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• 87-year-old Tunbridge woman hit in accidental shooting dies

  03-07-2018 23:53 via vtdigger.org
  Tunbridge — 87-year-old Edith Whitney, who was shot outside of her house last Saturday night in an apparent accidental firing, was died Monday night.
  Vermont State Police responded to the call at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday and conducted interviews with people who were shooting firearms nearby. No link between the individuals and the death of Edith Whitney have been confirmed.Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our courts and criminal justice coverage with our weekly
  
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• Vermont National Air Guard deploys F-16s for Fourth of July

  03-07-2018 22:14 via vtdigger.org
  F-16s with the 158th Fighter Wing return to the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington after more than two months fighting in Iraq and Syria. Photo by Morgan True / VTDigger.The Vermont National Air Guard will deploy F-16s this Wednesday in a celebratory fly over for Independence Day.
  Two to four fighter jets will pierce sunny skies in Colchester, Milton, Randolph, Richmond, and Warren. The cost of fuel as well as the flight times have not been disclosed.
  The jets will depart from B
  
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  03-07-2018 22:05 via twitter.com
  
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• Study: F-16 noise levels at Chamberlin School are safe

  03-07-2018 22:03 via vtdigger.org
  The Chamberlin school sits about a half mile from Burlington International Airport runways, and school officials are set to pay for studies to determine exactly how loud jets sound to the teachers, staff and students in the school. Photo by Cory Dawson/VTDiggerThe results of a noise study could lead to funding for sound mitigation improvements at South Burlington’s Chamberlin Elementary School.
  The school sits less than half a mile from Burlington International Airport, and experiences int
  
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• New Jersey man missing after kayak flips

  03-07-2018 21:13 via vtdigger.org
  Shelburne — Police are looking for a missing New Jersey man who was last seen holding onto an overturned kayak in Lake Champlain.According to a police incident report, Eric Plett, 41, was near Shelburne Point when his yellow kayak turned over. His friends found him and the kayak missing about a half-hour later. It is unclear from the report who saw Plett with his overturned kayak initially. Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our courts and criminal justice covera
  
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• LISTEN: Surprising History From Vermont's Online Newspaper Archive: Bicycles, Women's Suffrage & 'Scorchers'… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-07-2018 20:19 via twitter.com
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• Surprising History From Vermont's Online Newspaper Archive: Bicycles, Women Suffrage & 'Scorchers'… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-07-2018 17:18 via twitter.com
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• Sen. Sanders announces new social security staffers

  03-07-2018 16:44 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Bernie SandersJune 27, 2018
  Contact:Dan McLean802-862-6695
  Sanders Secures New Staff for All Three Social Security Field Offices in Vermont
  WASHINGTON, June 27 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced today that Vermont will receive five new Social Security staffers at the agency’s three field offices in Burlington, Montpelier and Rutland.
  Since 2010, Vermont has lost almost a quarter of its Social Security field office staff because of national cuts to Socia
  
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• Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living awarded grant

  03-07-2018 16:40 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent LivingJune 27, 2018
  MEDIA CONTACT:Monica [email protected]
  Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living Awarded Three-Year Federal Traumatic Brain Injury Partnership Grant
  The Vermont Agency of Human Services is proud to announce that it has been chosen by the federal Administration for Community Living (ACL) as one of 24 recipients of a three-year cooperative agreement
  
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• Lake Champlain Chocolates announces B Corporation certification

  03-07-2018 16:33 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Lake Champlain ChocolatesJune 27, 2018
  Media Contact:Meghan [email protected](802) 264-2146
  Lake Champlain Chocolates achieves B Corp CertificationVermont Chocolate Company Recognized for Highest Standards of Social and Environmental Practices
  Burlington, VT – Family-owned Vermont chocolate company, Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC), is proud to announce it is a Certified B Corporation. B Corp Certification validates LCC’s commitme
  
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• Norwich University appoints new museum director

  03-07-2018 16:28 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Norwich UniversityJune 27, 2018
  Contact:Daphne Larkin802-485-2886
  Norwich University Appoints John Hart as New Museum Director
  NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University has appointed John Hart as director of the Sullivan Museum and History Center.
  Hart has worked in the museum field for the past 15 years. He most recently served as museum registrar for the Sullivan Museum and History Center, where he organized the collection of over 15,000 objects and undertook one of the f
  
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• Chester teen to compete in Distinguished Young Women finals

  03-07-2018 16:09 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Distinguished Young WomenJune 27, 2018
  CONTACT:Jessica [email protected]
  Competition begins for Chester, Vt., teen participating in national scholarship program
  Mobile, Ala. – Thursday marks the start of competition for Alexia White, the Chester, Vt., teen competing in the 61st Distinguished Young Women National Finals. White, along with 49 other state representatives, has been in Mobile for the past two weeks participating in community acti
  
