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• Jeffery Carl Dickson

  10-05-2024 21:10 via vtdigger.org
  
  Born Jan. 29, 1945
  Cleveland, Ohio
  Died April 4, 2024Jamaica, Vermont
  Details of servicesA service will be held for Jeff and his wife, Patti, at 10 a.m. on May 11, 2024, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Wolfeboro, NH, followed by a reception at the Inn on Main Street.Jeffery Carl Dickson, 79, passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2024, surrounded by his family at his home after a six-month battle with esophageal cancer. Born in Cleveland, OH, he had a talent for music early in life. He majored in j
  
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• Gaining the security to grow in place

  10-05-2024 20:31 via vtdigger.org
  
  It all started as a sharpening business in the late 1970s. Then it dabbled with a few production orders of costly saw blades. Over time, the manufacturing volume increased and the price decreased, making Super Thin Saws more accessible.With growth came needs — more staff, which turned to more space. That’s when the company entered its home base that has lasted until today, in Waterbury.Now Super Thin Saws owns those two building units it occupies. Just weeks after last summer’
  
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• Edward J. Sbardellati

  10-05-2024 20:26 via vtdigger.org
  
  Born Dec. 3, 1946Derby, ConnecticutDied April 14, 2024
  Middlesex, VermontEdward J. Sbardellati (Ed), 77, of Middlesex, VT passed away at his home on April 17, 2024.Ed was born in Derby, CT to his parents Edward Sbardellati, Sr. and Genevieve Sbardellati, née Bilcz, on December 3, 1946.Ed earned an AB History degree from Norwich University in 1968, an MS in Elementary Education in 1972 from Southern Connecticut State University, a MED in Special Education in 1975 from the University of Ver
  
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• Kelsey Julia Boleski

  10-05-2024 19:54 via vtdigger.org
  
  Kelsey Julia Boleski left us on March 3, 2024 in Crested Butte Colorado at the age of 34.An avid athlete, outdoorswoman, skier, biker, horsewoman, animal lover and creator of circles of friends which overlapped and connected people across the country. Kelsey was funny, moody, busy, driven, tenacious, adventurous, loving, loyal and honest about her struggles with mental health. Kelsey started crawling at six months old and walking at nine months and started running shortly thereafter. She ne
  
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• Keeping tradition alive means looking to the future, too

  10-05-2024 19:34 via vtdigger.org
  
  When Erin Smith’s father-in-law, Dave Sawyer, started building Windsor chairs in 1982, he was focused on staying true to the historic form. He also taught others to create the refined, delicate furniture. Many of the most prominent Windsor chairmakers today learned directly from him, Smith said.When Dave began thinking about retirement, his son George — Smith’s husband — realized the end of an era could be near. George came home to Woodbury to learn from his father, even
  
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• Plan on track to ship Upper Valley mail to Connecticut for sorting

  10-05-2024 18:43 via vtdigger.org
  
  Carol Fairbanks loads sorted mail into bins at the U.S. Postal Service processing plant in White River Junction on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. File photo by James M. Patterson/Valley NewsThis story by Patrick Adrian was first published by the Valley News on May 9.WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The U.S. Postal Service will proceed with a plan to move mail sorting operations for Upper Valley communities from White River Junction to Connecticut, according to a USPS facilities study released this week.T
  
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• Brian J. Walsh: Gov. Scott’s insistence on having his way is blatantly anti-democratic

  10-05-2024 13:01 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,For someone whose schtick has been “at least I’m not as bad as Trump,” Gov. Scott’s egregious usurpation of legislative power is downright Trumpian. Perhaps the last few barely contested elections have kindled visions of a “King” Scott?Since the Vermont Constitution allows gubernatorial appointments with “the advice and consent of the Senate,” Scott’s installation of Zoie Saunders as interim secretary of education is inherently un
  
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• Howard Krum: Developers are not friends of Vermont (i.e., greed is not good)

  10-05-2024 12:01 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,This is another naive and short-sighted opinion piece by Ali Jalili — profiteering, greedy and yes, villainous, developers have a horrific track record everywhere around the globe because exploitation is the cornerstone of their business model. Developers employ a win/lose approach: they win by extracting their massive profits only when someone else loses.Increased protection of Vermont’s social and natural resources is the only viable way to improve our economic outlook.
  
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• Vermont congressional delegation calls on FEMA to improve flood recovery efforts

  10-05-2024 03:28 via vtdigger.org
  
  Members of a FEMA outreach team, wearing dark blue shirts, talk to a resident of a flood-affected neighborhood on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 in Chester. The team was knocking on doors in flood-affected areas to advise residents how to register and apply for help under FEMA’s Disaster Survivor Assistance program. Photo by Stefan Hard/VTDigger
  Vermont’s congressional delegation on Thursday called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to address shortcomings it said residents faced
  
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• As lawmakers race to adjourn, the fate of Vermont’s landmark data privacy proposals is uncertain

  10-05-2024 03:10 via vtdigger.org
  
  Rep. James Gregoire, R-Fairfield, speaks on the floor of the House at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThe fate of two landmark data privacy proposals appeared uncertain late Thursday as Vermont lawmakers barrelled toward a self-imposed Friday deadline to adjourn the state’s 2024 legislative session.In recent days, the Vermont House and Senate have gone back and forth over two bills aimed at the nation’s largest social media compan
  
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• Counting critters: Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas turns 30

  10-05-2024 01:04 via vtdigger.org
  
  A blue spotted salamander crawls across the ground in New Haven in April. Photo by Cedulie Benoit-Smith
  Cedulie Benoit-Smith is a reporter with Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program.When Jim Andrews began work on the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas in 1994, the goal was simple: collect information to help inform the decisions of the state committee deciding which species should be listed, and protected, as endanger
  
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• Final Reading: Citizen group rallies at Statehouse against Democratic supermajority’s agenda

  10-05-2024 00:47 via vtdigger.org
  
  Downstream Vermonters, a coalition of people opposed to higher taxes and more regulations coming from the state government, gather at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger“Tap trees — not Vermonters.” That was the message that a loose coalition of about 100 people brought to the Statehouse Thursday, on yellow-and-green signs and at a midday press conference, raising a last-minute alarm over legislation they said would make Vermo
  
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• State parks celebrate 100th anniversary while rebuilding from historic July floods

  10-05-2024 00:27 via vtdigger.org
  
  Seb Ramey, assistant park manager of Jamaica State Park, points out on Monday, May 6, portions of the damaged slope where soil and rocks have moved in the past week. Photo by Tiffany Tan/VTDigger
  JAMAICA — Vermont state parks are marking their centennial this year, a season-long celebration that park officials are hoping will bring a record number of visitors after the disruptions from last summer’s statewide flooding.Officials are hoping to receive 1.2 million campers and day visit
  
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