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• Castleton University president named

  01-10-2017 22:31 via vtdigger.org
  Karen Scolforo, the president of CastletonUniversity. Courtesy photoThe Board of Trustees of the Vermont State College System unanimously appointed Karen Scolforo to be President of Castleton University, Thursday afternoon at their annual retreat.
  In December, Scolforo will take over for retiring President Dave Wolk.VSCS Chancellor Jeb Spaulding backed the Board’s decision. “We know we can’t clone Dave Wolk, but I am confident that, in Karen Scolforo, the Board of Trustees has
  
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• Smith: Saying sorry is never easy

  01-10-2017 22:20 via vtdigger.org
  Gov. Phil Scott speaks at Tony Pomerleau’s 100th birthday party at the Lake Champlain Sailing Center in Burlington. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDiggerMike 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 services under former Gov. Jim Douglas.
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• Bechdel’s musical comes home to Vermont Stage

  01-10-2017 22:07 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont cartoonist laureate Alison Bechdel’s life inspired the Broadway musical “Fun Home,” which is set for its state premiere at Burlington’s Vermont Stage. Photo courtesy the MacArthur Foundation
  Before Alison Bechdel was named Vermont cartoonist laureate and winner of a $625,000 MacArthur “genius” grant, she was in a less-than-happy place.
  Specifically, her family’s hauntingly Victorian funeral home.
  “Caption: My Dad and I both grew up in the s
  
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• Alison Bechdel’s Broadway musical comes home to Burlington’s Vermont Stage

  01-10-2017 22:07 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont cartoonist laureate Alison Bechdel’s life inspired the Broadway musical “Fun Home,” which is set for its state premiere at Burlington’s Vermont Stage. Photo courtesy the MacArthur Foundation
  Before Alison Bechdel was named Vermont cartoonist laureate and winner of a $625,000 MacArthur “genius” grant, she was in a less-than-happy place.
  Specifically, her family’s hauntingly Victorian funeral home.
  “Caption: My Dad and I both grew up in the s
  
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• ‘Healthy Homes’ initiative buys fourth property in Bennington

  01-10-2017 20:38 via vtdigger.org
  The first Bennington home rehabilitated through the Healthy Homes for Bennington program. The program is a collaboration between Southwestern Vermont Health Care and The Bank of Bennington. Courtesy photo
  (This story by Ed Damon was first published in the Bennington Banner on Sept. 28, 2017.
  BENNINGTON— A Grove Street home will be the fourth home renovated by Healthy Homes for Bennington program.The house is one of four properties acquired at tax sale by Healthy Homes, a low-profit limited
  
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• Feds must spend more on opiate crisis, state officials say

  01-10-2017 20:11 via vtdigger.org
  WASHINGTON —As the opiate addiction crisis plays out in communities in Vermont and across the nation, the issue has become increasingly prominent on the federal stage.
  President Donald Trump created a commission earlier this year, headed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, to make recommendations about how to stem opiate abuse.In an interim report issued in July, the commission urged Trump to declare a national emergency.
  “With approximately 142 Americans dying every day, America is e
  
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• .@JaneLindholm visited 4 #VT dairy farms with Steve Wadsworth, a large animal vet. Find audio, photos, videos here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-10-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  .@JaneLindholm visited 4 #VT dairy farms with Steve Wadsworth, a large animal vet. Find audio, photos, videos here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Then Again: Fairbanks brothers built St. Johnsbury’s economy and culture

  01-10-2017 19:00 via vtdigger.org
  An 1876 etching shows the factories and mills that formed E & T Fairbanks & Co. of St. Johnsbury. The platform scale manufacturer was the principal employer in St. Johnsbury for generations. Library of Congress image(“Then Again” is Mark Bushnell’s column about Vermont history.)
  If not for hemp, St. Johnsbury wouldn’t be what it is today – a small town with the feel of a small city and cultural resources to match. Credit for the town’s early business b
  
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• AARP appeals Vermont Gas infrastructure case

  01-10-2017 12:04 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont Gas has illegally forced existing customers to subsidize a rough doubling of the company’s infrastructure in the state, the AARP contends in a case currently being appealed before the Vermont Supreme Court.
  Vermont Gas says the move is part of a strategy to keep rates on its natural gas low and predictable, and says the state has on numerous occasions reviewed, litigated and approved the funding in question.
  Attorneys are currently filing briefs in the case, in preparation for oral
  
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• State troubled by Vermont Yankee rubble plan

  01-10-2017 11:28 via vtdigger.org
  The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon. Photo courtesy of the Nuclear Regulatory CommissionBRATTLEBORO – State regulators and anti-nuclear activists are taking a stand against a proposal to reuse large amounts of Vermont Yankee’s concrete as fill when the plant is decommissioned.
  The latest objections to the so-called “rubblization” plan come from the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and the state Public Service Department. Officials wonder whether the former
  
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