Vermont news

• Vermont secures federal disaster declaration

  18-08-2017 22:36 via vtdigger.org
  President Donald Trump has approved a federal disaster declaration for state of Vermont for flooding from storms that damaged infrastructure around the state between June 29 and July 1.
  Municipalities and public utilities in seven counties—Addison, Bennington, Caledonia, Orange, Rutland, Washington, and Windsor—will now be able to get federal reimbursement for 75 percent of costs for replacing damaged infrastructure.
  “This declaration will provide much-needed financial relief f
  
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• UVM President Tom Sullivan On Affirmative Action And Charlottesville bit.ly/2fSedR8 https://t.co/YffIJIBVFi

  18-08-2017 22:32 via twitter.com
  
  UVM President Tom Sullivan On Affirmative Action And Charlottesville bit.ly/2fSedR8 https://t.co/YffIJIBVFi
  
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• Community Gathering for Human Rights and Dignity is Monday in Stowe

  18-08-2017 22:30 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Greater Stowe Interfaith CoalitionAug. 18, 2017
  Contact:
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  In response to recent acts of hatred and white supremacy across the nation, the Greater Stowe Interfaith Coalition invites you to join us for a Community Gathering for Human Rights and Dignity:
  Monday, August 215:30 PMOutside the Akeley Memorial Building, Stowe
  This interfaith, nonpartisan event is open to people of all religions, political parties, gender identities, races, and immigration st
  
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• LISTEN: A Statewide Push For Highway Safety bit.ly/2fOgFbe https://t.co/rtqhG9URr1

  18-08-2017 22:21 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: A Statewide Push For Highway Safety bit.ly/2fOgFbe https://t.co/rtqhG9URr1
  
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• Leahy denounces Trump’s proposed cuts to scientific research

  18-08-2017 21:24 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. Patrick Leahy, center, with Dr. Ralph Budd and Dr. Gary Stein, professors at the UVM College of Medicine. Photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerSOUTH BURLINGTON — At a gathering of more than 300 scientists from across the Northeast, Sen. Patrick Leahy denounced President Donald Trump’s proposals to cut federal funding for scientific research.
  Leahy, D-Vt., is the highest-ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, which will review Trump’s proposed budget when Congr
  
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• Hinesburg searches for new town administrator

  18-08-2017 21:24 via vtdigger.org
  HINESBURG – Hinesburg town officials and residents are searching for a new town administrator, but the process of reading resumes and interviewing potential candidates for the post is being kept under wraps as the hiring process continues.
  A seven-person Town Administrator Search Committee including Selectboard members Merrily Lovell, who acts as a de facto panel chairman, and Aaron Kimball, town employees and local residents started working in June to begin screening applications. An unkn
  
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• BioTek Instruments opens new Dubai office

  18-08-2017 19:03 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — BioTek InstrumentsAug. 18, 2017
  Contact:Chere GriffinExpression Marcom, LLC908-818-9463
  [email protected]
  August 18, 2017, WINOOSKI VT, USA — As part of its continuing growth acceleration, BioTek Instruments is excited to announce the opening of the BioTek Middle East office, located in Dubai, U.A.E. The office will serve as the central hub for BioTek’s activities and growth in the Middle East and North Africa region, and will be headed by Ms. Divya G
  
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• Vermont-based BlackRock Construction ranks No. 42 on the 2017 Inc. 5000

  18-08-2017 18:57 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Adam Hergenrother CompaniesAug. 18, 2017
  Contact:Hallie WarnerChief of Staff, Adam Hergenrother Companies
  [email protected]
  Inc. Magazine Unveils 36th Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies—the Inc. 5000
  Three-Year Sales Growth is 6,611.25%
  SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT, August 18, 2017 – This week Inc. magazine ranked Vermont-based construction and development company, BlackRock Construction, at number 42 out of 5,000 compa
  
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• VCE director of science named elective member of American Ornithological Society

  18-08-2017 18:54 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Center for EcostudiesAugust 17, 2017
  Contact:Kent McFarlandVermont Center for Ecostudies
  [email protected]
  EAST LANSING, MI – Dr. John Lloyd, the director of science at the Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE), and 58 others were named Elective Members of the American Ornithological Society (AOS) at the opening of their annual conference earlier this month. Each is selected by their peers for their significant contributions to ornithology and/or servic
  
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• Green Mountain College announces events for August and September

  18-08-2017 18:50 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Green Mountain CollegeAug. 17, 2017
  Contact:Sadie Smith, Sr. Account SpecialistWarner Communicationsph: 717.298.1865
  www.warnerpr.com
  Poultney, Vermont – August 17, 2017 –Green Mountain College, the nation’s number-one college for environmental, social and economic sustainability, announces its events for August and September.
  § Poultney 2020 Summer Meeting: Will provide updates from the Slate Valley Trails, Poultney Food Care, Stone Valley Arts a
  
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• Vermont Law Review presents ‘Media Law and Journalism: Protecting Democracy’s Safeguards’

