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• Porter Medical president stepping down

  17-08-2018 23:32 via vtdigger.org
  Dr. Fred Kniffin, the head of Porter Medical, is stepping down next year. Photo courtesy of Porter Medical.
  The executive credited with helping to lead Porter Medical Center out of financial and administrative tumult is planning to step down in 2019, the Middlebury-based health care organization announced Friday.
  Dr. Fred Kniffin, who has served as Porter’s president and chief executive officer since March 2016, is expected to return to his previous role as a physician after leaves his cur
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott’s public schedule Aug. 18-24, 2018

  17-08-2018 23:23 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Office of the GovernorAug. 17, 2018
  Contact:Ethan [email protected]
  Governor Phil Scott’s Public Schedule: 8/18/18 – 8/24/18
  Saturday, August 18
  No public events scheduled
  Sunday, August 19
  12:30 p.m.
  Bennington Battle Day Parade
  Bennington, VT
  Monday, August 20
  11:00 – 11:30 a.m.
  Meet with the Pan-African Youth Leadership Program
  Governor’s Ceremonial Office, Vermont State House, Montpelier, VT
  1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
  Meet with the Vermon
  
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• School water tests provide encouraging results

  17-08-2018 23:13 via vtdigger.org
   
  Re-testing showed that seven of the original 10 schools tested did not have any detectable PFAS in their drinking water. Creative Commons photo
  BENNINGTON — After a second round of water testing for PFAS substances at five Vermont schools, only one result — at Grafton Elementary — remained above the state’s allowable 20 parts per trillion standard for drinking water.Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story with our weekly headlines i
  
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• Vermont unemployment rate holds at 2.8 percent in July

  17-08-2018 21:42 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Department of LaborAug. 17 2018
  Contact:Mathew Barewicz, (802) [email protected]
  The Vermont Department of Labor announced today that the seasonally-adjusted statewide unemployment rate for July was 2.8 percent. This reflects no change from the revised June rate. The national rate in July was 3.9 percent. As of the prior month’s preliminary data, the Burlington-South Burlington Metropolitan NECTA was tied for the twelfth lowest
  
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• Northwestern Ear, Nose & Throat Practice Opens on Northwestern Medical Center campus

  17-08-2018 21:33 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Northwest Medical CenterAug. 14, 2018
  Media Contact:Katharine LaddisonCommunity Relations Specialist802-524-1239/[email protected]
  St. Albans (August 14, 2018) – Northwestern Medical Center opened its newest specialty practice – Northwestern Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) on Monday, August 13, seeing the first patients in the office’s Doctors Office Commons location.
  NMC celebrated with a brief ribbon cutting before patients began arriving early that morning
  
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• VBSR celebrates socially responsible business leaders

  17-08-2018 21:30 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — VBSRAug. 17, 2018
  Contact:Samantha SheehanCommunications ManagerVermont Businesses for Social Responsibility802-862-8347 (office)www.vbsr.org
  – 17th Annual Awards Dinner to be held September 20th at Basin Harbor-
  Burlington, VT – Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) is pleased to honor three outstanding individuals and organizations who are pushing new ideas and initiatives forward, leading by outstanding example, and developing successful socially
  
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• GW Plastics wins Vermont Business Growth Award and Workforce Development Grants

  17-08-2018 21:22 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — GW PlasticsAugust 17, 2018
  Contact:Rebecca MurphyCorporate Marketing Specialist239 Pleasant StreetBethel, VT 05032+1 (802) [email protected]
  State of Vermont, KeyBank, and VT Business Magazine Honor LeadingContract Manufacturer with $80K Grants and Award for Company Growth
  Bethel, VT – Global plastic and silicone injection molder and contract manufacturer GW Plastics is proud to announce that it has won the 2018 Vermont Business Growth Award an
  
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• Grace Coolidge Musicale features piano duets

  17-08-2018 21:11 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Division for Historic PreservationAug. 17, 2018
  Contact:William W. Jenney, Regional Historic Site AdministratorVermont Division for Historic Preservation(802) 672-3773, [email protected]
  Plymouth Notch, VT: The President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site welcomes two outstanding musicians for the Grace Coolidge Musicale on Sunday, August 26. Pianists Abigail Charbeneau and Susan Cobb will perform in the Coolidge Museum & Education Center at 4:00 p.m. T
  
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• Castleton University to host presidential installation, fall convocation Aug. 30

  17-08-2018 21:08 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Castleton UniversityAug. 17, 2018
  Contact::Jeff [email protected]
  Dr. Karen M. Scolforo will be installed as tenth president of modern era
  CASTLETON, VT (08/17/2018) Castleton University will officially install Dr. Karen M. Scolforo as its tenth president of the modern era on Thursday, August 30 at 4 p.m. as part of its Fall Convocation ceremony in the Casella Theater.
  The installation ceremony will feature remarks from Vermont State Colleges System Chancellor Jeb
  
