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• Plaintiffs in PFOA suit must submit medical records

  16-10-2017 23:57 via vtdigger.org
  The former ChemFab Corp. factory in North Bennington. Residents suing over PFOA contamination will have to provide some medical records, though not as much information as requested by the company. File photo by Jim Therrien/VTDiggerBENNINGTON — The judge in a proposed class-action suit over PFOA contamination of properties around former ChemFab Corp. plants is giving the defense access to plaintiffs’ medical records.
  However, District Judge Geoffrey Crawford termed the request from S
  
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• National Democratic figure Keith Ellison headlining state party event

  16-10-2017 22:42 via vtdigger.org
  Keith Ellison at the Democratic National Committee forum in Baltimore in February. File photo by Jasper Craven/VTDiggerThe Minnesota congressman whom Sen. Bernie Sanders favored to be the chair of the Democratic National Committee is coming to Vermont.
  Rep. Keith Ellison, who became deputy national committee chair after losing his bid for the top spot early this year, will be speaking at a Vermont Democratic Party fundraising event Nov. 9.Vermont Democratic Party Chair Faisal Gill invited Elliso
  
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• Vermont inmate dies at Pennsylvania prison

  16-10-2017 22:24 via vtdigger.org
  Block J at the Camp Hill prison in Pennsylvania, where Vermonters are housed. File photo by Jasper Craven/VTDiggerThe state is looking into the death of a Vermont inmate early Sunday at a prison in Pennsylvania.Roger Brown, 68, was pronounced dead about 5:45 a.m. of what appeared to be a medical issue, the Vermont Department of Corrections said Monday.He was being held at the SCI Camp Hill facility, which houses Vermont inmates under a contract with the state.
  In keeping with policy, the Vermont
  
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• Plea deal filed for South Burlington school threat suspect

  16-10-2017 20:48 via vtdigger.org
  BURLINGTON — Josiah Leach, the teenager accused of making threats against fellow South Burlington High School students and teachers, has reached a plea agreement, court filings indicate.
  Leach was arrested in April after a series of escalating threats through a web of email accounts, Facebook and a phone call. The threats led to three days of lockdowns at the high school and a one-day cancellation of classes districtwide.A photo of Josiah Leach from his public Facebook page. He is charged
  
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• LISTEN: Have We Finally Reached The Age Of The Electric Car? dlvr.it/PvyhhK https://t.co/6KwDoeEkO8

  16-10-2017 20:31 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: Have We Finally Reached The Age Of The Electric Car? dlvr.it/PvyhhK https://t.co/6KwDoeEkO8
  
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• Wheels for Warmth seeking used tire donations to help vulnerable Vermonters

  16-10-2017 20:18 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Capstone Community ActionOct. 16, 2017
  Contact:Yvonne Lory, Capstone Community ActionPhone: (802) 479-1053Email: [email protected]
  (BARRE, VT) – Wheels for Warmth starts its tire collection today at 11 locations around the state. Tires collected over the next two weeks will be either recycled or sold at affordable prices so Vermonters are safe on the road this winter. All proceeds from the event go to emergency heating assistance throughout Vermont provided by Capst
  
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• City Market announces recipients for local food projects

  16-10-2017 19:33 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — City MarketOctober 16, 2017
  Contact:Allison Hope (Formerly Weinhagen)Director of Community Engagement, City Market802-861-9750
  [email protected]
  $30,000 to be donated to support the Vermont food system
  Burlington, VT – City Market has announced the 2017 recipients of its Co-op Patronage Seedling Grants, a grants program to support the local food system. In 2016, the Co-op Patronage Seedling Grant recipients received over $56,000 in grant funding
  
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• Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for Oct. 16-20, 2017

