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• Louras, ex-Rutland mayor, no longer working for union

  20-11-2017 23:47 via vtdigger.org
  RUTLAND — The city’s former mayor is no longer working for a union that represents public employees in northern New England.
  Christopher Louras, ousted from the mayoral post in March, took a job in September working for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 93.
  Christopher Louras at Rutland City Hall on the day after he lost a bid in March for a sixth two-year term as mayor. File photo by Alan J. Keays/VTDiggerAn AFSCME official confirmed Monday tha
  
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  20-11-2017 23:40 via twitter.com
  
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  20-11-2017 23:35 via twitter.com
  
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• State panel recommends Vermont ‘opt in’ with FirstNet

  20-11-2017 23:13 via vtdigger.org
  Dispatcher Martha Morse works at Hartford dispatch in 2016. File photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley News
  After more than a year of review, a special state commission recommended Monday that Vermont sign on with a project by the federal government and AT&T to strengthen public safety communications during the next 25 years.
  The Public Safety Broadband Commission voted 9-0-2 on Monday in favor of going with the national system rather than taking federal money to build Vermont’s own. The fina
  
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• Fraudster gets 18 months for faking ID to get jobs

  20-11-2017 23:01 via vtdigger.org
  RUTLAND — A Shelburne man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for operating a fraud scheme to cheat several companies around the country out of money, according to court records.
  Matthew Melvin, 36, was also ordered by Judge Geoffrey Crawford at his sentencing last week in federal court in Rutland to serve three years of supervised release after the prison term.
  In addition, the judge ordered Melvin to pay more than $11,000 in restitution, as well as a $5,500 fine. Prosecutors are se
  
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• OneCare paying for clinician at senior housing developments

  20-11-2017 22:09 via vtdigger.org
  BURLINGTON — An industry group representing the majority of health care providers in Vermont is trying a different way of getting care for substance abuse or mental illness to older Vermonters.The industry group, OneCare Vermont, is paying to place a clinician in two affordable senior housing developments in the Burlington area.
  OneCare is an accountable care organization created by the University of Vermont Medical Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
  It is poised to begin routi
  
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• LISTEN: The Real Deal On Fake News dlvr.it/Q1zjxs https://t.co/7nzJXQ0tnx

  20-11-2017 21:47 via twitter.com
  
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• Organic Standards At A Crossroads dlvr.it/Q1zgSg https://t.co/txl8WhkDnx

  20-11-2017 21:39 via twitter.com
  
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• Middlebury College looks to food waste and manure as new energy source

  20-11-2017 19:16 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Middlebury CollegeNovember 16, 2017
  Media Contact:Jennifer Forbes, Marketing and Media Relations, Vanguard RenewablesPH: (617) 275-8257
  [email protected]
  Partnership with local dairy farm, Vermont Gas, and renewable energy company will further reduce the College’s carbon footprint
  MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Middlebury College will significantly reduce its carbon footprint thanks to an innovative partnership with Goodrich Family Farm in Salisbury, Vt., Vanguar
  
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• Washington Electric Co-op donates $1,000 in food to Stuff-A-Truck

  20-11-2017 19:11 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Washington Electric CooperativeNovember 17, 2017
  Contact:Patty Richards802-223-5245
  East Montpelier, Vt: Washington Electric Co-op’s Community Fund donated $1,000 in food to the annual Stuff-A-Truck food drive and fundraiser run by radio stations 107.1 Frank FM, Froggy 100.9 and 105.7 The Beat. Food and funds collected in the drive benefit the Central Vermont Salvation Army Emergency Food Shelf. WEC has contributed to the drive for the past twelve years.
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• VCFA launches world’s first low-residency International MFA in Creative Writing & Literary Translation

  20-11-2017 19:04 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — VCFANov. 16, 2017
  Contact:Tim Simard
  [email protected]
  vcfa.edu
  Montpelier, Vt.—Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA) announces its latest academic program, the International MFA in Creative Writing & Literary Translation. The new low-residency international master of fine arts program—the first of its kind in the world—is an exclusively global program for writers and writing, with a focus on transnational literature in English and world lit
  
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• Shelburne man sentenced to 18 months for mail fraud, money laundering and making a false statement

  20-11-2017 18:53 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — United States Attorney District of VermontNovember 17, 2017
  Contact:Tim AtkinsonUnited States Attorney’s Office, District of Vermont802.951.6725
  [email protected]
  The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Matthew Senator Melvin, 36, of Shelburne, was sentenced Thursday in United States District Court in Rutland to 18 months of imprisonment following his guilty pleas to charges of Mail Fraud, Money Laundering, and Making a Fa
  
