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• Then Again: The town Mount Mansfield divided

  21-01-2018 18:38 via vtdigger.org
  The original charter owners of the town of Mansfield had no idea that a mountain (today’s Mount Mansfield) ran through the middle of it. Photo by Mark Bushnell
  Editor’s note: “Then Again” is Mark Bushnell’s column about Vermont history.
  Ira Allen could almost smell the money. He had recently moved to the Hampshire Grants (what is today Vermont) from his home state of Connecticut and joined the family business, land speculation. Working with his older brothers, inclu
  
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• Teen killer of Dartmouth professors in 2001 resentenced, eligible for parole in 20 years

  14-07-2026 00:28 via vtdigger.org
  
  Robert Tulloch listens as Judge Lawrence MacLeod reads out his new sentence during a hearing on Monday, July 13, 2026, in Grafton Superior Court in North Haverhill, N.H. At right is Tulloch’s lawyer, Richard Guerriero. Tulloch was pled guilty of murdering two Dartmouth College professors as a teenager more than 25 years ago. Photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley NewsThis story by Alex Ebrahimi was originally published in the Valley News on July 13, 2026.Robert Tulloch, who previously received a
  
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• Alexander Read Cronin

  14-07-2026 00:09 via vtdigger.org
  
  Born: 04/12/1978Littleton, NHDied: 06/25/2026Montecito, CADetails of service:His family will be honoring him in a private ceremony in October in the Adirondack woods.Alexander Read Cronin was born in 1978 in Littleton, New Hampshire, just over the border of Vermont — a place that shaped his lifelong love of woods, water and things with wheels. He grew up surrounded by nature and family, spending his early years hunting in Vermont and the Adirondacks, fishing in Lake Champlain, camping in
  
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• Robin Jones

  13-07-2026 23:50 via vtdigger.org
  
  Born: 06/28/1950Stamford, Ct.Died: 06/28/2026Arlington, Vt.Details of service:Funeral services for Robin will be held at the Hanson-Walbridge and Shea Funeral Home on Route 4596, Vermont 7A in Arlington, Vt., on Saturday, July 18, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery in Arlington.Robin Jones, 76 of Arlington, Vt. passed away at her home in Arlington on June 28, 2026. Robin was born in Stamford, Ct. on June 28, 1950, the daughter of William and Clara Henry. She was raised
  
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• Wanda Ivette Otero

  13-07-2026 23:47 via vtdigger.org
  
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  Spanish Harlem, NYDied: 04/21/2026Buenavista, Guerrero, MexicoDetails of service:Saturday July 25, 2026 at noonUnited Church of Lincoln
  23 Quaker St, Lincoln, VT 05443Wanda Ivette Otero Esq. of Lincoln, Vermont passed away at her home in Buenavista, Mexico on April 21st of a heart attack. She was 57 years old.Wanda was born in Spanish Harlem, attended and graduated from Wesleyan University, SUNY at Albany, and Temple Law School of Philadelphia. She moved to Bridport, and worked at Paul, F
  
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• ‘Electric’: After yet another win, Vermont Green FC women head to national final

  13-07-2026 22:47 via vtdigger.org
  
  Vermont Green FC forward Emily Mara takes on a defender on Saturday, July 11 at Virtue Field in Burlington. Tyler Davis/Vermont Green FCTheo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.Vermont Green FC’s women’s team extended its undefeated inaugural season yet again Saturday with a semifinal win against North Carolina’s Asheville SC. The team will travel to Seattle on July 18 to take on Salmon Bay FC in the national championship game.&ldq
  
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• Court filing alleges Vermont Catholic Church posed ‘ethical proposition’ to shield funds from abuse survivors

  13-07-2026 22:26 via vtdigger.org
  
  A section of a sworn court statement filed in the Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese’s bankruptcy protection case. Photo illustration by VTDigger Digital EditorTwo decades after the Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese aimed to protect local parishes from priest misconduct lawsuits by placing their estimated $500 million of holdings into trusts, a recent job applicant alleges the state’s largest religious denomination’s past and current bishops asked if she’d help shelter more fun
  