  16-10-2017 19:28 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Office of Mayor Miro WeinbergerOctober 16, 2017
  Contact:Katie Vane802.734.0617
  Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for October 16 – 20, 2017:
  Monday, October 166:00 pm Board of Finance Meeting – Conference Room 12, City Hall7:00 pm City Council Meeting – Contois Auditorium, City Hall
  Tuesday, October 176:00 pm Innovation Week Keynote Event: Burlington Gigabit City – UVM Alumni House
  Wednesday, October 188:00 amMornings with Miro &
  
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• Longtime UVM professor Raul Hilberg subject of three-day conference in Berlin

  16-10-2017 19:25 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — UVMOct. 13, 2017
  Contact:Jeff Wakefield, [email protected], 802-578-8830
  On 10th Anniversary of his Death
  Raul Hilberg, a towering figure in the field of Holocaust Studies who taught political science at the University of Vermont for 36 years, will be the subject of a three-day academic conference October 18-20 in Berlin on the tenth anniversary of his death.
  UVM’s Miller Center for Holocaust Studies is one of the conference’s sponsors, along with the Uni
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott’s public schedule appearance schedule Oct. 14-20, 2017

  16-10-2017 19:14 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Gov. Phil ScottOct. 13, 2017
  Contact:Ethan T. LatourAsst. Director of Policy and Communications802.828.3333
  [email protected]
  governor.vermont.gov
  Governor Phil Scott’s Public Schedule: 10/14/17 – 10/20/17
  Saturday, October 14
  No public events scheduled
  Sunday, October 15
  No public events scheduled
  Monday, October 16
  12:30 PMPress Conference with Secretary of State Jim CondosOn Addressing Substance Use Disorder WorkforceGovernor’s Ceremonial Office,
  
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• Vermont PBS celebrates 50th anniversary

  16-10-2017 19:07 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont PBSOct. 13, 2017
  Contact:Julia Andrews, Vermont PBS
  [email protected] / 802.655.4891
  www.vermontpbs.org
  Station Thanks Viewers with Birthday Events and a Look Back “From the Archives”
  Colchester, Vt. – October 6, 2017 – On October 16, Vermont PBS proudly celebrates 50 years of serving the people of Vermont and its surrounding regions with a week of commemorative events and special programming chronicling the station’s half century
  
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• Social impact firm invests in tech start-up

  16-10-2017 19:02 via vtdigger.org
  Press Release — Vermont WorksOctober 13, 2017
  Contact:Robert Zulkoski, Vermont Works
  [email protected]
  Mark Naud, Vermont Innovation Commons
  [email protected]
  Benjamin Boas, Burlington Code Academy
  [email protected]
  Kevin Ellis, Ellis-Mills Public Affairs802.371.8112; [email protected]
  Burlington, VT — Vermont Works Management Company, LLC, announced today a major investment in Burlington Code Academy, a boot-camp style educational organization that helps Ve
  
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• VSAC scholarship season opens Nov. 1

  16-10-2017 18:58 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — VSACOct. 12, 2017
  Media Contact:Sabina Haskell802-542-2240
  [email protected]
  More than 126 scholarships worth $5.7 million to be awarded
  WINOOSKI (Oct. 12, 2017)—Vermont Student Assistance Corp.’s annual publication, Scholarships for Vermonters, is now available with information on more than 126 programs for eligible Vermonters looking to finance their education and training after high school.
  Scholarships—like grants—are financial aid that you do not
  
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• Community College of Vermont faculty overwhelmingly vote yes to union

  16-10-2017 18:51 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — CCV:October 12, 2017
  Contacts:Emily Casey 802.338.2436
  [email protected]
  Matt McGrath 802.373.0133
  [email protected]
  MONTPELIER, VT — Ballots from 435 Community College of Vermont (CCV) faculty were counted Thursday at the Vermont Labor Relations Board. CCV faculty voted by mail on the question of whether to join the AFT Vermont union. 300 CCV faculty voted yes to join AFT Vermont (70% of ballots cast) in order to negotiate for an improved CCV for fa
  
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• Essex High School Teacher named 2018 Vermont Teacher of the Year