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• Children’s Literacy Foundation accepting applications from NH and VT elementary schools for literacy grants

  20-11-2017 18:40 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Children’s Literacy FoundationNovember 16, 2017
  CLiF Contact:Erika Nichols-Frazer, Communications Manager(802) 244-0944
  [email protected]
  www.clifonline.org
  The Children’s Literacy Foundation Now Accepting Applications from New Hampshire and Vermont Elementary Schools for $25,000 Year of the Book Literacy Grants
  Waterbury Center, VT — The Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) invites eligible elementary schools in New Hampshire and Vermont
  
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• Patrick F. Jordan III named chief operating officer at Dartmouth-Hitchcock

  20-11-2017 18:32 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Dartmouth-HitchcockNov. 16, 2017
  Contact:Rick Adams (603) 653-1910
  [email protected] on Twitter: @DartmouthHitch
  LEBANON, NH – Patrick F. Jordan III has been named Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system.
  Jordan, who previously served as COO for the at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, MA, was appointed to the position by Dartmouth-Hitchcock CEO and President Dr. Joanne M. Conroy. He begins his new rol
  
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• Governor and labor commissioner declare 3rd annual National Apprenticeship Week in Vermont

  20-11-2017 18:24 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Department of Labor, Office of the GovernorNov. 16, 2017
  Media Contact:Lindsay Kurrle, Department of Labor
  [email protected]
  Rebecca Kelley, Office of the Governor
  [email protected]
  MONTPELIER, Vt. – Vermont Department of Labor Commissioner Lindsay Kurrle and Governor Phil Scott celebrated the third annual National Apprenticeship Week today, with a commemorative proclamation signing.
  Apprenticeship Week is a dedicated w
  
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• Sanders’ statement on Justice Department letters

  20-11-2017 18:20 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Bernie SandersNov. 16, 2017
  Contact:Dan McLean, 802-862-6695
  BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 16 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday issued the following statement regarding the Justice Department’s letters to Vermont and Burlington.
  “Yesterday’s letters to the State of Vermont and City of Burlington from the Department of Justice are nothing more than another attack by the Trump administration on our communities — a way to try to divide us
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott’s public schedule Nov. 18-24, 2017

  20-11-2017 18:11 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Gov. Phil ScottNov. 17, 2017
  Contact:Ethan T. LatourAsst. Director of Policy and CommunicationsGovernor Phil [email protected]
  Governor Phil Scott’s Public Schedule: 11/18/17 – 11/24/17
  Thanksgiving week. No public events scheduled at this time.
  Please note that this schedule is subject to change
  The post Gov. Phil Scott’s public schedule Nov. 18-24, 2017 appeared first on VTDigger.
  
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• Leddy Park Arena hosts holiday skating show, ‘The Gift’

  20-11-2017 17:56 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Burlington Department of Parks, Recreation & WaterfrontNov. 17, 2017
  Contact:Sarah Jennings, Arena Program Supervisor(802)865-7566
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  The public is invited to share the joy of the season at the Holiday Skating Show, “The Gift” at Leddy Park Arena in Burlington on Saturday, December 16 at 3:00pm. Admission is by voluntary donation at the door to benefit COTS.
  Over one hundred members of the Champlain Valley Skating Club and Burlington Parks, R
  
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• Sap! pledges 1% to groups committed to regenerative agriculture

  20-11-2017 17:46 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sap!Nov. 17, 2017
  Media Contact:Elizabeth Davis
  [email protected]
  (Burlington, VT) — November 2017 — The owners of Vermont-based Sap! have announced that they will be working with 1% For the Planet in donating 1% of the company’s revenue to companies committed to regenerative agriculture.
  On a local front, Sap! will be partnering with New Farms for New Americans to help ensure agricultural opportunities for all Vermonters. On the national
  
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• Mobius calls for youth mentees and mentors to volunteer together in their communities

  20-11-2017 17:41 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — MobiusNovember 17, 2017
  Media Contact:Benji ThurberCommunications Director
  [email protected](802) 658-1888
  www.mobiusmentors.org
  Burlington, VT – Mobius is calling for youth mentees and their mentors to help strengthen their community by participating in the Mobius Community Service Program (MCSP) together at a variety of service sites across the state. Mentor pairs that complete three hours of service together will be recognized each month. In April 2018, a gran
  
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• Vermont Medical Society honors 5 for outstanding service

