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• City panel sees issues with co-op bid to buy Burlington Telecom

  29-08-2017 21:06 via vtdigger.org
  David Provost, chair of the Burlington Telecom Advisory Board, listens at a meeting about selling the utility. File photo by Morgan True/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — The chair of an advisory board vetting offers to buy Burlington Telecom is raising concerns about the bid from a local co-op.
  David Provost, chair of the Burlington Telecom Advisory Board, read a statement at Monday’s City Council meeting saying the board “unanimously expressed serious concerns about the sustainability&rdq
  
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• LISTEN: Rebroadcast: The PinBox 3000 Creators On Their Cardboard Pinball Machine bit.ly/2gmUnOk https://t.co/9hC5osPJau

  29-08-2017 20:38 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: Rebroadcast: The PinBox 3000 Creators On Their Cardboard Pinball Machine bit.ly/2gmUnOk https://t.co/9hC5osPJau
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott joins governors and premiers in focusing on regional economic, energy and climate issues

  29-08-2017 20:11 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Gov. Phil ScottAugust 29, 2017
  Contact:Rebecca KelleyOffice of the Governor802-828-6403
  [email protected]
  Scott attends 41st Annual Conference of the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers
  Montpelier, Vt. – This weekend, Governor Phil Scott attended the 41st Annual Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG/ECP), an inter-regional, bi-national, trans-border organization between the six New England states and the five ea
  
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• Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf reports increase in visits

  29-08-2017 20:08 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Chittenden Emergency Food ShelfAugust 29, 2017
  Media Contact:Anna McMahon, CEFS Community Engagement Manager802-658-7939 ext. 32
  [email protected]
  Burlington, VT – The Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf’s (CEFS) flagship grocery distribution program has observed a marked increase in the number of visits over the past several years. This program provides a monthly five- to-seven day supply of groceries to families in need, as well as fresh produce and bread five day
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott statement on the anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene

  29-08-2017 20:04 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Gov. Phil ScottAugust 28, 2017
  Contact:Rebecca KelleyOffice of the Governor802-828-6403
  [email protected]
  Montpelier, Vt. – Governor Phil Scott today issued the following statement:
  “Six years ago, Vermont faced one of its most impactful natural disasters when Tropical Storm Irene caused major flooding across the state.
  “Our response and recovery – from the State and local governments to non-profit organizations to communities and individuals
  
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• Brattleboro Museum & Art Center exhibits artwork of Roger Sandes, opening Sept. 1

  29-08-2017 19:48 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Brattleboro Museum & Art CenterAugust 25, 2017
  Contact:Danny Lichtenfeld
  [email protected], ext. 108
  BRATTLEBORO, VT — The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) unveils a new exhibit of artwork by Roger Sandes during Gallery Walk this Friday evening, September 1, 5:30-8:30 p.m. The opening is free, and all are welcome to attend.
  Occupying the museum’s large Center Gallery, “Constellations: Roger Sandes” features 21 pa
  
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• Warren King, dedicated Addison County conservationist, to receive VNRC’s 2017 Arthur Gibb Award

  29-08-2017 19:42 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — VNRCAugust 29, 2017
  Contact:Amber Collett, VNRC(802) 552-0875
  [email protected]
  Vermont Natural Resource Council (VNRC) is excited to present this year’s Arthur Gibb Award for Individual Leadership to Warren King, a lifelong conservationist, at VNRC’s annual meeting on Thursday, September 21, 2017 at The Kirk Alumni Center at Middlebury College. King will be celebrated for the remarkable creativity, compassion, and energy he has brought to his work with Audubon V
  
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• Burlington adopts measures to tackle unruly behavior downtown

  29-08-2017 19:38 via vtdigger.org
  A sign at the corner of St. Paul and Main streets in Burlington points to downtown landmarks. File photo by Morgan True/VTDigger
  BURLINGTON — The City Council passed a pair of resolutions Monday night aimed at reducing so-called quality of life offenses, such as public drunkenness, that officials say are fueling recent violent incidents downtown.
  Last week a man with close to 900 contacts with police in the last six years and more than 50 civil tickets allegedly punched a downtown restaura
  
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• Vermont PBS airing ‘The Hungry Heart’ and ‘Here Today’

  29-08-2017 19:36 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont PBSAug. 23, 2017
  Contact:Julia Andrews, Vermont PBS
  [email protected] / 802.655.4891
  The Opiate Crisis, Presented by Vermont PBS and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont, Brings The Hungry Heart to Broadcast
  With Bess O’Brien and Fran Stoddard, Vermont PBS Brings Here Today Paired with Local Discussions to Vermont Communities
  Colchester, Vt. – August 23, 2017 – Vermont PBS is honoring National Recovery Month this September by bringing two poi
  
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• New England Center for Circus Arts shows off new home

