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1 week ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Sabine Poux |Vermont Public
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The detained Columbia University activist Mohsen Mahdawi was released from prison Wednesday morning after a federal judge's ruling in Burlington. He will be able to remain at home in Vermont and attend classes amid ongoing immigration proceedings. “This is what justice is,” Mahdawi said after the ruling, speaking to a crowd of supporters outside the courthouse.
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2 weeks ago | 
hardwickgazette.org | Carly Berlin |Vermont Public
VERMONT – A bill that would fundamentally overhaul Vermont’s response to homelessness is making its way through the Statehouse. H.91 provides a potential off-ramp to the state’s mass use of motel rooms as a primary form of shelter and could spell an end to the political battles over the voucher program that have become a yearly ritual. “We’ve become stuck in a cycle of using band-aids with no real path out of this crisis,” said Rep.
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2 weeks ago | 
wbur.org | Abagael Giles |Vermont Public
On a recent warm spring day in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, wildlife biologist Alexej Siren found something exciting: snowshoe hare tracks in a fleeting patch of snow. “We have these larger hind feet that are out to the side like that, and then the smaller front feet that are behind it,” he said, demonstrating how the animals hop to avoid predators.
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3 weeks ago | 
wbur.org | Nina Keck |Vermont Public
HomeRadioHere & NowHow video services can help people with dementiaApril 22, 2025Nina Keck, Vermont PublicThere are new video services, like YouTube, but designed especially for people with dementia. We'll hear about some of these innovative services. Vermont Public’s Nina Keck reports. This segment airs on April 22, 2025. Audio will be available after the broadcast.
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4 weeks ago | 
hardwickgazette.org | Carly Berlin |Vermont Public
MONTPELIER – Representatives for Vermont landlords and bankers have pushed back against a housing discrimination bill, citing the current political environment for immigrants without legal status. When Jose Ignacio decided to leave his job on a Vermont dairy farm, it took him nearly two years to secure a stable apartment.
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1 month ago | 
wbur.org | Sabine Poux |Vermont Public
Mohsen Mahdawi, a permanent U.S. resident living in Vermont, was arrested Monday when he arrived for a citizenship interview at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office in Colchester, according to court filings. State Sen. Becca White, who calls herself a friend of Mahdawi and represents the district in which he lives, said Mahdawi reached out to her a few weeks ago to ask for her support in his interview for citizenship.
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1 month ago | 
wbur.org | Abagael Giles |Vermont Public
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it will begin to restrict Canadians’ access to a library that straddles the international border due to "a continued rise in illicit cross border activity."The front entrance is in Derby Line, Vermont, but for 121 years, Canadians have enjoyed free access to the library using the front door without having to go through customs.
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1 month ago | 
hardwickgazette.org | Carly Berlin |Vermont Public
MONTPELIER — Gov. Phil Scott delivered his first veto of the 2025 legislative session over a midyear spending package on Friday, setting up a showdown over Vermont’s motel shelter program. The five-term Republican wrote in his veto message that he wants to hold off on increased state spending as state officials anticipate federal funding cuts to key programs.
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2 months ago | 
wbur.org | Brittany Patterson |Vermont Public
In mid-February, Doug Clarner received three phone calls in a single day from Canadian visitors who had previously stayed at the Burke Bike Barn, located right on the Kingdom Trails mountain bike trail network. He and his wife have run the small, “funky” accommodations since 2012. Clarner says they rely on word of mouth and repeat customers — including from the north — and have cultivated a pretty high occupancy rate during the summer season.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Lexi Krupp |Vermont Public
“Because we are so far in deficit — some places are about 8 inches below where they should be for precipitation — so that will take several events to get back to normal conditions,” said Jessica Spaccio, a climatologist at the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University. “A couple storms won’t erase all the drought everywhere,” she added. A sign warns of high risk of forest fires in Essex Junction on April 12, 2023.
