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• Expungement Day: ‘I’m not going to be looked at as a criminal’

  10-06-2018 23:39 via vtdigger.org
  Windsor County State’s Attorney David Cahill, right, helps Joseph Day of White River Junction fill out paperwork Saturday so Day can have a past misdemeanor marijuana conviction cleared from his record. Photo by Alan Keays/VTDigger
  SOUTH ROYALTON – Joseph Day walked into a building on the campus of Vermont Law School on Saturday morning as a convicted drug offender and left about an hour later well on his way to losing that label, and the consequences that come with it.“I&rsquo
  
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• Sanders will not endorse son Levi in New Hampshire House bid

  10-06-2018 23:12 via vtdigger.org
  The main image on the homepage of Levi Sanders’s official campaign website.
  While Sen. Bernie Sanders has been throwing his support behind candidates in state and federal elections across the country lately, he’s remained silent on one candidate close to home.
  The Vermont independent has not endorsed his son, Levi Sanders, who is running for Congress in New Hampshire.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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• Receiver presses case against former Canadian owners of Jay Peak

  10-06-2018 22:54 via vtdigger.org
  Michael Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver in the EB-5 fraud case, speaks at a Statehouse news conference Thursday. Photo by Michael Dougherty/VTDigger
  The court-appointed receiver for Jay Peak is pursuing claims against the Canadian company that formerly owned the northern Vermont ski resort.
  Attorney Michael Goldberg, the receiver, says Saint-Sauveur Valley Resorts Inc. knowingly and improperly accepted $15 million in EB-5 funds from Miami businessman Ariel Quiros as payment for Jay Peak i
  
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• Democrat Scoggins running for Shaftsbury House seat

  10-06-2018 22:17 via vtdigger.org
  Shaftsbury Select Board Chairman Tim Scoggins. Photo by Dave LaChance/Bennington Banner
  SHAFTSBURY — Tim Scoggins, who moved to Vermont eight years ago saying he wanted to jump into local political and community affairs, is taking a step toward the Statehouse.
  Scoggins is retired from Applied Research Labs of the University of Texas at Austin, where he worked as a data analyst and project manager for 25 years. Previously, he worked as a geophysicist with Shell Oil in oil exploration in the
  
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• Activists rally against Trump’s separation of asylum-seeking children

  10-06-2018 21:46 via vtdigger.org
  Protesters gather across the street from the Department of Homeland Security’s Law Enforcement Support Center in Williston on June 8, 2018. Photo by John Young/VTDigger
  Williston — Dozens of people gathered Friday in front of the Department of Homeland Security’s Law Enforcement Support Center here to protest the mistreatment of illegal immigrants by several government agencies.“We are very specifically talking about the policy of detaining asylum seekers separately from
  
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• Bennington Post Office Offers Special Pictorial Postmark in Honor of Southwestern Vermont Health Care’s Centennial Year

  10-06-2018 21:41 via vtdigger.org
  News Release –Southwestern Vermont HealthcareJune 7, 2018
  Contact:Ashley Brenon Jowett, Communications & Marketing SpecialistPhone: 802.447.5019Fax: [email protected]
  BENNINGTON — Bennington Postmaster John G. Harwood, IV, will kick-off Southwestern Vermont Health Care’s (SVHC) Centennial Weekend with the unveiling of a special pictorial postmark from the U.S. Postal Service. It is an exciting federal recognition of the health system’s 100th y
  
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• Fourteen babies born May 29 to receive $100 college savings accounts

  10-06-2018 21:27 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Student Assistance CorporationJune 7, 2018
  Contact:Sabina Haskell, Director of Public [email protected]
  Montpelier –Fourteen babies born at Vermont hospitals on May 29 will each receive $100 in a 529 college savings account from Vermont Student Assistance Corp.The Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems partners with VSAC, which administers Vermont’s 529 college savings plan, to help educate Vermont families about saving for
  
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• House Approves Welch Legislation Extending North Country National Scenic Trail into Vermont, Connecting it to Appalachian National Scenic Trail

