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Author Archives: Sam Gale Rosen

VTDigger’s digital and opinion editor.

A crane lifting a load.
Posted inEnvironment

The Deeper Dig: A plan for what’s left of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant

A woman with long straight hair, smiles at the camera outdoors, standing in front of trees and a fence. by Emma Cotton and Sam Gale Rosen November 20, 2023, 5:28 pmNovember 20, 2023, 5:28 pm
A man standing in front of shelves in a store.
Posted inLife & Culture

The Deeper Dig: Edi Abeneto of Feeding Chittenden on fighting hunger and breaking down cultural barriers

by Sam Gale Rosen November 9, 2023, 12:04 pmNovember 9, 2023, 12:04 pm
A woman standing in a room with a tiny home big sign.
Posted inLife & Culture

The Deeper Dig: How to raise emotionally intelligent kids

by Sam Gale Rosen October 25, 2023, 11:30 amOctober 25, 2023, 12:23 pm
A man in a blue jacket sits in the driver's seat of a boat.
Posted inLife & Culture

The Deeper Dig: The star-studded history of a small island in Lake Bomoseen

by Sam Gale Rosen October 9, 2023, 12:40 pmOctober 25, 2023, 12:17 pm
A group of people walking down a sidewalk in front of a building.
Posted inEducation

The Deeper Dig: Who is the University of Vermont for?

by Sam Gale Rosen and Peter D'Auria September 25, 2023, 4:45 pmSeptember 25, 2023, 4:54 pm
A man standing in the middle of an old church.
Posted inLife & Culture

The Deeper Dig: Synagogue sold — what happens when a historic house of worship becomes something else

by Sam Gale Rosen September 13, 2023, 6:00 amSeptember 19, 2023, 4:17 pm
A doctor's hand writing on a paper with a stethoscope.
Posted inHealth

The Deeper Dig: ‘It dominates anxiety’ — unpacking the process and impact of health insurance premium hikes

by Sam Gale Rosen and Kristen Fountain August 29, 2023, 9:26 pmAugust 30, 2023, 10:55 am
A man standing on a road near a swamp.
Posted inEnvironment

The Deeper Dig: How flooding affects Vermont’s wildlife and ecosystems

A woman with long straight hair, smiles at the camera outdoors, standing in front of trees and a fence. by Sam Gale Rosen and Emma Cotton August 14, 2023, 6:00 amSeptember 11, 2024, 10:15 pm
a truck is stopped on a bridge in the rain.
Posted inPublic Safety

The Deeper Dig: ‘I was in shock’: Reporters on the impact of Vermont’s catastrophic flooding

A black and white photo of a man wearing glasses. by Sam Gale Rosen, Erin Petenko, Glenn Russell and Ethan Weinstein July 24, 2023, 6:00 amJuly 25, 2023, 8:30 am
A motel sign reading "Hilltop Inn" stands in the foreground with a parking lot and the motel building in the background under a cloudy sky. Several vehicles are parked in the lot.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

The Deeper Dig: The fraught politics of Vermont’s motel housing program

by Sam Gale Rosen and Lola Duffort July 10, 2023, 6:00 am
A person holds a sign reading "David Mitchell mattered" in front of the Statehouse.
Posted inPublic Safety

The Deeper Dig: A spate of deaths focuses attention on Vermont prisons and the Department of Corrections

by Sam Gale Rosen and Ethan Weinstein June 26, 2023, 6:00 amOctober 21, 2024, 1:53 pm
a couple of people that are standing in a room
Posted inGovernment & Politics

The Deeper Dig: A VTDigger reporter’s guide to the Statehouse

by Sam Gale Rosen and Sarah Mearhoff June 12, 2023, 6:00 amJuly 19, 2023, 4:50 pm

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