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10 hrs ago | Boston.com

Vermont hosts 4 flu clinics

Vermonters eligible to get vaccinated against swine flu have four opportunities to do it this week.

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Related Topix: Vermont Government, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Clover Herald

Demand up at Vt. food shelves; needs met for now

Vermont food shelves met the increasing demand for help - barely - but they remain concerned about helping those needing Christmas time help in a state ranked among the nation's hungriest.

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Related Topix: Vermont Government, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Charity , Agriculture, Science, Bellows Falls, VT

Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

Guard troops will be back for Christmas

Thanks to a successful fundraising effort by the Vermont National Guard Foundation.

1 comment

Related Topix: Vermont Government, US National Guard, US Military, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US Army, Camp Atterbury

Tue Nov 24, 2009

FOX6Now.com - WITI

Maine and Vermont lead nation in stepping up regulation of polluted storm water runoff

Maine and Vermont are moving ahead of other states on regulating pollution in storm water running off roofs and parking lots, which often carries oil and other toxic substances.

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Related Topix: South Burlington, VT

Newsday

Hunger on the rise in Vermont

In the new report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said 12 percent of Vermont households struggled to get enough food on the table in 2008, and one in 20 Vermonters was "severely hungry," U.S. Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Representative Peter Welch, Democrat, Vermont Government, Agriculture, Science, United States Department of Agriculture

Rutland Herald

Making a living in Vermont

Immigration officials have sent a wave of fear through the dairy industry of Vermont and the Northeast by visiting farms and issuing subpoenas for employment records.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Patrick Leahy, US Senate, Democrat, Vermont Government, Immigration Reform, Agriculture, Science, Opinion

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

N.Y. to spend $3M to help bridge businesses

While New York will spend almost $3 million to help businesses affected by the closing of the Lake Champlain Bridge, Vermont officials said none of that money will come to this side of the border.

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Related Topix: Vermont Government

Rutland Herald

Heath care debate poised to take center stage when Vermont lawmakers return this winter

The question Rep. Paul Poirier hears from Vermonters most is, "What the heck are you going to do about these premiums that keep going up and up?" Poirier, a Barre City state representative, has a long memory of health care reform.

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Related Topix: Vermont Government, Barre, VT, Healthcare Law, Law, Health Insurance, Health, US News

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

People told to stay out of firing range

The Vermont National Guard wants hunters and other civilians to stay off its firing range.

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Related Topix: US National Guard, US Military, Jericho, VT, Underhill, VT, Burlington Metro, Burlington, VT

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Rutland Herald

Tom Salmon press conference speech text

Auditor Tom Salmon Speaks On Government Transparency and Personal Responsibility Cedar Creek Room, The State House, 1 p.m., November 20, 2009 As Dickens wrote: "It was the best of times.it was the worst of times." This press conference is dedicated to warrior within all of us.

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Related Topix: Montpelier, VT, Bellows Falls, VT, Hartford, VT

Rutland Herald

Feds: Five Vermont dairy farms asked for workers documentation

Five Vermont dairy farmers are being asked to provide records proving their workers are legal, federal immigration officials said Friday.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Immigration Reform, Burlington Metro, Middlebury, VT, Burlington, VT

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Brattleboro Reformer

VY critics renew campaign against relicense

Hoping to sway lawmakers, two of the state's most famous residents and one of its former governors joined groups opposed to the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant on Thursday in announcing a push for Town Meeting Day votes on whether the plant should keep operating past 2012.

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Related Topix: Vermont Government, Nuclear Energy, Life, Dessert, Food, Ice Cream, Williston, VT

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Rutland Herald

EMTs can now give flu shots in Vt.

More than 700 of Vermont's licensed Emergency Medical Technicians and paramedics are now eligible to serve as vaccinators at public and school clinics across the state, Health Commissioner Wendy Davis announced this week.

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Related Topix: Vermont Government, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza

The Bennington Banner

Group ranks Vermont healthiest

Vermont has been ranked the healthiest state in the union, according to an annual report by the United Health Foundation, leaping up three places in the ranking from a year ago.

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Related Topix: Vermont Government, Best of 2007, Bennington County, VT

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Bennington Banner

Towns start partnership to reduce purchasing costs

Ten towns have partnered together in an effort to reduce the overall cost of purchasing items such as diesel fuel, heating oil, paving materials and road salt.

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Related Topix: Manchester, VT, Jamaica, VT, Dorset, VT, Arlington, VT, Londonderry, VT

WCAX-TV Burlington

Second Swine Flu Death in Vermont

Swine flu has been blamed for a second death in Vermont. State health officials did not identify the victim or when he or she died-- only saying it was an adult with an underlying health condition.

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Related Topix: Vermont Government

Rutland Herald

Bridge closure protest comes to Statehouse

Vermont and New York residents who depend on the closed Lake Champlain bridge traveled to Montpelier on Tuesday to stress the problems caused by the closure.

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Related Topix: Vermont Government

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Brattleboro Reformer

Vt. food stamp usage jumps 39%

Vermont had one of the largest increases in the country in the percentage of people using food stamps last year, according to data released this month from the U.S Department of Agriculture.

17 comments

Related Topix: Vermont Government, Agriculture, Science, US News, United States Department of Agriculture

TwinCities.com

Washington has one of lowest premature birth rates

Premature birth rates in the Pacific Northwest are among the lowest in the nation, but the March of Dimes says that only earns Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska C's on the organization's premature birth report card.

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Related Topix: Washington, Washington Government, Idaho Government, Idaho, Vermont Government

Burlington Free Press

Susan Bartlett, Lamoille County senator

Vermont is struggling through the most difficult times many of us have ever seen.

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Related Topix: Lamoille County, VT, Opinion

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