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• Jess Frey: Vermont’s economy no longer works for working families

  28-12-2025 13:02 via vtdigger.org
  Dear Editor,I’m done being told to “work harder” in a state where the numbers prove the system is failing — especially for kids.I have a healthy 3-year-old, and like countless Vermont parents, I am doing everything right. I work. I budget. I plan. And still, stability feels out of reach. According to the MIT Living Wage Calculator, a single adult in Vermont needs about $25 an hour just to cover basic necessities — housing, food, transportation, health care —
  
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• It’s bird feeder season in Vermont. Here’s what to know about owning one.

  28-12-2025 12:52 via vtdigger.org
  A bird perches on a feeder in Jericho on Thursday, Dec. 18. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerJillian Kilborn is particularly excited to put up her bird feeders this year. Food shortages up north are expected to send winter finches to Vermont for the season, meaning that she could see Red Crossbills and Pine Grosbeaks in her yard for the first time since 2021. Birders call it the “finch irruption.” “We were home on a consistent basis because of Covid, so I really kind o
  
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• Hardwick’s Galaxy Bookshop shines on

  28-12-2025 12:50 via vtdigger.org
  Sandy Scott (left) and Andrea Jones, in the children’s book section of the Galaxy Bookshop they’ve owned together for 11 years. Photo by Alana Dutcher-Hirsch/CNSAlana Dutcher-Hirsch is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program.HARDWICK — Best friends and store owners for 11 years, Andrea Jones and Sandy Scott — “work wives,” as they affectionately call each other
  
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• Ben & Jerry’s tops 2024 wastewater violations list for reporting lapses

  28-12-2025 12:50 via vtdigger.org
  For the past 35 years, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream plant in Waterbury has pretreated wastewater before it is discharged into the municipal system. File photo by Gordon Miller/Waterbury RoundaboutThis story by Lisa Scagliotti was first published in The Waterbury Roundabout on Dec. 22, 2025.A state announcement of industrial wastewater pretreatment permit violations reports that Ben & Jerry’s ice cream plant in Waterbury topped the list of 17 companies that logged infractions in 2
  
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