{"id":410734,"date":"2023-03-21T11:20:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/?page_id=410734"},"modified":"2025-09-10T18:18:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:18:58","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-light-blue-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles alignfull is-style-default wpnbha show-image image-alignright ts-6 is-3 is-landscape mobile-stack show-category is-style-default has-text-align-left\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"410734\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"631087\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-ben-and-jerrys tag-palestine tag-unilever category-economy type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/ben-jerrys-founders-launch-campaign-to-free-ice-cream-operation-from-parent-company\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ben-and-jerrys-4-20230428-1200x799.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s founders launch campaign to \u2018free\u2019 ice cream operation from parent company\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ben-and-jerrys-4-20230428-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ben-and-jerrys-4-20230428-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ben-and-jerrys-4-20230428-125x83.jpg 125w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ben-and-jerrys-4-20230428-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ben-and-jerrys-4-20230428-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ben-and-jerrys-4-20230428.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"544243\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/ben-and-jerrys-4-20230428\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ben-and-jerrys-4-20230428.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1331\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Ben &amp; Jerry\\u2019s scoop shop union members held a press conference outside the Church Street store in Burlington, seen on Friday, April 28, 2023, where they announced that the ice cream maker signed the Fair Election Principles, a code of conduct for union elections. Photo by Glenn Russell\\\/VTDigger&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1682708577&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;ben-and-jerrys-4 20230428&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ben-and-jerrys-4 20230428\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ben &amp;amp; Jerry\u2019s scoop shop union members held a press conference outside the Church Street store in Burlington, seen on Friday, April 28, 2023, where they announced that the ice cream maker signed the Fair Election Principles, a code of conduct for union elections. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ben &amp;amp; Jerry\u2019s Church Street store in Burlington on Friday, April 28, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ben-and-jerrys-4-20230428-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ben-and-jerrys-4-20230428-1200x799.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/category\/economy\/\">Economy<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/ben-jerrys-founders-launch-campaign-to-free-ice-cream-operation-from-parent-company\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s founders launch campaign to \u2018free\u2019 ice cream operation from parent company<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p> \u201cBen &#038; Jerry\u2019s has become successful precisely because people know it stands for something deeper than ice cream,\u201d Cohen and Greenfield wrote in Tuesday\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/theo-wells-spackman\/\">Theo Wells-Spackman<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T17:35:16-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 5:35 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T17:35:21-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 5:35 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-wp-block-newspack-ads-blocks-ad-unit alignnone\" style=\"text-align:inherit\">\t\t<div class='newspack_global_ad block_68c218cd5df2b'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/6614979\/newspack-homepage-inline-1-6467d36b6d9d6 --><div id='div-gpt-ad-68c218cd5df2b-0'><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-3 is-landscape mobile-stack show-category  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"410734\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"631040\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-fall-member-drive-2025 tag-johnson-woolen-mills tag-vtdigger tag-vtdigger-org category-inside-vtdigger type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/fall-member-drive-every-gift-informs-and-empowers\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VTD_Fall25_01-1.png\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fall Member Drive: Every gift informs and empowers\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VTD_Fall25_01-1.png 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VTD_Fall25_01-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VTD_Fall25_01-1-125x94.png 125w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VTD_Fall25_01-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VTD_Fall25_01-1-800x600.png?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VTD_Fall25_01-1-600x450.png?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VTD_Fall25_01-1-400x300.png?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VTD_Fall25_01-1-200x150.png?crop=1 200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VTD_Fall25_01-1-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VTD_Fall25_01-1-780x585.png 780w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VTD_Fall25_01-1-706x530.png 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"631067\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/fall-member-drive-every-gift-informs-and-empowers\/vtd_fall25_01-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VTD_Fall25_01-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VTD_Fall25_01 (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;VTDigger reporter Ethan Weinstein at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Monday, June 16, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VTD_Fall25_01-1-300x225.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VTD_Fall25_01-1.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/category\/inside-vtdigger\/\">Inside VTDigger<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/fall-member-drive-every-gift-informs-and-empowers\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fall Member Drive: Every gift informs and empowers<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Your support keeps local, fact-checked reporting free.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/geeta-anand\/\">Geeta Anand<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/cap-vtdigger-member-team\/\">VTDigger Member Team<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T17:00:24-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 5:00 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T17:00:33-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 5:00 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-3 is-landscape mobile-stack show-category  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"410734\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"631091\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-colchester tag-hotel tag-malletts-bay category-champlain-valley category-chittenden-county category-economy category-regional type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/colchester-board-approves-plans-for-hazelett-hotel-unconscionable-say-residents-who-plan-to-appeal\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TheHbuildings-colchester-hotel-11-800x600.