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• GMP crews prepare for possible outages from wind storm

  04-04-2018 23:15 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Green Mountain Power April 4, 2018
  Media Contact:Kristin Kelly, (802) 318-0872
  Forecasters now predicting gusts to 65 MPH
  COLCHESTER, Vt. – A storm heading our way this afternoon is bringing precipitation and strong winds. Weather experts shifted their predictions overnight and are now forecasting gusts to 65 miles an hour in some locations. That increases the chance for downed trees and power lines.
  GMP has been tracking the forecast and preparing in advance of the st
  
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• The Stars of 'Super Troopers 2' dlvr.it/QNRwV9 https://t.co/lEIY9bMLsb

  04-04-2018 22:39 via twitter.com
  
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• LISTEN: How Vermont's Small Colleges Are Dealing With Falling Enrollment dlvr.it/QNRwNb https://t.co/xgIftrNrXS

  04-04-2018 22:39 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: How Vermont's Small Colleges Are Dealing With Falling Enrollment dlvr.it/QNRwNb https://t.co/xgIftrNrXS
  
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• Vermont's Disputatious Statesman Matthew Lyon Will Be Focus Of New Musical dlvr.it/QNRFvt https://t.co/dzgl1EJG3x

  04-04-2018 20:22 via twitter.com
  
  Vermont's Disputatious Statesman Matthew Lyon Will Be Focus Of New Musical dlvr.it/QNRFvt https://t.co/dzgl1EJG3x
  
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• Lake Champlain traditional passenger sailing boat undergoes restoration

  04-04-2018 19:43 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Whistling Man Schooner CompanyApril 3, 2018
  Contact:Captain Mathias Dubilier – 802-238-9359captain@whistlingman.comwww.whistlingman.comWhistling Man Schooner Company – 802-825-7245
  The press is invited, Thursday, April 12, at 1 p.m., to attend a ship restoration celebration at 42 Sumner Lane, Georgia, Vermont. Pizza and refreshments will be provided.
  Lake Champlain’s only traditional passenger sailing boat is undergoing a stem-to-stern restoration. The 36-y
  
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• Burlington celebrates National Community Development Week

  04-04-2018 19:38 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — City of BurlingtonApril 3, 2018
  Contact:Marcy Esbjerg, Assistant Director for Community, Housing and Opportunity Programs, [email protected]
  Burlington, VT – Mayor Miro Weinberger today issued a proclamation supporting the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program by recognizing National Community Development Week, April 2-9, 2018. Spearheaded by the National Community Development Association (NCDA)
  
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• Patricia Fisher, M.D., joins CVMC as chief medical officer

  04-04-2018 19:31 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Central Vermont Medical CenterApril 4, 2018
  Contact: Lynn [email protected]
  Berlin, Vt. – Patricia “Patti” Fisher, M.D., has joined The University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) as Chief Medical Officer, succeeding Philip Brown, D.O., who retired in March.
  Dr. Fisher comes to CVMC from The University of Vermont Medical Center, where she served as medical director for Case Management and Medical Sta
  
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• Brattleboro coffee roaster Mocha Joe’s buys warehouse for $1 million

  04-04-2018 19:25 via vtdigger.org
  People celebrate as Pierre and Ellen Capy, owners of Mocha Joe’s, win the auction for the old Cultural Intrigue building in Brattleboro for $1 million on Tuesday. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer
  This story by Bob Audette was published in the Brattleboro Reformer on April 4, 2018.
  BRATTLEBORO — The owners of Mocha Joe’s purchased the former warehouse of Cultural Intrigue for $1 million at auction Tuesday and plan to use part of the building at 35 Frost St. as a c
  
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• Public hearing on H.196, relating to paid family leave, is April 10

