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• Campaign 2018: Republican Lawrence Zupan Seeks U.S. Senate In First Bid For Office dlvr.it/QljCx0 https://t.co/9dcYvHpmTQ

  28-09-2018 21:54 via twitter.com
  
  Campaign 2018: Republican Lawrence Zupan Seeks U.S. Senate In First Bid For Office dlvr.it/QljCx0 https://t.co/9dcYvHpmTQ
  
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• LISTEN: Campaign 2018: Republican Anya Tynio Vies For Vermont's U.S. House Seat dlvr.it/Qlj8Sm https://t.co/yc0VSTcqq0

  28-09-2018 21:36 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: Campaign 2018: Republican Anya Tynio Vies For Vermont's U.S. House Seat dlvr.it/Qlj8Sm https://t.co/yc0VSTcqq0
  
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• Catholic Diocese releasing abuse victims from nondisclosure agreements

  28-09-2018 21:03 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont Catholic Bishop Christopher Coyne addresses past child abuse by church personnel at a press conference earlier this month at Burlington’s St. Joseph Cathedral. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  Vermont’s Catholic bishop is releasing abuse victims from nondisclosure agreements signed with the state’s largest religious denomination.
  “Since 2002, the Diocese of Burlington has not required any NDA with survivors as part of a legal settlement,” the Most Rev.
  
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• Court decision imperils Green River Reservoir

  28-09-2018 20:37 via vtdigger.org
  Autumn colors surround the Green River Reservoir in Hyde Park. Photo by Richard Levine/Stowe Reporter
  Editor’s note: This story by Andrew Martin was published by the News & Citizen on Sept 27
  A court decision could spell the end for a treasured body of water, the 653-acre Green River Reservoir, and the isolated, pristine 5,110-acre state park surrounding it in Hyde Park.
  Two years after Morrisville Water & Light appealed state-imposed conditions regulating how it operates three dam
  
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• Future Today Institute releases media trend findings

  28-09-2018 20:31 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Future Today InstituteSept. 17, 2018
  Contact:Cheryl [email protected]
  Our 2019 Journalism, Media and Tech Trends report just went live!
  Launched at the Online News Association conference in Austin, Texas, the Future Today Institute’s new industry report for the future of journalism, media and technology follows the same approach as our popular annual mega trends report, now in its 11th year with more than 7.5 million cumulative views.
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• Sen. Leahy appropriations statement

  28-09-2018 20:22 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Patrick LeahySept. 13, 2018
  CONTACT:Jay Tilton202-224-2667
  Statement of Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)On the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; Financial Services and General Government and Related Agencies; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies; and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies
  I am pleased to be here at the third appropriations conference of
  
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• Bryan Memorial Gallery awards Charles Movalli medal

  28-09-2018 20:14 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Bryan Memorial GallerySept. 13, 2018
  Contact:Mickey Myers802-644-5100
  Bryan Memorial Gallery Awards The First Charles Movalli Medal for Excellence in Painting To Eric Tobin Of Johnson, Vermont
  Jeffersonville, VT: Bryan Memorial Gallery announces Eric Tobin of Johnson, VT is the recipient of the first annual Charles Movalli Medal for Excellence in Painting. The award was announced and presented by Dale Ratcliffe Movalli of Gloucester, MA in memory of her husband, artist Charl
  
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• Bennington County joins addiction recovery pilot program

  28-09-2018 20:00 via vtdigger.org
  Employees at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center and the Turning Point Center gather at the hospital to announce their partnership. Photo by Holly Pelczynski/Bennington Banner
  This story by Christie Wisniewski was published by the Bennington Banner on Sept. 28.
  BENNINGTON — Bennington County has become the third Vermont county to take part in a pilot program that partners addiction treatment centers with local hospitals, to provide recovery coaches to those who arrive in the emergency room
  
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• Reconciled named U.S. Firm of the Future

