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• Hunger Mountain Co-opCommunity Fund — doing good in our community

  17-07-2018 22:15 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Hunger Mountain Co-opJuly 12, 2018
  Contact:Kari Bradley, General [email protected] direct linewww.hungermountain.coop
  By Matt Levin, Hunger Mountain Cooperative Community Fund Committee Member
  As a member of the Hunger Mountain Co-op, I’m proud of our Mission as a member-owned, community-based natural market. We are committed to building a dynamic community of healthy individuals, sustainable local food systems, and thriving cooperative comme
  
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• Still No Contract: What May Be Next For UVM Medical Center Nurses And The Hospital dlvr.it/QbtCRw https://t.co/2bpZFjgIRT

  17-07-2018 21:39 via twitter.com
  
  Still No Contract: What May Be Next For UVM Medical Center Nurses And The Hospital dlvr.it/QbtCRw https://t.co/2bpZFjgIRT
  
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• Rev. David Cray elected to lead Society of St. Edmund

  17-07-2018 21:08 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Saint Michael’s CollegeJuly 16, 2018
  Contact:Mark [email protected]
  The Very Rev. David Cray, S.S.E., a Boston native and 1968 Saint Michael’s College graduate who has ministered in Canada, Europe and the American South until coming to Vermont in 2003 to be pastor at Catholic parishes in Hinesburg and Charlotte, VT, was elected July 12 to be the new Superior General of The Society of Saint Edmund, founding religious order of Saint Michael&rs
  
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• Vermont Secretary of State named head of national organization

  17-07-2018 21:01 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Secretary of State Jim CondosJuly 16, 2018
  Contact:Eric Covey, 802-828-2148
  Montpelier, VT – Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos was sworn in today as the President of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), at their summer conference in Philadelphia. NASS is the nation’s oldest, non-partisan professional organization for state officials. Condos will serve the one year-term ending July 2019.
  As a member of NASS, Secretary Condos has been very a
  
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• Burlington High School to host public tours in advance of bond request

  17-07-2018 20:59 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Burlington School DistrictJuly 17, 2018
  Media Contact:Russ ElekCommunication Specialist802-540-5347
  Public Invited to Attend One of Three Events
  Burlington, VT- In April 2018, the Burlington Board of School Commissioners accepted the Burlington High School (BHS) ReEnvisioning Committee’s recommendation to partially demolish, expand and renovate the current BHS facilities. Now, the Burlington School District (BSD) is inviting members of the community to tour these facil
  
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• Vermont Humanities grant funds lecture series featuring teen scholars

  17-07-2018 20:54 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Humanities CouncilJuly 17, 2018
  Contact:[email protected](802) 262-1355vermonthumanities.org/humanities-grants
  Statewide ~ The Vermont Humanities Council has awarded the Clemmons Family Farm in Charlotte a $2,850 grant to support its 2018 Humanities Speakers’ Series, “To Sing of Common Things: The Voices of Young People in 2018.” The project is one of fourteen that were awarded grants during VHC’s Spring 2018 grant cycle.
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• Mexican man sentenced for unlawfully re-entering US

  17-07-2018 20:49 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — U.S. Department of Justice & United States Border PatrolJuly 17, 2018
  Contact:United States Attorney District of Vermont(802) 868-3361
  The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont and the Swanton Sector Office of the United States Border Patrol announce that Zein Diaz-Ventura, 27, a citizen of Mexico, was convicted and sentenced today in United States District Court in Rutland for reentering the United States after having previously been removed from the countr
  
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• O’Neil Farm conserved and sold to new farmers

  17-07-2018 20:44 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Land TrustJuly 11, 2018
  Contact:Allen Karnatz(802) [email protected]
  Hinesburg — Organic dairy farmers Joe and Emily Donegan are thrilled to now own farmland in Joe’s hometown of Hinesburg. They were able to buy the 258-acre property because the O’Neil family conserved the land with the Vermont Land Trust, which made it more affordable for Joe and Emily.
  The O’Neil Farm, located on O’Neil Road, had been in the family for more than 10
  
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• LISTEN: François Clemmons On His 'Mister Rogers' Role, His Career And Identity dlvr.it/Qbswyq https://t.co/tHg24fFFkY

  17-07-2018 20:43 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: François Clemmons On His 'Mister Rogers' Role, His Career And Identity dlvr.it/Qbswyq https://t.co/tHg24fFFkY
  
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• YWP: ‘Bloody Freedom’

