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• Vermont Supreme Court sides with school board on principal firing

  12-10-2026 23:37 via VTDigger
  
  Brattleboro Union High School. File photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerThis story by Chris Mays was first published in the Brattleboro Reformer on Oct. 8. 2026.BRATTLEBORO — The Vermont Supreme Court upheld the school board’s firing of a high school principal.The court said that after an internal investigation into complaints that former BUHS principal Steve Perrin “mistreated a female student on multiple occasions and attempted to prevent a mandatory report of child abuse,
  
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• UVM Medical Center unions approve contracts and avert a strike

  12-10-2026 23:22 via VTDigger
  
  Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals President Nicole DiVita, right, and Jacob Berkowitz, president of UVMMC Support Staff United, pictured on Oct. 2. Photo by Olivia Gieger/VTDiggerThe two unions representing University of Vermont Medical Center’s support staff and technical professionals have both voted to ratify their contracts, narrowly averting a strike. More than 2,000 of the 3,300 employees in the unions voted, representatives for the unions said, with more than 89
  
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• Our schools are being crushed by state mandates

  12-10-2026 23:12 via VTDigger
  
  This commentary is by Caty Sutton, the superintendent of the Hartford School District; the Hartford School Board; the Hartford School District leadership and the Hartford Education Association leadership.It is with great disappointment, discouragement and disillusionment that we write to express our profound concerns about what transpired throughout the last legislative session. As we anticipate what will come this year, those decisions will significantly affect and shape our fate as a district
  
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• Let’s have a substantive debate on energy affordability

  12-10-2026 21:51 via VTDigger
  
  Dear Editor,I am looking forward to Wednesday, Oct. 21, when the two candidates for governor will debate. Affordability is bound to be the general topic. And that discussion will likely fan out in different directions, such as healthcare affordability and the cost of education. I am especially interested in energy affordability. I want to know what the candidates can tell us about addressing the needs of Vermonters locked into a dependency on gas and diesel for transport and fuel oil and p
  
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• A new tree pest could be catching a ride on your car

  12-10-2026 21:16 via VTDigger
  
  A spotted lanternfly in Brooklyn in an undated photograph. Photo by Rhododendrites (CC BY-SA 4.0)If you’re not keeping an eye on smears of dried mud on your car, forest pest educators like Ginger Nickerson say now’s a good time to pick up the habit. Nickerson and other experts warn that spotted lanternflies could be hitching a ride into Vermont, where they pose a threat to trees and other plants.“They could lay their eggs on anything that you have outdoors, like your car,
  
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• VTDigger named Distinguished News Site, earns top investigative reporting honors

  12-10-2026 20:25 via VTDigger
  
  VTDigger earned Distinguished News Site honors and two top investigative journalism awards at the 2026 New England Newspaper & Press Association Leadership Summit. Photos by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerVTDigger was recognized as a Distinguished News Site for online publications in the region by the New England Newspaper & Press Association at its 2026 Leadership Summit held in Sturbridge, Mass., on Friday. In addition, VTDigger reporters received two of the three top A-Mark prizes, &ldqu
  
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