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The Vermont Green FC men’s head coach is reportedly stepping down.

School buses line up to drop off students at the Allen Brook School in Williston in September 2020. Typical school buses run on diesel fuel. With prices at the pump remaining steadily high since September, districts are considering how to come up with the extra money.

Bears have been sighted in a tree at the intersection of Main St. and North Pleasant St. in Middlebury, Vermont, according to police. The Middlebury Police Department and Vermont Fish and Game are advising people to avoid the area and give the bears space.

Joseph McLynch, a migrant worker from the island nation of Jamaica, tosses a pumpkin to Sheldon Watson, also from Jamaica, as they sort through pumpkins at Allen Brothers Farm in Saxtons River on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. The farm expects to harvest about 200 bins of pumpkins this year following a strong growing season. SAXTONS RIVER — As the colors of fall take hold of Southern Vermont, the final harvest is taking place at farms across the state. Bright orange pumpkins stacked in piles line the ground as three farmworkers from the island nation of Jamaica moved through the rows, harvesting the crop and filling large bins with pumpkins destined for front porches, Halloween displays and jack-o'-lanterns. At Allen Brothers Farm Market in Westminster, the annual pumpkin harvest was underway with this year's crop offering plenty to pick from — big pumpkins, little pumpkins, smooth pumpkins, warty pumpkins and colorful, flattened varieties meant to be stacked into decorative fall displays. For owner Tim Allen, the abundance came from what he described as an especially good growing season. "It's a really good harvest," Allen said. "It's really been a great growing year.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Voters in Canada’s oil-rich Alberta province overwhelmingly backed remaining in Canada, with early referendum results Tuesday delivering a boost to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push for national unity amid U. S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation threats. With more than 1 million votes counted, 77% supported remaining in Canada, while 23% backed beginning a process toward separation, according to unofficial results from Elections Alberta. The vote was not a direct referendum on independence but would have set oil-rich Alberta on a path toward a future vote on separation from Canada. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith welcomed the early results, saying they showed widespread support for remaining in Canada. “Albertans have voted for a stronger Alberta in a united Canada,” Smith posted on social media. Smith, who called the referendum amid pressure from separatists within her governing United Conservative Party despite opposing independence, said she would address the province Tuesday evening about the results and Alberta’s future.

Re “Globe endorses yes on 3″ (Opinion, Oct. 16):I concede that there is a stunning lack of competition in most elections in Massachusetts, but Question 3 won’t fix that problem. It won’t necessarily add more candidates to the field, and may trample on the rights of every political party to nominate candidates for the election in which most voters participate: the general election. The result may be that some parties get shut out from general elections. Primary election turnout is low, but replacing existing primaries with an all-party primary isn’t the way to increase turnout. Primaries allow voters to choose who represents each party in the general election. That makes sense. Parties should have a say in who runs in their name. Holding an all-party primary election under Question 3 dictates who ends up in the general election. Only the top two finishers would advance to the general election, regardless of party affiliation. Both candidates could come from the same party. I guess Republicans, Green-Rainbow, and other parties will be out of luck in a lot of places in Massachusetts.