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• Suit over police use of pot ‘sniff test’ goes to state’s top court

  20-08-2017 22:24 via vtdigger.org
  Justice Beth Robinson speaks during a Vermont Supreme Court hearing. Pool file photo by April McCullum/Burlington Free PressA lawsuit over a traffic stop in Wallingford and subsequent vehicle search that police justified based on a whiff of marijuana is heading to the Vermont Supreme Court.
  The Vermont chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union sued the state in 2014 on behalf of Gregory Zullo, of Rutland, alleging a state trooper improperly pulled over, searched and impounded his vehicle.
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• Smith: Will leaders lead?

  20-08-2017 21:32 via vtdigger.org
  Alt-right members holding Nazi, Confederate and “Don’t Tread on Me” flags prepare to enter Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017. Photo by Anthony Crider, via Wikimedia Commons(Mike Smith is a regular columnist for VTDigger. He hosts the radio program “Open Mike with Mike Smith” on WDEV 550 AM and 96.1, 96.5, 98.3 and 101.9 FM and is a political analyst for WCAX-TV and WVMT radio. He was the secretary of administration and secretary of human se
  
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• Smith: Politicians must confront hate

  20-08-2017 21:32 via vtdigger.org
  Alt-right members holding Nazi, Confederate and “Don’t Tread on Me” flags prepare to enter Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017. Photo by Anthony Crider, via Wikimedia Commons(Mike Smith is a regular columnist for VTDigger. He hosts the radio program “Open Mike with Mike Smith” on WDEV 550 AM and 96.1, 96.5, 98.3 and 101.9 FM and is a political analyst for WCAX-TV and WVMT radio. He was the secretary of administration and secretary of human se
  
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• Green business summit aims to spur national investment

  20-08-2017 21:00 via vtdigger.org
  The “Catalysts of the Climate Economy” summit Sept. 6-8 at the University of Vermont aims to encourage innovation such as the town of Chester’s solar farm. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerPaul Costello doesn’t want to talk about the polarizing problem of climate change.
  He wants to talk about solutions.
  “We have smart, creative people advancing innovations around agriculture, clean energy, green building, transportation and wise use of resources, recycling and
  
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• Then Again: A Vermont Yankee in the postbellum South

  20-08-2017 19:00 via vtdigger.org
  Marshall Twitchell, of Townshend, was the leading federal official in Louisiana’s Red River Parish. Local whites rejected federal authority and violently opposed the newly won rights of African Americans, making Twitchell’s job one of the most dangerous assignments during the Reconstruction era that followed the Civil War. Photo courtesy of Mary Twitchell(“Then Again” is Mark Bushnell’s column about Vermont history.)
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• The Full Vermonty book launch with Bill Mares and Jeff Danziger

  20-08-2017 18:20 via vtdigger.org
  Bill Mares and Jeff Danziger released The Full Vermonty in August 2017. Courtesy photoFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Contact: Kristen EatonPhoenix Books802.872.7111 (p)802.872.7112 (f)[email protected]
  THE FULL VERMONTY BOOK LAUNCH WITH BILL MARES & JEFF DANZIGER
  Burlington, Vermont – August 18, 2017:On Thursday, September 7th at 7pm, Phoenix Books Burlington will host Bill Mares and Jeff Danziger to celebrate the launch of The Full Vermonty: Vermont in the Age of Tru
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott’s appearance schedule for the week of August 21

  20-08-2017 18:16 via vtdigger.org
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  August 18, 2017Contact:Katie Vane802.734.0617
  Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for August 21 – 25, 2017:
  Monday, August 218:45 amClean Water Week Press Event – ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, 1 College Street
  Tuesday, August 22No public appearances scheduled
  Wednesday, August 238:00 amMornings with Miro – The Bagel Café, 1127 North Avenue – Interim Parks, Recreation & Waterfront Director Nina Safavi to attend
  
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• Stowe resort to host U.S. Open warm-up tournament this week

  20-08-2017 16:29 via vtdigger.org
  The Stowe Mountain Lodge Classic will be held August 22-24 at Spruce Peak. Courtesy photoPro tennis is returning to Vermont for the first time in more than a decade.
  The Stowe Mountain Lodge Classic will provide fans with the chance to watch top players compete in a warm-up tournament for the U.S. Open. at Spruce Peak from Aug. 22-24.
  Grand Slam Tennis Tours, a Stowe-based, tennis tournament travel package company, and Top Notch Management, a professional athlete agency, are putting on the event
  
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