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• Richmond chief hospitalized after car chase

  23-10-2017 22:51 via vtdigger.org
  BURLINGTON — Richmond Police Chief Alan Buck was hospitalized over the weekend following an unspecified medical event that occurred during the pursuit of a burglary suspect, according to State Police.
  Buck and the Richmond Police Department were among several police agencies that responded Friday to assist in a pursuit that started in Jericho and ended several miles into the woods near Stowe.
  According to the Richmond Town website, Buck was moved from intensive care to a regular room at th
  
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• Personal, corporate income taxes underperform in September

  23-10-2017 21:44 via vtdigger.org
  The state of Vermont brought in less money in taxes and fees in September than officials had projected.
  Vermont’s general fund — the main pot of money that funds state government expenses, including health care — brought in just under $145 million from all revenue sources, less than the target of approximately $148 million.
  Susanne Young, the secretary of the Agency of Administration. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerPersonal income taxes underperformed, bringing in $2.87 m
  
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• Wired for Safety: Shutting the door on malware

  23-10-2017 21:15 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: Wired for Safety is a weekly column on cybersecurity and other tech issues. Duane Dunston is an assistant professor of cybersecurity and networking at Champlain College. He received his bachelor’s and master’s of science from Pfeiffer College. From 2001 to 2011 he worked in cybersecurity for NOAA. He is a first-year doctoral student at Northeastern University. His other activities include “You Have A Voice,” a project to develop an electronic screenin
  
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• Vermonters call on TD Bank to stop funding pipelines

  23-10-2017 21:09 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — 350 VermontOct. 23, 2017
  Press Contacts:National: Matt Remle (Co-Founder) [email protected], (206) 639-3610Jackie Fielder (Organizer) [email protected], (562) 313-2324
  Local: Maeve McBride, 802-999-2820, [email protected]
  Vermont, October 23, 2017 —
  Today, seven simultaneous actions in Vermont and New Hampshire target TD Bank and Bank of America as funders of tar sands pipeline projects. TD Bank and Bank of America are two of 17 banks that have loaned Dakota Acce
  
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• Aldrich Library hosts documentary, ‘The Healthcare Movie’ on Oct. 25

  23-10-2017 20:39 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Aldrich Public LibraryOct. 23, 2017
  Contact:Giovanna Lepore(802) 899-4470
  EVENT: THE HEALTHCARE MOVIE: A FREE PUBLIC SCREENING AND DISCUSSION
  DATE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017
  TIME: 6PM
  LOCATION: ALDRICH PUBLIC LIBRARY/6 WASHINGTON STREET/BARRE, VT 05641
  CONTACT: SARAH COSTA, DIRECTOR OF ALDRICH PUBLIC LIBRARY/(802) 476-7550
  SPONSORS: VT LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS/VT PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM (PNHP)
  SPEAKER: MARVIN MALEK, MD, EXECUTIVE BOARD OF VERMONT PNHP AND AD
  
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• Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for Oct. 23-27, 2017

  23-10-2017 20:31 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Mayor Miro WeinbergerOctober 20, 2017
  Contact:Katie Vane802.734.0617
  Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for October 23 – 27, 2017:
  Monday, October 23 – Tuesday, October 24No public appearances scheduled
  Wednesday, October 258:00 am Mornings with Miro – The Bagel Café, 1127 North Avenue5:25 pm Burlington Mayor’s Show, Live @ 5:25 – Mayor to discuss Sustainable Infrastructure Plan progress and new Capital Plan Portal w
  
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• Leahy meets with Puerto Rico’s governor

  23-10-2017 20:27 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Patrick LeahyOct. 20, 2017
  Cibtact:Jay Tilton202-224-2667
  WASHINGTON (Friday, Oct. 20, 2017) – Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) late Thursday met with the Governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselló, ahead of Senate consideration of emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to recent natural disasters.
  Leahy said: “As a Vermonter, a Senator and the Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I assured
  
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• Senate budget resolution vote puts health care for Vermonters at risk

