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• Vermont Conversation: Alternative media pioneer Nat Winthrop on a half-century of covering Vermont

  26-08-2026 23:56 via vtdigger.org
  
  
  The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues. Listen and subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get podcasts.Nat Winthrop. Photo Credit: Martha WinthropJournalist Nat Winthrop has been covering Vermont for a half-century, reporting stories that have surprised, infuriated and enlightened readers. From 1978 to 1990, Winthrop was publisher of the pioneering a
  
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• Manchester Selectboard discusses future of Flock cameras

  26-08-2026 23:17 via vtdigger.org
  
  A license plate reader camera on Main Street in Manchester Center seen in June 2026. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThis story by Ryan Pacheco was first published in the Manchester Journal on Aug. 25, 2026.MANCHESTER — The future of Manchester’s controversial use of Flock cameras was discussed but ultimately not resolved at a public selectboard meeting at the Manchester Town Hall on Aug. 18.Manchester currently has five Flock cameras. According to the surveillance watchdog proj
  
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• What ‘coal rolling’ at protests tells us about this moment

  26-08-2026 23:09 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,Since Donald Trump was elected for the second time, I have been protesting a great deal, largely in Chittenden County. We get many honks and waves and thumbs-up, as well as the occasional thumbs-down — and, rarely, people flipping the bird. I can imagine flipping the bird to protesters with whom I disagree, and I can deal with receiving that gesture, though I don’t think I would do it myself. What bothers me far more is the loud revving of trucks, speeding thro
  
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• Antisemitism isn’t a shield for Israel’s human rights record

  26-08-2026 19:53 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor, In my recent letter to VTDigger, I expressed my concerns over the United States’ continued support of Israel despite the country’s genocidal actions against Palestinian and Lebanese people. Mark Treinkman’s letter in response, signed by members of the Vermont Friends of Israel, claims that my strong opinions must stem from a lack of Holocaust education and antisemitism in Vermont. This is not true. What is true is that the tragedies of the Holocaust shou
  
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• Vermont Progressive Party chair resigns after less than a year on the job

  26-08-2026 17:53 via vtdigger.org
  
  Bill Hunsinger, who has resigned from his position as chair of the Vermont Progressive Party. Photo courtesy of Bill HunsingerThe chair of Vermont’s Progressive Party, Bill Hunsinger, has resigned from his post. Hunsinger stepped down Tuesday after less than a year in the job as the leader of the state’s third largest political party, according to Heather Thomas, the party’s executive director. The chair is the party’s public-facing leader, while the executive direc
  
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• ‘Watershed moment’: Vermont secures $92.7M and new restrictions for teens in Meta settlement

  26-08-2026 17:33 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Instagram logo is seen on a cell phone in Boston, Massachusetts, Oct. 14, 2022.File photo by Michael Dwyer/APTheo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.Vermont has secured $92.7 million and new limits on use for customers under 18 in a settlement with social media giant Meta, state Attorney General Charity Clark said in a press conference Wednesday morning. The sum is the largest single-company settlement in state history, Clark said, and marks a
  
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• ‘Watershed moment’: Vermont secures $92.7M and new restrictions for kids in Meta settlement

  26-08-2026 17:33 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Instagram logo is seen on a cell phone in Boston, Massachusetts, Oct. 14, 2022.File photo by Michael Dwyer/APTheo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.Vermont has secured $92.7 million and new limits on use for customers under 18 in a settlement with social media giant Meta, state Attorney General Charity Clark said in a press conference Wednesday morning. The sum is the largest single-company settlement in state history, Clark said, and marks a
  
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• Vital Communities enters talks to save town listservs from shutdown

  26-08-2026 11:53 via vtdigger.org
  
  David Beane Jr., left, and Kate Harrison hike along the Appalachian Trail in Hanover, N.H., in Nov. 2023. Harrison donated a kidney to Beane in 2021 after seeing a listserv post from his mother seeking a donor for her son. Photo by Alex Driehaus / Valley News and Report For AmericaThis story by Liz Sauchelli was first published in the Valley News on Aug. 25, 2026.Talks have started between Vital Communities and a group of Upper Valley residents about preserving town-specific listservs before th
  
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