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• Pop Culture Politics: How TV, Movies And Books Shape Our Real-World Views dlvr.it/QjFFVF https://t.co/KvREJ0z70P

  05-09-2018 23:15 via twitter.com
  
  Pop Culture Politics: How TV, Movies And Books Shape Our Real-World Views dlvr.it/QjFFVF https://t.co/KvREJ0z70P
  
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• Vermont Electric Cooperative to receive grant from FEMA

  05-09-2018 22:45 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Federal Emergency Management AgencyAug. 31, 2018
  Contact:FEMA News Desk617-687-3209
  FEMA Approves More Than $1.7 Million for Permanent Repairs of Utility Infrastructure to Vermont Electric Cooperative
  REGION 1 – The Vermont Electric Cooperative will receive $1,743,876 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the repair of 54 transformers and 2,887 miles of transmission and distribution electric conductor line poles damaged in the October 2017 severe stor
  
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• Pine Street Coalition to hold tours of Champlain Parkway route

  05-09-2018 22:40 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Pine Street CoalitionSept. 3, 2018
  Contacts:
  Tony Redington343-6616Post Office Box 8726
  Steve Goodkind316-6045
  Charles Simpson 865-5110
  Champlain Parkway Road to Nowhere Walk and Bike Tours 10 a.m. September 15 Start from Pine St./Queen City Park Road
  BURLINGTON—The grassroots group Pine Street Coalition holds a “Road toNowhere Walk and Bike Tours” Saturday, September 8 along the ChamplainParkway route from the bottom of Pine Street to the City Market Co-op
  
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• Vermont commerce agency rebuffs federal shutdown of EB-5 center

  05-09-2018 22:30 via vtdigger.org
  Dignitaries break ground on a proposed EB-5 project in Newport in May 2015. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger
  The state is appealing a federal decision to terminate the Vermont EB-5 Center.
  The administrative appeal, filed Wednesday by an outside law firm, alleges that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services termination decision “is not based in federal law or USCIS guidance documents.”Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our courts and criminal justice c
  
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• UPDATED: Vermont commerce agency rebuffs federal shutdown of EB-5 center

  05-09-2018 22:30 via vtdigger.org
  Dignitaries break ground on a proposed EB-5 project in Newport in May 2015. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger
  The state is appealing a federal decision to terminate the Vermont EB-5 Center.
  The administrative appeal, filed Wednesday by an outside law firm, alleges that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services termination decision “is not based in federal law or USCIS guidance documents.”Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our courts and criminal justice c
  
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• Phoenix Books to host Rick Winston and Richard Watts

  05-09-2018 22:27 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Phoenix BooksSept. 3, 2018
  Contact:Kristen Eaton802.872.7111 (p)[email protected]
  RICK WINSTON, AUTHOR OF RED SCARE IN THE GREEN MOUNTAINS, IN CONVERSATION WITH RICHARD WATTS
  Burlington, Vermont – September 3, 2018: On Tuesday, September 25th at 7pm, Phoenix Books Burlington will host Rick WInston, author of Red Scare in the Green Mountains, in conversation with Richard Watts of the Center for Research on Vermont.
  What happened in Vermont whe
  
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• Kelly Brush fundraiser expects hundreds of participants

  05-09-2018 22:23 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Kelly Brush FoundationSept. 4, 2018
  Contact:Whitney Coombs802-846-5298 x [email protected]
  HUNDREDS READY TO PEDAL OR PUTT IN 13TH ANNUAL KELLY BRUSH FUNDRAISER ON SATURDAYCYCLISTS AND GOLFERS RAISE FUNDS FOR ADAPTIVE SPORTS AND SKI RACING SAFETY
  BURLINGTON, Vt. (Sept. 4, 2018)—More than 750 cyclists are expected to pedal Saturday in the 13th annual Kelly Brush Ride powered by VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations. In addition, dozens of golfers are set
  
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• LISTEN: 'Revenge Porn' Isn't Free Speech: Vermont Supreme Court Upholds State Law dlvr.it/QjF1jK https://t.co/92T5pYnl5g