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Colchester board approves plan for hotel. &#8216;Unconscionable&#8217;, say residents who plan to appeal\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TheHbuildings-colchester-hotel-11-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TheHbuildings-colchester-hotel-11-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TheHbuildings-colchester-hotel-11-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TheHbuildings-colchester-hotel-11-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"625996\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/06\/26\/colchester-residents-share-concerns-about-8m-hotel-proposed-on-malletts-bay\/thehbuildings-colchester-hotel-11\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TheHbuildings-colchester-hotel-11.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1140,715\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TheHbuildings-colchester-hotel-1(1)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Conceptual drawings of The H, a proposed lakefront development on West Lakeshore Drive in Colchester, as it would look from the bay and from the road. Image courtesy of the Town of Colchester&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Conceptual drawings of The H, a proposed lakefront development on West Lakeshore Drive in Colchester, as it would look from the bay and from the road. Image courtesy of the Town of Colchester&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TheHbuildings-colchester-hotel-11-300x188.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TheHbuildings-colchester-hotel-11.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/category\/economy\/\">Economy<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/colchester-board-approves-plans-for-hazelett-hotel-unconscionable-say-residents-who-plan-to-appeal\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Colchester board approves plan for hotel. &#8216;Unconscionable&#8217;, say residents who plan to appeal<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Residents have objected to the board trying to reframe its own definition of what constitutes an &#8220;inn.&#8221; The town\u2019s development regulations do not allow hotels or motels in the lakeshore district.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/auditi-guha\/\">Auditi Guha<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T18:38:58-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 6:38 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T19:21:42-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 7:21 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<!-- wp:shortcode --><aside>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"newspack-popup-container newspack-popup hidden  newspack-inline-popup  newspack-lightbox-no-border    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Photo by Glenn Russell\\\/VTDigger&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1626348681&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;GLENN RUSSELL&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;78&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;church-street-1 20210715&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"church-street-1 20210715\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Pedestrians walk along Church Street in Burlington on Thursday, July 15, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Pedestrians walk along Church Street in Burlington on Thursday, July 15, 2021. 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Phil Scott says he\u2019ll give Burlington a plan to tackle safety challenges<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cI look at this as like a crisis that they&#8217;re facing,\u201d the Republican governor said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/shaun-robinson\/\">Shaun Robinson<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T17:17:32-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 5:17 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T17:17:40-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 5:17 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f5f7ff\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group header-set is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Editors&#8217; Picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">Our best stories, investigations, podcasts and more, as recommended to you by VTDigger editors.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape show-category  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"410734\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630134\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-dirt-road-news tag-vtdigger category-inside-vtdigger type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/08\/28\/take-our-survey-we-want-to-hear-from-vermonts-young-and-rural-voices\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dirt-Road-News_graphic_wp_1200.png\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Take our survey: We want to hear from Vermont&#8217;s young and rural voices\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dirt-Road-News_graphic_wp_1200.png 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dirt-Road-News_graphic_wp_1200-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dirt-Road-News_graphic_wp_1200-125x94.png 125w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dirt-Road-News_graphic_wp_1200-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dirt-Road-News_graphic_wp_1200-800x600.png?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dirt-Road-News_graphic_wp_1200-600x450.png?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dirt-Road-News_graphic_wp_1200-400x300.png?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dirt-Road-News_graphic_wp_1200-200x150.png?crop=1 200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dirt-Road-News_graphic_wp_1200-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dirt-Road-News_graphic_wp_1200-780x585.png 780w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dirt-Road-News_graphic_wp_1200-706x530.png 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"628300\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/?attachment_id=628300\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dirt-Road-News_graphic_wp_1200.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dirt Road News_graphic_wp_1200\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dirt-Road-News_graphic_wp_1200-300x225.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dirt-Road-News_graphic_wp_1200.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/category\/inside-vtdigger\/\">Inside VTDigger<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/08\/28\/take-our-survey-we-want-to-hear-from-vermonts-young-and-rural-voices\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Take our survey: We want to hear from Vermont&#8217;s young and rural voices<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As news habits shift, we are working to make sure our reporting meets people where they are and reflects the full range of experiences across Vermont.