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Will Vermont court ruling settle question for neighbors of stinky farm?
WCAX - Vermont
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June 11, 2025
ORLEANS, Vt. (WCAX) - A recent ruling by the Vermont Supreme Court gives cities and towns more authority to regulate farms. That’s welcome news to residents in Orleans, who have expressed repeated concerns over the smell and alleged mistreatment...
Ben and Jerry’s powers new organic waste-to-energy facility
Recycling Product News
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June 10, 2025
PurposeEnergy, a provider of organic waste-to-renewable energy solutions, has officially opened its new anaerobic digestion facility in St. Albans, Vermont. Construction commenced in May 2023, and the facility began exporting electricity to the...
Letter to the editor: Middlebury production of ‘La Boheme’ best ever
Addison County Independent - Vermont
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June 12, 2025
June 12, 2025 By Alicia Romero and Rene Langis Last night we attended OCM La Bohème opera and we were blown away. La Bohème is our sentimental favorite. We’ve seen it multiple times — all huge productions in bigger, fancier venues — San Francisco...
From people to food to flags, why does the Trump administration hate colors so much?
The Advocate
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July 9, 2025
A couple of weeks ago, I was staying at a hotel that had a free breakfast buffet. That can be pretty dangerous, although I'm usually careful about what I eat. However, when I arrived in the dining room, the first thing that grabbed my attention...
Growth continues at Vermont ski resorts
Manchester Journal - Vermont
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MONTPELIER — Despite challenges mostly attributed to weather, Vermont ski areas reported a season of continued growth. "With strong visitation and continued year over year growth, Vermont remains the top ski state in the east and fourth largest in...
Plymouth bridge construction update
The Vermont Journal & The Shopper
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June 11, 2025
A bridge in need of replacement in Plymouth, Vt. Photo provided PLYMOUTH, Vt. – A long-term southbound lane closure is now in effect on Vermont Route 100A leading to Bridge 9. Traffic is being controlled primarily by a temporary signal, with...
Infrastructure Work Kicks Off $5B Vermont All-Season Resort Expansion
Engineering News Record
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June 11, 2025
With road and waterline infrastructure work recently starting for a $5 billion expansion at the Eastern U.S.’s largest ski resort, the project team is navigating strict state regulations and difficult site grading on one of the largest...
Fans pumped for Vermont Green FC women’s exhibition match
WCAX - Vermont
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June 11, 2025
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - The first Vermont Green FC women’s match of the summer is Wednesday night. The Green will open up exhibition play at 7 p.m. at Virtue Field in Burlington. They’re playing Flower City 1872 of Rochester, New York. Tickets...
Brattleboro Retreat Tower, Vermont
Tooele Transcript Bulletin - Utah
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June 11, 2025
Medieval looking Tower in the Vermont woods is a ghostly sentinel with a dark past. The Brattleboro Retreat Cemetery. While living in New England I became fascinated by a structure that caught my attention while I was looking for interesting sites...
Full online edition: The Vermont Journal 06-11-25
The Vermont Journal & The Shopper
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June 10, 2025
The full online edition is the same as our weekly printed publication. The Vermont Journal 06-11-25 This week’s edition of The Vermont Journal features: Happy Father’s Day; Market on the Green to debut in Proctorsville; Plymouth bridge...
CRC appeals Water Quality Certifications for southern Vermont dams
The Vermont Journal & The Shopper
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June 11, 2025
Bellows Falls Station. Photo provided BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. – After more than a decade of concern, advocacy, and engagement over the relicensing of five hydropower facilities across three states – Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts – the...
Cyber Tatanka gives network defense specialists opportunity to refine their skills in safe yet realistic virtual environment
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 8, 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. – “You are the frontlines of this new data war.” That’s how Maj. Gen. Craig Strong, Nebraska National Guard adjutant general, addressed military, public and private industry cyber protection specialists, June 12, during the two-week...
Utah, 26 other states file suit against 23andMe over sale of genetic data without consumer consent
KSL TV 5 - Utah
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June 11, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY — The state of Utah, in partnership with 26 other states and the District of Columbia, filed a lawsuit Monday against the genetic testing company 23andMe. The suit argues that no company should have the agency to sell such “highly...
Direction to accelerate permitting for energy projects raises concerns locally
The Telluride Daily Planet - Colorado
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With changes in federal regulations and a high demand for critical minerals, southwestern Colorado’s mining potential is once again gathering attention, especially as the Department of the Interior plans to accelerate the permitting process for...
Supreme Court Denies Exxon Request to Get Rid of Citizen Lawsuits
WhoWhatWhy
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July 8, 2025
The oil major’s bid was one of several fossil fuel industry efforts to get a Supreme Court shield from accountability. Listen To This Story The US Supreme Court has rejected a request from ExxonMobil to overturn a historic ruling allowing ordinary...
Decades after a tense N.H. protest, nuclear energy has become a rare bipartisan issue. Here’s why.
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Write to us at startingpoint@globe.com. To subscribe, sign up here. As a college sophomore at Wesleyan in 1977, Fred Hewett was a self-described nerd who spent most of his time in the library, chemistry lab, or playing Frisbee. He largely avoided...
Will Patten: RIP Gardener’s Supply
VTDigger - Vermont
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July 8, 2025
Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a...
Clean energy is popular, even in red states. Senators might block it anyway.
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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June 10, 2025
The fate of America’s progress on cleaner energy rests in the hands of the U.S. Senate as Republican lawmakers consider a partial or total repeal of Biden-era clean energy incentives. The version of the budget bill narrowly passed by the House of...
There is no ‘national energy emergency.' Trump just wants you to think there is
WBUR - Massachusetts
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Commentary Anyone unsure whether the U.S. has veered into authoritarianism should look at a recent photograph of the Department of Agriculture building in Washington. A nearly three-story-high banner bearing an image of a stern President Trump...
Surgeon pay vs. cost of living by state
Becker's ASC Review
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July 7, 2025
Surgeons make an average of $515,130 per year in Utah, one of the highest-paying states for this role, compared to the state’s average cost of living of $49,737. The Bureau of Labor Statistics updated its salary data for healthcare jobs to reflect...