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• Busy Burlington intersection to get temporary makeover

  26-07-2017 21:40 via vtdigger.org
  BURLINGTON — A much-maligned five-way intersection in the South End is being temporarily reconfigured as part of a “pop-up” demonstration Thursday through Friday at noon.
  The intersection of Howard and St. Paul streets, where South Winooski Avenue comes to an end, will be reconfigured based on “design elements for this busy intersection as proposed by city officials earlier this year,” according to a news release from AARP Vermont.
  AARP is sponsoring the demonstrati
  
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• When Modern Mores Collide With History bit.ly/2h3EwnP https://t.co/aJOi3zF8Ub

  26-07-2017 21:39 via twitter.com
  
  When Modern Mores Collide With History bit.ly/2h3EwnP https://t.co/aJOi3zF8Ub
  
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• Vermont Fresh Network celebrates 21 years

  26-07-2017 21:08 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Fresh NetworkJuly 21, 2017
  Press Contact:Grace Meyer(802) 434-2000
  [email protected]
  Vermont Fresh Network Dinner Celebrates 21 Years
  A tour of Vermont’s finest foods returns to Shelburne Farms on Sunday, August 6th
  RICHMOND, VT – Every year, Vermont’s chefs and farmers gather on the shores of Lake Champlain to prepare an annual dinner celebrating the delicious food Vermont has to offer. This year, the Vermont Fresh Network’s Annual Forum
  
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• New housing to continue Brattleboro’s Irene recovery

  26-07-2017 21:05 via vtdigger.org
  The Wheeler House on the former Austine School for the Deaf campus in Brattleboro is expected to be razed to make way for an apartment complex predominantly serving low-income elderly residents. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDiggerBRATTLEBORO – It’s been nearly six years since Tropical Storm Irene’s floodwaters swept through Vermont.
  But Brattleboro housing officials are still working on the recovery, with the latest evidence being a new apartment complex proposal at the former Austine
  
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• Fairs and field days have begun

  26-07-2017 20:57 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and MarketsJuly 21, 2017
  Contact:Alison Kosakowski802-272-4547
  [email protected]
  There’s Something for Everyone At Vermont’s Fairs and Field Days
  There’s no shortage of fun to be had at Vermont’s fairs and field days. This summer, more than 700,000 visitors are expected at fairs and field days across the state. From agricultural exhibits and competitions, to rides and tractor pulls, to music and of cours
  
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• For Ben & Jerry’s, hint of herbicide sparks big headache

  26-07-2017 20:38 via vtdigger.org
  Tests of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream found no detectable glyphosate in Cherry Garcia, while Chocolate Fudge Brownie had 1.74 parts per billion, according to a Health Research Institute Laboratories study. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerFor Ben & Jerry’s, it’s the kind of scoop that gives an ice cream maker indigestion.
  The Organic Consumers Association took to the internet Tuesday to announce it had found traces of glyphosate — the active ingredient in the herb
  
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• Vermont Community Foundation announces grants to nonprofits

  26-07-2017 20:35 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Community FoundationJuly 19, 2017
  Contact:Zoe Pike
  [email protected] ext. 285
  Small and Inspiring Grants Program at the Vermont Community Foundation Announces 28 Grants to Nonprofits Across the State
  During the first half of 2017, the Vermont Community Foundation—in partnership with some of its fundholders—awarded a total of $60,500 in Small and Inspiring grants to 28 nonprofit organizations for local projects in communities across the state
  
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• Southwestern Vermont Medical Center launches Health Care Share program

  26-07-2017 18:23 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Southwestern Vermont Medical CenterJuly 21, 2017
  Contact:Ashley Brenon JowettPhone: 802.447.5019Fax: 802.447.5214
  [email protected]
  Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Launches 12-Week Health Care Share Program
  BENNINGTON, VT¾July 21, 2017—Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) conducted the first two of 12 weekly vegetable pick-ups for participants in its Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation programs. The distributions are part of Health Care S
  
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• Hemp Festival to be held at Burke Mountain

  26-07-2017 17:31 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Heady VermontJuly 21, 2017
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  First annual Vermont Hemp Festival To Be Held on Saturday, September 9, 2017 at the Burke Mountain Hotel and Conference Center includes exposition, educational workshops, business pitch competition.
  As the future of recreational and medical marijuana remains uncertain, the national hemp industry is growing and Vermont remains one of seventeen states where hemp cultivation is legal under state law. Forbes recently repor
  