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/libbie-sparadeo\/\">Libbie Sparadeo<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-08-28T10:46:11-04:00\">August 28, 2025, 10:46 am<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-08-28T10:46:17-04:00\">August 28, 2025, 10:46 am<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape show-category  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"410734\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630730\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-beta-technologies tag-ge-aviation tag-kyle-clark tag-south-burlington category-champlain-valley category-chittenden-county category-economy category-regional type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/05\/beta-technologies-lands-300m-investment-to-advance-hybrid-electric-aircraft\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BETA-factory-5-20231002-1200x900.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"BETA Technologies lands $300M investment to advance hybrid electric aircraft\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BETA-factory-5-20231002-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BETA-factory-5-20231002-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BETA-factory-5-20231002-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BETA-factory-5-20231002-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BETA-factory-5-20231002-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"558480\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/beta-factory-5-20231002\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BETA-factory-5-20231002.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1331\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;A BETA Technologies Alia vertical take-off and landing all-electric airplane is on display during the opening of BETA&#039;s electric aircraft production facility in South Burlington on Monday, October 2, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell\\\/VTDigger&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1696254240&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;BETA-factory-5 20231002&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BETA-factory-5 20231002\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A BETA Technologies Alia vertical take-off and landing all-electric airplane is on display during the opening of BETA&#8217;s electric aircraft production facility in South Burlington on Monday, October 2, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A BETA Technologies Alia vertical take-off and landing all-electric airplane is on display during the opening of BETA&#8217;s electric aircraft production facility in South Burlington on Monday, October 2, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BETA-factory-5-20231002-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BETA-factory-5-20231002-1200x799.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/category\/economy\/\">Economy<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/05\/beta-technologies-lands-300m-investment-to-advance-hybrid-electric-aircraft\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">BETA Technologies lands $300M investment to advance hybrid electric aircraft<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cWe look forward to partnering to co-develop products that will unlock the potential of hybrid electric flight,\u201d BETA CEO Kyle Clark said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/theo-wells-spackman\/\">Theo Wells-Spackman<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-05T10:37:14-04:00\">September 5, 2025, 10:37 am<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-05T10:37:20-04:00\">September 5, 2025, 10:37 am<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape show-category  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"410734\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630691\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-drought tag-farmworkers tag-lesley-ann-dupigny-giroux tag-northeast-organic-farming-association-of-vermont category-environment type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/04\/as-drought-persists-livestock-farmers-in-vermont-are-hurting\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/farmworker-housing-7-20220907-1200x900.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"As drought persists, livestock farmers in Vermont are hurting\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/farmworker-housing-7-20220907-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/farmworker-housing-7-20220907-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/farmworker-housing-7-20220907-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/farmworker-housing-7-20220907-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/farmworker-housing-7-20220907-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"535508\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/farmworker-housing-8-20220907\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/farmworker-housing-7-20220907.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1330\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;A dairy cows feeds at Sprague Farm in Brookfield on Wednesday, September 7, 2022. The farm&#039;s owners are trying to improve housing for their workers. Photo by Glenn Russell\\\/VTDigger&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1662554105&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell\\rGlenn Russell Photographer LLC\\rJericho VT&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;farmworker-housing-8 20220907&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"farmworker-housing-8 20220907\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A dairy cows feeds at Sprague Farm in Brookfield on Wednesday, September 7, 2022. The farm&#8217;s owners are trying to improve housing for their workers. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A dairy cows feeds at Sprague Farm in Brookfield on Wednesday, September 7, 2022. The farm&#8217;s owners are trying to improve housing for their workers. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/farmworker-housing-7-20220907-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/farmworker-housing-7-20220907-1200x798.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/category\/environment\/\">Environment<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/04\/as-drought-persists-livestock-farmers-in-vermont-are-hurting\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">As drought persists, livestock farmers in Vermont are hurting<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nearing the end of summer, at least half the state is dry enough to threaten food and water access for farm animals like dairy cows.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/austyn-gaffney\/\">Austyn Gaffney<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-04T17:09:15-04:00\">September 4, 2025, 5:09 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-04T17:11:15-04:00\">September 4, 2025, 5:11 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape show-category  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"410734\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630420\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-glover tag-john-rodgers category-government-politics category-northeast-kingdom category-orleans-county category-regional type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/01\/how-a-dirt-road-became-a-small-town-spectacle-involving-vermonts-lieutenant-governor\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-1200x900.