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• City reverses course, will make Burlington Telecom bids public

  13-09-2017 21:56 via vtdigger.org
  BURLINGTON — City officials are reversing course and now say they will release bids from the four finalists vying to purchase Burlington Telecom.
  A group of city councilors and the mayor’s chief of staff announced the change at a news conference, saying they were motivated, in part, by an outpouring of residents calling for greater transparency in the sale process.
  “We have all heard as city councilors the concerns from our constituents…and I think we all know those are
  
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• Senate panel rebuffs Trump administration ‘doctrine of retreat’

  13-09-2017 20:57 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., had a leading role in crafting the spending package for foreign policy and State Department initiatives. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerWASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate panel issued a stinging critique of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy approach, accusing the administration of adopting an “apparent doctrine of retreat.”
  The Senate Appropriations Committee last week unanimously approved a $51.2 billion spending package for foreign p
  
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• Plan proposed for PFOA-contaminated soil

  13-09-2017 20:54 via vtdigger.org
  The former ChemFab plant in North Bennington is considered by state officials to be the source of PFOA contamination of groundwater supplies in a wide area around the factory. Photo by Ben Garver/Berkshire EagleBENNINGTON — A public comment period is underway on a plan to deposit PFOA-contaminated soils removed during water line construction to a section of the Vermont Route 279 right-of-way.
  The state Agency of Natural Resources and the Bennington and North Bennington water systems propos
  
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• Businessman brings fiscal focus as new Mad River Valley lawmaker

  13-09-2017 20:32 via vtdigger.org
  Gov. Phil Scott has tapped a Waitsfield business owner and longtime member of the Fayston Selectboard to fill a vacant position in the Vermont House.
  Ed Read was appointed last week to the seat formerly held by Adam Greshin, who was recently named commissioner of the Department of Finance and Management in Scott’s administration.
  Ed Read was appointed to the Legislature. Courtesy photoRead, like Greshin, is an independent. He was among 13 people who vied for the seat.
  Read, 50, co-owns a g
  
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  13-09-2017 20:06 via twitter.com
  
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• Vets town hall to be held in Burlington on Nov. 5

  13-09-2017 19:38 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vets Town HallSept. 12, 2017
  Contact: Kristen Eaton
  [email protected]
  SAVE THE DATEBurlington, Vermont to Hold Special Veterans’ Town Hall
  Burlington, Vermont — On Sunday, November 5th, a special town hall event for veterans and members of the community will take place at Burlington’s Contois Auditorium. The event, inspired by author Sebastian Junger, is a community forum aiming to establish a greater understanding between local veterans and the fri
  
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• UPDATED: Suspect held without bail in fatal hospital shooting

  13-09-2017 19:32 via vtdigger.org
  Travis Frink, of Warwick, R.I., stands with his attorney, public defender Rebecca McKinnon, during his arraignment Wednesday in Grafton County Superior Court in North Haverhill, N.H. He faces a murder charge in the shooting of his mother at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley News(This story by the Valley News staff was first posted Sept. 13, 2017. It was updated at 1:50 p.m.)
  HAVERHILL, N.H. — The Rhode Island man accused of fatally shooting his 70-year-old
  
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• UPDATED: Autopsy shows hospital shooting victim was hit four times

  13-09-2017 19:32 via vtdigger.org
  Travis Frink, of Warwick, R.I., stands with his attorney, public defender Rebecca McKinnon, during his arraignment Wednesday in Grafton County Superior Court in North Haverhill, N.H. He faces a murder charge in the shooting of his mother at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley News(This story by the Valley News staff was first posted Sept. 13, 2017. It has been updated several times.)
  HAVERHILL, N.H. — The New Hampshire attorney general’s office has rele
  
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• Dorset Theatre Festival’s 5th Annual Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Competition winners announces

  13-09-2017 19:07 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Dorset Theatre FestivalSeptember 12, 2017
  Contact:Natalie Redmond, Marketing Manager: (802) 328-5606, [email protected]
  A PUBLIC READING OF THE WINNING WORKS WILL BE HELD SEPTEMBER 29 AT 7 PM
  DORSET, VT: Dorset Theatre Festival provides opportunities for regional middle and high school students to learn about playwrighting and create a play of their own through its annual Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Competition. A public reading of this year’s winn
  