  05-09-2018 22:22 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: 'Revenge Porn' Isn't Free Speech: Vermont Supreme Court Upholds State Law dlvr.it/QjF1jK https://t.co/92T5pYnl5g
  
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• Hunger Free Vermont receives grant from National Life Group Foundation

  05-09-2018 22:19 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Hunger Free VermontSept. 4, 2018
  MEDIA CONTACT:Monica [email protected]
  HUNGER FREE VERMONT RECEIVES $50,000 GRANT FROM National Life Group FoundationSupporting Child Nutrition Initiatives throughout Vermont
  South Burlington, VT – Hunger Free Vermont has been awarded a $50,000 grant from National Life Group Foundation to support their core program providing free training and technical assistance to schools and childcare providers. In the past y
  
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• Vermont Department of Health recognizes Falls Prevention Awareness Month

  05-09-2018 22:09 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Department of HealthSept. 4, 2018
  Media Contacts:
  Monica White802-241-0354 / 802-398-5024
  Ben Truman802-951-5153 / 802-863-7281
  Vermont is Ready to Stay SteadyFalls Prevention for Healthy Aging
  Waterbury, VT – Of the nearly 1,500 calls in 2015-2016 to Vermont’s Emergency Medical Services to aid in a fall incident, 8 out of 10 involved people who were 65 years of age or older. As part of Falls Prevention Awareness Month, the Department of Disabilities, Agi
  
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• Vermont files suit: ‘We’re going to war with Big Pharma’

  05-09-2018 21:57 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan speaks Wednesday outside the Chittenden County Superior Court in Burlington where he filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state against Purdue Pharma. Photo by Alan J. Keays/VTDigger
  BURLINGTON – When Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo approached reporters outside a courthouse Wednesday afternoon, he didn’t mince words about the upcoming announcement.
  “We’re going to war with Big Pharma,” the police chief for Vermont’s mos
  
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• Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission awarded Vermont Agency of Natural Resources grant

  05-09-2018 21:46 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Central Vermont Regional Planning CommissionSept. 4, 2018
  Contact:Pam [email protected]: (802) 229-0389
  Winooski River Basin Project Upload to VT Agency of Natural Resources Database
  The Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission (CVRPC), in conjunction with 10 other regional commissions in Vermont, has been awarded a grant from the Water Quality Division of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR). The Commission conducted this project to benefit var
  
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• Vermont Student Assistance Corporation offers workshops

  05-09-2018 21:40 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Student Assistance CorporationSept. 4, 2018
  Media Contact:Sabina [email protected]
  Get your FSA ID at the college fairVSAC offers easy, 30-minute workshops at Saint Michael’s College
  WINOOSKI (September 4, 2018)— When hundreds of students and families check out colleges and career training programs at Saint Michael’s College next week, they also should take a few minutes to get their FSA ID so they will be ready to file the FAFSA,
  
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• LISTEN: More Calls, Fewer Volunteers: The Struggles Of Rural Ambulance Departments dlvr.it/QjDYcf https://t.co/o0ImxvpRJt

  05-09-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: More Calls, Fewer Volunteers: The Struggles Of Rural Ambulance Departments dlvr.it/QjDYcf https://t.co/o0ImxvpRJt
  
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• Thetford residents, farm, officials partner on community solar array

  05-09-2018 19:41 via vtdigger.org
  This story by Matt Hongoltz-Hetling was published in the Valley News on Sept. 4.
  POST MILLS — As Vermont’s ever-shifting energy landscape continues to shake up the renewable energy sector, a community solar array coming online this month will showcase a new twist on existing financial models.
  “This is a hybrid,” said Dori Wolfe, whose company, Wolfe Energy in Strafford, has purchased two shares — at a cost of $2,784 each — of the 185-kilowatt array, which is s
  
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• Southeastern Vermont Community Action encourages workshop series

  05-09-2018 19:39 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Southeastern Vermont Community ActionSept. 4, 2018
  Contact:Susan Dillon(802) 722-4575 ext. 151
  Don’t “Fall Back” into bad financial habits—Get Financially Fit!
  BRATTLEBORO — SEVCA invites participants to register for its upcoming “Financial Fitness” workshop series, to be held in Brattleboro starting September 19. This 7-part workshop series will help participants improve their relationship with money, develop strong financial habits
  
