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• Vermont commits $15.3M to expand heating assistance amid high fuel prices

  23-10-2026 23:58 via VTDigger
  
  A Dead River Company fuel truck on a snowy Main Street in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont. Photo by Artaxerxes/Wikimedia CommonsTheo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.Vermont officials approved a $15.3 million state funding package to expand home heating aid programs on Friday.The state administers lump-sum seasonal fuel assistance benefits for financially qualifying households and also directs funds to a program that provides aid in crises when eligible
  
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• Patricia Foulkes

  23-10-2026 23:29 via VTDigger
  
  Born: 01/30/1944St. Louis, MODied: 09/23/2026Burlington, VTDetails of service:
  Patricia’s friends and family will hold a celebration of her life on November 8th at 3 p.m. at the Unitarian Church of Montpelier with a reception to follow.Patricia “Pat” Foulkes of Montpelier passed away unexpectedly on September 23, 2026, at the age of 82.Born in St. Louis to Carl and Margaret Leupold, she moved at age eight to Jacksonville, Florida where she grew up alongside her two brothers. She graduated
  
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• Return of the ‘Mountain Brigade’ from training Ukrainian troops

  23-10-2026 22:54 via VTDigger
  
  Vermont National Guard soldiers wait for the start of a deployment ceremony at the Ethan Allen Firing Range in Jericho on Friday, May 29, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThe Vermont National Guard’s 86th Infantry Brigade will soon touch down on Green Mountain soil as its deployment to train Ukrainian soldiers in Germany comes to an end.As the National Guard returns home, active U.S. Army units are taking over the training.“They have done a very valuable mission in their training respon
  
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• At vigil, memories of two who died while unhoused and a call for change

  23-10-2026 22:32 via VTDigger
  
  Community members form a large circle during a candlelight vigil at Trinity United Methodist Church in Montpelier on Oct. 16. Photo by Tracy Brannstrom/The Bridge
  This story by Tracy Brannstrom was first published in The Bridge on Oct. 20, 2026. MONTPELIER — Two people who died this fall while experiencing homelessness were remembered at a candlelight vigil Oct. 16 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Montpelier.The deaths of Faith Deuso and Jeff Santamore have reverberated through Montpeli
  
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• Magical thinking won’t fix Vermont’s problems

  23-10-2026 21:59 via VTDigger
  
  This commentary is by Matt Swenson, the founder of Omnidex Solutions, an independent research and strategic analysis company. He lives in Vermont.Vermont’s future depends on whether ordinary people can build a decent life here. That means work that pays the bills, a healthy workplace and communities where starting a business or raising a family feels possible.Too much of our politics runs on magical thinking. Pass another program, raise another tax, give another reassuring speech and the prob
  
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• Journalism Club to discuss Vermont election coverage on Nov. 5 in Williston

  23-10-2026 18:59 via VTDigger
  
  Shaun Robinson speaks during a VTDigger eventin Manchester on Thursday, September 10, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThe second meeting of Vermont’s new Journalism Club will focus on how local and state reporters covered the 2026 elections.Readers and reporters will convene just two days after the midterms at Wild Meadows Books & Café in Williston on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 6 p.m. They’ll discuss Vermont’s highly competitive statewide and legislative races — and how voters get t
  
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• The last Democratic legislator in Rutland County is leaving office. What could that mean for the county’s political future?

  23-10-2026 12:03 via VTDigger
  
  (Left to Right) Former Rep. Mary Howard (D-Rutland) and former Sen. Cheryl Hooker (D-Rutland) by Glenn Russell/VTDigger; Independent Rutland County Senate candidate Dave Wolk, courtesy photo; Incumbent Republican candidates Sens. Brian Collamore, David Weeks and Terry Williams by Glenn Russell; Mortimer Proctor, courtesy of the Vermont Historical Society. Background photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger, photo Illustration by Greta Solsaa/VTDigger.This year, the sole Democrat from Rutland County in t
  
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• Could nuclear power return to Vernon?

  23-10-2026 00:26 via VTDigger
  
  Spent nuclear fuel casks are stored at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon in July 2019. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThis story by Susan Smallheer was first published in the Brattleboro Reformer on Oct. 22, 2026. VERNON — There could be another nuclear reactor in Vernon’s future.Vermont Public Service Commissioner Kerrick Johnson told the Vernon Selectboard on Tuesday evening that a new, small modular nuclear reactor might be a good fit at the Vermont Yankee site, whic
  
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• Separate ballot asks voters to decide $54.9 million career center bond

  23-10-2026 00:13 via VTDigger
  
  An architect’s drawing shows the proposed site plan for the new facility on the U-32 campus. Image courtesy of CVCCA version of this story by Lisa Scagliotti was published in the Waterbury Roundabout on Oct. 17, 2026.For the second year in a row, voters in 18 Washington County communities are being asked to consider supporting a bond to pay for a new Central Vermont Career Center.But this year’s $54.9 million proposal is dramatically different — and a fraction of the cost — from the $14
  
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