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• How Do You Prouty? Cancer Fundraiser To Draw Thousands To Hanover This Weekend dlvr.it/Qb6sw0 https://t.co/cq59E8jxdF

  10-07-2018 22:15 via twitter.com
  
  How Do You Prouty? Cancer Fundraiser To Draw Thousands To Hanover This Weekend dlvr.it/Qb6sw0 https://t.co/cq59E8jxdF
  
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• New legislation affects short-term rental operators

  10-07-2018 21:42 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Department of TaxesJuly 6, 2018
  Contact:Deborah Carroll(802) [email protected]
  Act 10: Legislation Impacting Short-Term Rental Operators
  MONTPELIER, Vt.- During this year’s special legislative session, the Vermont General Assembly passed legislation requiring that all short-term rental operators post a Vermont Meals and Rooms Tax account number on any advertisement for the short-term rental beginning July 1, 2018.
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• Essex County to offer expungement days

  10-07-2018 21:37 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — State’s Attorney Office in Essex CountyJuly 6, 2018
  Contact:Laura Wilson802-626-5200
  Vince Illuzzi802-673-9030
  Expungement Days for Misdemeanor and Other Qualified Offenses Set In Essex CountySaturday August 11 and Saturday August 18th, from 10 a.m. to 3 p. m. at the Essex County Court House, Guildhall
  GUILDHALL, VT, July 5, 2018:Essex County State’s Attorney Vince Illuzzi, Vermont Legal Aid, and the Caledonia-Essex Co. Bar Association are pleased to invite commu
  
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• Green Mountain United Way expands Working Bridges program

  10-07-2018 21:10 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Green Mountain United WayJuly 6, 2018
  Contact:Carrie [email protected]
  Green Mountain United Way expands Working Bridges™ serve employees at Central Vermont Medical Center
  Berlin, Vermont – June 29, 2018Green Mountain United Way has teamed up with UVM Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) to bring the Working Bridges™ program to employees at Woodridge and the main hospital’s environmental services divis
  
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• LISTEN: Batter Up! Baseball Roundup At The Season's 7th Inning Stretch dlvr.it/Qb6QRm https://t.co/ZP7qzJJENv

  10-07-2018 20:41 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: Batter Up! Baseball Roundup At The Season's 7th Inning Stretch dlvr.it/Qb6QRm https://t.co/ZP7qzJJENv
  
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• Teaching ‘civil civic discourse’ in the Twitter age

  10-07-2018 20:17 via vtdigger.org
  Teenagers from the Governor’s Institute on Current Issues and Youth Activism parade through downtown Brattleboro on the Fourth of July. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  BRATTLEBORO — When teacher John Ungerleider began leading what’s now the Governor’s Institute on Current Issues and Youth Activism in 1990, he hoped to link Vermont teenagers to the world at a time before smartphones and social media. Today students need only tap a screen to stay in touch. But Ungerl
  
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• Campaign 2018: Democrat Christine Hallquist On Her Run For Governor dlvr.it/Qb6GHX https://t.co/MNL6glpNYO

  10-07-2018 20:11 via twitter.com
  
  Campaign 2018: Democrat Christine Hallquist On Her Run For Governor dlvr.it/Qb6GHX https://t.co/MNL6glpNYO
  
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• Generator and the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program host summer camp

  10-07-2018 19:26 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — GeneratorJuly 5th, 2018
  Media Contact:Jonathan [email protected]
  Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program (VRRP) hosts a free annual summer camp for youths of refugee and recent migrant families. This year, 12 VRRP youth visited Generator with CEDO AmeriCorps team members, Saylia Moo and Elizabeth to see STEM concepts in action. Generator’s AmeriCorps Outreach Associate, Jon Weisbecker, led a marble coaster workshop exploring how makers prototype, collaborat
  
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• Emerging Leaders United to host Happy Hour Headshots

  10-07-2018 19:03 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Emerging Leaders UnitedJuly 6, 2018
  Contact:802-861-7838
  South Burlington, VT:Have you always wanted a professional headshot but can’t pay big bucks for one? Join Emerging Leaders United (ELU) for Happy Hour Headshots and snag a great photo while doing good for your community.
  ELU will host Happy Hour Headshots at Deli126, 126 College Street in Burlington from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18. Young professionals are invited to enjoy great wine, mingle with othe
  
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• Bennington ready for design work on water lines

