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• Catching Up: Weekend Reads From Opinion

  07-04-2018 05:00
  Here is a selection of some of our favorite recent pieces, in case you missed them.
  
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• Move-to-Vermont campaign off to a chilly start

  07-04-2018 03:54 via vtdigger.org
  Wendy Knight, commissioner of the Department of Tourism and Marketing, announces the launch of “Stay to Stay” weekends last month. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger
  Like the weekend weather, Vermont’s new campaign to entice nonresidents to move here is off to a cool start.Organizers note, however, that this is but the first of four scheduled weekends this year for people interested in becoming Vermonters to take part of the Stay-to-Stay initiative.During a long weekend, participa
  
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• Experts differ over fatal blow in death penalty case in Vermont

  07-04-2018 02:50 via vtdigger.org
  Donald Fell
  BURLINGTON – Dueling experts provided conflicting testimony Friday over whether the fatal injuries suffered by a North Clarendon woman were inflicted by the man facing a capital trial over her beating death or his alleged accomplice.
  Judge Geoffrey Crawford took the differing testimony presented in federal court in Burlington under advisement and is expected to issue a written ruling in the death penalty case against Donald Fell.
  At one point during Friday’s hearing, Craw
  
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• CoverageCo looks to stay alive with new plan

  07-04-2018 01:54 via vtdigger.org
  CoverageCo “radio” devices provide cellular service on rural roads. Courtesy photo
  Vanu CoverageCo, a company that in recent years expanded a cellular network into rural sections of Vermont, is working to restore downed microcells and crafting a plan to improve its service. But it needs the state’s help, and a deal with AT&T.This week, CoverageCo’s Interim CEO, Richard Biby, spoke to committees in the House and Senate and met with the governor to present a proposal th
  
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• Jaquelyn Ziegler Fernandez Rieke: Higher minimum wage lifts all boats

  07-04-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Jaquelyn Ziegler Fernandez Rieke, who is owner of Nutty Steph’s in Middlesex and Onion River Campground in Plainfield.
  I’m concerned about the challenges faced every day by thousands of workers in Vermont who don’t earn a living wage. Raising the minimum wage would present a two-fold benefit for business owners like myself. I would have a more dignified and less stressed workforce to employ, and I would sell more when Vermont workers,
  
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• Bob Stannard: All alone at the ball

  07-04-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bob Stannard, an author, musician and former lobbyist. This piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner.
  No one knows you at all And you’re alone at the ball You’re all alone at the ball– Neil Diamond
  Imagine you’re the first lady waking up, turning on the TV and seeing your husband standing with a porn star with whom he had an affair shortly after you gave birth to his fifth child. While you were nurturing your new baby the fa
  
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• David Stoll: A rush to judgement?

  07-04-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by David Stoll, who is a professor of anthropology at Middlebury College. His books include “El Norte or Bust! How Migration Fever and Microcredit Produced a Financial Crash in a Guatemalan Town” and “Rigoberta Menchú and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans.”
  Seven years ago, Americans were horrified to learn that a retired Penn State football coach had molested children on an almost industrial scale. Jerry Sandusky recruited t
  
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• Long-term filtering may be only solution to Pownal pollution

  07-04-2018 00:47 via vtdigger.org
  The carbon filtering system is located next to the Pownal Fire District 2 well. File photo by Jim Therrien/VTDigger
  POWNAL — Pownal Fire District 2 board members learned on Monday that district water customers may have no option but permanent filtering to rid their drinking water of PFOA, the compound that has been found to contaminate numerous wells in southwestern Vermont.
  Representatives from Unicorn Management Consultants, which was hired to solve the district’s water problems, s
  
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• Scott administration signals openness to new taxes and fees – next year

  07-04-2018 00:41 via vtdigger.org
  Gov. Phil Scott. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger
  Gov. Phil Scott has stuck to his word on no new taxes or fees, to the frustration of lawmakers and lobbyists pushing bills with even the slightest scent of new costs to taxpayers.But a senior administration official indicated on Friday that the governor might adopt a more flexible position when lawmakers return to Montpelier next year — after the upcoming gubernatorial election. Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a p
  
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