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• Putnam Block developers to receive $15.6M in tax credits

  01-07-2018 19:30 via vtdigger.org
  The development group planning the Putnam Block project says a $27.6 million financing package for the project’s first phase is nearly complete, and the goal is for a fall groundbreaking. Meanwhile, many residents have expressed concern about recent project delays and the several empty storefronts in three historic structures to be renovated and restored. Photo by Jim Therrien/Bennington BannerBENNINGTON — Developers of the Putnam Block say they’re closing in on a $27.6 million
  
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• Fewer moose may mean fewer ticks, scientists say

  01-07-2018 19:00 via vtdigger.org
  A moose at the Nulhegan Basin Division of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in Essex County. File photo by David Govatski/USFWS via Flickr
  The way to reverse the decline in moose numbers in the Northeast Kingdom may initially be to reduce the population further, state wildlife specialists said last week. Officials from the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife explained at a public meeting that further thinning of the moose herd could reduce the numbers of the winter ticks
  
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• Vermont Yankee water cost: $6M and counting

  01-07-2018 17:11 via vtdigger.org
  A water disposal storage tank at Vermont Yankee. Entergy has spent $3.5 million so far to transport tainted water from the Vernon plant. (Entergy submitted photo)BRATTLEBORO – Entergy has spent about $6 million to deal with an ongoing water-intrusion problem at Vermont Yankee, administrators said Thursday.
  More than half of that amount – about $3.5 million – has gone to a disposal company that’s hauling the tainted water out of state. The total also includes nearly $2 mil
  
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• Tom Peters is still ‘In Search of Excellence’

  01-07-2018 17:00 via vtdigger.org
  Tom Peters is author of the new book “The Excellence Dividend: Meeting the Tech Tide with Work That Wows and Jobs That Last.” Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  When Tom Peters wrote “In Search of Excellence” in 1982, he didn’t anticipate the book would become, at more than 3 million copies in print and counting, one of the biggest selling business books ever.
  Or that, nearly four decades later, so many still don’t know its simple message.
  “My a
  
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• Then Again: Calvin Coolidge’s hometown was his refuge and retreat

  01-07-2018 17:00 via vtdigger.org
  In this room, Calvin Coolidge was sworn in by his father as president of the United States at 2:47 a.m. on Aug. 3, 1923, after the sudden death of Warren Harding. Photo by Mark Bushnell
  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.”History can seem oddly close at hand. Calvin Coolidge was born on the 4th of July 1872 and died 85 years ago, but visit his homestead in Pl
  
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• When tipsters call ICE, the phone rings in Vermont

  01-07-2018 16:00 via vtdigger.org
  Protesters gather across the street from the Department of Homeland Security’s Law Enforcement Support Center in Williston earlier this month. Photo by John Young/VTDigger
  The tipster called in to report his ex-girlfriend.
  For years, the man had known the woman was in the country without proper documentation. But the relationship had recently ended, and he decided to alert federal immigration authorities that his ex had overstayed a visa, and now was living and working in the United States
  
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• Sen. Sanders introduces Social Security improvement bill

  01-07-2018 14:30 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Bernie SandersJune 27, 2018
  Contact:[email protected]
  Sanders, Larson Introduce Bill to Improve and Restore Social Security Service
  WASHINGTON, June 27 – Following reports that the wait for a Social Security disability appeals decision reached an all-time high of more than 600 days, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. John B. Larson (D-Conn.) introduced legislation Wednesday to give the Social Security Administration the funds necessary to restore
  
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• Vermont Housing and Conservation Board awards $6.5 millions to preservation

  01-07-2018 14:00 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Housing and Conservation BoardJune 27, 2018
  Contact:Gus [email protected]
  VHCB Awards $6.5 Million to Preserve and Rehabilitate Affordable Housing and to Conserve Farmland, Recreational Lands and Natural Areas in 14 Towns
  On Thursday, June 21, the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board awarded $6,594,615 for housing developments that will help to build or rehabilitate 59 affordable homes and conserve 1,050 acres of farmland and 146 acres of recreational an
  
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• More than 2,000 Vermonters march against Trump immigration policy

  01-07-2018 01:57 via vtdigger.org
  BURLINGTON — Thousands of people took to city streets on Saturday as part of nationwide protests countering President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy and family sepations at the southern border.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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