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• Montpelier council president making run at mayoral vacancy

  06-11-2017 23:52 via vtdigger.org
  Montpelier City Councilor Anne Watson announces her run for mayor Monday at City Hall. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerMontpelier’s longest-serving current City Council member is seeking to replace Mayor John Hollar when he steps down in March at the end of his third term.
  Anne Watson announced her plans Monday flanked by the city’s last female mayor, state Rep. Mary Hooper, D-Montpelier, and the outgoing chairman of the Washington County Democrats, Jack McCullough.
  Hooper praised Wa
  
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• LISTEN: Sharing Stories And 'Breaking Bread' With King Arthur Flour's Head Baker dlvr.it/PzZL17 https://t.co/FEXOpxOgVW

  06-11-2017 23:26 via twitter.com
  
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• The Business Of Cannabis In Vermont Today dlvr.it/PzZ50p https://t.co/7sDH66XJ6B

  06-11-2017 22:46 via twitter.com
  
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• Landowner challenging hiker access to Dorset town forest

  06-11-2017 22:43 via vtdigger.org
  The view from Owls Head summit on the Owls Head Trail in Dorset. Photo courtesy of Morgan Kelley
  DORSET — A landowner involved in a boundary dispute with the town has gone to court over a hiking trail leading to the Owls Head Town Forest.
  William Burns claims the town has seized his land for the trail, in violation of state law prohibiting the taking of private property for recreational purposes.He has appealed the Selectboard’s Aug. 2 decision to create a new section of trail to fac
  
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• Symposium on surviving the future to be held at Sterling College on Dec. 1

  06-11-2017 20:58 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sterling CollegeNov. 6, 2017
  Media contact:Katie Lavin, Sterling College802.586.7711 x111 • [email protected]
  November 6, 2017 • Craftsbury Common, VT • Sterling College invites the public to attend the “Surviving the Future” symposium on Friday, December 1, 2017, at 7:15 pm in Simpson Hall on the Sterling College campus, in Craftsbury Common, VT. Featured panelists will explore how to build a future worth surviving, based on the late Davi
  
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• Schumer, Leahy lead Senate Democrats in calling for comprehensive disaster relief

  06-11-2017 20:54 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Patrick LeahyNov. 6, 2017
  Contact:Jay Tilton – 202-224-2667
  … third disaster supplemental request expected from the administration this month…
  WASHINGTON (Monday, Nov. 6, 2017) – Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Monday lead Senate Democrats in calling on the Trump administration to put forward a comprehensive package to provide relief from the onslaught of n
  
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• Vermont requests federal damage assessment for wind storm damage

  06-11-2017 20:50 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Department of Public Safety Vermont Emergency ManagementNovember 3, 2017
  Contact:Mark Bosma, VEM, 802-839-6717
  Step toward requesting federal disaster declaration
  WATERBURY, VT – Vermont Emergency Management (VEM) Director Erica Bornemann has requested a Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to determine if the state qualifies for a federal Public Assistance disaster declaration. The request asks for assessments in Add
  
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• Delegation announces early release of $16.9 million in heating assistance for Vermonters

  06-11-2017 20:48 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Congressional DelegationNov. 3, 2017
  Contacts:David Carle (Leahy): 202-224-3693
  Dan McLean (Sanders): 802-862-6695
  Kate Hamilton (Welch): 202-440-3340
  FRIDAY, Nov. 3, 2017 — Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.), who advocated for the early release of federal home heating aid funds as Vermont’s winter approaches, today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has released $16.9
  
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• Photographer Peter Miller publishes ‘Vanishing Vermonters … Loss of a Rural Culture’

  06-11-2017 20:42 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Silver Print PressNov. 4, 2017
  Contact:Peter Miller
  [email protected]
  Vanishing Vermonters…Loss of a Rural Culture. Silver Print Press.168 pages, 91 duortonw photographs. Printed in hard and soft cover.
  Peter Miller is the author of several iconic books about the state of Vermont. Although his work is iconic, he’s iconoclastic because he chooses to produce his books on his own terms, self-publishing them with support from crowd funding— a de
  
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• High school students invited to take action at Youth Climate Leaders Academy, Dec 7-8

  06-11-2017 20:37 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Energy Education ProgramNovember 3, 2017
  Contact:Cara Robechek, Vermont Energy Education Program802-552-8450
  [email protected]
  • What: Youth Climate Leaders Academy• When: Thursday, Dec. 7 to Friday, Dec. 8• Where: Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee, VT• Who: VT and NH high school students who want to take action on climate change• Why: To give students the skills to plan and execute a real-world project related to climate change
  MONTPELIER, Vt. —
  
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• Electoral College Reform Lecture Nov. 14 at Vermont Law School