  04-04-2018 19:10 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General AffairsApril 10, 2018
  Contact:Kayla DeweyPhone: 802-828-3803Fax: 802-828-2424E-mail: [email protected]
  Public Hearing on H.196, Relating to Paid Family LeaveTuesday, April 10, 2018, 5:00-7:00 p.m.Room 11, State House, Montpelier
  Montpelier, Vermont. The Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs will hold a public hearing on H.196, a bill relating to paid family leave, on Tuesd
  
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• Lawmakers threatened on social media during gun votes

  04-04-2018 18:40 via vtdigger.org
  State Reps. Laura Sibilia and John Gannon take testimony during a school safety forum at Twin Valley Middle High School on March 18. Photo by Chris Mays/Brattleboro ReformerThis story by Chris Mays was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on April 4, 2018.
  DEERFIELD VALLEY — The debate around guns during the legislative session took a grim turn when state Reps. John Gannon, D-Wilmington, and Laura Sibilia, I-West Dover, received violent threats via social media.Get all of VTDigger's polit
  
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• 2 lawmakers threatened on social media during gun votes

  04-04-2018 18:40 via vtdigger.org
  State Reps. Laura Sibilia and John Gannon take testimony during a school safety forum at Twin Valley Middle High School on March 18. Photo by Chris Mays/Brattleboro ReformerThis story by Chris Mays was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on April 4, 2018.
  DEERFIELD VALLEY — The debate around guns during the legislative session took a grim turn when state Reps. John Gannon, D-Wilmington, and Laura Sibilia, I-West Dover, received violent threats via social media.Get all of VTDigger's polit
  
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• Vermont group involved in women empowerment seminar for UN Commission on Status of Women

  04-04-2018 18:19 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Grace InitiativeMarch 27, 2018
  Contact:Yvonne [email protected]
  UN CSW 62 – International and Vermont –Practices for Rural Agricultural Development and Peacebuilding
  On March 22, the Permanent Mission of Iraq to the UN, the Al-Khoei Foundation and the Grace Initiative, along with organizational support from the Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance (YANA) New England and Vermont, and Yale Blue/Green organized a seminar for the UN Commission on Status of
  
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• Gardener’s Supply launches national hunger relief campaign

  04-04-2018 18:15 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Gardener’s Supply CompanyApril 3, 2018
  Contact:Claudia [email protected]
  Gardener’s Supply Company is kicking off Garden to Give, an initiative to challenge gardeners across the country to donate fruits and veggies from their own gardens to their local food pantries.
  “We can easily lose sight of the fact that people in our own communities don’t know from one day to the next whether they’re going to have
  
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• Vermont Medical Society urges lawmakers to pass policies to improve health care for Vermont patients

  04-04-2018 18:09 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Medical SocietyApril 3, 2018
  Contact:Jill Sudhoff-GuerinVermont Medical [email protected]
  MONTPELIER – April 3, 2018 – Physicians, physician assistants and pediatricians-intraining from across the state travelled to the Statehouse in Montpelier last week as part of the Vermont Medical Society’s “VMS Advocacy Day.” The Vermont Medical Society (VMS) started the day with an advocacy training focused on s
  
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• Green Mountain College presents 4th annual ‘Making a Difference & Making a Living’ conference

  04-04-2018 18:03 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Green Mountain CollegeApril 3, 2018
  Contact:Carla [email protected]
  How to Create a Career with Positive Planetary and Personal Impact
  Poultney, Vermont – April 3, 2018– On April 13th,Green Mountain College (GMC) will be hosting its fourth annual “Making a Difference & Making a Living” conference. At the heart of this gathering is the essential question many people ask: How do you find a career in which you can make a positive differen
  
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• Rights & Democracy: Vermont’s minimum wage is failing working families

  04-04-2018 17:59 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Rights & DemocracyApril 3, 2018
  Contact:Shay Totten, Communications [email protected](802) 324-3198
  MONTPELIER – The key finding from a recent, weeklong minimum wage challenge undertaken by nearly 20 legislators: Vermont’s minimum wage is not nearly enough for working families to meet basic living expenses.
  Nineteen legislators (see full list at the bottom of this release) and another dozen community members from throughout the state took part in the Ver
  
