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• Community Health Centers of Burlington announces national accreditation as Patient-Centered Medical Home

  21-02-2018 23:53 via vtdigger.org
  Contact:Kim Anderson, Director of Development and CommunicationsCommunity Health Centers of Burlington(802) [email protected]
  Burlington – The Community Health Centers of Burlington (CHCB) are pleased to announce they have again received national accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance as a Patient-Centered Medical Home. CHCB scored a Level 3 at each of their eight locations – the highest level a health center can achieve.
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• Kinney Pike Insurance welcomes a new media and communications specialist

  21-02-2018 23:03 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Kinney Pike InsuranceFebruary 20, 2018
  Contact:Brittany [email protected]
  Rutland, VT – Kinney Pike Insurance has added Brittany Hollman as their new Media and Communications Specialist. Brittany is based out the Williston office but provides statewide support for the agency.
  Brittany joins Kinney Pike Insurance with experience in the media and communications industry and a BS in Public Relations and Event Management from Champlain College. As
  
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• Burlington Songwriters’ live ‘Songwriter Sessions’ continue

  21-02-2018 22:59 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Burlington SongwritersFebruary 20, 2018
  Contact:@BurlingtonSongwriters on Facebook
  Burlington – Burlington Songwriters announced three upcoming dates in their quarterlyshowcase concert series, “Songwriter Sessions”:Thursday February 22nd 7 PMTeam 1 @ Twiggs – An American Gastropub 28 N Main St Saint Albans, Vermont
  Friday February 23rd 7 PMTeam 4 @ Charlotte Public Library 115 Ferry Rd Charlotte, Vermont
  Thursday March 8th 6 PMTeam 5 @ Shelburne Viney
  
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• Montpelier School District hires project manager to lead Union Elementary School Playground Project

  21-02-2018 22:52 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Montpelier School DistrcitFebruary 20, 2018
  For immediate release:Contact:Dr. Brian G. [email protected]
  Montpelier – Thom Wood, Facilities Director for Montpelier Public Schools, announced the hiring of Jay Ericson as the Project Manager for the Union Elementary School Playground Project (UPP). The project, which has been in development for approximately three years, will significantly upgrade the exterior play space at the school located in downtown Montpelier. &l
  
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• UVM Medical Center pitches $22.1 million property purchase

  21-02-2018 22:31 via vtdigger.org
  UVM Medical Center. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  University of Vermont Medical Center is seeking state permission to make a $22.1 million property purchase in South Burlington.
  The hospital has been leasing the two medical buildings, on Tilley Drive in the Mountain View Business Park, at a combined cost of more than $2 million annually.
  In documents filed with the Green Mountain Care Board, hospital administrators said the cost of purchasing the property, including mortgage and operatin
  
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• McKibben & Halpern book signing at Hinesburgh Public House

  21-02-2018 21:58 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Hinesburgh Public HouseFebruary 20, 2018
  Contact:Will [email protected]
  Hinesburg – On Sunday, March 11th Bill McKibben and Sue Halpern will discuss their recently published books: McKibben’s Radio Free Vermont and Halpern’s Summer Hours at the Hinesburgh Public House. The open discussion and book-signing will be from 2 to 4 PM.
  Radio Free Vermont, sub-titled “A Fable of Resistance”, follows a band of Vermont patriots (headquarte
  
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• St. Albans high school evacuated after shooting threat

  21-02-2018 21:29 via vtdigger.org
  For the second day in a row a Franklin County high school closed early and sent students home in response to a threat of a school shooting.Students were released just after noon on Wednesday from Bellows Free Academy in St. Albans, after the school received a note threatening a shooting at the school later in the afternoon, according to the St. Albans Police Department.
  Police said in a news release that there was “no active danger” found at the school. The St. Albans high school re
  
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• LISTEN: Sen. Bernie Sanders On Gun Control, Russian Meddling And Congressional Disfunction dlvr.it/QHHFHf https://t.co/oNLhpOIEgF

  21-02-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  
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  21-02-2018 19:45 via twitter.com
  
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• "I applaud what the people at #Blacklivesmatter are doing." — @SenSanders Listen live ➡️… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-02-2018 18:38 via twitter.com
  "I applaud what the people at #Blacklivesmatter are doing."— @SenSanders Listen live ➡️… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Members consider taking ownership of Hermitage Club

  21-02-2018 18:20 via vtdigger.org
  The Hermitage Club in Wilmington. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer
  Editor’s note: This story by Chris Mays was published in the Brattleboro Reformer on Tuesday.
  DEERFIELD VALLEY — Hermitage Club members are attempting to take ownership of the company, according to a source familiar with the situation.RELATED STORIESWhistleblower complaint filed against Hermitage ClubHermitage Club appeals water/sewer shutoffHermitage Club falls behind on paymentsHermitage Club taps mem
  
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  21-02-2018 18:17 via twitter.com
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• Building community with public art: Why not Montpelier?