  28-09-2018 19:27 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — ReconciledSept. 13, 2018
  Contact:Michael [email protected] ext. 700
  Reconciled Honored as Intuit’s 2018 US Firm of the Future
  Burlington, VT (September 13, 2018): BURLINGTON startup Reconciled (formerly Reconciled It) has been chosen as Intuit’s 2018 US Firm of the Future. The Firm of the Future contest, now in its fourth year, searches across the globe for the most future-ready and forward-thinking accounting, bookkeeping and tax firms &mdas
  
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• Sen. Leahy secures funding for Vermont border counties’ economic development

  28-09-2018 19:24 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Patrick LeahySept. 13, 2018
  Contact:David Carle(202) 224-3693
  Appropriations Vice Chair Leahy Wins Significant Increase In Funding For Economic Development In Vermont Border Counties
  WASHINGTON (THURSDAY, Sept. 13, 2018) — Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Thursday that a package of appropriations bills approved by the Senate includes $20 million in Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) grant funding,
  
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• Kavanaugh appointment moves forward; FBI to investigate

  28-09-2018 18:38 via vtdigger.org
  Christine Blasey Ford testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee for hearings on sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday. C-SPAN photo
  Voting along party lines, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Friday the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who has been accused by three women of sexual misconduct. The vote was 11-10.
  The nomination will now be considered by the full Senate, where Republicans hold a 51-49 edge. No date for a
  
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• Kavanaugh appointment moves forward

  28-09-2018 18:38 via vtdigger.org
  Christine Blasey Ford testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee for hearings on sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday. C-SPAN photo
  Republicans advanced the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court in a vote Friday morning that Sen. Patrick Leahy said sent a chilling message to sexual assault victims.
  “Every one of us who has been a prosecutor has seen how hard it is sometimes for victims to come forward and are we s
  
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• YWP: ‘If I Could Fold the World’

  28-09-2018 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: Restitution for a pricey knuckle sandwich

  28-09-2018 17:44 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska.State v. Dwight, 2018 VT 73
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• Judge accepts plea deal; Fell sentenced to life

  28-09-2018 17:41 via vtdigger.org
  A courtroom sketch of Judge Geoffrey Crawford.
  Editor’s note: This story was updated at 5 p.m. with details from the sentencing.
  RUTLAND – Donald Fell admitted Friday to his role in the carjacking and beating death of a North Clarendon grandmother, heading to prison for the rest of his life without the possibility of parole and avoiding a death sentence after nearly two decades of litigation.Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our courts and criminal justice
  
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• Breaking: Judge accepts plea deal; Fell sentenced to life

  28-09-2018 17:41 via vtdigger.org
  A courtroom sketch of Judge Geoffrey Crawford.
  RUTLAND – Donald Fell admitted Friday to his role in the carjacking and beating death of a North Clarendon grandmother, heading to prison without the possibility of parole and avoiding a death sentence after nearly two decades of litigation.Fell entered his guilty pleas in federal court in Rutland to charges in the November 2000 death of 53-year-old Teresca King. He was sentenced by Judge Geoffrey Crawford to spend the rest of his life behind
  
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• UVMMC nurses ratify contract

  28-09-2018 17:29 via vtdigger.org
  Dr. John Brumsted, CEO of the University of Vermont Medical Center, fields questions from the Green Mountain Care Board about the hospital’s budget proposal. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  The nurses at the University of Vermont Medical Center have ratified a contract with the hospital with 70 percent of voting nurses in support.Just shy of 1,100 of the union’s 1,800 nurses voted in the election, which concluded Thursday night. The hospital and the nurses came to a tentative agreem
  
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• Registration deadline near for Leahy’s Vermont Women’s Economic Opportunity Conference

  28-09-2018 05:42 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Patrick LeahySept. 26, 2018
  Contact:leahy.senate.gov802-229-0569
  (WEDNESDAY, Sept. 26, 2018) — Vermont’s 22nd Annual Women’s Economic Opportunity Conference, presented by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), will be held Saturday, Oct. 13, at Vermont Technical College in Randolph. The registration deadline is October 5.
  Partnered again this year with Change The Story VT, this daylong conference aims to promote economic security and equality for all wome
  
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• Copley 5K Run for the Heart is Saturday

