Vermont news

• Over $1M available to fund agricultural clean water planning and implementation

  24-11-2017 19:40 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & MarketsNov. 21, 2017
  Contact:Ryan PatchVermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets802-272-0323
  [email protected]
  Clean Water Grant Dollars Available
  November 21, 2017 / Montpelier, VT – The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets (VAAFM) is pleased to announce the opening of the Request for Proposal (RFP) period for at least $1 million in grant funding associated with the Ag Clean Water Initiative Program (
  
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• Pittsford woman imprisoned for Social Security fraud

  24-11-2017 19:31 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — United States Attorney District of VermontNovember 21, 2017
  Contact:Tim AtkinsonUnited States Attorney’s Office, District of Vermont802.951.6725
  [email protected]
  BURLINGTON, VERMONT — The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Connie Forrest, 57, of Pittsford, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington to three months of imprisonment following her guilty plea to a charge of Social Security fraud. Chief U.S
  
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• Winooski Main Street Revitalization Project introduction and community input meeting

  24-11-2017 19:21 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Winooski Office of Community and Economic DevelopmentNov. 22, 2017
  Contact:Paul Sarne, Communications Coordinator
  [email protected](802) 655-6410
  winooskivt.org
  The Winooski Planning Commission invites our friends and neighbors to the Main StreetRevitalization Project Introduction and Community Input Meeting on Wednesday, 11/29/17(6:30 PM at Winooski City Hall, 27 West Allen Street).
  This special meeting builds on the ongoing discussion between the community, the
  
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• Senior Solutions receives $395,000 federal grant to combat elder abuse in southeastern Vermont

  24-11-2017 19:14 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Senior Solutions (Council on Aging for Southeastern Vermont)November 20, 2017
  Contact:Joann ErenhouseDirector of Community Relations(802) 885-2655
  SPRINGFIELD, VT. – Older adults in Windsor County will be better protected against abuse thanks to a $395,000 federal grant awarded to the region’s largest social service provider for older adults. Senior Solutions (Council on Aging for Southeastern Vermont) the Hartford Police Department, the Windsor County State&rsqu
  
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• Pownal veteran gets France’s highest honor

  24-11-2017 19:03 via vtdigger.org
  Wallace Mattison holds the Legion of Honor award he was awarded Wednesday at the Vermont Veterans Home. Photo by Holly Pelcznski/Bennington Banner(This story by David LaChance was published in the Bennington Banner on Nov. 22, 2017.)
  POWNAL — Wallace Mattison doesn’t consider his contribution to the Allied cause in World War II to have been anything special.
  Although he risked his life for the liberation of Europe and was wounded by a German bullet that barely missed his spine, &ldqu
  
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• Crisis fuel assistance available starting Nov. 27

  24-11-2017 18:44 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — SEVCANovember 22, 2017
  Contact:Pat Burke, [email protected](802) 722-4575 X127
  WESTMINSTER, VT. The nights are getting longer and there’s a chill in the air– it’s time for everyone to bundle up against the cold when venturing outdoors. But for those who can’t afford to heat their homes adequately, that chill is inescapable and they need to bundle up indoors, too. In fact, households with low incomes spend an average of about $2,000 more than they can a
  
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• Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 2017

  24-11-2017 18:36 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Office of Mayor Miro WeinbergerNov. 22, 2017
  Contact:Katie Vane802.734.0617
  Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for November 27 – December 1, 2017:
  Monday, November 275:30 pm City Council Meeting – Contois Auditorium
  Tuesday, November 28No public appearances scheduled
  Wednesday, November 298:00 am Mornings with Miro – The Bagel Café, 1127 North Avenue
  Thursday, November 30 – Friday, December 1No public appearances scheduled
  
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• Otter Valley Union High School enters partnership with Vermont International Academy

  24-11-2017 18:32 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Rutland Northeast Supervisory UnionNov. 22, 2017
  Contacts:Jeanné Collins, Superintendent of RNESU, [email protected], 802-247-5757
  James Avery, Principal, OVUHS, [email protected], 802-247-6833
  James Cross, President, VIA [email protected] 864.650.3600
  On November 28 at 1:30 pm at Otter Valley Union High School in Brandon, VT,will enter into a partnership with Vermont International Academy in a ceremony that includes an Otter Valley student presentation from OVUHS&r
  
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• Public invited to participate in Lake Champlain clean water implementation meetings