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• Closing Brattleboro’s birthing center will cost Vermont more than it saves

  13-07-2026 20:47 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Corina Tennant, the chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and a partner at Four Seasons OB-GYN & Midwifery.When I became an OB-GYN, I was told, “Great choice — you’ll never go out of business delivering babies.” I now find myself fighting to make sure that’s still true.I was born at home in Newfane. My parents relied on Brattleboro Memorial Hospital as their backup. Forty years later, I am the local OB-GYN wor
  
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• A new flood threatens Vermont: Dark money

  12-07-2026 16:05 via vtdigger.org
  
  Are you a billionaire? No? You still deserve a voice in our politics. Yet ordinary Vermonters are being drowned out by outside money flooding our elections. A record $1.9 billion was spent by dark money groups in the 2024 federal elections, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.We have the Supreme Court to thank for this. Its decisions have allowed individuals, corporations and foreign interests to spend vast sums influencing elections. Our neighbors in Maine supported a ballot initi
  
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• Middlebury taps new housing development tool

  12-07-2026 15:22 via vtdigger.org
  
  Construction on a housing project in Vermont. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThis story by John Flowers was originally published in the Addison Independent on July 9, 2026.MIDDLEBURY — The town of Middlebury is dipping its toe into a new state program designed to help Vermont communities unlock housing opportunities by investing in critical public infrastructure.It’s called the Community and Housing Infrastructure Program, a statewide tax increment financing tool created in 202
  
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• Tunbridge fire chief pushes back against new forest fire warden law

  12-07-2026 14:12 via vtdigger.org
  
  West Windsor Firefighter Oden Cramer wets the edge of a 2.5 acre patch of burned ground to make sure a brushfire does not reignite in West Windsor, Vt., in April 2026. File photo by James M. Patterson/Valley NewsThis story by Sofia Langlois was first published in the Valley News on July 9, 2026.TUNBRIDGE — In the wake of a new Vermont law designating every fire chief as forest fire warden, some fire chiefs, including in Tunbridge, have opted not to accept the role at this time.Per Act 162
  
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• As strong El Niño develops off the Pacific, experts say Vermont impact is tough to tease out

  12-07-2026 13:10 via vtdigger.org
  
  The drought has led to low water in the St. Albans reservoir. Seen on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerParticularly warm water forming along the coasts of North and South America have caught the eyes of weather watchers across the globe, but the impacts on Vermont are murky for now.The warming and associated weather patterns are known as El Niño, a natural climate phenomenon where strong winds that normally push warm waters from east to west are weakened a
  
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• The nation is craving protein, but Vermont dairy isn’t cashing in

  12-07-2026 12:32 via vtdigger.org
  
  Tom Bellavance of Dairy Farmers of America, left, speaks during a meeting of farmers and others concerned with the recent closures of dairy production facilities in the state in North Hero on Thursday, July 2, 2026. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerDozens of dairy farmers from across the state drove to Grand Isle on July 2 with the intention of talking about a recent dairy plant closure. Instead, a larger issue emerged: Some dairy processors are giving up on Vermont, and the state is failing to c
  
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• Tulloch to be resentenced for Zantop murders

  11-07-2026 12:42 via vtdigger.org
  
  Robert Tulloch, 17, is escorted into Lebanon, N.H. District Court by Tropper James Stienmetz, right, and Hanover Sgt. Jeffrey Fleury, Feb. 21, 2001. File photo by Jim Cole/Associated PressThis story by Clare Shanahan was first published in the Valley News on July 10, 2026.A man convicted of murdering two Dartmouth professors as a teenager more than 25 years ago will get a new sentence in a three-day hearing that begins Monday in the same courthouse where he was convicted.After years of delays,
  
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• ‘I still worry’: Vermonters recount floods’ impacts at anniversary climate panel

