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• Court dismisses Bennington solar developer’s suit

  12-07-2018 22:05 via vtdigger.org
  Allco Renewable Energy has at least three solar projects in the planning or permitting stages in Bennington. Photo by Pixabay
  BENNINGTON — The Vermont Environmental Court has dismissed a complaint filed against the town of Bennington by solar project developer Allco Renewable Energy Ltd.
  Attorney Merrill Bent, representing both the town and Bennington County Regional Commission in the matter, had filed a motion to dismiss in March, contending in part that the appeal and complaint were not
  
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• VSECU to move Burlington location

  12-07-2018 21:59 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — VSECUJuly 10, 2018
  CONTACT:Rachel [email protected]
  VSECU Brings ‘Banking on Values’ to Heart of Downtown BurlingtonCredit union moves from Pearl Street to St. Paul Street
  Burlington, Vt. – VSECU, a credit union for everyone who lives or works in Vermont, officially opened the doors of its new, downtown Burlington branch on Tuesday, July 10. With this move from 86 Pearl Street to 125 St. Paul Street, VSECU will improve the banking experi
  
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• Curious Kids Ask About Space On 'But Why Live' dlvr.it/QbM47C https://t.co/7Pr5IqN3Sv

  12-07-2018 21:44 via twitter.com
  
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• NPI president announces retirement

  12-07-2018 21:41 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Network Performance, Inc.July 10, 2018
  Contact:[email protected]
  John’s Retirement Announcement
  SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vermont –NPI Technology Management announced today that John Burton, cofounder and president of NPI, will retire in 2018, remaining with NPI in an advisory role.
  In a statement to employees and clients, Eric Hart, NPIs CEO, said, “John is an outstanding leader who shepherded the company through the journey to become the technology management par
  
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• Sterling College to launch farming program

  12-07-2018 21:06 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sterling CollegeJuly 10, 2018
  CONTACTKatie Lavin802.586.7711 [email protected]
  Sterling College Takes Steps to Launch The Wendell Berry Farming ProgramCollege Awarded Grant to Offer Two Week Intensive Courses in Kentucky
  July 10, 2018 • Craftsbury Common, VT and New Castle, KY • A vision of a different kind of agricultural education takes a step toward becoming a reality this summer when Sterling College begins to offer classes in Henry County, Kentuck
  
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• Campaign 2018: Incumbent Congressman Peter Welch On His Priorities And The Latest From Congress… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-07-2018 20:50 via twitter.com
  Campaign 2018: Incumbent Congressman Peter Welch On His Priorities And The Latest From Congress… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• UPDATED: Striking nurses picket as replacements report to work

  12-07-2018 20:38 via vtdigger.org
  Striking nurses picket outside the entrance to the UVM Medical Center ‘s Fanny Allen Campus in Colchester Thursday. Photo by Mike Faher
  BURLINGTON – University of Vermont Medical Center nurses began a 48-hour strike Thursday morning, staffing picket lines at 10 locations while hundreds of temporary nurses took their place at Vermont’s largest hospital.
  A large crowd of red-clad nurses gathered at midday near the hospital’s main entrance, bearing signs and airing their gri
  
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• Striking nurses picket as replacements report to work

  12-07-2018 20:38 via vtdigger.org
  Striking nurses picket outside the entrance to the UVM Medical Center ‘s Fanny Allen Campus in Colchester Thursday. Photo by Mike Faher
  BURLINGTON – University of Vermont Medical Center nurses began a 48-hour strike Thursday morning, staffing picket lines at 10 locations while hundreds of temporary nurses took their place at Vermont’s largest hospital.
  A large crowd of red-clad nurses gathered at midday near the hospital’s main entrance, bearing signs and airing their gri
  
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• Rep. McCoy selected for Council of State Governments Toll Fellows Class

  12-07-2018 19:38 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Council of State GovermentsJuly 10, 2018
  Contact:(859) 244-8246
  Vermont State Rep. Patricia A. McCoy Selected for the CSG 2018 Toll Fellows Class
  LEXINGTON, Ky.—Vermont state Rep. Patricia A. McCoy is among the 48 state leaders from across the country selected to participate in The Council of State Governments’ 2018 Henry Toll Fellowship, the nation’s premier leadership development program for state government officials.
  The members of the Class of 2018 hai
  
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• VTDigger Minute: EB-5 shutdown, nurses strike, gun magazine suit

  12-07-2018 19:31 via vtdigger.org
  
  VTDigger Minute is a weekly news digest from Vermont PBS. Tune in every Wednesday at 6 p.m. and Thursday at 6:30 a.m. to hear about the week’s top stories.
  This week on the Minute:
  Federal agency terminates scandal-plagued Vermont EB-5 Regional Center
  The federal government has officially terminated the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center in response to state officials allowing a fraud scheme to go on unabated. The immediate shutdown affects EB-5 projects that are still underway, an
  
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• Hundreds gather to remember slain Barre woman

