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• Research at Middlebury College reveals nuanced story about artificial intelligence use

  28-06-2026 15:32 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Davis Family Library at Middlebury College in Middlebury in November 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThis story by Jing Williams was first published in the Addison Independent on June 25, 2026.MIDDLEBURY — Artificial intelligence is a powerful force in education today. It can accurately summarize novels, write essays, solve math problems and code — in seconds.And a popular narrative online now is that most college students use AI to automate their work and to cheat, Mi
  
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• Vermont lawmakers tried to curb license plate surveillance. Police found a way around it.

  28-06-2026 14:18 via vtdigger.org
  
  State lawmakers clamped down on the use of automatic cameras to track vehicles by their license plates years ago, and Vermont police have told the Legislature they no longer use such surveillance.   But behind the scenes it was a different story: They just reached across state lines to do it, according to a data analysis by VTDigger. Vermont police departments conducted over 100 license plate searches since 2023, surveilling people under investigation when they traveled out
  
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• As Beta Technologies expands employment — and investors — other technical businesses struggle to survive

  28-06-2026 13:36 via vtdigger.org
  
  Bill Hanf of Green Mountain Avionics shows a private aircraft at Middlebury Airport in Middleburyon Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerFor six months, Nathan Merrill would come into work at Green Mountain Avionics, an aircraft maintenance company in Middlebury, at 3:00 a.m. and leave at 6:00 p.m. “There wasn’t very many of me,” he recounted. With a short staff of technicians and a pile of projects to be completed, Merill clocked in the long hours to ens
  
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• Dog attacks are a people problem, not a breed problem

  28-06-2026 13:19 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Alana Stevenson, an animal behaviorist with more than 20 years of experience. She provides humane dog and cat training.Earlier this month, a woman in Essex was charged with manslaughter after police said her dog attacked and killed her father. After the incident in March, online discussions and selectboards focused on breed bans — specifically targeting pit bulls, a broad, generic term applied to Staffordshire terriers, bull terriers and square-headed mixed breeds.Th
  
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• Can Vermont celebrate a big national birthday amid turbulent times? We did in 1976.

  28-06-2026 12:42 via vtdigger.org
  
  A “George Washington Slept Here” float marks the U.S. bicentennial in Brattleboro on July 4, 1976. Family photo courtesy of Kevin O’ConnorOn July 4, 1976, a gaggle of Brattleboro grade-schoolers celebrated the nation’s 200th anniversary by tying a pair of bedposts to a Jeep, blanketing the hood with a sheet and turning a beach ball into the head of the first president.“George Washington Slept Here,” read the sign my friends and I crafted for our attempt at a
  
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