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• Hearing takes Burlington council on tour of proposed roadway

  22-05-2018 23:27 via vtdigger.org
  Burlington City Council president Kurt Wright waves to barbecue goers during the Champlain Parkway bus tour. Photo by Elizabeth Gribkoff/VTDigger
  BURLINGTON — Anyone standing in City Hall Park at 6 Monday evening would have seen something unusual — Mayor Miro Weinberger and city councilors boarding two chartered University of Vermont buses that were about to embark on a tour of the city’s South End.
  The City Council field trip was part of a necessity hearing process for the Cha
  
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• New law could boost payments for addiction treatment

  22-05-2018 23:10 via vtdigger.org
  Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill Monday that could provide assistance to addiction-treatment programs. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  Gov. Phil Scott has signed a bill that could lead to increased financial backing for the state’s addiction-treatment system.
  S.225 authorizes the state to develop pilot programs for increasing coverage of the “hub and spoke” medication-assisted treatment program by commercial insurers like Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont.Get all of VTDigger'
  
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• Cambodian-Born Author Loung Ung On Resilience And Survival dlvr.it/QTlHbt https://t.co/NMpylS0yr2

  22-05-2018 22:13 via twitter.com
  
  Cambodian-Born Author Loung Ung On Resilience And Survival dlvr.it/QTlHbt https://t.co/NMpylS0yr2
  
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• Pilot in fatal Bald Mountain plane crash identified

  22-05-2018 21:55 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont State Police recovery teams prepare to head up Bald Mountain on the morning of May 21. Photo by Holly Pelczynski/Bennington Banner
  This article by Patricia LeBoeuf and David LaChance was published by the Bennington Banner on May 21.
  WOODFORD — The pilot of a twin-engine aircraft that crashed into Bald Mountain on Sunday was found dead at the heavily wooded crash site just after 1 a.m. Monday, according to Vermont State Police.
  The pilot was alone, according to the Federal Aviation
  
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• Zuckerman announces bid for re-election

  22-05-2018 18:48 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Zuckerman for VermontMay 21, 2018
  Contact:Jesse Warren, Communications Director for Zuckerman for Vermont, 802-540-5050
  BURLINGTON, VT — Earlier today, in an email to supporters, David Zuckerman announced he will seek re-election for a second term as Lieutenant Governor. For 20 years, David has been a leader in the fight for a bold agenda centered around economic justice — including fighting income inequality, environmental restoration, and building a stronger, m
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott’s public schedule May 19–25, 2018

  22-05-2018 18:37 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Gov. Phil ScottMay 18, 2018
  Contact:Ethan T. LatourAsst. Director of Policy and CommunicationsGovernor Phil ScottP. [email protected]
  Governor Phil Scott’s Public Schedule: 5/19/18 – 5/25/18
  Saturday, May 19
  10:30 AM
  Johnson State College 2018 Commencement Ceremony
  337 College Hill Road, Johnson, VT
  Sunday, May 20
  8:00 AM
  University of Vermont Commencement Ceremony
  University Green, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
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• Vermont Tech celebrates 152nd Commencement

  22-05-2018 18:30 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont TechMay 19, 2018
  Contact:Amanda ChaulkVermont [email protected]
  Randolph, VT. – Vermont Technical College hosted its three commencement ceremonies this weekend. Two were held on Friday, May 18th and another was held Saturday, the 19th. Vermont Tech conferred certificates and degrees for 504 graduates from 32 programs. Nursing students were also presented with their Nursing Pins and all Allied Health graduates took their specific oaths.
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• Colchester seeks FEMA funding to repair causeway

  22-05-2018 18:28 via vtdigger.org
  Erosion visible on the edge of causeway, looking toward Colchester. Photo by Elizabeth Gribkoff, VTDigger
  COLCHESTER — The May 4 storm that ravaged Vermont and left thousands without power also caused an estimated $563,000 in damage to the Lake Champlain causeway.
  Driven by high winds, waves battered the granite and marble blocks that buttress the former rail bed, eating away chunks of the gravel path, creating sinkholes and destabilizing the bridge.
  Representatives from the Federal Emerge
  
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• Dept. of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment grant of $1.5M awarded to New England states

  22-05-2018 18:21 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community DevelopmentMonday, May 21, 2018
  Contact:Brett Long, Deputy Commissioner of the Dept. of Economic DevelopmentVermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development(802) 461-9353; [email protected]
  Montpelier, Vt. – The states of Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island have received a joint grant of $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) to
  
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• Passumpsic Savings banks on new location in Berlin Mall

  22-05-2018 18:15 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Berlin Mall LLCMay 21, 2018
  Contact:Ken Simon, Berlin Mall, LLCc/o Heidenberg Properties Group201.768.1300 ext. [email protected]
  BERLIN, VT—Berlin Mall, LLC, the owner of Berlin Mall (https://www.theberlinmall.com/) is excited to announce the lease signing of Passumpsic Savings Bank, scheduled to open in Fall of 2018.
  Passumpsic Savings Bank (https://www.passumpsicbank.com/) is a community bank founded in 1853 with offices in St. Johnsbury, Danville, L
  
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• Advanced care planning initiative receives third year of funding from UVMMC

  22-05-2018 18:11 via vtdigger.org
  News ReleaseMay 15, 2018
  Contact:Sarah Brown, Project [email protected](802) 505-6395
  Burlington, VT, May 15, 2018 – The University of Vermont Medical Center’s Community Health Investment Fund has committed a third year of funding to Who’s Your Person… What’s Your Plan?, an initiative designed to increase the use of advance medical directives among Vermonters living in Chittenden and Grand Isle counties.
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• McClure Foundation grant supports education access for Franklin County students

