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• Burlington Public Works Department begins St. Paul St. reconstruction

  25-08-2018 15:00 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Burlington DPWAugust 24, 2018
  Contact:Chapin Spencer, DPW Director, 802-863-9094×3Robert Goulding, DPW Public Information Manager, 802-540-0846
  City on Track to Complete Major Investments and Improvements in Burlington Infrastructure During the 2018 Construction Season
  Burlington, VT – Due to the voters’ passage of the Sustainable Infrastructure Plan in November of 2016, the City has been making major investments in Burlington’s streets, sidewalks, an
  
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• Winooski joins Montpelier in considering noncitizen voting

  25-08-2018 02:24 via vtdigger.org
  A municipal ballot from Town Meeting Day 2018. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  Voters in two Vermont cities will likely weigh in this November on letting non-citizens cast ballots in municipal elections.
  City councilors in Winooski this week agreed to put a question on the ballot during November’s general election on amending the municipality’s charter to let non-citizens vote. And in Montpelier, a citizen petition to do the same is already circulating and expected to garner e
  
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• Memorial auditorium survey shows wide support for renovation

  25-08-2018 01:17 via vtdigger.org
  Memorial Auditorium in Burlington. Wikipedia photo
  The results of a Burlington-wide survey to gauge the community’s appetite for action on Memorial Auditorium show almost unanimous support for renovation.
  Of the almost 2,600 Burlington residents who responded to the survey, 84 percent said they support renovation of the building,, while 64 percent said that maintaining the original status of the building as a memorial to World War I should be “prominently highlighted” going for
  
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• Clai Lasher-Sommers: Governor’s win shows support for gun laws

  25-08-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Clai Lasher-Sommers, who is executive director of GunSense Vermont.
  The governor’s victory in the recent Republican primary shows that the vast majority of Vermonters – including those in the Republican Party – are supportive of his courageous actions to pass gun safety measures. The governor’s win sends a clear message and politicians and political pundits nationwide should pay attention: Republicans can stand for commonsense gu
  
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• Paul Ralston: VPR’s underwriting policy questioned

  25-08-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Paul Ralston, of Middlebury, who is the CEO of Vermont Coffee Company and an independent candidate for the Addison Senate seat. He is a former Vermont House representative.
  On Aug. 16, Vermont Public Radio informed the Vermont Coffee Company that the company’s prepaid underwriting spots would be blacked out on their network for a month because I am an independent candidate for the Vermont Senate to represent the Addison District.According to VPR,
  
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• Bob Stannard: Mind your own beeswax

  25-08-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bob Stannard, an author, musician and former lobbyist. This piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner.
  So what is it about the 8’s? To quote one of my favorite bluesmen, Howlin’ Wolf, “I ain’t superstitious, but a black cat crossed my trail.”
  I don’t know if a black cat crossed anyone’s path or not, but the 8’s sure do bring out the very best of Vermont.
  In 1998 Vermonters witnessed one of the most ext
  
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