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• Green Mountain Care Board set modest rate increases for 2027 Vermont health insurance marketplace plans

  18-08-2026 23:46 via vtdigger.org
  
  Insurance plans available on the state marketplace through Vermont Health Connect are displayed on a monitor on Monday, August 17, 2026. Photo by Noel Clark/VTDiggerIndividuals and small businesses that buy health insurance on the state marketplace will see their premiums rise between 1% to 6% next year.The Green Mountain Care Board, Vermont’s independent health care regulator, set rate increases late Monday night for coverage sold on Vermont Health Connect, the state’s Affordable C
  
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• Walter Edward “Ted” Tedford

  18-08-2026 23:33 via vtdigger.org
  
  Born: 08/13/1927Manchester, ConnecticutDied: 07/14/2026Underhill Center, VermontDetails of service:A Celebration of Life Memorial Service is planned for Ted on Saturday, August 29, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the St. Thomas Church Parish Hall on Green Street in Underhill Center. All welcome.A Celebration of Life Memorial Service is planned for Ted on Saturday, August 29, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the St. Thomas Church Parish Hall on Green Street in Underhill Center.Please come to reme
  
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• Suspect surrenders and faces second-degree murder charge in downtown Burlington stabbing

  18-08-2026 23:23 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Burlington Police Department on North Avenue in Burlington on Thursday, August 13, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerA suspect has turned himself in and faces a charge of second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing over the weekend in downtown Burlington.Hassan O. Haji, 24, of Winooski, surrendered at the Burlington police headquarters Tuesday morning. He pleaded not guilty Tuesday afternoon to the murder charge in Chittenden Superior criminal court in Burlington, according to Burlington po
  
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• Psychiatric hospital beds save lives

  18-08-2026 21:04 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,The closure of beds for patients suffering from severe mental illness is the worst news possible for those in the midst of a psychotic episode. In 1960, I spent five months at Forest Hospital in Des Plaines, Illinois, living through a horror that, in the end, turned out to be a gift to all my relationships: with my husband, three tiny daughters, parents, brothers and a host of extended family going through their own agony. If there had not been a hospital for me, I don’t
  
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• Parker’s career took several turns before he settled into a job that works for him and his family

  18-08-2026 19:02 via vtdigger.org
  
  Parker has a strong sense of purpose, and he’s remained flexible throughout his working life—a skill that has enabled him to pivot when necessary and explore opportunities when they’ve come knocking. After he graduated from Harwood Union Middle and High School, he attended Castleton State College (now Vermont State Castleton) to pursue a business degree. He realized that wasn’t his path and left after two semesters. He spent the next few years working at Green Mount
  
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• Time limits on teacher licensing tests measure the wrong thing

  18-08-2026 19:00 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Ben Mitchell, a reading interventionist at Riverside Middle School in Springfield and the publisher of Divergents Magazine.In January I found myself at my computer, watching a digital clock aggressively count down the seconds. As a reading teacher in a Vermont public middle school, I love my job; this work challenges me to be my very best. Nevertheless, because I am on a provisional license, my entire career hinges on a number. Vermont requires a score of 164 on the Middle
  
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• Michael Burditt Cadwell

  18-08-2026 18:04 via vtdigger.org
  
  Born: 08/28/1952Pittsford, VermontDied: 08/09/2026Columbus, OhioDetails of service:Michael Burditt Cadwell, son of John and Mary Cadwell, died peacefully on August 9, 2026 after along illness. Michael enjoyed an idyllic childhood on the family farm in Pittsford and attended Otter Valley Union High School ’70, Williams College ’74, and the Yale School of Architecture ’81. He then worked for the firms of Turner Brooks, Cesar Pelli, and Wiemann and Lamphere.There followed scholar
  
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• New funds for Alburgh rail bridge could boost future Amtrak link to Montreal

  18-08-2026 00:37 via vtdigger.org
  
  Construction work continues on the railroad trestle bridge across Lake Champlain between Swanton and Alburgh on Monday, August 17, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerLong-stalled plans to restart the Amtrak connection between Vermont and Montreal are getting a boost from the federal government.The U.S. Department of Transportation on Friday announced a $4 million grant to plan out repairing, or possibly replacing, an ailing bridge that carries the cross-border rail route over Lake Champlain.
  
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