My Place with Joel Najman
Capitol Steps
Politics Takes a Holiday
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Help us ring in 2012 by making fun of 2011 with The Capitol Steps and their annual year-in-review awards ceremony called "Politics Takes a Holiday!"Saturday Matinee
Die Fledermaus
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We celebrate New Year’s Eve with a Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II – a performance of January 20, 1951 – with Patrice Munsel, Rise Stevens, and Richard Tucker – conducted by Eugene Ormandy. Listen Saturday at 1:00pm.A Passion For Opera
The Pirates of Penzance
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The Pirates of Penzance had its world premiere on New Year’s Eve 1879 in New York City; we celebrate by hearing music from vintage recordings of this irresistible Gilbert & Sullivan opera. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.BirdNote
BirdNote: The Majestic Gyrfalcon
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Winter brings wondrous birds. Unrivalled among these is the majestic Gyrfalcon, a regal visitor from the Arctic where it nests.Commentary Series
Slayton: Still Working
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To conclude our encore presentation of last summer’s joint project with the Billings Farm and Museum on Vermont’s General Stores, commentator Tom Slayton looks at their survival – and their relevance – in today’s Vermont.VPR News
Brattleboro Looking Forward To Restoring Latchis Theatre
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Brattleboro’s historic Latchis Theatre will get a new marquee. That’s something it’s done without since a passing truck destroyed the old one last summer. As VPR’s Susan Keese reports, the replacement will be modeled on an older, 1938 version.VPR News
Public Service Board Approves 4.8 Percent Rate Rise For CVPS
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Bills will rise for customers of Vermont’s largest electric utility. The state Public Service Board approved raising rates for Central Vermont Public Service.VPR News
Vermont Minimum Wage Set To Rise To $8.46
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Vermonters who earn minimum wage start seeing higher paychecks as of Sunday.Vermont Edition
It’s Getting Noisy Out There
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Vermont author Garret Keizer examines the tension between our desire for peace and quiet and our love of technology and Arlington band Burnham performs in VPR’s Studio.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: A Safer Future?
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The year 2011 will be remembered as not a very good one for dictators and terrorists. Yet, as commentator and retired ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore tells us this morning, the jury is still out on whether the overthrow of these villains will make our world appreciably safer.VPR News
After Irene, Rochester Teen Says Life Slowly Returning To Normal
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VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb checks in with the Graham-Frock family again, and speaks with 16-year-old high school senior Rhianna Graham-Frock about what life has been like for her since Irene took the family’s home.VPR News
In Addison County, Solar Hot Water Takes Off
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Many more houses in Addison County are getting water that’s been heated by the sun. Since the inception of a new program this fall, 95 houses have installed solar hot water heating systems. And that’s been good news for one local business.VPR News
Fire Damages South Burlington Home
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Firefighters say a blaze that damaged a home in South Burlington, resulted in one firefighter being treated for smoke inhalation.Commentary Series
Slayton: Surviving Change
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All this week, we’re revisiting last summer’s tour of Vermont’s General Stores, produced in partnership with the Billings Farm and Museum. Today, commentator Tom Slayton considers why general stores, once the center of village life in Vermont, eventually began to change and assume the mostly subsidiary role they play today.VPR News
Chittenden Comes To The Rescue Again
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The town of Chittenden has organized a relief effort for a family that lost its home to fire on Christmas Day.VPR News
Town Bridges Slow In Reopening After Irene
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A number of town bridges are still closed, including one in Wilmington, four months after Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Minter Taking Over Recovery Efforts
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Gov. Peter Shumlin announced that Deputy Transportation Secretary Sue Minter will replace Neale Lunderville as Vermont’s Irene recovery officer.VPR News
State Awards Planning Grants
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Vermont has awarded nearly $410,000 dollars in municipal planning grants meant to boost economic development, village revitalization and future housing needs.VPR News
Small Dog Broken Into Again
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State Police say two people broke into Small Dog Electronics in Middlesex, but didn’t take anything.VPR News
Mobile Homes Removed At No Cost To Owners
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Crews have removed 68 mobile homes throughout Vermont that were heavily damaged from Irene-related flooding at no cost to the homeowners.VPR News
Route 107 Reopens Between Bethel And Stockbridge
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Four months and a day after Tropical Storm Irene, Route 107 between Bethel and Stockbridge was cleared for traffic.Vermont Edition
A Last Look Back At 2011
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We discuss the events of the past year that have reshaped Vermont’s politics, energy policy, health care and physical landscape. Post your comments on the stories you think made a mark on the year.VPR News
Funding In Doubt For Brattleboro Recycling Program
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The town of Brattleboro is trying to figure out a way to continue funding a recycling program.VPR News
Minter Named Irene Recovery Officer
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Recovery from Tropical Storm Irene will now be overseen by Deputy Transportation Secretary Sue Minter.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Annemieke Spoelstra and Jeremiah McLane LIVE
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Music for piano and accordion from the VPR Performance Studio. Listen Online.Commentary Series
Guyon: Cue The Confetti
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Writer and commentator Annie Guyon doesn’t start the New Year with a laundry list of resolutions, but she does make a statement – with lots and lots of paper.VPR News
Route 107 Set To Reopen
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Four months and a day after storm Irene inundated Vermont, officials are planning to mark the reopening of the last stretch of highway that was closed by the storm this afternoon.VPR News
Police Say Man Proposed With Stolen Ring
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A diamond engagement ring didn’t have the outcome a Vermont man had hoped for. His girlfriend said yes, but the ring landed him in jail.VPR News
State Launches Online Renewals For Retail Licenses
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Some Vermont businesses can now renew their retail licenses online.VPR News
