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An insurance card is not an appointment

26-07-2026 15:52 via vtdigger.org

This commentary is by Matt Swenson, who is the founder of Omnidex Solutions, a risk diagnostics company. He lives in Vermont.Vermont’s healthcare debate has spent a decade stuck on the wrong question. The political class argues about who should pay the bill. Patients are asking something simpler: Can I actually see a doctor?Insurance is not care. Coverage is not capacity. A promise from the government does not create a primary care appointment, a hospital bed, a nurse or an operating room

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Norwich sets $250 fee for short-term rentals

26-07-2026 15:18 via vtdigger.org

Priscilla Vincent raises her hand with a question, at left, during a public comment period before the Selectboard at Tracy Hall on a proposed zoning bylaw to regulate short-term rentals in Norwich, Vt., on Wednesday, July 23, 2026. Planning Director and Zoning Administrator Steven True is at right. The Selectboard voted to approve the bylaw for a two-year period which will require owners of such accommodations to register the property, submit to an inspection, and pay a $250 fee. Photo by: Jame

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Then Again: When a mysterious killer stalked the men of Bristol

26-07-2026 14:18 via vtdigger.org

A group of men pause to pose and enjoy a drink in a photo taken circa 1900-1910. In 1903, Vermont ended the longstanding statewide prohibition of the sale or consumption of alcohol for anything except “medicinal, chemical or mechanical purposes.” Replacing it was a “local option” law, whereby individual communities voted whether to ban alcohol within their boundaries. Photo courtesy of Lake Champlain Maritime Museum/Vermont Historical SocietyThe first signs of trouble we

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‘Fertile period’ in Rutland City 25 years ago served as backdrop for photographer’s surreal scenes of suburban life

26-07-2026 13:33 via vtdigger.org

GREGORY CREWDSON, Untitled, 2002, Digital pigment print, image size 40 x 25 in. © Gregory CrewdsonOver the course of several weeks in the summer of 2001, photographer Gregory Crewdson captured unsettling and surreal scenes of American suburban life in a ranch-style home in Rutland. The series made in Rutland included pictures of a stunned Tilda Swinton looking toward the sky out of frame, with her hand gently resting on a car hood. One photo shows a weary Phillip Seymour-Hoffman droop

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‘The worst possible catch-22’: Fish and Wildlife struggles to combat bear rumors

26-07-2026 12:45 via vtdigger.org

A bear enjoying a dumpster feast earlier this year in Eden, Vermont. Photo by S. Chambers, courtesy of Vermont Fish and Wildlife.As bear-human incidents continue at record rates, the state Fish and Wildlife Department is encountering public misperception that is leading Vermonters to avoid reporting minor bear activity because they fear the bear will be killed.This often leads to “the worst possible catch-22 for the bears,” said Joshua Morse, public information officer for the depar

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