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• Gas dealers must give legal foes potential ‘smoking gun’ documents

  01-08-2017 23:44 via vtdigger.org
  The plaintiffs in a lawsuit alleging gasoline price-fixing scored a victory in court recently with a judge ordering the gasoline dealers to turn over additional internal communications.
  Chittenden Superior Court Judge Robert Mello ordered the gasoline dealers to provide emails and other correspondence between themselves and two trade associations that Mello said provided an avenue for collusion on prices.
  In a decision released Thursday, Mello noted the four defendants are members of the Vermont
  
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• Efficiency, access are goals of new ‘electronic courthouse’

  01-08-2017 22:56 via vtdigger.org
  A hearing in Washington County Superior Court. File photo by Alan J. Keays/VTDiggerVermont judiciary officials have finalized an information management contract with a vendor that they say should modernize courthouse operations and make legal records more accessible to the public.
  Officials say the so-called next-generation case management system will nearly eliminate paper documents and improve efficiency and delivery of services to the public.
  Paper filing capabilities will still remain for pr
  
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• Windsor prison will close this fall, but inmates’ future uncertain

  01-08-2017 22:34 via vtdigger.org
  The Southeast State Correctional Facility in Windsor. Department of Corrections file photo(This story is by Jordan Cuddemi of the Valley News, in which it first appeared July 31, 2017.)
  WINDSOR — The date that the Windsor prison will close is certain — Oct. 31 — but how that property eventually will be used is not.
  Also undetermined is how long the Southeast State Correctional Facility will remain closed, where inmates now imprisoned there will go and how many employees’
  
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• Vermont Community Foundation awards nonprofits

  01-08-2017 20:23 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Community FoundationJuly 27, 2017
  ContactZoe Pike
  [email protected] ext. 285
  Innovations and Collaborations Grant Program at the Vermont Community Foundation Awards $235,549.92 to 17 Nonprofit Organizations
  The Vermont Community Foundation announced that the Innovations and Collaborations grant program awarded $235,549.92 to 17 nonprofit organizations in Vermont in June 2017. These Innovations and Collaborations grants will support projects that help no
  
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• Welch amendment to ban taxpayer purchase of Afghan Uniforms approved

  01-08-2017 20:19 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Rep. Peter WelchJuly 25, 2017
  Contact:Kate Hamilton(202) 440-3340
  House Approves Welch Amendment to Ban Taxpayer Purchase of Afghan Uniforms
  Washington, DC – Yesterday, the House of Representatives approved Rep. Peter Welch’s amendment to prohibit the Pentagon from using taxpayer dollars to purchase uniforms for Afghan National Army. The House vote follows a finding by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) that the Department of Def
  
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• Saint Michael’s Playhouse presents ‘You Can’t Take It With You’

  01-08-2017 20:15 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Saint Michael’s PlayhouseJuly 28, 2017
  Contact:Chuck Tobin(802) 654-2617
  [email protected]
  Playhouse to Open Pulitzer Prize-winning American Comedy Classic You Can’t Take It With You
  (Colchester, Vermont) Saint Michael’s Playhouse, Northern Vermont’s Actors’ Equity Resident Theater Company, has announced the August 2 opening of Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning American comedy classic You Can’t Take It With You,
  
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• Pop-up demonstration creates safe community space at intersection

  01-08-2017 20:03 via vtdigger.org
  Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of CommerceJuly 27, 2017
  Contact:Catherine Z. Davis
  [email protected] ext. 206
  Collaboration creates safe space for community to gather at Five Sisters intersection.
  Burlington, VT – July 27, 2017: The notoriously dangerous intersection of St. Paul and Howard streets has been temporarily redesigned to make it a safer place for residents to navigate and gather. The Pop-up demonstration is based on one of the redesign options developed for the city
  
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• Is Ben & Jerry's Still On A (Social) Mission? bit.ly/2hlmrSc https://t.co/eda41wl38w

  01-08-2017 20:03 via twitter.com
  
  Is Ben & Jerry's Still On A (Social) Mission? bit.ly/2hlmrSc https://t.co/eda41wl38w
  