  21-02-2018 16:21 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — ArtSynergyFebruary 19, 2018
  For more information, contact Paul Gambill at 595-0087 or [email protected].
  Montpelier – Many communities across the country have used public art as a powerful tool to strengthen their identity and build a more vibrant and connected community. Some city officials and residents are asking: Why not Montpelier?
  Join the Montpelier ArtSynergy Project to explore how public art can shape the future of the city. The discussion will t
  
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• Bethel University celebrates five years of success and community building

  21-02-2018 16:10 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Bethel UniversityFebruary 19, 2018
  Contact:Rebeca Sanborn [email protected]
  Bethel – Less than five years ago, Bethel University opened its doors as the world’s first free community pop-up university. It opens again next month with 55 free classes for the community, by the community. Courses this year include everything from hemp cultivation to sushi rolling, dodgeball to wilderness first aid.
  “BU” classes are held in B
  
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• NG Advantage builds leadership team, announces promotions of key staff

  21-02-2018 15:58 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — NG Advantage LLCFebruary 19, 2018
  Contact:Claudia [email protected]
  Colchester – NG Advantage LLC, which is majority-owned by Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) announced the promotions of Tyler Fontaine and Jeremy Randall to Assistant Operations Team Manager to help supervise the operations teams, and coordinate efforts with the company’s maintenance, IT, and gas supply departments.
  “NG Advantage relies on our leadership team to ensure the c
  
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• Dorset Theatre Festival begins the sixth annual Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Competition

  21-02-2018 15:35 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Dorset Theatre FestivalFebruary 16, 2018
  Contact:Ryan Koss802-867-5606 [email protected]
  Dorset – On Tuesday, February 6, 2018, Dorset Theatre Festival began its 6th annual Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Competition and Workshops. This program provides an opportunity for students to learn about playwriting and create a short 10-60 page play of their own. Workshop participants typically include more than 15 schools, 300 students, and 60 play submis
  
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• Olympics: Diggins wins gold; biathletes aim at gun violence

  21-02-2018 14:38 via vtdigger.org
  Vermonter Peggy Shinn, a journalist for the U.S. Olympic Committee’s website, posted this Facebook photo Wednesday of Jessie Diggins’ win: “HISTORY!!!!” she wrote.
  Diggins wins historic cross-country gold
  Stratton’s Jessie Diggins, finishing fifth three times and sixth once at the 2018 Olympics, finally has won a medal.
  A gold one, at that.
  Diggins and teammate Kikkan Randall grabbed U.S. women cross-country skiing’s first-ever Winter Games victory in Wed
  
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• Norwich University presents prominent Oromo novelist, scholar and filmmaker Teferi Niggusie Tafa

  21-02-2018 04:35 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Norwich UniversityFeb. 20, 2018
  Contact:Daphne [email protected] us on Twitter @NorwichNews
  NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University’s Peace and War Center presents “The Traditional Citizen Soldier: The Oromo Gadaa System in Ethiopia,” a presentation by prominent Oromo novelist, scholar and filmmaker Teferi Niggusie Tafa on Thursday, Feb. 22, from 4-5 p.m. in the Kreitzberg Library South Instruction Room.
  This event is free and o
  
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• Former Scenic America president discusses sense of place at Vermont Humanities Council event

  21-02-2018 04:29 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Humanities CouncilFeb. 20, 2018
  Contact:Ryan Newswanger, Director of Communications, (802) 262-1354
  Montpelier ~ Former Scenic America President and TED talk lecturer Ed McMahon will discuss the importance of place-making in the built environment at Montpelier’s Unitarian Church on March 7 at 7:00 p.m. His talk, “Where Am I? The Power of Uniqueness,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture series and is free and op
  
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• Energy Co-op of Vermont earns Efficiency Vermont’s ‘Best of the Best’ award

