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• LISTEN: Anxious About Equifax? Here's How To Protect Your Credit dlvr.it/PxPJlV https://t.co/gFf6gCSOwC

  24-10-2017 22:39 via twitter.com
  
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• Photographer Peter Miller to speak on his new book, ‘Vanishing Vermonters,’ on Nov. 14 in Essex

  24-10-2017 22:34 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Phoenix BooksOct. 23, 2017
  Contact:Kristen EatonPhoenix Books802.872.7111 (p)802.872.7112 (f)
  [email protected]
  www.phoenixbooks.biz
  Essex, Vermont – October 23, 2017: On Tuesday, November 14th at 7pm, Phoenix Books Essex will host photographer Peter Miller for a talk on his new book, Vanishing Vermonters.
  Vanishing Vermonters: Loss of a Rural Culture is the newest and most important of Peter’s five books on his home state. He recorded 23 Vermonters on how
  
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• Renewable Energy Vermont: Wind energy lowest cost new renewable energy for New England

  24-10-2017 22:25 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Renewable Energy VermontOctober 23, 2017
  Contact:Austin DavisCommunications & Operations AssociateRenewable Energy Vermont
  [email protected]
  The U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has released its annual Wind Technologies Market Report confirming numerous significant trends reported separately over the last year. Most significant of these trends is the dramatic downward trajectory of the price of wind power, maki
  
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• Keep BT Local: Ownership will foster and grow the local tech economy

  24-10-2017 22:20 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Burlington TelecomOctober 23, 2017
  Media Contact:Megan Epler Wood
  [email protected]
  BURLINGTON – To keep Burlington’s Tech Economy thriving and growing, the best long-term option is for the city to choose Keep BT Local as the new owners of Burlington Telecom.
  Why?
  At a time when net-neutrality is under threat, telecom mergers are commonplace, and those same telecoms are among the most disliked companies in America, Burlington should not surr
  
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• Anxious About Equifax? Here's How To Protect Your Credit dlvr.it/PxP9vr https://t.co/Nm70OurNow

  24-10-2017 22:20 via twitter.com
  
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• Winooski to make $82,500 payout over man’s shooting by police

  24-10-2017 22:15 via vtdigger.org
  BURLINGTON — The city of Winooski will pay $82,500 to resolve a lawsuit brought on behalf of a man wounded in a police shooting in 2013, court records show.
  Former Winooski police officer Jason Nokes shot Isaac Sage in the thigh in April 2013 after a confrontation in which Nokes and another officer were trying to serve Sage with a no-trespass order.
  Nokes later pleaded no contest to reckless endangerment.During the episode Sage was “in the midst of a serious mental health crisis,&rdq
  
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• 6 Vermont properties recognized in Condé Nast Traveler’s Top Hotels in New England: Readers’ Choice Awards 2017

  24-10-2017 22:14 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Department of Tourism and MarketingOct. 20, 2017
  Contact:Philip Tortora, Communications DirectorVermont Department of Tourism and Marketing(802) 522-7323; [email protected]
  MONTPELIER, Vt. – Condé Nast Traveler readers rated the top hotels in New England for 2017 and six prestigious Vermont lodging properties were among the 40 that were recognized.
  Five Vermont properties, including Hotel Vermont of Burlington at No. 4, were named among the Top
  
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• Vermont Veterinary Medical Association advises on barn fires

  24-10-2017 22:07 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Veterinary Medical AssociationOct. 24, 2017
  Contact:Kathy Finnie, Executive DirectorVermont Veterinary Medical Association802-878-6888
  [email protected]
  www.vtvets.org
  Barn Fires: 30 Seconds is all Your Animals Have
  By the Vermont Veterinary Medical AssociationM. Kathleen Shaw, DVM
  Barn fires can begin without warning, spread rapidly, and cause severe damage and injury in just a few minutes. Even if the fire is extinguished quickly or barn evacuation works well, the d
  
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• What's A Conversation You Want To Have With Your Fellow Vermonters? dlvr.it/PxP3LX https://t.co/qYsI8yfch1

  24-10-2017 22:03 via twitter.com
  
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• Vermont Fish & Wildlife offers hunter access seminar for Vermont landowners

  24-10-2017 21:58 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Fish & Wildlife DepartmentOctober 23, 2017
  Media Contacts:Chris Saunders, 802-343-5487; Lisa Sausville, VT Coverts, 802-877-2777;
  Hunting can be one of the most valuable tools for wildlife conservation and private land stewardship. Come learn the benefits of a good relationship between landowners and hunters, how to make sure it is a partnership that works for both, and how to manage hunter access at a free seminar this fall for landowners.
  Co-hosted by the nonpr
  
