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• St. Albans dairy plant is temporarily spared from dismantling as a union fight plays out

  21-08-2026 00:45 via vtdigger.org
  
  A Dairy Farmers of America milk truck drives past members of the Teamsters local 597 union picketing outside the plant in St. Albans in September 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday cleared the way for St. Albans Creamery to proceed with plans to largely shut down its milk processing plant, lifting a temporary restraining order that had blocked the closure.U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III issued the five-day restraining order Monda
  
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• Milton man accuses the town of violating his free speech rights

  21-08-2026 00:05 via vtdigger.org
  
  Henry Bonges with Pearl, one of his Boston terriers, at home in Milton in July 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerA longtime volunteer for the town of Milton filed a federal lawsuit against the town this week alleging officials there violated his right to free speech and retaliated against him when they didn’t reappoint him to his long-held roles on local committees. The lawsuit turns a spat over volunteer appointments into a dispute over political speech. It calls into questi
  
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• Federal prosecutors take over charges in Rutland murder case, won’t seek death penalty

  21-08-2026 00:02 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Rutland City Poilice Department in Dec. 2021. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerFederal prosecutors filed a new indictment charging two Massachusetts men with a capital crime in the fatal shooting of a Rutland man in 2024 in a case of mistaken identity. The prosecutors also submitted a notice that they do not intend to seek the death penalty as a possible punishment.The new indictment was filed Wednesday in federal court in Vermont. The indictment naming Dylin Wainscott, 30, of
  
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