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• Burlington murder suspect to be brought back to Vt.

  13-06-2017 23:54
  
  We've learned the suspect in a Burlington murder will be brought back to Vermont.
  
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• One family, two schools: Questions swirl around another Sanders deal

  13-06-2017 23:28 via vtdigger.org
  
  The barn housing the Vermont Woodworking School in Fairfax. Photo courtesy of Carina Driscoll
  While one deal struck by Jane O’Meara Sanders during her time as Burlington College’s president has triggered a federal investigation, another arrangement she engineered is breeding claims of nepotism and allegations of veiled threats against her husband’s presidential campaign.
  The bad blood centers on the relationship the college forged with the Vermont Woodworking School, co-founded
  
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• One family, two schools: Questions raised about another Sanders deal

  13-06-2017 23:28 via vtdigger.org
  
  The barn housing the Vermont Woodworking School in Fairfax. Photo courtesy of Carina Driscoll
  While one deal struck by Jane O’Meara Sanders during her time as Burlington College’s president has triggered a federal investigation, another arrangement she engineered is breeding claims of nepotism and allegations of veiled threats against her husband’s presidential campaign.
  The bad blood centers on the relationship the college forged with the Vermont Woodworking School, co-founded
  
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• Police investigate hazmat incident in Chester

  13-06-2017 23:17
  
  Police say a hazmat incident in southern Vermont that has shut down Route 103 from Exit 6 to the village.
  
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• Bookworms, mark your calendars – Thursday, June 15 is our next book show! If there are reads that you've been recommending, let us know. #VT

  13-06-2017 23:12 via twitter.com
  Bookworms, mark your calendars – Thursday, June 15 is our next book show! If there are reads that you've been recommending, let us know. #VT
  
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• Author Howard Norman's Latest Novel Is Steeped In The Noir Tradition bit.ly/2rfdlH5 https://t.co/lrAFi2trTh

  13-06-2017 23:07 via twitter.com
  
  Author Howard Norman's Latest Novel Is Steeped In The Noir Tradition bit.ly/2rfdlH5 https://t.co/lrAFi2trTh
  
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• Police: Colchester woman drove drunk to bring kids to school

  13-06-2017 23:02
  
  Police say a Colchester woman was drunk behind the wheel when she dropped her children off at school.
  
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• Suspect in 2015 Burlington homicide arrested in Texas

  13-06-2017 22:25 via vtdigger.org
  
  BURLINGTON — Federal agents in Texas arrested a suspect Monday in the 2015 killing of a University of Vermont student in his Green Street apartment, officials said.
  Prosecutors allege that Richard Monroe, 24, shot Kevin DeOliveira, 23, at close range with a handgun in an “execution-style killing” stemming from a cocaine debt.
  DeOliveira, originally from New Jersey, was a student at the University of Vermont when he was killed. Monroe was a student at Champlain College.
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• Saint Albans Museum to host Hamilton exhibition

  13-06-2017 22:06 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Saint Albans MuseumJune 13, 2017
  Media Contact:Alex Lehning(802) 527-7933
  [email protected]
  www.stamuseum.org
  Saint Albans Museum to Host Hamilton Exhibition & Events in July 2017
  The Saint Albans Museum is pleased to announce the exclusive Vermont appearance of the traveling exhibition “Hamilton: The Man Who Invented Modern America” during the month of July, featuring extended select evening hours.
  The Museum will also host a special presentation by Prof. W
  
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• Fish and Wildlife releases young bears

  13-06-2017 21:53 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Vermont Fish and WildlifeJune 13, 2017
  Media Contacts:Forrest Hammond802-777-7493
  Scott Darling802-777-1732
  VT Fish and Wildlife Releases Young Bears Back to Wild
  PLYMOUTH, Vt. – The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department successfully released several young orphaned bears back into the wild after a short stay with a wildlife rehabilitator. The juvenile bears had shown up malnourished in residential areas earlier this spring.
  Working in partnership with New Hampshire Fi
  
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• Rights and Democracy to host speaker on gentrification and development

  13-06-2017 21:28 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Rights and DemocracyJune 13, 2017
  Media Contacts:James Lockridge(802) 373-2890
  Shay Totten(802) 324-3198
  How to Kill a City: Author to Speak on Gentrification & Development
  BURLINGTON — As a strategy for economic advancement, development needs to be balanced by policies that prevent the otherwise inevitable geographic inequity of displacement.
  That’s the conclusion of a new book, How to Kill a City, which will be the focus of a community discussion on June 30
  
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• Propane leak prompts evacuations in Colchester

  13-06-2017 21:16
  Police say an excavator ruptured a 1,000-pound propane tank in Colchester. 
  
