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• Couple killed in Stowe crash are identified

  06-07-2018 23:34 via vtdigger.org
  Two Connecticut residents were killed when their sedan collided with a logging truck in Stowe. Photo by Caleigh Cross/Stowe Reporter
  This story was published in the Stowe Reporter on July 6.
  STOWE — Police have identified the two people killed in a two-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon as a couple from New Britain, Connecticut.
  Eugeniusz Adamczyk, 72, was driving a 2005 Honda sedan accompanied by his wife, Alfreda, 67, when it collided shortly after noon with a logging truck at the intersec
  
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• Sentiments Shift On GMOs As Federal Labeling Law Gets Ironed Out dlvr.it/QZjZhg https://t.co/tRAuBo9wZH

  06-07-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  
  Sentiments Shift On GMOs As Federal Labeling Law Gets Ironed Out dlvr.it/QZjZhg https://t.co/tRAuBo9wZH
  
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• Windham woman’s bank accounts seized in fraud case

  06-07-2018 21:37 via vtdigger.org
  The Federal Building in Burlington houses the U.S. District Courthouse. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger
  This story by Mike Donoghue was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on July 5.
  Federal authorities have seized three bank accounts controlled by a Windham County woman whom they believe improperly pocketed about $750,000 belonging to a now-deceased Vernon resident, U.S. District Court records in Burlington show.Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our courts and
  
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• LISTEN: Saving A Gettysburg Civil War Site Significant To Vermont's Soldiers (And Doctors) dlvr.it/QZj1V8 https://t.co/PORcxNx0FU

  06-07-2018 19:58 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: Saving A Gettysburg Civil War Site Significant To Vermont's Soldiers (And Doctors) dlvr.it/QZj1V8 https://t.co/PORcxNx0FU
  
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• Vermont Law School launches legal lab to support local green entrepreneurs

  06-07-2018 17:46 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Law SchoolJune 27, 2018
  CONTACT:Ben Jerveyoffice: [email protected]
  SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt., June 27 2018—In an effort to support the burgeoning local green economy, Vermont Law School is announcing the launch of Vermont Law School Entrepreneurship and Legal Lab, or “VSELL.” This novel, new collaboration between Vermont attorneys, business leaders, and government officials will provide free or low-cost legal assistance to entrepreneurs
  
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• Welch ‘not satisfied’ with Trump’s border response

  06-07-2018 17:35 via vtdigger.org
  U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., speaks Thursday, July 5, 2018, at the Governor’s Institute on Current Issues and Youth Activism at Brattleboro’s World Learning. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  BRATTLEBORO — U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., back from a recent visit to a migrant detention center along the Texas-Mexico border, says he’s “not satisfied” with President Donald Trump’s response after reversing his administration’s policy of separating c
  
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• South Burlington’s Temple Sinai welcomes new spiritual leader

  06-07-2018 17:25 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Temple SinaiJuly 1, 2018
  Contact:Michael [email protected]
  Temple Sinai Welcomes New Rabbi and Spiritual Leader David Edleson
  SO. BURLINGTON, VT ― Today, Temple Sinai is thrilled to welcome Rabbi David Edleson as the Temple’s new spiritual leader.
  Rabbi Edleson brings with him a welcoming and inclusive approach to Judaism―including open and engaging study, joyful prayer and singing, and a focus on Tikkun Olam―Reform Jud
  
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• White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center experiences flood

  06-07-2018 17:20 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — U.S. Department of Veterans AffairsJuly 2, 2018
  Contact:Katherine Tang802-295-9363, ext. [email protected]
  WHITE RIVER JUNCTION VA MEDICAL CENTER EXPERIENCES FLOODING
  (WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT)— At approximately 4:55 PM on Friday, June 28, 2018, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) White River Junction VA Medical Center experienced a sprinkler head burst in the third floor mechanical space of Building 31, the main hospital building. The facilities management
  
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• Heat wave sparks switch to ultra-low sulfur heating oil

  06-07-2018 17:13 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Fuel Dealers AssociationJuly 2, 2018
  Contact:Matt [email protected] (cell phone)
  It is hard to think about heating fuel on one of the hottest days of the year, but this Sunday marked an important milestone.
  On July 1, Vermont and the rest of the Northeast switched to ultra-low sulfur heating oil.
  As part of the 2011 Energy Act signed into law by then Governor Shumlin, the “Clean and Green Oilheat Initiative” mandated Ultra-Low Sulfur He
  
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• Sen. Sanders to host live town hall

  06-07-2018 17:07 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Bernie SandersJune 28, 2018
  Contact:[email protected]
  Sanders to Host Live Town Hall with Workers and CEOs
  WASHINGTON, June 28 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will host a livestreamed town hall Monday, July 16 to address the enormous disparity between the wealth of corporate executives and the wages and treatment of the companies’ workers. Sanders will be joined by workers from major U.S. corporations Amazon, Disney, McDonald’s and Wal
  
