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• Third Vermont inmate at Camp Hill dies in just over two-month period

  18-12-2017 23:52 via vtdigger.org
  Block J at the Camp Hill prison in Pennsylvania where Vermonters are housed. File photo by Jasper Craven/VTDiggerA third Vermont inmate who had been housed at SCI Camp Hill Facility, a state-run prison in Pennsylvania, died Monday of an apparent medical issue, according to the Vermont Department of Corrections.
  The deaths of two other inmates, Roger Brown and Tim Adams, who had served time at Camp Hill were reported this fall. Brown died in mid-October and Adams in early November.
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• Wired for Safety: Law and lessons can improve security

  18-12-2017 22:06 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: Wired for Safety is a weekly column on cybersecurity and other tech issues. Duane Dunston is an assistant professor of cybersecurity and networking at Champlain College. He received his bachelor’s and master’s of science from Pfeiffer College. From 2001 to 2011 he worked in cybersecurity for NOAA. He is a doctoral student at Northeastern University. His other activities include “You Have A Voice,” a project to develop an electronic screening assessmen
  
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  18-12-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  
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• Leahy says he regrets calling for Franken’s resignation

  18-12-2017 19:37 via vtdigger.org
  Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, and Al Franken, D-Minn.,at a hearing. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerSen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., says he regrets calling for a fellow senator’s resignation earlier this month over sexual misconduct allegations.
  Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., announced on the Senate floor two weeks ago that he would leave his post after a tide of Senate Democrats, including Leahy, called on him to step down because of allegations of sexual harassment by multiple women.
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  18-12-2017 19:09 via twitter.com
  
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• Wake Robin ricin suspect to be arraigned Friday in federal court

  18-12-2017 18:35 via vtdigger.org
  Castor plant. Wikimedia imageBURLINGTON — A woman accused of trying to poison neighbors in her Shelburne retirement community remains in custody and will be arraigned in federal court Friday.
  Betty Miller, 70, was indicted last week on a single felony charge of knowingly possessing “an unregistered select agent, namely ricin.” She allegedly refined the highly toxic substance from castor beans growing at Wake Robin, where she lived.
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• One dead in Brookline fire

  18-12-2017 18:18 via vtdigger.org
  Crews battle a two-alarm fire at 45 Papoose Lane in Brookline early Sunday morning. Photo by Chris Mays/Brattleboro Reformer(This story by Chris Mays was published in the Brattleboro Reformer on Dec. 18, 2017.)
  BROOKLINE — A two-alarm fire that destroyed a two-story log cabin early Sunday morning claimed the life of one of the cabin’s occupants, state fire investigators said.
  Elizabeth Cutts, 32, of Brookline, died in the fire at 45 Papoose Lane, Vermont State Police Detective Sgt. E
  
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  18-12-2017 14:04 via twitter.com
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• Swanton man sentenced to 11 years for 1.3 million child porn images

  18-12-2017 11:11 via vtdigger.org
  James Campbell, 57, of Swanton, was sentenced Thursday to serve 11 years in prison for possession of child pornography.
  U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford sentenced Campbell to serve 135 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release. He is also required to pay a $100 special assessment.
  Law enforcement seized a dozen devices at Campbell’s home after an undercover operation determined that he had been downloading child pornography from the internet.Campbell had downloaded 1.3 milli
  
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• Man dies in snowcat accident at Burke Mountain

  18-12-2017 10:52 via vtdigger.org
  Denny Degreenia, 45, died on Sunday evening after he was ejected from a snowcat on Burke Mountain, according to Vermont State Police.
  Degreenia was driving a 1986 LMC 1500 utility vehicle checking snow guns on the mountain when the snowcat rolled over, police said. Degreenia was ejected from the vehicle. Neither Degreenia nor his passenger, Clifford Savage, 27, were wearing seatbelts.A witness performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Degreenia, but his injuries were fatal and he was declared d
  
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• Following inmate’s death, concerns about conditions at Camp Hill prison persist

  18-12-2017 10:25 via vtdigger.org
  An inmate walks through the grounds of the state prison at Camp Hill, Pa. Photo by Jasper Craven/VTDiggerTwo months after a Vermont inmate died in a Pennsylvania prison of stage four lung cancer that went undiagnosed until his final days, concerns about medical care and other conditions at the facility near Harrisburg persist.
  Three recent inmate letters to VTDigger, coupled with interviews with Vermont state officials, point to a situation in which more than 260 Vermonters are housed at Pennsyl
  
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• Gathering celebrates Galway Kinnell with his own words

  18-12-2017 03:25 via vtdigger.org
  The late Galway Kinnell as pictured on the cover of his new collection of poems.
  ST. JOHNSBURY — About 50 people gathered at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum last week to remember and honor the poet Galway Kinnell.
  It was a celebratory occasion, but one tinged with sadness — celebratory because Kinnell’s “Collected Poems” had just been published, and yet sad because Kinnell, who died in 2014, is still much missed by his family and friends.
  “We wanted to be here tog
  
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• Pownal stream study identifies flooding risk sites

  18-12-2017 03:09 via vtdigger.org
  Tubbs Brook in North Pownal, not far from where it empties into the Hoosic River. A study of Tubbs and Ladd brooks in the town has identified numerous points of restriction that could cause flooding during storms. Photo by Jim Therrien/VTDigger
  POWNAL — A study of the Tubbs Brook and Ladd Brook drainage areas in Pownal has identified more than 30 potential projects that could reduce the water flow restrictions that worsen flooding during heavy rain events.
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• Vermont sues EPA over ozone

  18-12-2017 02:51 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerVermont Attorney General TJ Donovan has sued the head of the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to list regions of the country that have violated federal limits for ozone pollution.
  EPA chief Scott Pruitt is not following the law, Donovan says, and his inaction will lead Vermonters to suffer from harmful air pollution generated by other states.
  Ozone, which is caused by a chemical reaction between nitrogen oxide a
  
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• State, municipalities team up to hire mental health responders

  18-12-2017 02:22 via vtdigger.org
  ​Al Gobeille is secretary of the Agency of Human Services. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerFrustrated by a growing mental health crisis, officials in six Chittenden County municipalities are teaming with the state to hire a new kind of first responder.
  The communities soon will be sharing four mental health counselors – known as street outreach or community outreach workers – who will try to intervene before a resident ends up in an emergency room or police custody.
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