  18-08-2017 18:48 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Law SchoolAug. 17, 2017
  Contact:Maryellen Apelquist, Director of Communications, Vermont Law Schooloffice: 802-831-1228, cell: 802-299-5593, [email protected]
  Lawyers, journalists, scholars to discuss FOIA, fake news, whistleblowers and national security
  SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt., Aug. 17, 2017––Journalists, legal practitioners and scholars will examine the constitutional and other legal safeguards of our free press during the 17th annual Vermont Law Re
  
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• Norwich announces new commandant of cadets

  18-08-2017 18:44 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Norwich UniversityAug. 17, 2017
  Contact:Daphne Larkin802-485-2886
  [email protected] us on Twitter @NorwichNews
  NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University officials have named Lieutenant Colonel Michael S. Titus, U.S. Army (Retired), as new commandant of cadets, a uniformed position at the rank of colonel, Vermont State Militia. Titus assumed responsibility for the Office of the Commandant and the Corps of Cadets on Aug. 8, 2017.
  Titus brings significant military and
  
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• Norwich University Center for Global Resilience and Security co-hosts state hazard mitigation plan working groups

  18-08-2017 18:40 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Norwich UniversityAug. 17, 2017
  Contact:Daphne Larkin802-485-2886
  [email protected] us on Twitter @NorwichNews
  NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University’s Center for Global Resilience and Security together with Vermont Emergency Management will co-host Vermont’s Hazard Mitigation Action Planning workshop on Tuesday, Aug. 22, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Kreitzberg Library.
  The workshop brings together Vermonters from diverse walks of life to develop a
  
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• A Revolutionary War weekend at Mount Independence

  18-08-2017 18:37 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Division for Historic PreservationAug. 17, 2017
  Contact:Elsa Gilbertson, Regional Historic Sites AdministratorVermont Division for Historic Preservation(802) 759-2412; [email protected]
  ORWELL, Vt. — On Aug. 26 and 27, the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell will host the annual Soldiers Atop the Mount living history weekend honoring the 240th anniversary of the 1777 Northern Campaign of the American Revolution.
  The historic ground of Mou
  
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• Food insecurity among seniors still high nearly a decade after the recession

  18-08-2017 18:33 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont FoodbankAugust 17th, 2017
  Contact:Nicole Whalen, Vermont Foodbank802-505-0123
  2.2 Million More Seniors Face Food Insecurity Today than 2007
  BARRE, VT– The Vermont Foodbank announced today the release of The State of Senior Hunger in America in 2015, a study about food insecurity among seniors in the U.S. produced by Feeding America and released in partnership with the National Foundation to End Senior Hunger (NFESH). The report shows that nationally, 5.4 millio
  
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• WonderArts receives Rural Business Development Grant for creative incubator space

  18-08-2017 18:30 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — WonderArtsAug. 15, 2017
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  August 15, 2017 – WonderArts Vermont is the recent recipient of a USDA Rural Development – Rural Business Development Grant in the amount of $58,947. This funding supports the purchasing of equipment for a Creative Incubator Space, in the Northeast Kingdom.
  The Creative Incubator Space is a project that will make high-tech equipment and quality professional development opportunities available t
  
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• Secretary Condos announces success of automatic voter registration program

  18-08-2017 18:25 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Secretary of State Jim CondosAugust 17, 2017
  Contact:Eric Covey, 802-828-2148
  Montpelier, VT – After six months of implementation of Vermont’s Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) program, Secretary Condos announced voter registration updates and enrollment numbers today, crediting the success of Vermont’s AVR program to a strong partnership between the Secretary of State’s Office, the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and local town clerks.
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• SVCOA presents workshop for people new to Medicare

  18-08-2017 18:19 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Southwestern Vermont Council on AgingAug. 17, 2017
  Contact:Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging (SVCOA)Kheya GangulyDevelopment and Communications CoordinatorPhone: 802.786.5990Email: [email protected]
  Bennington, VT – SVCOA’s SHIP (Statewide Health Insurance Assistance Program) program will present a Medicare Workshop, taking place at the Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging, 160 Benmont Avenue, Bennington, Vermont on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 from 3 –
  
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• Margolis: Firing of Uno’s white nationalist pizza cook was an overreach

  18-08-2017 17:24 via vtdigger.org
  A screenshot from Vice report on the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, shows Burlington resident Ryan Roy, 28, carrying a torch and chanting.Editor’s note: Jon Margolis is VTDigger’s political columnist.Robert Burns, you should be living at this hour. Vermont could have used you this week. We have our own “unco guid.”
  That’s the “rigidly righteous” in more common English, those who see themselves “Sae (so) pious and sae holy,&rd
  
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• YWP: ‘The Laughing Man’

  18-08-2017 16:48 via vtdigger.org
  Young Writers Project, an independent nonprofit based in Burlington, engages young people to write and use digital media to express themselves with clarity and power, and to gain confidence and skills for school, the workplace and life.Check out the most recent issue of The Voice, Young Writers Project’s monthly digital magazine. Click here.
  Each week, VTDigger features a writing submission – an essay, poem, fiction or nonfiction – accompanied by a photo or illustration from Y
  