Snowfall Gives Ski Resorts A Boost
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A few inches of snow have given Vermont ski areas a boost.Commentary Series
Slayton: Social Hub
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VPR partnered last summer with the Billings Farm and Museum in a project designed to encourage the exploration of Vermont’s working landscape and rural culture through our historic General Stores. Today, we revisit commentator Tom Slayton’s consideration of how they’re a key part of Vermont’s social history.VPR News
Irene Recovery Efforts Going Strong
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Irene recovery officials say even four months after the flood, the effort to rebuild is still going strong.VPR News
Extension Warns Of Tractor Rollover Consequences
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Tractor rollovers are the leading cause of death and serious injury for American farmers. And farmers are eight times more likely to die on the job than an average worker.VPR News
Non-Profits Still Facing Challenges
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Vermont non-profit organizations say they continue to face difficulty raising money in the current economy. Many rely on end of year giving for a significant part of their annual budget.VPR News
Icy Conditions Cause Hazardous Roads
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Many central and northern Vermont roadways experienced hazardous conditions as falling temperatures created icy conditions.VPR News
Town Emergency Coordinators Leave Posts After Irene
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A number of town emergency management coordinators are stepping down in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
BTV Experiences Two Emergencies
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Emergency crews responded to two emergencies at Burlington International Airport.VPR News
End Of Year Time For Giving
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Vermont Community Foundation President Stuart Comstock-Gay discusses end-of-year giving trends in Vermont.Vermont Edition
Where We Stand On Irene Recovery
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An update on what has been accomplished so far and what is left to rebuild after Tropical Storm Irene and end-of-year giving trends in Vermont.VPR Series and Specials
The Irene Effect
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"The Irene Effect" takes stock of where Vermont stands nearly four months after Tropical Storm Irene.Commentary Series
Harrington: Rediscovering Board Games
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Even with on-line Scrabble and all those downloadable game Apps – many Vermonters still play board games, according to parents, kids, toy store owners, and young professionals. Commentator Elaine Harrington takes a look at the trend.VPR News
Shumlin, Legislature Promise State Money For LIHEAP
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Governor Peter Shumlin and legislative leaders have promised to use state money to make up for federal cuts in a fuel assistance program. The goal is to make sure that low income Vermonters stay warm this winter.VPR News
Burke Opens New High-Speed Lift
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Burke Mountain ski resort has inaugurated a new high-speed quad ski lift that can ferry 1,800 skiers an hour to the top of the mountain.VPR News
Grafton Gets Grant To Help Swift Water Rescues
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A Vermont fire department whose members had to wait for floodwaters from Tropical Storm Irene to recede before they could rescue a woman trapped in a car is getting some help setting up a swift-water rescue operation.VPR News
Sex Offender Stays In Jail For Lack Of Housing
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A sex offender considered to be at high risk to commit another crime who was placed on probation after reaching a plea deal must stay in jail because he doesn’t have an acceptable place to live.VPR News
Proposal Aims To Extend Terms For Statewide Elected Officials
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The Vermont Senate may take the first step this coming session to change the state constitution to allow candidates for governor and lieutenant governor to win if they get the most votes, not necessarily a majority as the constitution currently requires.VPR News
22 Vermonters Nominated To US Service Academies
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Twenty-two Vermonters have been nominated to attend United States service academies.VPR News
Burlington Fire Caused By Wood Ash
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Fire officials say ashes left in a paper bag sparked a fire that damaged a Burlington home.Commentary Series
Slayton: The Real Deal
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We’re spending this week revisiting that iconic enterprise, The General Store, in a joint project with the Billings Farm and Museum of Woodstock. Last summer, commentator Tom Slayton visited several, and discovered some ways to tell the truly historic stores from newer ones. Here’s his method.VPR News
Shumlin Says State Will Make Up For Federal LIHEAP Cuts
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Governor Peter Shumlin and legislative leaders have promised to use state money to make up for federal cuts in a fuel assistance program.VPR News
Lt. Gov. Scott Favors Returning Most State Workers To Waterbury
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Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott says there’s merit to relocating some people in Barre. But he favors having most return to Waterbury.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Revisiting Manchester
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We’ll hear Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue as performed by the Manchester Music Festival this past summer. Also today, Bizet’s Symphony in C, Dvorak’s Piano Quintet, and Schumann’s String Quartet #3.VPR News
Drug Addiction Has Serious Effect On Family Dynamic
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Wendy Andrews of Rochester talks about how her daughter’s drug addiction has changed their family dynamics.Commentary Series
Mares: Duck Hunting
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As an alternative to his annual fruitless quest for the elusive buck, commentator Bill Mares persuaded a friend to take him on a far more successful duck-hunt.VPR News
Farm Urges People To “Buy Food, Not Crapâ€
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As many of us are cooking up a storm for various holiday gatherings, some Vermonters are struggling just to put food on the table. One local farm is working to help ensure access to fresh produce.VPR News
Salve Regina U. To Host English Immersion Program
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Salve Regina University has reached an agreement with Middlebury College in Vermont to host a summer English language immersion program on its campus.VPR News
NH Filmmaker Ken Burns To Speak At VT Theater
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New Hampshire filmmaker Ken Burns is going to kick off the Vermont Humanities Council’s 2012 first Wednesday series at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro.VPR News
VT Defense Lawyers Challenging DNA Collection Law
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Some Vermont defense attorneys are challenging the expansion of state law that allows DNA samples to be taken from more criminal suspects.Vermont Edition
An Interview With Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott
