Vermont news

• How the new federal tax law will affect Vermonters

  21-01-2018 20:20 via vtdigger.org
  Low- to middle-income and senior Vermonters are finding more federal and state assistance with tax forms in person and online. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerAndy Robinson is the sole proprietor of a consulting business in Vermont.
  Robinson has concerns about the new federal tax law. The Plainfield resident worried about economic inequity that could result from it. Robinson, who consults with nonprofits across the country, has also heard from clients who are concerned that changes to char
  
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• Ballet Jazz of Montreal to include Leonard Cohen piece in Lyndon performance

  21-01-2018 19:11 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — KCP PresentsJan. 19, 2018
  Contact:Molly Stone, Outreach [email protected]
  Tickets:Catamount Arts748-2600kcppresents.org
  Ballet Jazz of Montreal will perform an excerpt of their most ambitious work to date, the Leonard Cohen tribute Dance Me at Lyndon Institute Alumni Auditorium on Tuesday, February 6th at 7pm. Dance Me inspired by the songs of the legendary poet and musician, was developed by three international choreographers at a cost of more than $500,000,
  
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• Kingdom Games return in February to Newport

  21-01-2018 19:06 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Kingdom GamesJan. 18, 2018
  Contact:Phil White, DirectorKingdom Games(802) 249-9100; [email protected]
  NEWPORT, Vermont – The Kingdom Games, a series of competitive athletic events for all ages and skill levels, returns starting Feb. 10 to Newport, Vermont. The event marks the fifth consecutive year for the Games, which take place on the ice and in the water of beautiful Lake Memphremagog.
  This year’s winter Kingdom Games include:
  Memphremagog Women’s Pond H
  
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• Circus Smirkus welcomes new executive director Jennifer Carlo

  21-01-2018 19:00 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Circus SmirkusJan. 18, 2018
  Contact:Diane Zeigler, Director of Marketing & [email protected] | 802-839-6520
  Former Higher Education Administrator Now On Board at Circus Smirkus
  GREENSBORO, VT – Circus Smirkus today announced that Jennifer Carlo, Ph.D., has been named the new Executive Director of the circus arts education organization.
  Carlo is the former Vice President For Student Engagement and Dean of Students at Carlow University in Pennsy
  
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• AG, Disabilities, DAIL announce ‘Stay Savvy Vermont’ scam awareness partnership

  21-01-2018 18:57 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent LivingJanuary 18, 2018
  Media Contacts:Monica White, Director of Operations, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent [email protected]
  Kristin Clouser, Chief of Human Services Legal Division, Office of the Attorney [email protected]
  Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan and Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living Commissioner Monica Caserta Hu
  
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• Howard Frank Mosher lives on in one last book

  21-01-2018 18:56 via vtdigger.org
  The late Howard Frank Mosher’s last book, “Points North,” is set for release this week. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  The now late, legendary Northeast Kingdom writer Howard Frank Mosher had yet to sell a story back in the summer of 1971 when he opened his mailbox to find a magazine bearing his first byline.
  “Just knowing he’d gotten something published,” recalls his wife, Phillis, “was a glorious moment.”
  Mosher went on to pen 11 novels a
  
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• Vermont to host national Beer Marketing & Tourism Conference in March

  21-01-2018 18:51 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Department of Tourism and MarketingJan. 18, 2018
  Contact:Philip Tortora, Communications DirectorVermont Department of Tourism and Marketing(802) 522-7323; [email protected]
  BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont will host the 2018 Beer Marketing & Tourism Conference on March 6-8.
  The Beer Marketing & Tourism Conference will take place at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Burlington Vermont with optional excursions planned at Hotel Vermont in Burlington, Trapp
  
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• Vermont’s Greenest Building Awards Competition now open for submissions

  21-01-2018 18:48 via vtdigger.org
  News Release –Vermont Green Building NetworkJan. 18, 2018
  Contact:Jenna Antonino DiMareVGBN Executive [email protected]
  January 18, 2018, Burlington, VT – Vermont Green Building Network’s (VGBN) sixth annual Vermont’s Greenest Building Awards Competition is now open for submissions. This statewide competition recognizes residential and commercial buildings that meet the highest standard of demonstrated building energy performance. 2017 awards will b
  
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• Business, municipal, environmental leaders call on lawmakers to take action on long-term water funding

  21-01-2018 18:43 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — VNRCJanuary 19, 2018
  Contact:Jon Groveman, VNRC Policy & Water Program [email protected] x.111
  Montpelier, VT – Business, municipal, and environmental leaders came together today to express shared support for long-term clean water funding via a parcel fee, and the establishment of a Clean Water Authority to collect and distribute those funds to on-the-ground clean water projects.
  In a letter to the legislature, the groups voiced their strong su
  