  28-09-2018 05:38 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Copley HospitalSeptember 27, 2018
  Contact:Alida Duncan, Social Marketing StrategistPhone: 802-343-1671Email: [email protected]: risevt.org
  Copley 5K Run for the HeartRiseVT – Lamoille County Sponsored First-Time Participants
  WHAT: Copley 5K Run for the Heart is a friendly 5K Citizen Race held as part of Peoples Academy’s Cross Country Invitational – all as part of Morristown’s Rocktoberfest. RiseVT-Lamoille County sponsoring registrati
  
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• Bennington College part of consortium on forced migration awarded $2.5 million grant

  28-09-2018 05:34 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Bennington CollegeSeptember 26, 2018Contact:Natalie Redmond, [email protected], 802-440-4507
  Bennington, VT: Starting this fall, Bennington College will participate in a four-college consortium focusing on the global refugee crisis, supported by a $2.5-million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.The grant will fund the Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement and Education, created by Bennington, Vassar, Bard, and Sarah Lawrence colleges. The funds, wh
  
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• Vermont Conservation Voters releases 2018 environmental scorecard

  28-09-2018 05:29 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Conservation VotersSeptember 26, 2018
  Contact:Lauren Hierl, Vermont Conservation Voters(802) 224-9090, [email protected]
  Digital Scorecard Gives Voters Easy Access to Legislators’ Voting Records on Clean Water, Climate Change, and Other Key Environmental Issues Addressed by the 2017-2018 Legislature
  Montpelier, VT – Today, Vermont Conservation Voters (VCV) released its 2018 Environmental Scorecard. The Scorecard is a tool developed by V
  
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• Senate panel hears testimony from Vermont doctor about rural health care

  28-09-2018 05:25 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Bernie SandersSept. 26, 2018
  Contact:Dan McLean802-862-6695
  WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) heard testimony Tuesday afternoon from Dr. Deborah Richter of Cambridge, Vermont, during a Senate roundtable discussion focused on the costs and availability of health care in rural America.
  Sanders invited Richter, who works in primary care and addiction medicine in rural areas of Vermont, to testify before the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health
  
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• Lottery security stronger than Fort Knox, commissioner tells lawmakers

  28-09-2018 03:46 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont Lottery scratch tickets. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger
  “It would be easier to steal a bar of gold from Fort Knox than it would be to game the lottery system—by anybody,” Vermont’s lottery commissioner told lawmakers on Thursday after releasing a report sparked by a VTDigger investigation in April.
  Commissioner Patrick Delaney again said that despite data and anecdotes indicating that employees and owners of lottery agencies are winning games at high rates, there
  
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• VEDA approves $7.4 million in business development financing

  28-09-2018 03:26 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — VEDASeptember 26, 2018
  Contact:Jo Bradley, VEDA CEOPhone: 802-828-5627
  Montpelier, VT – The Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) has approved $7.4 million in financing to support manufacturing, agricultural, small business and energy development projects throughout Vermont.
  “Manufacturing and other jobs will be created by a number of Vermont businesses approved for VEDA financing,” said Jo Bradley, VEDA’s Chief Executive Officer. “In ad
  
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• Irish ambassador to speak at Saint Michael’s about Yeats on Oct. 1

  28-09-2018 03:23 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Saint Michael’s CollegeSeptember 25, 2018
  Contact:Mark [email protected]
  COLCHESTER, VT — Daniel Mulhall, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America, will visit the campus of Saint Michael’s College on Monday, October 1, 2018 and speak on “Wherever Green is Worn”: Yeats, Irish America and Revolutionary Ireland,” at 7:30 p.m. in the McCarthy Arts Center Recital Hall.
  The ambassador also plans a meeting with
  
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• Vermont Health Centers to expand comprehensive substance use disorder services

  28-09-2018 03:20 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Bi-State Primary Care AssociationSept. 20, 2018
  Contact:Susan Noon(603) 228-2830 x 144
  HRSA awards $2.8 million to expand access to quality substance use disorder and mental health services
  MONTPELIER, VT – September 20, 2018 – Ten Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in Vermont were recently awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) to further expand access to substance use d
  
