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Hearing on Vt. health rates Friday
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermonters will get a chance to weigh in on proposed rates to be charged consumers under the Vermont Health Connect health insurance exchange. The Green Mountain Care Board has received recommendations from the Department of Financial Regulation on the proposed rates to be offered by insurers Blue Cross Blue Shield and MVP, and is expected to set the rates by July 8. ...
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GMP seeks permit over bats
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources is holding a hearing on Green Mountain Power's request to allow its wind power project on Lowell Mountain to kill up to four bats a year. The utility says it would have to stop its turbines from spinning at night for six months to a year to eliminate any risk to the little brown bats known to fly on the mountain. Idling the ...
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Broadband coming to Marlboro and Halifax
Thursday June 20, 2013 HALIFAX -- By the end of this year, more people should have access to faster Internet. In Marlboro and Halifax, there are efforts being done to ensure that approximately 60 homes and businesses are given the opportunity to have broadband service. It is part of a project that FairPoint Communications, Inc. has been working on, through a Federal Communications Commission ...
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Haystack developers seek DRB approval for new plans
Thursday June 20, 2013 WILMINGTON -- Haystack developers showed plans to the Development Review Board that included revisions for housing units, a new transfer lift, a chapel and two stream withdrawals at the ski area. "We're really here to update the master plan," said Engineer Bob Harrington. "We're rapidly zeroing in on a plan. It's really a 10-year plan to ...
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No Windham wind decision this year
Thursday June 20, 2013 WINDHAM -- An international wind-power developer won't decide this year whether a ridgeline in Windham and Grafton is suitable for commercial turbines. A representative of Iberdrola Renewables, which has erected testing towers in the two towns, said it will be 2014 -- at the earliest -- before the company has enough weather data to either pursue or abandon a ...
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People displaced by fallen tree need help
A home on Hapgood Pl. in Bellows Falls was destroyed when a tree fell last Friday. (Kayla Rice/Reformer) (?Kayla Rice) Thursday June 20, 2013 BELLOWS FALLS -- Some of the people displaced when a tree fell onto their Hapgood Place apartment building last week are now seeking outside assistance from the public to help make ends meet. Though there were no reported injuries, 12 people and several ...
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Brooks House deal could close next week
Zachary P. Stephens/Reformer The Brooks House in Brattleboro (Zachary P. Stephens) Thursday June 20, 2013 BRATTLEBORO --Investors who are trying to redevelop the fire-damaged Brooks House on Main Street say the complicated business deal could close next week, with construction crews starting to rehabilitate the building as early as next month. Brattleboro's historic Brooks House has been ...
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Cornwall speaks out against natural gas pipeline
CORNWALL, Vt. - Cornwall is the latest town saying no to a plan to bring natural gas to the International Paper Mill at Ticonderoga. "I will fight you tooth and nail, I don't want this for any of us on any level," said Cornwall resident Mary Martin. That's the sentiment shared by more than 100 people in Cornwall who showed up to a meeting Wednesday to voice concerns ...
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Friends remember Vt. fishing icon
KILLINGTON, Vt. - The Killington community is saying goodbye to a local legend who drowned fishing in an Idaho river. But Bob Evans' friends are finding peace knowing he was doing what he loved. "He was just an incredibly knowledgeable man who knew the industry so well and he was really well respected by all his peers," Chris Karr said. Karr reflected on the passing of a ...
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Propane leak forces evacuations in St. Albans
ST. ALBANS, Vt. - A propane leak forced evacuations in St. Albans Wednesday. Investigators say someone was operating a hydraulic lift at a property on Lakeshore Drive when the top of an underground tank was clipped, causing the leak. Several homes were evacuated while the leak was fixed. Emergency crews say the strong breeze helped to dissipate the fumes. No one was ...
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Husky hopes to hire laid-off IBM workers
MILTON, Vt. - From things you eat, drink or use every day, chances are they were made with the help of one Vermont company. "The plant is 250,000-square-feet on 700 acres," said Geoff Glaspie, the plant manager of Husky. Husky in Milton is the industry leader in injection molding equipment and it's hiring. "We have 10-15 openings and there's a range of positions ...
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Nurses picket at CVPH
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Nurses in Plattsburgh say patient care is at risk at the Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital. More than 50 supporters of the New York Nurses Association lined Cornelia Street outside of CVPH Medical Center Wednesday afternoon. CVPH health care professionals claim the management refuses to guarantee the safe staffing levels necessary to protect quality patient care. ...