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Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott has spent the last several months working on Irene-related issues, primarily devastation facing mobile home owners, transportation and other infrastructure. Now, as the Legislature prepares to return to Montpelier, he’ll be stepping back into his role as a Republican who presides over the heavily Democratic state Senate.In Concert @ 8
Live at the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Bernard Haitink conducts Mahler.VPR Series and Specials
Still Working: General Stores In Vermont
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A special commentary series from Tom Slayton examining the country store in Vermont, its history and place in the community.Commentary Series
Slayton: Enduring Enterprise
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Last summer, in partnership with the Billings Farm and Museum of Woodstock, we explored a cultural icon that we are revisiting this week. Vermont’s General Stores are enduring enterprises with a strong sense of place that commentator Tom Slayton says are living links to the history of our region.VPR News
After Flood, Peanut Butter Company Moves To Morrisville
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Vermont Peanut Butter Company may be the state’s next gourmet specialty food producer to hit the big time. Business is booming, despite the fact the company lost everything in its Waterbury manufacturing facility to Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Stowe, Morrisville Join Online Farmers’ Market
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Virtual year-round farmers’ markets are gaining popularity around the state. About a dozen Vermont communities have begun using a web tool that connects farm vendors and customers.Vermont Edition
The Art Of Chocolate Making
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Truffles, bitter cocoa, milky smooth squares–on the next Vermont Edition, we’re celebrating chocolate. We’ll talk with a few small-scale chocolatiers in our region about the craft and tradition of handmade chocolates.Commentary Series
Luskin: Anniversaries and Identity
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Commentator Deborah Luskin lives in Newfane, which will turn 250 in the year 2024. She wonders if twelve years will be enough time to prepare a celebration equal to that of neighboring Guilford, one of the Vermont towns that turned 250 this year.VPR News
After Irene, Brattleboro Reexamines Housing Plans
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Housing officials say Tropical Storm Irene has placed new pressures on an already tight supply of low income housing. The storm has prompted housing experts to re-evaluate their plans and priorities.Young Writers Project On VPR
Christmas Morning
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Megan Nadler, an 8th grade student at Christ the King School in Rutland, says her class just started writing for Young Writers Project during this school year, and it has given her a chance to "think more about how I use description and how I include creativity in my writing."Holiday Programming
A Season’s Griot
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A Season’s Griot celebrates Kwanzaa with traditional African American songs and stories told to, for and about children. Hosted by Madafo Lloyd Wilson, this hour-long program presents original works of poetry, music and prose.Classical Music with Walter Parker
L’Enfance du Christ
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Generous selections from the oratorio by Berlioz.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
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Hans Graf conducts Faure, Ravel and Schubert.All the Traditions
Christmas, Channukah, Kwanzaa….and First Night !
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A marvelous intersection of holidays, and a long look at the wealth of local musicians performing at First Night celebrations all over the VPR listening area!Boston Symphony Orchestra
Holiday Pops!
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Keith Lockhart conducts the Boston Pops and Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Listen Sunday at 1:00pm.
Holiday Programming
A Chanticleer Christmas
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The San Francisco-based men’s vocal ensemble’s annual holiday concert. Listen Sunday at 11:00am.My Place with Joel Najman
A My Place Christmas Special
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program presents a Christmas Holiday Special on Christmas Eve. Featured is a profile on prolific Christmas songwriter Johnny Marks, as well as favorite holiday recordings by six different members of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, including Elvis Presley, Smokey Robinson and the 4 Seasons.Holiday Programming
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
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From King’s College, Cambridge, England on VPR Classical. Listen Saturday at 10:00am.VPR News
With War Over, Staging A Final Vigil
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The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq means the end of weekly anti-war protests for one central Vermont couple. But other activists say they’ll continue to stage demonstrations until all U.S. soldiers come home from Afghanistan and other conflicts.BirdNote
BirdNote: Birds At Christmas
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Birds are an important part of Christmas in Norway. On Christmas Eve, sheaves of wheat or oats are tied to a post or hung on the door, to feed the birds on Christmas morning.Saturday Matinee
La fille du régiment
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Donizetti’s carefree, sparkling La fille du régiment is heard live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan OperaJazz with George Thomas
Holiday Jazz, Classic & New
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Happy Holidays. We celebrate Christmas with classic jazz and blues including Count Basie & Jimmy Rushing, Charles Brown, Amos Milburn, Mabel Scott, Johnny Adams, James Booker and recent releases by Butch Thompson, Ellis Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Jimmy Ponder and many others.Commentary Series
Doherty: Candles At Midnight
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Commentator April Doherty has discovered that the Christmas celebrations of her childhood in New York City had a surprising connection to Vermont.VPR News
State Seeks Input From Flooded Towns
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In the wake of Tropical Storm Irene, Governor Peter Shumlin announced that a team of state officials would visit affected towns to learn how the state can help with the recovery effort -and better respond to future disasters.VPR News
Crews To Use More Brine On Winter Roads
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Winter road crews in Vermont will be using more brine instead of salt this year, and crews will be given more discretion about how much salt and brine to apply.VPR News
Vt. Supreme Court: Property Tax Deduction Is Private
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The Vermont Supreme Court says information used by towns to calculate adjustments to residents’ property taxes should remain private.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
The Nutcracker
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We’ll hear the entire ballet "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky this afternoon, as well as a complete performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.VPR News
Green Mountain Freestyle Center To Open