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"How a dirt road became a small-town spectacle involving Vermont\u2019s lieutenant governor\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-125x94.jpg 125w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-780x585.jpg 780w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-706x530.jpg 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"630447\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/01\/how-a-dirt-road-became-a-small-town-spectacle-involving-vermonts-lieutenant-governor\/rodgers-road-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rodgers-road-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rodgers Road runs past the home and business of Lt. Gov. John Rodgers. Photo by Kristen Fountain\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rodgers-road-2-1200x900.jpg?crop=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/category\/regional\/northeast-kingdom\/orleans-county\/\">Orleans County<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/01\/how-a-dirt-road-became-a-small-town-spectacle-involving-vermonts-lieutenant-governor\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How a dirt road became a small-town spectacle involving Vermont\u2019s lieutenant governor<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Texts, emails and audio obtained via public records requests provide further insight into the conflict between Lt. Gov. John Rodgers and Glover\u2019s select board.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/henry-fernandez\/\">Henry Fernandez<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-01T07:00:00-04:00\">September 1, 2025, 7:00 am<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-02T08:11:51-04:00\">September 2, 2025, 8:11 am<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-wp-block-newspack-ads-blocks-ad-unit alignnone\" style=\"text-align:inherit\">\t\t<div class='newspack_global_ad block_68c218cdb068f'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/6614979\/newspack-homepage-inline-2-6467d3b58a42c --><div id='div-gpt-ad-68c218cdb068f-0'><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-3 is-landscape mobile-stack show-category  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"410734\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"631073\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-phil-scott tag-vermont-state-employees-association tag-work-from-home category-government-politics type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/gov-phil-scott-union-president-release-dueling-videos-on-state-employees-return-to-office\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aimee-scott-composite-1200x900.png?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Gov. Phil Scott, union president release dueling videos on state employees\u2019 return to office\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aimee-scott-composite-1200x900.png?crop=1 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aimee-scott-composite-800x600.png?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aimee-scott-composite-600x450.png?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aimee-scott-composite-400x300.png?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aimee-scott-composite-200x150.png?crop=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"631078\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/gov-phil-scott-union-president-release-dueling-videos-on-state-employees-return-to-office\/aimee-scott-composite\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aimee-scott-composite.png\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1333\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"aimee-scott-composite\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Aimee Bertrand and Governor Phil Scott. Photos by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aimee-scott-composite-300x200.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aimee-scott-composite-1200x800.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/category\/government-politics\/\">Government &amp; Politics<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/gov-phil-scott-union-president-release-dueling-videos-on-state-employees-return-to-office\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gov. Phil Scott, union president release dueling videos on state employees\u2019 return to office<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cPolished videos are nice, but how \u2018bout a real conversation?,\u201d the state employees\u2019 union president posed to Scott in a video of her own. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/ethan-weinstein\/\">Ethan Weinstein<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T17:04:47-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 5:04 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T17:04:54-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 5:04 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"631037\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-jill-martin-diaz tag-podcast tag-u-s-immigration-and-customs-enforcement tag-vermont-asylum-assistance-project tag-vermont-conversation category-government-politics type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/vermont-conversation-vermont-asylum-assistance-project-confronts-trumps-assault-on-immigrant-rights\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jill-martin-diaz-3-20250827-1200x900.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Vermont Conversation: Vermont Asylum Assistance Project confronts Trump&#8217;s assault on immigrant rights\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jill-martin-diaz-3-20250827-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jill-martin-diaz-3-20250827-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jill-martin-diaz-3-20250827-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jill-martin-diaz-3-20250827-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jill-martin-diaz-3-20250827-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"630264\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/jill-martin-diaz-3-20250827\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jill-martin-diaz-3-20250827.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2500,1663\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Jill Martin Diaz, executive director of the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project in Burlington on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell\\\/VTDigger&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1756326159&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;360&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;jill-martin-diaz-3 20250827&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jill-martin-diaz-3 20250827\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jill Martin Diaz, executive director of the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project in Burlington on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jill-martin-diaz-3-20250827-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jill-martin-diaz-3-20250827-1200x798.