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• UPDATED: Runaway suspects charged in Highgate slaying

  08-05-2018 23:12 via vtdigger.org
  Erika Guttilla appears in Vermont Superior Court in St. Albans on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Pool photo by Greg Lamoureaux/County Courier
  A Highgate woman apprehended by police early Tuesday morning in the killing of a 35-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder. Her boyfriend has pleaded not guilty to charges of being an accessory after the crime.
  In an affidavit filed in Franklin County Superior Court, Erika Guttilla, 31, told police that she shot her ex-boyfriend in the head while he
  
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• Runaway suspects charged in Highgate slaying

  08-05-2018 23:12 via vtdigger.org
  Corey Cassani and Erika Guttilla, were charged in the slaying of Troy Ford in Highgate. Vermont State Police photos
  A Highgate woman apprehended by police early Tuesday morning in the killing of a 35-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder. Her boyfriend has pleaded not guilty to charges of being an accessory after the crime.
  In an affidavit filed in Franklin County Superior Court, Erika Guttilla, 31, told police that she shot her ex-boyfriend in the head while he was sleeping in
  
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• LISTEN: Vermont MFA Student's 'Obsession' With 1980 Cold Case Leads To New Investigation And Arrest… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-05-2018 22:56 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: Vermont MFA Student's 'Obsession' With 1980 Cold Case Leads To New Investigation And Arrest… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Secretary of State Jim Condos files petition for re-election with broad statewide support

  08-05-2018 19:49 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Secretary of State Jim CondosMay 7, 2018
  Contact:Jim Condos802-238-3809 or [email protected]
  Montpelier – Secretary of State Jim Condos filed his 2018 Election Nominating Petition to run for re-election for Vermont Secretary of State. His petition exceeds the required 500 signatures required for a statewide office.
  Secretary Condos said that his petition demonstrates the broad support that he has with Vermonters, with signatures from citizens in all 14 counties and more
  
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• $100K gift from NorthCountry Federal Credit Union support of Y to $700K over seven years

  08-05-2018 19:39 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Greater Burlington YMCAMay 7, 2018
  Contact:Doug BishopGreater Burlington [email protected]
  Annual gift from the Y’s Community Partner supports youth programs
  May 7, 2018 — Burlington, VT – With deep gratitude, the Greater Burlington YMCA announced today that NorthCountry Federal Credit Union has made a seventh-consecutive annual gift of $100,000 to support the Y’s Youth Development programs. The gift helps ensure children from familie
  
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• Second Vermont Peace Conference to take place May 12

  08-05-2018 19:34 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Peace and Justice CenterMay 7, 2018
  Contact:Peace and Justice Centerpjcvt.org802-863-2345, #6
  Fifteen Workshops will build a Word Beyond War
  The Peace and Justice Center, and affiliated groups are proud to announce the second Vermont Peace Conference: Building a World Beyond War, on Saturday May 12 from 9:30 – 4:30 pm at the Old North End Community Center on 20 Allen St., Burlington.
  Our keynote speaker is Beata Tsosie-Pena from the Tewa tribe near the Los Alamos Natio
  
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• Vermont announces quarantine of invasive emerald ash borer

  08-05-2018 19:29 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and RecreationMay 7, 2018
  Contact:Jenny Lauer, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation(802) 828-1531, [email protected]
  Response Focuses on Slowing the Spread to Protect Forest Health
  MONTPELIER – As part of the ongoing response to the recent discovery of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) within the state, Vermont has joined the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s 31-state quarantine boundary. The quar
  
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• UVM Medical Center to receive community service award from the Vermont Community Action Partnership

  08-05-2018 19:23 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — CVOEOMay 7, 2017
  Contact:Jan Demers, Executive [email protected]; 802-862-2771 ext. 740
  Burlington, VT – Imagine, after so many things have gone wrong all day, slipping into bed, smelling fresh clean sheets and resting your head on a soft pillow. Imagine feeling safe and warm after fighting with the deep winter cold all day. Can you imagine this and factor in that you are homeless? Helping to provide clean sheets and a safe space for the homeless in Chittenden
  
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• Green Mountain College announces expansion of tuition match scholarships

  08-05-2018 19:18 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Green Mountain CollegeMay 7, 2018
  Contact:Carla SnookDirector of Marketing and CommunicationsGreen Mountain CollegeOne Brennan CirclePoultney, VT 05764802-287-8926 (office)610-462-7170 (mobile)
  Vermont Tuition Match Scholarship Extended to Qualified Associate’s Degree Graduates of Northeast Community Colleges and to Graduates of Fair Haven, Granville, Whitehall, and Hartford High SchoolsPoultney, Vermont – May 7, 2018 – Green Mountain College (GMC) has expa
  
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• Phillip Phillips will headline 5th annual Do Good Fest Benefit Concert

