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• Keep rural Vermont stories in the spotlight

  20-12-2025 19:00 via vtdigger.org
  Dear Readers,Some of Vermont’s most important stories begin in its smallest towns. Part of VTDigger’s mission is to surface those stories and make sure the issues shaping rural communities are visible to the entire state.Because readers support our nonprofit newsroom, we can do that work. There are only 11 days left in our year end member drive. Will you chip in?
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  Recently I reported on the revival of freight service into the village of Gilman, where trains are soon expect
  
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• Paula Marks: Artificial intelligence vigilance is sorely needed

  20-12-2025 13:03 via vtdigger.org
  This commentary is by Paula Marks, of Guilford. She is a retired American Studies professor.AI has not crept but crashed into our lives, and it has its benefits. Yet there are three big reasons we should be wary of how it is being developed, and how quickly.First, while AI can provide a good summary or outline on a topic or a welcome reassuring presence, it also can present fiction as fact or as garbled and simply weird when it takes on a topic or a relationship. For example, those relying on C
  
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• ‘On the cusp of something very special.’ In Q&A, Vermont’s education secretary ponders the challenges and opportunities of ed reform.

  20-12-2025 12:55 via vtdigger.org
  Zoie Saunders, interim secretary of education, speaks during Gov. Phil Scott’s weekly press conference held at the Central Vermont Technical Center in Barre on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerVermont’s Education Secretary Zoie Saunders says the state is “really on the cusp of something very special,” as lawmakers gear up for what will be a critical legislative session in determining the future of public education reform.In an interview with VTDigge
  
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• Northfield signs a severance agreement with its town manager

  20-12-2025 02:55 via vtdigger.org
  The Northfield municipal building on Friday, August 1, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerTown Manager Jeff Schulz is no longer an employee of Northfield. Charlie Morse, the town’s selectboard chair, confirmed that Friday was his last day.The five-member selectboard passed a severance agreement at a special meeting Wednesday. Morse was the lone dissenter on the 4-1 vote taken in executive session, according to the meeting minutes.Unlike prior board meetings, the meeting was not str
  
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