  16-10-2017 18:45 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Agency of EducationOctober 12, 2017
  Contact:Haley Jones, (802) 479-1111
  Rebecca Gile, (802) 479-1718
  Barre, VT. – The Vermont Agency of Education today honored Linda Cloutier-Namdar, M.Ed., an Essex High School (EHS) English teacher, as the 2018 Vermont Teacher of the Year during the 2017 University of Vermont (UVM) Outstanding Teacher Day event.
  Also recognized were:2018 Vermont Teacher of the Year Alternate Sara Doncaster, M.F.A., Music Director at Lake Regio
  
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• Vermont National Guard medical team returns from Virgin Islands recovery effort

  16-10-2017 18:42 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont National GuardFriday, 13 Oct 2017
  Contact:POC: MAJ Chris GookinPHONE: (802) 338-3478BB: (802) 338-0929
  “I would like to welcome home our Vermont Soldiers and Airmen that provided  medical support to the recovery efforts in the US Virgin Islands,” said Maj. Gen. Steven Cray, the adjutant general, Vermont National Guard.
  A team of 19 Soldiers and Airmen consisting of a variety of medical specialties; nurses, physician assistants, medical admi
  
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• Vermont Department of Labor recognizes Vermont businesses for exemplary workplace safety

  16-10-2017 18:39 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Department of LaborOctober 13, 2017
  Contact:Stephen MonahanVermont Department of Labor
  [email protected]
  www.labor.vermont.gov
  Suggested Tweet: #VDOL and @GovPhilScott recognize businesses for having safe and healthy workplaces. #vtjobs #thinkvtjobs #vt
  South Burlington, VT – The Vermont Department of Labor and Governor Phil Scott recognized several Vermont businesses Friday for their strong commitment to providing safe, healthy and effective workplac
  
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• UPDATED: Rep. Oliver Olsen stepping down; town clerk seeks seat

  16-10-2017 17:47 via vtdigger.org
  Rep. Oliver Olsen, I-Londonderry. File photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDigger(Editor’s note: Greg Sukiennik of the Manchester Journal contributed to this story, which first appeared in that newspaper. It was updated and expanded Oct. 16 at 2:15 p.m.)
  LONDONDERRY — With independent Rep. Oliver Olsen stepping down before the end of his term, Londonderry Town Clerk Kelly MacLaury Pajala is seeking appointment to his seat.
  “I have been committed to serving our community in a variety of ro
  
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• Viacom CEO expounds on complexity of today’s entertainment market

  16-10-2017 17:29 via vtdigger.org
  Fusion network journalist Alicia Menendez, left, interviewed Viacom president and CEO Bob Bakish on Friday at Burr and Burton Academy’s Riley Center for the Arts as part of ITVFest. Photo by Cherise Madigan/Manchester Journal(This story by Cherise Madigan was published in the Bennington Banner on Oct. 16, 2017.)
  MANCHESTER — Viacom CEO Bob Bakish believes that there has never been a more important time for high-quality entertainment — as long as that entertainment is produced w
  
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• Dr. Lisa Aultman-Hall, professor at @UVM_TRC, and Dave Roberts, @DriveElectricVT coordinator with @veic join us for… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-10-2017 16:54 via twitter.com
  Dr. Lisa Aultman-Hall, professor at @UVM_TRC, and Dave Roberts, @DriveElectricVT coordinator with @veic join us for… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Do you have questions about electric vehicles? Or do you use one? We'll be talking about them on today's show: digital.vpr.net/post/have-we-f… #VT

  16-10-2017 15:55 via twitter.com
  Do you have questions about electric vehicles? Or do you use one? We'll be talking about them on today's show: digital.vpr.net/post/have-we-f… #VT
  
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• Vermont physicians propose go-slow approach on pot legalization

