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• Chef Seamus Mullen Serves Up His Take On 'Real Food' bit.ly/2gcWd4c https://t.co/EHXg5KlxRP

  25-08-2017 22:57 via twitter.com
  
  Chef Seamus Mullen Serves Up His Take On 'Real Food' bit.ly/2gcWd4c https://t.co/EHXg5KlxRP
  
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• Panelists pitch carbon tax as boon for economy, environment

  25-08-2017 22:05 via vtdigger.org
  (This story is by Patrick O’Grady, a correspondent for the Valley News, in which it first appeared Aug. 25, 2017.)
  NORWICH — Taking aggressive action in Vermont to address climate change will not only yield environmental and health benefits but also present a tremendous economic opportunity for the state, panelists said at a Thursday night forum at the Montshire Museum.
  Two Vermont legislators, a businessman and the executive director of a nonprofit addressed an audience of about 30
  
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• LISTEN: Chief Justice Paul Reiber On The Vermont Supreme Court And Justice In Our State bit.ly/2itojsA https://t.co/ARuiLdZLDC

  25-08-2017 21:44 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: Chief Justice Paul Reiber On The Vermont Supreme Court And Justice In Our State bit.ly/2itojsA https://t.co/ARuiLdZLDC
  
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• Marlboro to test new school merger option

  25-08-2017 21:39 via vtdigger.org
  Marlboro School. Courtesy photoMARLBORO – After a long search and some legislative lobbying, Marlboro school officials think they’ve found their district’s niche in Vermont’s changing educational landscape.
  The question is whether state officials will agree.
  Marlboro School Board members this week approved an Act 46 merger plan that would link their district with two newly formed districts while allowing Marlboro to retain its middle school and its current form of governa
  
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• BTV airport bond rating outlook improves to ‘positive’

  25-08-2017 20:37 via vtdigger.org
  BURLINGTON – Burlington International Airport’s bond rating outlook has been improved to “positive.”
  Fitch Ratings affirmed the airport’s credit rating of BBB- and revised the outlook Aug. 18, according to a news release from the city of Burlington.“Fitch has now joined Moody’s and the country’s major airlines in expressing confidence that the airport is heading in the right direction,” Mayor Miro Weinberger said in a statement. “After
  
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• UVM study links lower nicotine levels to reduced addiction

  25-08-2017 20:02 via vtdigger.org
  BURLINGTON – New research from the University of Vermont appears to lend support to federal Food and Drug Administration plans to lower nicotine levels in cigarettes to make them less addictive.
  The effort by the FDA is the first time the government has tried to curb addiction through regulating nicotine, instead of relying on just taxes and warning labels.
  “Envisioning a world where cigarettes would no longer create or sustain addiction, and where adults who still need or want nicot
  
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• Vermont FoodBank receives 40,000 pounds of pet food from PetSmart

  25-08-2017 20:00 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont FoodBankAug. 25, 2017
  Contact:Sarah Huether, ManagerGOLINt. +1.469.680.2521m. +1.281.520.6894
  [email protected]
  Today, the Vermont FoodBank received nearly 40,000 pounds of donated pet food from PetSmart, equaling more than 187,000 meals for pets in need.
  Tom Abbiati, Director/Food Resources at the Vermont FoodBank said, “Over the past couple of years pet food has become a very important item we offer our clients. Many of our clients will feed their pets befor
  
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• Water quality activists paddle the path of pollution on Winooski River

  25-08-2017 19:55 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — LCIAugust 25, 2017
  Contact:Juliana Dixon, LCI Program Director: [email protected], 802-879-3466Jon Groveman, VNRC Water Program Director, [email protected], 802-359-7736Robb Kidd, Sierra Club Vermont Chapter Program Manager, [email protected], 802-505-1540
  Water quality activists paddle the path of pollution to draw attention to contaminants threatening our drinking and recreational water resources.
  Lake Champlain is under threat from myriad sources of pollution.
  
