02/07/2012 - Vermont's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 17th Annual National Awards Program
Emery Tillman, 17, of Cornwall and Todd Boisjoli, 13, of Shelburne today were named Vermont's top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.
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02/04/2012 - Bolton spins day and night
Outdoor Adventures Vermont resort has old-school flavor Embed multimedia (photos, galleries, audio, map): baschpic 020512 On a gray, blustery day in late January, the tower stood still but moved in and out of the clouds. Standing high above the trees near the summit, there were slight whooshes as the three blades spun round. But in seconds, the tower was a memory as the skis pointed down the ...
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02/01/2012 - Letter Box
Wednesday February 1, 2012 Letter writer calls out Attorney General Sorrell Editor of the Reformer: As a perennial left-field candidate from Vermont’s Liberty Union Party, I would like to issue a public statement to Attorney General William Sorrell, regarding the Vermont Yankee decision: Bill, if you fail in your obligation to appeal this decision, I will "occupy" your upcoming
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01/17/2012 - Vt. lawmakers hear Irene property law report
All 30 members of the Vermont Senate are convening for a rare committee of the whole to hear testimony on the challenges posed to state laws by the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene.
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01/25/2012 - Composites leaders share visions
Tuesday January 24, 2012 NEAL P. GOSWAMI Staff Writer BENNINGTON -- Representatives from Bennington's "composites cluster" outlined training programs and career opportunities during a public forum Tuesday aimed at introducing the industry to the Bennington community. The cluster -- made up of Kaman Composites Vermont, Plasan Carbon Composites and Plasan North American -- has
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01/20/2012 - Vermont revenues seen slipping in latest reports
Friday January 20, 2012 MONTPELIER -- Bigger corporate income tax refunds, higher gas prices and a slow start to the winter tourism season are prompting small downgrades in state revenue projections for the rest of this fiscal year, as well as the next Two economists who consult with Vermont told its Emergency Board on Wednesday that revenues for the first six months of the current fiscal
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01/18/2012 - Vermont to weigh anti-Citizens United resolution
(01-18) 09:13 PST Montpelier, Vt. (AP) -- One of the co-founders of Ben & Jerry's ice cream is expected to be on hand as Vermont lawmakers and advocates unveil a resolution calling for an amendment to the U.S....
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01/17/2012 - Vt. Embezzler Sentenced To 3.5 Years
A former office manager for a Vermont municipal utility has been sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison in the state's largest embezzlement case.
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01/17/2012 - Vt lawmakers hear task force report on Irene
What laws will need to change to help Vermonters hit hard by Irene? A state task force released its report Tuesday.
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01/13/2012 - Vt. skiers thrilled by holiday winter weather
The final arrival of snow and the expected cold weather for the weekend has Vermont's ski industry giddy.
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01/12/2012 - Movers & Shapers: Jan. 12
• Vermont Technical College has named Roger Allbee, a former Vermont Secretary of Agriculture, as a consultant and advisor to Philip Conroy, president of the college.
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01/10/2012 - VT Department of Taxes inadvertently releases more than 1,000 SSNs
MONTPELIER – The Vermont Department of Taxes (VDT) inadvertently displayed personal data from a weekly batch of Property Transfer Tax Returns for less than two hours on a vendor portion of its website on January 9th.
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01/10/2012 - Vermont accidentally posts hundreds of Social Security numbers
Vermont officials today acknowledged that they had accidentally displayed online the Social Security numbers or federal employee indentification numbers for hundreds of individuals and businesses.
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12/28/2011 - Creative Corner: Family enterprises need to plan for succeeding generations
In addition to the Green Mountains and Lake Champlain, Vermont’s landscape is adorned by many innovative family enterprises — Bond Auto Parts, Pomerleau Real Estate, Maple Landmark, Simon Pearce, the RehabGYM and Vermont Country Store, to name a few. And the dominance of family enterprises in the business community is not unique to Vermont. There is growing awareness among public policy makers ...
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01/05/2012 - Vermont chief executives see steady improvement
In a recent survey, the chief executive officers of nearly 75 of Vermont's leading businesses say they're maintaining their plans for growth through the first half of 2012.
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01/03/2012 - Police say South Burlington office fire was arson
A Vermont State Police fire investigator says a fire at a South Burlington office was arson.
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01/03/2012 - Vt police say S. Burlington office fire was arson
A Vermont State Police fire investigator says a fire at a South Burlington office was arson.
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01/01/2012 - Maj. Gen. Dubie is Vermonter of the Year
Maj. Gen. Michael Dubie was chosen as Vermonter of the Year for 2011 as the representative of the team of men and women of the Vermont National Guard and the many civilians who worked together to help Vermont recover from Tropical Storm Irene.
