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• Rescuers search for man's body in Connecticut River

  08-06-2017 23:32
  
  Rescuers are searching the Connecticut River looking for a man's body.
  
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• Robyn Freedner-Maguire: Make the most of taxpayer savings by investing in kids

  08-06-2017 23:05 via vtdigger.org
  
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Robyn Freedner-Maguire, who is the campaign director of Let’s Grow Kids.Right now, the Legislature and administration are debating over teacher health care plans and a compromise that may result in millions of dollars in savings for Vermont. If and when such savings are reaped, it will be imperative to invest those dollars in ways that will yield the greatest benefits to Vermont’s families, communities and economy.
  If we want to truly make o
  
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• R. Galbraith, J. Evans, B. Alpert: Congressional support of federal research funding crucial

  08-06-2017 23:05 via vtdigger.org
  
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Richard Galbraith, John Evans and Briar Alpert. Galbraith is the vice president for research at the University of Vermont; Evans is a former dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Vermont and the president of the Vermont Technology Council; and Alpert is the CEO of BioTek and a member of the Board of Trustees at the University of Vermont. It was previously published in the Times Argus/Rutland Herald and the Caledonian Record.
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• Stephen Terry: Achieving Vermont’s economic future

  08-06-2017 23:00 via vtdigger.org
  
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Stephen C. Terry, who was legislative assistant for Sen. George Aiken from 1969 to 1975. He is also a former managing editor of the Rutland Herald and a retired vice president at Green Mountain Power. He is an occasional columnist for the Rutland Herald and Times Argus, in which this was first published, and does political analysis for WCAX-TV and WDEV-Radio. He lives in Middlebury.
  There is no more critical public policy debate now in Vermont than how
  
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• NECI merging with Ohio school but staying put, at least for now

  08-06-2017 22:57 via vtdigger.org
  
  New England Culinary Institute has been in Montpelier since 1980. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerNew England Culinary Institute has announced a merger with Virginia Marti College of Art and Design in Cleveland, but the Vermont-based cooking and restaurant management school will keep its operations in Montpelier “for the time being,” its president said Thursday.
  Milan Milasinovic continued as president of the Cleveland school after assuming the same responsibilities at NECI in D
  
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• Police investigating infant’s death in Colchester

  08-06-2017 22:37 via vtdigger.org
  
  COLCHESTER — Town police say emergency personnel responding to a call Wednesday discovered an unresponsive 7-month-old child they were not able to resuscitate.
  The infant was pronounced dead after being taken to the University of Vermont Medical Center, according to the Colchester Police Department.Police say their initial investigation does not indicate criminal activity, but the cause and manner of death are still to be determined pending the outcome of medical tests.Officials identified
  
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• State to give back $26,000 it overcharged businesses

  08-06-2017 22:20 via vtdigger.org
  
  Lindsay Kurrle, the commissioner of the Department of Labor. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerThe Vermont Department of Labor says it will refund $26,000 to businesses that were charged too much interest because of a decade-old technology error.
  Since 2008, the glitch has caused the department to overcharge companies that had past-due balances on payments for unemployment insurance and the assessment businesses owe if they don’t offer health insurance.The payments are due quarterly. In
  
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• Police search for missing Brattleboro girl

  08-06-2017 22:05
  
  Police are looking for a 14-year-old Brattleboro girl who is missing.
  
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• Hyundai recalls thousands of cars

  08-06-2017 21:55
  
  There's a consumer alert for Hyundai drivers.
  
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• Police: Baby's death not suspicious

  08-06-2017 20:56
  
  Colchester Police say there is no evidence of anything suspicious in connection with the death of a baby. 
  
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• Green Mountain Secure Retirement: A Boost to Vermont’s Small Business Economy

  08-06-2017 20:45 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Main Street AllianceJune 8, 2017
  Contact:Kaycie Miltenberger
  [email protected]
  Green Mountain Secure Retirement: A Boost to Vermont’s Small Business Economy
  WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT – Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed a bill into law that creates a state-administered public retirement program (S.135). The law sets up a multiple employer program (MEP) that will be available to small businesses, those that employ 50 or fewer employees, and
  
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• New book on Vermont commune links the past and present

  08-06-2017 20:32 via vtdigger.org
  
  Peter Gould is the author of “Horse-Drawn Yogurt: Stories from Total Loss Farm,” just released by the Brattleboro-based Green Writers Press. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerBRATTLEBORO — Ask Peter Gould what inspired his new 1970s Vermont commune remembrance “Horse-Drawn Yogurt: Stories from Total Loss Farm” and he’ll point to lies spouted by the president.
  Make that two presidents.
  Gould was a twentysomething Pennsylvania native a half-century ago when,
  
