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• White out: Vermont’s tallest peak buried under record-breaking powder

  16-12-2025 23:45 via vtdigger.org
  A snowy scene on Mt. Mansfield, the state’s highest peak. Photo by Molly Walsh/CNS
  More than 5 feet of snow currently blanket Vermont’s tallest peak — the deepest powder in recorded history for Mount Mansfield on this date.The Mount Mansfield snow stake hit 63 inches Thursday, said Burlington-based National Weather Service meteorologist Adrianna Kremer, more than 3 feet deeper than the average 22-inch depth expected this time of year. As of Tuesday, the snow depth at the
  
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• Vermont farm hit with claims of dumping toxins into Lake Champlain waterways

  16-12-2025 23:34 via vtdigger.org
  A farmer hays a field in Cambridge on June 8, 2021. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerAn environmental group filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a Vermont dairy farm, alleging that the farm has dumped toxic chemicals into waterways feeding Lake Champlain at levels far exceeding federal and state standards.  Vorsteveld, LLP, an Addison County milking operation with more than 2,300 cows, was sued by the Conservation Law Foundation, an advocacy group in New England, and the Vermont Natural
  
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• Honoring all paths: Tips for talking with students about the future this holiday season

  16-12-2025 20:29 via vtdigger.org
  Winter break offers a welcome chance to slow down, reconnect with friends and family, and—most importantly—rest. These quieter moments often create space for deeper conversations we may not have the time for during busier times, including discussions about interests, goals, and aspirations. Those conversations can naturally lead to important reflections on the future. Fortunately, there are many affordable, flexible ways for students of all ages to learn and train for careers a
  
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• Just ‘one gin and tonic’: Vekos gets probation and possibility for clean record after DUI 

  16-12-2025 17:43 via vtdigger.org
  Addison County States Attorney Eva Vekos pleads no contest to a DUI charge in Chittenden County Superior criminal court Burlington on Tuesday, Dec. 16. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerUpdated at 5:17 p.m.BURLINGTON — Addison County State’s Attorney Eva Vekos pleaded no contest Tuesday to a charge of drunken driving and received a six-month deferred sentence, allowing the conviction to be cleared from her record provided she does not commit any violations during that period.The misdem
  
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• Addison County State’s Attorney Eva Vekos receives deferred sentence after no contest plea in drunken driving charge

  16-12-2025 17:43 via vtdigger.org
  Addison County States Attorney Eva Vekos pleads no contest to a DUI charge in Chittenden County Superior criminal court Burlington on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerBURLINGTON – Addison County State’s Attorney Eva Vekos pleaded no contest Tuesday to a charge of drunken driving and received a six-month deferred sentence, allowing the conviction to be cleared from her record provided she does not commit any violations during that period.The misdemeanor char
  
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• Eric Sorenson, Brett Engstrom, and Liz Thompson: We need more wild forests and ecological forestry.

  16-12-2025 13:05 via vtdigger.org
  Dear Editor,We applaud Mr. Riley’s excellent opinion piece on ecological forestry. We share his love of forests.Forest loss and fragmentation diminish both the vast biological and ecological functions of forests and all the benefits we humans derive from them. Permanent conservation is needed to keep forests as forests.Ecological forestry, which we fully endorse, is an approach to both maintain forests and to produce the products we need locally. 
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• Lamoille FiberNet finishes county-wide internet build-out

  16-12-2025 12:57 via vtdigger.org
  Spools of fiber optic cable. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThis story by Aaron Calvin was first published in News & Citizen on Dec. 11, 2025.The Lamoille FiberNet communications union district announced last week that it had reached its goal of ensuring every on-grid address within Lamoille County has access to at least one high-speed internet provider.Over two summers of construction, workers laid 550 miles of fiber, and multi-gigabit-capable service is now available to 5,000 unserve
  
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