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• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Ranked #1 Hospital in New Hampshire by US News & World Report

  14-08-2018 22:44 via vtdigger.org
  For Immediate ReleaseTuesday, August 14, 2018
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  Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Ranked #1 Hospital in New Hampshire by US News & World Report
  DHMC nationally ranked in Gynecology; cited for excellence in 14 clinical programs
  LEBANON, NH – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) has been once again ranked as New Hampshire’s Best Hospital for 2018-19 by U.S. News & World Report.
  DHMC was also nationally ranked in the
  
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• Governors and premiers promote electric vehicle revolution

  14-08-2018 21:55 via vtdigger.org
  Panelists at a conference in Stowe on Monday discussed the need for electric vehicles to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets. Photo by Elizabeth Griboff/VTDigger.
  STOWE — Despite recent rocky trade tensions, New England governors and eastern Canadian premiers pledged Monday to continue to collaborate on the region’s climate change commitments and energy supply.
  Geoff MacLellan, a legislator in Nova Scotia, said during the closing remarks of the annual meeting of the governors and p
  
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• Parsing The Primary Election Results dlvr.it/QftmjF https://t.co/BhTYOsdrrt

  14-08-2018 21:50 via twitter.com
  
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• VTrans to hear about Bennington tanker car storage

  14-08-2018 21:04 via vtdigger.org
  The storage of rail tanker cars holding propane during the winter in North Bennington led to protests from residents and lawmakers. Bennington Banner file photo
  BENNINGTON — Area residents will have a chance to weigh in on local transportation needs and voice their concerns during a meeting next week at Bennington College.
  Sen. Brian Campion, D-Bennington, said Monday that top Agency of Transportation officials will attend an informational meeting on Thursday, Aug. 23, at the Center for th
  
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• Vermont hospital budgets go before the public

  14-08-2018 20:08 via vtdigger.org
  The Green Mountain Care Board has scheduled four public hearings on hospital budgets over the next two weeks. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  In a series of public hearings starting next Monday, Vermont hospital administrators will make their case for proposed budgets that include a combined $2.6 billion in patient revenue.
  The Green Mountain Care Board has scheduled four hearings in Montpelier, Burlington and Castleton over the last two weeks in August to review fiscal year 2019 budg
  
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• Castleton University Professor Awarded $300,000 Research Grant

  14-08-2018 18:56 via vtdigger.org
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  Castleton University Professor Awarded $300,000 Research Grant
  National Science Foundation to fund Dr. Preston P. Garcia’s research through 2021
  CASTLETON, VT (08/14/2018) Castleton University Associate Professor of Biology and Biology Program Coordinator, Dr. Preston P. Garcia, has secured a competitive research grant through the National Science Foundation (NSF) which will fund his research until 2021.
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• Sanders challenger files complaint over election tactic

  14-08-2018 18:49 via vtdigger.org
  Folasade Adeluola is challenging Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in the Democratic primary. Photo by Kit Norton/VTDigger
  Folasade Adeluola said she’s running to stop Sen. Bernie Sanders from “waging war” with the Democratic Party.
  The newcomer to politics is a self-described “Obamacrat activist” and is facing Sanders in Tuesday’s the Vermont Democratic primary. She’s a single mother who is self-employed in accounting and lives in BurlingtonGet all of VTDigge
  
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• Green Mountain Power uses Tesla Power Walls to reduce electricity demand

  14-08-2018 18:46 via vtdigger.org
  NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 14, 2018
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  Kristin Kelly, (802) 318-0872
  GMP BEATS NEW PEAK, DELIVERS BIGGER CUSTOMER SAVINGS WITH GROWING NETWORK OF STORED ENERGY
  More Powerwalls Deployed Means GMP Could Offset More Than $600,000 in Customer Costs
  COLCHESTER, Vt. – Green Mountain Power’s commitment to innovation delivered bigger savings to customers as New England hit a new yearly peak for power demand last week. GMP’s growing network of stored energy reduced dem
  
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• Another Great Summervale Season at the Intervale Center

  14-08-2018 18:39 via vtdigger.org
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  August 14, 2018
  Contact: Chelsea Frisbee, Intervale Center Development [email protected] or (802) 660-0440 x113
  Another Great Summervale Season at the Intervale Center
  This summer, the Intervale Center is proud to present Summervale, a weekly food and music festival that brings the community together to celebrate local food and drink, great music, and Vermont’s thriving food scene.
  Every Thursday from July 5 – August 30 from 5:30 – 8 p.m., the C
  
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• The 1870s Crime Writer Who Pioneered Modern Detective Fiction dlvr.it/QfsG2M https://t.co/Sxz0foyzFJ

  14-08-2018 17:04 via twitter.com
  
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• Need last minute candidate info? Check out VTDigger’s primary guide.

