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• Lake Champlain ice is all it’s cracked up to be

  07-02-2026 12:55 via vtdigger.org
  Rescue personnel bring a boat onto the ice of Lake Champlain to rescue skaters who were trapped by a widening gap on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Photo via City of Vergennes Fire DepartmentJohn Rosenthal finds skating across the deep-blue ice of Lake Champlain at bike-level speeds to be “dramatic and exciting.” But the 75-year-old Charlotte resident has long known that ice skating on such a large, natural surface is not without risks. “We never say ice is safe, only skateable, b
  
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• John Steen: Deliver us from privatization

  07-02-2026 02:09 via vtdigger.org
  Dear Editor,In c. 500 B.C., Herodotus wrote, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” The iconic phrase often called the Postal Service’s motto — adapted from Herodotus and famously inscribed on New York City’s main post office — has long symbolized the reliability of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). It pains me to see that proud institution now being reduced and distorte
  
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• Vermont’s US senators celebrate more than $58 million in earmarks for local projects 

  07-02-2026 01:18 via vtdigger.org
  U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, left, and U.S. Senator Peter Welch, D-Vermont, speak during a press conference at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Friday, February 6, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerMONTPELIER — Vermont’s congressional delegation plans to funnel more than $58 million in federal funds to projects around the state including housing and infrastructure projects, technical school programs and construction for Vermont Air National Guard facilities. U.S. S
  
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• Cold snap expected to hit Vermont, exacerbating risks of heating fuel shortages 

  07-02-2026 01:08 via vtdigger.org
  Marie Devaney clears snow from a car on Wallace Street in Waterbury on Jan. 26, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerAs Vermonters prepare for another frigid weekend, a season of multiple cold snaps has led to heating fuel and firewood shortages. Beginning Saturday, a blast of arctic air will drop temperatures across Vermont, with windchills causing lows down to feel like minus 20 to minus 35 degrees, according to Matthew Clay, a meteorologist at the Burlington office of the National Weath
  
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• Vermont pursues junk food ban for 3SquaresVT recipients

  07-02-2026 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Photo via PexelsTheo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.Vermont officials are pursuing a ban on some “non-nutritious items” for recipients of the state’s largest food assistance program. Recipients would no longer be able to use funds from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, called 3SquaresVT in Vermont, to purchase certain goods. Elsewhere, such restrictions have ranged from only “soft drinks” in Color
  
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• Vermont hospitals say collaboration is saving them money. Now, they’re joining forces. 

  07-02-2026 00:49 via vtdigger.org
  Michael Costa, CEO of Gifford Health Care in Randolph, speaks during a press conference at the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin on Oct. 31, 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerWhen Michael Costa came aboard as CEO of Randolph’s Gifford Hospital in 2024, he couldn’t help but notice that the hospital’s inpatient beds were relatively empty. Meanwhile, Dartmouth Hitchcock’s and UVM Medical Center’s beds seemed to be overflowing. “So, we started
  
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