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• Judge grants Quiros’ partial settlement with SEC over objections

  23-08-2017 23:11 via vtdigger.org
  Ariel Quiros at a groundbreaking for a proposed project in Newport in May 2015. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerA judge Wednesday approved a partial settlement reached a day earlier between Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros and federal regulators who accused him of massive investor fraud in northern Vermont developments.The move by the federal judge came shortly after Quiros’ former legal team filed an objection to the agreement. Those attorneys have been trying for months to collect $3 mill
  
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• Developer pitches medical marijuana dispensary for Rockwell site

  23-08-2017 22:40 via vtdigger.org
  A proposal would bring a medical marijuana dispensary to the building now housing the Norman Rockwell Museum of Vermont in Rutland Town. File photo by Alan J. Keays/VTDiggerRUTLAND TOWN – Dan Reilly Jr. talked of his own struggles with medical issues, coping with pain and the relief that medical marijuana provides him.Others shared their stories, too.They all spoke Tuesday night at a meeting of the Rutland Town Selectboard to hear Reilly’s plan to buy and close the Norman Rockwell Mu
  
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• LISTEN: Skinks, Efts, And Underpasses: Herp It Up For Vermont's Reptiles And Amphibians bit.ly/2g2o72X https://t.co/tCSH0ptQc1

  23-08-2017 22:30 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: Skinks, Efts, And Underpasses: Herp It Up For Vermont's Reptiles And Amphibians bit.ly/2g2o72X https://t.co/tCSH0ptQc1
  
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• State’s top FBI official leaving to run Vermont Lottery

  23-08-2017 21:58 via vtdigger.org
  The head of Vermont’s office of the FBI will leave his post to become the executive director of the Vermont Lottery Commission.
  Daniel Rachek has led the FBI office for six years and has been with the bureau for 22 years. He will start the new job Nov. 13.
  The position has been vacant since the former executive director left a year ago when moving out of state.Rachek is a certified public accountant who led in-depth financial investigations with the FBI, according to a news release from Go
  
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• Tunbridge and Chelsea to talk about revised merger plan

  23-08-2017 21:02 via vtdigger.org
  First-graders walk to their classroom in Chelsea’s public school. File photo by James M. Patterson/Valley News(This story is by Matt Hongoltz-Hetling of the Valley News, in which it first appeared Aug. 23, 2017.)
  CHELSEA — School officials in Chelsea and Tunbridge in the past week have agreed to talk about a merger again.
  The latest proposal makes a new concession to local control, which school board members hope will help it pass muster with voters in the two towns in October.
  In a
  
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• Boston Bruins Fan Fest Tour to make stop in Burlington

  23-08-2017 20:59 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Boston Bruins Fan Fest Tour
  Contact:Ara Hagan802-863-5956, ext 206
  BRUINS ANNOUNCE FIRST EVER BOSTON BRUINS FAN FEST TOUR; TOUR TO VISIT EACH NEW ENGLAND STATE FROM AUGUST 26 – 31
  BOSTON, MA – The Boston Bruins will embark on its first ever, seven-city Boston Bruins Fan Fest Tour that will visit each New England state from August 26 – August 31, with the mission to grow the game of hockey throughout the region. The final stop will take place in Boston, MA d
  
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• Capital City Concerts announces 2017-18 season

  23-08-2017 20:54 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Capital City ConcertsAug. 23, 2017
  Contact:Karen Kevra802-793-9291
  MONTPELIER:Capital City Concerts (CCC) announces its 2017-2018 season of world-class chamber music in downtown Montpelier, with concerts taking place September through April in venues in Montpelier, Middlebury, and Rutland.
  The season opens on Friday, September 29, 7:30PM in a program called Magic, Modes & Minerals performed by an all-star ensemble of Vermont’s finest musicians including violinist M
  
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• 18 Langrock Sperry & Wool attorneys named to 2018 Best Lawyers in America list

