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• Gov. Phil Scott taps Christina Nolan and Michael Drescher for state’s highest court

  05-01-2026 20:31 via vtdigger.org
  Christina Nolan and Michael Drescher. Photos courtesy of the Office of Gov. Phil ScottGov. Phil Scott made two appointments to the Vermont Supreme Court, naming one former top federal prosecutor and another currently serving in that role for Vermont to fill the open spots on the state’s high court.  Scott, a Republican, announced in a press release Monday the appointments of Christina Nolan, who served as U.S. Attorney for Vermont from 2017 to 2021 during the first President Don
  
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• Suzanne Chant

  05-01-2026 17:11 via vtdigger.org
  Born Sept. 29, 1951Darby, PennsylvaniaDied Dec. 25, 2025Colchester, VermontDetails of servicesA memorial service is planned for spring.Suzanne Chant, 74, of South Burlington, died on Dec. 25, 2025, alongside family and friends, after a long illness.Suzanne is survived by her children Gerry Canavan and wife Jaimee Hills, Patrick Canavan, and Ariel Chant and partner Will Willoughby. She was “Susu” to grandchildren Hannah, Zoey, Dalton, and Connor, and step-granddaughters Jal
  
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• Anne Pratt Slatin

  05-01-2026 16:50 via vtdigger.org
  Born Oct. 31, 1944Buffalo, N.Y.Died Oct. 17, 2025Stamford, N.Y.Anne Pratt Slatin passed away on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, at The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, N.Y., at the age of 80 from pneumonia.
  She was born on Oct. 31, 1944, in Buffalo, New York, to Mary McNeil and Wilson Holly Pratt. Her early summers were spent at Camp Otsego in Cooperstown, where she began as a camper and later taught sailing — friendships from those years stayed with her for life.In 19
  
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• Bruce Cole

  05-01-2026 16:19 via vtdigger.org
  Born April 19, 1933Medford, MassachusettsDied Dec. 24, 2025Marlboro, VermontDetails of servicesHe has been laid to rest in King Cemetery in Marlboro. A celebration of life for Bruce will be held mid-April 2026. Letters of condolence can be sent to the family at P.O. Box 133, Marlboro, Vermont 05344.Bruce Cole, 92, of Marlboro, passed away peacefully on Dec. 24, 2025, surrounded by his family. Born on April 19, 1933, in Medford, Massachusetts, Bruce was the son of Barbara Sawyer Cole a
  
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• Molly Gray is running for Vermont lieutenant governor — again

  05-01-2026 15:00 via vtdigger.org
  Lt. Gov. Molly Gray speaks to a crowd at the Amtrak station in St. Albans July 19, 2021. File photo by Riley Robinson/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — Molly Gray, the former Vermont lieutenant governor who also ran, unsuccessfully, for a seat in Congress, wants her old job back.Gray announced her campaign for the state’s second-highest office Monday morning at a coffee shop in the South End of Burlington. Gray is running as a Democrat; if she wins the party’s primary in August, she’
  
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