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• Waterbury company explores solar sites on landfills in Pownal

  26-03-2018 23:36 via vtdigger.org
  Landfills are of increasing interest to developers of solar power.
  BENNINGTON — A solar developer is proposing three new arrays in Pownal, all located on former landfill sites.
  Green Lantern Solar, which is based in Waterbury, and already has constructed a 500-kilowatt facility on Dean Road in North Pownal, proposed three new projects this week, each with a capacity to generate 150 kilowatts of power.
  Ralph Meima, the director of development for Green Lantern, met with the town Selectboard
  
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• Welch presses for disclosure of intelligence agency spending

  26-03-2018 23:30 via vtdigger.org
  Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., wants top-line spending of 16 intelligence agencies to be disclosed. Photo by Cory Dawson/VTDigger
  WASHINGTON — Under current law, the country’s top intelligence agencies are not required to make public any information about their budgets.
  A new bill offered by a bipartisan group of lawmakers including Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., seeks to change that.Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story with our weekly headlines in your inbox.
  
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• GOP official’s firm will not join Trump legal team in probe

  26-03-2018 22:39 via vtdigger.org
  Attorney Brady Toensing. Pool photo by April McCullum/Burlington Free Press
  WASHINGTON — The law partners and family members of the vice chair of the Vermont Republican Party will not be joining President Donald Trump’s legal team after all.
  Trump appeared poised to retain prominent D.C. attorneys Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing to be part of his team handling the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller. A lawyer for Trump had confirmed that diGenova would be hired
  
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• LISTEN: Dorothy's List: 'Lost In The Pacific, 1942' Recounts A Tense — And True — Survival Story… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-03-2018 19:49 via twitter.com
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• Alliance of School Boards hold conference on ‘Alternative Governance’

  26-03-2018 18:48 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Alliance of Vermont School Board MembersMarch 23, 2018
  Contact:Jack [email protected]
  Montpelier–
  Last weekend, Vermont school board members and study committees from across the state went to the Montpelier High School to attend a conference designed to help them strategize how best to present their “Alternative Governance” proposals to state officials.The Conference was hosted by The Alliance of Vermont School Board Members.
  David Clark, a sch
  
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• Vermont unemployment rate declines to 2.8 percent in February

  26-03-2018 18:42 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Department of LaborMarch 23, 2018
  Contact:Mathew Barewicz, (802) [email protected]
  The Vermont Department of Labor announced today that the seasonally-adjusted statewide unemployment rate for February was 2.8 percent. This reflects a decrease of one-tenth of one percentage point from the revised January rate. The national rate in February was 4.1 percent. As of the prior month’s preliminary data, the Burlington-South Burlington Metropolitan NE
  
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• Leahy secures new funding for LIHEAP in omnibus appropriations bill

  26-03-2018 18:38 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Patrick LeahyMarch 22, 2018
  Press Contact:David Carle(202) 224-3693
  . . . New Funding Brings Vermont’s Estimated Total For The Fiscal Year To $20.4 Million
  WASHINGTON (THURSDAY, March 22, 2018) – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced a $250 million increase to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill released Wednesday night. The inclusion of funds not only rejects President Trump’s efforts to eliminat
  
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• ‘Backcountry Rescue in Vermont’ panel discussion at Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum April 12

  26-03-2018 18:34 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Ski and Snowboard MuseumMarch 26th, 2018
  Contact:Deb Taylor 802-253-9911, ext. 202 – [email protected]
  According to SnowSports Industries America, human-powered snowsports, which includes backcountry skiing, snowboarding and touring, is becoming one of the fastest growing sectors of the winter sports industry making it no surprise that Vermont’s highly specialized rescue teams have responded to their fair share of calls this winter. Teams have mobilized t
  
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• Georgia residents launch Community Heart & Soul

  26-03-2018 18:30 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Orton Family FoundationMarch 26, 2018
  Contact:Leslie Wright, senior associate, 802-495-0864 or [email protected]
  LOCAL ELECTRIC CO-OP TO SUPPORT TWO-YEAR INITIATIVE
  SHELBURNE, Vt. (March 26, 2018)—The residents of the Thomaston, Georgia, area have kicked off Community Heart & Soul, bringing Orton’s community development model to the Peach State.
  Thomaston-Upson Community Heart & Soul includes the city of Thomaston, which is in the west central part of sta
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott’s public schedule for the week of March 26

  26-03-2018 04:15 via vtdigger.org
  Governor Phil Scott’s Public Schedule: 3/23/18 – 3/30/18
  Saturday, March 24
  11:00 AM
  Norwich University’s 2nd Annual Military Appreciation Day
  Kreitzberg Arena, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Ave, Northfield, VT
  Sunday, March 25
  No public events scheduled
  Monday, March 26
  12:00 – 1:00 PM
  Springfield Chamber of Commerce Luncheon
  30 Orchard Street, Springfield, VT
  Tuesday, March 27
  8:30 – 9:30 AM
  Blueprint for Health Annual Conference
  Double Tree Hotel, 870 Williston
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott’s public schedule for March 23-30, 2018