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• Vermont Fish & Wildlife encourages hunters and hikers to practice good wilderness safety

  24-10-2017 21:48 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Fish & Wildlife DepartmentOctober 23, 2017
  Media Contacts:Maj. George Scribner, 802-828-1483; Neil Van Dyke 802-241-5656
  MONTPELIER, Vt. – The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is recommending that hunters and hikers practice a few basic wilderness safety precautions and dress for the weather when heading out into the woods this fall.
  “Just a few simple actions can ensure that hunters and hikers are prepared for a variety of conditions and situat
  
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• Salvation Farms Director receives Ben & Jerry’s Local Hero Award

  24-10-2017 21:44 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Salvation FarmsOct. 22, 2017
  Contact:Theresa SnowSalvation Farms, Executive Director802-888-4360
  [email protected]
  Theresa Snow, Executive Director of Morrisville-based nonprofit Salvation Farms, was awarded a Ben & Jerry’s Local Hero Award presented by their Waterbury Plant staff.
  Ben and Jerry’s staff choose and present Local Hero awards to individuals in their home communities who, through a one time or long term act, embodies the core principles of
  
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• Brattleboro finalizes homeless shelter move

  24-10-2017 21:42 via vtdigger.org
  Chloe Learey, executive director of Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development, and Josh Davis, executive director of Groundworks Collaborative, stand outside a dormitory that will be the new home of Brattleboro’s seasonal overflow shelter. File photo by Mike Faher/VTDiggerBRATTLEBORO – Officials are pushing ahead with plans to relocate Brattleboro’s cold-weather homeless shelter, which will begin operations a bit later than initially planned.
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• Community Health Centers of Burlington announce newly appointed board president and members

  24-10-2017 21:38 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Community Health Centers of BurlingtonOctober 20, 2017
  Contact:Kim AndersonDirector of Development and Communications(802) 264-8193
  [email protected]
  BURLINGTON, VT – The Community Health Centers of Burlington (CHCB) is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Richard Taylor as President of the Board of Directors. Mr. Taylor is the former Superintendent of the Grand Isle Supervisory Union and has served on the CHCB Board for five years. He replaces Chri
  
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• Vermont Rural Caucus invites testimony on the future of the rural economy

  24-10-2017 21:33 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Rural Development CaucusOctober 23, 2017
  Contact:Representative Charlie KimbellPhone: 802-296-1276E-mail: [email protected]
  [Montpelier, Vermont] October 20, 2017
  The Vermont House of Representatives Rural Development Caucus will hold a Public Hearing at the Vermont State House from 5–7 pm on Tuesday, November 7 to hear from municipal, business, education, and nonprofit interests in rural Vermont about what the most pressing issues are for rural Vermont.
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• Breaking Down Vermont's Latest Clean Water Funding Plan dlvr.it/PxNpp4 https://t.co/HUecMTjxle

  24-10-2017 21:27 via twitter.com
  
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• Meet our new producer! twitter.com/MatthewSmithVT…

  24-10-2017 20:28 via twitter.com
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• Margolis: Polls may not lie, but they can miss the truth

  24-10-2017 20:05 via vtdigger.org
  Church Street in Burlington. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger(Jon Margolis writes political columns for VTDigger.)
  Are you happy?
  If you’re a Vermonter, you probably are. Vermont is the 13th-happiest state in the union. Vermonters are not as happy as the folks in Minnesota, Utah or Hawaii (the top three), but happier than any New Englanders except the ones right across the river in New Hampshire.
  And they were just a little bit happier.
  As to Vermont’s other neighbors, Connecticut
  
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• LISTEN: Benefits—And Challenges—For Vermont's Employee-Owned Businesses dlvr.it/PxN14c https://t.co/Y70j6DTYsG

  24-10-2017 19:41 via twitter.com
  
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• Displaced nursing home residents likely face waitlists, uncertainty

  24-10-2017 18:58 via vtdigger.org
  Licensed nursing assistant Jessiga Gibson places headphones on Brookside Nursing Home resident Tom Ralston as he prepares to check sports scores and read the news on his computer in White River Junction on Monday. Photo by James M. Patterson/Valley News(This story is by Nora Doyle-Burr of the Valley News, in which it first appeared Oct. 24, 2017.)
  WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Residents displaced by the recently announced closing of the Brookside Health and Rehabilitation Center are likely to hav
  
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• Brattleboro hospital contends Dartmouth-Hitchcock liable for damages

