Vermont news

• Draught law: House easily passes beer franchise bill

  19-03-2018 23:26 via vtdigger.org
  The taproom at Harpoon Brewery in Windsor. File photo by Dirk Van Susteren
  Craft brewers are a commercial powerhouse in Vermont, with a collective economic impact that exceeds the maple syrup industry. But when it comes to renegotiating the terms of their contracts with distributors, brewers say they are hamstrung by decades-old franchise law.
  A bill passed by the House last week seeks to change that by giving them significantly more negotiating power with distributors.
  The existing statute requ
  
  Read more

• Leahy renews call for safeguarding Mueller probe

  19-03-2018 22:39 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said Monday that more lawmakers, especially Republicans, need to step up to defend Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election meddling. Photo by Cory Dawson
  SOUTH BURLINGTON — Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., renewed his call Monday for legislation that would protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government.
  Leahy was in th
  
  Read more

• UPDATED: EB-5 investor lawyer says state official committed child sex crime in China

  19-03-2018 22:34 via vtdigger.org
  Russell Barr speaks to reporters outside the Lamoille County Courthouse in Hyde Park last summer. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger
  HYDE PARK — An attorney who is suing the state on behalf of defrauded EB-5 investors told reporters after a court hearing Monday that an official involved in the state EB-5 program had sex with a minor in China.
  Russell Barr, of Barr Law Group, made the claim to reporters after a two and a half hour hearing at the Lamoille County Superior Court.RELATED STOR
  
  Read more

• EB-5 investor lawyer: State official committed child sex crime in China

  19-03-2018 22:34 via vtdigger.org
  Russell Barr speaks to reporters outside the Lamoille County Courthouse in Hyde Park last summer. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger
  HYDE PARK — An attorney who is suing the state on behalf of defrauded EB-5 investors told reporters after a court hearing Monday that an official involved in the state EB-5 program had sex with a minor in China.Russell Barr, of Barr Associates, made the claim to reporters after a two and a half hour hearing at the Lamoille County Superior Court.Barr refused to n
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• State GOP official’s partner joins Trump legal team

  19-03-2018 22:08 via vtdigger.org
  Attorney Brady Toensing is the partner and stepson of Joseph diGenova.  Pool photo by April McCollum/Burlington Free Press
  WASHINGTON — The law partner and stepfather of a prominent figure in the Vermont Republican Party is joining President Donald Trump’s legal team.
  Trump hired Joseph E. diGenova Monday to be part of the team representing him in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, according to a report in The Ne
  
  Read more

• LISTEN: VT Satire Videos Pay For Views, May Be Produced Out-Of-State dlvr.it/QLdfk0 https://t.co/gUFEfihqvA

  19-03-2018 21:24 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: VT Satire Videos Pay For Views, May Be Produced Out-Of-State dlvr.it/QLdfk0 https://t.co/gUFEfihqvA
  
  Read more

• VT Satire Videos Pay For Views, May Be Produced Out-Of-State dlvr.it/QLdd9q https://t.co/6Q2H4r86Ph

  19-03-2018 21:18 via twitter.com
  
  VT Satire Videos Pay For Views, May Be Produced Out-Of-State dlvr.it/QLdd9q https://t.co/6Q2H4r86Ph
  
  Read more

• LISTEN: How UVM's Stolen Rhino Horn Fits Into Global Wildlife Trafficking dlvr.it/QLdTc3 https://t.co/C6my0ybClX

  19-03-2018 20:49 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: How UVM's Stolen Rhino Horn Fits Into Global Wildlife Trafficking dlvr.it/QLdTc3 https://t.co/C6my0ybClX
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Making Sure Schools Are Secure dlvr.it/QLdSLG https://t.co/MwopAqjv5D

  19-03-2018 20:43 via twitter.com
  
  Making Sure Schools Are Secure dlvr.it/QLdSLG https://t.co/MwopAqjv5D
  
  Read more

• Pico welcomes Special Olympics Vermont Winter Games

  19-03-2018 16:56 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Special Olympics VermontMarch 14, 2018
  Contact:Liza ReedMarketing and Partnerships DirectorSpecial Olympics Vermont(802) 861-0275Cell: [email protected]
  South Burlington, VT – March 14, 2018
  For the first time, Pico Mountain will welcome the Special Olympics Vermont Winter Games March 18-21, presented by the Rutland Regional Medical Center.
  “This will be my first Winter Games experience, and the first time Special Olympics Vermont has hosted the event at
  
  Read more

• Vermont Foodbank welcomes Jeffrey Tieman to board of directors

  19-03-2018 16:53 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont FoodbankMarch 19, 2018
  Contact:Nicole Whalen, Vermont Foodbank802-505-0123
  Barre, VT– The Vermont Foodbank’s Board of Directors unanimously elected Jeffrey Tieman, president and CEO of Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (VAHHS), as a new board member, to serve a three-year term.
  “Tieman brings a unique perspective from the health care industry that will be valuable as the Vermont Foodbank works to address the intersection of hunger
  