  23-08-2017 20:52 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Langrock Sperry & WoolAug. 23, 2017
  Contact:Ken MillmanSp!ke Advertising802.238.1522
  https://spikeadvertising.com/
  67% of Langrock’s Attorneys Recognized by Respected Peer Review Publication
  BURLINGTON, August 23, 2017:
  Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP is pleased to announce that 18 partners have been named to the 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.
  Sixty-seven percent of La
  
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• Fish & Wildlife to hold free fishing clinics in September

  23-08-2017 20:48 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Fish & Wildlife DepartmentAugust 23, 2017
  Media Contact:Corey Hart, 802-265-2279
  CASTLETON, Vt. – Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s “Let’s Go Fishing Program” will be holding two educational fishing clinics in September, both which are free and open to anglers of all ages and abilities.
  “These programs are a great opportunity for Vermonters that have been curious about fishing but aren’t sure where to get started,” said
  
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• T.W. Wood Gallery anounces two new exhibits

  23-08-2017 20:43 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Wood GalleryAug. 23, 2017
  Contact:Ginny Callan, director802-262-6035
  [email protected]
  www.twwoodgallery.org
  The Paleteers of Vermont, a Member Exhibit and Sketches in Perfection: A Special Exhibit of Paintings and Sketches by Thomas Waterman Wood
  At the T.W. Wood Gallery46 Barre Street, Montpelier, VTSeptember 12 -October 27th 2017
  The T. W. Wood Gallery at 46 Barre St in Montpelier, Vermont is pleased to announce two new exhibits: the Paleteers of Vermont member show
  
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• Facing elimination, fire crew claims unfair labor practices

  23-08-2017 20:22 via vtdigger.org
  The Bellows Falls Fire Department filed a claim of unfair labor practices after the village trustees voted to cut all four full-time firefighter positions. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer(This story is by Harmony Birch of the Brattleboro Reformer, in which it first appeared Aug. 22, 2017.)
  BELLOWS FALLS — The Bellows Falls Fire Department has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the village of Bellows Falls.
  The document was filed with the Vermont Department of Lab
  
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• Traffic alert – UVM and Champlain College students return on Friday

  23-08-2017 20:21 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — UVMAug. 23, 2017
  Contact:Jeff Wakefield, UVM(802) 578-8830
  Fall is approaching and UVM and Champlain College are preparing to welcome students back to our campuses. Beginning on Friday, August 25th, Residence Halls for both institutions will be opening for First-Year students, with returning students arriving over the weekend.
  Plans will be implemented to manage the traffic and parking challenges associated with the move-in process, including organizing hundreds of student,
  
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• Grant makes leadership retreat possible

  23-08-2017 20:18 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Future Business Leaders of AmericaAug. 23, 2017
  Contact:Sarah Emery, Executive DirectorVermont Future Business Leaders of America802 745 9868
  [email protected]
  www.vtflba.org
  St. Johnsbury — A grant by the Vermont Community Foundation made possible a two day leadership conference for Vermont Future Business Leaders of America State Officers. The two day conference held at the Town and Country in Gorham, NH brought together student leaders from across New
  
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• Who Is Antifa? What We Know About The Anti-Fascism Movement bit.ly/2iptpGi https://t.co/6A1mCqRNYu

  23-08-2017 20:09 via twitter.com
  
  Who Is Antifa? What We Know About The Anti-Fascism Movement bit.ly/2iptpGi https://t.co/6A1mCqRNYu
  
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• Former Vermont attorneys general call for rejection of hate

  23-08-2017 19:39 via vtdigger.org
  Jeffrey Amestoy, former Vermont attorney general and chief justice. Courtesy photoFour former Vermont attorneys general have joined in encouraging the public to condemn hate.
  The onetime officials were among a bipartisan group of more than five dozen former state attorneys general nationwide who signed on to a statement calling for moral courage.
  The statement, which is not addressed to any individual or group, comes in the wake of a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. One woma
  