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12/30/2011 - Tale of two towns: A Walpole, Mass. natives look into Walpole, NH
Twenty-eight years after the incorporation of Walpole, Mass., a small patch of Granite State farmland some 115 miles north was also so named. Located just east of the Connecticut River, part of which serves as the Vermont-New Hampshire state line, now nearly 4,000 people reside in 37 square miles of Walpole, which is comprised of three villages - Walpole, North Walpole, and Drewsville - compared ...
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12/20/2011 - Vt police warn of phony 'for rent' listings
Vermont State police are warning about an internet scam involving phony rental property.
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12/16/2011 - GDP Up, Happiness Down
Happiness has dropped over the last two years, University of Vermont research shows.
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12/11/2011 - Business as usual as Bolton Valley remains unsold
It may not be the influx of green that ownership is looking for, but the steady stream of Vermont license plates heading up the access road to Bolton Valley ski area is enough to keep Doug Nedde and Larry Williams invested — for now.
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11/24/2011 - Vt. 106 reopens nearly 3 months after Irene
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Transportation officials say a section of road in southern Vermont that had been obliterated by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene has reopened nearly three months after the storm.
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12/01/2011 - Seniority/Longtime Westporter stays busy
Lee Greenberg, 93, of Westport keeps busy managing her businesses, professions and properties in Westport, Block Island, Virgin Islands and Vermont.
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11/28/2011 - North Bennington tops list of places to raise kids
Monday November 28, 2011 DAWSON RASPUZZI Staff Writer NORTH BENNINGTON -- North Bennington has returned to the top of an international magazine's rankings as the best place in Vermont to raise kids. For a second time in three years, Businessweek.com is advising parents raising children in Vermont that there is no better place than North Bennington based on educational and
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11/29/2011 - Village tops list of places to raise kids
NORTH BENNINGTON -- North Bennington has returned to the top of an international magazine's rankings as the best place in Vermont to raise kids. For a second time in three years, Businessweek.com is advising parents raising children in Vermont that there is no better place than North Bennington based on educational and economic factors, crime rate, air quality, ethnic diversity and amenities ...
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11/21/2011 - Get Vermont out of the booze business
Throughout Vermont there is signage banning the smoking of cigarettes, cigars and pipes (I happen to be a pipe user). The prohibition signs are the first warning when entering any public building - no smoking. Several communities have gone so far as to ban smoking in parks, on school grounds, and in and around athletic fields.
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11/10/2011 - My Turn: Preserve downtowns by returning state employees to Waterbury
We are Vermont Strong. It's a mantra our entire state has taken up since the devastation wrought by Hurricane Irene. State government, Gov. Peter Shumlin and his team were quick to respond, put partisan politics aside, and provided the type of leadership required to get a struggling state back on its feet.
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10/29/2011 - Vermont sets example for foriegn investment locally
RANGELEY -- The success Vermont businesses have had with a unique federal program that helped them raise almost $250 million from foreign investors who created thousands of jobs in the state, could be the key to bringing similar economic development projects to Maine.
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10/28/2011 - Condos speaks on open government
Friday October 28, 2011 BRATTLEBORO -- During his transparency tour across Vermont, Secretary of State Jim Condos said open meeting and public records laws are designed to provide full openness and accountability within state government.
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10/07/2011 - Author shares story of 1927 flood with Waterbury children to help them create their own Irene tales
Vermont author Natalie Kinsey-Warnock spoke to a group of third-graders at the Thatcher Brook School in Waterbury on Thursday. The students looked on as she showed slides of her many rescued animals while talking about her life.
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10/04/2011 - The Upper East Side’s pied piper
Melissa Levis isn’t your typical Upper East Side mom. Sure, she lives on East 75th Street, her husband works in real estate and she spends hours shuttling her overscheduled 7-year-old son (who’s writing an adventure novel set in Vermont, naturally) to tae kwon do, improv lessons and pottery...
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09/29/2011 - Professional SportsCare & Rehab to Open at 1090 Vermont Avenue
Akridge announced today that Professional SportsCare & Rehab has leased retail space at 1090 Vermont Avenue, NW, four blocks north of the White House, for a five-year term. The physical therapy and sports medicine specialists will establish a 1,358 square foot clinic, which is expected to open by November.