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• Zuckerman hosts sustainability partnership launch

  26-07-2017 17:22 via vtdigger.org
  News Releases — Lt. Gov. David ZuckermanJuly 21, 2017
  Contacts:Megan Polyte802-622-4136
  Allan Baer802-279-7250
  Lt. Governor Zuckerman Hosts Launch of Sustainability Partnership
  NORTHFIELD, VT: Today, Vermonters heard about opportunities to continue our work toward the goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change by learning about the US Partnership for Sustainable Energy for All (US-SEforALL), at a press conference hosted at Norwich University. More than fifty leaders representing state
  
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• Mosquito pools test positive for West Nile virus

  26-07-2017 16:54 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Department of HealthJuly 21, 2017
  Media Contact:Vermont Department of Health802-863-7281
  Know how to protect yourself from mosquito bites
  BURLINGTON – Mosquitoes collected in Weathersfield and Brattleboro have tested positive for West Nile virus. These are the first detections of the mosquito-borne virus this year. There have been no positive test results for Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE) this surveillance season.The infected mosquitoes were collected
  
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• Vermont Voices to host Zuckerman

  26-07-2017 16:22 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Greater Northshire Access TelevisionJuly 21, 2017
  Press Contact:Cherise Madigan802.490.6471
  [email protected]
  Vermont Voices to Host Lt. Governor David Zuckerman at GNAT Studio
  The community is invited to the GNAT Studio from 1 – 2 p.m. on Friday, August 11 for a special studio audience event for Vermont Voices, a TV program hosted by Manchester Journal reporter, Cherise Madigan. Cherise will interview Lt. Governor Zuckerman at 1 p.m., audience members will
  
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• Leahy urges Food and Drug Administration to reform drug practices

  26-07-2017 16:04 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Patrick LeahyJuly 20, 2017
  Contact:David Carle(202) 224-3693
  Taylor Foy(202) 224-5225
  Kirsten Hartman(202) 224-3244
  Conn Carroll(202) 224-5444
  Leahy And Bipartisan Drug Affordability Cosponsors Urge FDA Commissioner To Reform Anticompetitive Drug Practices
  WASHINGTON (THURSDAY, July 20, 2017) – U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), joined by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah), are asking Food and Drug Administration (FDA
  
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• Taking The Pulse Of Vermont's Tech Industry bit.ly/2uBlmsD https://t.co/2mz8EgL7We

  26-07-2017 16:02 via twitter.com
  
  Taking The Pulse Of Vermont's Tech Industry bit.ly/2uBlmsD https://t.co/2mz8EgL7We
  
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• Four Vermonters charged with heroin and cocaine distribution consipiracy

  26-07-2017 15:55 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — U.S. Department of JusticeJuly 21, 2017
  Contact:(802) 951-6725Fax: (802) 951-6540
  Two Philadelphia Men and Four Vermonters Charged With Conspiring toDistribute Heroin and Cocaine Base
  The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that a federal grand jury returned a Superseding Indictment yesterday charging six defendants with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including Michael Leslie, aka “Bear,” age 40, of Philadelphi
  
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• Study says Rutland ponds can be saved

  26-07-2017 03:24 via vtdigger.org
  Piedmont Pond and its dam in Rutland. File photo by Adam Federman/VTDiggerRUTLAND — Piedmont and Combination ponds in Rutland don’t have to be drained.
  A recent study revealed the quality of the water in Moon Brook, which flows through the two ponds, can be restored by taking other actions short of draining them, city Public Works Commissioner Jeffrey Wennberg said Tuesday.
  The news that the ponds can be saved was revealed at a meeting Monday night of those who own property near the
  
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• Senate GOP achieves first step on Obamacare repeal

  26-07-2017 03:04 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and other senators talk with demonstrators Tuesday after a motion to debate Obamacare repeal passed. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerWASHINGTON — In a dramatic vote Tuesday afternoon punctuated by the shouts of protesters from Vermont and elsewhere, the Senate took a step toward repealing the signature health care law of the Obama era.
  With a vote of 51 in favor and 50 against, the Senate opened debate on a House bill that would repeal and replace the Affordab
  
