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Sep 23, 2026
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Aug 18, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Bear Savage

    For laid off St Albans Creamery workers, health insurance benefits run out next week. The union representing them is asking the courts to intervene - VTDigger (opens the original)

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    Teamsters Local 597, which represents employees at St. Albans Creamery, filed a motion with the Vermont District Court on Tuesday, hoping to force their employer to continue making health insurance contributions while the dairy processing plant remains closed. Without action from the court, the union’s insurance is set to expire at the end of the month. The dairy plant, which is owned and operated by co-op Dairy Farmers of America, shuttered on Aug. 17. The co-op described the plant as unviable,

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Bear Savage

    Pre-dawn calf washes and tail fluffing: Scenes from opening day at Tunbridge World’s Fair - VTDigger (opens the original)

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    At the Tunbridge World’s Fair, the future of Vermont farming depends on the kids — and their massive animals — who are keeping the traditions alive. “Not a lot of people get to interact with animals, especially big animals like this,” said Sylvia Johnson, 17, hanging out near her grand champion heifer, Gift. “So it’s kind of cool to educate people.” That was the purpose of Agricultural Education Day, which brought more than 2,100 students to Thursday’s opening day of the Tunbridge World’s Fair,

  3. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Bear Savage

    Fall foliage varies from year to year, for leaf-peepers and trees - VTDigger (opens the original)

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    Josh Halman flew over Vermont’s woods late last summer and saw something that surprised him. Swaths of trees had already gone brown, scorched by an extreme drought that affected more than 64,000 acres. This year, from the same vantage, things are looking up. “We haven’t seen anything even close to the level of damage we were seeing in the foliage last year,” said Halman, who leads a long-running tree-monitoring project at Vermont Forest Parks and Recreation. The rebound is good news for the leaf

  4. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Bear Savage

    Thousands of acres conserved in Woodbury, where family plans to sustainably log for generations - VTDigger (opens the original)

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    Andrew Meyer remembers, as a kid, visiting logging jobs in the area of the Worcester Range with his grandfather or uncle. They were using horses at the time, and then later upgraded to more modern equipment. He remembers the logs going to the mill or log yard in Hardwick. He said the woods were a major part of his life; he grew up in Hardwick on a dairy farm and would spend time camping and hiking around East Long Pond. E.B. Hyde Corp., Meyer’s family-run timber company, worked for more than a d

  5. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · by Bear Savage

    ‘Stronger now than it was’: Quechee Gorge Bridge reopens with new suicide barriers - VTDigger (opens the original)

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    This story by Sofia Langlois was first published in the Valley News on Aug. 28, 2026.HARTFORD — Inside the gift shop next to the Quechee Gorge Bridge, Pam Kendall was pleased to see the new and improved structure finally completed, though she doesn’t agree with every aspect of the bridge’s revamped design. “I feel the rails are way too low,” she said of the barriers between the sidewalk and road. Kendall worries those guardrails are wide enough for children to climb and sit on, and if a parent i

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