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• Police look for man who left psych unit at Rutland hospital

  06-12-2017 23:44 via vtdigger.org
  RUTLAND — City police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man they say fled from Rutland Regional Medical Center’s psychiatric unit Wednesday against medical advice.
  Robert Ettori. Photo courtesy of Rutland policePolice said Robert Ettori, 20, was a patient at RRMC and was set to undergo a mental health evaluation for delusional thoughts, but he refused it and left the unit against doctor’s orders about 10:55 a.m.
  He was last seen going into the woods near Perki
  
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• Vermont Supreme Court paves way for ‘de facto’ parents

  06-12-2017 23:06 via vtdigger.org
  Justice Beth Robinson speaks during a Vermont Supreme Court hearing. Pool file photo by April McCullum/Burlington Free PressA Vermont Supreme Court ruling will allow a woman to seek shared custody of a girl she had been raising with her former partner, who sought to keep the woman out of the child’s life.
  The two Chittenden County women had jointly chosen to raise the child together, but for legal and logistical reasons, only one woman was the legally adoptive parent. After they split up,
  
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• Rutland Mayor Allaire Addresses City's Challenges, Vision dlvr.it/Q4hwYs https://t.co/caHKWZntjJ

  06-12-2017 22:37 via twitter.com
  
  Rutland Mayor Allaire Addresses City's Challenges, Vision dlvr.it/Q4hwYs https://t.co/caHKWZntjJ
  
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• UPDATED: Details of Burlington Telecom sale released

  06-12-2017 21:59 via vtdigger.org
  Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger(This story was updated Dec. 6, 2017, at 5:15 p.m. with comment from the CEO of Schurz Communications.)
  BURLINGTON — A document detailing the sale of Burlington Telecom to Schurz Communications was released Wednesday, memorializing in writing the sale that was hastily arranged in the early morning hours of a Burlington City Council meeting nine days ago.
  The document, a nonbinding letter of intent, outlines the agreement
  
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• Details of Burlington Telecom sale released

  06-12-2017 21:59 via vtdigger.org
  Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — A document detailing the sale of Burlington Telecom to Schurz Communications was released Wednesday, memorializing in writing the sale that was hastily arranged in the early morning hours of a Burlington City Council meeting nine days ago.
  The document, a non-binding Letter of Intent, outlines the agreement to sell Burlington Telecom to Schurz Communications for $30.8 million. The letter and a document assemb
  
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• Leahy, Sanders join tide of Democrats calling for Franken resignation

  06-12-2017 21:46 via vtdigger.org
  Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, and Al Franken, D-Minn.,at a hearing. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerWASHINGTON — Vermont’s two senators joined a tidal wave of Senate Democrats calling for the resignation of Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations.
  Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., called on Franken to step down in statements Wednesday afternoon. Both said last week that a Senate Ethics Committee investigation should be c
  
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• Before Your Time: A Green Mountain mixtape

  06-12-2017 21:38 via vtdigger.org
   
  Courtesy Middlebury College Special Collections and ArchivesBefore Your Time is a podcast about Vermont history. Every episode, we go inside the stacks at the Vermont Historical Society to look at an object from their permanent collection that tells us something unique about our state. Then, we take a closer look at the people, the events, and the ideas that surround each artifact.In the late 1920s, a state panel called the Vermont Commission on Country Life asked Helen Hartness
  
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• Bove’s restaurant may be razed for Burlington hotel, apartments

  06-12-2017 21:18 via vtdigger.org
  The empty Bove’s restaurant in Burlington would be demolished under a plan for a hotel and new apartments. Photo by Cory Dawson/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — The former home of the venerable Bove’s Italian restaurant on Pearl Street may be torn down and a hotel and apartments built under a proposal from owner Richard Bove Jr.
  His plan is to make space for a roughly 76-room brand-name hotel and 20-unit apartment building by demolishing the restaurant and two nearby rental houses. Bove&rs
  
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• LISTEN: Rethinking Recruitment: Finding Vermont's Next Generation Of Police Officers dlvr.it/Q4gTG2 https://t.co/Hr6w2HfC08

  06-12-2017 19:41 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: Rethinking Recruitment: Finding Vermont's Next Generation Of Police Officers dlvr.it/Q4gTG2 https://t.co/Hr6w2HfC08
  
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• SO Vermont Arts & Living magazine celebrates 10th anniversary

  06-12-2017 18:57 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Primetime Concepts, Inc.Dec. 6, 2017
  Contact:Lynn BarrettPublisher, SO Vermont Arts & LivingPresident, Primetime Concepts, Inc.802-258-3992cell 323-627-4625
  www.vermontartsliving.com
   