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There’s a new place in Vermont for freestyle skiers and snowboarders to practice flips and tricks before they try them out on the snow.VPR News
Manchester Approves Demolition Of Historic Inn
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A town board in Manchester has approved the demolition of the Village Country Inn.VPR News
Newport Cycle Accessory Maker Looking To Expand
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A plan to build a new manufacturing facility that could increase employment for the Vermont cycling apparel and accessory company Louis Garneau USA has taken another step forward.Vermont Edition
The Paintings Of Grandma Moses
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We look at the works of Grandma Moses, an icon of the primitive folk art school of painting and listen back to an archival recording of poet Grace Paley reading her Christmas story, "The Loudest Voice."Commentary Series
Lischer-Goodband: Warm Comfort
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At this cold time of the year, commentator Diana Lischer-Goodband has been thinking about how to warm up the season and romance an apple farmer. In her Dummerston farm kitchen, she’s found that there’s warm comfort in apple pie.VPR News
Regional Report: A Santa Claus Controversy
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A Kringle Kerfuffle was sparked over comments a teacher made in a 5th grade classroom this month at the Westminster Center School.VPR News
NEK Native Brings Vt. To White House
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For Northeast Kingdom native Emily Thompson, holiday decorating was a little bigger and more challenging than it is for the rest of us. After her elegant floral designs won lavish praise in The New York Times and Vogue Magazine, Thompson got an assignment she won’t soon forget.VPR News
Ski Resorts Step Up Snowmaking
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With a lack of natural snow, Vermont winter resorts say they’re happy about their recent investments in new snowmaking equipment.VPR News
Pulp Mill Bridge To Close For Repairs
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The Pulp Mill covered bridge connecting the towns of Middlebury and Weybridge will be closed for rehabilitation from January until November.VPR News
Months Later, Flood Victims Remain Displaced
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More than three months after storms deluged thousands of homes and businesses in the Northeast, the pace of recovery remains frustratingly slow for some people.Holiday Programming
St. Olaf Christmas Festival
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Performed by more than 500 student musicians of St. Olaf College in Minnesota.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for December 23, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Christmas Jazz & Best of 2011
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We wallow in Christmas Jazz tonight, playing many "snow" songs in an attempt to influence Mother Nature to cover us in the traditional White Christmas covering. Louis Armstrong and Kermit Ruffins cover Christmas in New Orleans and the pianos of Ralph Sutton, Dave McKenna and George Shearing stride into the holiday.Holiday Programming
Music of the Baroque Christmas
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William Jon Gray conducts music for chorus and brass ensemble.Commentary Series
Voigt: Reading To A Child
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King Arthur Executive and commentator Steve Voigt says that one of the best gifts you can give a child this holiday season – or any time of year for that matter – is to read aloud together.VPR News
Finding Jewish-Themed Children’s Books Beyond The Holiday Season
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It’s an age-old tradition for parents to read to their kids at bedtime, but finding children’s books with Jewish themes can be a challenge in Vermont. So, many families are turning to the PJ Library, which sends out free children’s books devoted to Jewish stories and holidays.VPR News
Emails Sent During The Douglas Administration Were Purged
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Emails from some top officials in Governor Jim Douglas’ Administration were apparently deleted shortly after his administration left office. The practice came to light after the state employees union sought internal emails from officials in the Agency of Natural Resources.VPR News
U.S. Will Destroy Lake Trout For Fear Of Invasive Algae
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is destroying more than 400,000 lake trout at a Vermont fish hatchery because of fears that stocking them in the Great Lakes could spread an invasive algae.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Schubert’s Ab Major Mass
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Schubert’s Mass #5 in Ab Major, Magnificats of Vivaldi and Monteverdi, and Vaughan Williams’ Hodie.VPR News
Deportation Could Split Up Lesbian Vt. Couple
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A lesbian couple living in southern Vermont say they’ll use every tool at their disposal to fight a federal order that one of them – a Japanese immigrant – leave the country.VPR News
Townshend Residents Worry About Suboxone Clinic
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People in Townshend are raising concerns about a suboxone clinic slated to open in their community. They worry it will attract drug addicts and invite crime to the town situated on the Upper West River.Vermont Edition
The Best Music Of 2011
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Share your favorite music from 2011 and learn what other VPR listeners are recommending.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Charpentier’s Midnight Mass for Christmas
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Plus Vaughan William’s Mass and a Christmas Cantata by Bach.Commentary Series
Hunter: Little Candle
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As a difficult year comes to a close, commentator Edith Hunter is thinking about darkness, light and the challenges that lie ahead.VPR News
Changes To Vt.’s Health Care System
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In the coming year, the five-person Green Mountain Care Board will lead the state of Vermont on the path to a single payer health care system they hope to have in place by 2017. Some doctors are very much in support of what the Green Mountain Care Board is trying to do.VPR News
Discussion Continues On Future Of State Hospital
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The debate over replacing the Vermont State Hospital has been going on for a decade. But it has gained new urgency in the months since Tropical Storm Irene, when the Waterbury facility was flooded and all of the patients had to be moved to other locations.VPR News
Two Women Charged With Medicaid Fraud
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Two Vermont women have been charged with defrauding Medicaid by collecting money for services they never received.VPR News
Autopsy Rules Death Of Salisbury Man A Suicide
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An investigation has determined that a Salisbury man shot by a Vermont state trooper during a confrontation at his home died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.VPR News
Sanders Praises EPA Coal Ruling
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Sen. Bernie Sanders is praising the Environmental Protection Agency for forcing coal- and oil-fired power plants to reduce emissions.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for December 22, 2011.
