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• Entrepreneur, magician and motivational speaker Vinh Giang to give Todd Lecture at Norwich University

  27-05-2018 15:25 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Norwich UniversityMay 24, 2018
  Contact:Daphne Larkin [email protected] us on Twitter @NorwichNews
  NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University continues its 2018 Todd Lecture Series with “The Psychology of Illusion, the Power of Perspective,” a presentation by entrepreneur, magician and motivational speaker Vinh Giang on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at 7 p.m. in Plumley Armory.
  This lecture is free and open to the public and will be streamed live at
  
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• Vermont Community Foundation and High Meadows Fund announce new hires

  27-05-2018 15:15 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Community FoundationMay 24, 2018
  Contact:Zoe PikeCommunications AssociateThe Vermont Community [email protected] ext. 286
  The Vermont Community Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of Stacie Fagan as a senior philanthropic advisor serving central and northwestern Vermont. Fagan joined the Foundation at the beginning of May.
  Fagan will work with new and existing clients to establish charitable funds, advise their grantmaking, track pr
  
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• National experts at Suicide Prevention Symposium in June

  27-05-2018 15:10 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Suicide Prevention CenterThursday, May 24, 2018
  Contact:Zan Lewis, Vermont Suicide Prevention Center, Center for Health and LearningTel: 802­-254-­6590Email: [email protected]
  Vermont Symposium brings together mental health, health care professionals and individuals with lived experience
  The VT Suicide Prevention Symposium will be held June 5 at the Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa in Stowe, VT. National and regional experts and those whose lives
  
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• Strolling of the Heifers Parade returns to Brattleboro

  27-05-2018 15:05 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Strolling of the HeifersMay 24, 2018
  Contact:erika elderStrolling of the Heiferswww.strollingoftheheifers.comoffice: 802-257-2699cell: 802-275-8059
  The Heifers will stroll again in Brattleboro!
  Brattleboro parade and festival highlight local farmers and local food
  BRATTLEBORO, VT. — The 17th annual Strolling of the Heifers Weekend, featuring a parade of flower-bedecked heifer calves led by future farmers up the historic Main Street of Brattleboro, Vermont takes place J
  
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• Randolph Region Re-Energized next meeting is June 11

  27-05-2018 15:00 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Council on Rural DevelopmentMay 24, 2018
  Contact:Jon CopansPhone: (802) 225-6393 or [email protected]
  VTC PRESIDENT PATRICIA MOULTON TO SERVE AS INITIATIVE CHAIRPERSON
  RANDOLPH – The Randolph Region Re-Energized (R3) initiative will convene on June 11 as four task forces focused on community priorities meet to develop action plans. Joining these conversations will be a resource team of issue-area experts from around Vermont who will provide technical advice and h
  
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• SunCommon soaks up more sun as it expands further into New York State

  27-05-2018 14:30 via vtdigger.org
  Electricians for SunCommon install solar panels in Barre Town. File photo by John Herrick/VTDigger
  Vermont’s largest solar company has expanded further into New York State with the acquisition of Hudson Solar, through a merger completed on Tuesday in Rhinebeck, New York.
  The move won’t result in layoffs in either state, said SunCommon co-founder Duane Peterson.
  “We’re going to dramatically increase employment in New York, and even increase SunCommon’s [number of] em
  
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• New law shines light, LED of course, on energy efficiency

  27-05-2018 14:14 via vtdigger.org
  An assortment of efficient LED bulbs. Photo by Geoffrey A. Landis
  Gov. Phil Scott embraced energy efficiency this week, signing into law an energy-efficiency bill that over time could save Vermonters hundreds of millions of dollars.The new statute, which originated as H.410, sets 16 separate efficiency standards for products ranging from computer monitors to commercial deep fryers and fluorescent bulbs.
  It was an apparent turnaround for the governor who only last year sought an 8 percent cut in
  
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• Then Again: Father of land grant college system was self-educated, self-made Vermonter

  27-05-2018 14:00 via vtdigger.org
  Famed photographer Mathew Brady took this portrait of Justin Smith Morrill, circa 1860, when Morrill was a member of Congress representing Vermont. Library of Congress photo
  Editor’s note: Mark Bushnell is a Vermont journalist and historian. He is the author of “Hidden History of Vermont” and “It Happened in Vermont.”Justin Smith Morrill is often called the father of America’s land grant college and university system, which at first blush can seem a little odd
  
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• Remains of teenager Austin Colson found in Royalton barn identified

  27-05-2018 12:33 via vtdigger.org
  Austin Colson, left, with his girlfriend. Colson’s remains were found in a barn in Royalton Saturday.
  Worst fears became reality for the family and friends of a missing Royalton man on Saturday, when an autopsy confirmed that human remains discovered in a Norwich barn last week are those of Austin Colson, who was last seen in January.
  The cause and manner of Colson’s death remain under investigation, according to a news release from the Vermont State Police announcing the autopsy res
  
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• Remains of teenager Austin Colson found in Norwich barn identified

  27-05-2018 12:33 via vtdigger.org
  Austin Colson, left, with his girlfriend. Colson’s remains were found in a barn in Norwich Saturday.
  Worst fears became reality for the family and friends of a missing Royalton man on Saturday, when an autopsy confirmed that human remains discovered in a Norwich barn last week are those of Austin Colson, who was last seen in January.
  The cause and manner of Colson’s death remain under investigation, according to a news release from the Vermont State Police announcing the autopsy resu
  
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• Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery a vision of freedom and unity

  27-05-2018 12:17 via vtdigger.org
  Spare change sits atop the gravestone of Norma Jean King, the wife of serviceman Arnold King as well as “The Ice Cream Lady.” Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  RANDOLPH — When the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery opened here in 1993, the state aimed to mirror the precise uniformity of the U.S. military’s Arlington National burial grounds.
  Then came the personal uniqueness.
  “No better friend could you find than Bill,” reads the gravestone for William L.
  
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• Donald Fell’s attorneys cite sports betting case to void death penalty

  27-05-2018 05:50 via vtdigger.org
  Donald Fell is facing a July retrial. File photo
  BURLINGTON — Attorneys for accused killer Donald Fell are again asking a judge to declare the death penalty unconstitutional, this time citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding sports gambling.
  Fell’s lawyers, in their filing seeking to overturn the federal death penalty statute, point to the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which restricts the federal government’s power over states.Get all of VTDigger's crimin
  
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