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• Vermont Yankee fuel move into more-secure storage is delayed

  31-05-2017 23:35 via vtdigger.org
  
  Crews place rebar for a second fuel pad at Vermont Yankee. The pad will hold casks containing radioactive spent nuclear fuel, which currently is stored in a cooling pool in the Vernon plant’s reactor building. Photo courtesy of EntergyVERNON – In April, crews were supposed to have begun the expensive, high-security transfer of Vermont Yankee’s spent fuel into sealed casks.
  But that work has not started, and plant owner Entergy has reduced its projections for how many casks will
  
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• Maine regulators sign off on FairPoint sale

  31-05-2017 23:20
  
  Maine has become the first state in northern New England to sign off on the $1.5 billion sale of FairPoint Communications to Illinois-based Consolidated Communications.
  
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• Vermont Life editor leaving; future of magazine uncertain

  31-05-2017 23:17 via vtdigger.org
  
  Vermont Life magazine is losing its longtime editor at a time of turmoil for the publication. File photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerVermont Life Editor Mary Hegarty Nowlan announced Tuesday that she is leaving her post.
  Nowlan, who led the state-published magazine for a decade, has taken a job as vice president of marketing and customer relations for the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties.Steve Cook, deputy commissioner of the Vermont Department of Tourism and
  
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• Police: Vt. woman drove drunk, ended up on train tracks

  31-05-2017 22:55
  
  A Vermont woman drunk at the wheel ended up off the road and onto train tracks until her car got stuck.
  
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• Police: St. Albans state office building evacuated after bomb threat

  31-05-2017 22:38
  
  Police say there was a bomb threat at the Vermont State Office Building on Federal Street in St. Albans City.
  
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• Police: Man robbed Colchester Maplefield's with hammer

  31-05-2017 22:17
  
  Police in Colchester are tracking a robber who held up the Maplefield's Store on Roosevelt Highway.
  
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• Vt. AG announces new plans to combat rising phone scams

  31-05-2017 21:58
  
  There's a new scam that's affecting Vermonters.
  
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  31-05-2017 21:55 via twitter.com
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• Health records vendor settles false claims suit for $155M

  31-05-2017 21:31
  
  Federal prosecutors say one of the country's largest vendors of electronic health records will pay a $155 million settlement to resolve allegations that it caused health care providers to submit false claims to the...
  
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• Bomb threat clears out state office building

  31-05-2017 20:59 via vtdigger.org
  
  A state office building in St. Albans was evacuated Wednesday because of a bomb threat.
  About 140 employees from several state agencies work out of the Federal Street location, according to Buildings and General Services Commissioner Chris Cole. Most of them work for the Agency of Human Services, he said.
  Cole said the threat came in by fax around 8:30 a.m.
  The message said explosives placed in the building would be detonated if an undisclosed amount of money wasn’t sent to a specified acc
  
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• Where Is Vermont's Trucking Industry Headed? bit.ly/2qBTv8y https://t.co/Rdd28n3XVV

  31-05-2017 20:44 via twitter.com
  
  Where Is Vermont's Trucking Industry Headed? bit.ly/2qBTv8y https://t.co/Rdd28n3XVV
  
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• VT truckers, if you've got thoughts on what the job is like, or where the industry is headed, send them our way! digital.vpr.net/post/where-ver…

  31-05-2017 20:44 via twitter.com
  VT truckers, if you've got thoughts on what the job is like, or where the industry is headed, send them our way! digital.vpr.net/post/where-ver…
  
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• Gaz Metro looks to send liquefied natural gas into Vermont

  31-05-2017 19:12 via vtdigger.org
  
  Gaz Metro has expanded its production of liquefied natural gas. Photo courtesy of Gaz MetroThe parent company of Vermont Gas Systems, which recently completed a controversial natural gas pipeline in Vermont, is now offering another fuel option to businesses in the state: liquefied natural gas.
  Gaz Metro — Quebec’s largest natural gas distributor — has tripled production at a liquefied natural gas facility in Montreal.
  The $7 billion company owns Vermont Gas Systems as well as G
  
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• Hassan: Modify Medicaid substance misuse policy

  31-05-2017 19:03
  
  Democratic U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan is co-sponsoring bipartisan legislation aimed at expanding Medicaid coverage for substance misuse treatment.
  
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• Loose livestock causes a wild ride for Georgia residents

  31-05-2017 18:28
  
  It was a wild morning for some residents in Georgia! Several people posted pictures to community forums showing a horse and donkey running around town, through backyards and on roads.
  
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• Truckers help with Vt. law enforcement's 'Click it or Ticket' campaign

  31-05-2017 18:19
  
  Truckers have teamed up with law enforcement to get drivers to buckle up.
  