  08-05-2018 19:14 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — National Life GroupMay 7, 2018
  Contact:Ross Sneyd, corporate communications, National Life Group, 802.229.3866.
  Montpelier, Vermont – Singer-songwriter Phillip Phillips, who recently released the new album “Collateral,” will headline the fifth annual Do Good Fest on July 14, a free benefit festival that raises money for cancer patients.
  Phillips, well known for launching a successful musical career after winning the “American Idol” television co
  
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• Attorney General’s Office calendar for Elder Protection Listening Tour

  08-05-2018 17:52 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Attorney General’s OfficeMay 7, 2018
  Contact:Jamie RennerAssistant Attorney General802-828-5947
  DATES: MAY 8TH-31TH
  The Vermont Attorney General’s Office continues its Elder Protection Listening Tour throughout May with public events in Washington, Bennington, Essex, Chittenden and Caledonia Counties. Attorney General TJ Donovan announced last month the launch of a listening tour to engage older Vermonters about their most pressing concerns. Staff from th
  
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• ‘A Century of Caring, an Exhibition of Hospital History,’ opens at the Manchester Community Library

  08-05-2018 17:39 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Southwestern Vermont Health CareMay 7, 2018
  Contact:Ashley Brenon JowettCommunications & Marketing SpecialistPhone: 802.447.5019 | Fax: [email protected]
  MANCHESTER, VT—May 7, 2018—One hundred years ago, Putnam Memorial Hospital opened its doors in Bennington. While the facility, practices, and technology have changed dramatically throughout the century, the commitment to delivering exceptional healthcare to the community has remained
  
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• Norwich University to celebrate commencement and commissioning May 12-13

  08-05-2018 17:26 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Norwich UniversityMay 7, 2018
  Contact:Daphne Larkin [email protected] us on Twitter @NorwichNews
  NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University will celebrate commencement and commissioning with ceremonies on Saturday and Sunday, May 12-13, in Shapiro Field House. Both events are free and open to the public.
  At a 2 p.m. ceremony on Saturday, May 12, U.S. Navy Admiral (Ret.) and Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University James G. Stav
  
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• Man shot by police faces federal charges

  08-05-2018 17:05 via vtdigger.org
  This story by Bob Audette was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on May 8.
  BRATTLEBORO — When he’s released from the hospital, a man who was shot several times by local police Friday night will face federal charges.Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our courts and criminal justice coverage with our weekly headlines in your inbox.Daily
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• Pair suspected in Highgate murder arrested

  08-05-2018 14:15 via vtdigger.org
  Corey Cassani and Erika Guttilla, suspects in a Highgate homicide, are on the lam. Photos courtesy of Vermont State PoliceThe pair suspected of killing a man in Highgate have been apprehended by police.
  Erika Guttilla and Corey Cassani were arrested at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday in a motor vehicle stop in South Burlington by Vermont State Police, the FBI and members, South Burlington and Shelburne police on Route 7, according to a press release from state police. Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice ne
  
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• Pair suspected in Highgate homicide arrested

  08-05-2018 14:15 via vtdigger.org
  Corey Cassani and Erika Guttilla, suspects in a Highgate homicide. Photos courtesy of Vermont State Police
  The pair suspected of killing a man in Highgate have been apprehended by police.
  Erika Guttilla, 31, and her boyfriend Corey Cassani, 28, were arrested at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday in a motor vehicle stop in South Burlington by Vermont State Police, the FBI and members, South Burlington and Shelburne police on Route 7, according to a press release from state police.Get all of VTDigger's criminal ju
  
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• Budget to see $44M boost from surplus

  08-05-2018 10:33 via vtdigger.org
  Tom Kavet, economist for the Vermont Legislature. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerThe state budget got a $44.2 million boost Monday afternoon after the Emergency Board met to the revise the revenue forecast to account for surplus tax dollars.Legislative economist Tom Kavet and administration economist Jeff Carr told the board that at a minimum, the state can expect money available in the general fund to be $44.2 million higher than previously predicted. The number will likely be even larger,
  
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• Sustainable Future Fund Drive 10K Match Success!

  08-05-2018 05:26 via vtdigger.org
  Dear Reader,
  Thanks to you, our generous readers, we were able to meet our $10,000 donor match challenge. Over the past seven days we raised $10,993 from 107 individual donors. The Sustainable Future Challenge has been met and we will receive an additional $10,000 thanks to your generosity.
  As you know, VTDigger needs to raise $200,000 during this spring drive. We are grateful to the nearly 700 readers who have helped us raise $129,000 so far. By meeting this match we are significantly clos
  
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• Opioid levy advances with changes, and lingering questions

  08-05-2018 03:13 via vtdigger.org
  ​Sen. Ann Cummings, D-Washington, is the chair of the Senate Finance Committee. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger
  A controversial proposal to tax opioid manufacturers may have found new life in the waning days of the 2018 legislative session.
  The Senate Finance Committee on Monday approved H.922, a wide-ranging tax and fee bill that now includes language authorizing the Vermont Department of Taxes to levy an “assessment” on companies that make prescription opioids.Get all o
  
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• Vermont inmate alleges attack by guard at Pennsylvania prison

