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• Vermont Army National Guard hosts soldier showcase

  06-09-2018 23:14 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Army National GuardSept. 4, 2018
  Contact:Adjutant General of Vermont(802) 338-3478 DSN: 636-3478 FAX: (802) 338-3247 DSN: 636-3247P.O.C. 1st Lt. Mike Arcovitch (802) 338-3478, BB (802) 734-16772018 POC: 1LT Mike Arcovitch PHONE: (802) 338-3478 C: (802) 734-1677
  The Vermont Army National Guard is scheduled to host Soldier Showcase 2018 at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho, Vermont, Saturday-Sunday, September 8-9, highlighting each unit in the VTARNG in one locat
  
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• Sterling College ranks highly in Washington Monthly

  06-09-2018 22:49 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sterling CollegeSept. 4, 2018
  Media Contact:Katie Lavin802-586-7711 x [email protected]
  Washington Monthly Ranks Sterling College No.13 Best Liberal Arts College
  September 4, 2018 • Craftsbury Common, Vt. • Sterling College was ranked No. 13 in the Liberal Arts Colleges category of the recently released 2018 Washington Monthly College Rankings. This is the first time the environmental stewardship college has appeared in the prestigious ranking of U.S. c
  
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• Burlington Electric requests information to reduce fossil fuels

  06-09-2018 22:43 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Burlington ElectricSept. 4, 2018
  Contact:Mike Kanarick802.735.7962
  Burlington Electric Issues RFI for New Projects and Programs to Help Reduce or Eliminate Fossil Fuel ConsumptionLaunches New Web Tool for Use by Customers, Businesses, Non-Profits, and Community to Participate in BED “Tier 3” Electrification Initiatives
  Burlington, VT – The Burlington Electric Department (BED) today issued a Request for Information (RFI) through which BED is requesting ideas
  
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• Democrat sets sights on Stowe House seat long held by Scheuermann

  06-09-2018 22:37 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This story by Tommy Gardner was published by the Stowe Reporter on Sept. 6.
  The statewide Democratic apparatus has taken an interest in the race to determine who represents Stowe in the Vermont House of Representatives, a contest that has hit the $40,000 fundraising mark two months before 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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  06-09-2018 21:25 via twitter.com
  
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• Preventing Falls And The Damage They Cause For Senior Citizens dlvr.it/QjLqZ3 https://t.co/rO8BqzTEr2

  06-09-2018 20:54 via twitter.com
  
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• NewVistas land put on the market

  06-09-2018 20:35 via vtdigger.org
  Some images of Highland Farm from the real estate listing by Dunrovin Real Estate in South Royalton.
  This article by Matt Hongoltz-Hetling was published by the Valley News on Sept. 5.
  SHARON — The Utah developer who recently backed off long-term plans to build a sustainable community in rural Vermont has put 500 acres of forest and pastures on the market, while conservationists are planning a pair of community forums to gauge public opinion on the region’s future.
  Beginning in 2015,
  
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• Bennington woman describes her arrest at Kavanaugh hearing

  06-09-2018 19:23 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This article by David LaChance was published in the Bennington Banner on Sept. 6.
  Vickie Lampron’s first warning came after she shouted across the Senate hearing room at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.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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• Woman gets time served in ricin poisoning case

  06-09-2018 18:36 via vtdigger.org
  The Wake Robin retirement community in Shelburne. Wake Robin photo
  BURLINGTON — A 71-year-old woman who authorities say made the deadly poison ricin and tested it on her fellow residents at a Shelburne retirement community last November has been sentenced to time served.
  No resident of the Wake Robin facility suffered permanent injuries as a result of the actions of Betty Miller, who later told authorities she wanted to see if poison she made actually worked before she took it in a bid to
  
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• Conservation advocates tout return on taxpayer investment

  06-09-2018 03:26 via vtdigger.org
  Conservation leaders gather in front of Richmond’s iconic West Monitor Barn Wednesday. Photo by Elizabeth Gribkoff/VTDigger
  RICHMOND — Heavy hitters in Vermont’s conservation community announced the results Wednesday of a major economic analysis of such efforts: Every state dollar invested in conservation over a 28-year-period yields nine dollars in associated benefits.
  “That’s a hell of an investment,” said Win Smith, CEO of Sugarbush and trustee for the Natu
  
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• Math course aims to make high-schoolers more college-ready

  06-09-2018 02:59 via vtdigger.org
  Students who graduate from high school often are not ready for college level math courses. File photo by Cate Chant/VTDigger
  For high school graduates making their way through college, math is a perennial roadblock. Students who didn’t take higher-level math courses in high school are less likely to go to college – but even for those who enroll, far too many need a remedial course in the subject.
  So the Vermont State Colleges, the Vermont Student Assistance Corp., and the state Agenc
  
