essentially, disobey the law and thwart the process that our elected represent
  
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• Rutland man helps fill gap with peer-run sober living community 

  01-12-2025 12:52 via vtdigger.org
  Timothy Farr-Maccione, founder and executive director of Common Ground Recovery in Rutland.Seen in his room at the sober living residence on Sunday, November 23, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerTimothy Farr knows the importance of having strong support after leaving residential treatment for people with substance use disorder: Now sober, he once faced addiction and homelessness.  These days he is working to help bridge a gap in services for people facing the same challenges he di
  
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• VTDigger announces triple-match opportunity for Giving Tuesday, plus webinar to focus on Vermont’s education reforms

  30-11-2025 23:00 via vtdigger.org
  If you’re considering a year-end gift to VTDigger, please plan to make it tomorrow on Giving Tuesday. A generous group of donors has pledged to triple every gift received on Dec. 2, multiplying your impact on nonprofit journalism in Vermont.Every gift we receive helps us produce the fiercely independent news you rely on year round, and this Tuesday, it will be tripled. As part of our commitment to serving Vermonters, we’re also hosting a free virtual conversation with education
  
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• Roz King: From libraries to lifelines, how Vermont reinvents rural health care

  30-11-2025 13:04 via vtdigger.org
  This commentary is by Roz King, M.S.N., R.N., of South Burlington. She serves as the chief of research for the department of emergency medicine at the Larner College of Medicine. She is a clinical translational scientist whose work focuses on improving access to care and health outcomes in rural and underserved communities.
  For families in Vermont’s rural towns, getting to a medical provider or clinic can be challenging. Long drives, limited transportation and busy work schedules often me
  
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• Young Writers Project: ‘The genuine beauty of dreams’

  30-11-2025 13:02 via vtdigger.org
  “Divided,” by Poppy Shattuck, 16, of GuildhallYoung Writers Project is a creative, online community of teen writers and visual artists that started in Burlington in 2006. Each week, VTDigger publishes the writing and art of young Vermonters who post their work on youngwritersproject.org, a free, interactive website for youth, ages 13-19. To find out more, please go to youngwritersproject.org or contact Executive Director Susan Reid at sreid@youngwr
  
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• New Burlington art house movie theater set to open this week

  30-11-2025 12:55 via vtdigger.org
  Antonio Golan and Bret Yates are two of the five people behind Partizanfilm in Burlington. Seen on Wednesday, Nov. 26. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerA new art house movie theater, Partizanfilm, is set to open in Burlington this week, filling the gap left by the closure of the Roxy Cinema last year.The cinema, on 230 College St., will open to members on Dec. 3, and to the broader public the following day, with food and screenings of two movies from the 1970s, “The Last Picture Show”
  
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• New Burlington art house movie theater set to open next week

  30-11-2025 12:55 via vtdigger.org
  Antonio Golan and Bret Yates are two of the five people behind Partizanfilm in Burlington. Seen on Wednesday, Nov. 26. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerA new art house movie theater, Partizanfilm, is set to open in Burlington next week, filling the gap left by the closure of the Roxy Cinema last year.The cinema, on 230 College St., will open to members on Dec. 3, and to the broader public the following day, with food and screenings of two movies from the 1970s, “The Last Picture Show”
  
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• Want big holiday windows? In Brattleboro, the options are massively small.

  30-11-2025 12:53 via vtdigger.org
  Melany Kahn, on ladder, decorates a Victorian “painted lady” dollhouse as an organizer of Brattleboro’s Festival of Miniatures. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerBRATTLEBORO — Melany Kahn was hosting a local dollhouse club last spring when she first eyed the 3-foot-tall model Victorian “painted lady” in need of a facelift.“I didn’t see its warts,” Kahn recalled of torn clapboards and tarnished copper. “I just saw its possibilities.
  
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• Van conversion business owner agrees to plead guilty in fraud case

  30-11-2025 12:51 via vtdigger.org
  While the business is closed, the website for East Coast Van Builds in Bradford. is still online. Screenshot courtesy of Valley News
  This story by John Lippman was first published in Valley News on Nov. 26, 2025.A Bradford man faces a potential prison sentence and nearly $500,000 in restitution payments for taking payments for van conversions for which he failed to perform the work.Matthew Strong ran the now-shuttered business called East Coast Van Builds on Route 5 in Bradford’s Lower Pl
  
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• Some Vermont school districts are finding savings through shared partnerships as officials mull voluntary proposal

  28-11-2025 23:37 via vtdigger.org
  A meeting of the school district redistricting task force in Winooski on Oct. 28, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerIn Southeast Vermont, a group of school districts are already out of the gate putting into practice a key feature of the redistricting task force’s proposal — forming regional cooperatives to share services. For several years, the Mountain Views Supervisory Union — which serves students in the towns of Woodstock, Barnard, Bridgewater, Killington, Plymouth
  
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• Larry Moquin: A nation where work no longer matters

  28-11-2025 22:57 via vtdigger.org
  This commentary is by Larry Moquin. He is a second-generation member of the Laborers’ International Union of North America, where he serves as business manager of Local 668. He also serves as president of the Vermont AFL-CIO, advocating for workers’ rights in the Green Mountain state.Recently, the richest person in the world was granted a salary of $1 trillion over 10 years.Let that sink in. $1,000,000,000,000.
  One person will receive ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS per year for 10 year
  
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• Vermont bids for new federal money to boost rural health system

  28-11-2025 22:01 via vtdigger.org
  Owen Foster, chair of the Green Mountain Care Board, in 2023. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThe wishlist for achieving a more stable health care system in Vermont is a long and lofty one: By 2031, the Agency of Human Services says it aims to strengthen the rural health care workforce in the state and increase access to timely care in those rural areas, all while increasing quality and reducing cost. One big piece of achieving those goals rests in moving more of the health care Vermon
  
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• Craftsbury community weighs the impact of Sterling College’s closure

  28-11-2025 16:00 via vtdigger.org
  Kit Basom, right, a co-owner of the Craftsbury General Store, chats with a customer at the front counter in Craftsbury on Monday, Nov. 24. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerNed Houston wore many hats during his 37 years on staff at Sterling College, from president of the tiny Craftsbury Common college to what he called, “lowly faculty member.”Ned Houston and his wife, Susan, a former Craftsbury Selectboard member for 18 years, have lived in the small Northeast Kingdom town for decades.
  
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