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• Teens hit pay dirt with Youth Conservation Corps

  17-08-2018 21:05 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont Youth Conservation Corps members, from left, Hayden Skwirut, Lucy Smith, Madeline Belliveau, Yared Capy-Goldfarb, Marissa Edwards and Paul Aquardo work on a Windham County crew. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  Madeline Belliveau thought she’d clean up working an afterschool dishwashing job. But even with the regular paycheck, the 17-year-old Halifax girl soon wanted to get her hands out of the sink and into something dirtier.
  “I didn’t want to be in the kitchen a
  
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• UVM Health Network Porter Medical Center announces plans for leadership transition

  17-08-2018 21:03 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — UVM Health Network Porter Medical CenterAugust 17, 2018
  Contact:Ron Hallman, 388-4744
  MIDDLEBURY—UVM Health Network Porter Medical Center Board Chair Maureen McLaughlin has announced that Porter’s President, Dr. Fred Kniffin, will step down from his leadership role next spring. The search for a new leader for Porter will begin shortly.
  “We will always be deeply grateful to Fred for answering our call two years ago and serving in this role, first on an
  
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• ‘Crash to Creativity’ convening Aug. 23 in Bennington

  17-08-2018 20:57 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Town of Bennington16 August 2018
  Contact:Zirwat Chowdbury, Office of Community Development, Town of Bennington802.445.1330 – [email protected]
  Robert McBride, Southern Zone coordinator for the VT Creative Network802-463-3252 – [email protected]
  (Bennington VT) – The second Southern Vermont Creative Network Meeting, “Crash to Creativity,” will be hosted at the Bennington Museum, 75 Main Street in Bennington, Vermont on Thursday, August 23
  
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• Vermont road projects week of Aug. 20

  17-08-2018 20:54 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Agency of TransportationAugust 20, 2018
  Contact:Brent CurtisPublic Outreach CoordinatorAgency of [email protected]://vtrans.vermont.gov/on-the-road
  I visited the construction project on VT 15A and 15 in Morristown this week and remembered the last time I had been there. I like to fly fish that stretch of the Lamoille River that goes under the 15A bridge. But there is a little more to it. I used to bring a gas stove with cooking ingredients, m
  
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• Rescue Inc. training in Brattleboro will simulate active shooter response with full tactical gear, gun fire (no bullets)

  17-08-2018 20:50 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Rescue Inc.Aug. 17, 2018
  Contact:Chief Drew [email protected]
  IMPORTANT NOTICE!
  As part of our ongoing preparation and training for active shooter incidents, members of Rescue Inc, The Vermont State Police and US Military members will be taking part in a Tactical Combat Casualty Care class at Rescue Inc, 541 Canal Street, Brattleboro. The training will be conducted from 8am to 5pm on Saturday August 18th and Sunday August 19th. This training include
  
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• The Deeper Dig: From ‘Fan Club’ to ‘Roseanne’?

  17-08-2018 20:33 via vtdigger.org
  Bradford Broyles started an anonymous video series to send up Gov. Scott, but he wants to take his comedy one step farther.
  The Deeper Dig is a weekly podcast from the VTDigger newsroom. Listen below, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify or anywhere you listen to podcasts.
  Bradford Broyles, a filmmaker and GOP operative, has spent the last year and a half quietly publishing a video series lampooning Republican Gov. Phil Scott for drifting towards the pol
  
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• A Look At Early Childhood Literacy dlvr.it/QgDVJk https://t.co/Opl5QoF2lW

  17-08-2018 20:19 via twitter.com
  
  A Look At Early Childhood Literacy dlvr.it/QgDVJk https://t.co/Opl5QoF2lW
  
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• YWP: ‘What I Will Tell the Hairdresser’

  17-08-2018 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: A divorced couple agree to settlement change, but court says no

  17-08-2018 17:30 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska.Penland v. Warren, 2018 VT 70
  Life is pretty grand when people agree. That’s partly why this particular case got reversed.RELATED STORIESSCOV Law Blog: Determining ‘standing’ in a guardianship caseSCOV Law Blog: Backing out of a foreclosure saleSCOV Law Blog: Recommendation does not equal promiseSCOV Law Blog: State’s independent contractors rules put to the testSCOV Law Blog: Divorce dispute in
  
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• The State Of Hunting, Fishing And Preservation In Vermont dlvr.it/QgCbny https://t.co/p1GCwwoW7C

  17-08-2018 17:19 via twitter.com
  
  The State Of Hunting, Fishing And Preservation In Vermont dlvr.it/QgCbny https://t.co/p1GCwwoW7C
  
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• Blue-green algae closes swimming pond in Saxtons River

  17-08-2018 15:40 via vtdigger.org
  The Saxons River Recreation Area’s swimming pond is closed because of cyanobacteria in the water. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer
  Editor’s note: This story by Susan Smallheer was published in the Brattleboro Reformer on Aug. 17.
  SAXTONS RIVER — The Saxtons River Recreation Area has been closed until further notice because of high levels of blue-green algae, which is usually found along Lake Champlain.
  Rockingham Health Officer Charles Wise said Thursday the Depa
  
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• Christine Hallquist made history. Can she beat Phil Scott?

