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Vermont News Headlines
- Chelsea Henderson: Beyond tolerance to empathy
Chelsea Henderson: Beyond tolerance to empathy -I’m the teacher who helped organize the resources and training for LGBTQ+ competency at Twinfield Union School.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Chelsea Henderson: Beyond tolerance to empathy.
- Tiff Bluemle: A drive for diversity starts with data
Tiff Bluemle: A drive for diversity starts with data -If we’re serious about attracting and nurturing diversity, we’ve got to make public the data that public and private organizations can collect.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Tiff Bluemle: A drive for diversity starts with data.
- Paul Manganiello: Pennywise and pound foolish
Paul Manganiello: Pennywise and pound foolish -The Trump administration wants to make changes as to how states determine expanded eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Paul Manganiello: Pennywise and pound foolish.
- History in a shoebox: Middlebury’s ‘Black Tuesday’ layoffs revisited
History in a shoebox: Middlebury’s ‘Black Tuesday’ layoffs revisited -Nearly three decades after disastrous layoffs shook Middlebury College, those involved look back on what went wrong — and an industry in flux looks to avoid repeating history.
Read the story on VTDigger here: History in a shoebox: Middlebury’s ‘Black Tuesday’ layoffs revisited.
- Talent Skatepark reborn as nonprofit
Talent Skatepark reborn as nonprofit -After the business closed last year, community members and Burton Snowboards are helping to reorganize and relaunch the skatepark.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Talent Skatepark reborn as nonprofit.
- State overhauls disabilities services
State overhauls disabilities services -The reforms under consideration will change who manages cases, what the state pays for care, and how a client’s needs are assessed.
Read the story on VTDigger here: State overhauls disabilities services.
- Rutland’s Diamond Run Mall set to close after long stretch of vacancies
Rutland’s Diamond Run Mall set to close after long stretch of vacancies -With the mall on its way out, details about the site’s future remain uncertain.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Rutland’s Diamond Run Mall set to close after long stretch of vacancies.
- VTDigger joins Covering Climate Now for a week of stories on climate change
VTDigger joins Covering Climate Now for a week of stories on climate change -Environment & Energy reporter Elizabeth Gribkoff leads our coverage of how the changing environment is reshaping Vermont, right now and in the future.
Read the story on VTDigger here: VTDigger joins Covering Climate Now for a week of stories on climate change.
- Satire: CityHole to be filled — with trash
Satire: CityHole to be filled — with trash -The state says the big hole at stalled CityPlace project site is an ideal spot for a new landfill.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Satire: CityHole to be filled — with trash.
- Vermonters question ramped up border security
Vermonters question ramped up border security -Border Patrol agents in Vermont have trained their focus on a particular location: the bridge to South Hero.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermonters question ramped up border security.
- Q&A: Matthew Clark on honing drone data collection in the NEK
Q&A: Matthew Clark on honing drone data collection in the NEK -Collecting 350,000 sensor points per second, Vermont-made software for drones stitches together instantaneous 3D models for forestry and agriculture.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Q&A: Matthew Clark on honing drone data collection in the NEK.
- Then Again: Whence Camel’s Hump and other Vermont mountain names?
Then Again: Whence Camel’s Hump and other Vermont mountain names? -Vermont’s peaks have been named for people, both famous and not, for distinctive features, for incidents and for the towns in which they sit, or at least once sat.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Then Again: Whence Camel’s Hump and other Vermont mountain names?.
- NVU-Lyndon crowd brings the heat to Vermont State Colleges officials
NVU-Lyndon crowd brings the heat to Vermont State Colleges officials -Scores of students, faculty and community members protested the possibility of shutting down the Northeast Kingdom campus, while officials denied any decision had been made.
Read the story on VTDigger here: NVU-Lyndon crowd brings the heat to Vermont State Colleges officials.
- The Stowe Free Library to host public forum about Roundup use
The Stowe Free Library to host public forum about Roundup use -News Release — Melissa JordanAug. 30, 2019 Contact:Melissa Jordan802-760-9446 CALLING ALL … HOMEOWNERS, PROPERTY MANAGERS, AND LANDSCAPERS Join the Public Forum On Roundup Weedkiller Risks & Alternatives Featured Speaker: Lamoille County Forester Rick Dyer WHEN: Wednesday 9/18/19 WHERE: The Stowe Free Library (Community Room) 90 Pond Street, Stowe, Vt ALL ARE WELCOME! RSVP: Melissa Jordan, […]
Read the story on VTDigger here: The Stowe Free Library to host public forum about Roundup use.
- Chelsea Henderson: Beyond tolerance to empathy
Chelsea Henderson: Beyond tolerance to empathy -I’m the teacher who helped organize the resources and training for LGBTQ+ competency at Twinfield Union School.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Chelsea Henderson: Beyond tolerance to empathy.
- Tiff Bluemle: A drive for diversity starts with data
Tiff Bluemle: A drive for diversity starts with data -If we’re serious about attracting and nurturing diversity, we’ve got to make public the data that public and private organizations can collect.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Tiff Bluemle: A drive for diversity starts with data.
- Paul Manganiello: Pennywise and pound foolish
Paul Manganiello: Pennywise and pound foolish -The Trump administration wants to make changes as to how states determine expanded eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Paul Manganiello: Pennywise and pound foolish.
- History in a shoebox: Middlebury’s ‘Black Tuesday’ layoffs revisited
History in a shoebox: Middlebury’s ‘Black Tuesday’ layoffs revisited -Nearly three decades after disastrous layoffs shook Middlebury College, those involved look back on what went wrong — and an industry in flux looks to avoid repeating history.
Read the story on VTDigger here: History in a shoebox: Middlebury’s ‘Black Tuesday’ layoffs revisited.
- Talent Skatepark reborn as nonprofit
Talent Skatepark reborn as nonprofit -After the business closed last year, community members and Burton Snowboards are helping to reorganize and relaunch the skatepark.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Talent Skatepark reborn as nonprofit.
- State overhauls disabilities services
State overhauls disabilities services -The reforms under consideration will change who manages cases, what the state pays for care, and how a client’s needs are assessed.
Read the story on VTDigger here: State overhauls disabilities services.
- Rutland’s Diamond Run Mall set to close after long stretch of vacancies
Rutland’s Diamond Run Mall set to close after long stretch of vacancies -With the mall on its way out, details about the site’s future remain uncertain.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Rutland’s Diamond Run Mall set to close after long stretch of vacancies.
- VTDigger joins Covering Climate Now for a week of stories on climate change
VTDigger joins Covering Climate Now for a week of stories on climate change -Environment & Energy reporter Elizabeth Gribkoff leads our coverage of how the changing environment is reshaping Vermont, right now and in the future.
Read the story on VTDigger here: VTDigger joins Covering Climate Now for a week of stories on climate change.
- Satire: CityHole to be filled — with trash
Satire: CityHole to be filled — with trash -The state says the big hole at stalled CityPlace project site is an ideal spot for a new landfill.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Satire: CityHole to be filled — with trash.
- Vermonters question ramped up border security
Vermonters question ramped up border security -Border Patrol agents in Vermont have trained their focus on a particular location: the bridge to South Hero.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermonters question ramped up border security.
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