  DUMMERSTON CENTER, VT—Primetime Concepts, Inc., publisher of SO Vermont Arts & Living magazine announced today that it will celebrate the magazine’s 10th anniversary with a special 10th Anniversary issue due out in January, 2018. The issue will feature a gatefold of pa
  
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• Community Bank presents Special Olympics games

  06-12-2017 18:49 via vtdigger.org
  News release — Special Olympics VermontDec. 6, 2017
  Contact:Liza ReedMarketing and Partnerships DirectorSpecial Olympics Vermont(802) 861-0275Cell: 802-598-7571
  [email protected]
  Community Bank N.A. presents the 2017 Special Olympics Vermont Holiday Games December 10 at St. Michael’s College and Spare Times Lanes in Colchester. Nearly 500 athletes and Unified partners will compete in swimming, floorball, and bowling.
  “We are very excited to be the presenting sponsor of the first e
  
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• Burlington to host overnight stop on 2018 Great Race

  06-12-2017 18:43 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Convention BureauDec. 5, 2017.
  Contact: Susan SmithVermont Convention Bureau60 Main Street, Suite 100Burlington, VT 05401
  [email protected]: 802-860-0606 x230
  Burlington, VT., will host an overnight stop on the 2018 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Monday, June 25, the Vermont Convention Bureau has announced.
  The Great Race, the world’s premiere old car rally, will bring 120 of the world’s finest antique automobiles to town for th
  
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• Sanders warns Trump to keep promises on Social Security and Medicare

  06-12-2017 18:20 via vtdigger.org
  News release — Sen. Bernie Sanders
  Contact:Josh Miller-Lewis
  [email protected]
  WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) challenged President Donald Trump to keep his repeated promise to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from Republican attempts to cut the programs.
  “Mr. President, on the campaign trail you said over and over again you would not cut Social Security or Medicare or Medicaid. And today, I am asking you nothing more than to ke
  
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• Funds available for women and girls career programs

  06-12-2017 18:06 via vtdigger.org
  News release — The Vermont Community FoundationDec. 5, 2016
  Contact:Lauren BrunoProgram and Grants AssociateThe Vermont Community Foundation
  [email protected] ext. 222
  Funding is now available from the Vermont Women’s Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation for new or existing projects, programs, and efforts that support viable career pathways and career prospects for Vermont women and girls.
  The Vermont Women’s Fund was established in 1994 as an enduring resour
  
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• Vermont Gas installs solar panels at headquarters

  06-12-2017 17:57 via vtdigger.org
  News release — Vermont Gas SystemsDec. 6, 2017
  Media Contact:Beth ParentCommunications and Brand Manager, Vermont Gas SystemsPH: (802) 865-1460 / (802) 578-2776
  [email protected]
  South Burlington, VT – Vermont Gas announced today it is now generating its own renewable energy, thanks to nearly 100 solar panels it installed on its South Burlington Offices. The project, which is part of the Company’s commitment to sustainability, will allow the Company to produce clean energy
  
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• South Carolina towns selected for Heart & Soul grant

  06-12-2017 17:47 via vtdigger.org
  News release — Orton Family FoundationDec. 6, 2017
  Leslie Wrightsenior associate802-495-0864
  [email protected]
  SHELBURNE, Vt.(December 6, 2017)—Two towns in South Carolina have been selected for Community Heart & Soul®, launching a partnership with J. Marion Sims Foundation that introduces the community development model in the Southeastern United States, David Leckey, executive director, Orton Family Foundation announced.
  Fort Lawn (pop. 860) and Kershaw (pop. 2,100) were se
  
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• Local farms use trees to improve water quality

  06-12-2017 17:37 via vtdigger.org
  News release — Connecticut River ConservancyDec. 6, 2017
  Ron Rhodes, River StewardConnecticut River Conservancy
  [email protected](802) 457-6114
  www.ctriver.org
  Pomfret, Vermont – This fall the Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC) and project partners planted 5,690 native trees and shrubs across nearly 9,007 feet of riverbank on seven farms in Haverhill, Pike, Bath and Jefferson, New Hampshire, as well as in Newbury and Weathersfield, Vermont.
  The riverside plantings along 11.1 acres
  
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• Rokeby Museum announces Catherine Wood Brooks as new director