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/category\/government-politics\/\">Government &amp; Politics<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/vermont-conversation-vermont-asylum-assistance-project-confronts-trumps-assault-on-immigrant-rights\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Vermont Conversation: Vermont Asylum Assistance Project confronts Trump&#8217;s assault on immigrant rights<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cPeople are really starting to look at what&#8217;s going on in the immigration system as a microcosm for what could happen to our democracy if left unchecked, not just for noncitizens, but for everyone,&#8221; said attorney Jill Martin Diaz.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/cap-david-goodman\/\">David Goodman<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T16:37:46-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 4:37 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T16:54:05-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 4:54 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<!-- wp:shortcode --><aside>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"newspack-popup-container newspack-popup hidden  newspack-inline-popup  newspack-lightbox-no-border    \"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#000\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"id_624808\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-segments=\"\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-frequency=\"0,0,0,month\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-light-blue-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-style-borders is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Vermont jobs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-primary-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdiggerjobs.org?utm_source=vtd&amp;utm_medium=hp-banner\" style=\"border-radius:8px\">Post a job | See who's hiring<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<style>ul.rss-jobs {margin-top:0 !important;}<\/style>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><strong>Featured jobs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"rss-jobs wp-block-rss\" style=\"list-style:none; padding:0; margin:0;\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item' style='margin:0;'><a href='https:\/\/vtdiggerjobs.org\/job\/recovery-assistant\/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' style='text-decoration:underline; font-weight:bold;'>Recovery Assistant \u2013 Multiple Shifts Available!<\/a>, Divided Sky Foundation<\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item' style='margin:0;'><a href='https:\/\/vtdiggerjobs.org\/job\/human-resource-administrator\/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' style='text-decoration:underline; font-weight:bold;'>Human Resource Administrator<\/a>, Vermont Legal Aid<\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item' style='margin:0;'><a href='https:\/\/vtdiggerjobs.org\/job\/operations-director\/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' style='text-decoration:underline; font-weight:bold;'>Operations Director<\/a>, The Mitzvah Fund<\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item' style='margin:0;'><a href='https:\/\/vtdiggerjobs.org\/job\/executive-director-vermont-bar-association\/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' style='text-decoration:underline; font-weight:bold;'>Executive Director<\/a>, Vermont Bar Association<\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item' style='margin:0;'><a href='https:\/\/vtdiggerjobs.org\/job\/internship\/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' style='text-decoration:underline; font-weight:bold;'>Internship<\/a>, VTDigger<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/aside><!-- \/wp:shortcode -->\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-3 is-landscape mobile-stack show-category  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"410734\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"631030\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-ludlow tag-phish tag-substance-use-disorder tag-addiction-treatment tag-trey-anastasio category-health category-regional category-southern-vermont category-windsor-county type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/backed-by-phish-singer-new-recovery-scholarship-fund-aims-to-help-women\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-1200x900.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Backed by Phish frontman, new recovery scholarship fund aims to help women\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"631032\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/ludlow-recovery-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1875\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D850&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1748874071&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ludlow-recovery-2\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ludlow\u2019s Divided Sky Residential Recovery Program offers support for substance use disorders at its 46-bed retreat center. Photo courtesy of the Divided Sky Foundation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ludlow\u2019s Divided Sky Residential Recovery Program offers support for substance use disorders at its 46-bed retreat center. Photo courtesy of the Divided Sky Foundation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-300x220.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ludlow-recovery-2-1200x879.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/category\/regional\/southern-vermont\/windsor-county\/\">Windsor County<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/backed-by-phish-singer-new-recovery-scholarship-fund-aims-to-help-women\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Backed by Phish frontman, new recovery scholarship fund aims to help women<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Vermont-formed band\u2019s Trey Anastasio and his Divided Sky Foundation are raising money to support women dealing with substance use disorder at his nonprofit retreat center in Ludlow.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/cap-kevin-oconnor\/\">Kevin O&#039;Connor<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T13:51:28-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 1:51 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T14:29:34-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 2:29 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630977\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-burlington tag-sex-education category-burlington category-champlain-valley category-chittenden-county category-life-culture category-regional type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/burlingtons-first-ever-sex-week-celebrates-inclusivity-in-sex-education\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/beth-hankes-1-20250905-1200x900.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Burlington\u2019s first-ever \u2018sex week\u2019 celebrates inclusivity in sex education\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/beth-hankes-1-20250905-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/beth-hankes-1-20250905-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/beth-hankes-1-20250905-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/beth-hankes-1-20250905-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/beth-hankes-1-20250905-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"630776\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/beth-hankes-1-20250905\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/beth-hankes-1-20250905.