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Vermont GOP leader reflects on the RNC, Trump's attempt at unity and Biden dropping out
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Vermont GOP Chair Paul Dame says the jury is still out for some Vermont Republicans regarding former President Donald Trump's current campaign.Jenn Jarecki, Kevin Trevellyan による
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Local evening newscast for Wednesday, July 24Vermont Public Staff による
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How New Farms for New Americans is moving forward after another flood at the Intervale Center
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The New Farms for New Americans program provides farmland and resources for immigrants and refugees at the Intervale Center in Burlington. The program works to address food insecurity and provide traditional or culturally significant agricultural experiences. Farmers in the program are once again dealing with flood impacts in the area, but the Cent…
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More Vermont towns are turning to community nurses, offering free health care
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Finding and getting medical care can be a challenge, especially for older people in rural areas. To help fill in these gaps, over a dozen towns in Vermont and New Hampshire have something called a community nurse. Some towns think this saves money by limiting unnecessary 911 calls and hospital trips.…
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Camp Ta-Kum-Ta celebrates 40 years of providing care and connection for children with cancer
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Camp Ta-Kum-Ta provides a summer camp experience each year for children with cancer, those who are recovering and their families at their property in South Hero. They also now offer year-round programming. The camp's executive director says summer camp is a unique experience that provides children with the opportunity for connection.…
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Central Vermont's queer community is on the front line of flood recovery
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Why are queer central Vermonters so responsive in a community crisis? Reporter Erica Heilman speaks with some members of the LGBTQ+ community in central Vermont about their swift response after the recent floods.Erica Heilman による
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New baby bonds pilot program aims to address Vermont's wealth gap
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Last month, H.55 became law, authorizing Vermont State Treasurer Mike Pieciak to establish a Vermont Baby Bond Trust program and develop a pilot. The program will provide funds to young Vermonters born into poverty. Their use is limited to wealth-building activities.Jenn Jarecki, Nathaniel Wilson による
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'A huge relief': 2 Vermont tax sale lawsuits settled, and new law adds protections
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A Greensboro family will not lose their 300-acre farm, and a 66-year-old woman will get back her house after the village of Orleans seized it. Both cases are tied to tax sales — a process municipalities can use to collect unpaid taxes, but that can also lead to people losing their homes.Liam Elder-Connors による
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Vermonters with flood-damaged homes face tough recovery process: 'We have a lot of work ahead of us'
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People in hard-hit Northeast Kingdom towns like St. Johnsbury, Lyndonville and Barnet are surveying damage and figuring out how they'll carry on after last week's flooding. Some are facing permanent displacement.Peter Hirschfeld による
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How climate change, location and topography contribute to flood events in Vermont
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Vermont State Climatologist Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux about the role of climate change — and geography — in the flooding Vermont saw last week.Abagael Giles による
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'It's flood fatigue': What it was like for a Johnson couple to watch waters rising toward their home
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Jerry Williams and Jeane Wolfe are still waiting for a buyout of their home after last year's flooding. On Thursday, they watched as the Gihon River rose again.Abagael Giles による
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This Richmond couple said last year's floods prepared them for more. And then more came
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"We thought we were good," Amy Channell says. "We were all communicating with each other about what we're seeing on the news, and 'OK good. We can sleep tight tonight!' And it's like, we can't let our guard down."Elodie Reed による
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After dozens of rescues and 1 death, Lyndonville grapples with extensive damage, displacement
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On Thursday morning, Lyndonville was inundated with water — washing away houses, businesses and roads. Tens of residents were evacuated, and many have been displaced; one death in Lyndonville has been reported. Residents in the Northeast Kingdom town say it's the worst natural disaster to date.Peter Hirschfeld, Liam Elder-Connors による
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Heavy rain has moved east, but Vermont rivers will continue to rise
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Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium Director and Senior Meteorologist Mark Breen joined Vermont Public to give a live storm update on the morning of July 11.Kari Anderson, Nathaniel Wilson による
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A Cambridge couple on losing memories in the floods and rebuilding amid uncertainty
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A year after historic floods swept through Vermont, one couple in hard-hit Cambridge village is still grappling with big questions about what’s next for their home, even as they rebuild and prepare for the next flood.Abagael Giles による
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Flood mitigation in Vermont towns will take years of work as extreme weather threats increase
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A year after floods devastated many municipalities across Vermont, there’s an urgent need for towns to take on projects to limit damage from future disasters. But that work will take years and cost millions of dollars.Liam Elder-Connors による
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Montpelier businesses still facing challenges one year after the flood
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Under the surface of a clean and welcoming downtown business district, the effects of the flood and the lingering fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic have brought the economic future of Montpelier into question.Bob Kinzel, David Littlefield による
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'We had nothing.' A Barre couple remakes a life after losing their home in the floods
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Doug and Rhoda Mason found a place to live after their home was destroyed in a landslide last July, but the Barre City couple is still very much displaced.Peter Hirschfeld による
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'We know what we need to do.' Intervale farmers brace for future floods
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Farmers at the Intervale Center in Burlington are reflecting on the 2023 floods, while also preparing for the future.Mikaela Lefrak による
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Trials & Tribulations: A week inside Vermont's busiest courthouse
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More than four years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the state judiciary is still struggling with an enormous backlog of criminal cases and competing public pressures around how justice should be pursued. To better understand how the system is working, Seven Days and Vermont Public embedded two reporters at the Burlington criminal courthouse for…
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Two Abenaki First Nations are continuing to call for Vermont institutions not to work with state-recognized tribes, and to reconsider the process that led to the state recognizing those groups as Abenaki tribes. Those nations — Odanak and Wôlinak — are receiving a mixed response. 2024-04-02: This story has been updated to more accurately reflect th…
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John Harrison traveled Vermont as a preacher in the 1880s. A racist name in town records preserved his memory. Note: This story contains sensitive material, including racial slurs. Please listen with care.