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• Care board won’t enter fray on executive pay

  06-09-2018 01:59 via vtdigger.org
  Kevin Mullin is the chair of the Green Mountain Care Board. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  The Green Mountain Care Board won’t “micromanage” hospitals by getting directly involved in executive pay or personnel issues, Chair Kevin Mullin said Wednesday.
  Mullin, who was responding to a request that the board order a compensation freeze for some hospital administrators, said there are legal obstacles to the board intervening in contractual relationships between nonprof
  
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• Bennington police chief defends response to complaints from Kiah Morris

  06-09-2018 01:54 via vtdigger.org
  Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette. Photo by Holly Pelczynski/ Bennington Banner
  BENNINGTON — The Bennington Police Department has investigated all complaints filed by Rep. Ruqaiyah “Kiah” Morris and her husband “appropriately and efficiently,” and has not found enough evidence to charge anyone with a crime, Police Chief Paul Doucette said in a statement released over the weekend.The statement came in response to claims from Morris, a Bennington Democrat who is b
  
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• Authorities: Stowe pilot’s death in glider crash ‘instant’

  06-09-2018 01:21 via vtdigger.org
  Donald Post, seen here in a 2017 photo piloting a glider, was the owner of Stowe Soaring. He was killed in a glider crash last week. File photo by Caleigh Cross/Stowe Reporter
  The pilot of a glider that crashed last week into Sterling Mountain in Morristown, killing him as well as two passengers, died instantly of the injuries he suffered in the crash, according to his death certificate.
  Donald Post, 70, died of “blunt impacts of head, torso and extremities,” the filing this week wit
  
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• Rick Davis: Con Hogan — ‘a titan of public service’

  06-09-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rick Davis, who is the president of the Permanent Fund for Vermont’s Children.
  The Permanent Fund has lost a friend.
  Cornelius “Con” Hogan, our first board member recruited, who, until his final day, remained committed to our mission of ensuring the best possible future for all Vermont children, passed away recently at the age of 77. He left behind a void we’ll spend the remainder of our days failing to fill.
  Con’s input an
  
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• Al Salzman: A Republican coup

  06-09-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Al Salzman, of Fairfield, who is a retired public school art teacher and an active painter.
  In watching the Senate Judiciary hearings on the confirmation of arch-conservative Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, I realized that I was witness to a Republican coup d’etat — literally a blow against constitutional law and due legislative process. Following on the heels of Republican gangsterism that hijacked the Judge Merrick Garland nomination
  
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• Karen Gross: A handshake rejected speaks volumes

  06-09-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Karen Gross, the former president of Southern Vermont College, who is now an author and educational consultant in Washington, D.C.
  I had been conflicted over Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court. For starters, Merrick Garland, a true moderate and deeply qualified, should have had that seat but we know why he doesn’t: politics. And, we are missing many documents related to Brett Kavanaugh’s work, on and off of a cour
  
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• Leahy presses Kavanaugh over emails stolen by Republican operative

  06-09-2018 00:45 via vtdigger.org
  Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh responds to questions during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday. CSPAN videoOn the second day of the Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., dredged up a relatively obscure Bush-era scandal during his 30 minutes questioning nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
  Vermont’s senior senator accused the judge of being aware of emails stolen from Leahy and other Democrats from 2001 to 2003 and having knowledge of the warrantless surveillanc
  
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• Ex-Gifford hospital employee pleads not guilty to poisoning co-worker

  06-09-2018 00:30 via vtdigger.org
  Wayne C. Parezo, of Braintree, right, listens as his attorney Jason Sawyer speaks with the judge about the conditions for his not guilty plea during Parezo’s arraignment in Orange Superior Court in Chelsea, on Sept. 5, 2018. Photo by Geoff Hansen/Valley News
  This story was published in the Valley News on Sept. 5.
  CHELSEA — A 63-year-old former employee of Gifford Medical Center in Randolph has pleaded not guilty to poisoning a co-worker in July by putting a chemical into her coffee c
  
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• VTDigger Minute: Kavanaugh hearings, inmate death, addiction treatment

  06-09-2018 00:02 via vtdigger.org
   
  VTDigger Minute is a weekly news digest from Vermont PBS. Tune in every Wednesday at 6 p.m. and Thursday at 6:30 a.m. to hear about the week’s top stories.
  This week on the Minute:
  Leahy calls Kavanaugh confirmation hearing ‘a sham’
  Sen. Patrick Leahy is calling the confirmation hearings for President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee a sham. Leahy and other Democrats are demanding more time to review records from Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s time in the George
  
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