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2500,1663\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Beth Hankes, founder and CEO of Earth and Salt adult store in Burlington on Friday, September 5, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell\\\/VTDigger&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1757102890&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Glenn Russell&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;450&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;beth-hankes-1 20250905&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"beth-hankes-1 20250905\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Beth Hankes, founder and CEO of Earth and Salt adult store in Burlington on Friday, September 5, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/beth-hankes-1-20250905-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/beth-hankes-1-20250905-1200x798.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/category\/life-culture\/\">Life &amp; Culture<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/burlingtons-first-ever-sex-week-celebrates-inclusivity-in-sex-education\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Burlington\u2019s first-ever \u2018sex week\u2019 celebrates inclusivity in sex education<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Co-hosted by the Pride Center of Vermont, the week features an array of workshops, panels, performances and mixers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/erin-petenko\/\">Erin Petenko<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T06:56:00-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 6:56 am<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T08:59:04-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 8:59 am<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-light-blue-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group header-set is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opinion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">Commentaries and letters to the editor written by community members and regular contributors.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-borders wpnbha is-grid columns-4 colgap-2 ts-3 is-style-borders has-text-align-left\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"410734\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630896\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-commentaries tag-opinion tag-pat-suozzi category-opinion type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/09\/pat-suozzi-vermont-lakes-and-streams-like-fewer-lawns-too\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Pat Suozzi: Vermont lakes and streams like fewer lawns, too!\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Help protect Vermont\u2019s lakes and ponds. Stop mowing and plant a garden.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-09T07:04:00-04:00\">September 9, 2025, 7:04 am<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630888\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-commentaries tag-opinion category-opinion type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/08\/joshua-reap-trade-education-solves-more-than-just-a-labor-shortage\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Joshua Reap: Trade education solves more than just a labor shortage<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The construction industry is \u2014 and will remain \u2014 one of the most knowledge-driven, human-powered sectors of the workforce.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-08T17:37:43-04:00\">September 8, 2025, 5:37 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-08T17:37:48-04:00\">September 8, 2025, 5:37 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630750\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-lake-memphremagog tag-letters-to-the-editor tag-pfas-per-polyfluoroalkyl-substances tag-vermont-agency-of-natural-resources tag-vermont-geological-survey category-opinion type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/07\/peggy-stevens-protecting-lake-memphremagog-from-pfas-must-be-a-priority\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Peggy Stevens: Protecting Lake Memphremagog from PFAS must be a priority<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Those whose drinking water comes from the lake are at risk of exposure to PFAS and other harmful chemicals from a variety of sources. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-07T06:36:00-04:00\">September 7, 2025, 6:36 am<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630744\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-act-72 tag-commentaries tag-literacy tag-pre-k category-opinion type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/05\/dorrine-dorfman-and-charlene-webster-following-up-on-vermonts-act-72\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dorrine Dorfman and Charlene Webster: Following up on Vermont\u2019s Act 72<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Act 72 applies to all grades K-12 and requires an appropriately trained education professional to provide remediation. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-05T16:18:55-04:00\">September 5, 2025, 4:18 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-05T16:19:00-04:00\">September 5, 2025, 4:19 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/opinion\/\">Read more opinion<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-wp-block-newspack-ads-blocks-ad-unit alignnone\" style=\"text-align:inherit\">\t\t<div class='newspack_global_ad block_68c218cdf1b5f'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/6614979\/newspack-homepage-inline-3-6467d35up8a8b --><div id='div-gpt-ad-68c218cdf1b5f-0'><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-3 is-landscape mobile-stack show-category  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"410734\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630969\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-blue-cross-and-blue-shield-of-vermont tag-covid tag-covid-19-vaccine tag-kinney-drugs tag-robert-f-kennedy-jr tag-trending-stories tag-u-s-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention tag-vaccination tag-vermont-department-of-health category-health type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/09\/as-feds-tighten-covid-vaccine-rules-vermont-works-to-maintain-access\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930-1200x801.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"As feds tighten Covid vaccine rules, Vermont works to maintain access\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930-125x83.jpg 125w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"530008\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1335\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;GLENN RUSSELL&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Cat Neville, a University of Vermont nursing student, administers a third dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Berlin on Saturday, October 2, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell\\\/VTDigger&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1633170933&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;GLENN RUSSELL&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;27&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;vaccination-clinic-1 20210930&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vaccination-clinic-1 20210930\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Cat Neville, a University of Vermont nursing student, administers a third dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Berlin on Saturday, October 2, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cat Neville, a University of Vermont nursing student, administers a third dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Berlin on Saturday, October 2, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vaccination-clinic-1-20210930-1200x801.