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• Vermont Futures Project findings reflect internship and job accessibility

  06-06-2018 22:51 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Futures ProjectJune 6, 2018
  Contact:Chad T. Ahern802-262-2132
  Vermont Futures Project Finds Internship Accessibility is ExcellentJob Conversion Needs Work
  Montpelier, VT – A recent research initiative by the Vermont Futures Project finds that students attending Vermont’s colleges and universities have ample opportunity to participate in internships inside and outside the state. At the same time, there is a significant need to improve the state’s int
  
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• Sen. Tim Ashe On Breaking The Budget Impasse And Consequences Of A Shutdown dlvr.it/QWQbqZ https://t.co/yUph8InBoN

  06-06-2018 22:33 via twitter.com
  
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• LISTEN: College Of St. Joseph Presses Start On New 'Esports' Arena For Gamer Athletes dlvr.it/QWQTjw https://t.co/Mb82QunHUB

  06-06-2018 22:05 via twitter.com
  
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• Vermont PBS wins two New England Emmy Awards

  06-06-2018 21:56 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont PBSJune 6, 2018
  Contact:Julia [email protected]
  Saving Our Waters and MTL 375 Recognized for Excellence
  Colchester, VT – June 6, 2018 – Vermont PBS had a great night at the New England Emmy Awards, bringing home two of the coveted statuettes- one for environmental programming for Saving our Waters and a second in the interstitial category forMLT375: Cité Mémoire.
  Saving Our Waters tackles the urgent need to protect o
  
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• LISTEN: $10,000 For Remote Workers To Move To Vermont: The Plan Makes A Big Buzz, But How Will It Work?… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-06-2018 21:15 via twitter.com
  LISTEN: $10,000 For Remote Workers To Move To Vermont: The Plan Makes A Big Buzz, But How Will It Work?… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Gifford nursing home earns deficiency-free survey

  06-06-2018 21:03 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Gifford Health CareJune 6, 2018
  Contact:Maryellen Apelquist802-728-2284
  Menig Earns First Deficiency-Free Survey in State Under New Nursing Home Regs
  RANDOLPH, Vt.—Gifford Health Care’s Menig Nursing Home in Randolph Center earned deficiency-free surveys from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Department of Health and Human Services after a site visit in May. The results make Menig the first nursing home in Vermont to complete a deficienc
  
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• Study credits Clean Air Act to red spruce recovery

  06-06-2018 20:26 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — University of VermontJune 6, 2018
  Contact:Joshua [email protected]
  Surprising Recovery of Red Spruce Shows Value of Clean Air ActUVM and Forest Service study identifies reduced pollution and warmer winters as likely cause of resurgence
  Since the 1960s, scientists at the University of Vermont have been documenting the decline of red spruce trees, casualties of the damage caused by acid rain on northeastern forests.
  But now, surprising new research shows th
  
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• Castleton University to offer bachelor’s opportunity at CCV campuses

  06-06-2018 20:15 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Castleton UniversityMay 29, 2018
  Media Contact:Jeff Weld(802) 468-6052
  Castleton University Announces Program Delivery at CCVRutland and Winooski locations to provide full program opportunities.
  CASTLETON, Vt. – Castleton University, in partnership with the Community College of Vermont, will be offering CCV graduates and transfer students the opportunity to pursue their Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at CCV’s Rutland and Winooski campuses starting
  
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• Two men plead guilty to smuggling illegal aliens

  06-06-2018 19:30 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — U.S. Department of JusticeJune 4, 2018
  Contact:(802) 951-6725
  BURLINGTON, VERMONTJune 4, 2018
  Mexican and Honduran Men Plead Guilty to Smuggling and Transporting Fourteen Illegal Aliens in Derby, Vermont
  The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that two persons have pled guilty to the smuggling and transporting of fourteen illegal aliens who traveled on foot from Quebec to Derby, Vermont in October 2017. The two defendants are Alberto Alvar
  
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• Weston Playhouse announces new executive artistic director