  06-12-2017 17:24 via vtdigger.org
  News release — Rokeby MuseumDec. 5, 2017
  Rokeby Museum802-877-3406
  [email protected]
  Ferrisburgh, VT – Rokeby Museum announced the appointment of Catherine Wood Brooks as Director, effective December 3. Brooks served as Director of Education at Shelburne Museum from 1986 to 2006, and Cultural Heritage Tourism Coordinator for the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing from 2007 to 2016 where she managed the development of Vermont’s African American Heritage Trail.
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• Weston announces 2018 theater line-up

  06-12-2017 17:15 via vtdigger.org
  News release –Weston Playhouse Theatre CompanyDec. 6, 2017
  Emily Pariseau | Audience Services ManagerWeston Playhouse Theatre Companye: [email protected]: (802) 824-8167 x112
  Weston, VT. Vermont’s award-winning Weston Playhouse Theatre Company announces a blockbuster line-up for its 2018 season. Founding Directors Malcolm Ewen, Tim Fort, and Steve Stettler continue Weston’s tradition of “celebrating the classics and nurturing the new” in their 31st and
  
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• White River Junction VA Medical Center adopts 80 kids for the holidays

  06-12-2017 16:51 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — White River Junction VA Medical CenterDecember 5, 2017
  Contact:Katherine Tang802-295-9363, ext. 5880
  [email protected]
  WHITE RIVER JUNCTION- The White River Junction VA Medical Center (WRJ VAMC) has collaborated with the Department of Children and Families (DCF), Hartford District Office for thirty-three years, providing holiday gifts for children within the foster care system. Each year, DCF employees work with the children and provide their wish list to the WRJ VAMC. The em
  
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• New survey suggests Americans want to grow marijuana at home

  06-12-2017 16:43 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Green State GardenerDec. 1, 2017
  Contact:Kelsy RaapGreen State Gardener(802)448-0706
  [email protected]
  There is a free infographic at Dropbox.
  A 2017 nation-wide survey suggests millions of Americans would grow marijuana at home – if it was legal. According to the survey, an estimated 38.8 million adults[1] would ‘grow your own’ for personal use if growing cannabis was legalized – gardeners and non-gardeners alike. That number increase
  
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• We're joined for today's discussion about law enforcement recruitment by Lt. Steve Coote of @VTStatePolice, Chief J… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-12-2017 16:32 via twitter.com
  We're joined for today's discussion about law enforcement recruitment by Lt. Steve Coote of @VTStatePolice, Chief J… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 86-year-old woman dies in Chelsea house fire

  06-12-2017 16:09 via vtdigger.org
  Jim Doyle of Chelsea stands beside the ruins of his mother’s home on Monday. Photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley News(This story by Jordan Cuddemi was published in the Valley News on Dec. 4, 2017.)
  CHELSEA — An 86-year-old woman who was an integral part of the Chelsea community for decades died early Monday in a fire that destroyed her Corinth Road home.
  Investigators said they located what they believe to be the body of Alice Doyle within the ruins of the home, which caught fire during t
  
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• Many of the state's law enforcment agencies face a workforce shortage caused by retirement. On today's show, we'll… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-12-2017 15:41 via twitter.com
  Many of the state's law enforcment agencies face a workforce shortage caused by retirement. On today's show, we'll… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Elizabeth Hewitt: Why VTDigger’s reporting from D.C. matters.

  06-12-2017 12:36 via vtdigger.org
  Dear Readers:
  Thanks to your generosity, we have raised $161,430 for our annual fund drive so far. We are grateful to the 1,000-plus readers who have made a commitment to support VTDigger.But we still have $187,275 to raise before Dec. 31. We need your help to keep VTDigger strong.
  Many of you now rely on the Washington, D.C., news we bring you every day. We invested in this service during the presidential inauguration just this past January, because we know Vermonters are hungry for reporting d
  
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• FCC repeal of net neutrality would hurt Vermont companies

  06-12-2017 12:23 via vtdigger.org
  Ajit Pai, chair of the Federal Communications Commission.WASHINGTON — The web is vital to Art Bell’s film company, Dreamlike Pictures.
  From Bell’s base in Burlington, he frequently works with clients and video production partners across the country.
  “We routinely move gigabytes, many hundreds of gigabytes, around the internet,” Bell said.
  But an upcoming Federal Communications Commission vote could have profound implications for his work. Bell fears that a repeal of
  
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• Hermitage Club falls behind on payments