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• Email scam exposes patient records at UVM Medical Center

  26-07-2017 02:34 via vtdigger.org
  Information on about 2,300 patients at the University of Vermont Medical Center was accessible to hackers after two employees fell victim to a phishing scam in late May and early June, the hospital said.
  No patients’ Social Security numbers or financial records were exposed, the hospital said in a statement Friday. But the compromised accounts contained “messages with patients’ information, which may have included names, addresses, medical record numbers and clinical informatio
  
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• Email scam exposes patient information at UVM Medical Center

  26-07-2017 02:34 via vtdigger.org
  Information on about 2,300 patients at the University of Vermont Medical Center was accessible to hackers after two employees fell victim to a phishing scam in late May and early June, the hospital said.
  No patients’ Social Security numbers or financial records were exposed, the hospital said in a statement Friday. But the compromised accounts contained “messages with patients’ information, which may have included names, addresses, medical record numbers and clinical informatio
  
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• LISTEN: Addison County Tick Population Doubles From Last Year bit.ly/2h11Q5G https://t.co/UJTpPhhTXa

  26-07-2017 02:30 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: Addison County Tick Population Doubles From Last Year bit.ly/2h11Q5G https://t.co/UJTpPhhTXa
  
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• Phil Scott: A foundation for growth

  26-07-2017 02:10 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican.
  On my first day in office, I issued an executive order defining the top goals of my administration: Growing the economy, making Vermont more affordable, and protecting the most vulnerable. We are laser-focused on these priorities and they guide us in everything we do.
  That’s why we’ve concentrated on government modernization and efficiency, rethinking and revitalizing our approach to economic developmen
  
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• Louis Josephson: Repealing the ACA will trigger health care emergency

  26-07-2017 02:04 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Louis Josephson, Ph.D., who is the president and CEO of Brattleboro Retreat. 
  While Senate passage of the Better Care Reconciliation ACT (BCRA) appears to have failed, it is unlikely that the Republican-led effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has seen its last day.
  Yet as we watched the U.S. Senate inch closer to a health care vote that never took place, citizens across the country came to the sobering realization that Republ
  
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• Stephen Terry: George Aiken’s theory on Amelia Earhart’s disappearance

  26-07-2017 01:56 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.
  George D. Aiken loved flying, and as governor (1937-1941) he took priva
  
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• LISTEN: This Is Your Brain On Drugs: How Science Explains Addiction bit.ly/2h0Npym https://t.co/aAMa5vHT0S

  26-07-2017 01:55 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: This Is Your Brain On Drugs: How Science Explains Addiction bit.ly/2h0Npym https://t.co/aAMa5vHT0S
  
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• 13 candidates apply for vacant Mad River Valley House seat

  26-07-2017 01:11 via vtdigger.org
  Adam Greshin, formerly a House member from Warren. File photo by John Herrick/VTDiggerA long list of Mad River Valley residents have submitted their names as candidates to fill the Washington-7 House district seat.
  Gov. Phil Scott will choose among 13 candidates to fill the seat left open July 10 by the resignation of Rep. Adam Greshin, I-Warren. Scott appointed Greshin as commissioner of the Department of Finance and Management.
  This marks the fourth legislative appointment for Scott, according
  
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• SEC, receiver take issue with Quiros claims of cooperation

  26-07-2017 00:51 via vtdigger.org
  Ariel Quiros at a groundbreaking for a project in northern Vermont in May 2015. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger
  A court-appointed receiver says Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros is not cooperating with federal authorities, despite claims by his attorney.
  Receiver Michael Goldberg, in a recent filing, took issue with statements by Quiros’ attorney that her client has assisted Goldberg and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in helping build cases against others connected to fraud all
  
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• New rules address public recording of audio, images in court

  26-07-2017 00:22 via vtdigger.org
  Retired Justice John Dooley is heading a committee that drafted the proposed rules. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerThe Vermont Supreme Court will hold a public hearing Aug. 3 to collect input on proposed changes to the rules governing the use of recording technology in courthouses.
  The new rules are aimed specifically at regulating recording by nonmedia members of the public. The rules would cover the Vermont Supreme Court and the superior courts.
  Enacted in 1988, the existing rules are
  
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