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• House Passes Welch Legislation Promoting Energy Efficiency in Schools

  13-06-2017 21:12 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — U.S. House of RepresentativesJune 13, 2017
  Contact:Kate Hamilton(202) 440-3340
  Washington, DC – Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved bipartisan legislation introduced by Rep. Peter Welch to improve energy efficiency in schools in Vermont and across the country.
  The Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act (H.R. 627) establishes a coordinating structure to help schools better navigate federal energy efficiency programs and financing op
  
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• FreshTracks Capital Expands Consumer Brand Investments

  13-06-2017 21:06 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — FreshTracks CapitalJune 13, 2017
  Media Contacts:Holly Killary
  [email protected]
  Peter Van Alstine
  [email protected]
  Bill Reilly
  [email protected]
  FreshTracks Capital Expands Consumer Brand Investments with Redd Superfood Energy Bars and Reilly’s HempVet Pet Supplements
  Shelburne, VT (June 13, 2017) – FreshTracks Capital announces further investments in growing consumer brands in the region with Redd superfood en
  
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• Norwich University bell concerts kick off July 1

  13-06-2017 20:51 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Norwich UniversityJune 12, 2017
  Contact:Daphne Larkin802-485-2886
  [email protected]
  NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Bring a picnic and a lawn chair to the Upper Parade Ground on the beautiful campus of Norwich University and enjoy free outdoor concerts performed on the Charlotte Nichols Greene Memorial Carillon.
  Concerts will be held rain or shine on five consecutive Saturdays from July 1 to July 29. All concerts begin at 1 p.m. Following each original, hour-long performance, gues
  
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• Brattleboro Museum and Art Center exhibits closing June 18

  13-06-2017 20:45 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Brattleboro Museum and Art CenterJune 11, 2017
  Contact:Danny Lichtenfeld
  [email protected], ext. 108
  Six exhibits closing June 18 at Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
  BRATTLEBORO, VT — The six exhibits currently on view at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) will close on Sunday, June 18 at 5 p.m. The museum will then be closed from June 19 through June 23 to install new exhibits opening to the public on Saturday, June 24.
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• Northeast dairy farmers challenged by rainy, cool spring

  13-06-2017 20:35
  
  Following dry and drought conditions last summer, Northeast farmers are facing the opposite challenge this growing season: a rainy, cool spring that has delayed the planting of corn and other crops.
  
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• Former President of AFT Vermont and Vermont AFL-CIO Launches New Firm

  13-06-2017 20:34 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Progressive Labor SolutionsJune 12, 2017
  Contact:Ben Johnson802-505-9073
  [email protected]
  Will provide labor solutions for wide range of employers
  Montpelier VT – Ben Johnson, former union president, launched a new firm today called Progressive Labor Solutions (PLS). PLS will provide services to management and the leadership team that will help them more effectively deal with union negotiations, plan for the possibility of a union coming to its workplace, help wi
  
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• Burlington Electric adds plug-in hybrids to electric vehicle incentive program

  13-06-2017 20:26 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Burlington ElectricJune 13, 2017
  Contact:Mike Kanarick802.735.7962
  Burlington Electric Adds Plug-in Hybrids to EV Rebate Incentive Program
  Program Addition Will Help Meet Renewable Energy Goals
  Burlington, VT – The Burlington Electric Department today announced that it has added plug-in hybrids to its electric vehicle (EV) rebate incentive program, first announced two weeks ago (original launch press release here and below). Through this new program component, members
  
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• Two dead in Brattleboro from apparent heat exposure

  13-06-2017 20:18 via vtdigger.org
  
  (This story is by the Brattleboro Reformer, in which it first appeared June 13, 2017.)
  BRATTLEBORO — Two elderly Brattleboro residents appear to have died of heat exposure, according to the Brattleboro Police Department.
  On Monday officers responded to two separate residences where they found an 87-year-old woman and an 87-year-old man dead outside of their homes.
  In the first case, the Police Department received a call from a neighbor who found the woman dead near her garden. In the secon
  
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• With $1 million raised, land protection at Exit 4 to be complete

  13-06-2017 20:03 via vtdigger.org
  
  Paul Bruhn, executive director of the Preservation Trust of Vermont, at the site in Randolph where a massive development had once been proposed. File photo by Mike Polhamus/VTDiggerA conservation group will be able to buy the remaining 22 acres of a 172-acre plot off Interstate 89 Exit 4 in Randolph, after having raised $1 million in the last two months.
  The purchase will prevent future development of the site, where a hotel and shopping center had once been proposed.
  “There were times ear
  