  Read more

• ACS CAN names Jennifer Costa Vermont state government relations director

  19-03-2018 16:50 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — American Cancer Society Cancer Action NetworkMarch 19, 2018
  Contact:Marc KaplanAmerican Cancer Society Cancer Action NetworkCell: (518) 796-1038Email: [email protected]
  BURLINGTON, VT – March 19, 2018 -The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) has named award winning broadcast journalist Jennifer Costa, of Burlington, as Vermont government relations director. In this post, Costa will oversee advocacy efforts promoting evidence-based policy and le
  
  Read more

• March for Our Lives Montpelier is March 24

  19-03-2018 16:47 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — March for Our Lives MontpelierMarch 10, 2018
  Media Contact:MacKenzie Murdoch603-340-8540
  Madison Knoop203-451-9792
  [email protected]
  MARCH FOR OUR LIVES: MONTPELIER 3.24.18
  [Montpelier, VT Vermont State House Lawn]
  MONTPELIER, VT — March for Our Lives is a rally in solidarity with Parkland youth. The youth of today are being forced to step up and take the action that wasn’t previously being taken. This rally has been organized primarily by yo
  
  Read more

• Vermont State Colleges System inducts 6 into Hall of Fame; raises nearly $100,000 in scholarship funds

  19-03-2018 16:44 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont State Colleges SystemFriday, March 16, 2018
  Contact:Tricia Coates(802) 793-1417
  Montpelier – Five prominent alumni and one former faculty member joined the VSCS Hall of Fame at the third annual celebration at Montpelier’s Capital Plaza last night. 300 guests included Governor Scott, former Governor Douglas, legislative leaders and members, VSCS Trustees and Presidents, students, faculty and staff. The event raised nearly $100,000 for scholarships.
  Awardee
  
  Read more

• Acclaimed landscape photographers to speak at Arbor Day conference

  19-03-2018 16:39 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Urban and Community Forestry ProgramMarch 15, 2018
  Media Contact:Gwen Kozlowski(802) 651-8343, ext. 506, or (800) 571-0668E-mail: [email protected]
  Montpelier–Two of the country’s foremost landscape photographers will be the keynote speakers at the third annual Vermont Arbor Day Conference, May 3 in Montpelier.
  Diane Cook and Jen Lenshel, co-authors of Wise Trees, have been invited to speak at the conference at the Vermont College of Fine Arts (36 Co
  
  Read more

• New building at Rutland Regional Medical Center to be named for Tom Huebner

  19-03-2018 16:34 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Rutland Regional Medical CenterMarch 15, 2018
  Media Contact:Peg Bolgioni, Marketing & Public Relations 802.772.2843 or [email protected]
  Rutland Regional Annual Corporators Meeting turns into a Big Announcement
  Rutland, VT: In spite of snowy weather conditions over 150 local community members and luminaries gathered together for Rutland Regional Medical Center’s 2018 Annual Corporators Meeting and Retirement Celebration for President and CEO Tom Huebner. Following
  
  Read more

• Asthma-related hospitalizations on the decline in Vermont

  19-03-2018 16:29 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Department of HealthMarch 15, 2018
  Media Contact:Vermont Department of Health802-863-7281
  Improved asthma self-management and control proving beneficial
  BURLINGTON – Recently released data shows that the rate of asthma-related hospitalizations in Vermont has decreased more than 30 percent in the past decade. State health officials say the declining rate indicates that the focus on improving Vermonters’ self-management for keeping asthma under control is w
  
  Read more

• Rich Grogan to be Community Capital of Vermont executive director

  19-03-2018 16:27 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Community Capital of VermontMarch 15, 2018
  Contact:Ela Chapin, Board President, Community Capital of Vermont, [email protected], 802-828-2117
  Community Capital of Vermont has identified its next Executive Director. Rich Grogan comes to Community Capital with a background of working in and with small businesses as an employee, academic, business advisor, and since 2015, State Director of the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center. Community Capital is a statewide, nonprof
  
  Read more

• Apple Tree Pruning and Release Workshop is April 7 in Woodford

  19-03-2018 16:23 via vtdigger.org
  News Release – Vermont Woodlands AssociationMarch 15, 2018
  Contact:[email protected]
  WOODFORD-
  Please join Dave Wilcox, the Vermont State Watershed Forester, on Saturday, April 7th from 10AM-2PM, as he demonstrates and discusses Apple tree pruning and maintenance at a certified Tree Farm in Woodford, Vermont. Wilcox has been doing this spring workshop statewide for several years and it is a great opportunity to get outside and learn about apple trees.
  This will be a han
  
