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• Doctor's Memoir Reflects On A Career In The Emergency Room dlvr.it/QctrhN https://t.co/zFpxPgBxtG

  26-07-2018 23:40 via twitter.com
  
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• Dorset acquires 307 acres at ‘bargain’ price

  26-07-2018 23:27 via vtdigger.org
  The view from the peak on the Owls Head hiking trail in Dorset. The town recently purchased 307 acres in the area at a greatly discounted price. Photo courtesy Morgan Kelley
  DORSET — Dorset has concluded a “bargain” sale agreement with the purchase of 307 acres recently appraised at $1.88 million for $100,000, Town Manager Rob Gaiotti said Wednesday in a release.
  The property is contiguous with the Owls Head Town Forest and is accessed from Route 30 via Raptor Lane. The town fo
  
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• LISTEN: Play Featured In Chandler Pride Theater Festival Explores Identity, Family and Loss dlvr.it/Qctn3b https://t.co/Lh8eY3OItM

  26-07-2018 23:24 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: Play Featured In Chandler Pride Theater Festival Explores Identity, Family and Loss dlvr.it/Qctn3b https://t.co/Lh8eY3OItM
  
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• Margolis: Health care board a puppet of insurance companies?

  26-07-2018 22:58 via vtdigger.org
  Mike Fisher, the chief health care advocate for Vermont Legal Aid, testifies in front of the Legislature in 2017. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger
  Jon Margolis is VTDigger’s political columnist.
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• Margolis: Health board a puppet of insurance companies? That’s how it looks

  26-07-2018 22:58 via vtdigger.org
  Mike Fisher, the chief health care advocate for Vermont Legal Aid, testifies in front of the Legislature in 2017. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger
  Jon Margolis is VTDigger’s political columnist.
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• Council approves Mayor Weinberger’s early learning initiative awards

  26-07-2018 21:40 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Mayor Miro WeinbergerJuly 16, 2018
  Contacts:Jordan Redell802.881.7020
  Brian Lowe802.735.3983
  Competitive City Grants to Expand High-Quality Child Care Opportunities for Low-income Children, Strengthen Burlington Child Care Centers, and Lay Foundation for Future High-Quality Child Care Scholarships for Burlington Youth
  Burlington, VT – Mayor Miro Weinberger today announced, and the City Council approved, the recipients of the City’s awards to support the expansion
  
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• Dartmouth president defends college’s actions in sexual misconduct cases

  26-07-2018 18:00 via vtdigger.org
  Dartmouth President Phil Hanlon answers questions during an editorial board meeting at the Valley News in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, on Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Photo by August Frank/Valley News
  This article by John Lippman was published in the Valley News on July 26.
  WEST LEBANON, N.H. — Dartmouth College President Phil Hanlon said on Wednesday that the school “immediately took action” under his watch when allegations of sexual misconduct arose concerning three professors i
  
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• Bennington named top 10 in arts for second year

  26-07-2018 17:33 via vtdigger.org
  A view of the painted compass and piano key design, a public art piece that aims to celebrate the town’s cultural history, at the Four Corners intersection in Bennington. Photo by Holly Pelczynski/Bennington Banner
  This article by Derek Carson was published by the Bennington Banner on July 26.
  BENNINGTON — For the second straight year, a national organization has named Bennington one of the best small-sized arts communities in the country.
  For the last four years, the National Center
  
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• No more health insurance rate hikes, picketers tell Green Mountain Care Board

  26-07-2018 11:46 via vtdigger.org
  Representatives of Vermont Workers’ Center participate Tuesday in an informational picket before a public hearing on health insurance rates at Montpelier City Hall. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDiggerAfter hearing hours of sometimes-emotional testimony, Green Mountain Care Board members must decide whether two insurers – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont and MVP Health Care – can enact significant rate hikes in 2019.
  They’ll have a lot to think about over the next few weeks.
  
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• Scott and Stern tussle over guns, taxes during primary debate

  26-07-2018 03:52 via vtdigger.org
  Gov. Phil Scott, challenger Keith Stern and VTDigger editor Anne Galloway at a Republican primary debate in Burlington on July 25. Photo Bob LoCicero/VTDigger
  In the first debate in his bid for reelection, Gov. Phil Scott stepped into a Burlington community TV studio Wednesday evening with his sole challenger in the upcoming Republican primary, Keith Stern, a grocer from North Springfield.Over the course of the debate, moderated by VTDigger editor Anne Galloway, Stern pledged he would go further
  
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• Ben & Jerry’s says US demand matched by labor-friendly farm production

  26-07-2018 03:12 via vtdigger.org
  A carton of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream‎. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerBen & Jerry’s says it has reached a milestone in its efforts to hold supplying farms accountable for the conditions of those who work there, including migrant laborers.The company said at a press conference on Wednesday that 72 dairy farms have now enrolled in the Milk with Dignity program, enough to supply all of the milk it needs for its entire US operations.Those farms contribute to a cooperati
  
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• Before Your Time: Talk about the weather

  26-07-2018 02:14 via vtdigger.org
  There was no plowing infrastructure when the blizzard of 1888 dumped four feet of snow on Vermont, leaving people to shovel out by hand. Courtesy Vermont Historical Society
  Before Your Time is a podcast about Vermont history. Every episode, we go inside the stacks at the Vermont Historical Society to look at an object that tells us something unique about our state. Then, we take a closer look at the people, the events, and the ideas that surround each artifact.
  Vermonters love weather.
  
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• Rutland wrestles with aging wastewater infrastructure

  26-07-2018 01:56 via vtdigger.org
  Jeff Wennberg is the Rutland public works commissioner. File photo by Adam Federman/VTDigger
  The city of Rutland released 9.7 million gallons of stormwater and wastewater into East and Otter creeks this week.
  After 1.9 inches of rain fell over two hours Monday morning, all four of Rutland’s combined sewer system relief valves released untreated wet weather flow — known as “combined sewer overflows” or CSOs. Because there are no public beaches near the overflow outlets, th
  
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• Kendall Lambert: The future of Vermont’s farms

  26-07-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Kendall Lambert, of Newport, who is running as an independent for the Vermont House of Representatives to represent the Orleans 2 district. She is the director for the Memphremagog Watershed Association, is on the board of NorthWoods Stewardship Center and is part of the Watersheds United Vermont Steering Committee.
  Vermont’s farmers and agricultural producers are struggling. This is not news to anyone. We also know that Vermont’s working la
  
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• Henry Colyer: International affairs budget needs rebalancing

  26-07-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is written by Henry M. Colyer, an intern for the nonprofit The Borgen Project.
  Did you know the U.S. allocates less than 1 percent of the federal budget to programs that assist the world’s poor? On average, Americans believe that 25 percent of the federal budget goes to foreign aid and think that it should in fact be slashed to 10 percent. The irony is that 61 percent of Americans, including myself, are in favor of reducing world hunger as a priority of
  
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• Don George: Blue Cross’ role in health care reform

  26-07-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Don George, who is president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont.
  As the only Vermont-based health care plan, it is Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont’s responsibility to help build a better health care system for all Vermonters. A new system is dependent upon collaboration and time. Health plans, providers, hospitals and policymakers are working collectively to deliver better access to affordable, high quality health care and Blue
  
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• VTDigger Minute: Health insurance hikes, pot gift ban, recycling rates

  26-07-2018 00:03 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:
  Consumer advocate barred from insurance rate hearing; state won’t say why
  The state’s health care oversight board blocked a designated consumer advocate from acting as an expert witness at a hearing on insurance rate hikes. The Blue Cross Blue Shield and MVP insurance companies requested that t
  
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