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• Man who had 16 convictions tossed out now faces twice the charges

  04-10-2017 23:54 via vtdigger.org
  Anthony Bridger, of Rutland, was arrested in 2009 on charges in connection with a burglary spree. Vermont State Police photo
  RUTLAND – A Rutland man who had 16 burglary convictions thrown out recently by the Vermont Supreme Court is now facing more than twice as many charges.
  That’s because Anthony Bridger, 31, had originally been charged in 2009 with 33 offenses in Rutland County, but the number was reduced by over half as part of a plea deal that was recently vacated.
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  04-10-2017 23:47 via twitter.com
  
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• Delegation backs ban on rapid-fire gun device used in Vegas

  04-10-2017 23:39 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks in Washington in favor of a bill to ban so-called bump stocks. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerWASHINGTON — In the wake of the shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 people dead and hundreds injured, more than two dozen senators are backing a bill to crack down on a device that allowed the gunman to fire continuously.From a room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock rained a steady stream of bullets down on a crowd of 22,0
  
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• Public getting chance to quiz officials about Pownal well site

  04-10-2017 23:19 via vtdigger.org
  POWNAL — A public information session is scheduled for Oct. 18 regarding the proposed site for a new Pownal Fire District 2 well to replace the water system’s contaminated one.
  The district hopes to drill a new well to serve the system’s approximately 450 customers on a Northwest Hill Road site that is part of the Pollert Farm property.
  Monday the district board approved the informational session, to be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Pownal Rescue Squad building. Neighbors of the
  
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  04-10-2017 23:14 via twitter.com
  
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• LISTEN: Dorothy's List: Stranded On An Island, 'The Wild Robot' Discovers A Strange New World… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-10-2017 22:18 via twitter.com
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  04-10-2017 22:01 via twitter.com
  
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• Vermont Federal Credit Union announces new chief financial officer

  04-10-2017 19:30 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Federal Credit UnionOct. 3, 2017
  Contact:Kylie J. PerryMarketing StrategistVermont Federal Credit Union(802) 923-1322, (888) 252-0202 Ext. 1322
  [email protected]
  Burlington, VT – Jean Giard, President and CEO of Vermont Federal Credit Union, is pleased to announce that Doug Fisher has joined the Credit Union as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
  Doug joins us from the Town of Essex where he was the Director of Administrative Services. Prior to his e
  
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• Milton appoints veteran officer Sgt. Stephen Laroche as interim police chief

  04-10-2017 19:27 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Town of MiltonOctober 2, 2017
  Contact:Taylor YeatesDirector of Public Safety43 Bombardier DriveMilton, VT 05468
  [email protected]: 802-318-3013
  Milton, Vermont – The Town of Milton announces the appointment of Sergeant Stephen D. Laroche to the position of Interim Chief of Police of the Milton Police Department. Since his appointment in 1992, Sergeant Laroche has continuously served the town as a police officer, detective, and supervising sergeant. Througho
  
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• New VCE study reveals population health of mountain songbirds

  04-10-2017 19:22 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Center for EcostudiesOctober 2, 2017
  Contact:Dr. John LloydVermont Center for Ecostudies
  [email protected]: 802.649.1431 Ext. 207
  NORWICH, VT – A 16-year study of mountain forest songbirds across New York and New England, including thrushes, warblers and other iconic species, has documented their population changes. Although species like Black-capped Chickadee and Swainson’s Thrush have thrived in the mountains during recent decades, some spec
  
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• Grace Cottage Hospital receives Top 20 national award

  04-10-2017 19:17 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Grace Cottage HospitalOct. 3, 2017
  Contact:Andrea Seaton, Grace Cottage Director, Development & Community Relations802-365-9109; [email protected]
  TOWNSHEND, VT—Grace Cottage Hospital recently received national recognition as a “Top 20 Critical Access Hospital (CAH) for Best Practice – Patient Satisfaction.”
  Chief Nursing Officer Lisa Eaton represented Grace Cottage at the awards ceremony Sept. 28 during the National Rural Health Association&r
  