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• Vermont Arts Council Partners with Vermont Art Guide on Exhibit

  31-05-2017 17:32 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Vermont Arts CouncilMay 30, 2017
  PUBLIC/GENERAL CONTACT:Vermont Arts Council136 State StreetMontpelier, VT 05633-6001(802) 828-3291
  [email protected]
  www.vermontartscouncil.org
  MEDIA INQUIRIES CONTACT:Kira Bacon, Communication ManagerVermont Arts Council(802) 828-5422
  [email protected]
  Ric Kasini Kadour, EditorVermont Art Guide
  [email protected]
  EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT“Connection: the Art of Coming Together”
  Exhibition: June 5th to October
  
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• Police chief: Officers won't try to enforce immigration laws

  31-05-2017 17:31
  
  The police chief in Lebanon, New Hampshire, says officers will not be used to round up people living in the country illegally who haven't committed a violent crime.
  
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• Story-telling Session at ArtsRiot in Burlington Features Survivors of Domestic Violence.

  31-05-2017 17:14 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Steps to End Domestic ViolenceMay 30, 2017
  Contact:Madeline Graham, Development Officer802-658-3131 [email protected]
  SUE SCHMIDT OF THE MOTH SUPPORTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STORYTELLING
  “It’s all about breaking down boundaries.”
  Burlington resident, comedian and storyteller Sue Schmidt is curating an upcoming story telling session on Saturday, June 3 at ArtsRiot in Burlington featuring survivors of domestic violence. The session is a part of a larger f
  
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• Cancer Center Community Crusaders Annual Event Joins with Survivors Day at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

  31-05-2017 17:08 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Southwestern Vermont Medical CenterMay 30, 2017
  Contact:Ashley Brenon JowettCommunications & Marketing SpecialistPhone: 802.447.5019 | Fax: 802.447.5214
  [email protected]
  Public is Welcome 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, June 3 on Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Campus
  BENNINGTON, VT—May 30, 2017—For the first time, the Cancer Center Community Crusaders Day of Celebration and National Cancer Survivors Day will be held together on Saturday, J
  
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• Talks underway for plea deal for 2015 Vermont shooting death

  31-05-2017 16:57
  
  Lawyers in the case of a 31-year-old Vermont man facing a murder charge in the 2015 shooting death of a man in Greensboro are talking about a plea deal.
  
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• Mobius Seeking Applicants for the 2017-2018 Vermont Mentoring Grants

  31-05-2017 16:56 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — MobiusMay 30, 2017
  Media Contact:Benji Thurber
  [email protected]: 802-658-1888Cell: 802-249-8316
  Burlington, VT—Mobius is excited to announce the start of the 2017-2018 Vermont Mentoring Grants application process. These annual grants are designed to support new and existing mentoring programs in Vermont that match adult volunteers as mentors for youth mentees (ages 5-22) in long-term, one-to-one, quality-based mentoring relationships.
  The Vermont Mentoring
  
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• Herbalist Rosemary Gladstar Launches New Book, ‘Herbal Healing for Men’

  31-05-2017 16:51 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Phoenix BooksMay 26, 2017
  Contact:Kristen EatonPhoenix Books802.872.7111 (p)802.872.7112 (f)
  [email protected]
  www.phoenixbooks.biz
  Burlington, Vermont – May 26, 2017: Renowned herbalist Rosemary Gladstar will speak at Phoenix Books Burlington on Thursday, June 15th at 7pm, to celebrate the launch of her new book, Rosemary Gladstar’s Herbal Healing for Men. This title addresses the often-neglected health issues specific to men with advice and safe, effecti
  
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• Energize Vermont launches The Vermont Neighbors Project

  31-05-2017 16:47 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Energize VermontMay 30, 2017
  Contact:Mark Whitworth802.424.0540Email: [email protected]
  The project will tell the stories of Vermont’s wind turbine neighbors
  Energize Vermont is launching The Vermont Neighbors Project to describe life near Vermont’s wind electricity plants.
  The project’s website, VTNeighbors.org, features videos of Vermonters describing how being placed in the shadow of wind turbines has affected them and their children. New videos w
  
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• Learn More About Small Game Hunting at Free Seminar

  31-05-2017 16:42 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Vermont Fish and Wildlife DepartmentMay 30, 2017
  Media Contacts:John Pellegrini802-272-2909
  Target locally sourced grouse or rabbit for your table
  RANDOLPH, Vt – Interested in cooking up locally sourced grouse, squirrel or rabbit in your kitchen this fall? Vermont Fish and Wildlife will be holding a “Small Game Hunting with Dogs” seminar focusing on bird, rabbit and squirrel hunting.
  The seminar will take place on Saturday, June 17, 2017 from, 8:00 a.m. to
  