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• Sen. Leahy statement on Judge Kavanaugh nomination hearing

  05-09-2018 19:35 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Patrick LeahySept. 4, 2018
  Press Contact:David Carle(202) 224-3693
  Opening Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)U.S. Supreme Court Nomination Hearing Of Judge Brett Kavanaugh
  I have served in the Senate for 44 years, a span that includes 19 nominations to the Supreme Court. I have never seen so much at stake with a single seat. And I have never seen such a dangerous rush to fill it. President Trump promised that he would only nominate judges to the Supreme Court wh
  
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• Garza sentencing for digital currency wire fraud close at hand

  05-09-2018 19:04 via vtdigger.org
  Josh Garza
  Editor’s note: This story by Bob Audette was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on Sept. 5.
  HARTFORD, CONN. — Although federal sentencing guidelines call for 63 to 78 months of imprisonment for a man accused of defrauding investors of nearly $10 million, his attorneys are asking a federal court judge to sentence him to probation.Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our courts and criminal justice coverage with our weekly headlines in your inbox.
  
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• Advocate pushes for freeze on hospital executive pay pending study

  05-09-2018 03:11 via vtdigger.org
  Members of the Green Mountain Care Board reviewed budget proposals for three UVM Health Network hospitals during a hearing in Burlington. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  A mental health advocate plans to challenge health care regulators on Wednesday to impose a one-year freeze on salaries of hospital administrators making more than $500,000 a year.
  Ken Libertoff, former director of the Vermont Association for Mental Health, said the Green Mountain Care Board has engaged in a “dereliction
  
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• Government joins VTDigger in objecting to closed hearing in death penalty case

  05-09-2018 03:03 via vtdigger.org
  Judge Geoffrey Crawford, right, closed a hearing in Donald Fell case over concerns that “volatile” testimony could taint a potential jury. Photo by Roger Crowley
  Federal prosecutors have filed a formal motion supporting VTDigger’s objection to the closing of the courtroom to the public during a pretrial hearing last week in the death penalty case against accused killer Donald Fell.
  Judge Geoffrey Crawford closed a hearing to the public and press last Wednesday over concerns tha
  
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• Vermont Supreme Court sides with state employees in sick leave case

  05-09-2018 02:55 via vtdigger.org
  VSEA President Dave Bellini at a press conference in 2016. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
  The Vermont Supreme Court has sided with the state employees union in a case over paid leave, ruling that the state can’t cap the number of accrued sick days workers use when they’re out because of a serious injury or illness.
  The case stems from a grievance filed by a now-retired Agency of Transportation surveyor, Kobe Kelley, with the Vermont Labor Relations Board. But it could a
  
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• National Forest Service, Dover rec group collaborate on trail access project

  05-09-2018 02:46 via vtdigger.org
  On Aug. 23, the Green Mountain National Forest Service made a site visit to the Deerfield Ridge Trail and came out on the Big Dipper trail at Mount Snow ski resort. Photo provided by Andy McLean
  Editor’s note: This story by Chris Mays was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on Sept. 4.
  DOVER — A recent meeting with National Forest Service representatives gave local outdoor enthusiasts hope that a project to expand public access to backcountry biking, hiking and skiing could be
  
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• Norwich town manager convicted in I-89 crash with plow truck

  05-09-2018 02:24 via vtdigger.org
  Norwich Town Manager Herbert A. Durfee III
  BURLINGTON — Norwich Town Manager Herbert A. Durfee III received a 30- to 60-day suspended jail sentence and was ordered to pay $492 in fines and surcharges on Tuesday after pleading no contest to negligent operation with alcohol involved for his role in a crash along Interstate 89 last winter.
  Durfee and his lawyer declined comment after the plea hearing on the misdemeanor charge as they left Vermont Superior Court in Burlington.
  The 55-year-old
  
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• Addiction treatment expansion hits snag in prisons

  05-09-2018 01:53 via vtdigger.org
  The Northern State Correctional Facility, the state’s largest prison, has the longest drug addiction screening backlog of all the state’s prison facilities, said Lisa Menard, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections. Courtesy Vermont Department of Corrections
  Two months after a new law expanded Vermont prisoners’ access to addiction treatment, advocates say some inmates have been unfairly denied access to that treatment.
  The controversy hinges on the interpretation
  
