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• Northfield fills key vacancies with interim hires, signs agreement for police coverage

  20-01-2026 23:57 via vtdigger.org
  The Northfield municipal building on Aug. 1, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerNorthfield started the year with some key interim hires and signed an agreement with Montpelier for police coverage in the small Washington County town of about 5,900.Steven Mackenzie, an engineer and former city manager in Barre, came out of retirement this month to serve as the interim town manager on a part-time basis. Introduced at a Jan. 13 selectboard meeting, Mackenzie said he learned about the vacancy
  
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• Gov. Scott pushes for ‘disciplined’ spending with $9.4 billion state budget proposal

  20-01-2026 20:08 via vtdigger.org
  Gov. Phil Scott delivers his budget address at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday, January 20, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerUpdated at 6:38 p.m.MONTPELIER — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott proposed a $9.4 billion budget to state lawmakers on Tuesday that he called a “disciplined” spending plan in the face of waning support — and more cuts likely to come — from the federal government. Scott’s proposal, which lays out spending for a one-year period st
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott unveils $9.4 billion state budget proposal

  20-01-2026 20:08 via vtdigger.org
  Gov. Phil Scott delivers his budget address at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday, January 20, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerMONTPELIER — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott proposed a $9.4 billion budget to state lawmakers on Tuesday that he called a “disciplined” spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year in the face of wavering support from the federal government.Scott’s proposal is about 3% larger than the budget he and the Legislature put in place for the current ye
  
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• Maureen Larkin Seiple

  20-01-2026 15:33 via vtdigger.org
  Born Aug. 13, 1926Northhampton, MassachusettsDied Jan. 18, 2026Pasadena, CaliforniaDetails of servicesThe family will hold a celebration of Maureen’s life this summer. Maureen Larkin Seiple, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, friend, teacher and world traveler, passed away peacefully, at the age of 99, on Jan. 8, 2026. She touched many lives in her near-century on this planet, and left it a better place.Maureen was born in Northampton, Massachusetts on Aug. 13, 1
  
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• Linda Smith: Education reform requires hard choices

  20-01-2026 02:31 via vtdigger.org
  Dear Editor,I am a school board member, but I write today as a past teacher. I am a Democrat, but I support the governor’s efforts to change our education system because we will be in crisis otherwise.Almost three years ago, the Joint Fiscal Office Report identified possible options to contain educational costs, including encouraging or mandating more mergers, consolidating administrative services and moving education spending decisions to a statewide level. But there was very little
  
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• Struggling South Royalton deli prepares for new ownership

  20-01-2026 00:02 via vtdigger.org
  Brenda Cohen, 78, of Tunbridge, adds a bucket on Thursday, Jan. 15, to the 30 yard dumpster she filled with the help of friends and family as they cleaned out RB’s Deli over a ten day period in South Royalton. Daisey Darling, who had leased the business from Cohen, closed the deli and convenience store abruptly in December. Cohen said she will keep ownership of the building, which also has two apartments upstairs, but has a buyer for the business who hopes to be opening in April. Photo by
  
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