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• Children’s Literacy Foundation to host Rural Libraries Conference

  25-08-2017 19:43 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Children’s Literacy FoundationAug. 24, 2017
  Contact:Erika Nichols-Frazer, Communications Manager(802) 244-0944
  [email protected]
  White River Junction, VT — The Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF)’s semi-annual Rural Libraries Conference will take place at the Hotel Coolidge and Briggs Opera House in White River Junction, VT on Friday, September 15. The conference brings together librarians and public library staff from throughout New Ham
  
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• Gov. Scott’s Outdoor Recreation Economic Steering Committee announces public forums

  25-08-2017 19:36 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and RecreationAug. 24, 2017
  Contact:Jessica Savage, Recreation Program ManagerVermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation802-249-1230; [email protected]
  MONTPELIER, Vt. – The Vermont Outdoor Recreation Economic Collaborative (VOREC) steering committee will host a series of public forums to gather input from Vermonters on how to leverage and strengthen the State’s outdoor recreation assets to grow the economy.
  
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• Vermont Woodlands Association Holding Walk in the Woods with Weyerhaeuser and Vermont Agency of Natural Resources

  25-08-2017 19:31 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Woodlands AssociationAugust 25, 2017
  Contact:Vermont Woodlands Association, 802-747-7900, [email protected]
  ISLAND POND- Join the Vermont Woodlands Association and the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources in the Northeast Kingdom for a woods tour of Weyerhaeuser land on Saturday, September 16, 2017 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm.
  The tour theme this year is recreation, in keeping with a focus of Governor Scott’s outdoor recreation economy initiative. Tour
  
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• r.k. Miles Inc. to expand to northern Vermont with acquisition of Morrisville Lumber Co.

  25-08-2017 19:27 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — r.k. Miles Inc.August 25, 2017
  Contact:Amanda Monks
  [email protected]
  MANCHESTER CENTER, VT – r.k. Miles, Inc., a third generation, family-owned business with locations in Vermont and Massachusetts, is pleased to announce that the company will be acquiring Morrisville Lumber, Inc. located in Morrisville and Stowe, Vermont.
  Morrisville Lumber Company, a family owned business for 71 years, has a longstanding, proud tradition of providing quality service, hardware and bu
  
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• Byrne Foundation awards Norwich University School of Architecture + Art $10K grant to fund free lecture series

  25-08-2017 19:23 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Norwich UniversityAug. 25, 2017
  Contact:Daphne Larkin802-485-2886
  [email protected] us on Twitter @NorwichNews
  NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University School of Architecture + Art has received $10,000 from the Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation to fund the upcoming 2017-2018 free lecture series.
  For more than 12 years the Byrne Foundation has partnered with Norwich University to support the School of Architecture + Art’s Lecture Series. Through these lectures
  
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• Community street dinner to help bring cancer issues to Congress

  25-08-2017 19:18 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — American Cancer SocietyAug. 25, 2017
  Contact:Marc Kaplan or Jill Sudhoff-GuerinAmerican Cancer Society Cancer Action Network518.796.1038 or 802.917.5817
  [email protected] or [email protected]
  MONTPELIER, VT – August 25, 2017 – To help elected officials understand issues affecting people with cancer, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is offering an opportunity for them to hear the personal stories of those impacted by the
  
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• Hands-on Brick Math program teaches K-5 Math with Lego bricks

  25-08-2017 19:15 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Brigantine MediaAug. 25, 2017
  Contact:Janis RayeBrigantine Media
  www.brigantinemedia.com
  [email protected]
  Available nationwide as of August 1, 2017
  ST. JOHNSBURY, Vermont—Publisher Brigantine Media, based in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, has just released a complete program for teaching math using a popular household toy – LEGO bricks. Teachers and school districts across the country are now adopting Brick Math, this innovative, hands-on program. T
  
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• LISTEN: 'Drag Idol' Winner Hopes To Take Art Form In New Directions bit.ly/2wNyeP8 https://t.co/Q34T1jqaLV

  25-08-2017 18:10 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: 'Drag Idol' Winner Hopes To Take Art Form In New Directions bit.ly/2wNyeP8 https://t.co/Q34T1jqaLV
  
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• 'Drag Idol' Winner Hopes To Take Art Form In New Directions bit.ly/2wNyeP8 https://t.co/UVl11Sd2rT

  25-08-2017 18:10 via twitter.com
  
  'Drag Idol' Winner Hopes To Take Art Form In New Directions bit.ly/2wNyeP8 https://t.co/UVl11Sd2rT
  