  21-02-2018 04:25 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Energy Co-op of VermontFeb. 20, 2018
  Contact:Brian GrayEnergy Co-op of [email protected]
  Recognized for Home Efficiency Improvements in $12,000 and Under Category
  February 20, 2018….Colchester, Vermont……Recent energy upgrades to a 1950’s cape-style home in Burlington, Vermont have not only greatly improved the home’s comfort and reduced its energy costs but have also earned the Energy Co-op of Vermont a 2018 “Best of the
  
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• Vermont Veterinary Medical Association reminds about pet dental health

  21-02-2018 04:21 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Veterinary Medical AssociationFebruary 16, 2018
  Contact:Kathy Finnie, Executive DirectorVermont Veterinary Medical [email protected]
  February is National Pet Dental Health Month
  By Erin Forbes, DVMVermont Veterinary Medical Association
  The VVMA would like to remind all pet owners that February is National Pet Dental Health Month. Sponsored by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), National Pet Dental Health Month message reminds pet
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott’s public schedule Feb. 17-23, 2018

  21-02-2018 04:18 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Office of the GovernorFeb. 16, 2018
  Contact:Ethan T. LatourAsst. Director of Policy and CommunicationsGovernor Phil [email protected]
  Governor Phil Scott’s Public Schedule: 2/17/18 – 2/23/18
  Saturday, February 17
  12:30 – 1:00 PM
  Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont Winter Conference
  UVM Davis Center, 590 Main Street, Burlington, VT
  Sunday, February 18
  No public events scheduled
  Monday, February 19
  President’s Day
  7:30 – 9
  
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• Dan Kinney of Catamount Solar honored by peers with Distinguished Jim Grundy Award

  21-02-2018 04:14 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Renewable Energy VermontFebruary 19, 2018
  Contact:Austin DavisRenewable Energy [email protected]@re_vermont
  Montpelier, VT – At a reception overflowing the Vermont State House’s Cedar Creek Room, Renewable Energy Vermont presented co-founder of Catamount Solar, Dan Kinney with the 2017 Jim Grundy Award for generosity of spirit and integrity in bringing renewable energy to his community.
  “For the last 20 years, every day Dan has shown h
  
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• Norwich brings leaders in cybersecurity to campus for second annual summit

  21-02-2018 04:04 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Norwich UniversityFeb. 19, 2018
  Contact:Daphne [email protected] us on Twitter @NorwichNews
  NORTHFIELD, Vt. – The second annual Norwich University Cyber Security Summit will take place on the Norwich University campus June 18-20, 2018. This event will bring together an international cadre of experts in the fields of information security and assurance, business, public administration and more to discuss the latest in federal cyber security poli
  
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• UVM students call for resignations over white pride signs

  21-02-2018 03:59 via vtdigger.org
  Students Amanda Martinez, Harmony Edosomwan and Angelica Crespo speak to a crowd of about 200 UVM students during a rally against recent anonymously posted, racially charged signs at UVM, and called for the resignation of UVM officials. Photo by Cory Dawson/VTDigger
  BURLINGTON — More than 200 student protesters descended on the main administrative building at the University of Vermont Tuesday demanding reforms and the resignations of top officials.
  The rally came after UVM, along with othe
  
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• Hallquist officially begins bid to become US’ first transgender governor

  21-02-2018 03:03 via vtdigger.org
  Christine Hallquist, CEO at Vermont Electric Coop
  Christine Hallquist resigned Tuesday as head of Vermont’s second-largest electric utility to launch a campaign for the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
  And while she’s not shying away from the attention that comes with potentially being the country’s first transgender governor, it’s her unique experience in expanding Vermont’s utilities that she’s touting as she officially enters the race.Get all of VT
  
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• Protesters call for lawmakers to act on gun laws

  21-02-2018 02:49 via vtdigger.org
  Zoe Hecht, front left, was among the students who called for stronger gun laws at the demonstration Tuesday. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
  Proposals to tighten Vermont’s gun laws saw a swell of support this week following a school shooting in Florida and a threatened plan to shoot up a school in Vermont
  More than a hundred demonstrators gathered on the steps of the Statehouse in the drizzly, gray morning to call on lawmakers to take up legislation to tighten Vermont’s gun laws.G
  
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• Two new school threats follow Fair Haven lockdown