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Ashley Messier is the co-chair of the Corrections Monitoring Committee in the Vermont Legislature, and she’s the reentry services program manager for Vermont Works for Women. She grew up in Essex with an abusive father and with little money, and she found herself repeating the cycle in early adulthood. This is a story about multigenerational povert…
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Many people don’t want to talk about class, because class differences are the source of cultural division and tension. In this story, Erica talks with old friend Susan Randall, a private investigator based in Vergennes, about the luxuries of growing up upper middle class. "What class are you?" is an occasional series from Vermont Public reporter Er…
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In 2023, around 70% of the total wealth in this country was owned by the top 10% of earners. The lowest 50% of earners only owned 2.5% of the total wealth. In this story, Vermont writer and poet Garrett Keizer, who has written extensively on the history of labor unions, talks about what happens when we address gender and race equity, but we ignore …
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Stephanie Robtoy works as an account manager at Working Fields, a staffing agency that helps people with barriers gain and maintain a job. She grew up in St. Albans in a huge family of Robtoys, some of whom are pretty notorious in town for criminal activity. In this story, Stephanie talks about what it was like to grow up poor, with a last name tha…
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Irfan Sehic and his family fled the war in Bosnia and arrived in Barre when Irfan was 17. He worked a number of jobs, went to college and started his own insurance agency, which he still runs out of his house. And for the last few years, he's been a club soccer coach. Irfan lives with his wife and son in Milton, and in this story, he describes the …
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Who gets to decide who is Abenaki? Vermont’s four state-recognized tribes — and the state recognition law — have different definitions and criteria for what it means to be Indigenous than many Indigenous Nations. In this episode, we look at this disconnect, and lay out what’s at stake, including power, money and authority. This is Chapter Three of …
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After the original group of self-proclaimed Vermont Abenaki failed to gain federal recognition, Vermont lawmakers created a state recognition process of their own. One theory in particular informed the state’s consideration: that Abenaki peoples hid in Vermont to avoid persecution, including statewide eugenics policies. In this episode, we look at …
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Two Abenaki First Nations in Canada contest the legitimacy of the four groups recognized by the state of Vermont as Abenaki tribes. This is a dispute that goes back at least two decades, and has gained more prominence in recent years. In this episode, we trace Abenaki history up to 2003, when Odanak First Nation first denounced Vermont groups claim…
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The hotline that helps immigrant dairy farmworkers
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University of Virginia researchers say the complaint line run by the grassroots workers’ rights program Milk With Dignity improves conditions for both farmworkers and farm owners. But the program currently only covers one-fifth of Vermont’s dairy industry. Read more from Vermont Public's Elodie Reed.…
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Giuliano Cecchinelli is part of a long legacy of Italian stone carvers in Barre, craftsmen whose skill transformed an industry and made the small central Vermont town the “Granite Capital of the World.” In the early 20th century, Barre was a booming industry town. Thousands of workers spent their days making monuments. The railroad chugged into tow…
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How the events of last year changed Vermont schools and law enforcement. Also - where's Jack?
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How do you know if a young person is plotting a school massacre? And what do you do then?
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How a Republican governor who had been rated "A" by the NRA decided that Vermont, one of the most gun-friendly states in the nation, needed gun control laws.
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When does planning a school shooting become attempted murder? The question went all the way to the Vermont Supreme Court.
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Part 1: The Shooting That Didn’t Happen [JOLTED]
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Jack Sawyer’s journal contained a startling confession. It landed him in jail, and sent shockwaves through the state of Vermont.
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Who is Jack Sawyer, and why did he want to kill his former classmates?
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Coming September 6 from Vermont Public Radio.
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