  24-10-2017 17:13 via vtdigger.org
  Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. File photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger(This story by Bob Audette was published in the Brattleboro Reformer on Oct. 23, 2017.)
  BRATTLEBORO — Because Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic has been contracted since 2012 to run the emergency department at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, attorneys for BMH are asking a federal judge to make Dartmouth-Hitchcock pay any damages that might be awarded as a result of a malpractice lawsuit filed in May.
  Attorneys for Cynthia Hawthorne, o
  
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• Benefits—And Challenges—For Vermont's Employee-Owned Businesses dlvr.it/PxLR82 https://t.co/HFA7kOskx8

  24-10-2017 16:26 via twitter.com
  
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• Federal upheaval won’t change 2018 health care premiums

  24-10-2017 11:44 via vtdigger.org
  The state’s top health care regulator says insurance prices on Vermont Health Connect will remain steady for calendar year 2018, despite recent actions at the federal level.
  Kevin Mullin, the chair of the Green Mountain Care Board, said Monday that the board would not allow insurance companies to raise premiums for plans effective in calendar year 2018 even though the federal government is holding back subsidies for the health exchange that will likely increase costs for insurance companie
  
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• Final merger plans look to get under the wire for tax breaks

  24-10-2017 04:16 via vtdigger.org
  State Board of Education member John Carroll listens during a recent meeting. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDiggerTowns wanting to take school district mergers to voters in time to get tax breaks presented their cases last week at a marathon meeting of the State Board of Education. Unification plans can still be proposed, but they won’t translate into savings for taxpayers, and small-school grants will dry up.
  Two towns that said no to separate merger plans in the spring — one because
  
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• CLF appeals wastewater permits as violating lake cleanup order

  24-10-2017 04:03 via vtdigger.org
  The view across Lake Champlain. Courtesy photo
  Environmentalists are taking the state to court over four wastewater treatment plant permits they say would allow too much pollution into Lake Champlain.
  The Conservation Law Foundation filed an appeal Monday with the state’s environmental court to block five-year permits the Agency of Natural Resources recently issued for facilities in South Burlington, Montpelier, St. Albans and Alburgh.
  The latest permits aren’t any more permissive th
  
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• Hospital, ex-worker reach ‘resolution’ in racial harassment suit

  24-10-2017 01:11 via vtdigger.org
  RUTLAND — A former Rutland Regional Medical Center employee who alleged racial harassment, including the hanging of a noose in a room where he worked, has dropped his lawsuit.
  A recent one-paragraph filing by the parties provides little insight into the reason for the dismissal of the case and how much money, if any, Roger Speid received. He was a licensed nursing assistant at the hospital.
  “Now come the parties and hereby stipulate and agree … that any and all claims by and b
  
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• Brian Shupe & Tom Stuessy: Outdoor recreation economy vulnerable

  24-10-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Brian Shupe, the Vermont Natural Resources Council executive director, and Tom Stuessy, Vermont Mountain Bike Association executive director.
  As children, many of us spend fun-filled hours learning to first ride a bicycle, and then learning to ride it well. The roots and rocks of Vermont trails provide the perfect training ground for learning to go bigger, jump a little higher, and move a little faster year after year.
  As you grow older and your riding
  
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• Ben White: Why do we make this so hard?

  24-10-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Ben White, an assistant professor at Saint Michael’s College who moved to Vermont in summer 2015 and resides with his family in Burlington.
  Two pounds, eight ounces. That’s how much my younger daughter weighed when she was born 10 weeks early. Babies at that gestation are covered in fine hair. She looked more like a baby duck than a human. She spent six weeks in the NICU before she came home – at a whopping 4 pounds 10 ounces.
  If you&r
  
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• John McClaughry: Putting the brakes on ‘sue and settle’

  24-10-2017 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by John McClaughry, the vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute. 
  Back in 1999 Robert Reich, President Bill Clinton’s very liberal ex-secretary of labor, penned an op-ed piece that said, “The era of big government may be over, but the era of regulation through litigation has just begun.”
  Reich argued that Congress, since 1994 under the control of pro-business Republicans, will not enact liberal proposals for regulating and taxing
  
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• Legal foe says Sorrell was stonewalling in deposition over emails

  24-10-2017 00:53 via vtdigger.org
  Former Attorney General William Sorrell. File photo by John Herrick/VTDigger
  BURLINGTON — Attorneys for a conservative legal nonprofit suing Vermont over records say former Attorney General William Sorrell did not comply with a judge’s order during a Monday deposition.
  “It was very disappointing. The attorney general refused to answer the vast majority of the questions we asked — fully 95 percent of the questions,” said Energy & Environment Legal Institute attor
  
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