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• Scott Milne: Leahy’s no Aiken

  05-09-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Scott Milne, who is president of Milne Travel. A Republican, he ran against Gov. Peter Shumlin in 2014 and against U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy in 2016.
  Patrick Leahy occupies the U.S. Senate seat once held by George Aiken, and a century before Aiken, by Justin Morrill.
  Aiken and Morrill are two of the most consequential and distinguished senators to ever serve our nation.
  Morrill was a key source of strength and influence in the United States Senate for Pre
  
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• Dan Smith: A new generation of local leadership

  05-09-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Dan Smith, who is president and CEOof The Vermont Community Foundation.
  Vermont faces a set of economic and demographic challenges that, if left unaddressed, will continue to erode communities, widen the gap between regions and stretch the distance between poor families and wealthy families in our state.
  What was once a bedrock article of faith in our culture — that hard work will get you ahead — is being called into question as never before
  
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• Don Keelan: A free press is in no danger

  05-09-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Don Keelan, a retired certified public accountant and resident of Arlington. The piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner.
  Several weeks ago, throughout Vermont and the country, newspapers – print and digital – called our attention to the fact that they were under attack. According to reports, the campaign by the media had its beginnings at the Boston Globe. The Globe asked “the president of the United States to knock off attackin
  
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• Moose drowns in Lake Champlain after retreating from onlookers

  05-09-2018 00:37 via vtdigger.org
  A moose drowned in Lake Champlain off this fishing access point at Allen Point in South Hero on Saturday. State wildlife officials say the 2- to 3-year-old male moose probably was suffering from a brain parasite. Photo courtesy Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department
  Visitors at a South Hero lookout point on Saturday morning saw something abnormal swimming in Lake Champlain: a moose.
  The moose came on to shore at Allen Point — a Fish and Wildlife access area near the northern end of the cau
  
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• Northfield Savings Bank completes bank renovations

  05-09-2018 00:18 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Northfield Savings BankAug. 30, 2018
  Contact:Kathryn [email protected]
  Northfield Savings Bank Announces Completed Northfield Branch Renovations
  Northfield, VT – Northfield Savings Bank (NSB) employees, members of the Board of Trustees, and friends from the community recently inaugurated the Bank’s newly renovated Northfield office at 33 South Main Street, culminating one year of work upgrading the space.
  The Bank’s historic hom
  
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• Sterling College earns high sustainability ranking from Sierra Club

  05-09-2018 00:15 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sterling CollegeAug. 27, 2018
  MEDIA CONTACT:Katie Lavin802.586.7711 x [email protected]
  Sterling College Earns a Top Spot in Sierra’s “Cool Schools” Ranking for Sustainability
  August 27, 2018 • Craftsbury Common, Vt. • Sterling College was again awarded a spot in the Top 20 in Sierra magazine’s “Cool Schools,” the recently released ranking of the greenest colleges and universities in North America. The Cool Schools ra
  
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• Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets proposes final amendment to water quality rule

  05-09-2018 00:12 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & MarketsAug. 31, 2018
  Contact:Ryan Patch(802) [email protected]
  VAAFM Files Final Proposed Subsurface Tile Drainage Water Quality RuleFinal Step in Public Rulemaking Process Ongoing Since February, 2018
  August 31, 2018 / Montpelier, VT – On Tuesday, August 21, 2018, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets (VAAFM) filed the final proposed rule amendment to the Required Agricultural Practices (RAPs) with
  
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• Burlington hosts new U.S. Department of Arts and Culture outpost

  05-09-2018 00:04 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — U.S. Department of Arts and CultureAug. 31, 2018
  Contact:[email protected]
  Burlington Has A New U.S. Department of Arts & Culture OutpostLocal Arts Advocates Organize for Fairness and Democracy
  BURLINGTON, VT, August 31, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture is a nation-wide, people-powered action network which recognizes that “art and culture can build empathy, create a sense of belonging, and activate the social imagination and civic agency neede
  
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