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09/26/2011 - SVC to offer tours of Everett Mansion
Tuesday September 27, 2011 BENNINGTON, Vt. -- Southern Vermont College will host an open house public tour of the Everett Mansion building on Sunday, Oct. 2, from 2 to 4 p.m. The tour is in honor of the centennial anniversary of the building of the mansion. In 1911, the mansion was commissioned to become the summer home of Edward Everett, a businessman who amassed his fortune in the
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09/26/2011 - Vermont hotel in Newcastle for sale for £9m
A FAMOUS Tyneside hotel has today gone on the market with a price tag of £9m. For nearly two decades, The Vermont, on Castle Garth, Newcastle, has welcomed millions of guests and won a host of prestigious awards.
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09/16/2011 - Vermont ~ Farms, Mountains and Meadows
Mary Byrom explores Vermont with her brushes and paints.
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09/15/2011 - Shumlin Blessed by Vermont Constituents With Patience, Backhoes
Vermont has one farm for every 90 people, one cow for every three and, lately, at least two bulldozers, backhoes or other heavy equipment for almost every road. The last statistic is good luck for Governor Peter Shumlin.
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09/02/2011 - Post-Irene Vermont: How You Can Help Right Now
I, as the bumper sticker goes, lovermont. Do you??? Well, there is no time like right now to show it. Hurricane Irene wreaked havoc on the Green Mountain State at the start of this week???and right before the beginning of leaf-peeper season, no less. The White House has declared a disaster area there, where flooding ...
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09/01/2011 - Shumlin asks Obama to declare Vermont major disaster area
Loading Photo Galleries ... Gov. Peter Shumlin asked President Barack Obama today to declare that Tropical Storm Irene was a major disaster for Vermont.
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09/01/2011 - Obama declares major disaster for Vermont
Loading Photo Galleries ... President Barack Obama declared Vermont a major disaster area, the same day Gov. Peter Shumlin, in a seven-page letter, describing Tropical Storm Irene and its aftermath in the state.
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09/01/2011 - Guard choppers from Illinois to assist Vermont recovery effort
Eight helicopters on loan from the Illinois National Guard were expected to arrive Tuesday night in Vermont to help the Vermont National Guard deliver food, medicine, water and other supplies to 13 Vermont towns cut off from the rest of the state in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene.
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08/31/2011 - Former Vt. utility worker pleads guilty to theft
Federal prosecutors are going to recommend that the former office manager at Vermont's Hardwick Electric Department spend more than three years in prison after she pleaded guilty to charges she embezzled $1.6 million customer funds.
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08/29/2011 - Former Vt utility employee to plead in thefts
A Vermont municipal utility's former office manager is expected to enter a guilty plea this week in a $1.6 million embezzlement case.
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08/11/2011 - Here’s What I Hate About Writers’ Houses
April Bernard writershouses.com The Robert Frost Stone House, South Shaftsbury, Vermont On the subject of Writers’ Houses, that dark genius Robert Frost would have understood the paradox I find myself inhabiting: that I hate them in general, but soften to something like affection in the face of particular places. Frost enjoyed mocking his own, and others’, ambivalences, especially when personal ...
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08/12/2011 - Vt utility worker to plead to embezzlement charges
The former officer manager of Vermont's Hardwick Electric Department charged in a $1.6 million embezzlement case is planning to plead guilty.
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08/02/2011 - Private Non-Profit Organizations in Three Additional Vermont Counties Eligible to Apply for SBA Disaster Loans
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that Essex, Orange and Washington counties in Vermont have been added to the disaster declaration for Private Non-Profit Organizations that do not provide critical services of a governmental nature.
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07/22/2011 - Vermont Is The "Ninth Least Bad" State in Real Estate
The good news: The state's revenues are up by about $120 million. The bad news is that the national economy is slowing and Vermont's tax receipts are likely to remain flat in fiscal year 2013, according to the state's two economic advisors, Jeffrey Carr and Tom Kavet.
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07/21/2011 - UVM community largely praises Fogel
Clockwise from top left: University of Vermont professor Philip Baruth and students Katherine Reynolds, Kelly Nguyen, Ted Lange, Jose Calderon and Jesse Wiener react to the resignation of President Dan Fogel on Wednesday.
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07/18/2011 - Lakeside town of Panton sees slow-motion transition
Kyle Charron fishes at Arnold’s Bay on Lake Champlain in Panton on Thursday. / MICHAEL KILIAN, Free Press PANTON — In Vermont towns like this one, change isn’t something that comes rocketing out of the sky.
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07/11/2011 - SBA Financial Assistance Available to Vermont Residents Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding May 26-27
U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Karen G. Mills issued the following statement after the announcement of the Presidential disaster declaration for several counties in Vermont that were affected by the severe storms and flooding that occurred on May 26-27:
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