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• Mondo Mediaworks, Inc. becomes a Certified B Corporation

  08-06-2017 20:27 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Mondo MediaworksJune 8, 2017
  Contact: Georgia Pearson
  [email protected] ext. 7
  Mondo Mediaworks, Inc., becomes a Certified B Corporation
  Brattleboro, Vt., June 8, 2017 — Mondo Mediaworks has announced that they’ve become a Certified B Corporation. Mondo joins over 2,000 B Corps world wide, including fellow Vermont companies like King Arthur Flour, Ben and Jerry’s, Cabot Creamery, Seventh Generation, and Green Mountain Power.
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• Hospitals don’t want surgery center to pitch to new regulators

  08-06-2017 20:08 via vtdigger.org
  
  Amy Cooper, the executive director of HealthFirst and the lead representative of the proposed Green Mountain Surgical Center, testifies before regulators in April. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerThe association representing Vermont’s 14 hospitals has teamed up with a smaller hospital in St. Albans in an attempt to block investors in a surgical center they oppose from meeting with newly appointed regulators.The Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, which has been workin
  
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• Committee rejects Welch amendment for cheap Canadian drugs

  08-06-2017 19:06
  
  An amendment sponsored by a Vermont's lone congressman that would have allowed Americans to buy cheap prescription drugs from Canada has been rejected by a House committee.
  
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• NY child marriage ban heads to Cuomo's desk

  08-06-2017 18:57
  
  The New York Legislature has overturned a state law that allows 14-year-olds to legally wed.
  
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• Vermont Gives’ 24-hour Fundraising Challenge Underway

  08-06-2017 18:30 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Vermont GivesJune 8, 2017
  CONTACT:Barrie Silver802-343-2044
  Vermont Gives’ 24-hour Fundraising Challenge Underway
  Vermont Gives — a 24-hour social media blitz designed to leverage the naturally generous spirit of Vermonters — started at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The effort uses an online platform to funnel donations to the nearly 250 nonprofit organizations that have signed up, explains Morgan Webster, Director of Common Good Vermont, and includes programs that ran
  
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• Vermont Federal Credit Union Shreds Community Documents

  08-06-2017 18:26 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Vermont Federal Credit UnionMay 31, 2017
  Contact:Lori Crowley(802) 658-0225 x 1312
  [email protected]
  VERMONT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION SHREDS 12,000 POUNDS OF COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS
  Burlington, VT – Vermont Federal Credit Union partnered with SecurShred to securely dispose of community members personal or sensitive documents.
  During the months of April and May, Vermont Federal Credit Union held four shred day events at their Milton, St. Albans, Middlebury and South B
  
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• State Announces “Red Tag” Rule for Aboveground Storage Tanks

  08-06-2017 18:19 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Vermont Department of Environmental ConservationJune 8, 2017
  Media Contact:Emily BoedeckerPhone: (802) 828-1556
  State Announces “Red Tag” Rule for Aboveground Storage Tanks
  Montpelier – The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources today filed a new rule for aboveground storage tanks that will require inspectors to affix red tags on heating oil tanks that are at imminent risk of a fuel spill. Fuel distributors are not allowed to deliver fuel to a red-tagged tank
  
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• Rescuers searching river to recover body

  08-06-2017 18:06
  
  A fire captain says rescuers are searching an area of the Connecticut River to recover the body of a man who fell from an old railroad bridge linking Vermont and New Hampshire. 
  
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• Voter registration, fetal homicide bill sent to NH governor

  08-06-2017 17:51
  
  New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu says he intends to sign bills creating new voter registration requirements, allowing murder charges against those who cause the death of a fetus and permitting certain school districts to...
  
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• Sen. Bernie Sanders: Friday, Live At Noon bit.ly/2sj5OL3 https://t.co/pwmAKf606V

  08-06-2017 17:37 via twitter.com
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders: Friday, Live At Noon bit.ly/2sj5OL3 https://t.co/pwmAKf606V
  
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• Some Vermont businesses to get insurance interest refunds

  08-06-2017 16:57
  The Vermont Department of Labor says a number of the state's businesses are going to be getting refunds because of improperly calculated interest on past-due balances for unemployment insurance and health care...
  
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• Police get multiple tips on car connected to missing Vt. teen

  08-06-2017 16:55
  
  Vermont state police say they've received multiple tips and sightings of a vehicle in southern New Hampshire connected to their search for a missing 16-year-old girl.
  
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• Sununu to attend White House 'infrastructure summit'

  08-06-2017 16:21
  
  New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu is scheduled to attend an "infrastructure summit" hosted by the Trump administration at the White House.
  
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• 2 recovering from injuries in head-on ATV crash at NH park

  08-06-2017 16:19
  
  Two men are recovering from injuries suffered when their ATVs collided at Jericho Mountain State Park in Berlin, New Hampshire.
  
