Vermont news

• Sanders rakes in campaign dough

  16-07-2018 23:48 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  Sen. Bernie Sanders once again led the pack in fundraising in the second quarter of the year.
  The Vermont independent had nearly $7.6 million in his war chest at the end of June, according to the most recent filings with the Federal Election Commission.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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• Wayside marks 100th year as down-home Vermont restaurant

  16-07-2018 23:32 via vtdigger.org
  Montpelier’s Wayside Restaurant is celebrating its centennial. Photo by John Young/VTDigger
  Effie Ballou started serving soups, ice cream and other snacks out a garage door at the Wayside in 1918 and — 100 years later — it’s still going strong.
  Ballou ran what is now called the Wayside Restaurant, Bakery & Creamery in Montpelier until 1945.
  “She was just a leading-edge woman who wanted to prove she could do it,” said current co-owner Karen Galfetti-Zecchin
  
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• François Clemmons On His 'Mister Rogers' Role, His Career And Identity dlvr.it/QbmL4Y https://t.co/oRfh1f0B3e

  16-07-2018 22:47 via twitter.com
  
  François Clemmons On His 'Mister Rogers' Role, His Career And Identity dlvr.it/QbmL4Y https://t.co/oRfh1f0B3e
  
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• Howard Center receives support from Coverys Community Healthcare Foundation

  16-07-2018 22:42 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Howard CenterJuly 16, 2018
  Contact:Martie Majoros(802) 488-6911; [email protected]
  BURLINGTON, VT— Howard Center’s Safe Recovery Program recently received $25,000 from the Coverys Community Healthcare Foundation, Inc. (the Foundation). The Foundation supports charitable organizations and endeavors that improve patient safety and care, promote healthy lifestyles, and support individuals and organizations that provide healthcare. Since its in
  
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• State to award $4M in school safety grants to strengthen security infrastructure

  16-07-2018 22:31 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Office of the GovernorMonday, July 16, 2018
  Contact:Rebecca Kelley, Office of the [email protected]
  Mark Bosma, Vermont Emergency Management802-839-6717
  Funding proposed by Governor Scott and passed by Legislature in response to averted threat at local high school
  Montpelier, Vt. – More than 250 Vermont schools have applied for funding to make security upgrades to their facilities. The State will award $4 million in grants by this fall to h
  
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• Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for July 16-20, 2018

  16-07-2018 22:19 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Office of Mayor Miro WeinbergerJuly 16, 2018
  Contact:Jordan Redell802.881.7020
  Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for July 16 – 20, 2018:
  Monday, July 165:00 pm Board of Finance Meeting – Conference Room 12
  7:00 pm City Council Meeting – Contois Auditorium
  Tuesday, July 17
  No public appearances scheduled
  Wednesday, July 188:00 am Mornings with Miro, Code Enforcement Director Bill Ward to attend in place of the Mayor – The Bagel C
  
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• Do Good Fest raises $36,000 for Branches of Hope Cancer Patient Fund

  16-07-2018 22:15 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — National Life GroupJuly 16, 2018
  Contact:Ross Sneyd, corporate communications, National Life Group, 802.229.3866.
  Montpelier, Vermont – National Life Group’s annual Do Good Fest over the weekend raised nearly $36,000 for Branches of Hope, bringing to almost $135,000 the amount raised for the cancer patient fund over the past five years.
  Thousands flooded onto the hill at National Life to dance to the music of Phillip Phillips, Serena Ryder, SYML, Caitlin Canty an
  
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• Leahy comment on president’s remarks at Trump-Putin news conference

  16-07-2018 22:05 via vtdigger.org
  Press Release — Sen. Patrick LeahyJuly 16, 2018
  Contact:[email protected]
  Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The President’s Remarks At The Trump-Putin News Conference
  This is the undermining of our security interests and of the American rule of law. It is as dangerous as it is shameful.
  It is all the more indefensible now that President Trump feels a need to stand up for Putin and Russia. As a Vermonter and United States senator I stand up for America.
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• Welch statement on Trump-Putin press conference

  16-07-2018 22:02 via vtdigger.org
  News Release Rep. Peter WelchJuly 16, 2018
  Contact:Kate Hamilton, Press Secretary(202) 440-3340
  WASHINGTON – Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) issued the following statement on President Trump’s press conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki:
  “Donald Trump’s performance in Helsinki was stunningly reckless, even by his standards. On an international stage and with the world watching, the American president defiantly sided with a former KGB officer over U.S. intelligence agencies
  
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• LISTEN: Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard On Borders, Trade And US-Canada Relations dlvr.it/QblshK https://t.co/4oyIi917Oe

  16-07-2018 20:58 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard On Borders, Trade And US-Canada Relations dlvr.it/QblshK https://t.co/4oyIi917Oe
  
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• Luck And The Kindness Of Others: How Jericho's Henry Weinstock Escaped The Nazis dlvr.it/Qbljpc https://t.co/dbv6E4Lxz2

  16-07-2018 20:22 via twitter.com
  
  Luck And The Kindness Of Others: How Jericho's Henry Weinstock Escaped The Nazis dlvr.it/Qbljpc https://t.co/dbv6E4Lxz2
  
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• Mount Snow breaks season record for skier visits

  16-07-2018 19:16 via vtdigger.org
  Signs at the entrance of Mount Snow in Dover. File photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
  This story by Chris Mays was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on July 16.
  WEST DOVER — Mount Snow’s parent company, Peak Resort, is reporting a record year for overall revenue, with a record number of skiers visiting the local resort this past season.
  “Our strong fiscal fourth-quarter results complete what was a record year for Peak Resorts, as we generated revenue growth of 9 percent and a 4 p
  
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• Mount Snow breaks records for revenue and skier visits

