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• Lyndon committee decides against covered bridge removal despite flood concerns

  31-08-2024 00:52 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Sanborn Covered Bridge in Lyndon on Aug 8, 2024. Courtesy of Bill Caswell, President of the National Society for the Preservation of Covered BridgesThe Lyndon community has spoken.The town’s hazard mitigation committee decided against taking any steps toward permanently removing the historic Sanborn Covered Bridge from its perch over the Passumpsic River, despite a recent study showing that removing it would have a sizable impact on floodwater levels.The committee’s decision on M
  
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• State agency report: Vermont needs at least 24,000 new homes 

  31-08-2024 00:12 via vtdigger.org
  
  Construction continues on a housing project in Colchester on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerVermont would need to build between 24,000 and 36,000 new housing units to meet estimated demand over the next five years, according to the latest Vermont Housing Needs Assessment. The new report, put together by the Vermont Housing Financing Agency for the Department of Housing and Community Development, shows that a combination of factors — including Covid-19 pandemic m
  
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• More Vermonters are enrolled in UVM’s first-year class this fall

  30-08-2024 23:44 via vtdigger.org
  
  People walk on the University of Vermont campus in Burlington on September 20, 2023. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerMore Vermonters are enrolled in the University of Vermont’s incoming first-year class this year, bucking — for the second year in a row — a slow decline in in-state enrollment.UVM administrators said the incoming class of 2028 is projected to include about 2,840 students, with nearly 20% expected to hail from the state of Vermont. That represents approximatel
  
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• Annual event shares stories, successes and honors Vermonters lost to the opioid crisis

  30-08-2024 23:29 via vtdigger.org
  
  Photos of people who have died from an overdose are seen during a commemoration of International Overdose Awareness Day at City Hall Park in Burlington on Tuesday, August 29. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerBURLINGTON – Kimberly Blake. Amy Riley. Dawn Tatro. They are all parents who have lost a child to substance use disorder in Vermont. On Thursday evening, they shared their stories of loss and hope at City Hall Park, where  members of the community gathered to remember lives los
  
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• Hartford residents criticize School Board for former superintendent’s severance

  30-08-2024 22:08 via vtdigger.org
  
  Hartford resident Danielle LeMay speaks during a meeting with the Hartford School Board Wednesday, August 28 in White River Junction. Photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley News This story by Christina Dolan was first published in the Valley News on August 29. HARTFORD — At a tense meeting this week, residents accused the Hartford School Board of procedural wrongdoing related to the departure earlier this summer of former Superintendent Tom DeBalsi.The board pushed back against residents’ al
  
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• Ivy Enoch: Why SNAP must be protected for future generations

  30-08-2024 16:05 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Ivy Enoch, SNAP policy and training lead at Hunger Free Vermont.As we mark the 60th anniversary of the Food Stamps Act, now known as SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) nationally and 3SquaresVT here in Vermont, it is crucial to recognize the profound impact this landmark legislation has had on reducing hunger and poverty across the United States.Since its inception in 1964, SNAP has become a cornerstone of our nation’s work to end hunger, ensuring millio
  
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• Record migrant traffic from Canada prompts border patrol agent surge, and new limits on asylum seekers

  30-08-2024 12:49 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Border Patrol Swanton Sector headquarters in Swanton. Photo by Sawyer Loftus/VTDiggerU.S. Border Patrol is reporting record numbers of migrants attempting to cross the Canadian border into Vermont and neighboring states — prompting the agency to bolster its ranks and apprehend more people in the region in response.At the same time, the cross-border surge has led federal officials to put new limits on people seeking asylum at the northern border, a move that’s drawn criticism from
  
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• Burlington Electric to install 200 new EV charging ports with federal grant

  30-08-2024 00:33 via vtdigger.org
  
  An electric vehicle plugged into a fast charger in Rutland on Feb. 17, 2022. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThe Burlington Electric Department has received a $4.8 million Federal Highway Administration grant to install 200 new electric vehicle charging ports across the city over the next six years.The new ports will greatly expand the city’s electric vehicle charging capacity and support local, state and federal efforts to meet net zero climate goals, according to a Burlington Electri
  
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• A new Vermont law prevents hunters from selling bear paws and organs