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• H. William Johansen wins esteemed Richard O. Hathaway Award

  04-10-2017 19:13 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Historical SocietyOctober 3, 2017
  Contact:Matthew JohnsonVermont Historical Society60 Washington Street, Barre, VT 05641
  [email protected]
  (802) 479-8519
  Suggested tweet: Vermont Stones – Italian Bones wins Hathaway Award. More @vermonthistory.org/awards
  Montpelier, Vt. – On September 9, 2017, the Vermont Historical Society presented H. William Johansen with the Richard O. Hathaway award for his book Vermont Stones – Italian Bones.
  
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• Working Lands Enterprise Board announces $750,000 in available investments to help grow Vermont’s economy

  04-10-2017 19:08 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & MarketsOct. 3, 2017
  Contact:Trevor AudetVermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
  http://agriculture.vermont.govTel: 802-522-4725
  Today, the Working Lands Enterprise Board (WLEB) is pleased to announce the opening of this year’s grant cycle and the availability of approximately $750,000 in investments for the 2018 program year. Funds support projects across forestry and agriculture that enhance Vermont’s communiti
  
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• St. Albans awarded $10.6 million in USDA Rural Development assistance for wastewater system improvements

  04-10-2017 19:04 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Congressional DelegationOct. 3, 2017
  Contacts:David Carle (Leahy): 202-224-3693
  Dan McLean (Sanders): 802-862-6695
  Kate Hamilton (Welch): 202-440-3340
  WASHINGTON, October 3 – Vermont’s congressional delegation – Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Senator Bernie Sanders (I), and Representative Peter Welch (D) – announced Tuesday that the City of St. Albans was awarded a $10.6 million grant and loan package from United States Department of Agriculture (
  
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• Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1 will update Vietnam War honor roll

  04-10-2017 19:01 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vietnam Veterans of AmericaOct. 3, 2017
  Contact:Andy Megrath, President, VVA Chapter 1: 775-1745
  Jack Crowther, Secretary, VVA Chapter 1: 775-1182
  Chapter 1 of the Vietnam Veterans of America will update the Honor Roll of local veterans who served in the Vietnam War with the addition of several names in time for Veterans Day, Nov. 11. The Honor Roll is located at the Rutland County Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Main Street Park in Rutland.
  The list of those who served has now
  
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• UVM Medical Center works to ‘raise the bar’ on caring for diverse patient population

  04-10-2017 18:49 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — UVMOctober 3, 2017
  Contact:Annie Mackin802-847-2886
  Physicians, nurses, students experience health care through new lens at language expo
  On Friday, 361 members of the community streamed into the 2nd annual Language Access and Communication Expo. Small bouquets of carnations sat on the registration table, color-coded to match flowers pinned to the lapels of different interpreters inside. White, for example, signified an American Sign Language interpreter.
  Inside, interpreter
  
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• Cuban art exhibit at Saint Michael’s – El Yuma

  04-10-2017 18:42 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Saint Michael’s CollegeOctober 3, 2017
  Contact:Mark Tarnacki802.654.2795
  [email protected]
  Thursday, October 19
  Saint Michael’s College presents an exhibition, “El Yuma” — Contemporary Cuban Art in the McCarthy Arts Center Art Gallery, open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., from October 19 through December 15.Curated by Sachie Hernandez and A.D. Guerra. This is an exhibition by contemporary Cuban artists examining images, histories and fantasies ab
  
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• Vermont Humanities fall conference considers impact of technology

  04-10-2017 18:38 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Humanities CouncilOct. 2, 2017
  Contact:Ryan Newswanger, Director of Communications, (802) 262-1354
  The Vermont Humanities Council will consider many questions about technology and its role in human society at its 44th annual fall conference November 17-18 at the University of Vermont’s Dudley H. Davis Center. The conference, called The Double-Edged Sword of Technology, runs from Friday afternoon through Saturday.
  Technology may be the primary source of progress
  
