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Heavy rain has moved east, but Vermont rivers will continue to rise
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Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium Director and Senior Meteorologist Mark Breen joined Vermont Public to give a live storm update on the morning of July 11.By Kari Anderson, Nathaniel Wilson
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Flood mitigation in Vermont towns will take years of work as extreme weather threats increase
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A year after floods devastated many municipalities across Vermont, there’s an urgent need for towns to take on projects to limit damage from future disasters. But that work will take years and cost millions of dollars.By Liam Elder-Connors
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A Cambridge couple on losing memories in the floods and rebuilding amid uncertainty
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A year after historic floods swept through Vermont, one couple in hard-hit Cambridge village is still grappling with big questions about what’s next for their home, even as they rebuild and prepare for the next flood.By Abagael Giles
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Montpelier businesses still facing challenges one year after the flood
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Under the surface of a clean and welcoming downtown business district, the effects of the flood and the lingering fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic have brought the economic future of Montpelier into question.By Bob Kinzel, David Littlefield
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'We had nothing.' A Barre couple remakes a life after losing their home in the floods
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Doug and Rhoda Mason found a place to live after their home was destroyed in a landslide last July, but the Barre City couple is still very much displaced.By Peter Hirschfeld
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'We know what we need to do.' Intervale farmers brace for future floods
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Farmers at the Intervale Center in Burlington are reflecting on the 2023 floods, while also preparing for the future.By Mikaela Lefrak
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Whatever happened to Gov. Scott's big, bold idea for Barre's recovery?
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Recovery for Barre's North End neighborhood is proceeding in a much more piecemeal fashion than the wholesale transformation envisioned by the governor.By Lola Duffort
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A Calais goat farmer is still recovering from the floods, on higher ground and with neighbors' help
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When the floods washed through Calais last summer, the town lost roads, buildings and even animals. Alice Seavey-Windsinger, a goat farmer, was separated from her animals — goats, chickens and bees — as the water flowed in. A recovery mission using a canoe saved her goats, but she lost her bees. Now, one year later, Seavey-Windsinger has relocated …
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A Plainfield couple reflects on rebuilding one year after floodwaters destroyed their home
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Plainfield couple Karen Meisner and Pär Winzell's 200-year-old house was devastated by the historic 2023 flood. A year later, they share their reflections.By Erica Heilman
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Weston Theater Company still hopes to reopen playhouse after flooding, but the future is unclear
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The 300-seat playhouse, which was flooded during the 2023 storms, is still dark, and the theater company is trying to come up with a plan to get it opened once again.By Howard Weiss-Tisman
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How this Vermont family — and Jamaican band — is healing after a health crisis
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Made up of Mikey Dyke, Judi Emanuel and their children, Caribbean Rain started performing as a formal band at the same time that the family relocated to Vermont. Following a recent health crisis, the family is more determined than ever to share their music.By Elodie Reed
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Displaced by floods, Berlin manufactured home park residents seek to prevent a repeat disaster
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As the park owner tries to rebuild one year after catastrophic flooding, officials have gone to court to try to stop the work, and former residents are watching closely.By Carly Berlin
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Early voting has begun for Vermont's primary election. Here's how it works
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Last month, early voting started for Vermont's primary election. Vermont's 45-day window to vote either by mail or in person is the longest in the country. Primary election day is Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024.By Bob Kinzel, Jenn Jarecki, Nathaniel Wilson
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For some Vermont flood survivors, FEMA was the second major disaster last year
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Interviews with flood survivors, state and local officials and current and former FEMA employees reveals a pattern of administrative bloat at a federal agency that, to many Vermonters, seemed less interested in providing assistance than in finding ways to reject requests for aid.By Peter Hirschfeld
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New tactile sign on Burlington's waterfront aims to improve accessibility
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A new sign that showcases Burlington's waterfront was unveiled this week. It was created specifically to improve accessibility for those who are blind or visually impaired. It is the first in Vermont's Queen City, according to organizers.By Mary Williams Engisch
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Climate change is bringing more ticks and tick-borne disease to Vermont. But it’s not the full story
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In recent decades, tick populations have boomed in Vermont and other Northeastern states — as have tick-borne diseases like Lyme. Scientists say climate change is one piece of the puzzle, but it’s not the only thing driving the expansion of their range.By Abagael Giles
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Vermont pays $175,000 to man arrested for giving the middle finger to state trooper
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The settlement covers Greg Bombard's 2018 arrest by a state trooper who said Bombard flipped him the middle finger — and a second, related citation nearly six years later, on Christmas Day.By Liam Elder-Connors, Derek Brouwer (Seven Days)
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First ever women's match for Burlington-based soccer club has record attendance
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Last week, Vermont Green Football Club hosted its first women's match ever in an exposition exploring the possible expansion of the league.By Samantha Watson
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Rare snake not seen in Vermont for 10 years slithers into spotlight
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The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department found a black racer snake in southern Windham County — the latest in a spate of rediscoveries by the department. The species has not been seen in Vermont for 10 years.By Howard Weiss-Tisman
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Why firefighters burn hundreds of acres in the Green Mountains each spring
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Dozens of prescribed burns take place each year in Vermont. The point of these fires is to help wildlife.By Lexi Krupp
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Trials & Tribulations: A week inside Vermont's busiest courthouse
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More than four years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the state judiciary is still struggling with an enormous backlog of criminal cases and competing public pressures around how justice should be pursued. To better understand how the system is working, Seven Days and Vermont Public embedded two reporters at the Burlington criminal courthouse for…
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Two Abenaki First Nations are continuing to call for Vermont institutions not to work with state-recognized tribes, and to reconsider the process that led to the state recognizing those groups as Abenaki tribes. Those nations — Odanak and Wôlinak — are receiving a mixed response. 2024-04-02: This story has been updated to more accurately reflect th…
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John Harrison traveled Vermont as a preacher in the 1880s. A racist name in town records preserved his memory. Note: This story contains sensitive material, including racial slurs. Please listen with care.