  16-07-2018 19:16 via vtdigger.org
  Signs at the entrance of Mount Snow in Dover. File photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
  This story by Chris Mays was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on July 16.
  WEST DOVER — Mount Snow’s parent company, Peak Resort, is reporting a record year for overall revenue, with a record number of skiers visiting the local resort this past season.
  “Our strong fiscal fourth-quarter results complete what was a record year for Peak Resorts, as we generated revenue growth of 9 percent and a 4 p
  
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• State OKs drinking water plan near PFOA site

  16-07-2018 19:00 via vtdigger.org
  This photo shows construction last October on extension of municipal water lines in Bennington to address PFOA contamination of wells around former ChemFab plants. File photo courtesy of MSK Engineering & Design
  BENNINGTON — Not every Bennington property within the PFOA contamination zone will be tied into a municipal water line, but there is a state-approved plan to ensure those sites have clean drinking water.
  The Agency of Natural Resources has approved a corrective action plan cove
  
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• Fire destroys buildings in downtown Woodstock

  16-07-2018 18:41 via vtdigger.org
  Crews battle a fire in Woodstock on July 16, 2018. Photo by August Frank/Valley News
  This story by Nora Doyle-Burr was published by the Valley News on July 16.
  WOODSTOCK — Firefighters have extinguished the majority of a downtown fire that proved challenging because of double and triple roofs on some of the structures in a cluster of buildings.
  Woodstock Fire Chief David Green said the Central Street fire started around 3:30 a.m. No injuries have been reported. The cause of the fire is not
  
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• WATCH LIVE: GOP candidate forum set for July 25

  16-07-2018 18:18 via vtdigger.org
  CCTV will host an in-studio candidate forum on Wednesday, July 25, which will be broadcast live on Channel 17 at 5:25 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the public is invited to attend in person or watch the livestream. Questions for the candidates are welcome.
  Incumbent Gov. Phil Scott and challenger Keith Stern will be present to discuss their campaign platforms and answer questions in a forum moderated by VTDigger editor Anne Galloway.Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a politi
  
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• UPDATED: State finds ‘no criminal misconduct’ in Retreat billing

  16-07-2018 18:13 via vtdigger.org
  The Brattleboro Retreat’s historic Lawton Hall. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
  A three-year state investigation into the Brattleboro Retreat‘s Medicaid-billing practices has found “no criminal misconduct,” the Vermont attorney general announced Monday.
  The probe did find “several areas of billing deficiencies that need to be corrected.” But officials said those deficiencies “did not result in net financial harm to the Vermont Medicaid program.”Get al
  
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• State finds ‘no criminal misconduct’ in Brattleboro Retreat billing

  16-07-2018 18:13 via vtdigger.org
  The Brattleboro Retreat’s historic Lawton Hall. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
  A three-year state investigation into the Brattleboro Retreat’s Medicaid-billing practices has found “no criminal misconduct,” the [Vermont attorney general] announced Monday.
  The probe did find “several areas of billing deficiencies that need to be corrected,” officials said. But those deficiencies “did not result in net financial harm to the Vermont Medicaid program.”Get
  
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• Broadway musical about Norman Rockwell to premiere in Manchester

  16-07-2018 18:12 via vtdigger.org
  Norman Rockwell (Danny Gardner, center) is taught to “Step Over the Frame” by his art instructors Thomas Fogarty (Con O’Shea-Creal) and George Bridgman (Jeremy Benton) in “Perfect Picture,” which will be performed next Friday and Saturday at SVAC’s Arkell Pavilion. Photo provided by Joshua Sherman
  This story by Greg Sukiennik of the Manchester Journal was published in the Brattleboro Reformer on July 14.
  MANCHESTER — It’s not every day that talente
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott’s Public Schedule July 14-20, 2018

  16-07-2018 17:39 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Gov. Phil ScottJuly 13, 2018
  Contact:Ethan [email protected]
  Governor Phil Scott’s Public Schedule: 7/14/18 – 7/20/18
  Saturday, July 14
  No public events scheduled at this time
  Sunday, July 15
  No public events scheduled at this time
  Monday, July 16
  11:00 – 11:30 AM
  Press Conference with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development
  Governor’s Ceremonial Office, Vermont State House, Montpelier, VT
  Note: Governor’s Wee
  
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• Jeffrey Reel: Raising the bar on GMO safety

  16-07-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Jeffrey Reel, a writer/lecturer living in Lyndon Center, and general manager of Natural Provisions, in St. Johnsbury. He was previously sustainability manager at the Omega Center for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, New York.
  VTDigger reported on a recently released University of Vermont study that concludes that a majority of Vermonters don’t pay attention to GMO labeling on food products. (“UVM study: Consumers are not ‘scared away&rsq
  
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• Marianne Ward: City taking wrong approach to Burlington mural

  16-07-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Marianne Ward, of Burlington, who started the petition to save the “Everyone Loves a Parade” mural in Burlington.
  The recent article in VTDigger about an Abenaki event at the “Everyone Loves a Parade” mural displayed along Church Street in Burlington is somewhat inaccurate. At the heart of the controversy is not that the Abenaki lacks representation on the mural.
  At the center of the controversy, according to Burlington City Coun
  
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• Rosemarie Jackowski: A call for massive strikes and boycotts

  16-07-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rosemarie Jackowski, of Bennington, an advocacy journalist and peace activist who is the author of “Banned in Vermont.” She has been the Liberty Union candidate for Vermont attorney general in the past few elections.
  Hiroshima, Nagasaki, No Gun Ri, My Lai, Fallujah, Abu Ghraib, Gitmo — the list of U.S. humanitarian crimes continues to grow.
  Now we have thousands of lost refugee children. How could that happen? This is the most horrific
  
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