  11-07-2026 00:31 via vtdigger.org
  
  U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., speaks at the Extreme Weather People’s Hearing about flood damage and climate change in Barre on Wednesday. Photo by Shaun Robinson/VTDiggerBARRE — At Good Samaritan Haven, a homeless shelter along the Gunner Brook in Barre, there is a ruler spray-painted onto one of the old brick walls.It’s there “to help us know when and how fast the brook is rising — so that we have enough time to evacuate guests safely,” said Julie Bond, the
  
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• A choice ‘on a scale from environmental to spiritual’

  10-07-2026 22:33 via vtdigger.org
  
  Michael Mayer, director and resident steward of Higher Ground and one of the nonprofit’s three founding board members, stands at the entrance of the new natural burial cemetery on the Manitou Project’s conserved land in Williamsville. Courtesy photo from Kelly FletcherThis story by Annie Landenberger was first published in The Commons on July 7, 2026.WILLIAMSVILLE — After several years of gestation, Higher Ground Conservation Burial will finally be celebrated this weekend when
  
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• Benjamin “Ben” Huffman

  10-07-2026 21:46 via vtdigger.org
  
  Born: 11/08/1937Lewisburg, OhioDied: 07/08/2026Montpelier, VermontDetails of service:No service planned. Contact Kristin Glaser for more information.Benjamin “Ben” Huffman, 88, died July 8, 2026 at his Montpelier home, from polycystic kidney failure.Ben was a worker, and a thinker, sustained by his marriage of 50 years to Kristin Glaser, and by the pleasure of his children. Ben had a three decade career in Vermont helping the state’s political leaders analyze public polic
  
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• Vermont’s public schools could benefit from a new federal school choice tax credit program, but skeptics abound

  10-07-2026 21:23 via vtdigger.org
  
  Students outside of the Westford School in April 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerVermont may soon opt into a federal school choice tax credit program that would allow parents to make tax deductible payments toward private school tuition and possibly public school programs.The program, and whether to opt in, was a quiet point of contention this legislation session. But news that the Trump administration may allow the tax credit dollars to flow to public afterschool and summer school pr
  
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• Vermont’s public schools could benefit from a new federal school choice tax credit program, but skeptics abound.

  10-07-2026 21:23 via vtdigger.org
  Students outside of the Westford School in April 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerVermont may soon opt into a federal school choice tax credit program that would allow parents to make tax deductible payments toward private school tuition and possibly public school programs.The program, and whether to opt in, was a quiet point of contention this legislation session. But news that the Trump administration may allow the tax credit dollars to flow to public afterschool and summer school pr
  
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• When did school boards stop answering to the public?

  10-07-2026 20:59 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Rebecca Foster, a former Champlain Valley Union High School parent who lives in Hinesburg.For an hour at the Champlain Valley School District board meeting on June 30, district residents took the microphone, one after another, to deliver reasoned, well-researched arguments against the contentious artificial turf proposal for Champlain Valley Union High School. In aggregate, it was a damning financial, legal, environmental, ethical and health verdict. After public comm
  
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• July 10 is synonymous with flooding in Vermont. Here’s a look back at VTDigger’s coverage.

  10-07-2026 12:45 via vtdigger.org
  
  Brady Gervais uses a kayak to navigate flooded Route 5 in Lyndonville. File photo by Ethan Weinstein/VTDiggerFriday marks three years since the devastating floods of 2023 — and two years since 2024’s repeat in some towns. For many Vermonters, July 10 resurfaces memories of communities under water, homes inundated and neighbors supporting neighbors through disaster. At VTDigger, we’ve worked to bring comprehensive coverage of Vermont’s years of severe flood
  
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• Content creator ‘Planet Hank’ sues Vermont attorney general over AI video probe

  09-07-2026 23:32 via vtdigger.org
  
  Hank Poitras, better known as “Planet Hank,” speaks during a social media livestream in May 2026. ScreenshotA new Vermont law regulating political media that’s generated with artificial intelligence is facing an early legal challenge from a content creator in Brattleboro.  Hank Poitras, better known by his social media moniker “Planet Hank,” filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against the Vermont attorney general’s office, arguing that the la
  
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• Gov. Scott names new secretary of commerce and community development as Kurrle exits for Vermont Gas