  29-08-2024 23:55 via vtdigger.org
  
  A wild black bear in Yukon Territory during springtime after hibernation. Photo via Adobe StockBear hunting season begins on Sept. 1, and the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is reminding hunters that a new law prohibits the sale of bear paws and organs, such as the animal’s gallbladder.In passing the law, Act 141, Vermont joined the vast majority of U.S. states that ban hunters from selling such bear parts, which are purchased at a premium, then sold on the black market and transpor
  
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• USDA secretary approves disaster declaration for 6 Vermont counties

  29-08-2024 23:36 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Huntington River destroyed corn crops that belong to the Taft family along Main Road in Huntington. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDiggerU.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has approved Gov. Phil Scott’s request for a Secretarial Disaster Designation for six Vermont counties that were impacted by flooding this July, the governor’s office announced Thursday.The designation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture allows farmers in Caledonia, Essex, Orange, Chittenden, Lamoille and Wa
  
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• House Ethics Panel provided ‘restorative justice’ response to legislator’s bag-soaking scheme

  29-08-2024 23:08 via vtdigger.org
  Earlier this year, state Rep. Jim Carroll released two surveillance-style video clips — one dated April 23 and another April 26. Both videos depict a person walking up to Carroll’s white and green tote bag, looking over their shoulder, then pouring water from a plastic cup into the tote bag before leaving. Video courtesy of Jim CarrollAfter investigating accusations that a representative repeatedly bullied her district mate throughout the 2024 legislative session by secretly pouring
  
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• Hartland planners appeal farm store decision

  29-08-2024 21:57 via vtdigger.org
  
  A rendering of the proposed Sunnymede Farms Store on Route 5 in Hartland. Rendering Courtesy NBF ArchitectsThis story by Christina Dolan was first published in the Valley News on August 26.HARTLAND — In a last-minute change of course, the Hartland Planning Commission is continuing to press its appeal of an Act 250 permit for a farm store on Route 5, just outside the village center.In September 2023, Sunnymede Farms, a 600-acre cattle and maple sugaring operation near Hartland Four Corners,
  
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• Gifford Health Care taps former Shumlin health care hand as new CEO

  29-08-2024 21:03 via vtdigger.org
  
  Michael Costa, CEO of Northern Counties Health Care, seen in St. Johnsbury on August 5, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerA former health official in the Shumlin and Scott administrations will lead Randolph-based Gifford Health Care starting in October, the nonprofit’s board of directors announced in a press release on Thursday.Michael Costa will join the central Vermont health care provider on October 14, three days after the retirement of Gifford’s current president Dan Bennett,
  
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• School districts across Vermont struggle to find, retain bus drivers

  29-08-2024 13:11 via vtdigger.org
  
  School buses are parked outside Mt. Mansfield Union High School in Jericho on March 5, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerWhen the Peacham School lost its bus route last November due to a bus driver shortage, Principal Samuel McLeod was in a quandary.The Caledonia County K-7 school has about 70 students and most of them depend on a contracted bus service that runs a 30-mile rural route. The bus, only one, also helps out neighboring communities like Barnett and Danville, and takes Peacham stude
  
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• Sally Giddings Smith: In defense of Burlington’s cathedral and its parkland

  29-08-2024 12:51 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Sally Giddings Smith of Montpelier.I am not Catholic, nor am I a professional critic. However, I love great buildings and great parks, particularly when they go together, and especially in places which do not have many great buildings or much urban green space.The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes, is a grand example of a modernist building. Barnes used simple shapes and local materials in this building, just as he did at the Haystac
  
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• Dr. Stephen Leffler: Working together to address Vermont’s health care challenges

  29-08-2024 12:07 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Dr. Stephen Leffler, president and COO of the University of Vermont Medical Center.As Vermont’s population ages and in many places declines, we’re seeing the impact in all aspects of our daily lives — whether it’s housing, education or health care.What’s the core problem in Vermont’s health care system? At its most simple, the number of people paying for care through commercial insurance is going down (and getting older and sicker), while
  
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• FEMA gets to work helping Vermont recover from remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl

  29-08-2024 00:40 via vtdigger.org
  
  Church Street in Barnet is closed on July 15, 2024, after flood water from the Stevens River washed away the road. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerClose to 400 people working for the Federal Emergency Management Agency are delivering aid to flood-affected Vermonters, following President Joe Biden’s approval last week of a major disaster declaration for seven Vermont counties hit by the remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl in mid-July.Alongside Republican Gov. Phil Scott and other state official
  