  17-07-2018 20:41 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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• Lean Left Vermont to host Art the Vote

  17-07-2018 20:34 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Lean Left VermontJule 28, 2018
  Contact:Sarah or [email protected]
  Art the Vote Opening Reception July 12 in Montpelier
  Montpelier, Vermont – June 28, 2018Lean Left Vermont is pleased to announce the launch of “Art the Vote”, an innovative online project created by artists and activists to help elect Democratic Congressional candidates in New Hampshire, New York and Maine. The concept is simple: art lovers from around the country can donate to the
  
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• GW Plastics announces senior leadership team changes

  17-07-2018 20:29 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — GW PlasticsJuly 11, 2018
  Contact:Rebecca Murphy(802) 234-9941 ext. 1125(802) 234-9940 [email protected]
  Bethel, Vermont-based advanced manufacturing company GW Plastics is proud to announce the recent promotions of three executive team members.Cathy Tempesta has been promoted to Vice President of Human Resources. Tempesta joined GW Plastics 15 years ago as the Director of Human Resources, and in her new role as Vice President, she will work to bring best pract
  
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• Castleton Corners veterinarian receives award

  17-07-2018 20:12 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Rutland Veterinary ClinicJuly 5, 2018
  Contact:Kathy [email protected]
  Dr. Janet Carini of the Rutland Veterinary Clinic at Castleton Corners is the 2018 recipient of the Vermont Veterinary Medical Association’s Dave Walker Award.
  Not an annual recognition, the Dave Walker Award is offered when the “activities, energy, and contributions of a single Vermont veterinarian selflessly and continuously, year after year, go above and beyond the call of d
  
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• Vermont State Labor Council AFL CIO supports Ehlers

  17-07-2018 20:08 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont State Labor Council AFL CIOJuly 9, 2018
  Contact:[email protected]
  The recent publication of Ehler’s Champion of Labor, Once a Detractor needs some editorial review. Journalists do have the ability to trawl through social media seeking out 140 character opinions expressed nearly a decade ago, but one can’t help but wonder if a handful of tweets are as relevant to discussion as policies made by the current administration a mere two months ago.
  Ehlers did
  
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• Lightning Jar to host Bennington Road Pitch

  17-07-2018 20:00 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — The Lightning JarJuly 11, 2018
  Contact:Michelle MarroccoPhone: (802) 321-3070Email: [email protected]: www.lightningjarvt.com
  Title: Statewide Business Pitch Competition Returns to BenningtonFifth Annual FreshTracks Capital Road Pitch
  On Tuesday, July 31 from 5 to 7pm at Oldcastle Theatre, 50 “business bikers” will choose one local business to compete in the statewide Pitch-Off. Real, local entrepreneurs will pitch their business ideas to Vermont
  
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• Sterling College to offer hemp course

  17-07-2018 19:57 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sterling CollegeJuly 11, 2018
  MEDIA CONTACTKatie Lavin802.586.7711 x [email protected]
  ‘Field to Product’ Hemp Course Offered at School of the New American Farmstead
  Craftsbury Common, VT — July 11, 2018 — New legislation that went into effect on July 1 makes it easier to experiment with growing hemp in Vermont. A one-week immersion course focused on the entrepreneurial pursuit of growing and making value-added products from this Cannabidi
  
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• Third Dartmouth professor ousted in sexual misconduct inquiry

  17-07-2018 18:46 via vtdigger.org
  William M. Kelley was a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Dartmouth College. Photo courtesy of Dartmouth College
  This story was published by the Valley News on July 17.
  HANOVER — A third Dartmouth College professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences has left his job rather than be fired following a sexual misconduct inquiry.
  Professor William M. Kelley resigned, effective immediately, in the face of a recommendation by Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Scien
  
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• Francois Clemmons after a striking rendition of "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands:" "I have never met a strang… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-07-2018 18:42 via twitter.com
  Francois Clemmons after a striking rendition of "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands:" "I have never met a strang… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Francois Clemmons on the scene in which Mr. Rogers washes officer Clemmons' feet: "It has to do with Fred's legacy.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-07-2018 18:34 via twitter.com
  Francois Clemmons on the scene in which Mr. Rogers washes officer Clemmons' feet: "It has to do with Fred's legacy.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• "There are so many white people in America who have no idea of the struggle of the average black person..." Francoi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-07-2018 18:15 via twitter.com
  "There are so many white people in America who have no idea of the struggle of the average black person..." Francoi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Brattleboro officer alleges gender discrimination

