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1 week ago | 
vermontpublic.org | Mitch Wertlieb |Liam Elder-Connors
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2 weeks ago | 
vermontpublic.org | Mitch Wertlieb |Liam Elder-Connors
With The Frequency, get up to speed on what's happening in Vermont in under 15 minutes. Available every weekday morning by 6 a.m.Loading... The Frequency: Daily Vermont News Local NewsThe Frequency
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1 month ago | 
vermontpublic.org | Liam Elder-Connors |Liam Elder Connors
The court-appointed receiver in charge of Burke Mountain said this week that he’s close to finalizing the sale of the resort. Michael Goldberg did not name the potential buyer, but said in the press release that they have “deep roots in the community" and have committed to investing “many millions of dollars into snowmaking and other improvements.”This isn’t the first time that a sale of Burke appeared imminent.
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2 months ago | 
vermontpublic.org | Liam Elder-Connors |Liam Elder Connors
A 71-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his wife more than 30 years ago in Morrisville died last week. Carroll Peters, of Hyde Park, was indicted by a grand jury in September on a charge of first-degree murder, and had been released from prison on $200,000 bail while the case was pending. Police say Peters shot and killed his wife Cheryl Peters in 1993. Peters died early Thursday morning from respiratory failure due to pneumonia, according to his death certificate.
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2 months ago | 
vermontpublic.org | Liam Elder-Connors |Liam Elder Connors
This story was reported by Vermont Public and Seven Days. You can find a print version on newsstands through February 12. Social workers Sarah Russell and Taylor Thibault stepped off the compact bus and set out on foot through downtown Burlington, searching for the homeless who hunkered in the folds of otherwise deserted streets. A subzero windchill had pushed most city residents inside as midnight approached on January 21, one of the coldest nights this winter.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
vermontpublic.org | Jon Marcus |Liam Elder-Connors
The thermostat was turned low in the admissions office at Vermont State University on a cold winter morning. It’s “one of our efficiencies,” quipped David Bergh, the institution’s president, who works in the same building. Bergh was joking. But he was referring to something decidedly serious: the public university system’s struggle to reduce a deficit so deep, it threatened to permanently shutter several campuses after dramatic drop-offs in enrollment and revenue.
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Dec 30, 2024 | 
vermontpublic.org | Liam Elder-Connors
Vermont’s largest city has launched a new initiative that allows first responders to administer opioid addiction treatment medication at the scene of overdoses. It’s an approach that some states have tried in recent years. And research indicates it’s an effective way to get more people who struggle with opioid misuse into treatment.
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Dec 27, 2024 | 
vermontpublic.org | Zoe McDonald |Liam Elder-Connors
As 2024 comes to an end, it’s time to start thinking about how you want to welcome 2025. And towns across Vermont are ringing in the New Year with an array of events. From music and dancing to fireworks and even a burning effigy, here’s some of what’s on deck for New Year’s Eve across Vermont. BenningtonNoon Year’s Eve Party for KidsBennington Museum, Dec. 31 at 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.Bring the whole family to ring in the new year at Bennington Museum.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
vermontpublic.org | April McCullum |Lexi Krupp |Peter Hirschfeld |Liam Elder-Connors
The new year brings a new set of laws into effect in Vermont. The list includes an annual minimum wage increase and several changes that are intended to increase the accessibility of health care. Here are eight of the laws that might affect you in 2025. Minimum wage increase If you make the minimum wage in Vermont, which currently stands at $13.67 an hour, then the new year will bring a 34 cent per hour raise. That’s due to legislation enacted in 2020 — over Republican Gov.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
nhbr.com | Liam Elder-Connors
U.S District Court Judge Indira Talwani sentenced Eric Labarge to 46 months in prison with three years of supervised release, plus a $10,000 fine, and $34,139 in restitution A New Hampshire man who federal prosecutors say orchestrated a scheme to harass and intimidate two New Hampshire Public Radio journalists was sentenced to more than three years in prison on Monday.