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• Vermont Swift Water Rescue Team returns from deployment

  13-09-2017 19:01 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Emergency ManagementSeptember 12, 2017
  Contact:Mark Bosma, Vermont Emergency Management, 802-839-6717
  Waterbury, Vt. – Vermont Task Force 1 Swift Water Rescue has returned from its deployment to Texas. The team assisted in searches, well-being checks, and other tasks during its mission.
  The 11-day deployment through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) was at the request of the Texas Division of Emergency Management. The team was on the ground in
  
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• 2017-18 season pass offerings at Vermont ski resorts

  13-09-2017 18:57 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Ski VermontSept. 6, 2017
  Contact:Chloe ElliottCommunications Manager, Ski Vermont802-223-2439, [email protected]
  For visitors coming to the Green Mountains to ski or snowboard this winter, season passes are one of the best investments to make. Not only is there no better feeling on a powder day than skipping the ticket line and heading straight to first chair, but skiers and snowboarders save immensely throughout the season when they purchase a pass at their favorite reso
  
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• 14th annual Vermont Woodworking & Forest Festival returns to Woodstock’s Billings Farm & Museum

  13-09-2017 18:51 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Wood Manufacturers AssociationSeptember 12, 2017
  Contact:Erin Lorentz, Vermont Wood Manufacturers Assoc.
  [email protected]
  www.vermontwoodfestival.org
  WOODSTOCK, Vermont-Calling all lovers of farms, forests, and fine woodworking! This fall, one event celebrates those great aspects of Vermont. The Vermont Woodworking & Forest Festival will be held on Saturday & Sunday, September 23-24, 2017 in Woodstock, Vermont at the Billings Farm & Museum an
  
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• Downs Rachlin Martin attorneys named senior fellows of Litigation Counsel of America

  13-09-2017 18:46 via vtdigger.org
  News Releae — Downs Rachlin MartinSept. 12, 2017
  Contact:Joseph L. Choquette III, External Affairs Manager, 802-225-5510
  (Burlington, Vt.) Downs Rachlin Martin Attorneys Robert B. Luce and Marc B. Heath have been named senior fellows of the Litigation Council of America. Luce and Heath are both litigators practicing from DRM’s Burlington office. Both attorneys are regularly listed in publications prepared by third-party evaluators, such as Best Lawyers in America 2017 and Chambers an
  
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• Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel will meet Sept. 28

  13-09-2017 18:41 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Public Service DepartmentSeptember 12, 2017
  Contact:Anthony Leshinskie, State Nuclear Engineer(802) 272-1714
  [email protected]
  Montpelier, VT – The Public Service Department today announced the next meeting of the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel will be held on Thursday, September 28, 2017, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM in the multipurpose room at Brattleboro Area Middle School, 109 Sunny Acres Rd, Brattleboro, VT.
  Scott State, CEO, North
  
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• Galloway to speak on fake news in Bennington

  13-09-2017 18:05 via vtdigger.org
  Anne Galloway moderates a candidate forum at the Statehouse in 2016. Photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDigger(This story by Derek Carson was first published in the Bennington Banner on Sept. 12, 2017.)
  BENNINGTON — A veteran Vermont reporter will be in Bennington on Thursday to share her take on fake news and other issues impacting the news industry.
  Anne Galloway, founder and editor of VTDigger.org, has been a reporter for over 20 years. Her talk, which will take place at the Bennington Museum, w
  
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• Agency of Commerce and Community Development awards City Market $125,000 EPA subgrant

  13-09-2017 17:51 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community DevelopmentTuesday, September 12, 2017
  Media Contact:Kristie Farnham, Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development802-398-5268, [email protected]
  Rebecca Kelley, Office of the Governor802-828-6403, [email protected]
  Burlington, Vt. – Governor Phil Scott today announced the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) has awarded City Market Co-op a $125,000 Environmental Protection Agenc
  