  23-10-2017 20:23 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Rights & DemocracyOctober 20, 2017
  Media Contact:Shay Totten
  [email protected](802) 324-3198
  The Senate Budget Resolution Vote Puts Health Care for Vermonters at Risk to Give Huge Tax Cuts to the Wealthy
  Resolution sets up blueprint for tax cuts that disproportionately benefit wealthy households while cutting health care and education for everyone else
  BURLINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted late last evening to approve a Budget Resolution that sets a framework for cuts to
  
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• Steinway announces Vermont Piano Showcase at VCFA

  23-10-2017 20:19 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Steinway & SonsOct. 20, 2017
  Contact:Anthony Gilroy
  [email protected]
  www.steinway.com/vermont
  ASTORIA, NY (October 20, 2017) – Steinway & Sons announces an upcoming “Steinway Comes to Vermont” promotion featuring free piano presentations, musical performances, and a two-day sales event offering significantly reduced prices on Steinway and Steinway-designed Boston and Essex pianos. The “Steinway Comes to Vermont” promotional event wil
  
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• UVM Medical Center announces selection of Isabelle Desjardins as new chief medical officer

  23-10-2017 20:14 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — UVM Medical CenterOctober 19, 2017
  Contact:Annie Mackin802-847-2886
  Chosen candidate has held clinical leadership roles with the organization since 2003
  BURLINGTON, VT – The UVM Medical Center is pleased to announce that Isabelle Desjardins, MD, has accepted the position of Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the University of Vermont Medical Center, effective October 1.
  Dr. Desjardins is an attending psychiatrist and associate professor of Psychiatry at UVM’s Larner
  
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• Big Data, Politics and the 2020 Election — Public Talk and Call To Action with Jeff Chester, Center for Digital Democracy

  23-10-2017 20:09 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — CCTV Center for Media & DemocracyOct. 19, 2017
  Contact:Lauren-Glenn Davitian
  [email protected]
  Big Data, Politics and the 2020 ElectionPublic Talk and Call To Action with Jeff Chester, Center for Digital DemocracyThursday, November 9th | City Hall in Burlington, VermontReception at 5:30 p.m. | Public Talk at 6 p.m.$10+ Donation Encouraged to Support CCTV Free Speech Defense Fund
  Produced by CCTV Center for Media & Democracy in partnership with ACLU of Ver
  
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REDC to celebrate Rutland County successes

  23-10-2017 20:04 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Rutland Economic Development Corp.October 19, 2017
  Contact:Lyle Jepson – 802-770-7061
  RUTLAND, VT – Rutland Economic Development Corporation (REDC) has announced the agenda for its 80th annual meeting, set for Thursday, November 2, 2017 from 5-7 p.m. in the Casella Theater at Castleton University. Governor Phil Scott will provide the keynote address.
  “Through collaboration with many partners, our efforts this year have furthered the major strategic shift es
  
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• WNUB-FM celebrates 50 years of Norwich University Radio

  23-10-2017 19:58 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Norwich UniversityOct. 19, 2017
  Contact:Daphne Larkin 802-485-2886
  [email protected] us on Twitter @NorwichNews
  NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University officials announced that beginning on Thursday, Oct. 19, WNUB-FM will count down 50 days until Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, when the university’s radio station will celebrate 50 years on air with a reception and prizes in the Wise Campus Center’s The Mill from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  Members of the public are invite
  
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• LISTEN: As Boy Scouts Go Co-ed, Challenges To Scouting For Boys And Girls dlvr.it/PxBqJ2 https://t.co/ZpLKe1GYwO

  23-10-2017 19:56 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: As Boy Scouts Go Co-ed, Challenges To Scouting For Boys And Girls dlvr.it/PxBqJ2 https://t.co/ZpLKe1GYwO
  
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• Scott Schirling announce launch of new economic development and marketing initiative, ‘ThinkVermont’

  23-10-2017 18:22 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Agency of Commerce and Community DevelopmentOctober 20, 2017
  Media Contact:Elaine Sopchak, Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development802-505-1795, [email protected]
  Rebecca Kelley, Office of the Governor802-828-6403, [email protected]
  Essex Junction, Vt. – In a press conference Friday, Governor Phil Scott announced the launch of ThinkVermont.com, a new website that will connect existing and prospective Vermont businesses and workers to the r
  