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Ashley Messier is the co-chair of the Corrections Monitoring Committee in the Vermont Legislature, and she’s the reentry services program manager for Vermont Works for Women. She grew up in Essex with an abusive father and with little money, and she found herself repeating the cycle in early adulthood. This is a story about multigenerational povert…
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Many people don’t want to talk about class, because class differences are the source of cultural division and tension. In this story, Erica talks with old friend Susan Randall, a private investigator based in Vergennes, about the luxuries of growing up upper middle class. "What class are you?" is an occasional series from Vermont Public reporter Er…
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In 2023, around 70% of the total wealth in this country was owned by the top 10% of earners. The lowest 50% of earners only owned 2.5% of the total wealth. In this story, Vermont writer and poet Garrett Keizer, who has written extensively on the history of labor unions, talks about what happens when we address gender and race equity, but we ignore …
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Stephanie Robtoy works as an account manager at Working Fields, a staffing agency that helps people with barriers gain and maintain a job. She grew up in St. Albans in a huge family of Robtoys, some of whom are pretty notorious in town for criminal activity. In this story, Stephanie talks about what it was like to grow up poor, with a last name tha…
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Irfan Sehic and his family fled the war in Bosnia and arrived in Barre when Irfan was 17. He worked a number of jobs, went to college and started his own insurance agency, which he still runs out of his house. And for the last few years, he's been a club soccer coach. Irfan lives with his wife and son in Milton, and in this story, he describes the …
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Who gets to decide who is Abenaki? Vermont’s four state-recognized tribes — and the state recognition law — have different definitions and criteria for what it means to be Indigenous than many Indigenous Nations. In this episode, we look at this disconnect, and lay out what’s at stake, including power, money and authority. This is Chapter Three of …
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After the original group of self-proclaimed Vermont Abenaki failed to gain federal recognition, Vermont lawmakers created a state recognition process of their own. One theory in particular informed the state’s consideration: that Abenaki peoples hid in Vermont to avoid persecution, including statewide eugenics policies. In this episode, we look at …
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Two Abenaki First Nations in Canada contest the legitimacy of the four groups recognized by the state of Vermont as Abenaki tribes. This is a dispute that goes back at least two decades, and has gained more prominence in recent years. In this episode, we trace Abenaki history up to 2003, when Odanak First Nation first denounced Vermont groups claim…
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The hotline that helps immigrant dairy farmworkers
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University of Virginia researchers say the complaint line run by the grassroots workers’ rights program Milk With Dignity improves conditions for both farmworkers and farm owners. But the program currently only covers one-fifth of Vermont’s dairy industry. Read more from Vermont Public's Elodie Reed.…
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Giuliano Cecchinelli is part of a long legacy of Italian stone carvers in Barre, craftsmen whose skill transformed an industry and made the small central Vermont town the “Granite Capital of the World.” In the early 20th century, Barre was a booming industry town. Thousands of workers spent their days making monuments. The railroad chugged into tow…
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How the events of last year changed Vermont schools and law enforcement. Also - where's Jack?
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How do you know if a young person is plotting a school massacre? And what do you do then?
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How a Republican governor who had been rated "A" by the NRA decided that Vermont, one of the most gun-friendly states in the nation, needed gun control laws.
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When does planning a school shooting become attempted murder? The question went all the way to the Vermont Supreme Court.
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Part 1: The Shooting That Didn’t Happen [JOLTED]
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Jack Sawyer’s journal contained a startling confession. It landed him in jail, and sent shockwaves through the state of Vermont.
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Who is Jack Sawyer, and why did he want to kill his former classmates?
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Coming September 6 from Vermont Public Radio.
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