  26-03-2018 04:15 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Gov. Phil ScottMarch 23, 2018
  Contact:Ethan [email protected]
  Governor Phil Scott’s Public Schedule: 3/23/18 – 3/30/18
  Saturday, March 24
  11:00 AM
  Norwich University’s 2nd Annual Military Appreciation Day
  Kreitzberg Arena, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Ave, Northfield, VT
  Sunday, March 25
  No public events scheduled
  Monday, March 26
  12:00 – 1:00 PM
  Springfield Chamber of Commerce Luncheon
  30 Orchard Street, Springfield, VT
  Tuesday, M
  
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• Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public schedule for the week of March 26

  26-03-2018 04:12 via vtdigger.org
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  March 23, 2018Contact:Katie Vane 802.734.0617
  Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for March 24 – 30, 2018:
  Saturday, March 2412:00 pm March for Our Lives: Montpelier – Vermont State House
  Monday, March 265:30 pmBoard of Finance Meeting – Conference Room 127:00 pmCity Council Meeting – Contois AuditoriumTuesday, March 27No public appearances scheduled
  Wednesday, March 288:00 amMornings with Miro – The Bagel Café, 1127
  
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• Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public schedule for March 24-30, 2018

  26-03-2018 04:12 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Mayor Miro WeinbergerMarch 23, 2018
  Contact:Katie Vane802.734.0617
  Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for March 24 – 30, 2018:
  Saturday, March 2412:00 pm March for Our Lives: Montpelier – Vermont State House
  Monday, March 265:30 pm Board of Finance Meeting – Conference Room 127:00 pm City Council Meeting – Contois Auditorium
  Tuesday, March 27No public appearances scheduled
  Wednesday, March 288:00 am Mornings with Miro – The
  
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• Margolis: Much ado about names

  26-03-2018 01:25 via vtdigger.org
  Author Dorothy Canfield Fisher.
  Editor’s note: Jon Margolis is VTDigger’s political columnist.
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• Michael Shank & Maxine Bédat: Fashion’s carbon footprint

  26-03-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Michael Shank and Maxine Bédat. Shank, of Brandon, is the communications director for the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance and the Urban Sustainability Directors Network. Maxine Bédat co-founded the sustainable apparel company Zady and is a leader in sustainability within the industry.
  There are few industries fickler than fashion, changing annually and swapping seasonally. Fashion can, in theory, change more quickly than the energy or agric
  
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• Luke McCullock: Smart rules for risky pursuits

  26-03-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Luke McCullock, of Bellows Falls, who is nonprofit food hub coordinator in Brattleboro and a U.S. Army veteran of nine years who served in Iraq from 2010-2011.
  Like many of my fellow veterans I once enjoyed having a bunch of tax-free deployment money sitting in my bank account. I went out and bought a fancy military style rifle. I went all out too, 7.62 mm, semi-automatic, all the attachments, 20-round capacity magazines. Truth be told, that rifle is he
  
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• Legal bills mount as lawyers wrangle over fees

  26-03-2018 00:56 via vtdigger.org
  Robert Parizo with daughters Liza Barron, left, and Ashley Smith, sometime after the 2005 fall that left him paralyzed. He later sued his lawyer over a settlement for a 2010 car crash. Courtesy photoThirteen years after he was paralyzed in a fall from a roof in South Hero, eight years after severe injuries in an automobile accident compounded his health problems, and three years after his death from complications of pneumonia, the legal wrangling over the case of Robert Parizo continues.The disp
  
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• Estate of paralyzed man struggles to recover settlement

  26-03-2018 00:56 via vtdigger.org
  Robert Parizo with daughters Liza Barron, left, and Ashley Smith, sometime after the 2005 fall that left him paralyzed. He later sued his lawyer over a settlement for a 2010 car crash. Courtesy photo
  Thirteen years after he was paralyzed in a fall from a roof in South Hero, eight years after severe injuries in an automobile accident compounded his health problems, and three years after his death from complications of pneumonia, the legal wrangling over the case of Robert Parizo continues.
  The di
  
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• Kate Bowen: Vermont can’t afford to lose any more farms

  26-03-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Kate Bowen, of Putney, and is her testimony on S.101, a forestry operations bill, to the House Agriculture and Forestry Committee last Wednesday. She has been co-owner of a diversified farm for 13 years that she runs with her family. After their farm was denied a conditional use permit for a small scale firewood operation she became an advocate for Vermont’s rural working landscape. She currently serves on the board of the Windham County Farm Bure
  
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• Bill Schubart: Prison problems need creative solutions

  26-03-2018 00:50 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bill Schubart, a regular commentator for Vermont Public Radio and a former board member of the Vermont Journalism Trust, the umbrella organization for VTDigger.org. This piece was first aired on VPR.
  “Build it and they will come” is the oft-misquoted meme from the classic movie “Field of Dreams.” And in the case of the proposal by CoreCivic, a private prison firm, to build and lease back to the state a 925-bed prison in Franklin
  
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