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• Crews work to keep annual bike ride benefit on course

  04-07-2017 23:35
  
  Repairs continue in the Upper Valley after nearly 60 roads were damaged by this weekend's storms.
  
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• Blodgett Oven to leave Burlington for Essex Junction

  04-07-2017 23:19
  
  An iconic Burlington brand is set to leave the Queen City. City officials say it's sad news, but not bad news. 
  
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• Vt. police add extra patrols for Fourth of July

  04-07-2017 23:16
  
  Drink-in the Fourth of July celebrations but don't drink and drive-- that's the message from Vermont State Police. 
  
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• Burlington neighborhood continues annual July 4 celebrations

  04-07-2017 23:11
  
  While cities and towns celebrated Independence Day, other neighborhoods kept it close to home.
  
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• Crowds celebrate Fourth of July in Plattsburgh

  04-07-2017 23:08
  
  Hundreds of people came out to celebrate the holiday in Plattsburgh.
  
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• Colchester parade celebrates the Fourth of July

  04-07-2017 23:05
  
  Parades were held across Vermont to celebrate America's independence this Fourth of July. Our Tyler Dumont checked out one in Colchester. 
  
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• Search continues for missing Colchester woman

  04-07-2017 22:51
  
  Crews are still looking for a woman who went missing after leaving a party Sunday. 
  
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• New Hampshire gets $5.8M for lead-paint abatement

  04-07-2017 22:45
  
  New Hampshire is getting $5.8 million to help keep families and children safe from lead-based paint and other housing-related health hazards.
  
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• Gas prices haven't changed much in northern New England

  04-07-2017 22:35
  
  Gas prices haven't budged much in northern New England.
  
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• All decked out for Independence Day

  04-07-2017 22:31
  
  Some people went all-out to celebrate Independence Day! 
  
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• Dollars tell only part of story of pot legalization advocacy

  04-07-2017 22:19 via vtdigger.org
  
  The president of the Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police, Jennifer Morrison, calls for postponement of marijuana legalization during the one-day veto session in June. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerDespite a constant drum of advocacy on both sides of marijuana legalization in Montpelier this year, lobbying reports show that the sums spent were relatively modest. But the finance disclosures tell just part of the story of advocacy on the issue.
  It was the closest a marijuana legalizati
  
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• I-89 reopens after sinkhole fixed; flood recovery continues

  04-07-2017 21:14 via vtdigger.org
  
  This sinkhole opened up on Interstate 89 in Hartford on Monday afternoon. Vermont State Police photo
  (This story is by Rob Wolfe, of the Valley News, in which it first appeared July 4, 2017.)
  Maintenance workers and residents around the Upper Valley on Monday continued to shore up roads and restore their connections to the world after a train of thunderstorm cells buffeted the region over the weekend.
  That work involved a shutdown of Interstate 89 northbound Monday evening as a large sinkhole de
  
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• First regional energy plan gets state approval under siting law

  04-07-2017 20:21 via vtdigger.org
  
  A solar array is under construction off Route 7 in Bennington. Photo by Jim Therrien/VTDiggerBENNINGTON — Bennington County’s regional energy plan is the first of its type to be certified by the Vermont Department of Public Service.
  The document, prepared by the Bennington County Regional Commission in partnership with state government departments and businesses in the energy field, received DPS approval June 21. The plan constitutes a lengthy amendment to the area’s regional p
  
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• Rutland seeks options for city-owned properties

  04-07-2017 20:10 via vtdigger.org
  
  This property in Rutland, which the city once owned, was turned over to a housing organization to be rehabbed. A city committee is considering what to do with other municipally owned parcels. Photo courtesy of NeighborWorks of Western VermontRUTLAND — The city is looking for ways to get properties it owns off its hands and onto the tax rolls.
  The city has ownership of about 20 properties acquired mostly through tax sales when no bidders showed up.The parcels, which include vacant lots as w
  
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• Funds for emergency home repair running low in some areas

  04-07-2017 19:37 via vtdigger.org
  
  Steve Geller, executive director of Southeastern Vermont Community Action, at the nonprofit’s Westminster office. The mural behind him quotes President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” Photo by Mike Faher/VTDiggerWESTMINSTER – Over the past eight years, hundreds of “households in crisis” have received free home
  
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• NY breeding eagle population hits new high

  04-07-2017 19:31
  
  State wildlife officials say New York's bald eagle population has hit a record of 323 breeding pairs.
  
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• Maritime museum hopes to raise historic ship from the depths

  04-07-2017 19:25 via vtdigger.org
  
  Art Cohn is co-founder of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes. Photo by Emily Greenberg/VTDiggerIn a secret location some 300 feet below the surface of Lake Champlain, a historic artifact rests relatively intact.The Revolutionary War gunboat Spitfire sank after the Battle of Valcour Island in 1776.After sustaining damage centuries ago at the hands of the British, it now faces another threat two decades after being found at its underwater resting place.A survey of the lake’s bot
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in Bridport crash

  04-07-2017 18:53
  
  State Police say a motorcyclist has died in a collision with a car in Bridport, Vermont.
  
