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Vermont foliage photos on social media
BurlingtonFreePress.com
Vermonters are posting some beautiful fall foliage photos on Instagram and Facebook, so we're embedding a sample to share with our readers. If you're interested in having the Free Press see your Vermont Instagram and Facebook foliage photos, please use ...

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The Block's Maxine and Karstan open up about babies following made for TV ...
Daily Mail
They had to keep their nuptials a secret for months after filming for The Block: Glasshouse wrapped. And now, Karstan Smith and Maxine Stokes are talking to Daily Mail Australia about 'what's next' after their made for TV wedding, which was shot at ...

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Pasadena Playhouse gets makeover with new carpet and seats  The Pasadena Star-News

Crapo: Domestic Violence is Inexcusable
Twin Falls Times-News
Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, in authoring the VAWA reauthorization legislation to strengthen programs and policies meant to prevent domestic and sexual violence and ensure continued services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. The law ...

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Horse Power Gains Favor among Small-scale Farmers
Twin Falls Times-News
There were over 1,000 last year at the event in Barton, Vermont.'' On a recent afternoon, Hewes put a collar and harness on a young mule he bred from his Mammoth jack donkey and a Percheron mare. Hitching the mule to a chain attached to a heavy log, ...

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Local food luminaries meet at Eat by Northeast
BurlingtonFreePress.com
Drinks from more than 20 breweries, cideries and wineries will be available. Among the breweries at the Brewhaha: Lawson's Finest Liquids, Lost Nation, Rock Art and Zero Gravity, and more. All Vermont cideries will be at the festival, according to ...

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A NORWICH UNIVERSITY professor-student team is working to build a better environment for our communities, demonstrating another example of NU's guiding value, "service to nation and others before self."

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Tara Kulkarni has earned two different research grants that both aim to improve our environment.

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One is a pilot grant that funds her collaboration with a student research project led by senior civil engineering student Susan Limberg. Kulkarni, as the faculty adviser, wrote a proposal based on Limberg's idea for improving sustainability within our constructed environment. They received a Phase I, $15,000 grant from the P3: People, Prosperity and the Planet Student Design Competition for Sustainability, a national-level competition offered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Top 5 accomplishments: President of the Vermont Commons School's chapter of National Honor Society, Volleyball – won a state championship, Outstanding Player of state tournament, all league selection, and Co-Captain, Received Vermont Commons Science Award, Awarded Best High School Poster for year long research project on climate change through EPSCoR, Presented at NAIS conference in Orlando FL on Engaging Students as Global Citizens.

Funding opportunity for Vermont small businesses, in partnership with university faculty, to develop projects that are aligned with the current VT EPSCoR RII Track-1 grant, Research on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin (RACC)

This weekend, some Vermonters were in New York City for a massive protest about climate change in the United States. Meanwhile, new research from UVM has added more data to a picture of rising temperatures and less snow in the coming century. Monday on Vermont Edition, we’ll look at the impacts of climate change in our region. Our guests are: Brian Beckage, a plant biologist at UVM and co-author of the study, "Impacts of Projected Climate Change over the Lake Champlain Basin in Vermont" that was published last month in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology; and Gillian Galford, an ecologist at the Gund Institute at UVM, who authored the Vermont Climate Change Assessment in June.

Green Mountain Power to host 24-hour energy innovation competition
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Colchester, VT – Green Mountain Power is pleased to host the fourth annual Vermont Hackathon (HackVT) which will take place on October 10th and 11th at the brand new Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET) co-working space in downtown ...

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Melanoma risk found to have genetic determinant
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(Lebanon, NH 9/18/14)— A leading Dartmouth researcher, working with The Melanoma Genetics Consortium, GenoMEL, an international research consortium, co-authored a paper published today in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute that proves ...

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Say What? Lake Champlain Is Undergoing Turnover And Seiche
Vermont Public Radio
To the casual observer, Lake Champlain might seem pretty calm right now. But lake scientists know that it is kicking up a storm. It's undergoing turnover and seiche (sounds like saysh) as we speak. What, exactly, are these phenomena? Breck Bowden ...

Say What? Lake Champlain Is Undergoing Turnover And Seiche  Vermont Public Radio

To the casual observer, Lake Champlain might seem pretty calm right now. But lake scientists know that it is kicking up a storm. It's undergoing turnover.

Say What? Lake Champlain Is Undergoing Turnover And Seiche  Vermont Public Radio

To the casual observer, Lake Champlain might seem pretty calm right now. But lake scientists know that it is kicking up a storm. It's undergoing turnover and ...

Walleye stocking returns to Island Pond
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“While we were waiting to see if the population could maintain itself without stocking, Island Pond became a popular location for walleye fishing,” said Jud Kratzer, fisheries biologist for Vermont Fish & Wildlife. “We decided to continue to support ...

Sanders to Vote No on US Military Role in Syria
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“This is not just a question of whether young men and women in Vermont and across America should be putting their lives on the line in another Mideast war. It is not just about whether the taxpayers of our country should once again pay for a war in the ...

Colchester residents debate firearms restrictions
BurlingtonFreePress.com
COLCHESTER – It was back to the drawing board for residents who gathered Wednesday evening at the Colchester Police Department to discuss a firearms ordinance that had not been changed since 1991. After one failed amendments proposal, Sgt. Jeffrey ...

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Rutland Regional Planning Commission awarded USDA grant to foster agritourism
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September 17, 2014 – Rutland, VT – The Rutland Regional Planning Commission is one of 13 organizations across Vermont to share more than $2.3 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grants and loans aimed at creating jobs in rural Vermont.

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RACC member Alan Betts provided a presentation entitled "Climate Change in the Northeast" at the annual conference of the Northern NE Chapter of the American Planning Association in Stow Vermont on Sept 11th 2014.
This year’s conference was held at the beautiful Stoweflake Resort and Spa in Stowe, Vermont. This year’s theme was BIG PICTURE PLANNING; planning for big issues and big outcomes! Climate Change, Transportation/Infrastructure, and Economic Development – in the New England context.