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• Harwood district leaders eye Cabot Creamery’s Waitsfield complex as a possible future school site

  02-09-2026 23:50 via vtdigger.org
  
  Students arrive at Brookside Primary School this morning for the first day of the school year. School district leaders are considering a consolidation scenario that would close the Waterbury school in the future. Photo by Lisa Scagliotti/Waterbury Roundabout Credit: Lisa Scagliotti/Waterbury RoundaboutThis story by Lisa Scagliotti was first published in the Waterbury Roundabout on Aug. 26, 2026.DUXBURY — The recent listing of Cabot Creamery’s company headquarters in Waitsfield for s
  
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• Burlington needs to get serious about stamping out drug markets

  02-09-2026 22:28 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Charlie Smith, a self-employed consultant specializing in transitional leadership. He has lived in Burlington for 39 years.In the wake of Burlington’s recent knife and gun incidents, Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak reassured us that safety is her administration’s top priority. She said the incidents “point to larger work our community must do to interrupt conditions that lead people to act violently.”  These words admit that Burlington is stuck
  
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• Oil or babies, Vermont?

  02-09-2026 20:59 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,It is obvious to most that children are essential to our state’s future well-being. Children will become the future workforce, paying taxes and contributing in myriad ways to build and guide our communities. They will also be the next generation of parents. In contrast, imported oil drains a ridiculous amount of money out of the Vermont economy because we have no petroleum resources here. Money spent on oil leaves the state. So why does our governor go to the mat to prote
  
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• Vermont Conversation: Historian Jill Lepore on the threat of authoritarianism and how to counter it

  02-09-2026 20:49 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.Author and historian Jill Lepore. Photo by Richard Renaldi Credit: Photo by Richard RenaldiIs technology killing democracy and destroying communities?Yes, argues acclaimed historian Jill Lepore in her new book, “The Rise and Fall of the Artificial
  
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• Court questions Vermont Catholic Diocese plan to sell Rice Memorial High to supporters

  02-09-2026 19:01 via vtdigger.org
  
  The grade 9-12 Rice Memorial High School in South Burlington. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Credit: Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerA U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge is questioning a Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese request to sell its flagship Rice Memorial High School to supporters for $4.3 million — or 14% of a church-commissioned appraisal of $30.5 million — as part of the diocese’s Chapter 11 financial reorganization case.“While I do appreciate the continua
  
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• Sayge is on her way to becoming a pediatric occupational therapist

  02-09-2026 15:28 via vtdigger.org
  
  Sayge Bohannon is confident that this will be a great school year. Having done well in college-level classes last year, now she’s feeling far less nervous about taking four classes online at the Community College of Vermont (CCV) through Vermont’s Early College program, while enrolled in Richford High School.Sayge is also president of her school’s National Honor Society chapter and stays active in soccer and track. Between the coursework and her other activities, Sayge feels r
  
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• Vermont ends night and weekend intake for state-funded motel rooms

  02-09-2026 00:26 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Travelodge Motel in South Burlington, which hosts state-funded motel rooms, seen in April 2025. Private motels and hotels in the state voucher program have been the single largest provider of shelter in Vermont in recent years. File photo by Glenn Russell / VTDiggerCarly Berlin covers housing and infrastructure for Vermont Public, in partnership with VTDigger. A major overhaul of Vermont’s motel voucher program for people experiencing homelessness is now underway.Vermonters who h
  
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