Commentary Series
Doyle-Schechtman: Putting Up The Tree
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Commentator Deborah Doyle-Schechtman reflects on this season of light and transformations.VPR News
With Utility Merger, AARP Wants Ratepayer Refund
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AARP Vermont says customers helped rescue Central Vermont Public Service when it got into financial trouble more than a decade ago. So now that the company is healthy enough to be sold, AARP says those customers should get their money back.VPR News
VTrans: All Bridges Damaged By Irene Are Now Open
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Vermont transportation officials say that all state bridges damaged by Tropical Storm Irene have now been repaired or replaced, and that the state is very close to reaching its goal of opening all damaged roads by the end of the year.VPR News
Vt. Yankee: Radioactive Tritium That Reached Connecticut River Poses No Public Threat
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Vermont Yankee has confirmed that radioactive tritium has reached the Connecticut River from its site in Vernon. The material was first discovered leaking into groundwater two years ago, and the nuclear power plant says that the levels are well below those set for drinking water.VPR News
In The Upper Valley, A Forest Expands
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A community forest created just two years ago in Fairlee and West Fairlee is now doubling in size. The Brushwood Community Forest grew Wednesday to more than 1,000 acres.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Motets of Heinrich Schutz
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Gorgeous motets of Schutz this afternoon, as well as the Three Nativity Carols by Stephen Paulus, Dvorak’s Serenade of Strings, and the Gloria of William Walton.VPR News
Learning And Playing The Pipes In Scotland
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Vermont bagpiper Hazen Metro stops by the VPR studio in Colchester to relate tales of learning the pipes and playing in intrepid Celtic bands throughout Scotland and Europe.Vermont Edition
Debating The Future Of The State Hospital
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The long debate over replacing the Vermont State Hospital has taken on new urgency in the past few months, since the Waterbury facility was badly flooded during Tropical Storm Irene. Governor Peter Shumlin’s proposed plan for replacing the psychiatric hospital is being met with mixed reactions.Commentary Series
Redmond: Holiday Retreat
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The busy holiday season seems like an unlikely time to step away from one’s active life and go on a silent retreat. But, that’s exactly what writer, journalist and commentator Marybeth Redmond did earlier this month at an ecologically-minded monastery in Greensboro.VPR News
Changes To Vt.’s Health Care System
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In the coming year, the five-person Green Mountain Care Board will lead the state of Vermont on the path to a single payer health care system they hope to have in place by 2017. This week we’ll be hearing from two doctors with very different views on the proposed changes to the state’s health care system.VPR News
Big Blood Drive in Rutland Shy of National Record
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Hundreds of people turned out to give blood at Rutland’s annual Gift of Life Marathon. But the estimated tally of 1,800 pints fell short of a national record.VPR News
More Shoppers, But Also More Demand At Food Shelves
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The holiday season is a traditional economic bellwether, and this year Vermont retailers say business is up. But the season is also marked by a strong demand for food shelf services, and those who provide those services say their business has increased as well.VPR News
New Hampshire Shelter Founder Hopes To Open Facility In Bellows Falls
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The founder of an overnight winter homeless shelter in New Hampshire says he’ll open a shelter in Bellows Falls.VPR News
Vermont Life Gets New Publisher
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The state of Vermont’s promotional magazine is getting a new publisher.VPR News
IBM Gives Grants To Nonprofits And Schools
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IBM has given out more than $500,000 in grants to Vermont nonprofit organizations and schools.VPR News
Vt. Unemployment Rate Drops
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The Vermont Department of Labor says the state’s unemployment rate dropped three-tenths of one percent last month to 5.3 percent.VPR News
Shumlin Announces Changes To Agency Of Human Services
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Governor Peter Shumlin has announced that two senior human services officials in his administration will be swapping jobs.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for December 21, 2011.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Britten’s Ceremony of Carols
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A new recording, just arrived at VPR.Jazz with George Thomas
Hanukkah, Christmas & No Snow
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We celebrate the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah and continue with Christmas songs old & new, from Nat King Cole’s "The Christmas Song" (the 1946 first recording of this song, there are now over 800 versions) to Marcus Roberts’s take on "Let It Snow." I included a lot of "snow" songs as we all pray for a White Christmas.Holiday Programming
A Leroy Anderson Christmas
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Leonard Slatkin conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra.VPR Classical Specials
Chanukah in Story and Song
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Leonard Nimoy narrates with music by the Western Wind. Listen December 20th at 6:00pm.Commentary Series
Homeyer: Solstice Bonfires
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Garden writer and commentator Henry Homeyer doesn’t like these short dark days, so he combines garden clean-up with a bonfire in honor of the Solstice.VPR News
Rutland’s Blood Drive Aims To Set Record
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Hundreds of people packed Rutland’s Paramount Theatre and two other locations today hoping to help the city set a record for the largest single-day blood drive in the nation.VPR News
Lawmakers Push To Reduce Prisoner Recidivism
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Vermont has set ambitious goals to cut the number of prisoners who return to jail. The effort to reduce the recidivism rate is still in the study phase. But officials say it’s critical to control the spiraling cost of corrections.VPR News
Vermont Law Compiles Environmental Watch List
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The list looks at significant decisions by courts, Congress and governmental agencies that will have a bearing on important environmental issues. The new list includes the disputed Keystone XL Pipeline, the Fukushima fallout and the EPA-White House clash over ozone standards.VPR News
Hollar Enters Race For Montpelier Mayor