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• Sanders to run as an independent in 2018

  23-10-2017 18:10 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. Bernie Sanders. File photo by Alexander Silberman/VTDiggerWASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders will run for re-election to his seat in the U.S. Senate next year.
  Sanders told reporters in New Hampshire on Sunday that he will seek re-election to his Senate seat running as an independent, which Sanders has traditionally done. He said he would not run as a Democrat, the party flag he ran under when he campaigned for the presidential nomination in 2016.
  “I am an independent, and I have
  
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• Brigadier Gen. Michel A. Natali to speak at Norwich University Veterans Day observance

  23-10-2017 18:00 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Norwich UniversityOct 19, 2017
  Contact:Daphne Larkin 802-485-2886
  [email protected] us on Twitter @NorwichNews
  www.norwich.edu
  NORTHFIELD, Vt. –Norwich University will observe Veterans Day by conducting a Corps of Cadets review in honor of all veterans, past and present. The reviewing officer and guest speaker is Brigadier General Michel Natali, Norwich Class of 1987.Veterans, the public, and those currently serving in the Armed Forces of the United States are
  
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• CVOEO announces the Crystal Family New Hope Award

  23-10-2017 17:34 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — CVOEOOct. 20, 2017
  Contact:Joan White, [email protected]; 862-2771 ext. 744
  Burlington, VT. – The Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) is excited to announce the establishment of a new annual award for members of the New American community: The Crystal Family New Hope Award. In this inaugural year, there will be two awards of $500 granted to Fardowsa Ibrahim and Abdelali Amrani. The awards will be presented at festivities to be held at the Bobbin M
  
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• The ‘Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance’ medical lecture is Nov. 13 in Manchester Center

  23-10-2017 17:28 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
  Contact:Ashley Brenon JowettCommunications & Marketing SpecialistPhone: 802.447.5019 | Fax: 802.447.5214
  [email protected]
  Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning and Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Present The Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
  BENNINGTON, VT—October 20, 2017—Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) and Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) will partner to present a
  
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• Union: Health care premium increase pushes proposed UVM raises below cost of living

  23-10-2017 17:16 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — United AcademicsOctober 20, 2017
  Contact:Tom Streeter – (802) 598-9348
  BURLINGTON, VT – Contract negotiations between faculty and the administration are about to enter mediation at Vermont’s largest university and the increase in health care premiums is emerging as a key variable.
  United Academics, the faculty union at the University of Vermont (UVM), says last week’s announcement that health care premiums would climb 5.8% next year is a game changer.
  
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• Vermont History Expo to be discontinued

  23-10-2017 15:50 via vtdigger.org
  Dressed as a student in the Tunbridge Historical Society’s 1840 one-room schoolhouse at the Tunbridge fairgrounds’ Antique Hill, Olivia Swayze, 11, of Tunbridge, writes out the alphabet on a slate during the Vermont History Expo on June 21, 2014. In 1900, Tunbridge had 21 schoolhouses, including the location where Swayze’s home is. File photo by Geoff Hansen/Valley NewsEditor’s note: This story by Liz Sauchelli first appeared in the Valley News on Oct. 22. 
  TUNBRIDGE
  
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• We're discussing the challenges of scouting in Vermont today with the CEOs of @scoutingvermont & @GirlScoutsGWM dlvr.it/PwmbH0 #VT

  23-10-2017 15:45 via twitter.com
  We're discussing the challenges of scouting in Vermont today with the CEOs of @scoutingvermont & @GirlScoutsGWM dlvr.it/PwmbH0 #VT
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott’s public schedule for the week of Oct. 21

  23-10-2017 14:49 via vtdigger.org
  Governor Phil Scott’s Public Schedule: 10/21/17 – 10/27/17
  Saturday, October 21
  9:00 AM – 1:00 PMWorking Groundbreaking of the Hershel “Woody” Williams Gold Star Families Memorial MonumentCenter Park, Northfield, VT
  Sunday, October 22
  No public events scheduled
  Monday, October 23
  No public events scheduled
  Tuesday, October 24
  7:45 – 8:00 AMInterview on WNYV/WVNYListen in the Middlebury, Brandon and Poultney areas at 94.1 FM
  11:30 AM – 12:15 PMVermont Far
  