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• Vermont Electric Cooperative Community Fund announces grant awards

  01-08-2017 18:18 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Electric CooperativeJuly 28, 2017
  Contact:Andrea Cohen802-696-9036
  [email protected]
  Vermont Electric Cooperative Powers and Empowers Members’ Communities:VEC Community Fund Announces 2nd Quarter Grant Awards of $1,650
  Johnson, VT—The VEC Community Fund is a Vermont Electric Cooperative program strengthening member communities by supporting organizations promoting community development and economic security. Funds are allocated on a quarterly ba
  
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• Rutland MINT grand opening Aug. 12

  01-08-2017 17:26 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Mill River SchoolsJuly 27, 2017
  Contact:Karen McCalla802-779-4242
  [email protected]
  Doug Webster802-578-7738
  [email protected]
  Grand Opening of The MINT: Rutland’s Makerspace Combined with the Rutland Mini Maker Faire for 2017
  Makers, entrepreneurs, innovators and tinkerers of all ages and skill levels will pour onto Quality Lane on August 12th from noon-5pm for the Grand Opening of The MINT: Rutland’s Makerspace and the 3rd Annual Rutland
  
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• Milton child care program owner named Family Child Care Provider of the Year

  01-08-2017 16:36 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Let’s Grow KidsJuly 24, 2017
  Contact:Nicole Haley802.391.0545
  [email protected]
  Vermonter receives national Family Child Care Provider of the Year award
  Milton, Vermont—Laura Butler, the owner of a home-based child care program in Milton, was named Accredited Family Child Care Provider of the Year by the National Association of Family Child Care at the association’s annual conference in Alabama on July 22.
  Laura has been operating a family child care
  
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• .@terrivt joins us on today's show to talk landlines in #VT. Find her recent @sevendaysvt piece on landlines here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  01-08-2017 16:33 via twitter.com
  .@terrivt joins us on today's show to talk landlines in #VT. Find her recent @sevendaysvt piece on landlines here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Vermont College of Fine Arts offering new graphic design scholarship funding

  01-08-2017 16:28 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont College of Fine ArtsJuly 26, 2017
  Contact:Tim Simard
  [email protected]
  VCFA Offering New Scholarship Funding for Incoming MFA in Graphic Design students; AIGA Scholarship Winner Announced
  Montpelier, Vt.—The Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA) MFA in Graphic Design program has announced new scholarship funding available for all incoming students in the fall 2017 class.
  Each student who is accepted and enrolls in the MFA in Graphic Design program f
  
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• AmeriCorps Environmental Career and Opportunities Program provides training and job prospects

  01-08-2017 15:26 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Agency of Natural ResourcesJuly 26, 2017
  Media Contacts:Reuben Allen802-779-6054
  ECO AmeriCorps Program Provides Training, Job Opportunities for Young Vermonters
  MONTPELIER, Vt. – The Environmental Careers & Opportunities (ECO) AmeriCorps program is finishing up its second year of guiding young people through 11-month placements in environmental service in Vermont. A federally funded program, ECO AmeriCorps is administered in the state through the Agency of Natural
  
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• Leahy calls to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program

  01-08-2017 14:59 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Patrick LeahyJuly 27, 2017
  Contacts:David Carle202-224-3693
  Ben Marter202-228-5244
  Matt House/Audrey Lopez202-224-2939
  DURBIN, SCHUMER, LEAHY & OTHER DEMOCRATIC SENATORS CALL ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO PROTECT DREAMERS
  WASHINGTON—U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and 40 of their Democratic Senate colleagues today asked President Donald Trump to use his executive authority to the greatest extent possible t
  
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• Addison County to hold World Breastfeeding Week events

  01-08-2017 14:49 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Department of HealthJuly 27, 2017
  Media Contact:Moira Cook802-388-5732
  Addison County Celebrates World Breastfeeding Week
  Events throughout August support infant health
  MIDDLEBURY – In honor of World Breastfeeding Week, the Addison County community and local businesses will be celebrating breastfeeding during the whole month of August. This year the theme is “Sustaining Breastfeeding Together.”
  The Vermont Department of Health encourages breastfeedi
  