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• I-89 sinkhole patched up

  04-07-2017 18:11
  
  Crews did an emergency patch on a sinkhole on Interstate 89 in Hartford. 
  
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• NY seeks projects for funding through VW settlement

  04-07-2017 17:47
  
  New York officials are holding three outreach events to invite the public to submit clean air projects for funding through the multistate settlement with Volkswagen over air pollution.
  
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• 20 people from 10 countries become US citizens in Vt.

  04-07-2017 17:44
  
  Twenty people from 10 countries are becoming U.S. citizens at a Fourth of July ceremony at the President Calvin Coolidge Historic Site in Plymouth Notch.
  
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• Surprise engagement on Mount Philo

  04-07-2017 17:33
  
  When someone asks you to snap a photo on the top of Mount Philo, always say yes.
  
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• Heads up, no "Vermont Edition" today. Find out about the special programming airing on VPR at noon and 7 p.m. here: digital.vpr.net/post/tune-vpr-…

  04-07-2017 13:58 via twitter.com
  Heads up, no "Vermont Edition" today. Find out about the special programming airing on VPR at noon and 7 p.m. here: digital.vpr.net/post/tune-vpr-…
  
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• Stowe using laughing gas to ease pain on ambulances

  04-07-2017 13:54
  
  One Vermont town is hoping to help stop the opiate crisis in the state, using an alternative to painkillers for patients on their way to the hospital.  Channel 3's Alex Hirsch reports.
  
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• Surprise engagement on Mt. Philo

  04-07-2017 07:29
  
  When someone asks you to snap a photo on the top of Mount Philo, always say yes.
  
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• New city flag for Montpelier

  04-07-2017 07:29
  
  A new flag will fly in Vermont's capital city. City officials in Montpelier unveiled the winner of the flag design contest for the nation's smallest state capitol during the city's Independence Day festivities on the statehouse lawn Monday night.
  
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• Cat found alive after home explosion

  04-07-2017 07:28
  
  A bit of a silver lining to an otherwise devastating story out of Bradford.
  
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• Condos calls in attorney general to help find way to block Trump data grab

  04-07-2017 05:22 via vtdigger.org
  
  Secretary of State Jim Condos on inauguration day in January. File photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDiggerSecretary of State Jim Condos has stepped up his rebuff of the Trump administration, saying he won’t comply — for now — with the demand that secretaries of state nationwide provide voter information to a federal commission investigating claims of election fraud.
  The Election Integrity Commission on Wednesday asked for voters’ dates of birth, voter histories, party affiliatio
  
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• Massive sinkhole opens up on Interstate 89

  04-07-2017 04:45
  
  A massive sinkhole on I-89. It’s in the northbound lane in Hartford.
  
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• Armed robbery in St. Albans

  04-07-2017 04:25
  A woman was robbed Monday at the Rite Aid plaza right outside of the post office in St. Albans.
  
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• Haviland Smith: On sending additional troops to Afghanistan

  04-07-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  
  Editor’s note: Haviland Smith is a retired CIA Station Chief who served in East and West Europe as well as the Middle East. He was Chief of the counterterrorism staff and executive assistant to the CIA’s deputy director.
  The development and implementation of the Trump administration’s current Afghan policy appears to have been deferred to the Pentagon. All we know about Trump policy toward that region is that he vowed during the presidential campaign to completely destroy ISIS,
  
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• Poor Elijah’s Almanack: Leges Sine Moribus Vanae

  04-07-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Peter Berger, an English teacher at Weathersfield School, who writes “Poor Elijah’s Almanack.” The column appears in several publications, including the Times Argus, the Rutland Herald and the Stowe Reporter.
  Mark Zuckerberg returned to Cambridge to address Harvard University’s grads, Oprah enlightened the diplomates at Smith College, and Poor Elijah is once again, for lack of any other invitations, delivering his commencement re
  
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• Steve May: A call for political reform

  04-07-2017 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Steve May, who is a clinical social worker specializing in addiction medicine and has previously worked in multiple capacities for bleeding disorders health advocacy organizations; he resides in Richmond, where he is also on the town Selectboard.
  The Conservative Party of Canada just selected its new parliamentary leader. In doing so it chose a system which allowed the most people to be involved in the selection process, and permitted for the greatest l
  
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• Star Struck: Happy Aphelion Day!

  04-07-2017 00:54
  Monday  was a major day in space. The Earth and the sun were the greatest distance they get from each other for the whole year.
  
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• Off July 4 and looking for a book to read while you relax? Listen back to our summer reading show for suggestions: bit.ly/2sEluZu

  04-07-2017 00:53 via twitter.com
  Off July 4 and looking for a book to read while you relax? Listen back to our summer reading show for suggestions: bit.ly/2sEluZu
  
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• What you need to know about Burlington's Fireworks Spectacular

  04-07-2017 00:27
  
  If you're heading to the Burlington waterfront for fireworks you can expect a lot more music at the celebration.
  
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• Major repairs underway in Hoosick Falls

  04-07-2017 00:09
  Emergency repairs are underway in Hoosick Falls. There was major flooding near the Hoosac School dam and part of Route 7 is also still down to one lane because of erosion and culvert damage.
  
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