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Democrats Eager to Woo Republicans Who Are Wary of Trump ...  The New York Times

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Welch to refuse donations from certain PACs
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MONTPELIER - U.S. Rep. Peter Welch announced Wednesday he would not accept campaign contributions from political action committees of companies that have cases before the state regulatory board upon which his wife sits. The Democrat, who is ...

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New law requires quicker algae alerts
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Lake Champlain Committee staff scientist Mike Winslow said the system isn't perfect, but by using volunteers, it can cover much more area than if the committee relied on professionals. "We have the most comprehensive monitoring program in the country," ...

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Democrats Discreetly Turn Attention to Presidential Prospects of the ...  The New York Times

Photo Flash: First Look at Kara Lindsay, Nicolas Dromard and More in NCT's MARY POPPINS  Broadway World

SwarmFest is the annual meeting of the Swarm Development Group (SDG), and one of the oldest communities involved in the development and propagation of agent-based modeling. SwarmFest has traditionally involved a mix of both tool-users and tool-developers, drawn from many domains of expertise. These have included, in the past, computer scientists, software engineers, biomedical researchers, ecologists, economists, political scientists, social scientists, resource management specialists and evolutionary biologists. SwarmFest represents a low-key environment for researchers to explore new ideas and approaches, and benefit from a multi-disciplinary environment.

Humanosphere
Climate change may be good for one thing – killing mosquitoes
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By looking at rainfall data from 1970 to 2005, researchers Teresa K. Yamana, Arne Bomblies and Elfatih A. B. Eltahir, were able to make models for 2070 to 2100. Assuming that the world will not slow down the pace of global warming, the team determined ...

Council leader says cash paid for London free school site is ‘staggering waste’  The Guardian

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Police: Homeowner discovers burglar, fires gun at truck
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ST. ALBANS - A homeowner discovered a burglary in progress while he was home last week, and he fired his gun into the front of the suspect's truck as the person fled, St. Albans police said in a news release Monday. Police have applied for a warrant to ...

Dr. Andrew Schroth, VT EPSCoR Science Leader and Research Assistant Professor of Geology at the University of Vermont, has been awarded a three-year award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study phosphorus (P) loading from lake sediments in Lake Champlain. The collaborative award that will have implications for freshwater systems also includes Dr. Greg Druschel, Adjunct Associate Professor of Geology at the University of Vermont and Associate Professor, Earth Sciences, at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis. The award brings in $250,000 to the University of Vermont. Phosphorus is particularly important to understand in Vermont given the new Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)s established by the EPA for Lake Champlain, as well as its role in promoting and sustaining algal blooms. Schroth explained that this award "stems directly from our collaboration in Research on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin (RACC) and is a logical next step towards improving our understanding phosphorus in Lake Champlain. We envision that this work will provide insights on improving water quality, and ideas around the potential use of legacy pollutant phosphorus in a world where accessible P supplies are actually dwindling". The work in Vermont "will use cutting-edge analytical methods and experiments to study in great detail the interaction between phosphorus and iron minerals in lake sediment and water of Missisquoi Bay during different times of the year and under fluctuating conditions. In fact, one reason that Missisquoi Bay sediments are ideal for this study is because we have characterized the system's biogeochemistry so thoroughly under RACC. New experiments can be realistically derived from our data collected in the Bay over the past 5 years ".

Three Corners' Future Intersects With Statue's Fate
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Board member Matt Peeler, who shares White's concerns about the sculpture and has opposed the intersection project from the start, voted against it following a March email from AOT Traffic Safety Engineer Mario Dupigny-Giroux who said the redesign ...

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South Burlington needs $2M radio upgrade
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SOUTH BURLINGTON - When the city's emergency staff said they needed a communications equipment upgrade, the request was undeniable. But council and community members alike were shocked by the price tag of $1.9 million. “Why wasn't this in the ...

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Bernie Sanders Backers March Against Hillary Clinton in ...  The New York Times

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Milton man dies during Raftapalooza event
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A man from Milton died Saturday afternoon at Malletts Bay in Colchester, according to a news release from the Colchester Police Department. The 56-year-old man, who was not identified, was at an event called Raftapalooza. A distress flare went up at ...

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A 'Smart' Green Tech Hub in Vermont Reimagines the Status Quo
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Inside a plain brick building in Burlington lies the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies, a buzzing hipster incubator that looks as if it could be in Silicon Valley. It is powered invisibly by forces that any city would envy: a green grid that is ...

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4-week pledge to speak no English presents challenge
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COLCHESTER - Maggie O'Hare learned just how hard it is to order a drink at Starbucks without using English. The 17-year-old from New York City had taken a pledge to only speak Chinese for an entire month while attending Middlebury Interactive ...

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Chittenden County Senate race draws a crowd
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Chittenden County voters will have an abundance of choices for Vermont Senate when they go to the polls on Aug 9. for the state primary. Only one Republican, John Gifford, is running, but there are 11 Democrats competing for the six Chittenden County ...

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Nine arrested in federal drug sweep, ten charged
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U.S. Attorney Eric Miller on Friday announced the arrest of nine people in connection with a federal drug investigation encompassing Winooski and Burlington. The Drug Enforcement Administration arrested the nine on charges of facilitating drug dealing, ...

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Decision expected this morning on changing name of Annadel State Park
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A few weeks before his death in 2015, a blind Henry Trione confided to his wife as she read the newspaper aloud to him that if his name were to grace anything he ever built, he would prefer it to be Annadel State Park in Santa Rosa. The businessman's ...

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Slow revenue growth prompts Vermont savings
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MONTPELIER, Vt. - Slower than expected revenue growth is prompting the state of Vermont to find ways to make up $21.1 million in revenue. Economists on Thursday presented the revised growth forecast to the Emergency Board, which meets twice a year to ...

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