  29-08-2017 19:21 via vtdigger.org
  Six-year-old Zawadi Ruthlong tries out a swing with help from a NECCA coach. Photo by Harmony Birch/Brattleboro Reformer(A longer version of this story by Harmony Birch was published in the Brattleboro Reformer on Aug. 28, 2017.)
  BRATTLEBORO — New England Center for Circus Arts opened its doors Saturday and welcomed in the community for an open house at the organization’s new home at 10 Town Crier Drive.
  The event had jugglers, flying trapeze, face painting and clowns. People were in
  
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• Jane's lunch today was inspired by yesterday's show with @SeamusMullen. LISTEN: bit.ly/2gcWd4c https://t.co/LOL94QqEjM

  29-08-2017 18:49 via twitter.com
  
  Jane's lunch today was inspired by yesterday's show with @SeamusMullen. LISTEN: bit.ly/2gcWd4c https://t.co/LOL94QqEjM
  
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• Rebroadcast: The PinBox 3000 Creators On Their Cardboard Pinball Machine bit.ly/2gmUnOk https://t.co/gummZuLbcz

  29-08-2017 18:47 via twitter.com
  
  Rebroadcast: The PinBox 3000 Creators On Their Cardboard Pinball Machine bit.ly/2gmUnOk https://t.co/gummZuLbcz
  
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• Vermont ski promoter to run national trade group

  29-08-2017 18:43 via vtdigger.org
  Parker Riehle, the president of the Vermont Ski Areas Association, will become head of the National Ski Areas Association on Dec. 1. Photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerThe leader of Vermont’s trade organization for ski areas will leave his job this winter to run the National Ski Areas Association in Lakewood, Colorado.
  Parker Riehle, 50, who has been president of the Vermont Ski Areas Association since 2006, said he will leave his job sometime in November and be president and chief executive
  
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• Rebroadcast: Slam Poetry Group 'Muslim Girls Making Change' bit.ly/2x14nTR https://t.co/X8bLLeo9KG

  29-08-2017 18:28 via twitter.com
  
  Rebroadcast: Slam Poetry Group 'Muslim Girls Making Change' bit.ly/2x14nTR https://t.co/X8bLLeo9KG
  
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• UVM introduces new Healthcare Management and Leadership Program


  29-08-2017 17:34 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — UVMAugust 29, 2017
  Contact:Katie Albee, Marketing SpecialistUVM Continuing and Distance Education322 So. Prospect StreetBurlington, VT
802-656-2085
  [email protected]
  PREPARING HEALTHCARE MANAGERS FOR SUCCESS IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING INDUSTRY
  Burlington, VT (August 29, 2017)—The University of Vermont today announced the launch of its new Healthcare Management and Leadership Professional Certificate Program, with the first session of the five-seminar series taking p
  
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• Department of Liquor Control hires new director for Compliance & Enforcement Division

  29-08-2017 17:29 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Department of Liquor ControlAug. 29, 2017
  Contact:Gary Kessler, Deputy Commissioner802-828-1963
  [email protected]
  MONTPELIER, VT – August 29, 2017The Department of Liquor Control is pleased to announce that Skyler Genest has been hired as the new Director of the Compliance & Enforcement Division. Skyler has 11 years of experience as a law enforcement professional. He started his career in law enforcement working at the University of Vermont Police Department
  
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• Vermont Fish & Wildlife initiates study of threatened snake species

  29-08-2017 17:26 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Fish & Wildlife DepartmentAugust 29, 2017
  Media Contacts:Doug Blodgett, 802-786-3861; Cindy Sprague 802-324-5450,
  NEW HAVEN, Vt. – The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is cooperating in a three-year study of an isolated population of Eastern Ratsnakes, a species that is listed as ‘Threatened’ under the State’s endangered species law.Researcher Cindy Sprague along with department staff are working with Veterinarian Scott Maclachlan to
  
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• Pets Feel Pain: Learn How to Manage It

  29-08-2017 17:23 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Veterinary Medical AssociationAugust 29, 2017
  Contact:Kathy Finnie, Executive DirectorVermont Veterinary Medical Association802-878-6888
  [email protected]
  www.vtvets.org
  By the Vermont Veterinary Medical AssociationErin Forbes, DVMMountain View Animal Hospital
  September is Animal Pain Awareness Month. Pain comes in many forms: arthritis, cancer, post-surgery, acute injuries, and chronic injuries. Acute pain is obvious and distressing and hard to miss. Think a broken l
  
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• LISTEN: 'Star Trek' Set Replica Gets Permanent Home In Ticonderoga, N.Y. bit.ly/2glBCe2 https://t.co/Y5H1HeQq1M

  29-08-2017 14:05 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: 'Star Trek' Set Replica Gets Permanent Home In Ticonderoga, N.Y. bit.ly/2glBCe2 https://t.co/Y5H1HeQq1M
  
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• 'Star Trek' Set Replica Gets Permanent Home In Ticonderoga, N.Y. bit.ly/2glBCe2 https://t.co/TXNfYEjwrT

  29-08-2017 14:00 via twitter.com
  
  'Star Trek' Set Replica Gets Permanent Home In Ticonderoga, N.Y. bit.ly/2glBCe2 https://t.co/TXNfYEjwrT
  
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• What an Unemployed Millennial Learned at Summer Camp

  29-08-2017 10:21
  As I coached campers through their anxieties, I started addressing my own.
  
