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People hold signs for candidates and ballot measures at Essex Middle School in Essex Town on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Photo by Brendan Kinney/VTDigger
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People hold signs for candidates and ballot measures at Essex Middle School in Essex Town on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Photo by Brendan Kinney/VTDigger


Lake Champlain Chocolates runs two separate molding lines at its facility in Williston. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger

Gayle Giovanna, of Strafford, goes through her shopping list as she finds items in the aisles of the co-op in Hanover, N.H., on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. Giovanna has been a customer of the co-op for over 40 years.


This commentary is by Dana Doran, executive director of the Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast, a regional nonprofit supporting independent logging and forest trucking contractors.

West Street looking East in Rutland. Seen on Thursday, September 1, 2022. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

This commentary is by Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Committee.


St. Charles Church in Bellows Falls is one of more than 60 Catholic parishes in Vermont. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger

A Dead River Company fuel truck on a snowy Main Street in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont. Photo by Artaxerxes/Wikimedia Commons

A BETA Technologies Alia vertical take-off and landing all-electric airplane is on display during the opening of BETA’s electric aircraft production facility in South Burlington on Monday, October 2, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger