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When the Chocolate Shop in Hanover, New Hampshire, closed this year, we lost more than a source for our favorite treats. We lost a family landmark. Where other children find caramels, mint meltaways and Pop Rocks , my son Finn found his courage.

Believe it or not, about 25 years ago, I was the first person in the history of Swedish Television to use a hidden camera in a documentary.

The year 1816 has many nicknames in Vermont: "the year without a summer'" "the poverty year;" "the starving year;" and even, with a touch of black humor, as "eighteen-hundred-and-froze-to-death."

When I lived in Sweden, I couldn’t vote in national elections. But as a permanent resident I could vote in city and state elections.

The 2016 Presidential Race has dominated the headlines for much of this election cycle. But as we near Election Day, voters begin to focus on statewide offices and their local State House and Senate races.

This week, the University of Vermont’s student newspaper, the Vermont Cynic, won the Associated Collegiate Press’ 2016 Diversity Story of the Year award for a look back at the history of race at the university.

It was the summer of 1952. I drove from my home in Barre to Chelsea Vermont to look at the used cars being sold by a guy named Kennedy. Word on the street assured me that his cars were the best deals around. This was my introduction to one of the great Vermont characters of the 20th century.I didn’t bring home a shiny Ford that day, but I did acquire a life-long friend. His name was Walter Kennedy. But from childhood he’d been known as “Peanut.”

The United States Supreme Court has begun its new term. And, in just a few weeks, they’ve heard arguments in three different cases involving racial bias in the criminal justice system.

Officials in the City of South Burlington are calling on residents to vote yes on a plan that would establish a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district in the city.

The governor is the head of the executive branch and is the highest elected office in Vermont. Voters elect a governor in Vermont every two years, with no term limits.

The ancient method of sharing news, culture and knowledge with the oral storytelling tradition also serves as a powerful way to enact social change within a community. And two local arts organizations are acting as facilitators to help move community stories into action.

This week, Vermont Edition brings you election debates for three statewide offices. On Thursday, the leading candidates for state auditor meet in a live, face-to-face debate.

Three candidates are vying for the job of lieutenant governor in this year's general election.

There's a lot of talk these days about closings and stress - buzz words that swirl around the two top news stories - the elections and the World Series. Stress and closings - I think the concepts are closely related. And so are the news stories. In the baseball world, the closer is called upon to wrap up success. To take the rubber in the 9th inning and shut down the last three chances of the opposition to tie or win the game. There's a lot riding on the shoulders - and the arm - of the closer

The Green Mountain Care Board on Wednesday approved a plan that will dramatically change how health care providers are reimbursed in Vermont.