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• Suspect arrested in 2022 Springfield murder that police link to drug dispute

  29-08-2024 00:08 via vtdigger.org
  
  Photo courtesy of Vermont State PoliceVermont State Police said Wednesday that Paul Lachapelle Jr., of Littleton, New Hampshire, was arrested in that state, and charged with the 2022 murder of Justin Gilliam in Springfield, Vermont.“VSP’s investigation determined the homicide was related to a dispute among several individuals involved in illegal drug trafficking,” police wrote in a press release, noting that Lachapelle lived in Springfield at the time of the murder. State polic
  
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• Vermont health officials urge residents in at-risk areas for EEE to stay indoors from dusk until dawn

  28-08-2024 23:59 via vtdigger.org
  
  A female Culex restuans mosquito that was collected in Maryland. This type of mosquito is a proven vector associated with the transmission of West Nile virus and eastern equine encephalitis. Photo via the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesVermont health officials are recommending that people in towns at high risk for eastern equine encephalitis stay indoors from dusk until dawn and take extra precautions to avoid contact with potentially infected mosquitos. The virus, whi
  
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• Department of Corrections to roll out new pretrial supervision program in Northeast Kingdom

  28-08-2024 23:51 via vtdigger.org
  
  Department of Corrections Commissioner Nicholas Deml speaks in Montpelier on May 2, 2023. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThe Vermont Department of Corrections will roll out a new program in Orleans and Essex counties that it hopes will decrease recidivism and increase court attendance.“Is the intent a stick or a carrot? We’re hoping it’s more of a carrot,” Al Cormier, the department’s chief of operations, told lawmakers at a Joint Justice Oversight Committee me
  
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• Interim Vermont State University president to stay in the job through 2026

  28-08-2024 23:38 via vtdigger.org
  
  David Bergh. Photo courtesy of Vermont State CollegesInterim Vermont State University President David Bergh’s contract has been extended through 2026, the Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees announced Wednesday. Bergh was appointed to the presidency in November 2023, the third person to serve in the role in a year. Former President Parwinder Grewal resigned from his position in April 2023 after announcing controversial changes to close libraries and downgrade athletic programs. M
  
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• Green Mountain Transit proposes sweeping service cuts

  28-08-2024 21:52 via vtdigger.org
  
  Clayton Clark, general manager for Green Mountain Transit, discusses proposed cuts to services to deal with a three million dollar budgetary shortfall during a press conference in Burlington on Tuesday, August 28. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — Vermont’s largest public transit provider has proposed cutting at least a quarter of its local and regional bus services over the next year in order to save up to $3 million that the agency said would fill a projected gap in its o
  
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• Vermont Conversation: Where are all these superstorms coming from?

  28-08-2024 21:42 via vtdigger.org
  
  
  Author Porter Fox and his new book, “Category Five: Superstorms and the Warming Oceans That Feed Them.” Photos courtesy of Porter FoxThe Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians, activists, artists, changemakers and citizens who are making a difference. Listen below, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify to hear more.What used to be
  
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• Major Vermont health care players in dispute over alleged overcharges

  28-08-2024 19:21 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Miller Building at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington on Monday, November 23, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont told a state regulator that the University of Vermont Medical Center has been overcharging it for the past two years, and is asking for a refund. The alleged overpayments, from the state’s largest private insurer to the state’s largest hospital, took place in fiscal years 2022 and 2023, Blue Cross said, a
  
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• Barbie Alsop: In response to Louis Meyers’ letter on voter turnout

  28-08-2024 12:06 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear Editor,I read with interest and some amusement the letter from Louis Meyers about the low turnout in the recent primaries and the apparent lack of participation in recent elections. I wondered if it was a case of sour grapes.Yes, incumbents won in August. In Burlington, Stewart Ledbetter, a retired newscaster, apparently thought his name recognition and deep pockets entitled him to be a senator. He didn’t win, in part because most of the people I know never saw a piece of information
  
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• UNH poll: Vermont Republicans and Democrats have widely different takes on the economy