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• Green Mountain United Way celebrates central Vermont organizations

  28-09-2018 03:16 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Green Mountain United WaySept. 25, 2018
  Contact:Carrie Stahler, Green Mountain United Way802-613-3989 or [email protected]
  Green Mountain United Way Celebrates Central Vermont Organizations with 2018 Community Awards
  Northfield, Vermont – September 25, 2018
  Green Mountain United Way celebrated the individuals and organizations in their five-county service region with an award ceremony at their Annual Breakfast at Norwich University’s Milano Ballroom on Tue
  
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• Green Mountain Care Board meetings in October

  28-09-2018 03:11 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Green Mountain Care BoardSeptember 27, 2018
  Contact:Green Mountain Care Board(802) 828–2130
  Unless otherwise noted, all Green Mountain Care Board meetings are held in the Pavilion Auditorium at 109 State Street, Montpelier, VT
  Wednesday, October 3rd: No Public Board Meeting
  Wednesday, October 10th: Advisory Committee Meeting (10:00 am – 12:00 pm)
  Wednesday, October 10th: Public Board Meeting (1:00 pm)
  · TBD
  Wednesday, October 17th: Public Board Meeting (1:
  
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• St. Albans hospital nurses take first steps toward unionization

  28-09-2018 02:51 via vtdigger.org
  Leah Jablonski, a nurse at Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, speaks about nurses’ desire to form a union at a Thursday press conference at the hospital. Photo by Aidan Quigley/VTDigger
  ST. ALBANS — Nurses at Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to kick-start the unionization process.
  The nurses at the small community hospital say that while they are satisfied with their wages, they are pushing for a voice in
  
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• Former Castleton officer sues over firing, citing discrimination

  28-09-2018 02:05 via vtdigger.org
  A woman who worked as an officer for the Castleton Police Department for more than a decade has filed a federal lawsuit against the town and its police chief, alleging that the chief had a plan to “get rid” of her and “has said that women should not be police officers.”Attorney James Levins of Rutland filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court in Vermont on behalf of his client Cheri McDermott, claiming that the town and the chief treated her “more harshly&rdq
  
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• Submit your question for the gubernatorial candidates

  28-09-2018 01:06 via vtdigger.org
  To find out more about VTDigger’s gubernatorial forum, click here.
  To submit a question for the candidates, please fill in the form below. Questions for Candidates for Governor 10/10/18Please submit your question for our moderators to choose from for candidates for Vermont's next governor, incumbent Phil Scott and challenger Christine Hallquist. Type your question(s) in the space below.Your name:Where you live:Email (you'll get the Daily Digger if you don't already):I plan on watching the
  
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• Robyn Daley: Loan forgiveness for mental health workers

  28-09-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Robyn Daley, of Johnson, who has worked at Lamoille County Mental Health in Morrisville for 16 years and within the designated agency system for 20 years.
  The state of Vermont should dedicate dollars to student loan forgiveness for individuals working in the mental health field rather than pouring the available dollars into yet another system building exercise. When people graduate from school with $100,000 in student loan debt and the dream of helping
  
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• Jim Condos: Work on voting in Vermont paying off

  28-09-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos.
  What can I say? I love voting. Joining with our neighbors at the polls to decide local issues, from wastewater bonds to school budgets, and to vote on who we want to represent us locally, statewide and nationally, is the beating heart at the core of our democracy.
  Unfortunately, this hasn’t always been the case in our country. Disenfranchised groups have had to wage decades-long fights for their right to vote
  
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• Santina Huskey: We moved to Vermont for the schools

  28-09-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Santina Huskey of Groton.
  One of the primary reasons we relocated to Vermont was to have our daughter attend a small local school where they knew her name and personally knew and cared about her.Not as a dollar amount to a school budget bottom line, we were searching for community and we found it at Blue Mountain Union School in Wells River.
  Our daughter has health issues. A rare condition called periodic fever syndrome left her burning up with fever an
  
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