  09-07-2026 22:24 via vtdigger.org
  
  Tayt Brooks was appointed secretary of the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development in July 2026. Courtesy photoTheo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.Gov. Phil Scott has announced a change in leadership at the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, which oversees economic growth initiatives, housing development and tourism, among other responsibilities.Lindsay Kurrle, who has served as the agency’s secretary for seven years, w
  
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• ‘Substantial concerns’: new filing in border patrol agent’s killing challenges law enforcement version of events

  09-07-2026 21:48 via vtdigger.org
  
  Teresa Youngblut appears at a hearing in U.S. District Court in Burlington in June 2025. Sketch by Don DrakeAn attorney for the person charged with killing a border patrol agent in northern Vermont says evidence disputes a version of events from federal authorities about what led to the traffic stop and deadly shootout.Teresa Youngblut, 22, of Seattle, faces federal charges including murder in the fatal shooting of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland. The shooting occurred during a traffic st
  
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• Vermont’s low-barrier shelters are failing the people they were created to serve

  09-07-2026 21:04 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Derek Thomas, a South Burlington resident currently living in emergency housing through Vermont’s 211 program. For nearly a year, I lived at Champlain Place, a low-barrier shelter in Burlington. Low-barrier shelters are designed to minimize the conditions someone must meet before they can get a bed for the night. I entered believing it existed for one purpose: to help people experiencing homelessness regain stability and transition into permanent housing.I left
  
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• ‘Broken’ trust: Energy site redevelopment company seeks input from Vernon community on uses for former Vermont Yankee plant

  09-07-2026 12:53 via vtdigger.org
  
  Members of the Vernon Selectboard listen to representatives from Power Transitions discuss plans for the redevelopment of the former Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant during a meeting in Vernon on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. From left to right are board members Shelli Harvey, Sandra Harris and board chair Brandon Bucossi. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerVernon Selectboard members are raising concerns about being left out of the planning process for the future of a former nuclear power plant, which c
  
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• Poll: Most young Vermonters say they’re likely to leave state amid affordability concerns

  09-07-2026 00:47 via vtdigger.org
  
  University of Vermont students gather at a protest on campus in Burlington in April 2022. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerTheo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.Nearly two-thirds of Vermonters ages 18 to 34 say they’re likely to leave the state within five years in search of adventure or a cheaper place to live, according to a poll from the University of New Hampshire.  Overall, the poll estimated that 86% of Vermonters find the sta
  
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• Phil Scott issues executive order that would allow age-based health insurance premiums

  08-07-2026 23:43 via vtdigger.org
  
  Gov. Phil Scott speaks during a press conference at the Statehouse in Montpelier in April 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerGov. Phil Scott issued an executive order Wednesday that included a number of measures to decrease health insurance regulations in an effort to lower costs, including implementing age-based insurance premiums. “None of these ideas are radical,” Scott said in a Wednesday press conference. “In fact, they’re very mainstream, and we know th
  
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• Vermont gets $1.3 million to settle allegations Cash App did not shield users from fraud

  08-07-2026 23:01 via vtdigger.org
  
  Attorney General Charity Clark speaks during a press conference at the Statehouse in Montpelier in June 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerMONTPELIER — Vermont will receive $1.3 million as part of a multistate settlement with Cash App over allegations that the popular currency transfer platform failed to protect its users from fraud and misled them about the platform’s safety.Charity Clark, Vermont attorney general, announced the settlement with Cash App’s parent compan
  
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• Report: Norwich woman died of asphyxia

  08-07-2026 22:12 via vtdigger.org
  
  Noel Neely, the 82-year-old woman whose death at her residence at 48 Douglas Hill Road in Norwich, Vt., on May 9 remains under investigation. Photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley NewsThis story was first published in the Valley News on July 6, 2026.NORWICH — A woman who was found dead in Norwich in May died due to “asphyxia by exclusion of oxygen” as a result of “nitrogen gas delivered to face mask and plastic bag over head,” according to the Vermont Chief Medical Examin
  
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