  28-08-2024 00:10 via vtdigger.org
  
  A newly released poll from the University of New Hampshire found that nearly 40% of Vermonters surveyed feel their personal financial conditions are worse off than they were one year ago, and 42% of Vermonters surveyed reported at least some difficulty paying for basic necessities in the past year.Largely coloring respondents’ views of the economy was their political affiliation, the poll found. Out of 841 Vermonters surveyed between Aug. 15 and 19, only 20% of those who identified as Demo
  
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• Environmental groups raise concern about PFAS from GlobalFoundries

  27-08-2024 23:39 via vtdigger.org
  
  Global Foundries in Essex Junction on Oct. 17, 2022. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerA coalition of environmental groups is raising concerns about the presence of PFAS chemicals in effluent from GlobalFoundries, a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Essex Junction. The plant routinely discharges into the Winooski River. The organization Chips Communities United issued a statement Tuesday morning calling attention to the levels of PFAS, shown in data collected by the state’s Depar
  
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• Former South Burlington school bus driver facing new sexual assault charges

  27-08-2024 23:09 via vtdigger.org
  
  The Chittenden County Superior criminal court in Burlington on July 25, 2023. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerA former Milton man who was employed as a South Burlington school bus driver until being charged in 2021 with sexually assaulting two boys now stands accused of assaulting a third young male while he was awaiting trial on the earlier charges.Jerry Normandin, 65, is facing additional charges of aggravated sexual assault and lewd and lascivious conduct with a child, according to a pres
  
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• Vermont health insurance costs are among the highest in the nation — and rising quickly

  27-08-2024 22:50 via vtdigger.org
  
  Health insurance prices in Vermont are high — and getting higher.Average premium prices for individual marketplace plans in Vermont are among the highest in the country, according to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, costing more than double the national average, even when federal subsidies are accounted for. Vermont’s premium prices are rising by double-digit rates, significantly faster than in most other states, according to data from health policy nonp
  
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• Christine Maryann (Kelty) Fellows

  27-08-2024 20:55 via vtdigger.org
  
  Born Sept. 21, 1953Died July 31, 2024East Calais, VermontDetails of servicesA get together will be announced at a later date.Christine died peacefully at home in East Calais, Vt. Born September 21, 1953 by John and Virginia (Basso) Kelty, she enjoyed doing crafts of all kinds from making beaded jewelry to knitting blankets and sweaters for her loved ones. She sold Avon For many years. She worked at U-32 High School as janitor. Christine had many health issues over the years including d
  
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• A year out of college, BryAnna Goslant of Danville mentors Lyndon Institute students for success 

  27-08-2024 16:04 via vtdigger.org
  
  Photo: Kelly Goslant-Durand (Mom), BryAnna Goslant, and Wayne Durand (Dad), at BryAnna’s college graduation.Back in the spring of 2022, VSAC profiled BryAnna Goslant of Danville, who was then a rising senior at Husson University, majoring in criminal justice, and gearing up for an internship with the Vermont Department of Corrections’ Probation and Parole Office in Newport. BryAnna was the first in her family to go to college, and she also overcame a serious infection as an infant th
  
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• Opinion — Christine Hallquist and Tee Thomas: Broadband’s role in solving climate change

  27-08-2024 13:11 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Christine Hallquist — executive director of the Vermont Community Broadband Board, Democratic nominee for Vermont governor in 2018 and former CEO of Vermont Electric Cooperative — and Tee Thomas — CEO of Quantified Ventures and former water finance director for the state of Vermont.Vermonters are suffering from damage caused by catastrophic flooding for the second summer in a row. There is no denying that climate change is a problem that needs to be addres
  
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• Christine Hallquist and Tee Thomas: Broadband’s role in solving climate change

  27-08-2024 13:11 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Christine Hallquist — executive director of the Vermont Community Broadband Board, Democratic nominee for Vermont governor in 2018 and former CEO of Vermont Electric Cooperative — and Tee Thomas — CEO of Quantified Ventures and former water finance director for the state of Vermont.Vermonters are suffering from damage caused by catastrophic flooding for the second summer in a row. There is no denying that climate change is a problem that needs to be addres
  
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• John Greenberg: Raise the tax burden on the wealthiest, lower it on the middle class

  27-08-2024 12:06 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by John Greenberg of Marlboro.With no end in sight to the unavoidable expenses (e.g. health care costs, insurance, etc.) which prompted this year’s substantial rise in property taxes, tax policy is likely to feature prominently in November’s elections. Realistically, the choice that confronts policymakers is not whether or not to raise taxes, but on whom. Taxes impact income groups differently. Income and wealth are distributed highly unequally in Vermont. Tha
  
