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• Vermont’s media has a rural blind spot

  10-06-2026 23:43 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Neil Ryan, a third-generation Vermont farmer and consultant helping brands and nonprofits in Corinth. A cross-partisan grassroots movement of many thousands rises from nowhere, forces the reversal of large parts of a gargantuan law months before its rules take effect, and offers a hyper-articulate set of underrepresented economic, cultural and policy interests. In an objective newsroom, that is the story of the year. At Vermont Public, VTDigger and Seven Days, coverag
  
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• ‘Like Christmas’: For Vermont’s Congolese community, a historic World Cup bid is cause for celebration

  10-06-2026 23:14 via vtdigger.org
  
  Muyisa Mutume, owner of the M Square Market in Winooski, is rooting for the Leopards soccer teams of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the upcoming World Cup. Seen on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerWINOOSKI — Muyisa Mutume’s neighborhood grocery store here is always stocked with food and drinks popular in his native Congo. But in recent months, he’s also been selling something else: soccer jerseys.That’s because, for the first time in more than h
  
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• Vermont Conversation: Are smartphones birth control? Economist Caitlin Myers on sex, abortion access and talking across divides

  10-06-2026 22:45 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues. Listen and subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts.Caitlin Myers is the John G. McCullough Professor of Economics at Middlebury College. Courtesy photoThe birth rate in the U.S. has dropped by an astonishing 22% since 2007. Are smartphones to blame?Yes, according to a groundbreaking new study by Middlebury econom
  
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• Facing hard truths is the only way to save Vermont’s rural schools

  10-06-2026 16:38 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,The challenges facing Vermont voters who believe in the value of public education are many. Vermont has many small, remote schools, and the population of school-age children and tax-paying parents is decreasing. The burden from income tax, sales tax and property tax hits everyone hard.But the education problem is also a housing and healthcare problem. Housing is scarce and expensive, and health insurance premiums are among the highest in the country.There are no easy or quick soluti
  
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• Marjorie Sugar

  10-06-2026 15:56 via vtdigger.org
  
  Born: 09/14/1942Danvers, MADied: 05/30/2026Hanceville, ALDetails of service:A service and shiva was held on June 2 in Birmingham, Alabama.With great sadness, we announce the passing of Marjorie Suanne Sugar, who died on May 30, 2026, at the age of 83. Margy grew up in the greater Washington, DC area, followed by 30 years in Vermont (Brattleboro, Johnson and Jericho), and finally 25 years in Birmingham, Alabama.Marjorie was preceded in death by her beloved parents, Samuel J. Sugar and Naomi V. S
  
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• Vermont Green FC plays Canada’s national soccer team in World Cup tuneup

  10-06-2026 12:45 via vtdigger.org
  
  Vermont Green FC plays a friendly match against the Canadian men’s national soccer team on June 6 in Montreal ahead of the 2026 World Cup. Photo courtesy of Vermont Green FCVermont Green FC, a semi-professional soccer club based in Burlington, played the Canadian men’s national team in a pre-FIFA World Cup scrimmage Saturday. The game, held in Montreal, served as one of Canada’s final training sessions before competing in this year’s World Cup, which starts Thursday
  
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