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• Then Again: The town Mount Mansfield divided

  21-01-2018 18:38 via vtdigger.org
  The original charter owners of the town of Mansfield had no idea that a mountain (today’s Mount Mansfield) ran through the middle of it. Photo by Mark Bushnell
  Editor’s note: “Then Again” is Mark Bushnell’s column about Vermont history.
  Ira Allen could almost smell the money. He had recently moved to the Hampshire Grants (what is today Vermont) from his home state of Connecticut and joined the family business, land speculation. Working with his older brothers, inclu
  
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• Vermont Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance has expanded name, same mission

  21-01-2018 18:36 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Early Childhood Advocacy AllianceJan. 19, 2018
  Media Contact:Sarah Galbraith,Vermont Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance(802) 595-3458 | [email protected]
  Montpelier – The Vermont Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance today announced that in an effort to highlight the organization’s primary focus, it has added the word “Advocacy” to its name. The new name reflects the organization’s long-standing history of bringing together advocates from many
  
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• Vermont Law School seeks journalists for 2018 summer media fellowships in environmental law

  21-01-2018 18:32 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Law SchoolJan. 19, 2018
  Contact:Maryellen Apelquist, Director of Communications, Vermont Law Schooloffice: 802-831-1228, cell: 802-299-5593, [email protected]
  SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt., Jan. 19, 2018––Vermont Law School, home to the nation’s top-ranked environmental law program, seeks applications from qualified environmental journalists for its 2018 Summer Media Fellowships. As fellows, selected journalists will participate in Summer Session at V
  
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• Large stretch of forest conserved in Eden and Hyde Park

  21-01-2018 18:28 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Land TrustJanuary 19, 2018
  Contact:Carl Powden, Vermont Land Trust, (802) 635-7611, [email protected] Sudhoff, Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation, (802) 505-0678 [email protected]
  Forest Legacy Program protects important forestland and wildlife habitat
  Eden and Hyde Park – Don and Bonnie Bullard worked with the Vermont Land Trust and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation to permanently conserve over 1,400 acres of working forest
  
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• Dartmouth-Hitchcock CEO: Region needs health workers

  21-01-2018 18:22 via vtdigger.org
  Joanne Conroy, CEO of Dartmouth-Hitchcock, speaks with the Valley News editorial board. Photo by James M. Patterson/Valley NewsEditor’s note: This story by Nora Doyle-Burr was published by the Valley News on Jan. 17.
  What tops the to-do list for the new CEO of New Hampshire’s sole academic medical center and largest private employer?
  Dartmouth-Hitchcock chief Joanne Conroy said she worries about having enough people to deliver health care to the region’s aging population. She e
  
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• College developing plan to manage donated arts center

  21-01-2018 18:19 via vtdigger.org
  Southern Vermont College President David Evans examines a piece in the covered bridge museum at the Laumeister Art Center at SVC, which was donated to the college in December. Photo by Holly Pelczynski/Bennington Banner
  BENNINGTON — A working group of faculty and staff members at Southern Vermont College is developing academic programming in the arts and preparing an updated events calendar for the Laumeister Art Center at SVC.
  The center off West Road, which includes a 315-seat theater an
  
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• Filing: Quiros’ unpaid rent may lead to rabbi layoffs

  21-01-2018 18:03 via vtdigger.org
  Ariel Quiros at a groundbreaking for AnC Bio Vermont in May 2015. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerA religious education organization says it may have to reduce its staff of teaching rabbis unless it can collect money owed from a storage lease it had with the developer at the center of the Jay Peak EB-5 investor fraud scandal.
  Miami Beach Community Kollel, Inc. has filed a motion seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against that deve
  
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• Ex-priest, diocese sued over alleged abuse in Bennington

  21-01-2018 15:18 via vtdigger.org
  BENNINGTON — A former priest with a history of sexually abusing boys and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, N.Y., are being sued over alleged abuse of an unnamed victim during incidents in Bennington County.
  The suit was filed this week in Bennington Superior Court Civil Division by attorney Christopher Flint, of Cooper Erving & Savage, of Albany, on behalf of a victim referred to as John Doe. It seeks damages for the alleged long-term effects of incidents occurring an unspecified n
  
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• More than 2,000 rally at ‘March For Our Future’

  21-01-2018 12:08 via vtdigger.org
  Greta Solsaa, 16, addresses the March for our Future rally Saturday outside the Statehouse. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDiggerThough she had to use a step stool to reach the microphone, 16-year-old Greta Solsaa wasn’t fazed by thousands of people gathered below her on the snowy Statehouse lawn.“Never forget your voice,” the Rutland teen told the crowd at Saturday’s March For Our Future. “Never forget that we are the future, and we have something to say about it.”
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