{"id":541030,"date":"2023-05-31T14:54:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T18:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/?page_id=541030"},"modified":"2025-06-26T11:09:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:09:29","slug":"economy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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With gratitude, Dummerston orchard begins rebuilding after fire<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t

After a blaze that destroyed \u2018the brain, heart, and soul\u2019 of Dwight Miller Orchard, a family looks at a new chapter with the community\u2019s help<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby<\/span> The Commons News<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Colchester board approves plan for hotel. ‘Unconscionable’, say residents who plan to appeal.<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t

Residents have objected to the board trying to reframe its own definition of what constitutes an “inn.” The town\u2019s development regulations do not allow hotels or motels in the lakeshore district.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ben & Jerry\u2019s founders launch campaign to \u2018free\u2019 ice cream operation from parent company<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t

\u201cBen & 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

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State contractors blame Vermont\u2019s new digital procurement system VTBuys for missing and late payments<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t

\u201cFor a state that wants to encourage small business, this probably shouldn’t be happening,\u201d said one small-business owner who hadn\u2019t been paid by the state since VTBuys rolled out in early July.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby<\/span> Ethan Weinstein<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t