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• Vermont Farmers Food Center Names Two New Board Members

  31-05-2017 16:39 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Vermont Farmers Food CenterMay 30, 2017
  Contact:Greg CoxTelephone: (802) 683-4606
  JODY CONDON AND JOSHUA MACDUFF JOINVERMONT FARMERS FOOD CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
  Rutland, Vt. – Vermont Farmers Food Center added two members to its Board of Directors: Jody Condon serves as Controller for Castleton University and Joshua MacDuff is a small-diversified farm advocate that uses his drive daily in his Farm Insurance Producer role with local agency, Kinney Pike Insurance.
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• Organ Donation Celebration is Thursday in Montpelier

  31-05-2017 16:35 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Donate Life VermontMay 30, 2017
  Media Contract:Matt BogerDonate Life Vermont
  [email protected](617)-780-6249
  International Organ Donation Advocate joins Mayor, DMV Commission, & Vermonters touched by donation To Celebrate Organ Donation in MontpelierOver 1033 lives saved in 2016 thanks to organ donation
  VT Residents personally touched by donation will share their stories
  Montpelier, VT – Montpelier City Hall – This Thursday June 1st at 1:00 PM, Montpelier M
  
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• Burlington Electric Launches EV Rebate Incentive Program

  31-05-2017 16:31 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Burlington Electric DepartmentMay 30, 2017
  Contact:Mike Kanarick802.735.7962
  Program Will Serve as Important Component of Net Zero Energy Strategy, Help Meet Renewable Energy Goals
  Burlington, VT – Burlington Electric today launched its first ever electric vehicle (EV) rebate incentive program, through which members of the Burlington community will be eligible for a $1,200 rebate on the purchase or lease of a new EV with an MSRP of less than $50,000. The program will s
  
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• Bennington homebrew fest named top winter event

  31-05-2017 16:20 via vtdigger.org
  
  (This story by Derek Carson was published in the Bennington Banner on May 31, 2017.)
  BENNINGTON — The Vermont Chamber of Commerce has declared Bennington’s Wings and Winter Homebrew Festival as one of the top 10 winter events in the state according to the Bennington Area Chamber.
  The event was held for the first time this March, a partnership between the organizers of the summer Four Corners North Homebrew Festival, the Bennington Area Chamber, Madison’s Brewing Company and Cat
  
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• SEC asks for $12M from bitcoin mining companies

  31-05-2017 16:09 via vtdigger.org
  
  (This story by Bob Audette was published in the Brattleboro Reformer on May 31, 2017.)
  BRATTLEBORO — The Securities and Exchange Commission is asking a federal court in Connecticut to order a former Brattleboro man’s bitcoin mining companies to pay more than $12 million in reimbursement and civil penalties.
  Josh Garza
  According to a proposed order for entry of default judgment filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, GAW Miners and ZenMiner “have failed to
  
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• Franklin County teacher accused of lewd conduct with student

  31-05-2017 16:08
  
  A Vermont teacher accused of inapproriate conduct with a student has pleaded not guilty to the charges. 
  
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• 2 people rescued from Lake Champlain

  31-05-2017 16:07
  
  Two people were rescued from Lake Champlain Wednesday morning after clinging to a boat for more than an hour.
  
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• #VT Department of Corrections Commissioner Lisa Menard joins us on today's show to discuss this move. What question… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  31-05-2017 16:03 via twitter.com
  #VT Department of Corrections Commissioner Lisa Menard joins us on today's show to discuss this move. What question… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• A Home in Charleston’s French Quarter

  31-05-2017 16:01
  A home with three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms is on the market for $1.995 million.
  
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• $1.9 Million Homes in South Carolina, Oregon and Vermont

  31-05-2017 16:01
  An updated 1815 house in Charleston; a contemporary home in Bend; and a Queen Anne-style house in Montpelier.
  
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• Senate set to take up $11.8 billion, two-year state budget

  31-05-2017 15:54
  
  The New Hampshire Senate is expected to vote on an $11.8 billion, two-year budget plan that some Republicans say spends too much, while Democrats argue it doesn't go far enough.
  
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• New York set to boost funding for after-school programs

  31-05-2017 15:35
  
  New York state is setting aside $35 million to expand after-school programs.
  
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• Vermont selected for national health care partnership

  31-05-2017 15:32
  
  A health care community in northern Vermont is joining a national initiative promoting holistic health partnerships.
  