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• Teflon Town: State officials put jobs ahead of environmental regulations

  29-08-2017 07:42 via vtdigger.org
  The post Teflon Town: State officials put jobs ahead of environmental regulations appeared first on VTDigger.
  
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• Burlington nears final agreement for downtown redevelopment

  29-08-2017 05:50 via vtdigger.org
  Burlington Town Center Mall owner Don Sinex speaks at a news conference with Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, center, and PC Construction Senior Vice President Jay Fayette. File photo by Morgan True/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — As the mayor and the developer behind the Town Center redevelopment near a final deal, the city approved an agreement with the project’s construction firm laying out how their work can impact surrounding streets.
  It’s still unclear precisely when the developer
  
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• Petition calls for town vote over Empower Pownal initiative

  29-08-2017 02:04 via vtdigger.org
  State Rep. Bill Botzow speaks during a community meeting for the Empower Pownal initiative, which is sponsored by the Vermont Council on Rural Development. Bennington Banner file photoPOWNAL — Opponents of the Vermont Council on Rural Development-sponsored Empower Pownal initiative have expressed their suspicions and concerns in a petition to the Selectboard with 172 voter signatures.
  The local initiative is the council’s first effort under its statewide Climate Economy Model Communi
  
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• Kinney Drugs to acquire Montpelier, Waterbury pharmacies

  29-08-2017 01:34 via vtdigger.org
  Montpelier Pharmacy and a related location in Waterbury are being sold to Kinney Drugs. Photo by Cyrus Ready-Campbell/VTDiggerThe owners of independent pharmacies in Montpelier and Waterbury are selling their business to Kinney Drugs, a New York-based regional chain.
  Rich Harvie, co-owner of the local pharmacies with Jocelyn DePaolis, said the sale will take effect in October.
  Montpelier Pharmacy will be rebranded, Harvie said, and Waterbury Pharmacy will merge into an existing Kinney Drugs loca
  
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• Regulators may tie pay parity to hospital budget process

  29-08-2017 01:14 via vtdigger.org
  Green Mountain Care Board members Jessica Holmes, left, and Maure​en Usifer. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerHealth care regulators say they want to use the ongoing hospital budget review process to narrow the reimbursement differences between independent doctors and hospital-employed doctors.Members of the Green Mountain Care Board made the comments at a meeting held Monday to discuss how to reduce the disparities, which independent doctors have been seeking to do for years.
  In 2015,
  
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• Kevin Christopher: Comcast is squandering ratepayers’ money

  29-08-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Kevin Christopher, who is president of Vermont Access Network and executive director of Lake Champlain Access Television.
  Comcast Cable earns a tremendous profit in Vermont each year. More than $50 million in 2015. Yet the largest cable company in the U.S. would rather spend thousands in legal bills than pay for the modernization of Vermont’s local public, educational and government access channels.
  More than 75 of these channels are run in commun
  
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• John McClaughry: Martyrs to the Clean Water Act

  29-08-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by John McClaughry, the vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute. 
  Among the most notable martyrs to the Clean Water Act are names that few recall: Ocie and Corey Mills, John Pozsgai, John Rapanos, and most recently, John Duarte. All of them were dragged into years-long battles with the federal government – notably the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency – over making their own land more productive.
  Congress
  
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• Vickie Harris: Wrestling with conscience

  29-08-2017 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Vickie Harris, of St. Albans.
  The convergence of two seemingly unrelated events led to my speculation about their possible connection: the racial tensions that erupted in violence in Charlottesville and the total solar eclipse.
  As the center of our solar system, most will agree that our sun is life-giving, that without it, life on our planet would be limited to the mineral kingdom. Throughout recorded history, because the sun has been recognized as the
  
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• Barre man denies killing girlfriend whose body found in Middlesex

  29-08-2017 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Randal Gebo speaks to reporters as he arrives in the courtroom Monday in Barre. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerBARRE — More than a month after the body of a Barre woman was found dumped on the side of a road in central Vermont, her alleged killer appeared in court.
  Randal Gebo pleaded not guilty to one count of first-degree murder Monday in Washington County Superior Court.
  Cindy Cook’s body was discovered July 13 over an embankment in Middlesex.
  Gebo, 61, was arrested more than a
  
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