  17-08-2018 03:51 via vtdigger.org
  Christine Hallquist speaks at a Democratic unity event in Burlington on Wednesday. Photo by Alexandre Silberman/VTDigger
  BURLINGTON— Dozens of Vermont’s most notable Democrats crammed into an atrium in downtown Burlington Wednesday evening, still riding the buzz from a historic and high profile gubernatorial primary win by a new member of the club.
  The night before, Christine Hallquist, who until February was CEO of the Vermont Electric Cooperative, bested her three Democratic oppone
  
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• After unsettling week and racial slurs, parents say camp won’t be back

  17-08-2018 03:45 via vtdigger.org
  Youths of color attending a summer camp in Stowe earlier this month were targets of racial slurs and other offensive behavior, according to parents, who say the camp has scrapped plans to hold another session in Vermont next year.
  Eighty-five families from across the country and the world attended the one-week program for adopted children of color, run by Pact, a California-based adoption organization that runs summer camps on the West and East Coasts.
  The purpose of the camps, parents said, is
  
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• Vermont woman linked to slayings nabbed on probation violation

  17-08-2018 01:50 via vtdigger.org
  Kaitlyn Robare of Colchester was wanted for a probation violation. Florida Department of Corrections photo
  A Vermont woman has been arrested and is heading to Florida where she is wanted for allegedly violating her probation stemming from convictions linked to a 2012 murder case.
  Kaitlyn Robare, 25, of Colchester, was taken into custody Tuesday following a traffic stop in South Burlington, according to Michael Barron, supervisor of the warrant division with the U.S. Marshals Service in Vermont.G
  
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• Nonprofit group buys South Burlington apartment complex

  17-08-2018 01:24 via vtdigger.org
  Dorsett Commons apartment complex in South Burlington. Photo by Alexandre Silberman/VTDigger
  A 105-unit apartment complex in South Burlington has been purchased by a local non-profit with an aim toward keeping rent low and affordable.
  The Champlain Housing Trust announced on Wednesday the acquisition of Dorset Commons, a 15-acre property located near South Burlington High School.
  Michael Monte, the chief operating and financial officer, said the overall cost to the trust is more than $13 million
  
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• Marie Audet: Farmers onboard with climate solutions

  17-08-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Marie Audet, who with her family owns Blue Spruce Farm in Bridport. She is an independent candidate for an Addison County Senate seat and a member of the Governor’s Climate Action Commission.
  As a lifelong dairy farmer, I bring a unique perspective to my work with the Governor’s Climate Action Commission. My family and I work with the land each and every day, and we value Vermont for its natural beauty and resources. We could not do what we
  
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• Lucy Leriche: Abortion rights in danger

  17-08-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Lucy Leriche, who is vice president of public policy for the Planned Parenthood Vermont Action Fund. This piece was first published in the Times Argus.
  With Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States, the right to access abortion safely and legally in this country is on the line.
  Brett Kavanaugh has already ruled to limit access to safe, legal abortion. Just last year, he attempted to use his judic
  
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• Bill Schubart: The arts are soul food

  17-08-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bill Schubart, a regular commentator for Vermont Public Radio and a former board member of the Vermont Journalism Trust, the umbrella organization for VTDigger.org. This piece was first aired on VPR.
  Efforts to defund the National Endowment of the Arts are a quadrennial budget issue here at home. And in many countries, artists, like journalists, are censored, jailed, or even assassinated.
  Dictators, nativists and fundamentalists of all stripes are suspi
  
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• State disputes No. 1 ranking in opioid-dependent moms

  17-08-2018 00:31 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  State officials and health advocates are questioning the findings of a recent federal report that says Vermont has the nation’s highest rate of new mothers who are opioid-dependent.
  The report, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says nearly 5 percent of women who were hospitalized in Vermont to give birth in 2014 had opioid use disorder. That’s far above the national average of 0.65 perce
  
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• Primary turnout reaches 22 percent despite dire predictions

  17-08-2018 00:16 via vtdigger.org
  Barre City residents line up to receive their ballots inside the Barre Municipal Auditorium. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  In the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s primary election, experts predicted the turnout would be low] and some cited the 9 percent turnout in 2014 as a comparable, but the experts were wrong with early reports showing turnout at approximately 22 percent.
  This is the highest turnout in a non-presidential year since 2010 when 24 percent of voters went to the polls. Get a
  
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