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• What you need to know for Primary Election Day 2018

  13-08-2018 23:55 via vtdigger.org
  A 2018 primary ballot. Photo by Kevin O’Connor
  Here’s the rundown on where to go and what to do on Primary Election Day, Tuesday, Aug. 14.1. Registration status: You can sign in to “My Voter Page” to see whether and where you are registered to vote. (You may register to vote on any day up to and including the day of the election. 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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• Mount Philo history explored in new book

  13-08-2018 23:29 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Historical SocietyAug. 10, 2018
  Contact:Eileen Corcoran, Community Outreach & Media CoordinatorPHONE: (802) 479-8522EMAIL: [email protected]
  Barre, VT –. The Vermont Historical Society’s (VHS) latest publication, Secrets of Mount Philo: A Guide to Vermont’s Oldest State Park by Judy Chaves guides you to more than 30 historic sites in this very popular and unique destination enjoyed by Vermonters and tourists alike. The book deta
  
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• Burlington/Puerto Cabezas Sister City Program calls for end to killings in Nicaragua

  13-08-2018 23:24 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Burlington/Puerto Cabezas Sister City ProgramAug. 10, 2018Press Contacts:Dan Higgins, [email protected] O’Kane, [email protected], 802-497-0347 or 802-495-6025
  Nicaragua must end killings of demonstrators and seek a political solution in wake of ‘absolutely shocking’ death toll: “UN chief”
  This is a press release from the Burlington/Puerto Cabezas Sister City program.We, concerned citizens of Burlington, are shocked at reports of increasing vio
  
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• Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf encourages local garden donations

  13-08-2018 23:20 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Chittenden Emergency Food ShelfAugust 7, 2018
  Media ContactsAnna McMahon, Chittenden Emergency Food Shelfo. 802.658.7939 ext. 32
  Burlington, VT—The Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf (CEFS) is accepting donations of garden produce during the current growing season. Gardeners can bring excess produce to the Food Shelf’s receiving area towards the back of the parking lot and a staff or volunteer will collect and weigh it. Donated produce should be clean, ripe, and rea
  
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• Hunger Free Vermont names Anore Horton executive director

  13-08-2018 23:18 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Hunger Free VermontAug. 9, 2018
  Contact:Monica Taylor, Development Director, Hunger Free Vermont(802) 265-0023, [email protected]
  August 9, 2018, SOUTH BURLINGTON – The Hunger Free Vermont Board of Directors has named Anore Horton as its permanent Executive Director after an exhaustive national search.
  Horton, who had been the Acting Executive Director since January, is no stranger to Hunger Free Vermont’s donors, professional partners, friends, and employ
  
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• Gifford’s Last Mile Ride, Aug. 17-18, supports end-of-life patients, their families

  13-08-2018 23:11 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Gifford Medical CenterAug. 13, 2018
  Contact:Maryellen [email protected]
  RANDOLPH, Vt.—Gifford continues a central Vermont community tradition Friday and Saturday, Aug. 17-18, with the 13th annual Last Mile Ride to support end-of-life care for patients and their families. The two-day, family-friendly event features a motorcycle ride, 5K run, and 1- and 2-mile walks to raise funds for palliative care and special services.
  Since 2006, Last Mile Ride has r
  
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• Attorney General Donovan announces recent environmental actions

  13-08-2018 23:05 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Office of the Attorney GeneralAugust 13, 2018
  Contact:Rob McDougall Chief, Environmental Division802-828-3186
  MONTPELIER – Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan announced some recent actions taken by his office to protect Vermont’s environment. “Protecting Vermont’s environment is one of my top priorities as Attorney General,” said Attorney General Donovan. “Vermonters care about our environment and are worried about the threats it faces.
  
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• Pine Street Coalition files appeal in Champlain Parkway project

  13-08-2018 22:56 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Pine Street CoalitionAug. 11, 2018
  Contacts:Pine Street CoalitionTony Redington 343-6616Steve Goodkind 316-6045Charles Simpson 865-5110www.SafeStreetsBurlington.com https://www.facebook.com/SSBPineStreetNOW/
  BURLINGTON–An important step towards a possible Champlain Parkway public redesign process occurred at Chittenden Superior Court Wednesday, August 8. Pine Street Coalition and Burlington Fortieth, LLC, owner of Innovation Center, undertook separate appeals of the le
  
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• Sanders calls on UVM Medical Center board to meet with nurses

  13-08-2018 22:49 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Bernie SandersAug. 13, 2018
  Contact:Dan McLean(802) 862-6695
  BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 13– U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called on the University of Vermont Medical Center Board of Trustees Monday “to take a more active role in the contract negotiations between management and the nurses’ union.”
  In a letter to Allie Stickney, the chair of the Board of Trustees, Sanders said, “The primary responsibility and obligation of any non-profit board
  
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• Green Mountain Care Board FY19 hospital budget hearing schedule

  13-08-2018 22:43 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Green Mountain Care BoardAugust 13, 2018
  Contact:Green Mountain Care Board802 505 3055
  Monday, August 20 19th: Hospital Budget Hearing (9:00 am)
  Located in the Pavilion Auditorium at 109 State Street Montpelier, VT
  Wednesday, August 22nd: Hospital Budget Hearing (9:00 am)
  Located in the Contois Auditorium in City Hall at 149 Church Street Burlington, VT
  Monday, August 27th: Hospital Budget Hearing (9:00 am)
  Located in the Campus Center Building in Room 1787 at Castleton Univ
  
