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Ex-corrections worker goes to jail for sexually exploiting woman he supervised
Joshua Russ, 35, of Brattleboro in a booking photo taken Thursday, June 18, 2020. A former Vermont Department of Corrections worker will spend at least four months in jail for sex offenses against a...
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Vermont Conversation: Dorothy Day’s granddaughter continues her radical work...
Vermonter Martha Hennessy and supporters prepare for sentencing in the former bedroom of her grandmother, Dorothy Day, at the Catholic Worker Maryhouse in New York City last fall. Courtesy photo The...
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Chittenden County attorneys hold clinic to deal with backlog in arrest warrants
Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger As courthouses closed and court hearings went virtual during the pandemic, some Vermonters didn’t know how to address...
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Central Vermont Medical Center briefly locked down over false report of a...
The emergency department at Central Vermont Medical Center. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin was placed briefly on lockdown Wednesday afternoon after a false...
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Vermonter sues a leading parking app after data breach
Parking meters utilizing ParkMobile services on Elmwood Avenue in Burlington on June 7, 2021. Photo by Seamus McAvoy/VTDigger A Vermonter has filed a class-action lawsuit against a popular parking...
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Connecticut man faces federal drug charges following FBI raid in Randolph
A police car. Photo courtesy of flickr A Hartford, Connecticut, man is facing federal drug charges following a raid by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies at a residence where he was staying in...
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Report that’s likely to shape future of Burlington police has been delayed...
Acting Chief of Police Jon Murad speaks about the Burlington department at a press conference on May 24, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Results of an influential assessment of the Burlington...
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Former Bennington teacher files suit, citing racial discrimination and...
Rosa Van Wie. (Photo courtesy David Van Wie) BENNINGTON — A former fourth-grade teacher is suing Molly Stark Elementary School, its school district, supervisory union, principal and superintendent...
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Canadian company pays $800K to settle claims of fraudulent sale of Jay Peak
Ariel Quiros, center, leaves federal court in Burlington after being arraigned on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case on May 22, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Jay Peak Resort’s receiver...
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Court filing: Shumlin aide ‘could qualify’ as co-conspirator in Jay Peak...
Gov.-elect Peter Shumlin, right, celebrates his victory with Alex MacLean, his campaign manager in November 2010. A new court filing includes a list of people who federal prosecutors allegedly said...
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Misch won’t take plea deal, plans federal challenge of Vermont gun law
Max Misch before a court appearance in August 2019. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger A white nationalist from Bennington has rejected a plea deal and is planning a fresh effort to quash a Vermont ban...
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In-person prison visitations set to resume, but not everyone is happy with...
Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans. Photo by Sawyer Loftus/VTDigger While Gov. Phil Scott lifted statewide Covid-19 restrictions in Vermont this week, the state Department of...
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Vermont Conversation: Daniel Ellsberg on leaking the Pentagon Papers and...
This week marks the 50th anniversary of Daniel Ellsberg’s leak of the Pentagon Papers. Photo by Christopher Michel (CC BY-SA 4.0) The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that...
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Fertility doctor faces 2nd lawsuit alleging he used his sperm to inseminate...
The ad placed by the daughter of Cheryl and Peter Rousseau, the couple who filed a federal lawsuit in Burlington against Dr. John Boyd Coates III. A second woman is bringing a lawsuit against a...
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Barton residents want a town police force, citing a string of robberies
Barton residents want local police officers, after a string of robberies. On Aug. 20, Ken Mitchell-Eby outlined his complaints about the selectboard’s transparency at a meeting on Aug. 20. Photo by...
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More traffic enforcement, fewer reports over the phone with...
Montpelier Police Chief Brian Peete. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott’s lifting of Covid-19 restrictions in Vermont is leading to changes for police...
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Public or secret? High court weighs records of prison health care contractor
In a virtual session, the Vermont Supreme Court listens to arguments Tuesday on access to records held by a private company about medical care for prisoners. The Vermont Supreme Court will decide...
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Ex-UVMMC doctor facing child porn, voyeurism charges reaches plea deals
Eike Blohm MD A former emergency room doctor at the University of Vermont Medical Center facing pornography charges after he was arrested last year for allegedly hiding a camera in a staff bathroom...
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Slate Ridge zoning building permit will be denied without visit from surveyor
Daniel Banyai speaks to a group at Slate Ridge in Pawlet. Facebook photo WEST PAWLET — Pawlet’s Development Review Board won’t grant Slate Ridge, a paramilitary training center that was recently...
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Panel: Troopers discriminated against Clemmons Family Farm director
A photo of the Barn House at the Clemmons Family Farm in Charlotte. Photo via Human Rights Commission report Updated at 8:50 p.m. A state commission has found that the Vermont State Police and the...
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