  17-07-2018 18:08 via vtdigger.org
  Brattleboro Police Officer Penny Witherbee stands outside next to her car with police dog Naja. File photo by Zachary P. Stephens/ Brattleboro Reformer
  This story by Chris Mays was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on July 17.
  BRATTLEBORO — In a civil suit filed in federal court, a longtime Brattleboro police officer alleges she was subjected to “unlawful workplace discrimination” based on her gender.Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our courts a
  
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• Attorneys in bitcoin suit spar over interview notes

  17-07-2018 17:37 via vtdigger.org
  This story by Bob Audette was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on July 17.
  HARTFORD, CONN. — Details of a conversation between the conductor of “a high-tech Ponzi scheme” involving crypto-currency and an attorney representing investors who contest they lost upwards of $10 million in the scheme should be off limits to attorneys of the man accused of pulling the strings behind the scenes, lawyers say.Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our courts an
  
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• Sawyer’s trial for alleged shooting plot on ‘soft schedule’ for November

  17-07-2018 03:44 via vtdigger.org
  Jack Sawyer is greeted by defense attorney Kelly Green as he appears in Vermont Superior Court in Rutland on Feb. 27, 2018.Sawyer was appearing for an evidentiary hearing to determine if he should continue to be jailed after being charged for planning a school shooting at his former high school in Fair Haven. Pool photo/Glenn Russell/Burlington Free Press
  RUTLAND – Attorneys in the Jack Sawyer case are tentatively preparing for a Nov. 1 trial on two charges still facing the accused school
  
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• Police: Road rage leads to punch to face, gun drawn, and charges

  17-07-2018 02:46 via vtdigger.org
  Ethan Connor, left, and Nicholas Mallow.
  Vermont State Police say two men are facing charges for allegedly squaring-off during a road-rage incident that started on Interstate 89 in Williston, with one man punching the other, prompting that man to reach for a gun and point it at the man who just socked him in the face.
  All while other motorists in the morning commuter traffic looked on. Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our courts and criminal justice coverage with our
  
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• Scott behind 2016 fundraising pace; competitors trail far behind

  17-07-2018 02:31 via vtdigger.org
  Phil Scott at the launch event for his first campaign for governor on Dec. 1, 2015. Photo by Jasper Craven/VTDigger
  Gov. Phil Scott continues to easily eclipse his opponents for the office in fundraising efforts with about four months to go until the general election,the latest campaign finance disclosure forms show.
  But Scott has brought in far less money this election cycle than in 2016, when his campaign had amassed almost four times as much in donations by mid-July. That race two years ago e
  
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• Scott behind 2016 fundraising pace; competitors still trail far behind

  17-07-2018 02:31 via vtdigger.org
  Phil Scott at the launch event for his first campaign for governor on Dec. 1, 2015. Photo by Jasper Craven/VTDigger
  Gov. Phil Scott continues to easily eclipse his opponents for the office in fundraising efforts with about four months to go until the general election,the latest campaign finance disclosure forms show.
  But Scott has brought in far less money this election cycle than in 2016, when his campaign had amassed almost four times as much in donations by mid-July. That race two years ago e
  
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• Henry Coe & Chris Jacobs: Northeast Kingdom can’t continue as Vermont’s dump

  17-07-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Henry Coe of Danville and Chris Jacobs of Albany. Coe’s testimony to the Agency of Natural Resources follows.
  The owner of the Coventry Landfill is applying to Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources for an expansion by 51 acres and the permit to dump waste for 22 years.
  All other Vermont landfills have closed. In addition to all of Vermont’s garbage, an increasing proportion of Coventry Landfill waste comes from contaminated sources fro
  
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• John McClaughry: A course change for public sector unions

  17-07-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by John McClaughry, the vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute.In his Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom (1785), Thomas Jefferson famously declared that “to compel a man to furnish contribution of money for the propagation of opinion which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.”
  In that spirit, the U.S. Supreme Court last month struck down “agency fees” taken by public sector unions from non-members’ paych
  
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• Robby Porter: The project-based lifestyle

  17-07-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Robby Porter, of East Montpelier, a self-employed woodworker and the owner and partner in small scale hydroelectric projects. He is the author of “Doodlebug, A Road Trip Journal.”
  In my late 20s I figured out that happiness was responding to my grasp the same way a caught fish shoots through your tightening fingers. I decided to give up on the pursuit and reconciled myself with being a malcontent — an oxymoronic decision which immediat
  
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