  06-06-2018 18:46 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Weston Playhouse Theatre CompanyJune 5, 2018
  Contact:Kate [email protected]
  Susanna Gellert to helm the historic Vermont theatre
  WESTON, VT – Oliver K. Olsen, chair of the Board of Directors of the Weston Playhouse Theatre, announces today that Susanna Gellert has been chosen by the Board of Directors to be the company’s new Executive Artistic Director. Gellert, currently Associate Producer and Director of the Studio at New York’s ac
  
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• Bank asks court to deny Hermitage’s objections to receivership order

  06-06-2018 17:46 via vtdigger.org
  The Hermitage Club in Wilmington. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer
  This story by Chris Mays was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on June 6.
  NEWFANE — The Hermitage Club has “no right under the mortgages to restructure after a material default,” a lawyer for the private club’s foreclosing bank says.RELATED STORIESHermitage property goes to auctionRole of receiver for Hermitage Club being determinedJudge allows receiver for Hermitage ClubHermitage Club s
  
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• Vermont Days offer free access and use of state parks

  06-06-2018 17:40 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont DaysJune 5, 2018
  CONTACT:Steve Cook(802) [email protected]
  Vermont Days Offer Free Fishing and Free Access to State Parks and Historic Sites
  MONTPELIER, Vt. – Vermont Days are an annual invitation to visitors and Vermonters to explore, for free, Vermont’s excellent fishing, state parks, and historic culture.
  For the weekend of June 9-10, all Vermont State Parks day-use areas and all state-owned Historic Sites will be open at no charge. Satur
  
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• Hermitage property goes to auction

  06-06-2018 17:29 via vtdigger.org
  The Inn at Sawmill Farm, part of the Hermitage Club holdings, is going up for public auction on June 25. Photo by Chris Mays/Brattleboro Reformer
  This story by Chris Mays was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on June 6.RELATED STORIESBank asks court to deny Hermitage’s objections to receivership orderRole of receiver for Hermitage Club being determinedJudge allows receiver for Hermitage ClubHermitage Club seeks to use loan to avert foreclosureLawyer seeks to withdraw as Hermitage couns
  
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• Second woman accuses former Inntopia executive of sexual harassment

  06-06-2018 17:00 via vtdigger.org
  Lisa Senecal sought a job at Inntopia. She settled with the company over sexual harassment allegations in 2017 involving the former president of the company, Craig DeLuca. Courtesy photo
  Lisa Senecal had applied for a job at a Stowe tech travel company and engaged in a back and forth with the COO over the course of several months, hoping to land the position of marketing director.
  The job at Inntopia, however, never materialized. Instead, Senecal’s dream of working for the company turned i
  
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• Gov. Scott statement: majority leadership rejects amendments

  06-06-2018 16:46 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Gov. Phil ScottJune 5, 2018
  Contact:Rebecca [email protected]
  STATEMENT: MAJORITY LEADERSHIP CONTINUES TO REJECT PATHS TO AGREEMENT
  Montpelier, Vt. – Governor Phil Scott’s Communications Director Rebecca Kelley today issued the following statement:
  “In a year where the state has $160 million more in revenue and a surplus that’s expected to grow this month, Governor Scott has been clear he will not sign a budget or tax bill t
  
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• Data contradicts suspect’s story, affidavits in Colson inquiry reveal

  06-06-2018 16:41 via vtdigger.org
  Austin Colson, left, with his girlfriend. Colson’s remains were found in a barn in Royalton on May 26.
  This story by Jordan Cuddemi was published by the Valley News on June 6.
  WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Data retrieved from cellphones and interviews with witnesses contradict the version of events provided to police by a suspect in the disappearance of 19-year-old Austin Colson, according to search warrant affidavits filed in connection with the investigation.Get all of VTDigger's criminal
  
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• ACLU launches prosecutor accountability initiative