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• UVM Health Network proposes $1.4B budget

  23-08-2017 19:12 via vtdigger.org
  An aerial view of the University of Vermont Medical Center campus in Burlington. Photo courtesy of UVMMCBURLINGTON — Officials from the University of Vermont Health Network are asking state regulators to increase the budget for two of its largest hospitals by 3.5 percent for next year.
  Under the proposed budget, the UVM Medical Center in Burlington and Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin would collect combined patient care revenue of $1.4 billion in 2018, an increase of around $47.5 m
  
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• Mares, Louras and Stannard discuss new book, ‘The Full Vermonty: Vermont in the Age of Trump,’ at Phoenix Books Rutland

  23-08-2017 18:18 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Phoenix BooksAug. 22, 2017
  Contact:Kristen EatonPhoenix Books802.872.7111 (p)802.872.7112 (f)
  [email protected]
  www.phoenixbooks.biz
  Rutland, Vermont – August 22, 2017: On Tuesday, September 12th at 6:30pm, Phoenix Books Rutland will host Bill Mares, Christopher Louras and Bob Stannard for a talk on The Full Vermonty: Vermont in the Age of Trump.About The Full Vermonty: Vermont is a small state with a history of making a large impact. We’re little, but we&
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott signs ‘Women’s Equality Day’ proclamation at the Vermont Statehouse

  23-08-2017 18:09 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Planned ParenthoodAug. 22, 2017
  Contact:Lucy Leriche, Vice President of VT Public Policy
  [email protected]
  Secondary Contact:Paige Feeser, VT Public Affairs Organizer
  [email protected]
  Montpelier – Today, Vermont women and men gathered to recognize and celebrate Women’s Equality Day in Vermont. The event highlighted the progress our state has made in working towards the equality of women, as well as to recognize the work ahead.
  O
  
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• Fish & Wildlife manages popular wetland area to promote bird habitat, improve water quality

  23-08-2017 17:59 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Fish & Wildlife DepartmentAugust 23, 2017
  Media Contacts:Amy Alfieri, 802-759-2398
  ADDISON, Vt. – Each August, biologists with the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department begin to intentionally lower water levels along several impoundments at Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area in Addison. The goal of these annual water drawdowns is to promote healthy wetlands on the nearly 3,000-acre property.
  According to Amy Alfieri, a Vermont Fish & Wildlife biologis
  
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• Over 500 customers sign up for natural gas service in Addison County in first five months of service

  23-08-2017 17:55 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Gas SystemsAugust 23, 2017
  Media Contact:Beth Parent, Communications and Brand Manager, Vermont Gas SystemsPH: (802) 865-1460 / (802) 578-2776
  [email protected]
  Vermonters make the switch to save money, reduce carbon footprint this winter
  Middlebury, VT – Vermont Gas announced today that 507 families and businesses in Addison County have already signed up to save money and reduce their carbon footprint by switching to natural gas service. The Company has b
  
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• Group: Dams holding back Connecticut River recovery

  23-08-2017 17:41 via vtdigger.org
  Workers survey the site of a dam in Randolph before its removal in May 2016. File photo by Mike Polhamus/VTDigger(This story by Matt Hongoltz-Hetling was published in the Valley News on Aug. 21, 2017.)
  WEST WINDSOR — Even if the Connecticut River’s water becomes as pristine as it was before the Industrial Revolution, dams within the watershed prevent it from providing full support to the ecosystem, an Upper Valley environmentalist said on Monday.
  But there’s some good news, Ron
  
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• We'll talk about reptiles & amphibians on today's show. Check out some of @JaneLindholm's creature photos here: facebook.com/vermontedition… #VT

  23-08-2017 17:24 via twitter.com
  We'll talk about reptiles & amphibians on today's show. Check out some of @JaneLindholm's creature photos here: facebook.com/vermontedition… #VT
  