  16-10-2017 06:43 via vtdigger.org
  Marijuana. File photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDigger(This story is by Nora Doyle-Burr of the Valley News, in which it first appeared Oct. 15, 2017.)
  WOODSTOCK — On the heels of a legislative session in which Vermont lawmakers expanded the state’s medical marijuana program and nearly legalized the drug, the Vermont Medical Society may soon reaffirm its opposition to legalization.
  And some physicians, including two specialists at the University of Vermont Medical Center, have proposed addi
  
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• Sanders-led law hasn’t cured veterans health care issues

  16-10-2017 06:18 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., receives the Veterans of Foreign Wars Congressional Award during a 2015 ceremony. Photo courtesy of Sanders’ office
  (This story is by Jasper Craven, VTDigger’s former political reporter. To read more of his work, click here.
  In the spring of 2014, a scandal at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Phoenix rocked the federal agency that Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., had long defended and now as chair of a key committee was tasked with overseeing.
  Hospital employees
  
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• The untold story of Vermont’s ‘compassionate stranger’

  16-10-2017 04:43 via vtdigger.org
  Dublin’s Famine Memorial features gaunt bronze sculptures representing survivors of the 1845-49 potato blight in Ireland. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  DUBLIN, Ireland — Browse most any bookstore in this Celtic city and, amid biographies of mythic local man upon mythic local man, you’ll find a history or two about a 19th-century American woman named Asenath Hatch Nicholson.
  “In Ireland she is best remembered for her sympathetic depictions of the country and its p
  
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• Land deal to clear way for Montpelier to transform part of downtown

  16-10-2017 04:25 via vtdigger.org
  A drawing from the latest plans for the new transit center in Montpelier shows the south elevation. Courtesy of city of Montpelier(This story is by Ivan Shadis, a freelance writer from Montpelier.)Montpelier expects to put the final major piece of the development puzzle into place this week for its long-awaited One Taylor Street transit center, allowing construction to start in the spring.The project includes a publicly owned transportation hub operated by Green Mountain Transit, with an anticip
  
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• Jake Claro: Economic development in the local food economy

  16-10-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Jake Claro, who is the director of the Farm to Plate program of the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund. 
  When you ask people their definition of the Vermont food economy, they’ll often talk about farms, farmers markets or CSAs. What’s often missing from the conversation are the supply chain of local businesses such as distributors, food processors and manufacturers, and seed, feed and equipment dealers.
  Vermont’s local food economy not
  
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• Don Keelan: Uncover the coverup

  16-10-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Don Keelan, a retired certified public accountant and resident of Arlington. The piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner.
  Gov. Phil Scott announced on Sept. 27 that he has not ruled out establishing a special prosecutor to delve into the massive fraud perpetrated on hundreds of investors and contractors in the Northeast Kingdom.
  It would have been more impressive to have heard that Gov. Scott and the leaders of the Vermont Legislature were naming
  
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• Barrie Dunsmore: The fall of Da Nang

  16-10-2017 00:55 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.
  To watch of Ken Burns’ entire 10-episode, 18-hour “The Vietnam War” is a profound experience. Having lived through the era, and having spent time there, I considered myself reasonably well acquainted with the subject. But it turn
  
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• Brattleboro Literary Festival turns personal and political

  16-10-2017 00:22 via vtdigger.org
  Former U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic speaks at a Brattleboro Literary Festival panel discussion titled “Poetry of Witness: Where the Personal Meets the Political — Writing and Witnessing in an Age of Resistance.” Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  BRATTLEBORO — When Michelle Burford was growing up in Phoenix, she didn’t know she’d go on to work the night shift at a Sears store in Colorado, earn a master’s degree in educational psychology from Harv
  
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• Vermont colleges eschew federal changes on sex assault

  16-10-2017 00:06 via vtdigger.org
  President Donald Trump poses with students at a school in Florida. At left is U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. Photo courtesy of White HouseWASHINGTON — When Maddie Orcutt came forward to report sexual misconduct by one of her fellow students at Middlebury College a few years ago, the process that followed was not easy.
  “It was very hard,” Orcutt said in an interview last week. “It was very imperfect.”
  However, she said, the guidance the Obama administration
  
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