  10-07-2018 18:37 via vtdigger.org
  Water line work on Silk Road in Bennington was underway in April. File photo by Dave LaChance/Bennington Banner
  BENNINGTON — With state funding in place, Bennington is close to beginning design work to extend water lines to the remaining properties contaminated with PFOA.
  The question remains, however, whether the firm considered the responsible party will agree to pick up a multi-million dollar tab for both design work and the water-line project itself.
  An appropriation in the new state b
  
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• Northern Vermont University-Lyndon to host open house

  10-07-2018 18:18 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Northern Vermont UniversityJuly 6, 2018
  Contact:Sylvia [email protected]
  Northern Vermont University-Lyndon Open House July 20
  LYNDON, VERMONT — Northern Vermont University-Lyndon will host an open house for prospective students and their families 9:15 a.m.-2 p.m. July 20.
  The free event will include a campus tour, lunch, academic sessions and information about the admissions process, financial aid, student life and athletics.
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• Rokeby Museum to host ‘Fabric of Emancipation’ exhibit

  10-07-2018 18:01 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Rokeby MuseumJuly 6, 2018
  Contact:Catherine Brooks(802)[email protected]
  The Fabric of Emancipation Opens at Rokeby Museum July 15
  Ferrisburgh, VTA departure from the Museum’s usual, more strictly historical and local focus, this year Rokeby Museum hosts The Fabric of Emancipation July 15 through October 28. The Fabric of Emancipation – curated by Harlem Needle Arts founder Michelle Bishop – features the work of eight contemporary fiber, textile a
  
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• Brenda Siegel calls to abolish ICE

  10-07-2018 17:56 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Brenda SiegelJune 6, 2018
  Contact:[email protected]
  On Saturday June 30th, Brenda Siegel, became the first gubernatorial candidate in Vermont to call on the United States Government to abolish ICE. It is time we end the inhumane immigration system in this country and instead work toward a system rooted in compassion and the values that we strive for. In this state we must vow to fight against and resist all policies that would seek to harm human beings.
  
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• Vermont Department of Health: How to protect yourself from cyanobacteria

  10-07-2018 17:51 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Department of HealthJuly 5, 2018
  Media Contact:Ben Truman802-951-5153 / 802-863-7281
  You Can Know How to Protect Your Family and Pets from CyanobacteriaLearn what “blue-green algae” looks like so you can avoid a potentially toxic bloom
  BURLINGTON – Cyanobacteria, more commonly known as blue-green algae, can harm humans and animals. In large numbers, these tiny microorganisms can form blooms on the water’s surface and wash up along shorelines.
  
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• Bolton Valley to host mountain bike revival party

  10-07-2018 17:43 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Bolton ValleyJuly 5, 2018
  Contact:Josh [email protected]
  BV Mountain Bike Revival Party on July 12
  BOLTON VALLEY, Vt. (July 5, 2018) – Fifteen years ago, Bolton Valley was known for extreme, rugged, downhill mountain biking with steep, tight sections, technical bridges, big air, drops, roots, rocks, stumps and more. After over a decade of dormancy, the resort is bringing these monstrous trails back to life. To commemorate the revival, the Res
  
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• As temps soar, keeping cows cool is no small task

  10-07-2018 17:34 via vtdigger.org
  Fans attached to the barn walls keep the air moving to help keep the cows cool at Miller Farm in Vernon, on Monday. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer
  This story by Susan Smallheer was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on July 10.
  VERNON —It’s not just humans who don’t like the heat and humidity.
  One Vernon dairy farm is doing its best to keep its bovines as cool and comfortable as they can during this unusually long stretch of hot, humid weather.
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• UPDATED: Delegation vows scrutiny, resistance of Trump’s SCOTUS pick

  10-07-2018 15:26 via vtdigger.org
  President Donald Trump nominates Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court at the White House on Monday evening. The White House photo
  This post was updated at 6:16 p.m. on July 10 with an interview with Sen. Patrick Leahy.
  Vermont’s delegation greeted President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court with criticism of his record and vows to resist.Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story with our weekly headlines in yo
  
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• Delegation vows scrutiny, resistance of Trump’s SCOTUS pick

  10-07-2018 15:26 via vtdigger.org
  President Donald Trump nominates Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court at the White House on Monday evening. The White House photo
  Vermont’s delegation greeted President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court with criticism of his record and vows to resist.
  Trump named Kavanaugh as his pick to fill the seat on the court that will be vacated by Justice Anthony Kennedy later this month.Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a politi
  
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• Abenaki celebrate culture near historical mural that left them out