  14-08-2018 12:19 via vtdigger.org
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• Races to watch in Tuesday’s primary elections

  14-08-2018 04:06 via vtdigger.org
  The Democratic candidates for governor at a debate hosted by WCAX on July 21.
  On Tuesday, Vermonters pick the major party candidates for federal statewide and local offices. Here are what we expect to be some of the most competitive and important races to watch. (For more information about who’s running, check out VTDigger’s candidate guide)
  Governor
  In a highly contested primary race, four Democrats are fighting for their party’s nomination in this year’s gubernatorial c
  
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• Scott quietly sought to push back against F-35 foes

  14-08-2018 03:56 via vtdigger.org
  Gov. Phil Scott speaks to reporters during a recent press conference. File photo by Colin Meyn/VTDigger
  When Gov. Phil Scott traveled to Washington on April 9 for a meeting at the Pentagon with Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, the trip was not included on his public schedule, nor were there any indications his office had taken steps to publicize it.
  However, the following Monday his participation in an Aerospace Innovation Forum in Montreal was noted on the calendar and followed up by an afte
  
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• Receiver plans to sell Jay Peak by next summer, hits brake on Burke sale

  14-08-2018 02:29 via vtdigger.org
  Skiers at Burke Mountain in 2016. Courtesy photo
  Jay Peak is expected to be in the hands of a new owner next summer while the sale of Burke Mountain is now indefinitely on hold.
  That’s according to Michael Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver overseeing the two Northeast Kingdom ski resorts at the center of a massive EB-5 scandal that has been playing out for the past several years in the northern mountains of Vermont.
  Burke Mountain’s sale is on hold, Goldberg said, as it continue
  
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• Michael Colby: Ben & Jerry’s farmworker exploitation

  14-08-2018 01:35 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Michael Colby, of Walden, the president of Regeneration Vermont. He is also a campaign consultant to the Organic Consumers Association.
  These are harrowing times for the nearly 1,500 migrant workers laboring on Vermont’s largest dairy farms. These farmworkers, predominantly from Mexico, are forced to live in the shadows, where their farm bosses harbor them in exchange for long hours, low wages and cheap housing. It’s a human rights stain on
  
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• John McClaughry: The fuel economy mandate battle

  14-08-2018 01:32 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by John McClaughry, the vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute.Enviros are furious at a Trump administration rule change to freeze the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) requirement for model year 2020 passenger cars at 37 miles per gallon, instead of increasing it to the 54.5 mpg by 2025 set by the Obama administration in 2012. It would also revoke California’s power to set vehicle carbon dioxide emissions standards and mandate sales
  
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• Robby Porter: Watering the liberty tree

  14-08-2018 01:29 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.”
  “We are rapidly approaching a moment of truth both for ourselves as human beings and for the life of our nation.”— General Buck Turgidson from the movie, Dr. Strangelove
  “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood
  
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• Behind the smiles in Stowe, trade dispute weighs on regional leaders

  14-08-2018 01:22 via vtdigger.org
  Left to right: Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott and New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant during a press conference at the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers conference in Stowe on August 13. Photo by Elizabeth Gribkoff/VTDigger
  STOWE — A trade dispute between the United States and Canada bubbled behind the smiles and warm handshakes exchanged between Northeastern governors and eastern Canadian premiers meeting Monday in Stowe for their annual confe
  
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• Vermont Primary Elections 2018: live updates

  14-08-2018 00:00 via vtdigger.org
  VTDigger will be posting updates on Vermont’s Primary Election Day throughout the day and into the night on August 14. We’ll have reporters talking to voters and candidates at precincts and campaign parties across the state, but we can’t be everywhere. Send tips on what to watch, and what’s happening, to news editor Colin Meyn ([email protected]) or politics reporter Xander Landen ([email protected])
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