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• Vermont elections ranked 1st overall in national index

  13-08-2018 22:17 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Secretary of State Jim CondosAugust 10, 2018
  Contact:Eric Covey, 802-828-2148
  MIT’s Election Data & Science Lab Releases Its 2016 Elections Performance Index
  Montpelier, VT – Today Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos announced that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Election Data & Science Lab has released its 2016 Elections Performance Index (EPI), ranking Vermont 1st overall in elections administration for the 2016 electio
  
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• Vermont Fish & Wildlife installing water control devices on beaver dams

  13-08-2018 22:10 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Fish & Wildlife DepartmentAugust 8, 2018
  Media Contacts:Kim Royar, 802-747-8412; Chris Bernier, 802-777-0823;
  ‘Beaver Baffles’ Prevent Flooding and Resolve Beaver-Human Conflicts
  MONTPELIER, Vt. – To prevent flooding on nearby roads, the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department recently completed construction of 19 water control devices on beaver dams in locations throughout Vermont. Known as ‘beaver baffles’ these devices allow some w
  
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• Capital City Concerts announces 2018-19 season

  13-08-2018 22:05 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Capital City ConcertsAug. 8, 2018
  Contact: Karen Kevra802-793-9291
  MONTPELIER:Capital City Concerts (CCC) announces its 2018-2019 season of world-class chamber music in downtown Montpelier, with concerts taking place September through April in venues in Montpelier, Burlington, and Barre.
  The season opens on Friday, September 29 at the Barre Opera House in a “homecoming” concert by pianist Michael Arnowitt. He will perform Schumann’s Fantasy Pieces, works by
  
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• Assessing Vermont's Flood Risk Seven Years After Irene dlvr.it/QfmJ3k https://t.co/AiQeg6taHd

  13-08-2018 20:13 via twitter.com
  
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• Hermitage Club’s uncertain future reverberates through Deerfield Valley

  13-08-2018 18:53 via vtdigger.org
  The Hermitage Club in Wilmington. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer
  This story by Chris Mays was published by the Bennington Banner on Aug. 11.
  WILMINGTON — From regular paychecks to real estate values, a great deal of the Deerfield Valley’s economy is riding on the future of The Hermitage Club, and whether the four-season private resort can get back on its feet in time for ski season.RELATED STORIESHermitage Club may have new lease on lifeHermitage Club ordered to pay
  
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• Has the ‘pink wave’ missed Vermont, or was it already here?

  13-08-2018 18:34 via vtdigger.org
  Political observers trace the growing involvement of women in Vermont electoral politics to Madeleine Kunin’s election as governor. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
  Across the country, thousands of women have been running for public office this primary season, in what pundits have dubbed a “pink wave,” largely in response to President Donald Trump and the #MeToo movement.
  Vermont, in contrast, has only seen modest gains in the number of women candidates since the electio
  
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• Has ‘pink wave’ missed Vermont, or was it already here?

  13-08-2018 18:34 via vtdigger.org
  Political observers trace the growing involvement of women in Vermont electoral politics to Madeleine Kunin’s election as governor. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
  Across the country, thousands of women have been running for public office this primary season, in what pundits have dubbed a “pink wave,” largely in response to President Donald Trump and the #MeToo movement.
  Vermont, in contrast, has only seen modest gains in the number of women candidates since the electio
  
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• Environmentalists: Power from massive Canadian dams isn’t renewable

  13-08-2018 11:48 via vtdigger.org
  Geoffrey Gardner, of the Upper Valley Affinity Group,at a forum on climate change in Waterbury. Photo by Elizabeth Gribkoff/VTDiggerEnvironmental activists from New England and Canada are demanding that political leaders stop promoting “false” solutions to climate change.The Vermont Sierra Club, 350Vermont and other environmental groups are protesting a New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers [conference] this week. They oppose new fossil fuel infrastructure and say elect
  
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• Jack Hoffman: Behind the budget drama

  13-08-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Jack Hoffman, of Marshfield, a policy analyst for Public Assets Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization based in Montpelier.
  There’s a case to be made that this year’s budget showdown in Montpelier was lot of high drama with little substance. After all the drama, the budget that was finally approved created one problem that the Legislature will have to address next year and ignored another that should have been addressed long ago.
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• Meg Hansen: The affordability charade

  13-08-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Meg Hansen, of Manchester, who is executive director of Vermonters for Health Care Freedom, a Montpelier-based health policy nonprofit.
  Public discourse about health insurance has become so politicized that few address policy with dispassion. When the commentariat assesses every law and rule through the prism of Obamacare, championing only those that protect the legislation, the people lose. Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act contains substantial desi
  
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• John Killacky: Resetting the relationship

  13-08-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by John R. Killacky, the former executive director of the Flynn Center who is running for a seat in the Vermont House of Representatives to serve his district in South Burlington.
  My Shetland pony has been pulling me in a cart for seven years. Neither of us are show quality, we enjoy working together in the indoor arena at Windswept Farm in Williston. Living in Vermont, the winters are long, and every spring she is a bit barn sour, and we need to recalibra
  
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