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• Margolis: John Rodgers could have a shot as a gubernatorial write-in

  03-07-2018 16:00 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. John Rodgers opposes S.55 on the Senate floor in March. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  Jon Margolis is VTDigger’s political analyst.
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• Margolis: Anything can happen

  03-07-2018 16:00 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. John Rodgers opposes S.55 on the Senate floor in March. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  Jon Margolis is VTDigger’s political analyst.
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• Supreme Court ruling will hurt Vermont unions

  03-07-2018 03:45 via vtdigger.org
  Public unions in Vermont say a Supreme Court ruling made last week will have direct impact on membership and a key source of revenue.Last week, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional the practice of charging non-union members union fees. The narrow 5-4 majority in Janus v. AFSCME, overturned the 1977 landmark case Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, which found that unions could mandate non-members to pay union fees to cover the costs of “collective bargaining, contract administration,
  
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• UPDATED: Ehlers, champion of labor, once was a detractor

  03-07-2018 03:06 via vtdigger.org
  Democratic gubernatorial candidate James Ehlers speaks alongside labor leaders on the Statehouse steps. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  Editor’s note: Comments from James Ehlers have been added to this story.Democratic gubernatorial candidate James Ehlers, who has styled himself as a champion of labor interests, posted a series of tweets in 2010 indicating this may not always have been the case.Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story with our weekly headli
  
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• Ehlers, champion of labor, once was a detractor

  03-07-2018 03:06 via vtdigger.org
  Democratic gubernatorial candidate James Ehlers speaks alongside labor leaders on the Statehouse steps. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  Democratic gubernatorial candidate James Ehlers, who has styled himself as a champion of labor interests, posted a series of tweets in 2010 indicating this may not always have been the case.
  In the tweets, Ehlers shared scathing comments about the NEA, a union which represents 12,000 teachers and other educators in Vermont, and he made a slighting reference to
  
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• UVM nurses set July 12 date for strike

  03-07-2018 02:11 via vtdigger.org
  Deb Snell, vice president of the Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, announces Monday that unionized nurses at University of Vermont Medical Center will go on strike for 48 hours starting July 12. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
  BURLINGTON – University of Vermont Medical Center nurses say they will walk off the job for 48 hours starting at 7 a.m. July 12 if they cannot reach agreement on a new contract.
  Leaders of the 1,800-member nurses’ union gave notice of the pend
  
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• Planned Parenthood braces for the impact of an altered Supreme Court

  03-07-2018 01:54 via vtdigger.org
  Lucy Leriche, vice president for policy director, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
  While pro-choice advocates in Vermont fear that the now-inevitable shift in the balance of the Supreme Court could lead to a reversal of Roe v. Wade, the country’s landmark abortion rights ruling, pro-life groups don’t expect to see a change in state policy.
  Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced last week he will step down after three decades on the court. While Kennedy has tended c
  
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• State auditor queries ag agency’s tracking of water quality spending

  03-07-2018 01:11 via vtdigger.org
  State Auditor Doug Hoffer, whose office released its report on water quality spending on Monday
  The Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets needs to do a better job of ensuring that taxpayer dollars go to the most effective on-farm water quality improvements projects, according to a report released Monday by the state auditor’s office.Since 1996, the Vermont Legislature has appropriated more than $22 million from the state’s capital fund to pay for best management practices on Vermon
  
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• Andrew Torre: The immigrant ‘crisis’ we created

  03-07-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Andrew Torre, who gave up his life as a New York City advertising writer 20 years ago and moved to Londonderry, where he is now retired. He writes progressive political commentary, which has appeared regularly in Vermont newspapers. He is a member of the Vermont Progressive Party and MoveOn Manchester.While the media focuses on immigration – particularly the atrocity of separating children from their immigrant parents – none of it puts the i
  
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• Peter Langella: When school choice isn’t really a choice

  03-07-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Peter Langella, of Moretown, a librarian at Champlain Valley Union High School, an English instructor at Northern Vermont University, a member of the Harwood Unified Union School District Board, and a 2017 Rowland Fellow.
  Much has been written about public schools vs. private schools (and vouchers, choices, etc.) in Vermont lately, but nothing I’ve read has gotten to the true heart of the conversation:
  School choice isn’t really school choic
  
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• John McClaughry: The great tax and spending deadlock ends

  03-07-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by John McClaughry, the vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute.The great tax and spending deadlock of 2018 is now over. Gov. Phil Scott, after a hectic month of thrust and counterthrust with the Democratic House and Senate, got most of what he wanted.
  The battle was triggered by the discovery of unexpected revenues resulting mainly – though the Democrats are loath to admit it – from the economy spurred by the tax bill enacted by the Republ
  
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