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• CPA Mutual Insurance is first captive insurance company to invest in affordable housing tax credits

  04-10-2017 18:31 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Champlain Housing TrustOctober 3, 2017
  Contact: Chris DonnellyDirector of Community RelationsChamplain Housing Trust(802) 862-6244
  Legislative change went in effect in July that allows Captives to help Vermonters obtain an affordable home
  Burlington, Vermont – CPA Mutual Insurance Company of America Risk Retention Group has been the first captive insurance company to take advantage of an expansion of eligible investors in the State of Vermont’s Affordable Ho
  
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• Man charged in Maidstone with importing exotic snakes

  04-10-2017 18:11 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Fish & Wildlife DepartmentOctober 3, 2017
  Media Contacts:Col. Jason Batchelder, 802-828-1529; Sgt. Chad Barrett, 802-224-6324
  MAIDSTONE, Vt. – A Connecticut man has been charged with a wildlife violation after a dozen wild eastern hognose snakes were found in his possession at his property in Maidstone. David Buyak, 42, was charged with illegally importing wildlife and faces fines up to $722.
  Eastern hognose snakes are found in the wild in Connecticut, but
  
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• Howard Center supported employment program hosts visitors from Japan

  04-10-2017 18:08 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Howard CenterOctober 3, 2017
  Contact:Martie Majoros
  [email protected]
  BURLINGTON, VT— Howard Center’s Career Connections, a supported employment program forindividuals with mental health challenges, recently hosted a group of visitors from Japan, including Teruo Hayashi, M.D., Ph.D., Visiting Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the Kurume University School of Medicine. During the visit, Dr. Hayashi visited with program coordinators, s
  
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• Utilities, governor, mayor announce new electric vehicle incentives for low- and moderate-income Vermonters

  04-10-2017 18:02 via vtdigger.org
  News Release 00 Mayor Miro WeinbergerOctober 3, 2017
  Contacts:Rebecca Kelley, Office of the Governor, 802.828.6403, [email protected] Vane, Office of Mayor Miro Weinberger, 802.734.0617, [email protected] Kanarick, Burlington Electric Department, 802.735.7962, [email protected] Carlson, Green Mountain Power, 802.229.8200, [email protected] Burt, Stowe Electric Department, 802.253.7215, [email protected] Cohen, Ver
  
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• Norwich board, teachers near deal

  04-10-2017 17:45 via vtdigger.org
  Kids skate on the common in front of the Marion Cross School in Norwich. Wikipedia Commons photo byStephen Flanders(This story by Rob Wolfe was published in the Valley News on Oct. 3, 2017.)
  NORWICH — Norwich School Board negotiators this week announced they had reached a “tentative” agreement with their union counterparts on a two-year contract for teachers at the Marion Cross School.
  The terms of employment, which still have to be ratified by the teachers and the full School
  
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  04-10-2017 17:13 via twitter.com
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• High School Sports And Head Injuries: Managing The Risk dlvr.it/PsKkxX https://t.co/PJh3kSrH9C

  04-10-2017 15:51 via twitter.com
  
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• Teachers strike averted in South Burlington

  04-10-2017 11:21 via vtdigger.org
  Schools in South Burlington will be open Wednesday after an early morning agreement averted a planned teacher’s strike.
  The Burlington Free Press and WCAX-TV report a tentative deal between the teachers and school board was reached after 10 hours of mediation. Talks began at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
  The teachers union had said they would go on strike beginning Wednesday after the last round of talks, an eight-hour bargaining session that ended last Friday morning, failed to produce a deal.A fede
  
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• Teacher strike averted in South Burlington

