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Shadow Lake Dam Update
The Newport Daily Express - Vermont
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GLOVER- The Shadow Lake dam started leaking more than a year ago, leading the Vermont Dam Safety Program’s Ben Green to direct the lake level be lowered by a couple of feet to reduce stress on the infrastructure. An engineering assessment has been...
Continuing drought affecting Vermont farmers, especially livestock farms
NBC5 - Vermont
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August 12, 2025
As dry conditions continue to spread across Vermont, one industry feeling the heat is the farms.Farm officials say a stretch of days without rain can really take a toll on dairy and livestock farmers, forcing them to supplement feed. Days without...
Trump’s Intel stake sparks cries of ‘socialism’ from his party, but he vows more deals are coming
Associated Press
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August 27, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has a message for critics who think turning the U.S. government into a major stockholder of Intel is a “socialist” move: More is coming. “I will make deals like that for our Country all day long,” the president posted...
Ilona Maher Celebrates Her Birthday With Peak Main Character Energy and We Can’t Get Enough
Sports Illustrated - New York
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August 12, 2025
It’s Ilona Maher’s birthday today, and she’s celebrating with an Instagram post that is both stunning and totally on-point. In a duo of frames posted to the app, Maher provided her followers with two jaw-dropping images in a figure-hugging mid...
VermontBiz reveals inaugural 91 Influencers
Vermont Business Magazine
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August 4, 2025
Vermont Business Magazine It is with great excitement that VermontBiz Magazine celebrates the remarkable achievements of all the individuals chosen as the inaugural 91 Influencers here in Vermont. This prestigious honor highlights their unwavering...
John Amos’ Children Battle in Court Over Estate
L.A. Focus - California
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August 27, 2025
The family of late actor John Amos has erupted into a legal war, with his daughter, Shannon Amos, suing her brother, Kelly “K.C.” Christopher Amos, for elder abuse, fraud, and wrongful death. In court filings, Shannon accuses K.C. of manipulating...
Bliss Farm's Barn Dinners Bring Boston to Southern Vermont
Seven Days - Vermont
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August 12, 2025
Sometime around the late 1970s, a Chester-area newspaper profiled Alice Bliss. Alice and her husband, Bill, started a small farm on High Street in 1940, a quarter mile from the Windsor County town's main drag. "Kids have always found their way to...
VCBB sponsors Broadband Technician Apprenticeship/Pre-Apprenticeship Training
Vermont Business Magazine
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August 26, 2025
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB) is sponsoring a new session of its Broadband Technician Apprenticeship/Pre-Apprenticeship Training in partnership with North Country Career Center. It will be comprehensive...
Vermont Engineer Revives Pay Phones as Free Hubs for Rural Calls
WebProNews
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August 4, 2025
Reviving Relics in Rural Connectivity In the quiet hills of rural Vermont, where cell phone signals often fade into oblivion, an electrical engineer named Patrick Schlott is breathing new life into a seemingly obsolete technology: the pay phone....
Vermont Engineer Revives Pay Phones for Rural Connectivity
WebProNews
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August 4, 2025
In the quiet hills of rural Vermont, where cellular signals often fade into oblivion, an electrical engineer named Mike Clements is breathing new life into a relic of the analog era: the pay phone. Clements, a tinkerer with a passion for vintage...
Quincy City Council approves two construction projects to address sinkholes
WGEM - Illinois
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August 12, 2025
QUINCY (WGEM) - Quincy City Council approved two construction projects were approved to fix underground infrastructure at two locations in town. Currently, the brick sewer lines underneath 22nd to 24th streets have caused a number of holes. The...
Vermont Green FC wins league championship after undefeated season
WAMC - New York
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August 4, 2025
Burlington, Vermont, is now home to not one, but two championship-winning soccer teams. Thousands of Vermont Green FC fans were celebrating over the weekend as the semi-pro club captured its league’s national title. An undefeated regular season...
The Springfield Dam Run and family fun
The Vermont Journal & The Shopper
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August 26, 2025
Runners at the 2024 Springfield Dam Run. Photo provided SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – You won’t want to miss the Edgar May Health and Recreation Center’s Springfield Dam Run on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 4-7:30 p.m. This year, the Dam Run will take place...
Lt. Gov. John Rodgers says Vermont could learn from Stafford Technical Center
Rutland Herald - Vermont
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Lt. Gov. John Rodgers said other parts of the state could learn from Stafford Technical Center. Rodgers toured Stafford Monday as part of a visit to Rutland County that included stops at the Vermont State Fairgrounds and a Habitat for Humanity...
Trump cuts $62.5 million in promised federal funding to Vermont solar projects
VTDigger - Vermont
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August 11, 2025
Solar panels in Barre Town. File photo by John Herrick/VTDigger The federal government killed a program that was designed to reduce the cost of electricity for low-income Vermonters by installing millions of dollars worth of solar energy across...
With an eye to climate dangers, Vermont summer camps prep for safety
VTDigger - Vermont
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August 11, 2025
River in Vermont. File photo by Natalie Bankmann Kate Lewton is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program. BURLINGTON — They are made up of cabins scrawled with old...
AI-driven power demands reignite debate over nuclear power in Vermont
WCAX - Vermont
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August 11, 2025
VERNON, Vt. (WCAX) - Could Vermont play a role in the development of more nuclear energy? The Trump administration is vowing to unleash American energy, in part, by rebooting or building new nuclear energy plants, and Vermont is among the states...
Engineer restores pay phones for free public use
WSIU - Illinois
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August 4, 2025
Patrick Schlott often finds himself in a cellular dead zone during his drive to work. "You go down the road, you turn the corner and you're behind a mountain and you'll lose cell coverage pretty fast," he says. The 31-year-old electrical engineer...
C.A.C. Industries Inc. Named ENR New York 2025 Specialty Contractor of the Year
Engineering News Record
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August 11, 2025
Photo by Kristina Ippolito of IPC C.A.C. Industries Inc., ENR New York's Specialty Contractor of the Year, was on the project team for the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project, which is enhancing flood protection and public space along Manhattan’s...
Efficiency Vermont doubles custom business incentives
Manchester Journal - Vermont
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WINOOSKI – As businesses in Vermont continue to face rising costs and economic uncertainties, Efficiency Vermont is stepping up with additional support. For a limited time, business can double their custom incentive for energy efficiency projects....