  10-06-2018 21:22 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Office of U.S. Rep. Peter WelchJune 6, 2018
  Contact:Hans Lynn(202) 225-4115
  Washington, D.C. – Late yesterday, the House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation authored by Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) and Rep. Richard Nolan (D-MN) that extends the North Country National Scenic Trail from Crowne Point, NY into Addison County, linking it to the Appalachian National Scenic Trail via Vermont’s Long Trail.The North Country National Scenic Trail (NCNST), establ
  
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• Leahy Comments As Oral Arguments Begin In Emoluments Lawsuit Against President Trump

  10-06-2018 21:13 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Office of U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy
  Contact:David Carle(202) 224-3693
  Washington D.C. – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), a leading member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement about the long-awaited beginning on Thursday of oral arguments, in a federal courtroom in Washington, in the Emoluments lawsuit brought by several members of Congress, Blumenthal, Nadler, et al. v. Trump.Leahy is a leading plaintiff in the lawsuit, which seeks to compel
  
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• Credit corporation seeks public input for 2019 Southern Vermont plan

  10-06-2018 21:09 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Brattleboro Development Credit CorporationJune 7, 2018
  Adam Grinold, Executive Director(802) 257-7731agrinold@brattleborodevelopment.comwww.brattleborodevelopment.com
  Bennington County and Windham County are coming together to develop a first ever joint strategy to guide the Southern Vermont region’s economic future. The outcome of this exciting process will be an action plan with specific projects and programs intended to spur economic and community development throug
  
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• Leahy Protects Funding For Vermont-Based PTSD Research And Treatment Facility

  10-06-2018 21:06 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Office of U.S. Sen. Patrick LeahyJune 7, 2018
  Contact:David Carle(202) 224-3693
  WASHINGTON, D.C.— Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill approved on Thursday by the committee includes several key Vermont initiatives to help veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).Notably, the bill protects $40 million in funding for the P
  
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• Decision on I-89 exit paves the way for cheaper gas, more pollution

  10-06-2018 20:46 via vtdigger.org
  Women pump gas at a Costco station in South San Francisco. Creative Commons photo.
  The Vermont Superior Court’s Environmental Division upheld a [decision] this week to give the state’s transportation department, VTrans, the permits it needs for an almost $10 million overhaul of the I-89 Exit 16 interchange in Colchester.The court decision paves the way for connecting roads needed for a Costco gas station, the creation of the state’s first “diverging diamond interchange&rd
  
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• Then Again: Vermont officer lost his life in leading black soliders

  10-06-2018 20:00 via vtdigger.org
  Vermonter Alanson Sanborn was murdered during the Civil War while leading a regiment of African-American soldiers in Virginia. The killer shot Sanborn twice with a Colt revolver. Photo illustration by Mark Bushnell from Wiki Commons 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.”In a time of unprecedented violence in the United States, the murder of Alanson L. San
  
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• Then Again: Vermont officer lost his life in leading black soldiers

  10-06-2018 20:00 via vtdigger.org
  Vermonter Alanson Sanborn was murdered during the Civil War while leading a regiment of African-American soldiers in Virginia. The killer shot Sanborn twice with a Colt revolver. Photo illustration by Mark Bushnell from Wiki Commons 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.”In a time of unprecedented violence in the United States, the murder of Alanson L. San
  
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• Vermont suicide rates far outpace nation’s

  10-06-2018 19:20 via vtdigger.org
  Suicide-prevention materials on display at a June 5 statewide conference in Stowe. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
  Vermonters are dying by suicide at a rate more than 35 percent higher than the national average, continuing a years-long trend in spite of widespread prevention and education efforts.
  Breaking down the state’s statistics produces similar results: People in Vermont are more likely to take their own lives with a gun, for example, and the state’s suicide rates are higher than
  
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• Vermont prepares for sweeping changes to special ed

  10-06-2018 17:00 via vtdigger.org
  Rep. David Sharpe chairs the House Education Committee. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  During the last two years, both Education Committees in the Legislature have toiled over the best way to get a handle on the cost of special education while improving the quality of teaching for struggling students.
  This session they nailed it down, passing a comprehensive bill that will do just that while saving some money. This was such an attractive option for a governor who has pledged to keep taxes
  
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