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• Future of Goddard College campus uncertain as group puts bid forward

  19-04-2024 23:42 via vtdigger.org
  
  Goddard College in Plainfield on June 22, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
  A week after Goddard College announced plans to close its private college, alumni and community groups with ideas for the property are feeling shut out.At the time, Goddard President Dan Hocoy said the trustees were looking to sell the 117-acre campus and that they were “entertaining all proposals, ideas and conversations currently about property.”Cooperation Vermont, an organization based in Marshfield
  
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• Feds to reimburse Vermont $22M for cleanup costs following July floods

  19-04-2024 23:30 via vtdigger.org
  
  Movie theater seats destroyed in last summer’s flooding sit on the sidewalk outside the Capitol Theater in Montpelier on July 18, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
  The Federal Emergency Management Agency is sending Vermont $22 million to cover its costs of cleaning up debris and stabilizing state buildings in Montpelier following last summer’s historic flooding.The bulk of the federal reimbursement to the Vermont Department of Buildings and General Services — $21 million &
  
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• Progressive, Democratic parties nominate candidates to replace Emma Mulvaney-Stanak

  19-04-2024 23:19 via vtdigger.org
  
  Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak,right, listens during a meeting of the City Council on Monday, April 15. Chief Administrative Officer Katherine Schad is on the left. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerVermont’s Progressive and Democratic parties have each sent Gov. Phil Scott a list of candidates to fill the seat vacated by former state Rep. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, who was sworn in as Burlington’s mayor earlier this month.Jason Maulucci, Scott’s press secretary, said that inte
  
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• Basil Dixon

  19-04-2024 21:46 via vtdigger.org
  
  Born Oct. 20, 1936Lowell, MassachusettsDied March 22, 2024Lowell, MassachusettsBasil Dixon, a native of North Chelmsford, died on March 22, 2024, at Lowell General Hospital after a brief illness. He was 87 years old.Basil is survived by his daughter, Emily North, of Brattleboro, Vermont; grandchildren Violet Zarriello, Miles Goldenbird, Jonah Goldenbird, and Maria Zarriello; and his lifelong friend and cousin, George Dixon, of North Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Basil was predeceased by his grandmo
  
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• Vermont Supreme Court reinstates law license of Addison County’s top prosecutor 

  19-04-2024 20:58 via vtdigger.org
  
  Addison County State’s Attorney Eva Vekos appears in Addison County Superior criminal court in Middlebury on Feb. 12. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Credit: Glenn RussellThe Vermont Supreme Court has reinstated the law license of Addison County’s top prosecutor roughly three weeks after suspending it for her failure to cooperate with an investigation about her paid leave that followed a drunken driving charge.The high court issued the ruling in favor of state’s attorney Eva V
  
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• Luke Miller: The new renewable energy standard would cement Vermont’s reputation as an environmental trailblazer

  19-04-2024 14:04 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Luke Miller, an executive committee member of the Vermont Sierra Club.
  This March, the Vermont House of Representatives voted to pass a new renewable energy standard, H.289, a policy that sets requirements for energy providers throughout the state. At the moment, H.289 is being considered by the Senate. H.289 is the product of an agreement between the regulated utilities and environmental and energy advocates. The new renewable energy standard would institute a number
  
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• Suzanna Jones: The hidden costs of ‘climate progress’

  19-04-2024 13:07 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Suzanna Jones of Walden.
  In a recent VTDigger commentary, Sen. Becca White and Rep. Gabrielle Stebbins touted the “progress on climate” accomplished by the state Legislature. They claim, for example, that bill H.289 — requiring all Vermont utilities to provide 100% renewable electricity to their customers by 2035 — will “dramatically cut climate pollution.”Vermont’s grid currently contributes such a small fraction of total U.S. gre
  
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• David Blittersdorf: H.289 has good intentions, but one big flaw

  19-04-2024 12:02 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by David Blittersdorf, founder and CEO of All Earth Renewables.
  The Vermont General Assembly, in an attempt to move the state to 100% renewable energy, is making changes to how its utilities buy energy. The Senate Natural Resources Committee will soon consider H.289, a bill to require the state’s utilities to buy 100% renewable energy. This is known as the Renewable Energy Standard law. States near Vermont have been updating their own laws in this area, and Vermont
  
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• After a flood and a pandemic, Montpelier businesses continue to struggle

  19-04-2024 04:27 via vtdigger.org
  
  City Center in Montpelier on Monday, April 1. The Vermont League of Cities and Towns has sublet some of its space in City Center as more organizations move to the remote working model. Photo by Juan Vega de Soto/VTDigger
  This story by Phil Dodd was first published by The Montpelier Bridge on April 16.Downtown Montpelier businesses that survived the pandemic and the flood have been facing a continuing aftershock from both catastrophes: a decline in foot traffic that is being attributed to r
  
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• James Parker granted parole for his role in Dartmouth professors’ stabbing deaths

  19-04-2024 04:09 via vtdigger.org
  
  A student walks by the Zantop Garden, a memorial for the late Dartmouth professors Half and Susanne Zantop who were murdered in their home in 2001, next to Rollins Chapel at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., on Thursday. Photo by Alex Driehaus/Valley NewsThis story by John Lippman was first published by the Valley News on April 18. HANOVER — One of Susanne and Half Zantop’s two daughters said Thursday that she tries to “compartmentalize” her personal gri
  
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• Final Countdown: All gifts matched up to $500

  19-04-2024 03:00 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear reader,If you’ve been waiting to join our spring member drive, today is the day! End the week on a high note by helping us close the gap and reach our goal. We urgently need your support this election year. And today all gifts are being matched by three generous donors. Saturday, April 20 is the last day to make your 2x contribution and send a children’s book to a Vermont child at the same time.
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• Final Reading: Service providers are wary of looming changes to Vermont’s case management structure

  19-04-2024 00:48 via vtdigger.org
  
  Rep Ann-Donahue, R-Northfield, third from left, speaks during a meeting at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Thursday, January 25. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
  For years, the state of Vermont has been out of compliance with federal rules around home and community-based services.The state’s system for caring for older Vermonters, Vermonters with physical and developmental disabilities, and Vermonters with traumatic brain injuries is operating in violation of federal regulations governing
  
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