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• A Helmet's Not Enough: Cycling Safety On Vt. Roads bit.ly/2sxBexx https://t.co/yPQil5Ech5

  13-06-2017 19:42 via twitter.com
  
  A Helmet's Not Enough: Cycling Safety On Vt. Roads bit.ly/2sxBexx https://t.co/yPQil5Ech5
  
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• Vermont Afterschool receives grant to build rural work-based learning

  13-06-2017 19:27 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Vermont Afterschool, Inc.June 12, 2017
  CONTACT:Holly Morehouse802-598-4005
  [email protected]
  Vermont Afterschool, Inc. Receives Grant from the J. Warren & Lois McClure Foundation to Build Work-Based Learning Opportunities in Rural Vermont
  Colchester, VT: Vermont Afterschool, Inc. is pleased to announce it has received a $30,000 grant from the J. Warren and Lois McClure Foundation for the 2017-2018 school year to create meaningful job and expanded lear
  
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• Vermont inmates moved to Pennsylvania

  13-06-2017 19:11 via vtdigger.org
  
  Block J at the Camp Hill prison in Pennsylvania is where Vermonters are being housed. File photo by Jasper Craven/VTDiggerThe Vermont Department of Corrections says 269 Vermont inmates have been moved from a private prison in Michigan to a Pennsylvania state-run facility near Harrisburg.
  All 269 prisoners were in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections by 3:30 Monday afternoon, according to Mike Touchette, director of facility operations for the Vermont DOC.
  The Vermont inmates
  
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• NH county jail stops inmates' personal mail following overdoses

  13-06-2017 18:46
  
  Following an incident of multiple overdoses at a New Hampshire county jail, authorities have stopped delivery of personal, non-legal mail to inmates.
  
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• NH unemployment rate increased slightly in May

  13-06-2017 18:44
  
  New Hampshire officials say the state's unemployment rate for May was 2.9 percent, an increase of a tenth of a percentage point from the April rate.
  
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• Energy efficiency bill aimed at helping schools

  13-06-2017 18:42
  
  The U.S. House of Representatives has approved bipartisan legislation introduced by Vermont Rep. Peter Welch to improve energy efficiency in schools.
  
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• Heat exposure may have played role in Brattleboro deaths

  13-06-2017 18:29
  Investigators say heat exposure may have played a role in the deaths of two elderly people in Brattleboro Monday.
  
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• Crews knock down fire in Highgate

  13-06-2017 18:25
  
  Multiple departments helped knock down a house fire in Highgate Tuesday. 
  
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• Burglar targets St. Michael's College

  13-06-2017 18:24
  
  Colchester police say a burglar is targeting a local college campus. 
  
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• Police: Thwarted robbery helped solve other cases

  13-06-2017 18:08
  
  The grandmother who owns a Georgia market was back at work Tuesday morning just a day after she foiled an attempted armed robbery at her store. 
  
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• Burlington passes new fair and impartial policing policy

  13-06-2017 17:15 via vtdigger.org
  
  Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo. File photo by Morgan True/VTDigger
  BURLINGTON — The City Council adopted a new fair and impartial policing policy Monday that officials said protects undocumented residents while shielding the city from federal cuts by the Trump administration.
  Following the presidential election, Mayor Miro Weinberger pledged to make Burlington a sanctuary city. The passage of the new city policy Monday night completes that effort.
  “We will stay a community
  
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• Vt. conservationists meet funding goal to save farmland

  13-06-2017 16:52
  A conservation group has met its million-dollar goal in fundraising to buy 22 acres of farmland in order to protect it from development.
  
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• Trial underway for Vt. woman accused of killing ex and his son

  13-06-2017 16:49
  
  The trial is underway for a Vermont woman accused of fatally shooting her ex-boyfriend and his son more than two years ago.
  
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• UVM student's poutine paper goes viral

  13-06-2017 16:42
  
  A UVM graduate student has been making national headlines with a thesis he wrote on poutine. 
  
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• Do you have questions about buying or selling a home? We'll talk about strategies w/ our guests on today's show. bit.ly/2su2RYs #VT

  13-06-2017 16:41 via twitter.com
  Do you have questions about buying or selling a home? We'll talk about strategies w/ our guests on today's show. bit.ly/2su2RYs #VT
  
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• Lost class ring returned to owner

  13-06-2017 16:31
  
  A woman who lost her class ring now has it back. 
  
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• Burlington passes $211 million annual budget

  13-06-2017 16:29 via vtdigger.org
  
  Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger. File photo by Cory Dawson/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — The City Council unanimously approved on Monday the mayor’s proposed $211 million budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
  The budget passed without controversy, and councilors, who spent the last month reviewing the mayor’s proposal, offered no amendments. Nor did the budget change substantively during the review process.
  Councilors lauded Mayor Miro Weinberger’s sixth budget since tak
  
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• No foul play suspected in Brattleboro death

  13-06-2017 16:11
  
  Police do not suspect foul play in the death of a woman in Brattleboro. 
  