  04-10-2017 11:21 via vtdigger.org
  Schools in South Burlington will be open Wednesday after an early morning agreement averted a planned teacher’s strike.
  The Burlington Free Press and WCAX-TV report a tentative deal between the teachers and school board was reached after 10 hours of mediation. Talks began at 5 pm on Tuesday.
  The teachers had said they would go on strike beginning Wednesday if an agreement wasn’t reached. The teachers made that decision after the last round of talks, an eight-hour bargaining session t
  
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• Ben & Jerry’s signs ‘Milk with Dignity’ pact with migrant workers

  04-10-2017 03:47 via vtdigger.org
  Migrant Justice leader Enrique Balcazar is the first to sign the agreement. Photo by Kelsey Neubauer/VTDiggerVermont migrant workers filled Church Street with the sound of cheers Tuesday as Jostein Solheim, the CEO of Ben & Jerry’s signed a legally binding agreement, nearly three years in the making, to improve dairy farm standards in Vermont.The agreement, called Milk with Dignity, aims to protect migrant dairy workers from unsafe working environments. It will apply to all dairy farms
  
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• Strong market boosts Vermont Yankee trust fund

  04-10-2017 01:17 via vtdigger.org
  The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon. Photo courtesy of the Nuclear Regulatory CommissionVERNON – It’s been a good year for financial markets, and that’s good news for the Vermont Yankee decommissioning trust fund.
  New figures show that the fund has grown by $13 million this year despite Entergy making regular, substantial withdrawals.
  Entergy administrators say the gains are directly attributable to strong investment returns.
  The trust fund is “conservatively
  
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• Sabrina Melendez: A fee and dividend model of carbon pricing

  04-10-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Sabrina Melendez, a student at Bennington College who is a part of the Bennington Environmental Action Group and a member of the Bennington Climate Advocates, Bennington’s local 350 chapter . She is a student fellow with Our Climate, which works to battle climate change with policy solutions.
  Imagine getting a $500 check in the mail once a year. Imagine that everyone else in your neighborhood or town receives the same exact $500 check, regardless
  
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• Senators show frustration at immigration hearing

  04-10-2017 01:02 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. Photo courtesy of U.S. SenateWASHINGTON — One month after the Justice Department announced intentions to end an Obama-era immigration program, administration officials took questioning from senators.
  In September, the Trump administration announced plans to wind down the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, or DACA, beginning in March of next year.
  Under the program, created by an executive order in 2012, some undocumented immigrants who arrived in the
  
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• Barrie Dunsmore: Trump and the race card

  04-10-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary by retired ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore first appeared in the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus and Rutland Herald Sunday edition. All his columns can be found on his website, www.barriedunsmore.com.
  Before the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and ‘65; before the Supreme Court ruled against segregated schools in 1953; before President Harry Truman’s 1948 executive order to begin the process of integrating the U.S. military; the most impor
  
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• Jim Stephenson: State should be held responsible for EB-5 mess

  04-10-2017 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Jim Stephenson, of Stowe, a retired corporate executive who worked in acquisitions and mergers and strategic planning in New York City.
  The Stowe Reporter recently published an article  written by VTDigger. The article reports on the lawsuit by Barr Law in Stowe trying to represent investors in the Jay Peak Ponzi scheme. The suit is against 10 Vermont officials who allowed this scam to continue and get new investors for Jay Peak, Newport and Burke
  
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• Scott calls for political ‘decency’ at energy forum

  04-10-2017 00:17 via vtdigger.org
  Two AllSun Trackers manufactured by AllEarth Renewables at a home in Alburgh. AllEarth Renewables photoSOUTH BURLINGTON — Gov. Phil Scott delivered a plea for unity at a renewable energy conference Tuesday, and touted Vermonters independent spirit while making a pitch for a Canadian energy company.
  Attendees at the 2017 Renewable Energy Vermont conference in South Burlington would hear plenty on the topic of renewable energy, Scott said, so it was an opportune time to speak on other import
  
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