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VTDigger and FRONTLINE printed a 12-page insert of The Coming Storm about Vermont flood recovery in Seven Days on Oct.

28; pick up copies at grocery stores, libraries, and coffee shops and share your flood experiences to help reporters build a community flood resource guide.

UVM student-run station WRUV 90.1 FM is raising $7,500 in a fall pledge drive that runs through Nov.

2 to support student DJs and station infrastructure. The drive began Oct. 25, hit a $1,000 matching challenge by Oct. 26, and another match needs five more donors.

NE-DBIC has opened a $1 million Dairy Farm Improvement and Modernization Grant program, and pre-applications are open Oct.

29 to Dec. 17 for grants of $15,000 to $100,000 with a 25% cash or in kind match; Vermont dairy farms (and other eligible applicants in 11 Northeast states) may apply.

Wilson Castle in Proctor offers guided tours (Memorial Day through Halloween) that showcase its 19th-century architecture and a long-standing reputation for paranormal sightings, with proceeds funding ongoing restoration work.

More than 350 pumpkins now decorate a Barre neighborhood to honor Kay Santamore after friends turned her carving idea into the annual Karving for Kay; students and 53 Girl Scouts helped assemble the display, which is on Rudd Farm Drive through Halloween and will be donated to local farms afterward.

Vermont-born play series Women+ on the Edge of Democracy, now staged across the U.S. and abroad, aims to spark pre-midterm conversations and encourage voter engagement; Saint Albans Congregational Church will perform several plays today at 7 p.m. (the full collection is available as a book).

Vermont high school football quarterfinals (Week 9) are underway with games Thursday, Oct.

29 through Saturday, Oct. 31 at schools across the state, and reporters will post live updates, final scores, and stats throughout the weekend.

Vermont’s four-day muzzleloader season for antlerless deer began Oct.

29 and runs through Nov. 1 for hunters who hold an antlerless permit; a hunting license and muzzleloader license are also required. Youth and novice hunters must report deer in person at biological check stations on Nov. 7-8, and Fish & Wildlife offers three online videos on processing deer.