  22-05-2018 18:04 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — VSACMay 21, 2018
  Media Contact:Sabina [email protected]
  Innovative program encourages local students to continue education after high school
  WINOOSKI (May 21, 2018) – Vermont Student Assistance Corp. will receive a $20,000 grant from the J. Warren and Lois McClure Foundation to continue its successful initiative in Franklin County to increase student participation in dual enrollment, early college and adult technical education programs.
  “We than
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott signs bill to grow Vermont’s financial services industry

  22-05-2018 17:59 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Office of the GovernorMay 21, 2018
  Contact:Rebecca Kelley, Office of the [email protected]
  H.719 positions Vermont as a destination for reinsurance companies due to changes in Federal tax code
  Montpelier, Vt. — Vermont furthered itself as the gold standard for financial services and insurance industries with the signing of H.719 into law on Thursday, May 17. This legislation allows for the creation of an “affiliate reinsurance company
  
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• Reeve Lindbergh: Her 'Two Lives' And Growing Up In The Shadow Of Famous, Flawed Parents dlvr.it/QTjlRP https://t.co/bLodNGhsAe

  22-05-2018 17:10 via twitter.com
  
  Reeve Lindbergh: Her 'Two Lives' And Growing Up In The Shadow Of Famous, Flawed Parents dlvr.it/QTjlRP https://t.co/bLodNGhsAe
  
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• Man charged with murder over deadly fire in St. Johnsbury

  22-05-2018 03:35 via vtdigger.org
  A St. Johnsbury man has been charged with first-degree murder and first-degree arson a week after police discovered the remains of a 52-year-old man in a burned down house.
  Allen Draper, 30, is facing various charges related to the death of Timothy Persons, 52, whose remains were found by police at the 319 Crepeault Hill Road address where the fire took place.Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our courts and criminal justice coverage with our weekly headlines in your i
  
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• Progressives, including Sanders, see primaries as testing ground

  22-05-2018 03:25 via vtdigger.org
   
  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks about his bill to bolster labor unions. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
  WASHINGTON — As Democratic candidates face off in primaries around the country this year, a difference in approach is taking shape.Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story with our weekly headlines in your inbox.Daily
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• Tent caterpillars on sugar makers’ minds, if not in their trees

  22-05-2018 02:57 via vtdigger.org
  Forest tent caterpillars. Creative Commons photo
  A decennial pest species called the forest tent caterpillar is midway through an outbreak in Vermont this year, and egg masses have just begun to hatch, according to state officials.
  The caterpillar is native to Vermont and every ten years or so an outbreak of the species will defoliate large areas of deciduous trees. The last big outbreak in Vermont began in 2004 and continued for about three years, stripping foliage from more than 300,000 acres
  
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• Lawmakers list six non-money bills they plan to pass in special session

  22-05-2018 02:18 via vtdigger.org
  Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe talks about legislative procedures for the special session starting this week. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  Gov. Phil Scott has been clear about what he wants for an upcoming special session, but legislative leaders don’t seem to care.
  Last week they scoffed at his suggestion that the session last for only three days, and presented a tentative calendar that spans a week at the least. Now they say at least half a dozen bills that aren’t the budget
  
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• Stephen Terry: The Vermont Senate’s most shameful vote

  22-05-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Stephen C. Terry, of Middlebury, who has observed the Vermont Legislature in action since 1965 as a reporter, newspaper editor and a member of the Vermont business community. He serves as a political analyst for WCAX-TV.
  In the closing hours of the 2018 legislative session on May 12, the Vermont Senate cast one of the most shameful votes I can ever recall in its decision to reject Karen O’Neill, Gov. Phil Scott’s nominee for the Vermont Labo
  
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• John McClaughry: Vermont’s electric vehicle future

  22-05-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by John McClaughry, the vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute.For the past 20 years Vermont state government has aggressively worked to get Vermonters to abandon internal combustion vehicles in favor of electric vehicles (EVs) of both hybrid and all-electric types. The favored method in those early years was to adopt California emission standards by requiring auto dealers to sell quotas of EVs.
  The dealers resisted on the reasonable grounds that most
  
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• Michael Long: Burlington residency requirement not discretionary

  22-05-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Michael Long, who served more than a decade on the Burlington Development Review Board and has lived in Burlington since 1975. He now teaches English and was a high school teacher in Colchester from 1975 until 2015.
  Under the Burlington city charter, which is something like a municipal level constitution, certain city employees in critical leadership positions are required to live in Burlington. When such a position is accepted by a non-resident, the ch
  
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• Ex-lawmaker’s murder accomplice back behind bars after fleeing Vermont

  22-05-2018 00:28 via vtdigger.org
  James Rivers. Photo courtesy Vermont Department of Public Safety
  A man who was convicted along with a one-time lawmaker more than four decades ago in what started as an insurance scam that turned into a murder has been arrested in Oregon for fleeing Vermont while still serving a sentence on furlough.
  James Joseph Rivers, 55, was taken into custody by authorities last week in Cottage Grove, Oregon. According to court records, the Vermont Department of Corrections obtained a warrant for his arrest
  
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• Top aide’s accusation about fiscal office draws apology from Scott

  22-05-2018 00:15 via vtdigger.org
   
  Jason Gibbs is Gov. Phil Scott’s chief of staff. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  Gov. Phil Scott has apologized to the Joint Fiscal Office after his chief of staff accused fiscal analysts of playing partisan politics when they pointed out flaws in the administration’s education finance plan earlier this month.Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story with our weekly headlines in your inbox.Daily
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