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• A choice ‘on a scale from environmental to spiritual’

  10-07-2026 22:33 via vtdigger.org
  
  Michael Mayer, director and resident steward of Higher Ground and one of the nonprofit’s three founding board members, stands at the entrance of the new natural burial cemetery on the Manitou Project’s conserved land in Williamsville. Courtesy photo from Kelly FletcherThis story by Annie Landenberger was first published in The Commons on July 7, 2026.WILLIAMSVILLE — After several years of gestation, Higher Ground Conservation Burial will finally be celebrated this weekend when
  
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• Benjamin “Ben” Huffman

  10-07-2026 21:46 via vtdigger.org
  
  Born: 11/08/1937Lewisburg, OhioDied: 07/08/2026Montpelier, VermontDetails of service:No service planned. Contact Kristin Glaser for more information.Benjamin “Ben” Huffman, 88, died July 8, 2026 at his Montpelier home, from polycystic kidney failure.Ben was a worker, and a thinker, sustained by his marriage of 50 years to Kristin Glaser, and by the pleasure of his children. Ben had a three decade career in Vermont helping the state’s political leaders analyze public polic
  
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• Vermont’s public schools could benefit from a new federal school choice tax credit program, but skeptics abound

  10-07-2026 21:23 via vtdigger.org
  
  Students outside of the Westford School in April 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerVermont may soon opt into a federal school choice tax credit program that would allow parents to make tax deductible payments toward private school tuition and possibly public school programs.The program, and whether to opt in, was a quiet point of contention this legislation session. But news that the Trump administration may allow the tax credit dollars to flow to public afterschool and summer school pr
  
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• Vermont’s public schools could benefit from a new federal school choice tax credit program, but skeptics abound.

  10-07-2026 21:23 via vtdigger.org
  Students outside of the Westford School in April 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerVermont may soon opt into a federal school choice tax credit program that would allow parents to make tax deductible payments toward private school tuition and possibly public school programs.The program, and whether to opt in, was a quiet point of contention this legislation session. But news that the Trump administration may allow the tax credit dollars to flow to public afterschool and summer school pr
  
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• When did school boards stop answering to the public?

  10-07-2026 20:59 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Rebecca Foster, a former Champlain Valley Union High School parent who lives in Hinesburg.For an hour at the Champlain Valley School District board meeting on June 30, district residents took the microphone, one after another, to deliver reasoned, well-researched arguments against the contentious artificial turf proposal for Champlain Valley Union High School. In aggregate, it was a damning financial, legal, environmental, ethical and health verdict. After public comm
  
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• July 10 is synonymous with flooding in Vermont. Here’s a look back at VTDigger’s coverage.

  10-07-2026 12:45 via vtdigger.org
  
  Brady Gervais uses a kayak to navigate flooded Route 5 in Lyndonville. File photo by Ethan Weinstein/VTDiggerFriday marks three years since the devastating floods of 2023 — and two years since 2024’s repeat in some towns. For many Vermonters, July 10 resurfaces memories of communities under water, homes inundated and neighbors supporting neighbors through disaster. At VTDigger, we’ve worked to bring comprehensive coverage of Vermont’s years of severe flood
  
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