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• Paddling enthusiasts make annual Winooski River trip

  04-06-2017 23:35
  
  Paddlers went for a downstream race on the Winooski Sunday to support an organization that is devoted to caring for the river. 
  
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• ICYMI: Our conversation on Friday with @SenatorLeahy. bit.ly/2qEXPUU #VT #vtpoli

  04-06-2017 23:32 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: Our conversation on Friday with @SenatorLeahy. bit.ly/2qEXPUU #VT #vtpoli
  
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• Police investigate suspicious chemicals in Milton home

  04-06-2017 23:11
  Authorities are investigating what they call a possible meth lab in Milton.
  
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• 5 year-old credited with alerting authorities to Barre fire

  04-06-2017 23:09
  
  A quick thinking 5-year-old is credited with spotting a fire in downtown Barre that officials say could have been much worse.
  
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• Quiros battle rages over $2 million in attorneys’ fees

  04-06-2017 22:42 via vtdigger.org
  
  Ariel Quiros at a groundbreaking for a project in Vermont in May 2015. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerThe owner of Jay Peak ski resort facing investor fraud allegations is engaged in an increasingly bitter dispute with his former attorneys over more than $2 million in legal bills he racked up before firing them earlier this year.
  Dueling filings show that Ariel Quiros’ new counsel claims his previous lawyers have revealed attorney-client information in documents submitted to the court
  
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• Opponents of assisted living project drop court fight over permit

  04-06-2017 22:25 via vtdigger.org
  
  An assisted living facility is planned at the former Bromley Brook School campus in Manchester. File photo by Greg Sukiennik/Manchester JournalMANCHESTER — An appeal challenging the permit for an assisted living facility on the former Bromley Brook School campus has been withdrawn.
  Mary Norman, one of the partners planning the facility, said Thursday that she had been notified the environmental court appeal of the town permit has been withdrawn.
  “I’m ecstatic,” Norman sai
  
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• Police investigate theft of 250-pound anvil from garden

  04-06-2017 22:22
  Vermont State Police are investigating the theft of a 250-pound antique metal anvil from a home garden in Westminster.
  
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• 2 hikers rescued on Mount Lafayette in White Mountains

  04-06-2017 22:19
  
  The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says two hikers who became separated from their groups in separate incidents had to be rescued on Mount Lafayette in the White Mountains.
  
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• Rutland lawyer pleads guilty to filing false tax returns

  04-06-2017 22:04 via vtdigger.org
  
  A longtime Rutland attorney has formally admitted to federal charges of understating income on his federal taxes.
  John Canney III entered guilty pleas Thursday in federal court in Burlington to charges of filing a false individual tax return as well as filing a false corporate tax return, both for the 2011 tax year, according to court records.
  As part of a plea deal he faces up to three years in prison and $250,000 in fines. The sentence will be determined with the judge taking into consideratio
  
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• New owners plan upgrades at Magic Mountain resort

  04-06-2017 21:56 via vtdigger.org
  
  Ski Magic LLC President Geoff Hatheway at Magic Mountain Ski Area in Londonderry. Ski Magic, which purchased the 700-acre property last fall, has applied for snow-making and lift upgrades. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDiggerLONDONDERRY – On the way into Magic Mountain Ski Area, drivers pass a sign declaring that “You’ve now officially taken the road less traveled.”
  That’s a key marketing slogan for the property’s new owners: They’re trying to differentiate Magi
  
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• A small town remembers its big literary hero

  04-06-2017 21:43 via vtdigger.org
  
  An open house at Irasburg’s Leach Memorial Library celebrates the gift of the late resident Howard Frank Mosher’s book collection, shelved to the left and right of the front door. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  IRASBURG — Six months ago in snowy December, Vermont author Howard Frank Mosher wrote a letter to municipal leaders in this speck of a Northeast Kingdom town.
  “What an honor it is to present my beloved personal book collection to the Leach Memorial Library
  
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• Smith: Vermonters could help Democrats find winning strategy