  Read more

• Hazing in sports subject of March 29 panel at Vermont Law School

  19-03-2018 16:18 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Law SchoolMarch 16, 2018
  Contact:Maryellen Apelquist, Director of Communications, Vermont Law Schooloffice: 802-831-1228, cell: 802-299-5593, [email protected]
  SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt., March 16, 2018––The Sports Law Institute at Vermont Law School will present “Hazing in Sports: Legal, Psychological and Public Policy Implications,” a panel discussion from 12:45 to 2 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in Chase Community Center at VLS. The event is fr
  
  Read more

• VEDA approves $8.6 million in financing for economic development projects

  19-03-2018 16:12 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — VEDAMarch 5, 2018
  Contact:Jo Bradley, VEDA CEOPhone: 802-828-5627
  Montpelier, VT – During the last quarter, the Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) approved $8.6 million in loans to help support commercial, agricultural, and small business projects throughout Vermont.
  “VEDA financing was approved to help a Randolph manufacturer expand and add a number of well-paying jobs for Vermonters,” said Jo Bradley, VEDA’s Chief Executive Officer. &ldqu
  
  Read more

• South Royalton man pleads not guilty to first-degree murder charge

  19-03-2018 15:59 via vtdigger.org
  Frank Sanville, of South Royalton, walks into the courtroom before his arraignment on first-degree murder and four lesser charges at Windsor Superior Court in White River Junction, on Friday. Sanville pleaded not guilty. Photo by Carly Geraci/Valley News
  Editor’s note: This story by Rob Wolfe was published in the Valley News on March 17, 2018.
  WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Family members of Wanda Sanville, the 48-year-old woman shot to death earlier this month at her home in South Royalton,
  
  Read more

• How UVM's Stolen Rhino Horn Fits Into Global Wildlife Trafficking dlvr.it/QLbSGh https://t.co/N0rwSk1TEP

  19-03-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  
  How UVM's Stolen Rhino Horn Fits Into Global Wildlife Trafficking dlvr.it/QLbSGh https://t.co/N0rwSk1TEP
  
  Read more

• Advocates say Senate leader won’t bring paid leave bill to the floor

  19-03-2018 11:06 via vtdigger.org
  Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe responds to Gov. Scott’s budget address. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerThe paid family leave bill, [H.196], is facing resistance from the Senate leader, advocates say.Rep. Sam Young, D-Orleans-Caledonia said that it is widely known in the Statehouse that Senate President Pro-tem Tim Ashe is the main obstacle to getting the bill to the floor this session. Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story with our weekly headlines in
  
  Read more

• Shelburne town manager seeks employment out of state

  19-03-2018 01:09 via vtdigger.org
  SHELBURNE – Shelburne Town Manager Joe Colangelo is beginning the step toward becoming the next Hanover, Mass. town manager.
  The Hanover, Massachusetts, select board voted 4-0 to Thursday to offer the job to Colangelo, who has served as Shelburne’s town manager since 2014. It’s expected he will undergo a two-week background check and contract negotiation process.
  Colangelo said his decision to search for new employment had nothing to do with his controversial decision to suspen
  
  Read more

• Shumlin stayed at Quiros’ Fifth Avenue pad

  19-03-2018 00:59 via vtdigger.org
  Ariel Quiros, left, whispers to Gov. Peter Shumlin at a press conference at Jay Peak Resort. File photo by Hilary Niles/VTDigger
  Former Gov. Peter Shumlin, on at least two occasions, used a luxury Fifth Avenue apartment in New York City owned by the developer of a Vermont resort who has been accused of stealing $200 million from foreign investors.
  Shumlin stayed at the so-called Setai condo owned by Jay Peak developer Ariel Quiros for several days in May 2013, and for five days in June 2014, acc
  
  Read more

• Joshua Martin: Lawyers oppose Scott prison plan

  19-03-2018 00:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Joshua T. Martin, Esq., president of the Franklin and Grand Isle Bar Association. The commentary is that group’s position on Gov. Phil Scott’s prison proposal.
  The Franklin-Grand Isle Counties Bar Association at its Jan. 31 meeting unanimously adopted a resolution vigorously opposing Gov. Phil Scott and Human Services Secretary Al Gobeille’s proposal to construct a 925-bed “mixed use” prison campus in St. Albans. Numerous r
  
  Read more

• Annette Smith: An examination of Vermont’s energy policies

  19-03-2018 00:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Annette Smith, who is the executive director of Vermonters for a Clean Environment Inc. http://www.vce.org/ She is a member of the Rutland Regional Planning Commission, where she currently chairs the ad hoc energy committee. She has lived off grid in Danby for 30 years, and was named he 2016 Burlington Free Press Vermonter of the Year.
  Most Vermonters accept the reality of climate change and support shifting our energy needs towards renewables. But in m
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsVermont_ on Twitter!