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A Montpelier lawyer who served as chairman of the capital city’s school board is running for mayor. John Hollar says he’s a fiscal conservative, but liberal on social issues.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Bach’s Magnificat
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The Magnificat of Bach, Mendelssohn’s Octet, and Britten’s Festival Te Deum featured this afternoon.VPR News
Enviromental Matters Have Law School Concerned
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Vermont Law School releases its second annual Top 10 Environmental Watch List.Vermont Edition
40 Years After The National Cancer Act
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We look at what advancements have been made in cancer research, hear about Vermont Law School’s Environmental Watch List and get answers to your lighting questions.Commentary Series
Schubart: Fragile Landscape
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Commentator Bill Schubart has been paying attention to a new initiative by a broad base of Vermonters to ensure that Vermont’s working landscape continues to contribute to Vermont’s economy and beauty as it has for two centuries.VPR News
Rutland Attempts Record-Setting Blood Drive
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Organizers of the annual gift of life Marathon in Rutland hope to set a new record today and host the largest blood drive in the nation. Close to two thousand people will need to role up their sleeves to do it.VPR News
After Sigma Phi Epsilon Closes, Bitterness Lingers
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Officials at the University of Vermont and members of what was its largest fraternity say they’re trying to move on, but bitterness lingers after Sigma Phi Epsilon was closed because some of its members allegedly circulated a questionnaire that asked about sexual violence.VPR News
Burlington Councilors Favor Smoking Ban
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The City Council in Burlington has approved a proposal for an outdoor smoking ban in the city’s downtown.VPR News
Public Records Panel To Review Academic Study
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A panel of Vermont lawmakers reviewing the state’s public records law plans to issue its report to the full Legislature next month.VPR News
Burlington Police Say Homeless Man Likely Died From Hypothermia
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Burlington police say a 56-year-old homeless man’s death appears to have resulted from natural causes, likely including hypothermia.VPR News
Attorney General Asks Landlords For Lead Compliance
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The Vermont attorney general’s office says it wants 27 Burlington landlords to prove they are in compliance with the state’s laws about lead in housing.VPR News
Brattleboro Police Remove Occupy Wall Street Tents
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Police in Brattleboro have removed a tent encampment that a local minister says belonged to Occupy Wall Street activists.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for December 20, 2011.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Vivaldi’s Gloria
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Plus Schubert’s German Mass and a 17th-century Mexican Mass.Jazz with George Thomas
Bob Brookmeyer & Holiday Jazz
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We continue celebrating the life of the valve trombonist & pianist Bob Brookmeyer. His birthday is today, December 19,1929 and he died last week on December 15th. He left us with a wide and varied collection of jazz, from his recordings with Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker to Jim Hall and many more.Commentary Series
Douglas: The Guard and the Joint Chiefs
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In recent years, the National Guard has played a more prominent role both at home and abroad. Former Vermont Governor and commentator Jim Douglas has some thoughts on recent Congressional action that recognizes their contributions.VPR News
Fletcher Allen Drops Plan To Sell Outpatient Dialysis Units
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Vermont’s largest hospital has dropped its plan to sell its outpatient dialysis clinics after state regulators said the sale would not improve care or hold down costs. Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington says it may need to charge more for dialysis services now that the sale is cancelled.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Mozart’s Great Mass
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We’ll listen to Mozart’s "Great" C Minor Mass this afternoon.VPR News
Small-Batch Butter Finds High-End Market
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About a decade ago, Diane St. Clair moved her family to a farm in Orwell and decided to buy a family cow. What she soon discovered was that the Jersey produced much more milk than her family could use. So she decided to make small batches of farmstead butter.Vermont Edition
Family Feasts And Holiday Food Traditions
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Holidays are all about food and traditions at the table. We’ve invited two Vermont chefs, father and son, to share their stories and ideas about families, cooking and holiday food.Commentary Series
Lange: Burgoyne’s Blunder
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As U.S. troops withdraw from Iraq – and eventually Afghanistan – commentator Willem Lange is reminded of other attempts to impose political regimes by force in distant places, including one that occurred right here, on the border of the Green Mountain State.VPR News
Reconnected After Irene, Granville Pushes To Close Digital Divide
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Granville was one of 13 communities that Tropical Storm Irene’s floodwaters completely disconnected from the rest of the state in August. Since then, the Addison County town has been reconnected physically. But Granville still faces a gaping digital divide.VPR News
Vt. Bans Bath Salts
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The state of Vermont has made it illegal to possess the synthetic drug known as "bath salts."VPR News
Vt. Puts Early Constitutional Documents Online
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Some seminal documents from Vermont’s first century as a state are now available online.VPR News
College Professor Noted For Physics Discovery
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A St. Michael’s College professor is being recognized for a discovery considered one of top 10 in physics in 2011.VPR News
New Lake Champlain Bridge Over Budget
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The cost of the new bridge over Lake Champlain, which opened to traffic on Nov. 7, is running 8-9 percent over budget.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for December 19, 2011.Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 2 by Jean Sibelius
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Assistant Conductor Sean Newhouse leads the BSO in the Symphony No. 2 by Jean Sibelius. Listen to the Boston Symphony Orchestra Sundays at 1pm on VPR Classical.All the Traditions
Let There Be Light !