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• 22nd Annual Northeastern Open Atlatl Championship Weekend at Chimney Point is Sept. 22-24

  13-09-2017 17:45 via vtdigger.org
  Press Release — Vermont Division for Historic PreservationSeptember 12, 2017
  Contact:Elsa Gilbertson, Regional Historic Sites AdministratorVermont Division for Historic Preservation(802) 759-2412, [email protected]
  ADDISON, Vt. –The 22nd Annual Northeastern Open Atlatl Championship at the Chimney Point State Historic Site in Addison will be September 22-24, 2017. This ancient spear-throwing tool competition is a highlight of Vermont Archaeology Month. The event also include
  
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• Burlington native Michael Carter to be ordained at Saint Michael’s on Sept. 16

  13-09-2017 17:40 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Saint Michael’s CollegeSeptember 12, 2017
  Contact:Mark [email protected]
  
Bishop Coyne to be presider and homilist as local man becomes Edmundite priest
  Edmundite Deacon Michael R. Carter, a native of Burlington and a 2012 Saint Michael’s College graduate, will be ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, Sept. 16, at the Chapel of St. Michael the Archangel on the Saint Michael’s campus in Colchester.
  Burlington Bishop Christopher
  
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• NWWVT awarded $500,000 Project Reinvest Grant

  13-09-2017 17:36 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — NeighborWorks of Western VermontSeptember 12, 2017
  Contact:Shannon Kennelly, Communications & Outreach CoordinatorTel. (802) 797-8606Email. [email protected]
  RUTLAND, VT – NeighborWorks of Western Vermont (NWWVT) received a $500,000 grant from NeighborWorks America that enables the organization to expand its comprehensive community revitalization strategy in Northwest Rutland by piloting a youth employment initiative and an innovative home maintenance course for
  
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• School year begins with new cell service in North Troy and Whitingham

  13-09-2017 17:32 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — CoverageCoSept. 13, 2017
  Contact:CoverageCo Public Relations
  [email protected](617) 864-1711
  Vermont – September 13, 2017 – This fall, students and faculty at the Troy School in North Troy and Twin Valley Middle High School in Whitingham started school a little safer, with access to a new amenity: cell service.
  The expanded cell service is thanks to new technology being piloted in the state by a company called CoverageCo. In partnership with the stat
  
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• We're have a live conversation today with @gracepotter about her music career. Tune in at noon to catch it: bit.ly/2vSiFTg #VT

  13-09-2017 16:02 via twitter.com
  We're have a live conversation today with @gracepotter about her music career. Tune in at noon to catch it: bit.ly/2vSiFTg #VT
  
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• Ahead of @GrandPointNorth this weekend, @gracepotter joins us on today's show — what questions do you have? bit.ly/2vSiFTg #VT

  13-09-2017 14:12 via twitter.com
  Ahead of @GrandPointNorth this weekend, @gracepotter joins us on today's show — what questions do you have? bit.ly/2vSiFTg #VT
  
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• Vandal scrawls racist graffiti on Jasper Hill Farm structure

  13-09-2017 05:24 via vtdigger.org
  Racist graffiti was discovered at West Glover’s Andersonville Farm. Photo courtesy Jasper Hill FarmOn Monday afternoon, Jasper Hill Farm posted a photo to its Facebook and Instagram accounts that showed racist graffiti painted on a barn at Andersonville Farm. A swastika and Nazi “SS” symbol, “#get out” and the word “nigger” (censored in the photo by Jasper Hill staff) were visible on the side of the structure.
  The West Glover facility, which is owned by
  
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• Ticonderoga hospital to join UVM Health Network

  13-09-2017 05:18 via vtdigger.org
  Elizabethtown Community Hospital, which is part of the UVM Health Network, is merging with Moses-Ludington Hospital in Ticonderoga.A small hospital in Ticonderoga, New York will become part of the University of Vermont Health Network.
  The network expects the New York Department of Health, New York Attorney General, and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to give final approval for the merger with the Ticonderoga hospital late this fall.UVM Health Network officials say they are not a
  
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• State dedicates $60M ‘one-of-a-kind’ Interstate 91 bridge

