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• After years of debate, Stowe caps short-term rentals

  01-08-2026 13:28 via vtdigger.org
  
  Downtown Stowe. Photo via Adobe StockThis story by Patrick Bilow was first published in the Stowe Reporter on July 30. Stowe has officially enacted regulations on certain short-term rental properties in town.The action, taken by the town selectboard last week, activates amendments to the town’s short-term rental ordinance and ends years of debate over how to regulate those properties to potentially create more long-term housing opportunities for residents of Stowe — or whether
  
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• ‘My thoughts were distorted’: Woman gets at least 10 years in Rutland fatal shooting

  01-08-2026 00:01 via vtdigger.org
  
  Judge Cortland Corsones presides in Rutland County Superior criminal court in Rutland in Jan. 2026. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerRUTLAND – A judge has approved a plea deal and sentenced a Rutland County woman to at least 10 years in prison for fatally shooting a man inside an apartment four years ago stemming from a drug-related dispute.Judge Cortland Corsones handed down the sentence to 39-year-old Courtney Samplatsky during a hearing Friday in Rutland Superior criminal court.&nbs
  
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• Regulators reject Route 100 quarry in Morristown

  01-08-2026 00:00 via vtdigger.org
  
  A 12-acre hill along Route 100 in Morristown. Photo by Gordon Miller/Stowe ReporterThis story by Patrick Bilow first appeared in the News & Citizen on July 30, 2026. After a two-year deliberation, the state Act 250 commission has rejected a Morristown business’s proposal to build a quarry operation on land across Route 100 from the Morrisville-Stowe Airport.Garret Hirchak, CEO and founder of Manufactured Solutions Inc., has for years been trying to build an industrial park on the
  
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