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• NH man killed in Enfield crash

  13-06-2017 16:02
  
  Police say it appears a Lebanon man suffered a medical emergency before crashing into a business in Enfield. 
  
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• Vermont Brewers Festival at Killington Resort

  13-06-2017 16:00 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Vermont Brewers AssociationJune 12, 2017
  Contact:Amy Cronin
  [email protected](774) 217-0182
  BURLINGTON, VT- The Vermont Brewers Association (VBA) is pleased to announce its newest Brewers Festival. For the last 25 years, the Association has been running a successful event on the waterfront in Burlington, VT. Now, we will be bringing a second festival to the picturesque mountain setting of Killington Resort.
  On March 24, 2018, the VBA will host its first winter fe
  
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• Mount Snow breaks ground on $22M base lodge

  13-06-2017 15:52
  
  Mount Snow is moving forward with a multimillion-dollar construction project funded through the controversial EB-5 program.
  
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• Firefighters’ Association adopts network public safety policy statement

  13-06-2017 15:50 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Vermont State Firefighters’ AssociationJune 12, 2017
  Contact:Ron Kumetz(802) 796-6032
  [email protected]
  Vermont State Firefighters’ Association adopts policy statement on FirstNet and the Public Safety Broadband Network Commission
  The quarterly board meeting of the Vermont State Firefighters Association was held inPittsford on June 11, 2017. VSFA represents more than 4500 volunteer firefighters and is the largest organization of public safety first responde
  
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• Mural Unveiled at Newly Remodeled Vermont History Museum

  13-06-2017 15:24 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Vermont Historical SocietyJune 12, 2017
  Contact:Leslie O’Halloran(p) 802-388-9871 ext.257(f) 802-388-3815
  Montpelier, Vermont—The Vermont Historical Society (VHS) reopened the Vermont History Museum in Montpelier with a celebration of the new installation of the Paul Sample mural, “Salute to Vermont.” The mural, which was installed in the remodeled entryway of the museum, had been donated to the Historical Society by National Life in fall 2016.
  The mu
  
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• We'll discuss the #VT real estate market today. What questions/comments do you have? Tune in to the program at noon. bit.ly/2su2RYs

  13-06-2017 15:09 via twitter.com
  We'll discuss the #VT real estate market today. What questions/comments do you have? Tune in to the program at noon. bit.ly/2su2RYs
  
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• Double your gift today. $39,500 to go in three days.

  13-06-2017 11:50 via vtdigger.org
  
  VTDigger’s Statehouse reporting crew, from left to right: Mike Polhamus, Tiffany Pache, Jon Margolis, Erin Mansfield, Anne Galloway, Elizabeth Hewitt and Mark Johnson.Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  Today your contribution will be doubled by a group of generous donors. Up to $12,500 will be matched.
  VTDigger must raise $200,000 by June 15 to meet our budget. We are grateful to the more than 1,000 readers who have helped us this spring. With this match, the end is in sight.
  We have $39,500
  
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• Barre mayor blocks press from real estate presentation

  13-06-2017 11:49 via vtdigger.org
  
  Barre Mayor Thom Lauzon at a Statehouse press conference. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerBarre Mayor Thom Lauzon gave a private slideshow presentation of a five-story hotel and retail complex to the city council and 17 members of the public Thursday night.The press was excluded from the hour and a half long conceptual presentation and discussion about the real estate development, which is to be located on North Main Street and includes city land.Details of the project have not yet been publ
  
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• Hiker rescued in Troy

  13-06-2017 06:36
  
  Several crews spent hours Monday in Troy rescuing a stranded hiker. The hiker took a bad fall on the Long Trail Monday morning and ended up needing help.
  
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• Vt. man honored by New England Patriots

  13-06-2017 05:16
  
  A Vermont man was honored by the New England Patriots for his work in the community.
  
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• Legislative leaders, governor set to meet ahead of veto session

  13-06-2017 04:28 via vtdigger.org
  
  Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe speaks to press about negotiations with the governor. Photo by Michael Dougherty/VTDiggerWith just a week before lawmakers return to Montpelier for a special session, legislative leaders and members of the Scott administration are set to meet.
  House Speaker Mitzi Johnson, D-Grand Isle, and Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe, D/P-Chittenden, said Monday afternoon that they had confirmed a Tuesday meeting with members of Gov. Phil Scott’s administration.
  The
  
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