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Dear Editor, My wife and I recently moved our part-time residence from Moretown to Bennington. And we noticed that the relatively new anti-tax fervor has grown here in Bennington, too. I don’t see the Legislature rolling back funding for any departments or programs. That means property taxes will remain wickedly high. More and more, the state will become a home for the poor and seniors, who are unable to move, and for the rich, who can afford a luxurious second home. The working middle class will be hard-pressed. I find it ridiculous that my Bennington property taxes on my $160,000 condo are the same as my $500,000 Florida home. Plus, there is no state income tax in Florida. Last year, Vermont experienced a 0.29% annual population decline because more people are dying than being born and there is an outflow of residents to other states. I would guess that trend will accelerate as more boomers like me die and smart middle-class people give up on paying $5,000 to $10,000 a year for property taxes, plus exorbitant income taxes. Double ouch! As people wake up, they’ll realize life will be easier, taxes lower, their savings and investments much greater, if they

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... Snapchat. Pritt also allegedly sent sexually explicit photos of himself and requested that the girl send nude photos of herself through Snapchat.

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A 19-year-old Newport man was indicted Thursday, July 23, by a Lane County grand jury on a charge of luring a minor. Diego Rojas-Hernandez was arrested July 1 after detectives began investigating alleged “online exploitation of a local child involving the Snapchat application,” according to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office. Oregon State Police detectives assisted the sheriff’s office and arrested Rojas-Hernandez, the sheriff’s office said. The indictment alleges Rojas-Hernandez in February furnished or used with a minor “a visual representation, an explicit verbal description or a narrative account of sexual conduct, for the purpose of inducing the minor to engage in sexual conduct.” The charge is a felony. The alleged luring took place in February, when Rojas-Hernandez was 18.  The indictment does not state the age of the alleged victim. In Oregon, a minor is defined as someone under 18. If a person is less than three years older than the minor, that is considered a defense to the charge of luring a minor. Rojas-Hernandez has an arraignment scheduled for Aug. 21, according to court records.

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Facebook Superior Reads July 27, 2026 In this edition of Superior Reads, Lin Salisbury talks with New York Times best-selling author Lauren Hough about her road trip memoir “Monster of a Land: On the Road in Search of Modern America” – reimagining John Steinbeck’s “Travels with Charley.”