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Frozen federal education funds to be released
Wilkes Journal-Patriot - North Carolina
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The U.S. Department of Education announced on July 25 that it is releasing $6.8 billion earmarked for K-12 and adult education nationwide. This includes over $165 million for North Carolina, of which $646,947 is for the Wilkes County Schools. The...
Vermont sues Trump administration for efforts to eliminate federal funding for health care provided by Planned Parenthood
VTDigger - Vermont
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July 29, 2025
President Donald Trump, left, and Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark. Photos by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons and Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont and other states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its effort to eliminate federal...
Franklin VNA & Hospice receives grant from Vermont Mutual Insurance Group charitable fund
The Laconia Daily Sun - New Hampshire
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FRANKLIN — Franklin VNA & Hospice has been awarded a grant from the Vermont Mutual Insurance Group Charitable Giving Fund in the amount of $2,500. Franklin VNA & Hospice provides support and aid for those requesting services including those with...
Vermont Department of Labor joins Vermont National Guard's PRIME program
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus - Vermont
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The Department of Labor has reached an agreement with the Vermont National Guard to use a program that pairs veterans and people in the military with jobs that need filling. Interim Labor Commissioner Kendal Smith said Tuesday that the Partnered...
Independent schools weigh the impact of state’s new education reform law
The Commons
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-Vermont's landmark education bill, recently signed into law, queues up some big changes to the state's education system in the months and years to come. But one immediate impact is the bill's effect on private schools, called "independent...
Locals take medals in Southern Vermont Decathlon
The Vermont Journal & The Shopper
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July 29, 2025
Back row, left to right: Shane Mas, Brian Lashway, and Landon Mas. Front: Jess Curtis. Photo provided REGION – Charlestown, N.H., native Brian Lashway claimed the top spot at the Southern Vermont Decathlon for the fourth time in six years, holding...
Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas confirm romance by holding hands during Vermont getaway
Page Six
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July 29, 2025
Hot new couple alert. Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas confirmed their romance by holding hands during a low-key getaway to Vermont on Sunday, per photos obtained by TMZ. The actors appeared cozy while walking through downtown Woodstock, as the...
Vermont Historical Society Announces New Exhibit: Illustrating History
The Montpelier Bridge - Vermont
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July 29, 2025
The Vermont Historical Society has a new exhibit at the Vermont History Museum in Montpelier: “Illustrating History,” which will be on display through June 2026. Illustration of historical events has been an important way of teaching and sharing...
UMaine women’s soccer picked 3rd in preseason poll despite getting most 1st place votes
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 29, 2025
The University of Maine’s defending two-time America East women’s soccer champion soccer team was picked to finish third in the league in a preseason coaches poll released on Tuesday. Binghamton and New Hampshire were the co-favorites as each...
America East Reveals 2025 Women’s Soccer Preseason Poll, Remington Honored
BVM Sports
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July 29, 2025
The America East Conference has announced the 2025 Women’s Soccer Preseason Poll, with UVM's Catamounts predicted to finish fifth for a second consecutive year, garnering 39 points. Binghamton and New Hampshire share the top ranking with 55 points...
A man was ordered to pay millions for filming teens undressing. Then he got an education agency job
Vermont Public Radio
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July 29, 2025
Last December, the Vermont Agency of Education hired a local filmmaker for a web design and copy editing job that included shooting footage in schools. Bill Simmon had previously worked at Vermont Community Access Media, now called the Media...
Vermont school districts pursue projects as reform has yet to take full effect
NBC5 - Vermont
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July 29, 2025
Members of the Mountain Views Supervisory Union have formed a working group to push their plans for a new Woodstock Union Middle and Highschool. It comes after the large education reform law was passed at the end of the last legislative session....
Will Patten: Capitalism Needs Rescuing, and Vermont Can Help
The Montpelier Bridge - Vermont
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July 29, 2025
Many Americans have a negative view of capitalism, blaming it for “an angry climate, exhausted natural resources, and an increasingly dysfunctional society,” but the causes of those crises are not capitalism itself, but abuses and excesses that we...
Four Girls Dairy in Fairfax is Vermont's 2025 Dairy Farm of the Year
Saint Albans Messenger - Vermont
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FAIRFAX — Ask dairyman Peter Rainville what’s most important to him and he will say family. There’s no denying that he loves his cows almost as much, but to him, family comes first. That’s why he continually strives to improve the efficiency and...
‘Psychological terror’: What happened when border agents detained this Vermont superintendent
Chalkbeat
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Wilmer Chavarria was 5 when he began selling bread with his mom on the streets of Ocotal, Nicaragua, in the country’s northern mountains. “We tried to do whatever we could do to survive,” said Chavarria, whose family had been displaced during...
Trailblazer paves way for women in medicine
Knox TN Today - Tennessee
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July 29, 2025
Helen Vodopick-Goswitz M.D. passed away on July 8, 2025. The family will receive friends on Friday, August 1, 2025, from 5-7 p.m., followed by a rosary at Weatherford Mortuary, 158 South Jefferson Circle, Oak Ridge. On Saturday, August 2, friends...
Shocking Motive: Vermont (05089) Man Kills Drug Dealer, Blames Native American Heritage – LIVE UPDATES
The Published Reporter
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July 29, 2025
Windsor County (05089) – A Vermont man convicted of a brutal 2023 murder is making headlines again after blaming his Native American heritage for the killing. The man, who fatally shot and dismembered a drug dealer he believed had harmed a close...
Vermont Covered Bridge Week kicks off Saturday in Montgomery
Saint Albans Messenger - Vermont
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July 28, 2025
MONTPELIER — Gov. Phil Scott has officially proclaimed Aug. 2-9, 2025, as Covered Bridge Week, honoring the 25th anniversary of the Vermont Covered Bridge Society and celebrating the legacy and preservation of Vermont’s iconic wooden spans. With...
Education Dept. says it will release billions in withheld school grant money
The Connecticut Mirror
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July 28, 2025
Support trusted journalism in Connecticut. Join CT Mirror’s members today and make an impact. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in withheld grants for schools, the Education Department said Friday, ending...
Vermont corrections commissioner to step down, former Burlington police chief will take over
Vermont Public Radio
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July 28, 2025
The head of Vermont’s prison system will step down next month — and be replaced by the former chief of the Burlington Police Department. Nick Deml, the commissioner of the Department of Corrections, will leave the post on Aug. 15, according to a...