Month

June 2018

All posts published in June 2018

59 posts

Scott vetoes latest budget, shrugs off fears of a shutdown

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By Xander Landen and Colin Meyn, VTDigger.org Gov. Phil Scott speaks at a press conference on Wednesday, May 16. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott Thursday evening struck down a spending package that would have ensured government funding beyond ... More »

State OKs 51-acre expansion at Coventry landfill

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By Elizabeth Gribkoff, VTDigger.org The state’s only operating landfill is in Coventry. File photo by Hilary Niles/VTDigger Vermont’s sole operational landfill is one step closer to a 51-acre addition after Casella Waste Systems’ expansion plan received prelim... More »

State takes aim at prescription drug prices

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By Mike Faher, VTDigger.org A bill signed by Gov. Phil Scott will require more drug-pricing transparency. U.S. Air Force photo While the possibility of importing prescriptions from Canada grabbed headlines this spring, Vermont officials have been working on ot... More »

Man indicted on charge of threatening to kill Sanders

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By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at center, stands outside the Statehouse in Montpelier during the Vermont March for Our Lives rally on March 24. File photo by Kelsey Neubauer/VTDigger WASHINGTON — A man has been arrested on federa... More »

Baseball Rangers make history

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copyright the Chronicle June 13, 2018 BURLINGTON — Just before the start of Saturday’s Division Two state championship baseball game two gray-headed men, a grandfather and a veteran teacher, were sharing their wisdom about high school athletics just outside Ce... More »

Monsters in the Kingdom draws enormous turnout

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copyright the Chronicle June 13, 2018 by Briana Bocelli BARTON — Wheelies were poppin’, trucks were soarin’, and dust was flyin’ at the Orleans County Fairgrounds Saturday at the Monsters in the Kingdom monster truck event presented by HammerDown Motorsports. ... More »

North Country celebrates fiftieth graduating class

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copyright the Chronicle June 13, 2018 NEWPORT — North Country Union High School completed its semicentennial celebration Saturday with the graduation of the school’s fiftieth graduating class. Family and friends packed the gymnasium and spilled over into the a... More »

Lake Region celebrates commencement

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copyright the Chronicle June 13, 2018 by Briana Bocelli The Lake Region Union High School Class of 2018 is ready to embark on their next life journey. The school celebrated its commencement ceremony on Sunday. Seats filled up fast with family members and frien... More »

Monsters in the Kingdom draws enormous turnout

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copyright the Chronicle June 13, 2018 by Briana Bocelli BARTON — Wheelies were poppin’, trucks were soarin’, and dust was flyin’ at the Orleans County Fairgrounds Saturday at the Monsters in the Kingdom monster truck event presented by HammerDown Motorsports. ... More »

Monsters in the Kingdom draws enormous turnout

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copyright the Chronicle June 13, 2018 by Briana Bocelli BARTON — Wheelies were poppin’, trucks were soarin’, and dust was flyin’ at the Orleans County Fairgrounds Saturday at the Monsters in the Kingdom monster truck event presented by HammerDown Motorsports. ... More »