  06-11-2017 20:32 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Law SchoolOct. 31, 2017
  Contact:Maryellen Apelquist, Director of Communications, Vermont Law Schooloffice: 802-831-1228, cell: 802-299-5593, [email protected]
  SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt., Oct. 31, 2017––Vermont Law School will present a talk on the potential for United States Electoral College reform at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, in Oakes Hall, Room 012, on the VLS campus. The lecture, by Electoral College scholar Professor Kinvin Wroth, is open to the
  
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• Vermont Agency of Agriculture grants over $254K to benefit specialty crop producers

  06-11-2017 20:27 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, & MarketsNovember 2, 2017
  Contact:Kristina SweetSenior Agriculture Development CoordinatorVermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, & Markets(802) 522-7811
  [email protected]
  Five Agricultural Organizations Will Receive 2017 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Funds
  The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets (VAAFM) announces grants totaling $254,117 for seven projects to benefit Vermont producers of fruits, vegetable
  
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• Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf launches Turkey Round-up

  06-11-2017 20:18 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Chittenden Emergency Food ShelfNov. 2, 2017
  Media Contact:Anna McMahon, CEFS Community Engagement Manager(802) 658-7939 ext. 32
  [email protected]
  www.feedingchittenden.org
  Burlington, VT– The Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf (CEFS) is asking the community to help provide 3,500 turkeys for food insecure families in Chittenden County. Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and we are working to make sure that no family has to go hungry during this season of giving.
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• UVM’s Sustainable Innovation MBA ranked No. 1 Best Green MBA in America by The Princeton Review

  06-11-2017 20:14 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — UVMNov. 2, 2017
  Contact:Jon Reidel, [email protected], 802-656-8206
  Sustainability-based curriculum, practicums with major companies, exclusive job network sets program apart 
  Six years ago when Sanjay Sharma took over as dean of the Grossman School of Business, he set his sights on an ambitious goal: to become the top MBA program in the country for sustainable innovation.
  That dream became reality on Oct. 31 when The Princeton Review ranked the University of Vermont G
  
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• Smoking has serious health effects on pets

  06-11-2017 18:25 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Veterinary Medical AssociationNov. 2, 2017
  Contact:Kathy Finnie, Executive DirectorVermont Veterinary Medical Association802-878-6888
  [email protected]
  www.vtvets.org
  by M. Kathleen Shaw, DVMVermont Veterinary Medical Association
  By now most people are aware of the serious health dangers of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke in humans. What you may not realize is that cigarette and cigar smoke can cause severe disease in pets, too.
  The harmful cancer-causing ing
  
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• Rural Vermont debuts new video and honors Migrant Justice

  06-11-2017 18:22 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Rural VermontNov. 2, 2017
  Contact:Shelby Girard, [email protected], (802) 223-7222
  In the midst of torrential downpours on an evening in late October, 60+ hearty Rural Vermont members and friends gathered at the Tunbridge Town Hall for Rural Vermont’s Annual Meeting & Celebration.
  Following a potluck dinner, Rural Vermont announced the release of its much anticipated Groundswell Report and debuted its video, “Digging Into Rural Vermont’s Groundswe
  
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• Vermont Humanities selects Katherine Paterson’s ‘Bread and Roses, Too’ for Vermont Reads 2018

  06-11-2017 18:11 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Humanities CouncilNov. 2, 2017
  Contact:Ryan Newswanger, Director of Communications, (802) 262-1354
  The Vermont Humanities Council has selected Vermont author Katherine Paterson’s book Bread and Roses, Too as its Vermont Reads book for 2018.
  Vermont Reads is a statewide one-book community reading program that began in 2003. VHC provides books for free to communities through an application process as well as resources for developing community book-related activit
  
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• Fuel dealers busy inspecting tanks under new regulations

  06-11-2017 17:15 via vtdigger.org
  Mark Ethier, Brattleboro area manager for Cota & Cota, inspects a Ventalarm Gauge, which helps tell how full the tank is during an inspection on Friday. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer(This story by Chris Mays was published in the Brattleboro Reformer on Nov. 4, 2017.)
  BRATTLEBORO — Local companies are getting the word out about new rules on aboveground storage tanks, which they say will not really change how they conduct business.
  “They basically formalized and c
  
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• Ag Agency announces winner of 2017 #FarmLeafies photo contest

  06-11-2017 16:45 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & MarketsFriday, November 3, 2017
  Contact:Trevor Audet, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets802-522-4725
  [email protected]
  The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets and the Vermont Cheese Council congratulate Tara Schatz from Bennington, Vermont for capturing the most popular fall farm photo of 2017. The inaugural #FarmLeafies champion features a portrait of the Randall cattle grazing on an iconic Vermon
  
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• Aging police technology means key evidence sometimes absent