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Our annual "light" show, featuring songs and tunes chosen specially to brighten up the shortest days of the year!My Place with Joel Najman
Drummer Hal Blaine’s Greatest Hits – Volume 1
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Drummer Hal Blaine, working as a studio drummer in Los Angeles beginning in the late 1950’s, played on a staggering 35,000 tracks over a twenty-five year period, making him the most prolific drummer in recording industry history. This week, Joel Najman’s My Place program presents the first in a series of programs that spotlight what may be describes as Hal Blaine’s "greatest hits".VPR News
Vermont To See Cut In LIHEAP Funding
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The state’s congressional delegation says Vermont will see a cut in low-income heating assistance.A Passion For Opera
Madama Butterfly & Dylan Thomas
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Peter’s thoughts on Puccini’s Madama Butterfly are followed by his reading of A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.VPR News
Burlington Councilors Want Corporate Personhood On Ballot
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Some city councilors in Burlington want the city to adopt a resolution urging Congress to amend the Constitution and strip corporations of their rights to free speech.BirdNote
BirdNote: Pecking Order
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Birds in flocks almost invariably develop a pecking order, and as a flock changes, so does the pecking order.Saturday Matinee
Madama Butterfly
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The Chinese soprano Liping Zhang sings the title role in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, live from the Metropolitan Opera. Listen Saturday at 1:00pm. Photo: Marty Sohl/Met OperaVPR News
National Organization Closes Sig Ep Fraternity at UVM
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BURLINGTON — A University of Vermont fraternity whose members are accused of circulating a survey that asked who they would like to rape has been closed indefinitely. The national Sigma Phi Epsilon made the announcement on Friday.Jazz with George Thomas
Etta James, Bob Brookmeyer, Andy Razaf,
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Tonight’s jazz program includes some sad news on a couple of fronts, including word of the sickness of vocalist Etta James and the death of valve trombonist and arranger Bob Brookmeyer,. We also celebrate the birthday of Andy Razaf, who wrote the lyrics to "Honeysuckle Rose," "Ain’t Misbehavin’" and "Stompin’ At The Savoy."Commentary Series
Krupp: The Working Landscape
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What will the New Year hold for farming, food and forestry in the Green Mountain state? Commentator Ron Krupp looks at the challenges and opportunities we face with our working landscape.VPR News
Towns Roll Out Programs To Help Make Homes More Efficient
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A new program is helping cities and towns foot the bill for their residents to weatherize their homes and make them more energy efficient.VPR News
Regulator Says More Big Wind Might Not Be Appropriate
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The top energy official in the Shumlin Administration says Vermont probably won’t see more big wind energy projects beyond those that have already been approved. But the issue of how much wind power is enough for the state’s ridgelines continues to divide environmentalists.VPR News
Essex Wins Grant To Plan Future
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Officials in Essex got word today that they’d won a grant to help them plot the future of the village and the town.VPR News
Flood-Damaged Wilmington Baptist Church To Reopen
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Another sign of the continuing recovery of downtown Wilmington, which was so hard hit by the floods of Irene: On Sunday, the Wilmington Baptist Church will hold its first worship service since August at its sanctuary.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Saint-Saens’ Christmas Oratorio
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We’ll hear Saint-Saen’s beautiful but obscure Christmas Oratorio this afternoon, and compare its joyous final chorus with the well-known final movement of his Organ Symphony. Also today, medieval Hungarian music for Christmas, and contrasting English Christmas works by Byrd and Britten.Vermont Edition
Vermont Sports Roundup
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Winter is prime time for sports fans in Vermont. And there’s a lot of great ice hockey, basketball and skiing to be seen these days, both at the college and high school levels – from Norwich and Castleton to CVU and Rice. We take stock of college and high school sports across the state.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: Foreign Policy Follies
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As Republicans choose their presidential nominee, the candidates’ positions on foreign policy do not appear to be terribly important. As commentator and retired ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore tells us this morning, this is something different.VPR News
Regional Report: UVM Reacts To Fraternity Survey
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Outrage spread from the campus of the University of Vermont to well beyond the state’s borders when a story broke about a UVM fraternity’s survey that asked its members a question about who they would like to rape.VPR News
VLCT Develops Handbook To Fight Embezzlement
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Policymakers say it’s unclear whether more Vermonters are actually embezzling money, but there are certainly more media reports of the white-collar crime affecting cities and towns.So they’re working to provide a set of standards for small town governments to thwart it themselves.VPR News
Snowmobile Season Begins Today
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You wouldn’t know it to look outside – but Vermont’s snowmobile season officially begins today.VPR News
Airline Kicks Off Tornoto-Burlington Flights
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Airline passengers are now able to travel directly between Burlington and Toronto.VPR News
Bennington Police Say Vandals Caused $20,000 In Damage
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Bennington police are looking for help in solving a case of vandalism that caused nearly $20,000 in damage to two excavators parked at a hospital.VPR News
McKibben Calls GOP Push For Oil Pipeline ‘Disgusting’
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Writer and environmental activist Bill McKibben says he’s disgusted with a push by Republicans in Washington to tie approval for an extension of a middle-class tax cut to a speedy OK for a pipeline to carry oil from western Canada to refineries on the Gulf Coast of Texas.VPR News
Fraternity Finds No Sign Rape Survey Was Sanctioned
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A national fraternity says there’s no indication that a Vermont chapter sanctioned a survey that allegedly asked members who they would like to rape.VPR News
UVM Service Workers Ratify Contract
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The members of a union representing service and maintenance workers at the University of Vermont have ratified a new contract.VPR News
State Workers Could Be Relocated To Montpelier
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Many of the state workers who were displaced from their offices in Waterbury could be relocated to Montpelier. That’s one of the ideas that state leaders are considering as look to replace the work space that was ruined by the Tropical Storm Irene flood.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for December 16, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Holiday Jazz, Eddie Palmieri, Curtis Fuller
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We hear Holiday Jazz from The New Black Eagle Jazz Band, pianist Butch Thompson, Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn’s Nutcracker Suite and lots more. We also celebrate the birthdays of Latin piano giant Eddie Palmieri and trombonist Curtis Fuller.Commentary Series
Mares: Face to Face
