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• Rink on the brink: Barre makes last-minute ice rink repairs, but the arena’s future is uncertain

  06-10-2026 23:32 via vtdigger.org
  
  The B.O.R. Barre Outdoor Recreation arena on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. Photo by Erin Petenko/VTDiggerBARRE — As a boy visiting his grandfather in Barre, Brian Wilkin could see the arches of the city’s new ice arena as he walked down the hill. His grandfather lived next to the arena, and Wilkin understood what the new building meant: He would be able to play hockey in his own hometown.And he did. So did his father. Eventually, his daughter did, too.Now Wilkin, the Spaulding High School
  
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• UVM Medical Center unions reach tentative agreement in contract negotiations

  06-10-2026 23:12 via vtdigger.org
  
  Union doctors and staff workers at the University of Vermont Medical Center, along with their supporters, during a rally in Burlington in June 2026. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerBoth the support staff and technical professional unions at the University of Vermont Medical Center have reached tentative, two-year contract agreements with their employer, both the hospital and union representatives confirmed Tuesday. The agreement comes just days after both unions voted to give their bar
  
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• Proposal 4’s language is flawed

  06-10-2026 23:02 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,Judy Olinick’s recent letter to VTDigger in response to Renee McGuinness’ commentary on Proposal 4, the so-called equality of rights amendment, contains misleading information.First, the Vermont Constitution, Chapter II, Section 72, dictates that legislators must put a proposed amendment before voters once both chambers approve it in two successive sessions; their vote is not necessarily an indication of their support of the proposal itself. This is a critical proce
  
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• Vermont colleges chart a path forward against demographic and financial headwinds

  06-10-2026 22:19 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Champlain College campus in Burlington on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerHigher education institutions in Vermont are devising ways to stay afloat — from tuition discounts designed to boost enrollment to cutting employee benefits — as they face shifting demographics and financial constraints, college administrators say.   The Northeast region faces some of the sharpest impacts of the demographic cliff due to plummeting birthrates in the a
  
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• Vermont’s return-to-office order is an insult

  06-10-2026 20:12 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Kate Lucier, who was a state employee for nearly 14 years. She lives in Underhill.We rarely see the perspective of public-sector employees spotlighted — or even considered — in media reports about the state workforce and the decisions impacting it, but the voices and experiences of Vermont’s state employees should have received much more attention in the past year as lives were upended and employee morale decimated. As a former Vermont state employee, I a
  
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• Brattleboro fire chief deploys for 13 months

  06-10-2026 00:36 via vtdigger.org
  
  First responders and town officials gathered at Centra Fire Station in Brattleboro to say goodbye to Fire Chief Jay Symonds before he leaves for approximately 13 months of military service with the New York Army National Guard on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro ReformerThis story by Kristopher Radder was first published in the Brattleboro Reformer Oct. 4, 2026.BRATTLEBORO — The meeting room at Central Fire Station was filled with firefighters, first responders
  
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• Attorney for man charged in a deadly police chase seeks to quiz potential jurors before seeking change of venue

  06-10-2026 00:23 via vtdigger.org
  
  Tate Rheaume appears in Rutland County Superior criminal court in April 2024. Rheaume is charged in the crash that killed Rutland City police officer Jessica Ebbighausen in 2023. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThe attorney for the man accused of driving into and killing a Rutland officer during a chase wants to question prospective jurors about what they may know and feel about the case before moving forward with a request to move the case to another county.David Sleigh, the lawyer for Tat
  
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• New report finds low reconviction rates for teens in first years of Vermont’s ‘Raise the Age’ law

  06-10-2026 00:08 via vtdigger.org
  
  The McCaffrey Courthouse in Rutland on Thursday, September 10, 2026. The building houses Vermont Superior Court. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerTheo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.As Vermont considers the future of its “Raise the Age” law, a new report has found relatively low rates of reconviction among the teenagers whose cases have been affected by the reform — though the data come with important caveats.The landmark law, which
  
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