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• Young Writers Project: ‘Longhand’

  08-02-2026 13:03 via vtdigger.org
  “Bridges,” by Ursa Goldenrose, 16, HardwickYoung Writers Project is a creative, online community of teen writers and visual artists that started in Burlington in 2006. Each week, VTDigger publishes the writing and art of young Vermonters who post their work on youngwritersproject.org, a free, interactive website for youth, ages 13-19. To find out more, please go to youngwritersproject.org or contact Executive Director Susan Reid at sreid@youngwrite
  
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• Vermonter Bob Yates Jr. was one of the first Patriots. His football legacy lives on still.

  08-02-2026 13:00 via vtdigger.org
  As Vermonters sit down with their beers and wings to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday, they will not see one of their own on the field. There are no native sons representing the state during Sunday’s big game. In fact, no Vermont-born players are on a single NFL roster at all. Period.Still, there is a home-state connection: A Vermonter, born and bred in Montpelier, was on the very first Patriots team. Two generations later, his family members are still devoted fans.The New England Patriots,
  
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• To debate or not to debate? On world issues, that is Vermont’s Town Meeting question.

  08-02-2026 12:55 via vtdigger.org
  Vermonters who called for a nuclear arms freeze at 1982 Town Meetings carry a banner in New York City that June. Photo by Toby Talbot/Associated Press
  Most Vermonters tap March Town Meetings to chew over proposed local spending and, on occasion, a potluck lunch. But residents in Newfane, population 1,645, have bit into a smorgasbord of larger issues, be it calls to ban genetically modified foods in 2002, impeach President George W. Bush in 2006, oppose the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza in 2024 or pl
  
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• In Morristown, an industrial park proposal gets a rocky reception

  08-02-2026 12:53 via vtdigger.org
  Morrisville business owner Hank Glowiak talks during a Morristown Selectboard meeting on Monday, Feb. 2 that drew scores of residents concerned about Manufacturing Solutions, Inc.’s proposed industrial park on Route 100, across from the Morrisville-Stowe airport. Photo by Gordon Miller/News & CitizenThis story by Patrick Bilow was first published in News & Citizen on Feb. 5, 2026.A Morristown Selectboard meeting last Monday saw the highest attendance in years, board chair Don McDo
  
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• When schools are too small for kids to thrive

  08-02-2026 12:00 via vtdigger.org
  Katherine Quimby Johnson is a freelance writer and editor, and writes the local news column for the News & Citizen in Morrisville.I’ve been following the debate over small schools for what feels like decades. For all the talk about the merits and costs of small schools, there are two points I have yet to see raised. Both concern the student experience in small elementary schools.The first is teacher and student compatibility. Teachers may all use the same methods and be equally profes
  
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