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• Police chief named advisor on addiction, behavioral health

  31-05-2017 15:21
  
  Gov. Chris Sununu has named a New Hampshire police chief to oversee the state's response to the ongoing drug crisis.
  
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• VT's out-of-state prisoners are about to be moved from Michigan to Pennsylvania. We'll discuss the move at noon. bit.ly/2rRBBmk #VT

  31-05-2017 15:00 via twitter.com
  VT's out-of-state prisoners are about to be moved from Michigan to Pennsylvania. We'll discuss the move at noon. bit.ly/2rRBBmk #VT
  
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• New crash data shows accidents on North Avenue are down

  31-05-2017 12:56
  
  If you live in the New North End or travel that way, you have some extra time to fill out a survey and let leaders know what you think of the changes on the road. Channel 3's Alex Hirsch breaks down the new crash data on North Avenue.
  
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• UPDATED: Sanders cancels St. J Academy graduation speech

  31-05-2017 11:58 via vtdigger.org
  
  The post UPDATED: Sanders cancels St. J Academy graduation speech appeared first on VTDigger.
  
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• Service animals the focus of two human rights cases

  31-05-2017 11:55 via vtdigger.org
  
  Human Rights Commission Executive Director Karen Richards with Attorney General Bill Sorrell at a press conference in June 2016. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerThe rights of people with service animals are at the center of two recent Human Rights Commission cases.
  In one case completed last week, the five-member panel found reasonable grounds to believe a Stowe hotel discriminated against a woman for allegedly refusing to honor her reservation unless she paid a pet fee to have her servic
  
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• Ludlow shoots down school merger plan

  31-05-2017 11:45 via vtdigger.org
  
  Black River High School is in Ludlow. Photo by Alan J. Keays/VTDiggerA merger plan that would have closed Black River High School in Ludlow has been shot down.
  Ludlow residents overwhelming rejected the proposal to close the high school in town and send students to Mill River Union High School in North Clarendon. Mount Holly voters strongly supported the measure.
  Ludlow residents voted 527 to 245 against the merger proposal, Town Clerk Ulla Cook said Tuesday night. In Mount Holly, Susan C. Coval
  
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• Lyft announces ride service in Vermont

  31-05-2017 02:49 via vtdigger.org
  
  Lyft, a ride hailing company that competes with Uber, is launching in Vermont.
  Lyft announced May 25 that service would be available in Burlington, Montpelier, Middlebury and surrounding areas.
  The company allows people to hire themselves out as drivers. Customers use an app on their smartphones to request and pay for a ride.
  Lyft wrote in a news release that the company offers “opportunities for those looking to make extra income; increased economic activity for local businesses, cities,
  
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• Suit claims trooper, DCF workers put day care out of business

  31-05-2017 02:43 via vtdigger.org
  
  BENNINGTON — The owner of a defunct day care facility alleges that actions by a Vermont state trooper and three Department for Children and Families employees forced her out of business and caused her significant emotional distress.
  Debi Miller, of Pownal, has sued those four and the state itself in federal court over a criminal citation that accused her of reckless endangerment of a child and the suspension of her license to operate a day care — both of which were later overturned i
  
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• Castleton man can avoid jail for crash that killed girlfriend

  31-05-2017 02:08 via vtdigger.org
  
  RUTLAND — John G. Fairbanks III received a sentence Tuesday that lets him avoid jail for his role in a fatal crash that killed his girlfriend, but he didn’t provide the answer a prosecutor wanted to hear.
  A key issue in the case is who was driving in the November 2014 crash in Castleton that killed 23-year-old Stephanie Briggs, the only other person in the car.
  Rutland County State’s Attorney Rose Kennedy said during Fairbanks’ sentencing hearing Tuesday that there was ev
  
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• LISTEN: Get Into The Green: Spring Gardening Show bit.ly/2rSoVvr https://t.co/iE6C17qEeE

  31-05-2017 01:56 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: Get Into The Green: Spring Gardening Show bit.ly/2rSoVvr https://t.co/iE6C17qEeE
  
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• Ludlow residents say 'no' to school merger

  31-05-2017 01:49
  
  A high school in southern Vermont is on the chopping block.
  
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• Community Bank N.A. Supports Brighter Financial Futures for Vermonters

  31-05-2017 01:35 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — CVOEO & Community BankMay 30, 2017
  Contact:Jan DemersExecutive Director, CVOEO802-862-2771, ext. 740, [email protected]
  Erinn PerryCommunity Bank N.A., Community Banking802-865-1867, [email protected]
  Burlington, Vt. — Community Bank N.A. has announced its continued support of the Financial Futures Program at Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO). The $5,000 donation will support Vermonters with low and moderate incomes on their path
  
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