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• Jim Andrews, coordinator of the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas, joins us on today's show. Tell us about creatu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-08-2017 16:02 via twitter.com
  Jim Andrews, coordinator of the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas, joins us on today's show. Tell us about creatu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Proposed tariff on solar cells drives price increase

  23-08-2017 15:07 via vtdigger.org
  James Moore, co-founder of SunCommon, celebrated the company’s 1,000th home solar installation at a home in Barre Town in 2014.File photo by John Herrick/VTDigger
  BENNINGTON — A proposed tariff on less-expensive solar panel components manufactured in other countries has already had a negative impact on Vermont’s solar industry.
  Solar facility installers here and around the nation say they are concerned about a proposed tariff aiming to protect solar component manufacturers in t
  
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• Are you an amphibian fan? Then today's show may be "SALA-mandatory" listening for you! (Ha, get it? But seriously,… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-08-2017 14:56 via twitter.com
  Are you an amphibian fan? Then today's show may be "SALA-mandatory" listening for you! (Ha, get it? But seriously,… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Burlington mayor appoints new parks director

  23-08-2017 01:54 via vtdigger.org
  Cindi Wight speaks at a news conference Tuesday in Burlington where Mayor Miro Weinberger, left, announced her appointment as director of the Burlington Parks, Recreation and Waterfront Department. Photo by Alexandre Silberman/VTDiggerBURLINGTON – Cindi Wight has been appointed as the new director of the city’s Parks, Recreation and Waterfront Department.Former Director Jesse Bridges left for a new job in May after close to five years. Nina Safavi has led the department on an interim
  
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• Mount Snow eyes further expansion amid EB-5 uncertainty

  23-08-2017 01:45 via vtdigger.org
  Mount Snow resort spokesman Jamie Storrs stands by the new West Lake reservoir, which is expected to give the Dover resort six times its current snow-making capacity. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro ReformerDOVER – Despite Vermont’s big problems with the EB-5 foreign investment program, it has led to major expansions at Mount Snow.
  And that trend may continue, even in the wake of Monday’s news that the federal government intends to shut down the state-run EB-5 regional c
  
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• Arion Thiboumery: Our slaughterhouse aims for transparency

  23-08-2017 01:10 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Arion Thiboumery, who is general manager of Vermont Packinghouse in North Springfield.
  Eating meat, by its very nature, involves the killing of animals. There is no way around it. Without malevolence, mistakes can happen in the process simply because it involves live animals that are both willful and powerful – just ask any livestock farmer. And when a mistake is made, it can affect the last moments of an animal’s life. We know this well at
  
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• Karen Glitman: Shaving summer’s peak energy demand

  23-08-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Karen Glitman, who is the director of Efficiency Vermont.
  August has brought its share of warm, humid days. Many Vermonters rely on electric-powered air conditioning, heat pumps and fans to get relief from the heat. These cooling solutions make us more comfortable, but with the exception of heat pumps, these products can use a lot of electricity — and when many people crank up their ACs all at once, that power can get expensive. For example, on th
  
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• Bill Schubart: Interpreting free speech

  23-08-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bill Schubart, a regular commentator for Vermont Public Radio and a former board member of the Vermont Journalism Trust, the umbrella organization for VTDigger.org. This piece was first aired on VPR.
  The principle of free speech is again being debated in the streets, in op-ed columns and between opposing ideologies. Although principles are often deemed absolute, their legal application is most often contextual … and therein lies the rub.
  The cont
  
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• Hip, hip, hooray for herptiles! — a.k.a. We're talking about reptiles & amphibians on Wednesday's show. Send Qs! bit.ly/2g2o72X #VT

  23-08-2017 00:57 via twitter.com
  Hip, hip, hooray for herptiles! — a.k.a. We're talking about reptiles & amphibians on Wednesday's show. Send Qs! bit.ly/2g2o72X #VT
  
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