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• LISTEN: Keeping Your Kids' Education From Sliding This Summer dlvr.it/Qd0n12 https://t.co/JUMFZnLKSD

  27-07-2018 23:22 via twitter.com
  
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• The Deeper Dig: Longshot candidates go for governor

  27-07-2018 22:48 via vtdigger.org
  Ethan Sonneborn, left, and Keith Stern have the lowest name recognition in their respective primaries. Photos by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger (Sonneborn) and James M. Patterson/Valley News (Stern)
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  Two candidates on the ballot in Vermont’s gubernatorial primaries have notably nontraditional backgrounds. Kei
  
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• LISTEN: Campaign 2018: GOP Candidate Anya Tynio On Running For US House dlvr.it/Qd0dHC https://t.co/dAO1x2g2kh

  27-07-2018 22:45 via twitter.com
  
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• Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival announces new documentary premiere

  27-07-2018 22:42 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Middlebury New Filmmakers FestivalJuly 17, 2018
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  The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival is proud to announce that the moving and incredibly engaging documentary, Personal Statement, will open this year’s Festival on Thursday, August 23 at Town Hall Theater. This screening will be the film’s Vermont premiere.
  Personal Statement is a powerful and sharply observed portrayal of a trio of New York City high school seniors actually bridging
  
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• Filmmakers, officials tout Vermont as shooting location

  27-07-2018 22:36 via vtdigger.org
  From left, producer and assistant director Etan Harwayne, executive producer and director Gretl Claggett, and producer Sarah Donnelly, gather on the set of “Stormchaser,” an independent film shot earlier this month in the Northshire. Local shooting wrapped on Saturday in Manchester. Photo by Greg Sukiennik/Manchester Journal
  This story by Greg Sukiennik of the Manchester Journal was published in the Bennington Banner on July 27.
  MANCHESTER — The viability of Vermont as a place
  
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• Berlin Mall offers rent-free space

  27-07-2018 22:35 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Heidenberg Properties GroupJuly 9, 2018
  Contact:Michael [email protected]
  Berlin Mall Launches The HUB at Berlin Mall — A Unique Concept Featuring Rent-Free SpaceThe Berlin Mall Is Calling All Doers, Movers, Shakers & Makers Looking For A Rent-Free Place To Temporarily Set Up Shop
  BERLIN, VT—Berlin Mall, LLC, the owner of Berlin Mall (https://www.theberlinmall.com/) is excited to introduce, The HUB at Berlin Mall — a remarkable oppor
  
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• 'Red Scare In The Green Mountains': Author Chronicles McCarthyism In Vermont dlvr.it/QczhCW https://t.co/zNpTpU05wh

  27-07-2018 19:12 via twitter.com
  
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• YWP: ‘Perspectives’

  27-07-2018 17:45 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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• SCOV Law Blog: ‘Crushed between two boxcars of government bureaucracy’

  27-07-2018 17:30 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by SCOV Law editor Andrew Delaney.
  Lillie v. Dept. of Labor, 2018 VT 66
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• Power contracts approved for 4 solar projects, 3 in Bennington

  27-07-2018 03:16 via vtdigger.org
  The state has approved approved three power sale contracts in Bennington and one in Rutland Town. Photo by Pixabay
  BENNINGTON — Bennington officials and residents are getting an initial look at three proposed solar facilities after the state Public Utility Commission approved contracts for sale of the power they generate.
  The commission on July 20 approved power sale contracts under the state’s Standard Offer Program for three proposed commercial solar projects in Bennington and one
  
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• Scott unblocks Facebook commenters, reworks social media policy

  27-07-2018 03:04 via vtdigger.org
  Gov. Phil Scott’s Facebook page
  After coming under fire from the American Civil Liberties Union and constituents for blocking users from his Facebook page and censoring comments, Gov. Phil Scott has unblocked the banned accounts while his administration adapts its social media policy.The ACLU sent a letter to Scott last month accusing him of violating the First Amendment and the Vermont Constitution by restricting speech on his Facebook account. The group said blocking critics was a &ldquo
  
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• Man gets 19 years in jail for crash killing Vermont farmer

  27-07-2018 02:48 via vtdigger.org
  Tami Carboni-Branchaud drives her deceased husband’s favorite tractor outside the Rutland criminal court, where Thomas H. Velde, who was driving the truck that killed him, was sentenced to 19 years in prison on July 26. Photo by Alan Keays/VTDiggerRUTLAND – Tami Carboni-Branchaud spent much of Thursday inside a Rutland courtroom where she watched the man who admitted driving over and killing her husband get sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison.
  When the proceeding was over late in
  
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• Vermont Tech gets pushback for ICE contracts

  27-07-2018 02:07 via vtdigger.org
  Jeb Spaulding (left), chancellor of Vermont State Colleges. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  Vermont Technical College is the latest school to get blowback for its contracts with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement amid nationwide protests over President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policies.
  VTC received nearly $50,000 from the agency this year for assorted training courses for ICE employees. It’s worked with ICE before, and the relationship bet
  
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• State survey leads to Vermont Health Connect email breach

  27-07-2018 01:16 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont Health Connect homepage.
  A survey snafu last week led to the disclosure of some Vermont Health Connect and Medicaid customers’ email addresses, state officials said Thursday.
  In total, 127 people sent emails – some inadvertently and some not – to other health insurance consumers amid confusion about an online survey issued July 20 through the Department of Vermont Health Access.Get all of VTDigger's health care news.You'll never miss our health care coverage with our we
  
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• Thomas Streeter & Linda Olson: Why tenure?

  27-07-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Thomas Streeter, a professor at the University of Vermont and president of United Academics, the faculty union at UVM, and Linda Olson a professor at Castleton University and vice president of education for the American Federation of Teachers Vermont.
  For academics, recent news of the elimination of tenure for most Vermont Law School faculty is alarming. But others may wonder, what’s the point of tenure, anyway? Why should faculty in higher educat
  
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• Kirsten Berggren: Nurses are the solution to state’s population problem

  27-07-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Kirsten Berggren, a nurse practitioner at the UVM Medical Center.
  I have been reading lately about Gov. Phil Scott’s efforts to recruit more working-age people to Vermont.
  I work as a nurse practitioner at UVM Medical Center, and have been involved in contract negotiations as well as the recent strike. Putting those two things together, there seems an obvious solution to the drain of quality workers from Vermont (according to census data, in 2017,
  
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• Sue Andrews: Poverty problems not often solved by ‘personal responsibility’

  27-07-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Sue Andrews, of Shaftsbury, who is executive director of the Greater Bennington Interfaith Community Services Inc. (including the Bennington Free Clinic, the Interfaith Food and Fuel Fund, the Kitchen Cupboard, and the Bennington Oral Health Coalition). It was first published in the Bennington Banner.
  In his recent column, “Bring Back Personal Responsibility,” commentator Don Keelan uses a false comparison to make a point about people w
  
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• Milton Independent brings down youth football president

  27-07-2018 00:46 via vtdigger.org
  Milton Broncos leadership discusses dissolving its two tackle teams during a May 31. King is on the far right. Photo by Courtney Lamdin/Milton IndependentFollowing a probe that was sparked by investigative reporting published in the Milton Independent, police cited former Milton youth football program president Matt King on Tuesday for felony embezzlement.
  King will be arraigned in September and could face up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.Y
  
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