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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...
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...
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...
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...
Theater Review: 'A Distinct Society,' Weston Theater Company
Seven Days - Vermont
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Libraries are generally welcoming spaces, and Vermont's Haskell Free Library & Opera House, built atop the U.S.-Canadian border, has something of a welcoming superpower, belonging in every sense to two countries. A 2023 play by Kareem Fahmy takes...
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....
Trace Creek Construction welcomes Samuel Curry as its new Media Director
The Lane Report - Kentucky
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August 11, 2025
Trace Creek Construction has added Samuel Curry as the company’s new Media Director, bringing with him a unique blend of creativity, innovation, and high-level production experience. A 2021 graduate of South Laurel High School in London, Kentucky,...
Sharon Park and Ride to close for construction until mid-November
Valley News - New Hampshire
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November 8, 2025
SHARON — The park and ride located next to Exit 2 of I-89 in Sharon will be closed for construction beginning on Tuesday. The park and ride will remain closed through Nov. 14 while construction is ongoing. The $946,000 project includes installing...
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...
Made in Vermont: Holy Halvah
WCAX - Vermont
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August 11, 2025
BRISTOL, Vt. (WCAX) - Sweet, salty, nutty and rich: halvah is many things, including locally made, thanks to Holy Halvah in Bristol. “Halvah is an old food. It comes out of the Middle East, the Balkans,” Holy Halvah owner Rebecca Freedner said....
Outgoing commissioner says Vermont prison system has stabilized under his watch
Vermont Public Radio
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August 11, 2025
Nick Deml came to Vermont to lead the state’s prison system after seven years at the CIA. He’d never worked in corrections and was tasked with navigating the pandemic, reforming a toxic workplace culture, and addressing an acute staffing shortage....
Marketing a last-minute concern as CVCC bond vote looms
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus - Vermont
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BARRE — Just 10 weeks before they are expected to ask voters in 18 central Vermont towns to approve the second-largest school construction bond in Vermont history, members of the board responsible for running the Central Vermont Career Center hit...
Seven Can't-Miss Vermont Events This Week: August 13-20, 2025
Seven Days - Vermont
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August 11, 2025
Paper Cuts Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 Vocal and instrumental trio Heartwood enchants with back-to-back performances of "The Well Tree" at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center in Burlington and Haybarn Theatre in Plainfield. The original...
This is Our Home: Worcester, Vermont
NBC5 - Vermont
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August 11, 2025
IN THIS WEEK'S THIS IS OUR HOME WE'RE TAKING A TRIP TO WASHINGTON COUNTY. TO THE TOWN OF WORCESTER. THE TOWN MIGHT BE SMALL, IT'S full of surprises. AT A GLANCE THE TOWN OF WORCESTER LOOKS LIKE A SMALL, simple TOWN. BUT WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE ARE THE...
Cheapest regular gas in cities across Grand Isle County in week ending Aug. 16
Burlington Standard - Vermont
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August 26, 2025
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.gov There were three gas stations in cities across Grand Isle County selling...
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...
Texas bill would allow lawsuits over shipping abortion pills
CBS Dallas - Texas
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Republican lawmakers in Texas have opened a new front in their efforts to crack down on abortion, this time with a bill that would enable lawsuits targeting the use of medication to terminate pregnancies. Their proposal would also take aim at...
Engineer Fixes and Installs Free Pay Phones in Parts of Rural Vermont Without Cell Service
My Modern Met - California
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August 1, 2025
According to Pew Research Center, 98% of Americans own a mobile phone. Despite how common they are, cell service can be spotty—or even nonexistent—in many areas, such as long stretches of rural Vermont. Patrick Schlott, an electrical engineer,...
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...