  20-11-2017 17:32 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Medical SocietyNov. 17, 2017
  Contact:Justin Campfield
  [email protected]
  Vermont Medical Society Honors Outstanding Service to Health Care and Community
  Montpelier, Vt. (Nov. 17, 2017) – The Vermont Medical Society (VMS) recognized five Vermonters for their outstanding contributions to the health and well being of the state’s residents during its 204th annual meeting held Nov. 4, in Woodstock, Vt.
  Retired Brattleboro family physician Robert Tortol
  
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• Norwich University President Richard W. Schneider celebrated as citizen of the year

  20-11-2017 17:27 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Norwich UniversityNov. 17, 2017
  Contact:Daphne Larkin802-485-2886
  [email protected] us on Twitter @NorwichNews
  NORTHFIELD, Vt. – On Thursday, Nov. 16, over 200 friends, family and community members, and community partners gathered at Trader Duke’s Hotel in South Burlington to celebrate Norwich University President Richard W. Schneider as the Vermont Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year.
  Schneider was selected by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce
  
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• OneCare Vermont invests in SASH at Cathedral Square – Howard Center Program

  20-11-2017 17:24 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — OneCare VermontNovember 16, 2017
  Contact:Todd Moore, 802.847.8205
  Kevin Ellis, 802.371.8112
  Community-Based Clinician Pilot to Meet Residents Where They Live
  Colchester, VT— OneCare Vermont, a Vermont Accountable Care Organization, announced today a major investment in an innovative pilot program to improve the quality of mental health and substance use treatment services for residents of two Burlington area housing communities specializing in the coordination of care
  
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• .@dartmouth professor @BrendanNyhan and his students recently issued this report that dives into the epidemic of fa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-11-2017 14:53 via twitter.com
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• Vermonter sheds light on ‘almost forgotten culinary star’

  20-11-2017 03:43 via vtdigger.org
  The late British food writer Patience Gray and her housemate turned husband, Belgian sculptor Norman Mommens, lived three decades in the Mediterranean without electricity, modern plumbing or a phone. Photo by Grace DiNapoli/from “Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray”
  Ask Vermonter Adam Federman about his new biography, “Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray,” and he sums up its subject as one of the most imp
  
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• GMP plans to remove downed trees that prompted concerns

  20-11-2017 03:18 via vtdigger.org
  Logs left along Route 7 in southwestern Vermont after cutting related to a major utility pole upgrade project have prompted safety concerns. Photo by Jim Therrien/VTDigger
  POWNAL — Green Mountain Power expects it will soon have trees cleaned up that were felled and left on hillsides along Route 7 during recent utility pole work, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
  “Tree crews will be cleaning up the remaining work in the next two weeks,” said Kristin Carlson, GMP vice president for st
  
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• When an 8-cent property tax break isn’t 8 cents

  20-11-2017 03:00 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont’s education finance manager, Brad James. File photo by Hilary Niles/VTDiggerTowns rushing to get school district mergers approved before a Nov. 30 deadline have one more incentive: the potentially $80 million hole in the education fund that threatens to raise tax rates 8 cents. Even if that increase washes out the 8-cent tax break towns can get by beating the deadline, they still end up better off than districts that aren’t merging.
  “Will an overall rate increase of 8 c
  
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• Chris Matera: ANR’s Camel’s Hump logging plan a wake-up call

  20-11-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Chris Matera, a civil engineer and founder of Massachusetts Forest Watch, a citizens group formed to protect New England public forests.
  The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, the same agency dragging their feet on cleaning up Lake Champlain, is now brazenly planning to more than triple the logging of the public forests surrounding Vermont’s iconic Camel’s Hump mountain.
  Buried in a new proposal by ANR to manage the state-owned public fore
  
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• Ellen Kahler: Vermont’s workforce dilemma

  20-11-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Ellen Kahler, who is the executive director of the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund. 
  Vermont’s struggle to grow its workforce weakens our economy, inhibits the ability for Vermont businesses to expand their operations, and threatens the ability for Vermonters and future generations to grow and thrive here in the Green Mountains. An aging workforce, stagnant wages in jobs without career ladders, the cost of housing and child care, the opioid epi
  
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• Ron Krupp: The art and science of backyard composting

  20-11-2017 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Ron Krupp, who is the author of “The Woodchuck Returns to Gardening.” It originally aired on Vermont Public Radio.
  Friend and fellow gardener Fred Schmidt and I have been offering composting workshops to the public at the Tommy Thompson Community Garden at the Intervale in Burlington, under the auspices of the Chittenden Regional Solid Waste District.
  It won’t be long before we’ll all have to recycle food scraps. There’s al
  
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