  04-06-2017 20:58 via vtdigger.org
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders at a forum in Iowa in 2016. File photo by Jasper Craven/VTDigger
  (Mike Smith is the host of the radio program “Open Mike with Mike Smith,” on WDEV 550 AM and 96.1, 96.5, 98.3 and 101.9 FM. He is a regular columnist for VTDigger and a political analyst for WCAX-TV and WVMT radio. He was the secretary of administration and secretary of human services under former Gov. Jim Douglas.)
  Many liberals and progressives are bewildered over the national Democratic strategy t
  
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• Then Again: Mills shaped the fabric of Winooski

  04-06-2017 20:01 via vtdigger.org
  
  An early 20th-century postcard shows the sprawling Winooski Mill complex. Wiki Commons photo
  (“Then Again” is Mark Bushnell’s column about Vermont history.)
  The profits being made by woolen mill owners in Massachusetts were hard to ignore. Textile mills in places like Lawrence and Lowell were cranking out fabric and profits. The mills were the envy of the industrializing world. If Massachusetts could pull off this economic miracle, why not Vermont?
  That was apparently what a ha
  
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• Rutland to hold groundbreaking ceremony for new public pools

  04-06-2017 19:29
  
  The city of Rutland is holding a groundbreaking ceremony this coming week for its new public swimming pools.
  
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• Water enthusiasts make 10-mile trek down the Winooski River

  04-06-2017 18:30
  
  The Onion Race and Ramble was put on by the Friends of the Winooski River.
  
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• A Vermont winery is ditching bottles for cans

  04-06-2017 17:09
  
  Would you drink your wine from a can? 
  
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• What To Do: Outdoor scavenger hunt

  04-06-2017 16:48
  
  The Venture Vermont Outdoor Challenge is a statewide outside scavenger hunt.
  
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• Saving For Retirement In An Era Of Financial Uncertainty bit.ly/2s6Kc4L https://t.co/jfqOPxXe98

  04-06-2017 16:19 via twitter.com
  
  Saving For Retirement In An Era Of Financial Uncertainty bit.ly/2s6Kc4L https://t.co/jfqOPxXe98
  
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• Missed our spring gardening show with @charlienardozzi? No worries! You can listen to the podcast audio here: bit.ly/2quFpG6 #VT

  04-06-2017 16:10 via twitter.com
  Missed our spring gardening show with @charlienardozzi? No worries! You can listen to the podcast audio here: bit.ly/2quFpG6 #VT
  
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• Dam construction to start on Saranac River

  04-06-2017 16:01
  
  It's part of the Saranac River Cleanup project.
  
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• In The Kitchen: Garlic-Parmesan pasta

  04-06-2017 15:46
  
  Nick and Ike have a mouth-watering recipe for you to make for dinner tonight.
  
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• Students graduate from the Community College of Vermont

  04-06-2017 12:28
  
  Nearly 550 students received their diplomas during the college's 50th commencement ceremony.
  
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• Fire in downtown Barre, cause unknown

  04-06-2017 12:22
  
  Officials say it started around 7pm on Main Street.
  
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• Fire in downtown Barre

  04-06-2017 05:41
  
  Officials say it started around 7pm on Main Street.
  
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• 550 diplomas handed out Saturday

  04-06-2017 01:34
  
  It is graduation day for the Community College of Vermont.
  
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• An annual dairy tradition rolls on in northern Vermont

  04-06-2017 01:27
  
  Cows steal the show at the annual Vermont Dairy Festival in Enosburg Falls.
  
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• Close-up look at life on the farm

  04-06-2017 01:23
  
  An open house in Fairlee Saturday on the Newmont Farm.
  
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• Free health exams for Vermont Special Olympics athletes

  04-06-2017 01:18
  
  Hundreds of athletes are competing in the Vermont Special Olympics this weekend. One group of volunteers was on site Saturday to make sure every athlete walks away with a smile.
  
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• Residents react to new water pollution law

  04-06-2017 01:11
  
  Bennington residents are reacting to a law signed by Governor Phil Scott that forces companies to pay up for alleged water pollution.
  
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• Working in your garden this weekend? You can listen to the podcast of our spring gardening show here: bit.ly/2rSoVvr #VT

  04-06-2017 01:07 via twitter.com
  Working in your garden this weekend? You can listen to the podcast of our spring gardening show here: bit.ly/2rSoVvr #VT
  
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