  08-05-2018 02:57 via vtdigger.org
  Block J at the Camp Hill prison in Pennsylvania is where Vermonters are housed. Photo by Jasper Craven/VTDiggerA Vermonter jailed at a state facility in Pennsylvania says he was “brutally assaulted” by a guard, adding to the long list of prisoner complaints about treatment of inmates housed at a facility called Camp Hill.
  Vermont Deputy Corrections Commissioner Mike Touchette confirmed Monday that his department was investigating the alleged attack at Pennsylvania’s State Corre
  
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• Mother charged as Highgate couple remain on the run

  08-05-2018 02:17 via vtdigger.org
  Carmen Guttilla. Photo courtesy Vermont State Police
  A 60-year-old woman was charged with first-degree murder in Burlington Monday afternoon and is being held without bail as police search for her daughter and another man who are on the run following the discovery of human remains in Highgate.
  According to a police affidavit in the case, Carmen Guttilla admitted to police that her daughter, Erika Guttilla, 31, shot her allegedly abusive ex-boyfriend in the head after he had passed out drunk at t
  
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• Stephen Terry: The many legacies of Phil Hoff

  08-05-2018 01:52 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Stephen C. Terry, who is co-author of a political biography of Gov. Phil Hoff. He also covered the Hoff years in Montpelier as a Vermont Press Bureau reporter from 1965 to 1969.
  The recent death of former Democratic Gov. Philip H. Hoff serves as an indelible marker of how much Vermont has changed since 1962 when the first-term Burlington lawmaker surprised the nation and was elected governor.
  Until Hoff became the first popularly elected Democratic gove
  
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• David Snedeker: ‘Strict liability’ bill would harm businesses

  08-05-2018 01:48 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by David Snedeker, who is the executive director of the Northeastern Vermont Development Association.
  Vermont has earned a reputation of being a national leader on many issues – from banning slavery to being the first state to legislatively pass marriage equality. Thus, Vermonters have many reasons to be proud of our groundbreaking efforts. However, it is not always wise to be first, and in some cases there are reasons why other states have not done
  
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• Roger Albee: A successor to the country doctors of yesteryear

  08-05-2018 01:45 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Roger Albee, who recently retired as the CEO of Grace Cottage Family Health and Hospital in Townshend. He is a former secretary of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets.
  Like many, I grew up in a small rural Vermont community where the country doctor was “king.”
  No matter the time of day or evening, he or she could be contacted, and if the problem was severe, a visit to the home was in order. The country doctors of my early you
  
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• Roger Albee: A successor to the country doctor of yesteryear

  08-05-2018 01:45 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Roger Albee, who recently retired as the CEO of Grace Cottage Family Health and Hospital in Townshend. He is a former secretary of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets.
  Like many, I grew up in a small rural Vermont community where the country doctor was “king.”
  No matter the time of day or evening, he or she could be contacted, and if the problem was severe, a visit to the home was in order. The country doctors of my early you
  
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• Jules Rabin: A green bag and a pointed stick

  08-05-2018 01:40 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Jules Rabin, who came to Vermont in 1968 to teach at Goddard College and 10 years later shifted to baking bread in a wood-fired oven. He lives in Plainfield.Besides the mighty changes going on in the country now that keep some of us tuned in as never before to the inpouring of the daily news, I can testify to a small change on our road in Marshfield. Yesterday, my wife and I went out on our quiet unpaved road in observance of Green Up Day, carrying each
  
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• Planned Parenthood pushes back against funding change

  08-05-2018 01:06 via vtdigger.org
  Lucy Leriche, Vermont policy director, Planned Parenthood. Brattleboro Reformer photo
  WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood is challenging a change in a federal funding program that supports family planning services.
  Three Planned Parenthood affiliates argued in a lawsuit filed in federal court last week that the Trump administration made “unexplained and unjustified” changes to the terms of the funding that will change who can participate in the Title X program.Get all of VTDigger's
  
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  08-05-2018 01:04 via twitter.com
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• VTDigger Minute: School funding, income tax, lottery investigation

  08-05-2018 00:43 via vtdigger.org
  VTDigger Minute is a weekly news digest from Vermont PBS. Tune in every Wednesday and Thursday at 6 p.m. to hear about the week’s top stories.
  This week on the Minute:
  Scott pitches plan to patch school funding gap
  The Scott administration proposed a plan on Tuesday to plug a $58 million hole in the education fund with one-time money. The sources include $19 million from a tobacco settlement, $20 million from state surplus revenues, $7 million in reserves and $12 million from other s
  
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• Senate approves lottery review spurred by VTDigger report

  08-05-2018 00:28 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont Lottery numbers games are sold at a kiosk in a convenience store. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger
  The Vermont Senate adopted an amendment Monday calling for an investigation into lottery payouts, citing reporting by VTDigger that called attention to statistically unlikely winnings around the state.
  “Some in the journalism profession use an expression: JDLR, just doesn’t look right,” said Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe, who proposed the amendment last week. The amendme
  
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