  10-07-2018 04:16 via vtdigger.org
  Controversial mural, along an alley off the Church Street Marketplace, depicts Burlington’s history. Photo by Cory Dawson/VTDigger
  Burlington –The Wabanaki Confederacy hosted an educational event on Burlington on Sundayin response to the ongoing controversy around the “Everyone Loves a Parade” mural displayed along Church Street.The Abenaki have been at the center of the conversation about how Vermont’s history is told, and who gets to be part of it, but the event w
  
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• UVM hospital, nurses schedule last-ditch talks

  10-07-2018 03:48 via vtdigger.org
  Members of labor and social justice organizations gathered Monday at a Burlington rally in support of UVM Medical Center’s unionized nurses. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
  BURLINGTON – University of Vermont Medical Center administrators and the hospital’s unionized nurses are engaging in 11th-hour talks in an effort to avert a work stoppage.
  The contract covering 1,800 nurses expired at 12:01 a.m. Monday. The Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals has said its 1,80
  
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• Companies bring lemonade and marketing campaign to Vermont trails

  10-07-2018 03:20 via vtdigger.org
  Hikers receive “Merrell Magic” lemonade near Canyon Arch in Utah, in a photograph posted to Merrell’s website.Hikers making their way up the steep flanks of Mount Mansfield next week will see an unusual sight on their way up — a wooden pop-up lemonade stand.
  Outdoor apparel company Merrell, together with and Backpacker magazine, will be setting up a temporary lemonade stand on Sunset Ridge trail in Underhill State Park on July 16 and on Haselton Trail in Smuggler’s
  
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• State police drag newspaper for domestic violence murder coverage

  10-07-2018 02:38 via vtdigger.org
  Courtney Gaboriault, 29, a Vermont Department of Public Safety employee, was killed Wednesday in Barre by a former boyfriend, police say. Courtesy photoA newspaper’s coverage of a domestic violence related murder-suicide last week drew stinging criticism from readers and law enforcement officials, who called it imbalanced, insensitive and “a massive failure of journalism.”
  The editor-in-chief of the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus has apologized for the article, but the criticism
  
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• Democratic party is blocking access to voter files, candidates say

  10-07-2018 02:10 via vtdigger.org
  Democratic candidate for Vermont’s U.S. House seat Dan Freilich at his home in Brownsville. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerCandidates challenging Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., in next month’s primary say that they have not been given access to Vermont Democratic Party voter information.
  Dan Freilich, a Veterans’ Affairs physician from Brownsville, said he was told by the party last month that he could not purchase voter files.Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss
  
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• Dick Sears & Vincent Schiraldi: Vermont leads the way on juvenile justice reform

  10-07-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, and Vincent Schiraldi. Sears is chair of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and author of legislation raising the age of Vermont’s juvenile court to include 18- and 19-year-olds. Schiraldi is co-director of the Columbia University Justice Lab and senior research scientist at the Columbia School of Social Work. He is former commissioner of New York City Probation.
  Vermont recently became the first state in the 119-year
  
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• John Klar: Deferring economic reckoning

  10-07-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by John Klar, a and an attorney and pastor who lives in Brookfield. It was previously published in the Newport Daily Express.
  If a heads-up penny is good luck, tossing a penny heads up 99 times in a row would be very much against the odds – good luck indeed! And what are the odds that the 100th penny would be tails? Fifty percent. Board a plane and the odds you will crash are miniscule: after a million heads-up (crashless) flights, the odds remain mi
  
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• Don Keelan: 40 years ago, Lincoln estate bought by nonprofit

  10-07-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Don Keelan, a retired certified public accountant and resident of Arlington. He is the author of the book “Robert Todd Lincoln’s Hildene and How It Was Saved 1975-1978.” The piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner.
  Forty years ago, on July 27, in the wood-paneled dining room of Robert Todd Lincoln’s ancestral home, Hildene, in Manchester, a transaction of momentous significance took place. It was on that warm summer morning
  
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• Four deaths associated with recent hot spell

  10-07-2018 00:38 via vtdigger.org
  The thermometer at Citizens Bank in downtown Burlington shows a temperature of 96 degrees on July 4th. Photo by Clare Cuddy/For VTDigger
  As temperatures climbed into the 90s again Monday, the Vermont Department of Health is again warning Vermonters to take precautions to fight the effects of record-high heat.
  Spokesman Ben Truman said that residents should pay special attention to older adults, children and those with chronic illnesses to make sure they have access to cool shelter and plenty of
  
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