  06-06-2018 16:16 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — ACLU of VermontJune 5, 2018
  CONTACT:Kate Connizzo802-223-6304 [email protected]
  With new statewide poll showing broad support for reducing Vermont’s prison population, ACLU invites Vermont state’s attorney candidates to share views with constituents ahead of 2018 elections
  MONTPELIER—With state’s attorneys on the ballot statewide in 2018, the ACLU is highlighting the critical but often unseen role of elected prosecutors in Vermont’s crimi
  
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• Book review: How Vermont hippies sowed the seeds of change

  06-06-2018 15:51 via vtdigger.org
  Rutland writer Yvonne Daley is author of the new book “Going Up the Country: When the Hippies, Dreamers, Freaks, and Radicals Moved to Vermont.” Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  Rutland journalist Yvonne Daley didn’t know she was receiving her latest assignment when a friend sent her a book about the 1960s and 1970s counterculture in the high desert of New Mexico.
  “You should write this story in Vermont,” came the suggestion tucked alongside.
  Daley seems the p
  
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• $10,000 For Remote Workers To Move To Vermont: The Plan Makes A Big Buzz, But How Will It Work?… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-06-2018 15:39 via twitter.com
  $10,000 For Remote Workers To Move To Vermont: The Plan Makes A Big Buzz, But How Will It Work?… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Bennington charter change approved, paving the way for local option tax

  06-06-2018 14:31 via vtdigger.org
  Bennington voters approved a series of town charter changes, 440 votes to 148. Photo by Holly Pelczynski/Bennington Banner
  BENNINGTON — A set of town charter changes that sparked a tepid level of public comment over the past year was decisively endorsed Tuesday by Bennington voters — though not many of them cast ballots.
  Town Clerk Cassandra Barbeau reported shortly after the election polls closed at 7 p.m. that the single ballot question was approved, 440 votes to 148, representing
  
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• House passes budget bill to prevent shutdown; Senate up next

  06-06-2018 02:28 via vtdigger.org
  Chairs of House committees on Appropriations, Ways and Means, and Education hold a joint meeting to review the Scott administration’s finance proposal. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  The House passed a bill Tuesday that would ensure the government doesn’t see a shutdown, even if lawmakers and the governor can’t resolve a budget stalemate by the the end of the month.It needs to clear the Senate, which is convening on Thursday, before heading to Gov. Phil Scott, who opposes the
  
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• Welch backs controversial nuclear waste bill

  06-06-2018 01:47 via vtdigger.org
  Rep. Peter Welch speaks at a news conference Friday, March 23, in Burlington.
  Congress is taking another shot at answering a decades-old question: What should be done with nuclear waste that’s stranded at sites like Vermont Yankee?
  U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., was among 340 House members who voted last month for H.R.3053, which advances both short-term and permanent storage options for spent nuclear fuel.
  The bill faces an uncertain future in the Senate, and the movement and storage of ra
  
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• David Flemming: Government shutdown could prove costly

  06-06-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by David Flemming, of Burlington who is a policy analyst at the Ethan Allen Institute.
  The Legislature’s Joint Fiscal Office estimates that keeping legislators for the special session costs Vermont taxpayers $50,000 to $60,000 per day. But this is pennies next to the effect of a government shutdown, increased taxes and the coming pension crisis. As much as legislative leadership and the governor’s office like to blame each other, we have a righ
  
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• Nicole Mace: School spending decisions

  06-06-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Nicole L. Mace, who is executive director of the Vermont School Boards Association.
  Vermont’s school boards have risen to the challenge of building budgets that deliver high quality public education in a more affordable manner, while still meeting the complex needs of today’s students.
  In November, Gov. Phil Scott sent a letter to education leaders asking school districts to hold FY 2019 growth in spending to no more than 2.5 percent. School
  
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• Jay Bellows: A Flex Fund success story

  06-06-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Jay Bellows, who is CEO of Northern Reliability Inc. 
  Ask any rural business owner what the hardest part about starting and growing a company is and I can almost guarantee you will get the same answer nine times out of 10 – finding access to capital.
  Our business, Northern Reliability, is no exception. Finding investors for a small, growing company in rural Vermont can be very difficult without the masses of investors that larger metropolitan
  
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