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• Burlington is facing a public safety emergency

  03-08-2026 23:26 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,As a father of two young daughters, aged 4 and 5, I never imagined that a simple walk to get ice cream would become a lesson in open-air drug use and public disorder in the heart of our city.Recently, while walking to Ben & Jerry’s on Church Street in Burlington, we passed a park where multiple individuals were openly using drugs. Moments later, we were followed by another person who appeared to be under the influence, yelling at people trying to eat dinner on Church Stree
  
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• Scott’s veto reasoning doesn’t hold up

  03-08-2026 23:17 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Ben Edgerly Walsh, the climate and energy program director of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group.Let’s start with what isn’t in dispute. The data center bill Gov. Phil Scott vetoed, H.727, was among the strongest such laws written in any state. AI data centers are driving up electricity bills across the country, and having major impacts on air, water and climate pollution in the process. And here in Vermont, that now-dead bill that would have addressed
  
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• Vermont Green FC men are undefeated national champions — again

  03-08-2026 22:43 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Vermont Green FC men’s team defeated Flint City Bucks on Aug. 1, 2026, to win the USL2 championship. Courtesy Vermont Green FCTheo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.Mike Popovitch, a dyed-in-the-wool Vermont Green FC fan, spent a rainy Saturday evening in Flint, Michigan, leading over 150 traveling fans in song through a megaphone.The Green won 2-1 against the Flint City Bucks that night in the national final of the United Soccer League&
  
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• Lorraine Mae Barnes

  03-08-2026 18:48 via vtdigger.org
  
  Born: 07/02/1949Died: 07/26/2026Details of service:A Celebration of Life will be held on August 8, 2026 at 1-4 p.m. at the American Legion in Island Pond, Vt.Lorraine Mae Barnes, born July 2, 1949, passed away peacefully on July 26, 2026, at the age of 77.She will be deeply missed by her family and all who knew and loved her. Her memory will live on through the many lives she touched and the love she shared with those closest to her.She was predeceased by her beloved husband, George.Lorraine le
  
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• After years of neighbor opposition, a private airstrip for Beta’s CEO nears approval 

  03-08-2026 17:21 via vtdigger.org
  
  A 900-foot airstrip at the home of BETA founder Kyle Clark in Lincoln seen on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerLINCOLN — Four years ago, local residents believed Beta Technologies’ CEO Kyle Clark would not be able to fly his planes over their homes after the town denied his application for a private airstrip. But Clark’s efforts have since shifted to federal and state channels. Recently, the project has quietly inched closer to final approval. 
  
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• Vermont Democrats turn to second home taxes as a matter of principle – and cash

  03-08-2026 11:05 via vtdigger.org
  
  Homes and fall foliage in Rochester in October 2023. Photo by Kyle Ambusk / Vermont PublicCarly Berlin covers housing and infrastructure for Vermont Public, in partnership with VTDigger.All five candidates competing in Vermont’s Democratic primaries for governor and lieutenant governor have signaled their support for raising taxes on second homes.“We must, must, must get control over the houses that we are losing to the secondary market,” said Aly Richards, one of two Democrat
  
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