  24-11-2017 18:28 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Department of Environmental ConservationNovember 22, 2017
  Contacts:Ethan SwiftDepartment of Environmental Conservation(802) 490-6141; [email protected]
  Karen BatesDepartment of Environmental Conservation(802) 490-6144; [email protected]
  MONTPELIER – Whether it’s a favorite swimming hole, an iconic stream running through town, or a fishing spot along the shores of Lake Champlain, every Vermonter has a connection to the state’s many lakes, ponds,
  
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• YWP: ‘Distance’

  24-11-2017 18:08 via vtdigger.org
  Young Writers Project, an independent nonprofit based in Burlington, engages young people to write and use digital media to express themselves with clarity and power, and to gain confidence and skills for school, the workplace and life.Check out the most recent issue of The Voice, Young Writers Project’s monthly digital magazine. Click here.Each week, VTDigger features a writing submission – an essay, poem, fiction or nonfiction – accompanied by a photo or illustration from Yo
  
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• Suspended Rutland firefighter arrested again

  24-11-2017 18:03 via vtdigger.org
  Police mug shot of Brent Garrow following his arrest on Thursday.RUTLAND – A Rutland City firefighter suspended from his job since his arrest this summer for allegedly impersonating a police officer is facing new criminal charges of drunken driving and leaving the scene of a crash early Thanksgiving morning..
  In a statement, Rutland City Police said that officers on foot patrol on Center Street saw Brent Garrow driving a 1994 Cadillac Fleetwood erratically early Thursday morning. Officers
  
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• SCOV Law Blog: Evaluating mental competence to stand trial

  24-11-2017 18:02 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Eric Fanning. 
  State v. Sharrow, 2017 VT 25
  Creative Commons photo by walknboston via FlickrThis case is relatively simple, folks, so I’ll keep this one short and sweet.
  Defendant Christopher Sharrow was charged with second degree murder in July 2013. While he was awaiting trial, his lawyer requested a competency hearing. A quick digression for the readers out there with no criminal law background: A criminal defendant
  
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• Two Vermonters sue Equifax over data breach

  24-11-2017 17:37 via vtdigger.org
  BURLINGTON — Two Vermont women have filed a federal lawsuit against Equifax over its massive data breach that put private financial records in peril for at least 143 million Americans this summer.
  Shirley Cole, who has lived in Ascutney for several years, along with Sandra Barrett, of Highgate Center, filed the lawsuit seeking unspecified compensatory damages and restitution from the massive consumer credit reporting agency.
  The Windsor and Franklin County women also are asking a judge in
  
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• Paul Ralston: News junkie? Join the club – and get free coffee

  24-11-2017 17:03 via vtdigger.org
  Here at VTDigger, we strive to produce the best news in Vermont. During this year’s annual fund drive, we will bring you the voices of our supporters – the VTDigger champions who help make our news possible.
  Paul Ralston Owner of Vermont Coffee CompanyOK, OK, I’m a news junkie.  It’s not a problem really; I just want to be well informed.  I need deep facts from reliable sources written with clarity – and perhaps a certain élan.  And yes, I wan
  
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• The Deeper Dig: Shopping for signal with FirstNet

  24-11-2017 16:31 via vtdigger.org
  An emergency dispatch area handles 5,000 to 6,000 southern Vermont 911 calls monthly. File photo by Randolph T. Holhut/The Commons
  Earlier this week, a state panel voted to recommend to Gov. Phil Scott that Vermont opt into FirstNet, a federal system that would change the way first responders communicate.
  With FirstNet, AT&T would expand Vermont’s public safety telecommunications infrastructure under a contract with the state. Supporters say
  
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• Experts say opioid report has good ideas, no funding

  24-11-2017 16:27 via vtdigger.org
  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. VTDigger photo by Mark Johnson.WASHINGTON — A national commission appointed by President Donald Trump has made dozens of recommendations for addressing the opioid epidemic, but critics say the administration has failed to provide adequate resources.
  The president’s commission on the opioid crisis, headed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, made 56 recommendations for improving the country’s response to the epidemic in a report released earlier thi
  
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• 89-year-old pilot dead after small-plane crash in Pittsford

  24-11-2017 05:58 via vtdigger.org
  A pilot from Massachusetts is dead after his Cessna crashed Wednesday afternoon in Pittsford.
  Norman L. Baker, 89, of Windsor, was alone aboard the four-person aircraft, according to Vermont State Police. The cause of the crash is yet to be determined, and an autopsy is being performed.
  A landowner came across the wreckage late Thursday morning while walking his property, state police said in a news release.
  Authorities had mounted a massive air and land search after a report of a possible crash
  
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