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• Gov. Scott Signs Bill to Strengthen Farm to School Network

  08-06-2017 16:16 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Gov. Phil ScottJune 7, 2017
  Contact:Rebecca Kelley802-828-6403
  [email protected]
  GOVERNOR PHIL SCOTT SIGNS BILL TO STRENGTHEN VERMONT’S FARM TO SCHOOL NETWORK
  Law further enhances Vermont’s reputation for offering one of the nation’s best Farm to School programs
  Burlington, Vt. – Vermont has long been recognized as a leader in the Farm to School movement, which connects our students to local farmers through hands-on learning and healthy meals
  
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• NY free college tuition program open to student applications

  08-06-2017 16:14
  
  New York state has begun accepting applications for its new tuition-free college program.
  
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• Weston Playhouse Theatre Company Presents: Really Rosie June 22

  08-06-2017 16:07 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — The Weston Playhouse Theatre CompanyJune 7, 2017
  Contact:Lucy SouthwellTel. 802-824-8167 x 107Email: [email protected]
  Weston Playhouse Theatre Company Presents: Really Rosie – Opens June 22nd
  Do you have an appetite for some satisfying family fun? Come enjoy some Chicken Soup with Rice on Avenue P with this year’s Young Company production of REALLY ROSIE!
  Opening the 2017 OtherStages series is the genius collaboration from the writers of Where the W
  
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• NY Senate Democrats urge GOP to fight climate change

  08-06-2017 16:07
  
  State Senate Democrats are calling on the chamber's Republican majority to meet New York's progressive stance in combatting climate change.
  
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• Fort Ticonderoga acquires wartime journals of Pennsylvania officer

  08-06-2017 16:04
  
  Officials at New York's Fort Ticonderoga say they've acquired two rare journals of a Pennsylvania officer who served on the northern frontier during the American Revolution.
  
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• State Announces Municipal Roads Grants-in-Aid Pilot Project

  08-06-2017 16:01 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Department of Environmental ConservationJune 7, 2017
  Media Contact:Kari Dolan(802) 490-6113
  [email protected]
  State Announces Municipal Roads Grants-in-Aid Pilot Project
  MONTPELIER — Vermont’s regional planning commissions and the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) are pleased to invite municipalities to sign up for a new Municipal Roads Grants-in-Aid Pilot Project. DEC’s Clean Water Initiative Program is offering approximatel
  
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• Sen. Leahy wants to improve safety of older buildings

  08-06-2017 16:01
  
  U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy has introduced legislation that would improve the safety and accessibility of historic buildings in Vermont and across the country.
  
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• Mansfield Heliflight Launches Aircraft Charter Service

  08-06-2017 15:45 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Report — Mansfield HeliflightMay 30, 2017
  Contact:Tel: +1 (802) 893-1003Email: [email protected]: www.mansfieldaviation.com
  Mansfield Heliflight Launches Aircraft Charter Service
  Milton, VT – May 30, 2017 – Mansfield Heliflight, Inc., announced the return of locally based aircraft charter service to the Burlington, VT area using it’s TBM 700 turboprop aircraft.
  Mansfield Heliflight offers FAA approved Part 135 Charter Service using the TBM which has
  
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• Memorial Celebration of the Life and Work of David Budbill

  08-06-2017 15:37 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Barre Opera HouseJune 7, 2017
  CONTACT:Andrea Stander802-522-3284
  [email protected]
  Memorial Celebration of the Life and Work of David Budbill
  Barre – A Memorial Celebration of the Life and Work of David Budbill, who passed away at his home in Montpelier on September 25, 2016, will be held at the Barre Opera House, Barre, Vermont, on Sunday, June 25, 2017, from 3 to 5 p.m.
  David, who made his home in Vermont for 47 years – 45 in a cabin he built himself in
  
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• SpeakSooner Program hosted by the Vermont Center for Independent Living

  08-06-2017 15:31 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Center for Communication in MedicineJune 7, 2017
  Contact:Bernard M. Bandman802-442-5800
  [email protected]
  http://www.speaksooner.org
  SpeakSooner Program hosted by the Vermont Center for Independent Living
  “HOW TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION WITH DOCTORS”
  Wednesday, July 12, 2017 from 1 – 3 PM at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
  On Wednesday, July 12, 2017 1-3pm the Vermont Center for Independent Living will host Center for Communication in Medicine&rsquo
  
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• Welch Introduces Drug Importation Amendment