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• What do you see as the role of scouting today? Let us know — we'll be discussing scouting on today's program: dlvr.it/PwmbH0 #VT

  23-10-2017 13:23 via twitter.com
  What do you see as the role of scouting today? Let us know — we'll be discussing scouting on today's program: dlvr.it/PwmbH0 #VT
  
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• Investors ask judge to rule on receivership for Vermont EB-5 Regional Center

  23-10-2017 06:36 via vtdigger.org
  Lawrence Miller is the former secretary of the commerce agency. Photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerA group of EB-5 investors has asked a superior court judge to put the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center in receivership because the state has demonstrated that it cannot protect investors.
  The motion, filed Friday in Lamoille County Superior Court, says the appointment of an independent receiver is “essential” for the protection of defrauded investors in Jay Peak Resort who have not yet receive
  
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• State experts predict uptick in tick-borne diseases will continue

  23-10-2017 05:09 via vtdigger.org
  A blacklegged tick, commonly known as a deer tick. Photo courtesy of Vermont Department of HealthHealth officials fear that record numbers of Vermonters will acquire tick-borne diseases this fall after a record-setting summer.
  It’s not clear what’s causing the increased number of tick-borne diseases, but the trend doesn’t appear to be solely the result of better testing or greater awareness, said Bradley Tompkins, an infectious disease epidemiologist with the Vermont Health Dep
  
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• From depths of drug addiction, woman rebuilds her life

  23-10-2017 03:32 via vtdigger.org
  Krystal Tyler, who once faced a potential 27 years in prison for being involved in a drug robbery that resulted in a death, is now well on her way to becoming a civil engineer. Photo courtesy PCL Civil Constructors(This story is by Bob Audette of the Brattleboro Reformer, in which it first appeared online Oct. 18, 2017.)
  BRATTLEBORO — Five years ago, Krystal Tyler’s life was spiraling out of control. She was addicted to drugs, had lost custody to her two children, and was behind bars
  
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• Leahy sees diplomatic pullback clouding relations with Cuba

  23-10-2017 03:16 via vtdigger.org
  The U.S. Embassy in Havana. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
  WASHINGTON — Sen. Patrick Leahy says the United States has been hasty in retaliation against Cuba for mysterious symptoms that nearly two dozen American diplomats have experienced.
  Leahy, long an advocate for improving relations with Cuba and an active player in the Obama-era effort to normalize ties between the two countries, has cautioned there is not evidence to suggest Cuba is behind apparent attacks on State Departmen
  
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• Laura Soares: Explaining VEHI’s premium increases

  23-10-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Laura Soares, who is president of Vermont Education Health Initiative. 
  President of the Vermont-NEA Martha Allen submitted to news outlets a commentary regarding VEHI that is misleading. It is important that the record be set straight. Understanding the factors driving health plan rate increases are essential to finding solutions that enable VEHI to continue offering high-quality, affordable health plans that are of value to school districts, thei
  
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• Rama Schneider: VSBA failing school boards

  23-10-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary by Rama Schneider, an elected member of the Williamstown School District board of directors.
  Vermont’s school district boards should withhold some or all dues requested by the Vermont School Boards Association.
  The VSBA’s mission statement reads: “The VSBA exists to achieve our vision for public education by supporting all school boards to serve as effective trustees for education on behalf of their communities and by providing a strong coll
  
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• Elayne Clift: Why gender studies matter

  23-10-2017 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Elayne Clift, who writes about women, culture and social issues from Saxtons River.
  For many years, I taught gender studies in the U.S. and abroad. I saw minds open, career aspirations change, female students validated and empowered, and male students, newly enlightened, passionate about equal rights. I was just one teacher afforded this vital social change opportunity but I can attest to its impact.
  There is another meaning to the term “gender st
  
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• Smith: Urgency needed to solve mental health crisis

  23-10-2017 00:30 via vtdigger.org
  Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe speaks at a news conference, along with Gov. Phil Scott, left, and House Speaker Mitzi Johnson, right. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger(Mike 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.)
  It&
  
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