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• YWP: ‘Dear Charlotte’

  25-08-2017 17:46 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 Yo
  
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• SCOV Law Blog: Court shoots down town’s suit against sportsman’s club

  25-08-2017 17:35 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. 
  North Country Sportsman’s Club v. Williston, 2017 VT 46
  Creative Commons photo by walknboston via FlickrLong story short: the North Country Sportsman’s Club is allowed to keep doing what it’s been doing.
  Here’s the longer version. The North Country Sportsman’s Club, which I’ll just call the Club, has been around for some 50-odd years. There isn’t a super-clear descriptio
  
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• Have questions about the Vermont Supreme Court? Chief Justice Paul Reiber is our guest on today's show: bit.ly/2itojsA #VT #vtpoli

  25-08-2017 14:53 via twitter.com
  Have questions about the Vermont Supreme Court? Chief Justice Paul Reiber is our guest on today's show: bit.ly/2itojsA #VT #vtpoli
  
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• Scott agrees to carbon dioxide emission reductions

  25-08-2017 05:23 via vtdigger.org
  Gov. Phil Scott agreed this week to a carbon-pollution-pricing scheme that will impose dramatic cuts to the amount of carbon dioxide Northeast states produce through electricity generation.
  The agreement commits to a 30 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from electricity power plants between 2021 and 2030.
  The move accelerates restrictions on pollution set by the country’s first market-based carbon pricing program, called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI.David Far
  
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• Wired.com: Vermont No. 1 for ‘toxic’ comments

  25-08-2017 05:08 via vtdigger.org
  If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by nasty online commenting, Vermont’s status as the No. 1 “toxic commenting” state in the union (according to a recent survey of millions of comments) might have something to do with that.
  “The proportion of crummy comments is higher here [in Vermont] than in any other state,” according to Wired.com.
  Wired.com partnered with Disqus, an online commenting platform, for the national survey. Thousands of websites around the country
  
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• Northfield Savings Bank Donates $100,000 to Miller Inpatient Building

  25-08-2017 03:59 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — UVM Medical CenterAugust 24, 2017
  Contact:Annie Mackin(802) 847-2886
  The UVM Medical Center names two team rooms to recognize support
  BURLINGTON (VT) – Northfield Savings Bank is donating $100,000 to support construction of the Robert E. and Holly D. Miller Building at the University of Vermont Medical Center, which will contain 128 new single-patient rooms. Completion of the building is expected in the Fall of 2019.
  To honor the gifts, the UVM Medical Center will name
  
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• Vermont Arts and Humanities councils issue statement on inclusion

  25-08-2017 03:53 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Humanities CouncilAugust 24, 2017
  Contact:Vermont Humanities CouncilRyan Newswanger, director of communications
  [email protected]
  Vermont Arts CouncilKira Bacon, communications manager
  [email protected]
  Montpelier – The Vermont Arts Council and the Vermont Humanities Council today issued the following statement:
  We are deeply troubled by recent violence and expressions of hatred and bigotry that go against the
  
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• UVM Dining launches culinary teaching kitchen with opening of new Central Campus Dining Hall

  25-08-2017 03:49 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — UVMAug. 24, 2017
  Contact:Jeffrey Wakefield
  [email protected]
  The University of Vermont’s much anticipated Central Campus Residence and Dining Hall, under construction for two years, will open on August 26 when students return to campus.
  The dining hall portion of the new building is one of the most innovative in American higher education, designed to promote student engagement with open kitchen formats, live demonstrations and digital screens that provide nutri
  
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• Vermont awarded first-ever Pacesetter Prize for improvements in long-term services and supports

  25-08-2017 03:47 via vtdigger.org
  News Release– Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent LivingThursday, August 24, 2017
  Contact:Monica White, Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living
  [email protected]
  Vermont recognized as leader in the field of aging and disability by The SCAN Foundation
  Waterbury, VT – Vermont has been awarded the inaugural Pacesetter Prize for Affordability and Access in recognition of its continued progress in improving the lives of old
  
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• The Deeper Dig: The week in EB-5