  08-06-2017 15:15 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Rep. Peter WelchJune 7, 2017
  Contact:Kate Hamilton(202) 440-3340
  Welch Introduces Drug Importation Amendment: “The price of prescription drugs is killing us.”
  Welch gives remarks in Energy and Commerce Committee markup of FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017
  WASHINGTON – This afternoon in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce markup of the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 (H.R. 2430), Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced an amendment to authorize the importati
  
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• FYI: No "Vermont Edition" today, as @vprnet will carry live coverage of former FBI Director James Comey's testimony… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 15:12 via twitter.com
  FYI: No "Vermont Edition" today, as @vprnet will carry live coverage of former FBI Director James Comey's testimony… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Meet the designer and Vermonter behind one of America's biggest music festivals

  08-06-2017 12:51
  
  Most of the artwork you see at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is made by a man who lives in Vermont!     Channel 3's Alex Hirsch had a chance to talk with him.
  
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• Only 32 more monthly members needed to make the match. Help us end the fund drive in 7 days.

  08-06-2017 07:52 via vtdigger.org
  
  The post Only 32 more monthly members needed to make the match. Help us end the fund drive in 7 days. appeared first on VTDigger.
  
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• Justice reform group to get new executive director

  08-06-2017 07:46 via vtdigger.org
  
  A new director will take the helm of Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform.
  The group’s current executive director, Suzi Wizowaty, announced this week she will step down at the end of the month.
  The advocacy organization, founded in 2013, calls for a reduction in incarceration rates and has been an outspoken critic of Vermont’s out-of-state prison program.
  Wizowaty, a former state representative, said the organization is “in a really strong place.” She is stepping down t
  
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• Missing Burlington teen's mom cries for help

  08-06-2017 06:27
  
  Police are also searching for a missing teen in Burlington.
  
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• Landmark Brattleboro steeple may become cell tower

  08-06-2017 03:53 via vtdigger.org
  
  BRATTLEBORO – Centre Congregational Church’s white steeple is a Brattleboro landmark, and it is the most visible feature of a historic structure that has stood on Main Street for 174 years.
  Soon, the steeple may serve another purpose – boosting cellular signals.
  After working with the church for several years, Verizon has proposed placing antennas inside the steeple’s bell tower along with related equipment inside the the clock portion of the structure.
  The facility is de
  
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• Baby possum snacks while waiting for ride to rehabilitator

  08-06-2017 03:52
  
  A homeowner in Winooski found this abandoned baby possum in her backyard.
  
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• Renewables, efficiency will gain steam, say energy execs

  08-06-2017 03:33 via vtdigger.org
  
  Mary Powell is CEO of Green Mountain Power. File photo by John Herrick/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — Vermont may be able to avoid expensive electrical grid upgrades by increasing the use of technological solutions and in particular efficiency, according to several speakers at an industry conference Wednesday in Burlington.
  “One way to meet the growth (in electric demand) is not to have the growth,” said Ethan Goldman, an energy informatics architect at Vermont Energy Investment Corp.
  Ma
  
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• Stowe newspaper group buys Chittenden County weeklies

  08-06-2017 03:25 via vtdigger.org
  
  The publisher of the Stowe Reporter, a weekly newspaper that recently bought two other local weeklies, says community journalism in Vermont is strong despite reports nationally of papers shrinking.
  “People, they’re not getting that sort of hyper-local news anywhere else,” said Greg Popa, publisher of the Stowe Reporter group.
  The purchase in late May of the Shelburne News and The Citizen, which covers Charlotte and Hinesburg, bumps the Stowe Reporter group’s collective ci
  
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• LISTEN: Lyme Disease Prevention Drug In Development At UMass Medical School bit.ly/2qYkF9O https://t.co/7YcvTquYP4

  08-06-2017 02:30 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: Lyme Disease Prevention Drug In Development At UMass Medical School bit.ly/2qYkF9O https://t.co/7YcvTquYP4
  
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• LISTEN: Coming To Terms With Vermont's Dark History Of Eugenics bit.ly/2shCJ2W

  08-06-2017 01:55 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: Coming To Terms With Vermont's Dark History Of Eugenics bit.ly/2shCJ2W
  
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• The looming threat of quagga mussels in Lake Champlain

  08-06-2017 01:16
  
  Why the impending arrival of the quagga mussel changed scientists' minds about raising a Revolutionary War boat from Lake Champlain. 
  
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• Scott signs legislation to expand telemedicine in Vermont

  08-06-2017 01:15 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dr. Ajay Tunguturi demonstrates telemedicine technology linking the UVM Medical Center to Rutland Regional Medical Center during a news conference Wednesday. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — Flanked by doctors from the state’s largest hospital, Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill into law Wednesday designed to expand the use of telemedicine in Vermont.
  The law, which goes into effect Oct. 1, requires Vermont Medicaid and commercial insurance companies to reimburse doctors for u
  
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