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• New Vermont food labeling rule raises concern among some purveyors of homemade food

  26-08-2024 23:16 via vtdigger.org
  
  A customer browses the wares at the Richmond Farmers Market on Friday, August 23. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerA new Vermont Department of Health rule requires food producers who work out of a home kitchen to put a safety disclaimer onto their products — raising concerns among some purveyors that the state is taking too firm a hand in regulating such small businesses. The rule applies, in part, to certain small food manufacturers — also known as “cottage” food prod
  
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• Hartford tech center relocates some programs to allow for PCB remediation

  26-08-2024 22:02 via vtdigger.org
  
  Chef Patrick Gobeille, left, critiques a dish cooked during a practice session for Junior Iron Chef Vermont by Hartford Area Career and Technology Center culinary students. Photo by James M. Patterson/Valley NewsThis story by Christina Dolan was first published in the Valley News on August 20.HARTFORD — Some student programs at the Hartford Area Career and Technical Center will have new locations this fall as efforts to remediate contamination of so-called forever chemicals are expected to
  
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• White House, FEMA approve disaster unemployment benefits for flood-affected Vermonters

  26-08-2024 20:48 via vtdigger.org
  
  Workers remove mud from the Cumberland Farms lot on North Main Street in Barre on July 12, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerVermonters whose employment was impacted by flooding this July may be eligible for federal unemployment assistance, the Vermont Department of Labor announced Monday.The Biden Administration and Federal Emergency Management Agency have greenlit federally funded Disaster Unemployment Assistance for Vermonters unable to work due to severe flooding on July 9 and 10, accordi
  
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• Suspect in Church Street homicide pleads not guilty to first-degree murder charge

  26-08-2024 20:12 via vtdigger.org
  
  Aaliyah Johnson. Photo courtesy of Burlington Police DepartmentThe alleged shooter in a homicide Saturday morning on Church Street in Burlington pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge on Monday morning.Aaliyah Johnson, 22, of South Burlington, appeared remotely to enter her plea in Chittenden Superior criminal court. She was charged with shooting and killing 30-year-old Teville Williams, of Stowe, outside of Red Square, a Burlington bar.Johnson was being held without bail. No date wa
  
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• Suspect in Church Street homicide pleads not guilty as officials address violent crimes in Burlington

  26-08-2024 20:12 via vtdigger.org
  
  Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad speaks at a press conference where he and Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak discussed the city’s response to several recent violent incidents on Monday, August 26 Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerUpdated at 6:17 p.m.The alleged shooter in a homicide Saturday morning on Church Street in Burlington pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge on Monday morning.Aaliyah Johnson, 22, of South Burlington, appeared remotely to enter her plea in Chittenden
  
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• South Burlington City Council revisits seat expansion talks

  26-08-2024 16:03 via vtdigger.org
  
  Traffic on Williston Road at the intersection with Dorset Street in South Burlington looking West on May 14, 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThis story by Liberty Darr was first published in the Other Paper on August 22. South Burlington residents may see a vote at next year’s Town Meeting Day that looks to expand the seats on the city council.The conversation has been nearly two years in the making, since the city’s charter committee was tasked in late 2021 to recomme
  
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• Cop and community health worker form ‘unlikely partnership’ to help unhoused residents in central Vermont

  26-08-2024 15:01 via vtdigger.org
  
  Osa Busch of Good Samaritan Haven, center, and Sgt. Chad Bassette of the Berlin Police Department, right, distribute food and supplies to an unhoused person in Barre on Friday, August 23, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerBARRE — In the darkness before City Hall Park, engulfed by sheets of rain, the police cruiser looked like a little boat tossed out at sea. Inside, hands resting on the steering wheel, Sgt. Chad Bassette listened to the rain thrum on the windshield and waited.“The
  
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• Nicole Clegg: A significant financial deficit Is threatening our ability to provide care 

  26-08-2024 12:49 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Nicole Clegg, interim CEO of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England.Planned Parenthood of Northern New England is facing a financial crisis unlike any we have experienced in our organization’s nearly 60-year history — and it could jeopardize our ability to provide care in the future. Because of a significantly broken health care system and continued political attacks, PPNNE is  estimating a deficit of $8.6 million over the next three years. This de
  
