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• Spiritual adviser to death row inmates visits Middlebury

  07-11-2026 12:50 via VTDigger
  
  Rev. Jeff Hood visits Middlebury Chapel during a trip to Addison County last week. Hood was in town for a screening of “The Spiritual Advisor,” a 23-minute documentary produced by Middlebury College professor James Chase Sanchez that follows Hood and his role as a spiritual advisor in the days leading up to the 2024 execution of Emmanuel Littlejohn in Oklahoma. Photo courtesy of Jeff HoodThis story by Marin Howell was first published in the Addison Independent on Nov. 5, 2026.MIDDLEBURY —
  
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• Susan Newell

  07-11-2026 00:59 via VTDigger
  
  Born: 04/08/1953Edinburgh, ScotlandDied: 09/11/2026Lebanon, NHDetails of service:In Loving Memory of Susan Newell (nee Donaldson).In the early morning hours of September 11th, 2026, Susan, a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, passed away peacefully after a life that carried her from Scotland to the United States nearly 48 years ago. A graduate of the Edinburgh School of Nursing, she was a Registered Nurse and Certified Midwife.Fiercely proud of her Scottish roots, she carried Scotland with her wher
  
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• PHOTOS: Anti-ICE march of remembrance

  07-11-2026 00:20 via VTDigger
  
  More than 200 people participate in a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Williston on Friday, November 6, 2026. Local clergy carry cardboard coffins past the entrance to ICE’s National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center during a march from there to ICE’s Law Enforcement Support Center. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerActivists staged a mock funeral procession Friday in Williston to protest the presence of two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in
  
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• Promising growth, Utah-based investor leads board takeover at Ethan Allen

  07-11-2026 00:08 via VTDigger
  
  The Ethan Allen factory pictured in Orleans. Photo by Fred Thys/VTDiggerTheo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.Three of Ethan Allen’s five board members were ousted on Wednesday in a shareholder vote, marking a successful takeover led by Utah-based investor and former Verifone CEO Doug Bergeron. Ethan Allen, a furniture and interior design company, was founded in Vermont in 1932, and has long been an “anchor employer” in the state’s Northeast
  
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