  25-08-2017 01:35 via vtdigger.org
  Mike Smith, host of “Open Mike with Mike Smith” on WDEV. Photo courtesy of WDEVSince 2014, VTDigger has investigated allegations of fraud at Jay Peak Resort and related developments in the Northeast Kingdom. This week, we reported on two new steps toward the resolution of this case.
  On Monday, Gov. Phil Scott announced that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services intended to shut down the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center, which was charged with o
  
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• Wooden Dinosaur in Studio One at VPR. https://t.co/RJvxitSWh1

  25-08-2017 01:21 via twitter.com
  
  Wooden Dinosaur in Studio One at VPR. https://t.co/RJvxitSWh1
  
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• Fired for pressuring mental health staff, ex-prison chief sues

  25-08-2017 01:20 via vtdigger.org
  Mark Potanas in the solitary confinement unit at Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield in early 2016, when he was superintendent there. File photo by Phoebe Sheehan/VTDiggerThe former head of one of Vermont’s largest prisons is suing the state to contest his firing.
  Former Southern State Correctional Facility Superintendent Mark Potanas was fired early this year after an internal investigation found he bullied medical staff into changing an assessment of a mentally ill prison
  
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• Steve May: Marijuana tax revenues could fund universal basic income

  25-08-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: Steve May is a licensed independent clinical social worker specializing in addiction medicine, a member of the Vermont Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Advisory Board, and a member of the Richmond Selectboard. This was first published in Vermont Cannabis News on Aug. 2.This opportunity only comes around once a generation. In the 1990s it was the tobacco settlement. State attorneys general negotiated a 50-state settlement with Big Tobacco for using deceptive business practices
  
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• Chloe Learey: Homelessness is a year-round issue

  25-08-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Chloe Learey, the executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development in Brattleboro. She serves on the Building Bright Futures State Advisory Council, a governor-appointed body which advises the Administration and Legislature on early childhood care, health and education systems. You can learn more by visiting winstonprouty.org.
  Finding a solution for the seasonal overflow shelter (SOS) in Brattleboro for the upcoming winter se
  
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• Regulator: Hospital bonuses for permit process are ‘concerning’

  25-08-2017 00:47 via vtdigger.org
  Kevin Mullin is the chair of the Green Mountain Care Board. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerVermont’s top health care regulator is raising questions about whether the University of Vermont Medical Center should be giving executives bonuses that are linked to regulatory applications.
  Kevin Mullin, the chair of the Green Mountain Care Board, said Wednesday he is concerned about the UVM Medical Center’s decision to award bonuses to its CEO and other executives in relation to a succ
  
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• Health official: Hospital bonuses for regulatory win ‘concerning’

  25-08-2017 00:47 via vtdigger.org
  Kevin Mullin is the chair of the Green Mountain Care Board. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerVermont’s top health care regulator is raising questions about whether the University of Vermont Medical Center should be giving executives bonuses that are linked to regulatory applications.
  Kevin Mullin, the chair of the Green Mountain Care Board, said Wednesday he is concerned about the UVM Medical Center’s decision to award bonuses to its CEO and other executives in relation to a succ
  
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• Health official: Hospital bonuses for permit process are ‘concerning’

  25-08-2017 00:47 via vtdigger.org
  Kevin Mullin is the chair of the Green Mountain Care Board. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerVermont’s top health care regulator is raising questions about whether the University of Vermont Medical Center should be giving executives bonuses that are linked to regulatory applications.
  Kevin Mullin, the chair of the Green Mountain Care Board, said Wednesday he is concerned about the UVM Medical Center’s decision to award bonuses to its CEO and other executives in relation to a succ
  
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• Scott commits to lake cleanup, even if new taxes needed

  25-08-2017 00:02 via vtdigger.org
  Gov. Phil Scott listens as Barre City Manager Steven Mackenzie speaks Thursday at a media event. Photo by Mark Johnson/VTDiggerA $1 million project to alleviate flooding in Barre served as the backdrop Thursday for a push by Gov. Phil Scott for clean water initiatives.The governor reiterated his pledge to move forward with the requirements to improve water quality in Lake Champlain. He said he hoped that multiyear, multimillion-dollar effort could be funded without raising taxes or fees, but he
  
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