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• Extreme rainstorms complicate progress on Lake Champlain’s water quality goals

  25-08-2024 15:25 via vtdigger.org
  
  Nora Beer of the University of Vermont Agroecology Institute. aboard the UVM research vessel Marcelle Melosira, deploys a Secchi disk to measure the transparency of silt-laden water near the mouth of the Winooski River on Lake Champlain on July 18, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — On July 18, a group of scientists and reporters stood on the balcony of a boat on Lake Champlain, gazing out at a plume of brown, murky water that ballooned from the mouth of the Winooski River.O
  
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• White River Unified District considers school renovations

  25-08-2024 15:12 via vtdigger.org
  
  An artist’s rendering of the proposed White River Valley High School Performing Arts Center. Rendering courtesy of WRVSUThis story by Liz Sauchelli was first published in the Valley News on August 22. SOUTH ROYALTON — Bethel and Royalton residents could vote this fall on a multi-million dollar bond for renovations to White River Valley High School, including a performing arts center and expanded workshop classroom space.Although White River Unified District School Board members
  
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• Young Writers Project: ‘I want to be okay’

  25-08-2024 12:06 via vtdigger.org
  
  “At the Lake” by Amelia Van Driesche of BurlingtonYoung Writers Project is a creative online community of teen writers, photographers and artists, which has been based in Vermont since 2006. Each week, VTDigger features the writing and art of young Vermonters who publish their work on youngwritersproject.org, a free, interactive website for 12- to 18-year-olds. To find out more, visit youngwritersproject.org, or contact Executive Director Susan Reid at sreid@young
  
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• Dr. Alicia Jacobs: AI-generated clinical notes can help reduce primary care burnout

  25-08-2024 12:02 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Dr. Alicia Jacobs, wellbeing informaticist at the UVM Health Network and ACO physician leader at OneCare Vermont.Tourists still love to visit picturesque Vermont, yet many new and old residents are considering leaving because they can’t find a primary care provider. Primary care is a precious and strained workforce.As a family medicine physician and leader in primary care for over 20 years, I have seen and experienced the expanding current of burnout and professional
  
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• One dead after shooting on Burlington’s Church Street

  24-08-2024 16:34 via vtdigger.org
  
  A Burlington police cruiser is seen outside City Hall on Thursday, May 19, 2022. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerA man was killed during a shooting on Burlington’s Church Street in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to Burlington police.Responding to a report of gunfire, police arrived and began performing CPR on the victim, identified as Stowe resident Teville Williams, 30, a police press release stated. Another officer apprehended the suspect, 22-year-old Aaliyah Johnson,
  
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• Vermont Public hires Vijay Singh as new CEO

  23-08-2024 23:45 via vtdigger.org
  
  Vijay Singh, a longtime public media professional, will be the next chief executive officer at Vermont Public, the organization announced Friday. On Oct. 1, he’ll take over from Brendan Kinney, who became the interim CEO in October 2023 after Scott Finn stepped down. Finn led the organization for six years during which time he oversaw the merger of Vermont Public Radio with Vermont PBS. Vijay Singh will be the next CEO of Vermont Public. Courtesy Vijay SinghAfter a 10-month natio
  
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• Eyeing a crowded market, Vermont cannabis sellers wonder what’s next

  23-08-2024 23:17 via vtdigger.org
  
  Zenbarn Farms staff take a tour of the Zenbarn Farms facilities. Photo courtesy of John SchreinerThe Vermont Legislative Joint Fiscal Office projected in 2022 that cannabis would likely become a roughly $86 million industry by June 2024. As the fiscal year closed in June, according to Cannabis Control Board Chair James Pepper, the retail market had already reached $128 million.On the ground, some vendors feel crowded. Since the first three legal recreational cannabis retailers opened on October
  
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• Vermont prepares for new Covid-19 vaccines after FDA approval

  23-08-2024 22:56 via vtdigger.org
  
  Amanda Comolli, right, hands off a dose of Covid-19 vaccine during a Covid-19 and flu vaccination clinic at the Crossett Brook Middle School in Duxbury on October 28, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday that it has approved and authorized administration of a new Covid-19 vaccine formula, and Vermonters will soon be able to access those vaccinations at primary care offices and pharmacies in the state, according to the state Department o
  
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