  21-02-2018 02:26 via vtdigger.org
  A mugshot of Jack Sawyer. Photo courtesy Vermont State Police
  Schools in Colchester and Fairfax this week confronted threats amid the fallout from last week’s arrest of a teenager in Fair Haven, who is now facing charges that could carry a life sentence.
  On Monday, Colchester High School student Alex Cardosi, 18, allegedly told another student he was going to “shoot up the school,” according to the Colchester Police Department.
  Cardosi was cited by police for disorderly conduct
  
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• Suit claims sexual harassment by Northshire business owner

  21-02-2018 02:00 via vtdigger.org
  BENNINGTON — A former associate of a Manchester-based property rental business is suing the business and its owner, Brian Foerster, for sexual harassment and discrimination.In the suit, which was filed in January in Bennington Superior Civil Court, Lauren Speath, 36, accused Foerster of “repeated verbal as well as physical acts, statements and innuendo” that constituted “a pattern of unwelcomed sexual overtones and harassment” over several months in 2017.
  Speath is
  
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• Bill would expand addiction treatment behind bars

  21-02-2018 01:50 via vtdigger.org
  Tom Dalton, executive director of Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform, is calling for expanded treatment for opiate addicts in prison. File photo by Morgan True/VTDigger
  A reform group is pushing for an immediate expansion of medication-assisted treatment for prisoners addicted to opioids.
  Tom Dalton, executive director of Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform, says offering treatment even to those who weren’t receiving it before being arrested is “the single most important thing
  
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• Joe Benning: Guns and sense

  21-02-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by state Sen. Joe Benning, a Republican who represents the Caledonia-Orange District in the Vermont Senate.
  To all demanding legislation against gun violence: You are not alone in your concerns. My wife is a teacher and every workday brings yet another opportunity for some disgruntled parent or alienated/depressed/psychotic student to cause mayhem in her school. I am fully cognizant that such people exist here. But the cry to “DO SOMETHING!” sh
  
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• Kelly Hedglin Bowen: Are we powerless?

  21-02-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Kelly Hedglin Bowen, who is a writer, mom, activist and sailing instructor in St. George, where she teaches creative writing from her floating classroom on Lake Champlain. She is a director on the Champlain Valley School District School Board. Her prose appears in Creative Nonfiction, The Fiction Advocate, The Pitkin Review and online at The Huffington Post. The opinions reflected in this essay are that of the writer and not of the CVSD Board.
  As Marjor
  
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• South Burlington teen given five years probation in school threat case

  21-02-2018 00:56 via vtdigger.org
  Josiah Leach, 19, leaves the federal court in Burlington after pleading guilty to making threats against students and teachers at South Burlington High School. Photo by Morgan True / VTDigger
  RUTLAND – A former South Burlington high school student who admitted making threats against fellow students and teachers apologized Tuesday, telling a judge recent news reports of the school shooting in Florida that killed 17 people nearly brought him to tears.“It almost made me cry,” Josi
  
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• Richard Slusky: Not fast enough

  21-02-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Richard Slusky of South Burlington. He is a retired CEO of 28 years of Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, retired director of payment reform for the Green Mountain Care Board. Slusky has served on boards and committees of the Vermont Hospital Association and the American Hospital Association. He currently serves on the Vermont Information Technology board of directors, and is a lifetime fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives.Las
  
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• Rob Anderegg: Climate change’s hidden ‘tax’

  21-02-2018 00:50 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rob Anderegg, of Hartland, who is a retired chemist and environmental educator.
  Gov. Phil Scott’s position on climate change seems as variable as New England weather. In July, he appointed the Vermont Climate Action Commission to, among other things, make recommendations on how Vermont should “reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors.” (Executive Order No. 12-17) This was in part because the governor was concerned about the Tru
  
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• Vermont ski legend lives on in Shiffrin’s Olympic quest

  21-02-2018 00:30 via vtdigger.org
  The 1952 Vermont Olympian Andrea Mead Lawrence is the only American woman to win alpine skiing gold twice at the same games. Photo courtesy Lawrence family
  The Vermont-schooled skier, still basking in the shine of her newly won giant slalom gold medal, stood atop the Olympic mountain with high hopes for another victory. Then came the stumble, the fourth-place first run, the pressure to make up enough time in her second try to win another gold.
  Last week Mikaela Shiffrin, a 22-year-old graduate o
  
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