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• The Deeper Dig: Vermonters raise voices towards the southern border

  06-07-2018 17:04 via vtdigger.org
   
  More than 2,000 people in Burlington Saturday protested the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Photo by Alexandre Silberman/VTDigger
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• The Deeper Dig: Opposition in Vermont to Trump’s southern border policies

  06-07-2018 17:04 via vtdigger.org
   
  More than 2,000 people in Burlington Saturday protested the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Photo by Alexandre Silberman/VTDigger
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• YWP: ‘Dear White America’

  06-07-2018 17:03 via vtdigger.org
  Young Writers Project, an independent nonprofit based in Burlington, engages young people to write and use digital media to express themselves with clarity and power, and to gain confidence and skills for school, the workplace and life.Check out the most recent issue of The Voice, Young Writers Project’s monthly digital magazine. Click here.Each week, VTDigger features a writing submission – an essay, poem, fiction or nonfiction – accompanied by a photo or illustration from Yo
  
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• SCOV Law Blog: Divorce dispute in court again

  06-07-2018 17:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Chris Larson.Weaver v. Weaver, 2018 VT 56 
  In family court, when hunting in my mind for support for a proposition I hope is legally sound, I’m tempted (I’ve actually done this) to cite Weaver. Odds are, this reference is correct, as the Weavers have been to the Supreme Court so many times that any proposition is probably supported in one of their cases. To the list of such citable propositions, add this: Think twice be
  
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• Vermont Attorney General may appeal public records fee ruling

  06-07-2018 02:12 via vtdigger.org
  Attorney Brady Toensing. Pool photo by April McCullum/Burlington Free PressThe Vermont attorney general’s office may appeal this week’s order by a judge who said the state must pay about $66,000 to cover legal expenses of groups that sought and were first denied access to documents under Vermont’s public records law.
  Chief Assistant Attorney General William Griffin said in an interview he disagreed with the ruling issued by Judge Mary Miles Teachout in Washington Superior Court
  
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• $3M project to improve medical imaging in St. Johnsbury

  06-07-2018 01:46 via vtdigger.org
  Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury has received state permission to start a $3.19 million upgrade of outdated MRI facilities.
  State regulators have approved a $3.19 million upgrade to MRI services at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, saying the project will improve care without increasing patient costs.
  The approval by the Green Mountain Care Board means the St. Johnsbury hospital can proceed with plans to replace its 12-year-old MRI unit, which is currently housed in
  
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• Brad Peacock: Reclaiming our independence

  06-07-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Brad Peacock, of Shaftsbury, who is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in November. He is a farmer at Clear Brook Farm in Shaftsbury, where he was born, raised and has spent most of his life, and where he now lives with his husband. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a graduate of the University of Vermont.
  My decision to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by the most popular politician in the country required a lot of thought. Per
  
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• Julie Morse: A nurse leader’s view on contract negotiations

  06-07-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Julie Morse, who is nursing director of cardiovascular and neurosciences at the UVM Medical Center, where she has worked for more than 33 years.Thirty-three and a half years ago I arrived at this hospital just out of nursing school and ready to take on the world. I chose this profession because I have always wanted to care for and connect with people, and because my mother, a nurse herself, was such an inspiration.
  This is not a profession for the faint
  
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• Genie Rayner: Do we see a pattern yet?

  06-07-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Genie Rayner, of Bennington, a writer and freelance editor who is a member of the Bennington group of Rights and Democracy. This was first published in the Bennington Banner on June 28.
  It took Donald Trump 13 days to sign the executive order that countermanded the xenophobic policy he set in place to separate children from their parents as they sought to cross the U.S. border from Mexico. Most of the families are seeking asylum from Honduras, El Salvad
  
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• Vermont delegation says good riddance as EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns

  06-07-2018 00:32 via vtdigger.org
  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt who resigned on Thursday. Environmental Protection Agency photo
  President Trump announced in a tweet Thursday that Scott Pruitt has resigned as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Trump tweeted that he “will always be grateful” to Pruitt for his “outstanding job” during his tenure in this position. Deputy EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler, a longtime lobbyist for fossil fuel industries, will serve as acting head of the EPA s
  
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• Vermont delegation says good riddance as controversial EPA administrator Scott Pruitt resigns

  06-07-2018 00:32 via vtdigger.org
  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt who resigned on Thursday. Environmental Protection Agency photo
  President Trump announced in a tweet Thursday that Scott Pruitt has resigned as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Trump tweeted that he “will always be grateful” to Pruitt for his “outstanding job” during his tenure in this position. Deputy EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler, a longtime lobbyist for fossil fuel industries, will serve as acting head of the EPA s
  
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