  06-11-2017 06:17 via vtdigger.org
  A screen shot from the police video of Brent M. Garrow being pulled over in Clarendon.RUTLAND — A recording device worn by the state trooper who pulled over a Rutland firefighter later charged with impersonating a police officer wasn’t working during that traffic stop — or any other stop that day, newly released information shows.Such failures are happening more frequently as the devices near a decade in age and have exceeded their warranty, according to the Vermont State Polic
  
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• Norwich University denies fault in alleged sexual assault

  06-11-2017 05:31 via vtdigger.org
  Lauren Morrissey, left, and her attorney, Jeff Herman, are suing Norwich University. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerNorwich University is denying several key claims in a negligence lawsuit brought by a former student who says she was sexually assaulted on campus.
  A lawyer from Dinse, Knapp, and McAndrew in Burlington, who is representing the Northfield school, filed a response to Lauren Morrissey’s lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Burlington on Oct. 24.
  The response denies much of M
  
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• State reconsiders nursing home oversight in wake of closing

  06-11-2017 04:49 via vtdigger.org
  Tom Ralston, right, leader of the Brookside nursing home’s residents council, talks with a reporter as David Fortin, left, gets exercise by walking his wheelchair up and down the halls of the facility in Wilder. Photo by James M. Patterson/Valley News
  (This story is by Nora Doyle-Burr of the Valley News, in which it first appeared Nov. 3, 2017.)
  WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — State officials say it’s time to take a look at how Vermont’s nursing homes are regulated following the r
  
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• New Catholic radio station serving Chittenden County

  06-11-2017 04:04 via vtdigger.org
  Donna McSoley stands in St. Francis Xavier Church in Winooski. She is the driving force behind a new Catholic radio station. Photo by Gail CallahanWINOOSKI – In a state identified in a national study two years ago as one of the least religious in the country, a new Catholic radio station is being hailed by the market and people of faith.
  Our Lady of Perpetual Help Radio, which can be found at 105.5 FM, transmits 24-hour daily programming of the Eternal Word Television Network from the St.
  
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• Local and state leaders ‘redouble’ diversity efforts

  06-11-2017 03:21 via vtdigger.org
  Winooski Middle/High School Co-Principal Leon Wheeler listens to Bennington state Rep. Kiah Morris at the sixth annual Vermont Vision for a Multicultural Future conference at the Putney School. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  PUTNEY — Just before last year’s general election, participants at the annual Vermont Vision for a Multicultural Future conference talked up the possibility of the nation’s first black president welcoming the first female commander in chief.
  Then Do
  
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• Canadian beer maker hopping mad over Rutland brewpub’s moose

  06-11-2017 01:34 via vtdigger.org
  Moosehead beer is for sale inside a store less than a mile from the Hop’n Moose brewpub in Rutland. Moosehead is suing Hop’n Moose, alleging trademark infringement. Photo by Alan J. Keays/VTDiggerRUTLAND — The largest independent Canadian beer company says a small Rutland brewery has stolen its moose.
  Moosehead Breweries Limited, based in Saint John, New Brunswick, sued the Hop’n Moose Brewing Co. last week in federal court in Vermont, alleging trademark infringement.The
  
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• Trump taps Rutland treasurer for federal post in Vermont

  06-11-2017 01:09 via vtdigger.org
  Rutland City Treasurer Wendy L. Wilton in her office at City Hall. File photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDiggerRUTLAND — City Treasurer Wendy Wilton has been appointed by the Trump administration to a federal post.
  Wilton, who has served as the city’s elected treasurer for more than 10 years, has been named the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency state director for Vermont.
  Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, in a news release late Friday, announced the listing of sta
  
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• Julie Moore: One step at a time

  06-11-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Julie Moore, of Middlesex, the secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and a registered professional engineer.
  Vermont may be known as the Green Mountain State but Vermont’s landscape has been shaped by water – from the mile-high glaciers that receded 13,000 years ago to the thousands of miles of rivers and streams that wind their way through our fields, forests and communities.
  Just as water has shaped our landscape, it has als
  
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• Carter​ ​Neubieser:​ ​KBTL the right choice

  06-11-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by J.F.​ ​Carter​ ​Neubieser, a sophomore public communications major at the University of Vermont who is the president of the UVM Progressives and a member of the Burlington Progressive Party Steering Committee and a Vermont Progressive Party committee. He is an intern with United Academics, the faculty union at UVM.
  As a young progressive trying to advance values of community, equity and justice over corporate greed, supporting Ke
  
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• David Deen: Ferry boats on the Connecticut River

  06-11-2017 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by David Deen, a Democratic state representative from Westminster and the chair of the House Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife Committee. He a board member of the Connecticut River Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited and an honorary trustee and former river steward of the Connecticut River Conservancy, formerly the Connecticut River Watershed Council.
  “How did you get across the river?” the impatient westbound traveler shouted from the eastern
  
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