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• Reading & Earth Day book launch features Brattleboro poet/farmer Ross Thurber

  04-04-2018 17:36 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Green Writers PressMarch 28, 2018
  Contact:Dede [email protected]
  Green Writers Press and Next Stage Arts in Putney, Vermont, present:
  Reading & Earth Day Book Launch featuring Brattleboro Poet/Farmer Ross ThurberBrattleboro, Vermont – Green Writers Press and Next Stage are delighted to announce the Book Launch Party & Reading and Earth Day Celebration, an annual affair that GWP hosts with Next Stage Arts in Putney, Vermont, in a par
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott to be 175th anniversary speaker at St. Johnsbury Academy commencement

  04-04-2018 17:35 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — St. Johnsbury AcademyApril 2, 2018
  Contact:Phoebe Cavanaugh Cobb, Marketing and CommunicationsSt. Johnsbury Academy1000 Main StreetSt. Johnsbury, Vermont 05819802-751-2336Email: [email protected]: www.stjohnsburyacademy.org
  Vermont Governor Phil Scott will speak at St. Johnsbury Academy’s 175th Commencement as the special 175th Anniversary Speaker. The ceremony will take place on Monday, June 4, 2018 on the SJA campus.
  Governor Phil Scott became the 82nd Governor
  
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• Fire destroys Wallace family farm in Waterbury

  04-04-2018 16:47 via vtdigger.org
  A barn and two houses were destroyed in a fire at the Wallace farm in Waterbury on Sunday evening. Photo by Lisa Scagliotti
  This story was published by the Waterbury Record on April 2, 2018.
  A devastating fire Sunday evening at the Wallace Farm on Blush Hill in Waterbury destroyed two homes and a barn.Waterbury Record archivesThe Wallace Farm: A struggle and a wonderRosina Wallace and her brother Kay “Wally” Wallace were not injured in the fire. The family dog was also uninjured, but
  
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• Former Rutland woman sues city, cop for excessive force

  04-04-2018 04:08 via vtdigger.org
  Chelsea Smith-Wallett photographs injuries to her arm the morning after being taken into custody by Officer Ryan Ashe. Photo courtesy of Smith-Wallett
  RUTLAND – A former Rutland woman has filed a lawsuit against the city, its police department and one of its officers, alleging the officer used excessive force in taking her into custody, slamming her to the ground leading to a concussion and other injuries.
  The officer, in an affidavit in support of the disorderly conduct charge brought aga
  
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• Mobile dental services expanding in Central Vermont

  04-04-2018 03:22 via vtdigger.org
  A dentist checks a boy’s teeth. Photo via Pexels
  RANDOLPH – In 1994, Dr. Rebecca Foulk helped launch a school-based medical clinic in South Royalton to reach kids who didn’t have access to basic care.
  The program — operating under the name HealthHUB — now serves as a school-based clinic for 11 towns. And it’s about to expand again, as HealthHUB and Gifford Health Care are teaming to bring a mobile dental-hygiene service to Randolph later this month.
  It’s
  
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• Vermont needs to make ‘tough decisions’ on cow herds

  04-04-2018 02:45 via vtdigger.org
  Milking time at Island Acres Farm in South Hero. File photo by Josh Larkin/VTDigger
  There are more cows in Vermont than the state’s agricultural land can accommodate under current practices, according to a new study from a UVM research fellow. And the best solution to the problem would place a financial burden on struggling dairy farmers.The study recommends “precision feeding” as a promising approach to reduce dairies’ rate of water pollution without reducing herd sizes.
  