  12-07-2018 19:29 via vtdigger.org
  Friends of Courtney Gaboriault spoke at a vigil Wednesday in Barre. An overflowing bin, at left, of dog treats and toys were collected. Photo by Alan Keays
  BARRE — They spoke of her smile, her love of family, friends and her pit bull Roscoe. She loved shopping sprees at T.J. Maxx and taught friends how to Snapchat.
  “She was the kindest person, she wasn’t just nice, she was kind,” Kate Root said of her friend Courtney Gaboriault, 29, of Barre. “As soon as she met you
  
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• NEK forestland conserved as Vermont goes into the carbon storage business

  12-07-2018 18:21 via vtdigger.org
  Nature Conservancy staff on the top of Burnt Mountain. Photo courtesy of Eve Frankel/The Nature Conservancy
  Burnt Mountain, a 2,800-foot high point on a forested ridge in the Northeast Kingdom, will be conserved as a wild area by The Nature Conservancy. It will be the state’s first carbon storage project to enroll in California’s cap and trade program, the conservancy announced Thursday.
  The nearly 5,500-acre parcel of forestland — encompassing the towns of Montgomery, Eden, We
  
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• Norwich University welcomes new engineering program

  12-07-2018 18:17 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Norwich UniversityJuly 9, 2018
  Contact:Karen Taylor Mitchell802-865-4448
  Norwich University Welcomes New Governor’s Institute on EngineeringWith New Institute, Norwich Becomes One of GIV’s Most Prolific Hosts
  Northfield – Thirty-four young Vermonters from twenty-three high schools have convened at Norwich University for the Governor’s Institute on Engineering, where they’ll be working hands-on alongside college faculty on projects ranging from s
  
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• Bear raids kitchen of Pownal home

  12-07-2018 18:09 via vtdigger.org
  Bear complaints are on the rise in Vermont and residents are asked to remove things that might attract a bear from their yard such as trash, dog food or bird feeders. Photo courtesy of Gillian Stippa.
  This story by Patricia LeBoeuf was published by the Bennington Banner on July 12.POWNAL — A quest for a midnight snack led to a close encounter with wildlife for one Roizin Road resident Monday.
  Amelia Silver woke up around midnight to “clanging and banging” in her kitchen. &ldquo
  
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• National Life Group Foundation donates $200,000 to Champlain Housing Trust

  12-07-2018 18:04 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — National Life Group FoundationJuly 9, 2018
  Contact:Ross Sneyd802.229.3866.
  Montpelier, Vermont – The National Life Group Foundation granted $200,000 to the Champlain Housing Trust to fund the renovation of the Old North End Community Center.
  The Center is a historic building that currently houses several nonprofits from across Northwest Vermont. The current tenants include Robin’s Nest Children’s Center, the Family Room, Burlington Parks & Recreation De
  
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• Hermitage Club members want to lease Haystack for ski season

  12-07-2018 17:49 via vtdigger.org
  The Hermitage Club’s golf course in Wilmington. File photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer
  This story by Chris Mays was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on July 12.
  NEWFANE — The receiver assigned to preserve and maintain foreclosed-on Hermitage Club properties says a group of club members would like to lease Haystack Mountain to provide “continuous operation” for the upcoming ski season.RELATED STORIESHermitage property auctioned for $1.2 millionHermitage
  
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• Vermont churches awarded grants for energy efficiency

  12-07-2018 17:41 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Interfaith Power and LightJune 26, 2018
  Contact:Betsy Hardy802-434-3397
  Richmond, Vermont – June 25, 2018Since January, Vermont Interfaith Power and Light (VTIPL), through the Katy Gerke Memorial Program (KGMP), has awarded over $17,000 in matching grants to four (4) Vermont faith communities to help them implement energy efficiency projects. These projects include the installation of energy efficient HVAC equipment, efficient lighting and insulation that will
  
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• Treasurer Pearce receives lifetime achievement award

  12-07-2018 17:24 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — National Association of State TreasurersJuly 10, 2018
  Contact:Sunny Mehta(212) 683-4658
  TREASURERS BETH PEARCE AND DON STENBERG HONORED WITH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM NATIONAL UNCLAIMED PROPERTY GROUPState Treasurers From Vermont and Nebraska Awarded The National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators Lifetime Achievement Award For Years of Work In The Unclaimed Property Arena
  WASHINGTON, DC. – The National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrato
  
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• Weed entrepreneurs push boundaries of Vermont’s legalization law

  12-07-2018 03:47 via vtdigger.org
  The Rolling Flower website homepage.
  Burlingtonians can now order “free” cannabis to their doorstep, all for the price of a delivery fee. At least that’s how one company is pitching their new service.
  The day that recreational marijuana use became legal in Vermont, a company called Rolling Flower popped up online.“To celebrate, we’re offering FREE CANNABIS GIFTS to everyone over the age of 21 living in or visiting Chittenden County!” says the Facebook post ann
  
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• Body of New Jersey kayaker found in Lake Champlain

