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• Dartmouth-Hitchcock addresses hospital accreditation concerns

  10-12-2017 23:48 via vtdigger.org
  The main entrance of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. Photo courtesy of Dartmouth-Hitchcock
  (This story by Nora Doyle-Burr was published by the Valley News on Dec. 9, 2017.)
  LEBANON, N.H. — Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital employees have been busy in recent weeks as they work to address several dozen citations made by a hospital accrediting organization during a November visit.
  In a phone interview last week, Dr. George Blike, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s c
  
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• Investors seek to enlist receiver in lawsuit against Jay Peak seller

  10-12-2017 23:28 via vtdigger.org
  Michael Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver in the EB-5 fraud case, speaks at a Statehouse news conference. File photo by Michael Dougherty/VTDiggerA lawsuit brought by EB-5 investors claiming that a Canadian company “aided and abetted” an alleged fraud scheme at Jay Peak Resort may be clearing a big hurdle.
  The investors say Saint-Sauveur Valley Resorts Inc. knowingly and improperly accepted $15 million in EB-5 funds from Miami businessman Ariel Quiros as payment for Jay Peak in
  
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• Smith: Pelham critics are asking the wrong questions

  10-12-2017 21:45 via vtdigger.org
  Tom Pelham. File photo by Nat Rudarakanchana
  (Mike Smith is a regular columnist for VTDigger. He hosts the radio program “Open Mike with Mike Smith” on WDEV 550 AM and 96.1, 96.5, 98.3 and 101.9 FM and is a political analyst for WCAX-TV and WVMT radio. He was the secretary of administration and secretary of human services under former Gov. Jim Douglas.)
  The liberal advocacy group Rights and Democracy is calling on the Vermont Senate not to confirm Tom Pelham, Gov. Phil Scott’s
  
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• Then Again: A former governor’s shady railroad dealings

  10-12-2017 20:48 via vtdigger.org
  Charles Paine, Vermont’s 15th governor, was involved with some questionable railroad ventures. Photo courtesy of Vermont Historical Society(“Then Again” is Mark Bushnell’s column on Vermont history.)
  Charles Paine was in trouble. Shareholders of the Vermont Central Railroad, of which he was president, were closing in on him. They accused him of mismanaging the railroad and their money, and enriching himself in the process.RELATED STORIESThen Again: A former governor&rsquo
  
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• Officials, lawyers scramble after FirstNet document release

  10-12-2017 19:50 via vtdigger.org
  John Quinn is secretary of the Agency of Digital Services. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger
  The public safety communications project known as FirstNet has been criticized — even by some of the officials closely involved with it — as being shrouded in too much secrecy.
  Now the leak of two consultants’ reviews of plans for the public safety broadband buildout has state officials and corporate lawyers scrambling to find the leaker and demand that the recipient of the leak ret
  
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• AT&T pushes lawmakers, state officials to block document release

  10-12-2017 19:50 via vtdigger.org
  John Quinn is secretary of the Agency of Digital Services. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger
  The public safety communications project known as FirstNet has been criticized — even by some of the officials closely involved with it — as being shrouded in too much secrecy.
  Now the leak of two consultants’ reviews of plans for the public safety broadband buildout has state officials and corporate lawyers scrambling to find the leaker and demand that the recipient of the leak ret
  
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• Lack Of Financial Literacy 'Concerning For Every Single Citizen' Says Vermont State Treasurer Beth Pearce… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-12-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  Lack Of Financial Literacy 'Concerning For Every Single Citizen' Says Vermont State Treasurer Beth Pearce… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Why VTDigger needs your help today

  10-12-2017 14:11 via vtdigger.org
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  VTDigger relies on your support. About half of our budget comes from readers like you.Time is running out to help us meet our budget goal of $350,000. We have $171,300 left to go by Dec. 31.Anne Galloway, founder of VTDigger. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerOnly a tiny fraction of our readers give. If every one of our 55,000 monthly readers donated $5 a month, VTDigger could thrive for years to come. That’s why we are so very grateful to the more than 1,000 readers who have c
  
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• VTDigger needs your help today

  10-12-2017 14:11 via vtdigger.org
  Dear Readers,
  VTDigger relies on your support. About half of our budget comes from readers like you.Time is running out to help us meet our budget goal of $350,000. We have $171,300 left to go by Dec. 31.Anne Galloway, founder of VTDigger. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerOnly a tiny fraction of our readers give. If every one of our 55,000 monthly readers donated $5 a month, VTDigger could thrive for years to come. That’s why we are so very grateful to the more than 1,000 readers who have c
  
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• ICYMI — We spoke to #Rutland Mayor Dave Allaire on Thursday. Listen back to the online version of that conversation… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-12-2017 00:12 via twitter.com
  ICYMI — We spoke to #Rutland Mayor Dave Allaire on Thursday. Listen back to the online version of that conversation… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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