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• Federal grants invigorate efforts to address veteran homelessness in Vermont

  21-09-2026 23:49 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Veterans’ Place in Northfield. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recently awarded more than $18 million to community organizations across Vermont and New Hampshire, helping those organizations to continue to house and support veterans without homes. “Having the funding solidified again and the grants to these organizations really helps ensure veterans are being seen and heard, and getting the opportunities to get their feet back under
  
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• ‘The family is an entire town’ in Hinesburg

  21-09-2026 23:22 via vtdigger.org
  
  Stevie Spencer, member of the Town Forest Committee, kneels down to search for salamanders. Photo by Kylie DelMaestro/Community News ServiceKylie DelMaestro and Maddy Upston are reporters with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program.HINESBURG – Hinesburg Town Forest was an unusual pick by the Vermont Woodlands Association for Tree Farmer of the Year.Winners are usually families, said Kathy Beland, program admin
  
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• Drug injection sites are a good thing for Vermont

  21-09-2026 23:07 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,As a person who has seen people slowly die from dirty needles, I’m confused by the slow reaction from society. Drug addiction and overdoses cost millions of dollars. Lifesaving surgeries don’t always work out. “Philly dope” infections turn people black from the inside out, leading to amputations that our taxpayers fund. The Danes have already proven the success of injection site systems. Vermont’s program is funded by opioid settlement money &mdash
  
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• Fund recovery, not active addiction

  21-09-2026 22:27 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,As a former three-term progressive Burlington city councilor who spent the last 12 years of my career working in the recovery field — as the executive director of both the Turning Point Center and Recovery Partners of Vermont — I feel compelled to write about the state of our city. I’m opposed to opening a safe injection site in Burlington. Our city is in trouble, and our viability as a destination for vacations and regional leisure activities like dining and
  
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• UVM and USDA researchers hope to improve local agriculture

  21-09-2026 21:48 via vtdigger.org
  
  The research warehouse at the Food Systems Research Station in Charlotte, Sept. 17, 2026. Photo by Tierney Flavin/VTDigger.Matthew McIntosh’s family says he came out of the womb loving cows. Now, McIntosh, who works for the Agricultural Research Service in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is trying to help Vermont farmers improve the quality and quantity of their cows through the University of Vermont’s new Food Systems Research Station.At the station, researchers are seekin
  
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• ‘We have more deer than our forests can support’: Norwich walk highlights browse damage

  21-09-2026 21:28 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dan Healey, center, a Vermont county forester based in the White River Junction office, at an event organized by the Upper Valley Land Trust at Brookmead Conservation Area in Norwich, Vt., on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. Photo by Alex Driehaus/Valley NewsThis story by Alex Driehaus was first published in the Valley News on Sept. 14, 2026. NORWICH — About 30 people walked through the woods at Brookmead Conservation Area recently clad in hiking gear and armed with printouts of a deer browse
  
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• An update on VTDigger’s Fall Member Drive

  21-09-2026 20:20 via vtdigger.org
  
  VTDigger reporter Charlotte Oliver questions U.S. Senator Peter Welch, D-Vermont, during a press conference at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Friday, February 6, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerDear Reader,Over the past several days, VTDigger readers have shown up in a big way to support independent Vermont news. We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who made a contribution.Thanks to that support, we’re now within reach of our $100,000 goal.If you meant to make a gift during t
  
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• David Martin

  21-09-2026 20:17 via vtdigger.org
  
  Born: 10/05/1944New York, NYDied: 09/12/2026Lyndonville, VTDetails of service:A Celebration of Life will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 24, 2026 at:
  The York Street Meeting House
  153 York St, Lyndonville, VT 05851In lieu of flowers, checks and donations can be sent to The Cobleigh Public Library, P.O. Box 147, Lyndonville, VT 05851; or Indivisible St. Johnsbury.David Robert Martin, born David Robert Zisowitz on October 5, 1944, died of congestive heart failure in Lyndonville, Vermont on
  
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• ‘Justice has been rendered’: Jury finds Burlington man guilty in shooting of 3 Palestinian students

  21-09-2026 19:45 via vtdigger.org
  
  Jason Eaton listens to closing arguments during his trial in Chittenden Superior criminal court in Burlington on Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. Eaton faces charges of attempted second-degree murder in the shooting of three Palestinian students. Pool photo by Paul Heintz/Boston GlobeUpdated 5:17 p.m.BURLINGTON — A jury found Jason Eaton guilty on three counts of attempted second-degree murder in the shooting of three Palestinian students as they walked near his apartment nearly three years ago.&n
  
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• Jury finds Burlington man guilty in shooting of 3 Palestinian students

  21-09-2026 19:45 via vtdigger.org
  
  Jason Eaton listens to closing arguments during his trial in Chittenden Superior criminal court in Burlington on Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. Eaton faces charges of attempted second-degree murder in the shooting of three Palestinian students. Pool photo by Paul Heintz/Boston GlobeBURLINGTON — A jury found Jason Eaton guilty on three counts of attempted second-degree murder in the shooting of three Palestinian students as they walked near his apartment nearly three years ago.Jurors returned the
  
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• Andrew Dexter Morse

  21-09-2026 19:14 via vtdigger.org
  
  Born: 07/19/1969Burlington, VermontDied: 09/08/2026Morrisville, VermontDetails of service:All family and friends are invited to attend a memorial gathering to honor and celebrate Andrew’s life. Location: Elmore State Park, Route 12, Elmore VTTime: Friday Sept 25, 2026, 3pm-5pmAttendees are encouraged to bring fishing stories and good memories.In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Lamoille Area Cancer Network lacnvt.org, which provided practical support Andrew really appreciate
  
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