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• SCOV Law Blog: An overly hasty close to a hearing

  18-08-2017 16:42 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. 
  In re: D.H. and S.C., Juveniles 2017 VT 71
  Creative Commons photo by walknboston via FlickrRun a 5K. Bake a couple batches of chocolate chip cookies. Drive from Montpelier to Stowe. Watch a rerun of “The Golden Girls” on some random cable channel (we’ve all done it).
  What could have happened in this case, but did not – which prompted a reversal – was to wait half an hour for a Mom t
  
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• .@VTStatePolice Lt. John Flannigan and @ColchesterPDVT Chief Jennifer Morrison join us for today's discussion. Have… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  18-08-2017 16:39 via twitter.com
  .@VTStatePolice Lt. John Flannigan and @ColchesterPDVT Chief Jennifer Morrison join us for today's discussion. Have… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• The Deeper Dig: The Rescission Makers

  18-08-2017 16:17 via vtdigger.org
  Commissioner of Finance and Management Adam Greshin presents the Scott administration’s rescission proposal. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerFor the past several fiscal years, Vermont has seen a series of revenue downgrades: Economists project a shortfall, and the governor proposes mid-year budget cuts to make up for it. For the current fiscal year, lawmakers approved $12.6 million in rescissions on top of $16 million in other budget changes to counter a $28.8 million reve
  
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• Today we'll talk about a new push for highway safety by state & local law enforcement across the state: bit.ly/2fOgFbe #VT #vtpoli

  18-08-2017 15:40 via twitter.com
  Today we'll talk about a new push for highway safety by state & local law enforcement across the state: bit.ly/2fOgFbe #VT #vtpoli
  
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• Vermont State Police mourn death of corporal

  18-08-2017 14:08 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont State Police Cpl. Daniel Marcellus died at home Tuesday evening after a battle with brain cancer.
  State police announced the death of the 14-year department veteran in a news release on Wednesday.
  Cpl. Daniel Marcellus. Courtesy photo“Corporal Marcellus was a dedicated member of the state police for many years and he was taken from us far too soon,” Col. Matthew T. Birmingham, director of the Vermont State Police, said in a statement. “He served the people of Vermont ho
  
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• Daily Stormer lands Burlington on hate map

  18-08-2017 13:22 via vtdigger.org
  BURLINGTON — The Queen City is listed on the Southern Poverty Law Center hate map, which tracks the presence of hate groups in the United States.
  A Southern Poverty Law Center website says the map is compiled using “hate group publications and websites, citizen and law enforcement reports, field sources and news reports.” The center lists 917 such groups nationwide.
  The SPLC defines a hate group as having “beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of peop
  
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• Peter Langella: Books are weapons in the war of ideas

  18-08-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Peter Langella, of Moretown, a librarian at Champlain Valley Union High School, an English instructor at Johnson State College and a 2017 Rowland Fellow.
  “Books are weapons in the war of ideas” is an oft-used paraphrase of Franklin D. Roosevelt speeches and FDR-commissioned posters during World War II.
  And make no mistake about it, we are fully entrenched in the latest battle of the war of ideas that has been raging in this country since bef
  
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• Don Keelan: Guadalcanal 75 years later

  18-08-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Don Keelan, a certified public accountant and resident of Arlington. The piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner.
  I might be mistaken, but if one were to ask Vermonters what was the significance of America’s invasion of the island of Guadalcanal on Aug. 7, 1942, from most a blank stare would be the reaction. Not so if you put the question to Gedeon Lacroix.
  When asking Arlington’s Lacroix to describe what it was like to have been invol
  
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• Lawmakers unanimously approve $12.6 million rescission plan

  18-08-2017 00:30 via vtdigger.org
  Joint Fiscal Committee members Rep. Janet Ancel, D-Calais, Sen. Ann Cummings, D-Washington, Sen. Jane Kitchel, D-Caledonia, and Rep. Kitty Toll, D-Danville (from left). Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerA panel of lawmakers approved a plan Thursday to reduce the current year’s state budget by $12.6 million.
  The rescission came in the wake of a revenue downgrade in July.After hearing the Scott administration’s proposal and a few hours of discussion, the Joint Fiscal Committee passed t
  
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• Receiver’s offer to AnC Bio investors: $500,000 refunds or ‘redeploy’ it

  18-08-2017 00:06 via vtdigger.org
  Michael Goldberg, court-appointed receiver in Vermont’s EB-5 investment fraud. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerMore than 130 EB-5 investors in a proposed $110 million biomedical research facility in Newport later deemed by regulators “nearly a complete fraud” have a choice to make.
  But the clock is ticking.
  The investors have until Aug. 31 to decide to either get back their $500,000 investment in AnC Bio Vermont, or put the money toward another project approved by a court to rai
  
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