  06-12-2017 03:47 via vtdigger.org
  The Hermitage Club in Wilmington has missed sewer and water payments. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer
  (This story by Chris Mays was published first by the Brattleboro Reformer on Dec. 5, 2017.)
  WILMINGTON — The Hermitage Club has a few days to make a payment owed for a bond or the company could lose the ability to expand due to the loss of water and sewer rights.
  Kimberly Hicks, administrator at Cold Brook Fire District, said the Hermitage asked the Prudential Committee for
  
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• Justices side with newspaper, letter writer in defamation suit

  06-12-2017 03:16 via vtdigger.org
  The Vermont Supreme Court. From left, Justices Harold Eaton, Marilyn Skoglund, Paul Reiber and Beth Robinson. Pool file photo by April McCullum/Burlington Free PressFive days before the 2016 general election, The Northfield News published a letter to the editor about a Vermont House candidate’s criminal history, academic troubles and alleged “disruptive behavior” at local businesses.
  That candidate, Democrat Gordon Bock, lost the race and subsequently sued the newspaper and the
  
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• Famed newsman Murrow’s Vermont son ties past to present

  06-12-2017 02:47 via vtdigger.org
  Vermonter Casey Murrow, son of the late broadcasting legend Edward R. Murrow, speaks beside a photo of his father Monday at the Putney Public Library. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  PUTNEY — Vermonter Casey Murrow has something to say about the fearmongering, fact-mangling politician hungry to chew up the nation’s press corps.
  “He called my father ‘the cleverest of the jackal pack.’”
  Murrow, speaking Monday at the Putney Public Library, stood amid news
  
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• Scott’s choice for Green Mountain Care Board could spark rule change

  06-12-2017 02:33 via vtdigger.org
  Tom Pelham. File photo by Nat RudarakanchanaGov. Phil Scott’s appointment of a former government finance official to the state’s health care regulatory board is prompting pushback and may lead to new rules on its membership.
  Scott recently installed Tom Pelham, a former independent state representative who served in four administrations, to fill an opening on the five-member Green Mountain Care Board.
  Pelham is Scott’s third appointment to the powerful regulatory board, which s
  
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• Work of state’s Vermont Yankee consultants to be under wraps

  06-12-2017 01:53 via vtdigger.org
  A loaded spent fuel cask arrives on a storage pad at Vermont Yankee. The state is considering whether to allow the plant’s sale. File photo courtesy of EntergyVERNON – Entergy won’t be allowed to question consultants who are helping state regulators decide whether Vermont Yankee should be sold.
  The Vermont Public Utility Commission says it is hiring a Georgia-based consulting firm, GDS Associates Inc., to sift through evidence in the complex case.
  And in a new ruling, the commi
  
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• Prosecutors clear troopers in fatal shooting of man pointing BB gun

  06-12-2017 01:34 via vtdigger.org
  Rutland County State’s Attorney Rose Kennedy and Col. Matthew Birmingham of the Vermont State Police speak at a news conference Tuesday regarding a fatal shooting in Poultney by police. Photo by Alan J. Keays/VTDiggerRUTLAND — Prosecutors have cleared five Vermont State Police troopers of criminal wrongdoing in a fatal shooting that followed a lengthy standoff in Poultney.
  A big factor in that decision, according to the prosecutors, was the misleading appearance of a weapon Michael B
  
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• Elayne Clift: Who among us doesn’t have a #MeToo story?

  06-12-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Elayne Clift, writes about women, politics and social issues from Saxtons River.
  She was an exceptional legal secretary, a regal beauty, and an independent woman who repeatedly tried to ignore her boss’ advances. One day, upon his return from a foreign business trip, he presented her with a string of French pearls and a litany of love. It was the 1930s so the secretary saw no way out but to quit her job. That woman was my mother.
  She was a motivat
  
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• Elizabeth Deutsch & Mari Cordes: Patients will pay

  06-12-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Elizabeth Deutsch, RN, who has been a nurse in critical care in Rhode Island and Vermont for more than two decades, and Mari Cordes, RN, who has been a nurse for nearly 30 years in Vermont.
  Republicans in Congress have tried time and again to repeal the Affordable Care Act and dismantle Medicaid. And time and again, Vermont families have made it clear that they want more access to affordable care — not less.
  But Republicans clearly didn’t ge
  
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• Haviland Smith: Agents of influence

  06-12-2017 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Haviland Smith, of Williston, who is a retired CIA station chief who served in East and West Europe as well as the Middle East. He was executive assistant to the CIA’s deputy director and chief of the counterterrorism staff in charge of CIA’s recruitment operations against Soviet Bloc countries in the 1970s. His other writings can be seen on rural-ruminations.com.
  The Soviet Intelligence Officer’s Handbook defines an “agent of in
  
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