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• Ex-Rutland City officer faces allegations of violating anti-bias policy, falsifying report

  23-07-2026 23:51 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Rutland City Police Department in Dec. 2021.File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerA now-former Rutland City police officer is facing allegations from law enforcement authorities that he violated the state-mandated Fair and Impartial Policing Policy and in a separate incident falsified a police report.In one instance, a state panel overseeing law enforcement in Vermont is set to hold a hearing regarding allegations that Nicholas Fontana improperly asked people in a vehicle for identification a
  
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• Don’t blame incomers for Vermont’s housing woes

  23-07-2026 23:28 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,We know Vermont has a housing problem; affordability and availability are both major issues here. I moved here during Covid-19 not to get away from a city but because my family lived here. I wanted to be a part of my grandchildren’s lives, so here I am. I want to rebut something a previous letter to VTDigger raised, saying newcomers to Vermont paid “obscene prices” for housing and ruined it for everyone else in the state. May I ask who set the prices for the h
  
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• Statehouse know-how or outsider’s perspective? The 2 Democrats who want to be Vermont’s next governor

  23-07-2026 21:53 via vtdigger.org
  
  Aly Richards, left, and Amanda Janoo, democratic candidates for governor, speak during a housing forum in South Burlington on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThe two Democrats vying to take on Vermont’s Republican Gov. Phil Scott this year have never run for office before. But they’ve also raked in far more money at this stage in the race than either of the Democrats who challenged Scott in 2024 and 2022.Ask Amanda Janoo and Aly Richards why that might be th
  
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• VTDigger expands statewide news partnership with four southern Vermont newspapers

  23-07-2026 21:14 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Bennington Battle Monument. Photo via Adobe StockVTDigger CEO Brendan Kinney announced Thursday that the online statewide news organization has recently partnered with four newspapers covering southern Vermont. The latest partnerships with the Bennington Banner, Manchester Journal, Brattleboro Reformer and Mountain Times (Killington) build on VTDigger’s existing partnership with The Commons in Brattleboro, bringing the total number of community news sharing partners to 21.“
  
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• Vermont schools should invest in student journalism

  23-07-2026 20:56 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Katerine Lacourciere, a rising senior at Essex High School, where she is a staff writer for the Hive.Journalism is essential to inform communities, hold those in power accountable and give voice to perspectives that might otherwise go unheard. So why isn’t there more of a push to train the next generation of journalists?A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to work in a newsroom alongside 13 other dedicated high school journalists through the New England High School
  
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• Vermont-born Broadway musical ‘Hadestown’ returns home — as a movie

  23-07-2026 20:38 via vtdigger.org
  
  The cast of “Hadestown” performs at the 73rd annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 9, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)Vermont singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s musical “Hadestown” began two decades ago as what she calls a “do-it-yourself community theater project” before begetting a concept album, a touring concert, theater workshops and a Tony Award-winning Broadway show.Now the modern take on ancient
  
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• Killing trees to save the forest: The deadly experiment to rescue the American elm

  23-07-2026 19:28 via vtdigger.org
  
  A research specialist with the University of Vermont records information about young elm trees that have been inoculated with Dutch elm disease on May 19, 2026. Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe via Getty Images via GristThis story was produced by Grist and co-published with VTDigger.After more than a decade of nurturing, it had come time to infect this 28-acre grove of American elms with a disease that would almost certainly kill them. Dressed in hunter-green muck boots, gray pants and a brow
  
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• Is it safe to eat lettuce? Upper Valley experts answer key questions on cyclosporiasis outbreak

  23-07-2026 00:26 via vtdigger.org
  
  Danielle Pappo chooses bags of spinach from Killdeer Farm and lettuce from Crossroad Farm while shopping at the Co-Op Food Store in White River Junction, Vt., on Friday, July 17, 2026. “It’s more fun to shop up here honestly because they have so much local stuff,” said Pappo, of Palmer, Mass., who is staying in the Upper Valley while working as a baker at King Arthur Flour. Dawn Archambeault, director of marketing and consumer relations for the Co-op Food Stores said the groce
  
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• Enough with the excuses. Help Vermont’s loggers.

  23-07-2026 00:14 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by William Sargent, a lifelong Vermont woodsman and the author of the memoir “50 Years a Dirt Forester: Always Outside and Never Behind a Desk.”Since the announcement of the closure of the Finch Paper mill in Glens Falls, New York, on July 17, I’ve received multiple emails, texts and phone calls asking for my take on the situation.Without a doubt, it is one of the most impactful events in my 50-plus-year career as a forester in Vermont. The economic impact o
  
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