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• Vermont joins suit challenging immigration status question on Census

  04-04-2018 02:00 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  Vermont has joined a coalition of states and cities challenging a Trump administration decision to include a question about citizenship status on the upcoming Census.
  Attorney generals from 17 states and the District of Columbia, along with six city mayors, filed suit in federal civil court in New York on Tuesday against the Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau.Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never mis
  
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• UVM study confirms racial bias in car searches

  04-04-2018 01:38 via vtdigger.org
  A University of Vermont professor whose study of racial bias in car searches by Vermont police was criticized by law enforcement as methodologically flawed, has released a new study confirming her original findings.Stephanie Seguino, a professor of economics at UVM, last year released the results of a study of car searches in 2015 — the first year police officers recorded the perceived race of drivers on police reports. Titled “Driving While Black or Brown in Vermont,” the stu
  
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• Vermont vows to oppose EPA’s rollback of emissions standards

  04-04-2018 01:31 via vtdigger.org
  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. Environmental Protection Agency photo
  The Vermont Attorney General’s Office and Agency of Natural Resources are vowing to “vigorously oppose” the Environmental Protection Agency’s plans to loosen federal emissions and fuel economy standards.EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced his agency’s intent this week to roll back Obama-era regulations aimed at tightening emissions standards and raising the average fuel economy for cars and t
  
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• Zach Cockrum & Brian Shupe: A lesson from Congress on environmental action

  04-04-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Zach Cockrum, who is the Northeast director of Conservation Partnerships of the National Wildlife Federation, and Brian Shupe, the executive director of the Vermont Natural Resources Council.
  For anyone paying attention to Congress, it would a significant understatement to say it has not exactly been a pillar of bipartisan cooperation and commonsense deal making the last few years. That is especially the case on environmental issues, where the Trum
  
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• Environmental leaders: EPA, don’t weaken states’ clean air efforts

  04-04-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Robert J. Klee, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; Martin Suuberg, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection; Janet Coit, director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management; and Julie Moore, secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources.
  The United States Environmental Protection Agency, led by Administrator Scott Pruitt, has been talking a great deal
  
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• Amelia Gianetta: What about college campus safety?

  04-04-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Amelia Gianetta, who is a senior studying environmental studies with a concentration in law, justice and activism, at the University of Vermont.
  I work as a student caller for the University of Vermont. I call alumni, parents and friends of the school for surveys, fundraising and to update information. It’s a great job that has taught me much about my school, Burlington and Vermont.
  Often, I call parents of current students. One of my favorite lis
  
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• Don Keelan: Is it time for nonprofits to consider merging?

  04-04-2018 00:50 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Don Keelan, a retired certified public accountant and resident of Arlington. The piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner.
  One of the many treasures found in Vermont is the abundance of nonprofit organizations and the work they do. In financial size, they range from the billion-dollar UVM and its related health care institutions, to the local food pantry. At last count, the state has over 5,000 nonprofit organizations registered with the Vermont se
  
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• Scott appoints acting education secretary after Holcombe’s departure

  04-04-2018 00:32 via vtdigger.org
  Heather Bouchey, shown here when
  Director of the Leahy Center for Rural Students at Lyndon State College. Photo courtesy of the school.
  The governor has appointed Deputy Education Secretary Heather Bouchey to run the agency on an acting basis after Rebecca Holcombe abruptly resigned effective April 1. The State Board has started its search for a permanent replacement.Gov. Phil Scott’s letter appointing Bouchey as the acting interim secretary left open the possibility of Bouchey staying on
  
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• High court will consider meaning of ‘attempt’ in Sawyer case

  04-04-2018 00:28 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont Supreme Court, File Photo by Roger Crowley/VTDigger
  The state’s highest court heard arguments on Tuesday in the case of the former Fair Haven High School student accused in a foiled plot to shoot up the high school, about what constitutes an attempt under Vermont law.Rutland County State’s Attorney Rose Kennedy and attorney Marshall Pahl, a public defender representing Jack Sawyer, offered differing views of how far a person has to go in planning and preparing for a crime, be
  
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