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/category\/health\/\">Health<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/09\/as-feds-tighten-covid-vaccine-rules-vermont-works-to-maintain-access\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">As feds tighten Covid vaccine rules, Vermont works to maintain access\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pharmacies can provide boosters to individuals who qualify, but the state is awaiting a looming CDC recommendation to better understand what government insurance can cover. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/olivia-gieger\/\">Olivia Gieger<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-09T19:16:14-04:00\">September 9, 2025, 7:16 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T09:06:54-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 9:06 am<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"630966\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-montpelier tag-vtdigger-community-news-sharing-project tag-vermont-division-for-historic-preservation category-central-vermont category-education category-regional category-washington-county type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/09\/montpeliers-new-school-expands-space-for-students-with-complex-needs\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier-1200x900.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Montpelier&#8217;s New School expands space for students with complex needs\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier-1200x900.jpg?crop=1 1200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier-125x94.jpg 125w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier-800x600.jpg?crop=1 800w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier-780x585.jpg 780w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier-706x530.jpg 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"630967\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/09\/montpeliers-new-school-expands-space-for-students-with-complex-needs\/new-school-montpelier\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"new-school-montpelier\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Construction on the New School of Montpelier&#8217;s newly acquired Bishop-Hatch Hall on the former campus of the Vermont College of Fine Arts is expected to be done in 2026. Photo by Cassandra Hemenway\/The Bridge&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/new-school-montpelier-1200x900.jpg?crop=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/category\/regional\/central-vermont\/washington-county\/\">Washington County<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/09\/montpeliers-new-school-expands-space-for-students-with-complex-needs\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Montpelier&#8217;s New School expands space for students with complex needs<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The purchase and renovation of multiple buildings on the college green will allow the school to expand enrollment, the school&#8217;s executive director said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/the-montpelier-bridge\/\">The Montpelier Bridge<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-09T18:56:04-04:00\">September 9, 2025, 6:56 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T09:18:51-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 9:18 am<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-light-blue-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group header-set is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Obituaries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">Death&nbsp;notices and celebrations of life.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-borders wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-2 show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-3 is-landscape is-style-borders has-text-align-left\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"410734\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"631004\"\n\t\tclass=\"category-obituaries type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/10\/david-michael-winter\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/David-Michael-Winter-1-600x450.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate size-newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate wp-post-image\" alt=\"David Michael Winter\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/David-Michael-Winter-1-600x450.jpg?crop=1 600w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/David-Michael-Winter-1-400x300.jpg?crop=1 400w, https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/David-Michael-Winter-1-200x150.jpg?crop=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 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2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"628186\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/china-chikungunya\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mosquito-2-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;AP&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;FILE - This 2014 photo made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles funestus mosquito. (James Gathany\\\/CDC via AP, File)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1666984857&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;China Chikungunya&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"China Chikungunya\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A feeding female Anopheles funestus mosquito in 2014. Photo by James Gathany\/U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A feeding female Anopheles funestus mosquito in 2014. Photo by James Gathany\/U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mosquito-2-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mosquito-2-1200x800.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cat-links \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/category\/health\/\">Health<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2025\/09\/09\/vermont-confirms-states-1st-case-of-jamestown-canyon-virus-in-humans\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Vermont confirms state\u2019s 1st case of Jamestown Canyon virus in humans\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The state advises protecting against mosquito bites as summer comes to a close.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/author\/olivia-gieger\/\">Olivia Gieger<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-09-09T18:14:34-04:00\">September 9, 2025, 6:14 pm<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T09:07:25-04:00\">September 10, 2025, 9:07 am<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/latest-stories\/\">Latest stories<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editors&#8217; Picks Our best stories, investigations, podcasts and more, as recommended to you by VTDigger editors. 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