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• Then Again: No brotherly love lost between these two Allens

  06-05-2018 20:00 via vtdigger.org
  A letter from Levi Allen to his brother Ira, in the collection of the Vermont Historical Society. Levi ends the letter by writing that he had “shed a tear over the expiring Family Honor, but am drying them in full hopes and Faith that a Phoenix will arise out of the ashes.” In a seemingly self-mocking tone, he signed off with the words, “Here endeth the first lesson.” Photo by Mark Bushnell
  Editor’s note: Mark Bushnell is a Vermont journalist and historian. He is th
  
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• State’s attorney candidates stake out positions before primary

  06-05-2018 20:00 via vtdigger.org
  State’s attorney candidate Arnold Gottlieb, left, and his campaign manager, Jim Vires, leave the courthouse after filing nomination papers. Photo by Holly Pelczynski/Bennington Banner
  BENNINGTON — Arnold Gottlieb, who is challenging Bennington County State’s Attorney Erica Marthage in the Democratic primary race, has made it official by submitting his nomination papers and holding a press conference outside the county courthouse.
  Meanwhile, the incumbent has gotten her papers i
  
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• Reeve Lindbergh reveals her ‘Two Lives’

  06-05-2018 18:00 via vtdigger.org
  Reeve Lindbergh, daughter of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, speaks to a Norwich Bookstore audience about her new book “Two Lives.” Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  The pioneering pilot Charles Lindbergh wasn’t one for public disclosure. Take the time he was asked where he was set to fly, spurring him to answer “Up.”
  Lindbergh’s daughter Reeve is different. In her first memoir, “Under a Wing,” she wrote about how her father’s relucta
  
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• Burlington joins global green building network

  06-05-2018 17:00 via vtdigger.org
  Burlington is now part of the 2030 Districts Network. File photo by Roger Crowley/for VTDigger
  BURLINGTON — Mayor Miro Weinberger says the city has formally joined the 2030 Districts Network, a global organization aimed at cutting in half greenhouse gas emissions produced by buildings by the year 2030.
  In announcing the move at a launch party last week, the mayor said Burlington District 2030 has aligned with 19 other cities — including Seattle, San Francisco and Toronto — and
  
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• With a push to loosen federal hemp laws, high hopes for the crop in Vermont

  06-05-2018 12:30 via vtdigger.org
  A field of hemp. Photo courtesy of Vote Hemp
  WASHINGTON — When Scott Sparks decided to open a hemp-focused store in Brattleboro, he ran into lots of logistical challenges: Finding a landlord, opening a bank account, getting insurance, setting up payroll.
  “I had lots and lots of doors slammed in my face,” he said in a recent phone interview.
  While hemp has become an increasingly common crop in Vermont and across the country, it remains illegal under federal law. Though pilot pro
  
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• Sanders finds company in progressive policies from 2020 hopefuls

  06-05-2018 11:45 via vtdigger.org
  U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks to the media following his talk during an American Legion conference in Bennington. File photo by Caroline Bonnivier Snyder/New England NewspapersWASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders is planning to release a proposal for a federal program that would guarantee a job to any American who wanted one.
  He’s not the only one major national politician who is on board with this liberal initiative.Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political
  
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• Data indicates schools may be underreporting bullying

  06-05-2018 11:17 via vtdigger.org
  Regan Doperak of Proctor, now 18, recalled being bullied from elementary school onward. Courtesy photo
  About halfway through her freshman year of high school, Regan Doperak’s parents pulled her out.
  Doperak, now 18, recalled being bullied from elementary school onward. Kids at school in her small, rural town picked on her skin tone, her weight, and made cracks about her mother, who sometimes walks slowly because of back problems and chronic pain.
  “I’d always wear leggings or a
  
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