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• Rockwell was ‘At Home in Vermont’

  27-06-2026 13:22 via vtdigger.org
  
  Shelburne Museum Curator Carolyn Bauer stands in front of the three Norman Rockwell paintings the museum owns. Photo by Sophia Balunek/Shelburne NewsThis story by Liberty Darr was first published in the Shelburne News on June 25, 2026.“In New York, the models I’ve had to depend on are all washed-out and unhealthy. Up here, I not only encounter practically every type of American I’ll ever have to use, but they look healthy!”The quote by iconic illustrator Norman Rockwell
  
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• West Rutland man killed in hit-and-run, state police say

  27-06-2026 01:26 via vtdigger.org
  
  A Vermont State Police cruiser seen in Burlington on Thursday, January 23, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerA West Rutland man was killed there early Friday morning in a hit-and-run crash on Main Street, and investigators are searching for the driver who fled, according to Vermont State Police.Devin Pierro, 30, of West Rutland, was walking west on Main Street near Whipple Hollow Road around 5:25 a.m. when a passing vehicle struck him, according to state police. He was pronounced dead at the
  
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• Beta Technologies plans to expand campus to 100 acres

  27-06-2026 00:32 via vtdigger.org
  
  Flyers for Beta Technologies’ Shunpike Road June 10 meeting to discuss growth plans with neighbors were still visible last week. Photo by Sophia Balunek/The Other PaperThis story by Liberty Darr was first published in The Other Paper on June 25, 2026.It’s no surprise that Beta Technologies, the electric aviation tech giant, has plans to build an empire in the Green Mountain State.But the company has now publicly showcased some preliminary plans to build out its campus off Williston
  
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• Driver faces charge of DUI with death resulting in Orleans County crash that killed passenger

  27-06-2026 00:24 via vtdigger.org
  
  A Vermont State Police cruiser seen in Burlington on Thursday, January 23, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerA Lowell man faces a charge of drunken driving with death resulting after a crash that killed a woman riding in the side-by-side vehicle he was driving Thursday night, according to Vermont State Police.Charging documents state that police were notified of the crash at around 10:30 p.m. on Newton Road in Lowell when Randy Lemieux II, 27, was driving a Polaris RZR. The vehicle rolled ov
  
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