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My teeth could kill me

08-11-2026 16:07 via VTDigger

Dear Editor,I’ve experienced avalanches, tornadoes, earthquakes, high-voltage shocks and aggressive toxins. And always gotten through. Usually shaken but escaping being stirred into nothingness. Ribs, arms, fingers, legs, back, neck — I’ve broken them all. And while not fun, none of them were dead ends. The hassle and patience of healing was always just a hiccup in my adventures. Twenty-five years ago, while training for an extreme skiing competition in Crested Butte, Colorado, I broke m

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Setting the goal: more households with workers

08-11-2026 15:32 via VTDigger

Kate Trzaskos, executive director of the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance, center, listens to Brattleboro Regional Chamber of Commerce executive director Rachel Shields Ebersole. Photo by Randolph T. Holhut/The CommonsThis story by Virginia Ray was first published in The Commons on Nov. 4, 2026.BRATTLEBORO — When State Treasurer Mike Pieciak asked his father what he earned after moving to Brattleboro in 1970, the answer was $10,000 — about $80,000 in today’s dollars. On that salary, his fath

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Report finds Vermont is experiencing unprecedented weather extremes

08-11-2026 14:17 via VTDigger

A snowmaking gun operates at the Mad River Glen ski area in Fayston in Jan. 2023.File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThis is the first of two stories on the findings in a new climate assessment. The second story will look at adaptation strategies that the report says could reduce climate risks. Ski areas have a lot of priorities to balance when it comes to making snow in a changing climate.The majority of snowmaking machines at Vermont’s ski areas are several times more energy-efficient than

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‘Vermont wants a farm show’: Long-running agricultural event returns in April

08-11-2026 13:24 via VTDigger

Samual Jones, 3, of Milton, looks at Alison the cow with his dad Greg Jones, as Louie Terwilliter from Vermont Technical College looks on at the Vermont Farm Show. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDiggerThe Vermont Farm Show, a historic meeting place for farmers since the 1930s, is set to return next spring with the first show in seven years taking place April 16-17 at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction.The show, which attracted farmers and vendors from Vermont, New Hampshire, New York an

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Vermont’s Sen. Bernie Sanders poised to get back powerful committee chair in new Congress

08-11-2026 12:42 via VTDigger

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, speaks during a press conference with U.S. Senator Peter Welch, D-Vermont, at the Statehouse in Montpelier in February 2026. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerAfter Tuesday’s election swept Democrats into control of both houses of Congress, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said he intends to get back the powerful post he held two years ago: chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.He’ll use that post, he said in an intervi

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