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• Feds prolong review of Vermont Yankee sale

  05-11-2017 23:14 via vtdigger.org
  A cask of spent fuel is moved to a storage pad at Vermont Yankee earlier this year. File photo courtesy of EntergyVERNON – Federal regulators say they need more information and more time to decide whether Vermont Yankee should be sold to a New York decommissioning company.
  The plant’s current and prospective owners, Entergy and NorthStar Group Services, had asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to rule on Vermont Yankee’s proposed license transfer by the end of this year.
  But
  
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• Then Again: An anti-communist crusader on trial

  05-11-2017 22:23 via vtdigger.org
  Lucille Miller with her family in 1955, the year she ran afoul of federal authorities.(“Then Again” is Mark Bushnell’s column about Vermont history.)
  The case of Lucille Miller raises difficult questions. Was she the victim of a government trying to suppress her radical, often fringe, political beliefs? Or did her illegal behavior justify the rough treatment the government meted out? Was her persecution an inevitable result of her stances, or a reflection of the times in which
  
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• Vermont lawmakers take testimony on the future of the rural economy

  05-11-2017 14:36 via vtdigger.org
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  Date: November 3, 2017Contact: Representative Charlie KimbellPhone: 802-296-1276E-mail:[email protected]
  VERMONT RURAL CAUCUS INVITES TESTIMONY ON THE FUTURE OF THE RURAL ECONOMY
  [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
  
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• Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger’s schedule for the week of Nov. 6

  05-11-2017 14:13 via vtdigger.org
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  November 3, 2017Contact:Katie Vane 802.734.0617
  Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for November 6 – 10, 2017:
  Monday, November 66:15 pm Board of Finance Meeting – Conference Room 127:00 pm City Council Meeting – Contois Auditorium
  Tuesday, November 7No public appearances scheduled
  Wednesday, November 88:00 amMornings with Miro – The Bagel Café, 1127 North Avenue – Planning & Zoning Director David White to attend
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott’s public schedule for the week of Nov. 4

  05-11-2017 14:07 via vtdigger.org
  Governor Phil Scott’s Public Schedule: 11/4/17 – 11/10/17
  Saturday, November 4
  10:45 AM – 12:15 PMScouting’s Salute to Veterans ParadePeople’s Academy, 202 Copley Avenue, Morristown, VT
  Sunday, November 5
  No public events scheduled
  Monday, November 6
  12:00 – 12:30 PMSpirit of the ADA AwardsCasella Recycling Zero Sort, 1 Smith Road, Rutland, VT
  1:00 – 1:30 PMSwearing-in Ceremony for Family Division Magistrate, Joe LormanVermont Superior Court, Criminal/Fa
  
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• Veteran journalist named Bennington Banner news editor

  05-11-2017 13:49 via vtdigger.org
  BENNINGTON — David La-Chance, a veteran writer, editor and photographer, has been named news editor of the Bennington Banner.
  LaChance began this week in the position. The Williamstown, Mass., resident was most recently editor of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car magazine with Hemmings Motor News in Bennington. Before that position, he was an associate editor with Hemmings Motor News. He started with Hemmings in 2005.
  LaChance began in journalism as a reporter and later as news editor in a
  
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• Nearly 60 percent of Vermont Electric Co-op members go a week without power

  05-11-2017 12:55 via vtdigger.org
  For Immediate Release: November 4, 2017Contact: Andrea Cohen, [email protected]
  Unprecedented Wind Storm Affects VEC Service Territory17,000 Members Restored By Saturday
  Johnson, VT – By mid-day Saturday, Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) had restored power to just under 40% of its service territory, repairing over 374 separate outages that impacted over 17,000 members.All hands were on deck all week to respond to this unique and challenging event.As VEC worked to wr
  
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• More than 17,000 Vermont Electric Co-op members lost power; most restored

  05-11-2017 12:55 via vtdigger.org
  For Immediate Release: November 4, 2017Contact: Andrea Cohen, [email protected]
  Unprecedented Wind Storm Affects VEC Service Territory17,000 Members Restored By Saturday
  Johnson, VT – By mid-day Saturday, Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) had restored power to just under 40% of its service territory, repairing over 374 separate outages that impacted over 17,000 members.All hands were on deck all week to respond to this unique and challenging event.As VEC worked to wr
  
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