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Burlington showcases art that helps the environment
BURLINGTON, Vt. - There's a new exhibit bringing artwork to downtown Burlington. The question is, what exactly is it all about? "I sit next to one every day and I don't know what they are," said Sonia Santvoord, who works at kiosk on Church Street. A few tourists seemed to get what these creative barrels are all about. "Seems like a rain barrel, like ...
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Vt. State Parks Tour Mount Philo
CHARLOTTE, Vt. - Sharon Meyer is starting her summer parks tour at Mount Philo in Charlotte. She has some advice for getting started if you haven't been camping before. Sharon met up with a Sarah Clark and Frank Spaulding. They go camping all the time and they shared some tips they have on how to know what to bring and how to get organized before you ...
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Vt. lawmaker looks to lower level for DUI
BURLINGTON, Vt. - "At 0.05 you are already impaired. The danger of being on the road is real," said Rep. Bill Lippert, D-Hinesburg. State Representative Bill Lippert thinks the current standard to determine if someone is drunk behind the wheel is too lax. The legislative session won't resume until January, but he already has staff working on a proposal to lower the legal ...
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33 people arrested in Vt. illegal-drugs sweep
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (AP) - Almost three dozen people in the area were arrested Wednesday as part of an expanding effort to tamp down a burgeoning problem with opiate drugs, especially heroin, across the state, police ...
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Vermont police arrest 33 in cocaine heroin sweep
BOSTON (Reuters) - Vermont police arrested 33 people on drug charges on Wednesday in a sweep aimed at tackling the state's growing heroin and cocaine problem, according to the state ...
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School demands lawsuit coverage in custody battle
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - Liberty University's law school wants a judge to force its insurance company to pay for its defense in a lawsuit stemming from a same-sex-marriage custody battle. Virginia Lawyer's Weekly reports that the school claims in Lynchburg federal court that Hanover Insurance Co. wrongly denied coverage in the lawsuit filed by Janet Jenkins in Vermont. Jenkins contends ...
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Sen. Leahy among winners of Jefferson Awards
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. Senators, the winner of a Nobel Prize for peace, a labor leader and the owner of a professional tennis team are among the people being honored with a national prize for public service. Recipients of the 2013 Jefferson Awards accepted their honors Wednesday in Washington. Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Democratic Sen. Pat Leahy of Vermont won the award for ...
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Burlington woman sentenced in drug overdoses
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A Vermont woman accused of giving drugs to a woman who overdosed and died and a man who overdosed and survived has been sentenced to 60 days on a work crew. Anna Clark, 29, of Burlington, was given credit for time served Wednesday. She'll spend about a month on the work crew. Clark gave cocaine to 54-year-old Cindy Goulet of Burlington, who died of the combination ...
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Immigrant activist gets boost from Vt. delegation
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - All three members of Vermont's congressional delegation now have written letters supporting the efforts of immigrant activist Danilo Lopez to avoid deportation and stay in the United States. The 23-year-old Lopez has been ordered to leave the country by July 5, nearly two years after a car in which he was a passenger was stopped for speeding by state police and he ...
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Vt. Police 2 men found dead in Peacham
PEACHAM, Vt. - Vermont State Police say two men were found dead in Peacham. Police were called to home there at around 7 a.m. to investigate a report of shots fired and a missing man. A woman told police a white van came to her house on Slack Road and her husband went outside to contact the occupant. She then told police she heard gunshots. She went to the basement and then called 911 from ...
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An American City Govt. Seeks the Cruel Power to Keep People off the Streets in... Vermont
Burlington Vt.'s city ordinance allows the immediate and arbitrary banishment of people from public streets with no due process of law and no effective appeal ...
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Sweep targets drug dealers in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. - A big drug sweep in Springfield this morning targeted drug dealers. Vermont State Police say more than 100 officers are taking part in what they're calling "Operation Precision Valley." They expect to take multiple suspected dealers into custody for distributing and selling illegal drugs-- all part of a larger effort to combat the growing drug problem in the ...
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Burlington police investigate hit-and-run
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Burlington police are investigating a hit-and-run accident. Police say Monday at 4:10 p.m., a woman was walking in the crosswalk at College St. near the Waterman Building at UVM, when she was hit by an older model white or gray sedan with Vermont plates. The woman was thrown to the ground but was not seriously hurt. Police say the car stopped for a few seconds, and ...
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