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VermontBENNINGTONAttorney Anita Hill named to S. Vt. College board
A Brandeis University professor who rose to national prominence during the 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Justice Clarence Thomas has been named to the board of trustees of Southern Vermont College in Bennington.Professor Anita Hill was invited to join the Southern Vermont board by College President Karen Gross.
BURLINGTONVt. nuke 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 in announcing a push for Town Meeting Day votes on whether the plant should keep operating past 2012.Ice cream icons Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield and former Gov. Phil Hoff lent their voices to those who want the Legislature to turn thumbs down on Vermont Yankee's request for a 20-year license extension.
MONTPELIERFederal immigration officials target Vermont farms
Federal immigration officials are cracking down on Vermont dairy farmers as part of a national effort, asking them to provide records to prove their workers are legal.Kelly Loftus, a spokeswoman for the state Agency of Agriculture, said immigration officials visited four farms on Thursday.
MONTPELIERNortheast states granted green jobs funding
Vermont and seven other states will share nearly $4 million in economic stimulus funding to support a green jobs program.Vermont led an eight-state Northeast Research Consortium that applied for a research grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.
NEWPORT CENTERVt. 911 callers report plane dropping pot
Vermont State Police have seized $200,000 worth of marijuana believed to have been dropped from a plane into a field near the U.S.-Canadian border.Police say they received several 911 calls about pot being dropped from a yellow plane in Newport Center on Tuesday afternoon.
UNDERHILLPhillips mum on attack on former ship
The former captain of the Maersk Alabama says he has nothing to say about the second pirate attack in seven months on his former ship.Richard Phillips of Underhill is referring questions about the attack reported Wednesday off the coast of Somalia to the owner of the ship, Maersk Lines Limited.
MORRISVILLEPolice: Vermont man stole bus, posted video of it
What possesses a man to steal his ex-employer's bus, take it for a three-state joy ride and then post a video of the lark on YouTube?Thirty-eight-year-old Jacob Rehm says he "felt inspired."
MONTPELIERConstruction could begin this week on VT-NY Ferry
An official says construction could begin this week on a new ferry crossing between Vermont and New York that would take the place of the now-closed Lake Champlain bridge between Addison and Crown Point.Vermont Transportation Agency spokesman John Zicconi says the first phase of construction will be to build access roads to the edge of the lake. Then the in-lake portion of construction can begin.
MORRISVILLEVt. man who stole tour bus pleads not guilty
A Vermont man who stole a tour bus, went for a three-state joy ride and posted a video of it on YouTube admits he did it but says he's not guilty.Thirty-eight-year-old Jacob (pronounced REAM) Rehm - a former bus driver - took the bus Nov. 2 on a whim and headed to Allentown, Pa., but turned around in Connecticut and returned to Vermont. He says he was inspired to take the bus but that it wasn't a premeditated act.
ADDISONDanger closes VT fishing access near closed bridge
The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife is closing a fishing access beneath the Lake Champlain Bridge in West Addison because of safety threats from the now-closed bridge.The Department says the Chimney Point Fishing Access Area will be closed indefinitely.
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