  12-07-2018 02:43 via vtdigger.org
  The body of Eric Plett, 41, was found by search and rescue officials Wednesday near Shelburne Point.Plett was last seen the evening of July 2, clinging to a yellow kayak near Dunder Rock. When friends returned to the sight 30 minutes later, Plett and the kayak were missing. Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our courts and criminal justice coverage with our weekly headlines in your inbox.Daily
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• Computer failure sends 3 million gallons of wastewater into Lake Champlain

  12-07-2018 02:42 via vtdigger.org
  Signs advise beach goers against fishing, swimming or boating at Blanchard Beach in Burlington due to a sewage discharge in May. Photo by Elizabeth Gribkoff/VTDigger
  A combination of equipment malfunction and heavy rains late Tuesday night caused the release of millions of gallons of partially disinfected wastewater into Lake Champlain from Burlington’s wastewater treatment plant. Again.
  “We fully acknowledge, and apologize for, the multiple discharges this season,” the city&rs
  
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• Computer failure sends 3 million gallons of tainted stormwater into Lake Champlain

  12-07-2018 02:42 via vtdigger.org
  Signs advise beach goers against fishing, swimming or boating at Blanchard Beach in Burlington due to a sewage discharge in May. Photo by Elizabeth Gribkoff/VTDigger
  A combination of equipment malfunction and heavy rains late Tuesday night caused the release of millions of gallons of partially disinfected wastewater into Lake Champlain from Burlington’s wastewater treatment plant. Again.
  “We fully acknowledge, and apologize for, the multiple discharges this season,” the city&rs
  
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• Moo-phoria or not? Ben & Jerry’s dairies may not be as environmentally friendly as company claims, says suit.

  12-07-2018 02:23 via vtdigger.org
  A carton of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream‎. Chocolate Fudge Brownie was among the flavors found to contain traces of a pesticide. File photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  A consumer organization has filed suit against Ben & Jerry’s accusing the Vermont-based ice cream giant of failing to practice what it preaches about its environmental and agricultural practices.
  The Organic Consumers Association, in the suit against Unilever, the corporate owner of Ben & Jerry’s,
  
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• Ben & Jerry’s may not be as environmentally friendly as it claims: suit

  12-07-2018 02:23 via vtdigger.org
  A carton of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream‎. Chocolate Fudge Brownie was among the flavors found to contain traces of a pesticide. File photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  A consumer organization has filed suit against Ben & Jerry’s accusing the Vermont-based ice cream giant of failing to practice what it preaches about its environmental and agricultural practices.
  The Organic Consumers Association, in the suit against Unilever, the corporate owner of Ben & Jerry’s,
  
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• UPDATE: State settles with Jay Peak developers over EB-5 fraud case

  12-07-2018 01:48 via vtdigger.org
  Jay Peak Resort. VTDigger photo
  State officials on Thursday announced the details of Vermont’s settlement with Jay Peak developers who masterminded a “Ponzi-like” scheme that bilked foreign investors of more than $200 million.Attorney General TJ Donovan and Gov. Phil Scott called journalists to a press conference in the Northeast Kingdom to announce the settlement. Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our courts and criminal justice coverage with our we
  
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• State of Vermont to settle in Jay Peak EB-5 fraud case

  12-07-2018 01:48 via vtdigger.org
  Jay Peak Resort. VTDigger photo
  A settlement of the EB-5 investor fraud case brought by the state of Vermont against two Jay Peak developers is in the works, according to sources informed of an announcement set for Thursday.
  Vermont Gov. Phil Scott and Attorney General TJ Donovan each sent out advisories late Wednesday afternoon stating they will hold a press conference at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Newport “to make an announcement regarding EB-5.” Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice n
  
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• Tristin Adie: Nurse practitioners at UVMMC — What are we complaining about?

  12-07-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Tristin Adie, who is a nurse practitioner at the University of Vermont Medical Center.
  In recent weeks, the University of Vermont Medical Center has distributed statements informing the public that their wage proposals for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) would lead to an average salary of $119,000 in three years. This sounds like a lot. Why on earth would we contemplate going on strike along with our colleagues in the Vermont Federation of N
  
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• Ross Saxton: Bikes — the Vermont way to get around

  12-07-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Ross Saxton, of Waitsfield, who is the business partnerships manager at Local Motion, a statewide bike and walk advocacy nonprofit working to ensure that Vermont is the best state for biking and walking on the East Coast.
  “We travel no faster in cities than we used to with the horse and buggy.” This sentiment from urban planner Jeff Fleck gets right to the point: Driving cars and trucks in our downtowns does not make a whole lot of sense fro
  
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• Richard Czaplinski: What kind of peace?

  12-07-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Richard Czaplinski, of Warren, a U.S. Navy veteran who is the recently elected president of Will Miller Green Mountain Veterans For Peace, Chapter 57.
  “I’m for peace, but not your kind of peace.”
  So said a man as he came up close to me while I led the Vermont Veterans For Peace “Budget Banner” down State Street during the July 3 Montpelier parade. My mind went somewhat blank, not even thinking of responding. As we continued
  
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