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• Hartford among sites eyed for medical marijuana dispensary

  01-08-2017 02:35 via vtdigger.org
  Marijuana plants at a growing operation. File photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDigger(This story is by Matt Hongoltz-Hetling of the Valley News, in which it first appeared July 29, 2017.)
  WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — In the wake of a statewide expansion of medical marijuana dispensaries, at least two companies have expressed interest in opening a dispensary in Hartford, and local officials say they have no objection.
  “I’m personally not against having a dispensary in our community,” s
  
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• LISTEN: Road Salt: Good For Icy Roads, Bad For Nearby Waterways bit.ly/2uSpPXK https://t.co/MVWp8g1DNi

  01-08-2017 02:30 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: Road Salt: Good For Icy Roads, Bad For Nearby Waterways bit.ly/2uSpPXK https://t.co/MVWp8g1DNi
  
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• Bennington’s Sen. Sears joining lawsuit against Saint-Gobain

  01-08-2017 02:20 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington. File photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDiggerSen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, said Monday he is joining a lawsuit against a onetime owner of the former ChemFab Corp. factory over chemical contamination in the area.
  He lives in North Bennington within the state-designated PFOA contamination zone around the former factory.
  Sears said in a news release that he was “joining the class-action lawsuit brought by residents of North Bennington and Bennington against Saint-Gobain
  
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• LISTEN: State Archaeologist Unearths Vermont's Past bit.ly/2uSxTrM https://t.co/YJtmSThp2E

  01-08-2017 01:56 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: State Archaeologist Unearths Vermont's Past bit.ly/2uSxTrM https://t.co/YJtmSThp2E
  
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• Vermont hospitals seek $2.5B from patients, insurers

  01-08-2017 01:42 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont’s regulated hospitals are seeking to take in $2.5 billion from patients and insurance companies in the upcoming fiscal year, an $86.9 million increase over the current year.
  The 14 hospitals submitted their budget proposals to the Green Mountain Care Board on July 1. The board, which regulates both hospital budgets and health insurance prices, released comprehensive information on the proposals Wednesday.
  The budgets are for fiscal year 2018, which starts Oct. 1, the same as the fe
  
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• Burlington School Board contesting fact-finder’s report

  01-08-2017 01:09 via vtdigger.org
  Stephanie Seguino is the negotiating chair of the Burlington School Board. At left is Superintendent Yaw Obeng. File photo by Cory Dawson/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — The Burlington School Board has rejected a neutral fact-finder’s salary and health care recommendations for the district’s teachers, claiming the report contains errors in its numbers and analysis.
  Contract negotiations between the board and the Burlington Education Association began in February. The two sides declared an
  
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• George Jaeger: America alone?

  01-08-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by George Jaeger, a retired senior Foreign Service officer who lives in New Haven. It was first published in the Addison Independent.
  In six short months President Donald Trump has upended the world order. His erratic behavior and “‘America First” policies have cost us much of the world’s confidence and reversed over 70 years of long-term American foreign policy in which we had successfully linked our interests with those of others.
  
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• John McClaughry: Climate Action 4.0.

  01-08-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by John McClaughry, who is vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute.
  Gov. Phil Scott has created a Vermont Climate Action Commission, in support of his commitment that Vermont will shoulder its share of the U.S. obligation under the Paris climate agreement. This is the Obama agreement which, to the horror of the climate action boosters, President Donald Trump excused us.
  It’s worth tracing the history of climate action inventions back to 2002. In
  
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• Bill Bilowus: Industrial wind not welcome

  01-08-2017 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bill Bilowus, of Morgan, a retired high school coach and principal from Lackawanna (N.Y.) High School. He volunteers with the North Country varsity basketball team and the Morgan Brook Trout Fish Hatchery, and is a member of Vermont Fish and Wildlife Conservation Group. He is working on his hunter safety instruction state certification.As residents of the town of Morgan, many of us know Mr. David Blittersdorf by reputation as the developer who has built
  
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