  13-09-2017 04:29 via vtdigger.org
  Caleb Linn, of PCL Construction, talks Tuesday about the building of the I-91 bridge in Brattleboro. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro ReformerBRATTLEBORO – The new Interstate 91 bridge in Brattleboro carries about 20,000 vehicles a day, and it’s expected to do so for at least the next 100 years.
  But at a dedication Tuesday for the $60 million structure, the emphasis was less on the bridge’s function and more on its form.
  After initial controversy about the design, a compr
  
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• Residents target limitations of $20M PFOA settlement

  13-09-2017 03:57 via vtdigger.org
  Bottled water in a home in North Bennington. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerBENNINGTON — The state has fielded concerns about homeowners who won’t be getting municipal water and about other aspects of a proposed $20 million settlement over PFOA contamination around former industrial sites.
  About half the properties in Bennington with tainted wells are scheduled to be connected to municipal water lines as part of the deal with Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics.However, the comme
  
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• UPDATED: Man shoots 70-year-old mother in Dartmouth-Hitchcock intensive care unit

  13-09-2017 03:09 via vtdigger.org
  New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald speaks at a news conference in Lebanon, N.H., about an active shooter incident at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center on Sept. 12, 2017. A family member shot and killed a 70-year-old female patient in the Intensive Care Unit earlier in the afternoon. From left are Lebanon Police Chief Richard Mello, John Kacavas, chief legal officer for Dartmouth-Hitchcock, MacDonald, Ed Merrens, chief medical officer at D-H and New Hampshire State Police Col. Chris
  
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• Vermont Gas customers soon can buy into renewable methane

  13-09-2017 01:52 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont Gas Systems’ offices. File photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDiggerVermont Gas Systems will begin offering renewable natural gas — methane produced from landfills, cow manure and other organic sources — this heating season, regulators said last week.The company was required to develop a plan to do so as part of the approval for its recently completed 41-mile natural gas pipeline into Addison County.
  Vermont Gas spokeswoman Beth Parent hailed the Public Utility Commission’
  
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• Linda Mulley: We must see the drug crisis as the national health emergency it is

  13-09-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Linda Mulley, an autism educator who has taught at University of Vermont, Dartmouth College and the Vermont Higher Education Collaborative; she is the co-author of “All Children Matter.” This piece was first published in the Valley News on Sept. 9. 
  Thirty years ago, the AIDS Memorial Quilt project documented the many lives lost to AIDS and raised awareness of the devastations of this disease. This grassroots movement started by a handf
  
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• Janice Shade: Keep Burlington Telecom locally owned

  13-09-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Janice Shade, of Jericho, an entrepreneur and writer with over 25 years experience in strategic planning, brand management and financial strategy. Her current venture is Milk Money L3C, a pioneering “invest local” crowdfunding platform.
  As we head into September, the mayor and City Council of Burlington have the chance to make history … or just repeat it. This month marks the anniversary of the sale of yet another Vermont-based compan
  
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• Kate Duesterberg: Regenerating dairy in Vermont

  13-09-2017 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Kate Duesterberg, who lives and farms in East Thetford. She’s the co-founder of both Cedar Circle Farm and Regeneration Vermont, a nonprofit farm advocacy organization seeking solutions to the state’s dairy crisis.
  My colleagues and I have been on the Vermont back roads for months, visiting all kinds of farms and talking with all varieties of farmers, from Franklin County mega-dairies to Orange County garlic growers. Since 80 percent of Verm
  
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• Class-action fraud suit can go ahead against People’s bank, Quiros

  13-09-2017 00:00 via vtdigger.org
  The lead plaintiff was an investor in the Penthouse Suites project, part of the Hotel Jay. VTDigger file photoA federal judge has given the green light for a proposed class-action investor fraud lawsuit to proceed against Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros and a bank he used.
  The recent ruling by Judge Federico A. Moreno in federal court in Miami comes over the objections of the bank and the ski resort developer.
  The lawsuit, led by Brazilian investor Alexander Daccache, accuses Quiros and People&rsquo
  
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