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- EB-5 chief was repeatedly shut down in efforts to audit Jay Peak
EB-5 chief was repeatedly shut down in efforts to audit Jay Peak -Four years before federal regulators put a halt to a Ponzi scheme at the Northeast Kingdom ski area, Brent Raymond says the Shumlin administration shut down questions about the resort’s finances.
Read the story on VTDigger here: EB-5 chief was repeatedly shut down in efforts to audit Jay Peak.
- Hermitage Club working on $30 million loan for reopening this season
Hermitage Club working on $30 million loan for reopening this season -President Harper Sibley said it is hoped the private ski club can open in time for the winter holidays.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Hermitage Club working on $30 million loan for reopening this season.
- Rutland Town board approves $60K settlement with axed town administrator
Rutland Town board approves $60K settlement with axed town administrator -Joseph Zingale filed a wrongful termination lawsuit after he was fired last year from his job of more than three decades.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Rutland Town board approves $60K settlement with axed town administrator.
- Long-term solution elusive as out-of-state prisoners slated to move once again
Long-term solution elusive as out-of-state prisoners slated to move once again -A day after the state finalized a contract to send out-of-state prisoners to Mississippi, the governor and lawmakers are searching for solutions to bring the 228 inmates back to Vermont.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Long-term solution elusive as out-of-state prisoners slated to move once again.
- Vermont Agency of Natural Resources announces trucking company fine
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources announces trucking company fine -News Release — Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Sept. 12, 2018 CONTACT: Kane Smart (802) 272-7245 kane.smart@vermont.gov Trucking company fined for spilling diesel fuel from trailer Newport, Vt. – The Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today that James and Richard Eastman of Newport, doing business as Richard Eastman Trucking, were […]
Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources announces trucking company fine.
- Vermont Department of Health shares street drug use warnings
Vermont Department of Health shares street drug use warnings -News Release — Vermont Department of Health Sept. 12, 2018 Media Contact: Ben Truman 802-951-5153 / 802-863-7281 Recent Accidental Overdoses Lead to Warning about Street Drug Use BURLINGTON — Following several apparent overdose deaths in Rutland County and additional overdose incidents around Vermont, all within a 72-hour span, state health officials are warning people who […]
Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont Department of Health shares street drug use warnings.
- Gifford first to distribute Narcan medication at Kingwood Health Center
Gifford first to distribute Narcan medication at Kingwood Health Center -News Release — Gifford Sept. 11, 2018 Contact: Maryellen Apelquist 802-728-2284 Gifford’s Kingwood Health Center First Naloxone/Narcan Distribution Site in Orange County RANDOLPH, Vt.—This month Gifford’s Kingwood Health Center became the first Orange County distribution site for free naloxone, also known by brand name Narcan, the medication that, when taken properly, saves lives by rapidly […]
Read the story on VTDigger here: Gifford first to distribute Narcan medication at Kingwood Health Center.
- Land for Good announces directors and shares mission
Land for Good announces directors and shares mission -News Release — Land for Good Sept. 12, 2018 Contact: Lisa Luciani www.landforgood.org office 603-357-1600 mobile 603-313-7781 Local farmer and manager to work on critical issues facing VT’s farmers and food system: Accessing land and Passing on farmland Shemariah Blum-Evitts, a farmer, regional planner and project manager is now the Program Director for Land For […]
Read the story on VTDigger here: Land for Good announces directors and shares mission.
- Education board hears manifold views during last session of Act 46 listening tour
Education board hears manifold views during last session of Act 46 listening tour -The State Board of Education says it will now turn its attention to its decision-making process for school districts that have not merged.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Education board hears manifold views during last session of Act 46 listening tour.
- Audubon Vermont announces new executive director
Audubon Vermont announces new executive director -News Release — Audubon Vermont Sept. 12, 2018 CONTACT: Chandler Lennon media@audubon.org HUNTINGTON, Vt. (September 12, 2018) – Today, the National Audubon Society and Audubon Vermont announced the appointment of David Mears as Executive Director of Audubon Vermont and Vice President of the National Audubon Society. David comes to Audubon from Vermont Law School, where […]
Read the story on VTDigger here: Audubon Vermont announces new executive director.
- Gov. Scott announces vehicle charging station grants
Gov. Scott announces vehicle charging station grants -News Release — Gov. Phil Scott Sept. 11, 2018 Contact: Gary Holloway 802-828-3220 Rebecca Kelley 802-828-6403 GOVERNOR PHIL SCOTT ANNOUNCES $2.4 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS Middlebury, Vt. – While the electric vehicle (EV) was invented nearly 50 years before the gas-powered automobile came onto the scene in 1885, widespread adoption of […]
Read the story on VTDigger here: Gov. Scott announces vehicle charging station grants.
