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Forest workers deserve a voice in decisions about public lands

14-06-2026 17:33 via vtdigger.org

Zack Porter’s recent commentary for VTDigger, in which he said that Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources is threatening democratic ideals, omitted some inconvenient facts.First, Porter implies that the only people with a right to weigh in on management of Vermont’s state forests are those who use them for “s’mores, skis and summer hikes.” He doesn’t mention that many people in Vermont derive their livelihood from harvesting and manufacturing wood produ

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Vergennes battery project on hold

14-06-2026 16:07 via vtdigger.org

Power lines cut across a Vermont hillside. File photo by Josh Larkin/VTDiggerThis story by Sophia Keshmiri was first published in the Addison Independent on June 11, 2026.VERGENNES — The company that proposed building a battery energy storage system at 99 Panton Road in Vergennes has put the project on pause. The Wednesday announcement comes on the heels of a tense informational meeting in the Little City the previous week that featured pushback from residents who’ve expressed

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Haskell library opens a new door to Canadians, but have they closed the door on Vermont?

14-06-2026 15:13 via vtdigger.org

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection sign next to the Haskell Free Library and Opera House on June 10, 2026. Photo by Charlotte Oliver/VTDiggerSTANSTEAD, CANADA — For more than a century, Canadians could quietly cross an international border to check out a book at the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, which straddles the border with Vermont. That suddenly changed last year when U.S. border officials demanded Canadians go through an official checkpoint before entering the building&rsqu

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How Vermont is celebrating Pride Month — without the Pride Center

14-06-2026 14:28 via vtdigger.org

A person wears a hat festooned with pride flags during Montpelier Pride on the lawn of the Statehouse in Montpelier in May 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThe news was “heartbreaking.” After 26 years, the Pride Center closed its doors in October due to a critical funding shortfall, said Monica Allard, co-chair of the center’s board of directors. It had lost money that typically comes from the federal government through the state of Vermont, a result of changing

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A former teacher and preacher, Vermont writer Garret Keizer seeks hope amid the headlines

14-06-2026 13:21 via vtdigger.org

Northeast Kingdom writer Garret Keizer is the author of a new book of essays, “Starting from Paterson.” Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerGarret Keizer was listening to a prison group talk about his quarter-century-old first novel, “God of Beer,” when he felt gobsmacked.“It was quite humbling to have some of these young men quote passages to me that I couldn’t even remember writing,” he recently recalled with a laugh.Keizer could be forgiven. The 73

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