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Cate Chant is a news editor at VTDigger. Her professional life has included various aspects of publishing, including graphic arts, writing and editing. She has lived off and on in Vermont; her latest return was in 2002 after 11 years in western Massachusetts. She had her start in journalism as a reporter at the Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, Mass., and was a copy editor there for many years. She was a western Massachusetts stringer for The Boston Globe for 4½ years. Most recently, she was a copy editor for the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus. She has a B.A. in journalism from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She lives in East Montpelier with her husband, Steve Belitsos, and their twins, Luke and Libby.
 

In 2020, VTDigger commentary writers had much to say

By Cate Chant

Dec 31 2020December 31, 2020

We salute your strong opinions – even those that were too strong for publication – and your willingness to put them out there under your name.


Covid-19 Roundup: No new cases; High-tech thermometers; food benefits up

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Jun 30 2020June 30, 2020

A digest of VTDigger’s coronavirus coverage from across the state.


Covid-19 Roundup: 6 new cases; State grants for businesses; broadband expansion

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Jun 29 2020June 29, 2020

A digest of VTDigger’s coronavirus coverage from across the state.


Covid-19 Roundup: Cases up by 7; Cluster in Fair Haven; UVMMC allows some visitors

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Jun 25 2020June 25, 2020

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A digest of VTDigger’s coronavirus coverage from across the state.


Covid-19 Roundup: UVMHN cuts; National Life layoffs; Just one new case

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Jun 23 2020June 23, 2020

A digest of VTDigger’s coronavirus coverage from across the state.


Covid-19 Roundup: 4 new cases; day trippers here to escape heat; inmate positive

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Jun 22 2020June 22, 2020

A digest of VTDigger’s coronavirus coverage from across the state.


Covid-19 Roundup: Restaurant rules relaxing; ‘Hazard pay’ trimmed; 9 new cases

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Jun 19 2020June 19, 2020

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A digest of VTDigger’s coronavirus coverage from across the state.


Covid-19 Roundup: 1 Covid death; UVM game ‘spreading event’; School opening guidelines

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Jun 19 2020June 19, 2020

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Covid-19 Roundup: 3 new cases; Covid & black inmates; Baseball season delayed

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Jun 16 2020June 17, 2020

A digest of VTDigger’s coronavirus coverage from across the state.


Covid-19 Roundup: 1 new case; State of emergency; UVM’s plan to reopen

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Jun 15 2020June 15, 2020

A digest of VTDigger’s coronavirus coverage from across the state.


Covid-19 Roundup: 10 new cases; current numbers exceed state model

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Jun 12 2020June 12, 2020

A digest of VTDigger’s coronavirus coverage from across the state.


Covid-19 Roundup: State’s cases at 1,110; prisons test Covid-free

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Jun 11 2020June 11, 2020

A digest of VTDigger’s coronavirus coverage from across the state.


Covid-19 Roundup: 9 new cases; Burlington merchants say business better than expected

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Jun 9 2020June 9, 2020

A digest of VTDigger’s coronavirus coverage from across the state.


Covid-19 Roundup: 12 new cases since Sunday; sports reopening

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Jun 8 2020June 9, 2020

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