- Jim Masland: Alternative structure applications deserve a fair hearing
Jim Masland: Alternative structure applications deserve a fair hearing -Forced mergers will not improve the lives and education of the children that are your responsibility.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Jim Masland: Alternative structure applications deserve a fair hearing.
- Shank & Honda: Ramping up action by the climate community
Shank & Honda: Ramping up action by the climate community -A conversation among a select few won’t bring the change we desperately need to slow rapidly rising seas.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Shank & Honda: Ramping up action by the climate community.
- Mark Skelding: How can conservatives be America’s true patriots?
Mark Skelding: How can conservatives be America’s true patriots? -Patriotism is loyalty to one’s nation, which in turn means allegiance first and foremost to one’s fellow citizens.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Mark Skelding: How can conservatives be America’s true patriots?.
- EB-5 chief was repeatedly shut down in efforts to audit Jay Peak
EB-5 chief was repeatedly shut down in efforts to audit Jay Peak -Four years before federal regulators put a halt to a Ponzi scheme at the Northeast Kingdom ski area, Brent Raymond says the Shumlin administration shut down questions about the resort’s finances.
Read the story on VTDigger here: EB-5 chief was repeatedly shut down in efforts to audit Jay Peak.
- Hermitage Club working on $30 million loan for reopening this season
Hermitage Club working on $30 million loan for reopening this season -President Harper Sibley said it is hoped the private ski club can open in time for the winter holidays.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Hermitage Club working on $30 million loan for reopening this season.
- Rutland Town board approves $60K settlement with axed town administrator
Rutland Town board approves $60K settlement with axed town administrator -Joseph Zingale filed a wrongful termination lawsuit after he was fired last year from his job of more than three decades.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Rutland Town board approves $60K settlement with axed town administrator.
- Long-term solution elusive as out-of-state prisoners slated to move once again
Long-term solution elusive as out-of-state prisoners slated to move once again -A day after the state finalized a contract to send out-of-state prisoners to Mississippi, the governor and lawmakers are searching for solutions to bring the 228 inmates back to Vermont.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Long-term solution elusive as out-of-state prisoners slated to move once again.
- Vermont Agency of Natural Resources announces trucking company fine
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources announces trucking company fine -News Release — Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Sept. 12, 2018 CONTACT: Kane Smart (802) 272-7245 kane.smart@vermont.gov Trucking company fined for spilling diesel fuel from trailer Newport, Vt. – The Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today that James and Richard Eastman of Newport, doing business as Richard Eastman Trucking, were […]
Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources announces trucking company fine.
- Vermont Department of Health shares street drug use warnings
Vermont Department of Health shares street drug use warnings -News Release — Vermont Department of Health Sept. 12, 2018 Media Contact: Ben Truman 802-951-5153 / 802-863-7281 Recent Accidental Overdoses Lead to Warning about Street Drug Use BURLINGTON — Following several apparent overdose deaths in Rutland County and additional overdose incidents around Vermont, all within a 72-hour span, state health officials are warning people who […]
Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont Department of Health shares street drug use warnings.
- Gifford first to distribute Narcan medication at Kingwood Health Center
Gifford first to distribute Narcan medication at Kingwood Health Center -News Release — Gifford Sept. 11, 2018 Contact: Maryellen Apelquist 802-728-2284 Gifford’s Kingwood Health Center First Naloxone/Narcan Distribution Site in Orange County RANDOLPH, Vt.—This month Gifford’s Kingwood Health Center became the first Orange County distribution site for free naloxone, also known by brand name Narcan, the medication that, when taken properly, saves lives by rapidly […]
Read the story on VTDigger here: Gifford first to distribute Narcan medication at Kingwood Health Center.
- Land for Good announces directors and shares mission
Land for Good announces directors and shares mission -News Release — Land for Good Sept. 12, 2018 Contact: Lisa Luciani www.landforgood.org office 603-357-1600 mobile 603-313-7781 Local farmer and manager to work on critical issues facing VT’s farmers and food system: Accessing land and Passing on farmland Shemariah Blum-Evitts, a farmer, regional planner and project manager is now the Program Director for Land For […]
Read the story on VTDigger here: Land for Good announces directors and shares mission.
- Education board hears manifold views during last session of Act 46 listening tour
Education board hears manifold views during last session of Act 46 listening tour -The State Board of Education says it will now turn its attention to its decision-making process for school districts that have not merged.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Education board hears manifold views during last session of Act 46 listening tour.
- Audubon Vermont announces new executive director
Audubon Vermont announces new executive director -News Release — Audubon Vermont Sept. 12, 2018 CONTACT: Chandler Lennon media@audubon.org HUNTINGTON, Vt. (September 12, 2018) – Today, the National Audubon Society and Audubon Vermont announced the appointment of David Mears as Executive Director of Audubon Vermont and Vice President of the National Audubon Society. David comes to Audubon from Vermont Law School, where […]
Read the story on VTDigger here: Audubon Vermont announces new executive director.
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