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It’s the Giving Season, and commentator Bill Mares has been thinking about the difference between dropping coins in a swinging bucket at the grocery store or sending a check to a distant, anonymous cause – and responding to a request for help face-to-face.VPR News
More Than 200 Rally At UVM Over Allegations Against Fraternity
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University of Vermont’s largest fraternity remains suspended while officials and others investigate a survey that included questions about sexual violence. Revelations about the survey have shocked and angered many on campus. On Thursday, more than 200 people gathered on campus to speak out.VPR News
This Holiday Season Is The Last For Santa’s Land In Putney
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This weekend marks the end of a 54-year run for a once-popular roadside attraction. Barring a holiday miracle, Santa’s Land USA in Putney will close on Sunday. The theme park’s owners say they’re not getting enough visitors to make ends meet. But since their announcement, Santa’s Land has been packed.VPR News
Welch Concerned LIHEAP Will Be Lost In Holiday Wrap UP
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Congressman Peter Welch says he’s confident that the House and Senate will avoid a government shutdown this weekend.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Bach’s B Minor Mass: Kyrie
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We’ll listen to the Kyrie from the B Minor Mass this afternoon, as well as some Christmas music from Scandinavia.VPR News
Reconnecting With Vermont After A Lifetime In Russia
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Mirjam Nousiainen was born on her parents’ farm in Winhall in 1926. In the 1930s, her parents decided to sell the farm and follow the dream of a socialist utopia by moving to the Soviet Union. Now 85 years old, Mirjam was recently in Vermont to reconnect with friends here and tell her story.VPR News
A Vermont Perspective On Russian Parliamentary Elections
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Sam VanDerlip, a Vermonter who lives in Moscow, provides a vantage point on Russia’s parliamentary elections earlier this month, and the protests that have ensued.VPR News
Williams College Students Propose Plans For Defunct Race Track
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The future of the long-defunct Green Mountain Race Track in Pownal got a close look this fall from a group of environmental planning students at nearby Williams College. They’ll present their findings to the public tonight.VPR News
Shumlin Sets Goals To Decrease Reliance On Fossil Fuels
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Governor Peter Shumlin’s administration wants the state to get 90 percent of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2050.Vermont Edition
Update From Governor Shumlin
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We speak with Governor Peter Shumlin about the impact of Irene and hear about two Vermont-Russia connections.Commentary Series
Lange: Real Mail
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This time of year, many people sit down to write ‘year in review’ letters to friends and family, sharing milestones like children starting school, a new family home, or a new job. Commentator Kerstin Lange recently had occasion to reflect on the joys of writing letters – and receiving them – throughout the year and over time.VPR News
Dozens Of Homeowners Looking For FEMA Buyouts
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An unprecedented number of Vermont homeowners are interested in having the federal government buy their houses damaged by Tropical Storm Irene. The buyout program is designed get homes out of flood prone areas.VPR News
Irene Recovery Efforts Get Award
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Continuing efforts to recover from Tropical Storm Irene in areas of Vermont and New Hampshire along the Connecticut River are getting a $75,000 boost from private groups in the two states.VPR News
Vermont Ranked High For Job Subsidy Programs
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A study shows Vermont is among the top-ranking states for the quality of its job subsidy programs.VPR News
Women Accused Of Making Up Theft Attempt
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Police now say a Vermont woman and longtime Salvation Army volunteer made up a story that a man tried to steal a donation kettle from downtown Burlington.VPR News
Group Develops Handbook To Deter Embezzlement
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Policymakers in Vermont are working to provide a set of standards for small town governments to better deter embezzlement.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for December 15, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Clark Terry, Phineas Newborn
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We celebrate the 91st birthday of Clark Terry, a trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, band leader and "mummbles" specialist – his own style of wordless but very expressive vocalizing. Terry’s joyous sound fit in to Count Basie’s Orchestra and that of Duke Ellington. Additional birthday greetings to pianist Phineas Newborn Jr.VPR Presents
VPR Presents Joel Najman On Darlene Love
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You’ve heard Darlene Love in the hit songs "He’s A Rebel" and "Da Doo Ron Ron," but did you know she sang back-up for Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, Elvis Presley and many other hit songs?Commentary Series
Pfeiffer: Winter Moth
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Females endure much in order to bear children. But commentator Bryan Pfeiffer notes that one kind of moth takes sacrifice to extremes.VPR News
Groups Sue Over Backlog Of Vt. Abuse Probes
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Advocates for the elderly and disabled in Vermont have filed suit against the state over what they say is its failure to investigate abuse and mistreatment by caregivers.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Magnificat
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We’ll hear three unusual settings of the Magnificat (the Song of Mary) this afternoon: Rautavaara, Blackwood, and Parry. Also, traditional Ukranian carols, Beethoven’s first piano concerto, and the Clarinet Trio of Brahms.Vermont Edition
The Irene Effect
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"The Irene Effect" takes stock of where Vermont stands nearly four months after the historic flood.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Judas Maccabeus
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Handel’s oratorio relating the events commemorated by Hanukkah.Commentary Series
Guyon: The Art of Gift-Giving
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Commentator and writer Annie Guyon has found a way to make the holidays more meaningful and creative.VPR News
After 40 Years, Canada Struggles With Bilingualism
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In Canada, it was more than just an embarrassment recently when it was revealed that the man appointed to be the nation’s auditor-general couldn’t speak French. Now a new book is shedding light the country’s tenuous claim to bilingualism. "Life After 40: Official Languages Policy in Canada", was edited by Jack Jedwab, Executive Director of the Association for Canadian Studies.VPR News
Towns Waiting For FEMA Reimbursements
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FEMA reimburses 75 percent of the cost of recovery from natural disasters like Irene. The agency has just announced it has funds for projects for three towns from southern Vermont. But other towns are still waiting.VPR News
Flynn Gets $1 Million To Replace Squeaky Seats
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A $1 million anonymous donation will help to replace squeaky seats at a Burlington performing arts center.VPR News
Leahy Backed Effort To Expand Guard Role
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Sen. Patrick Leahy says he’s pleased the National Guard is poised to be represented on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.VPR News
St. Albans Gets $2.1 Million For Downtown Improvements
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The city of St. Albans is going to get nearly $2.1 million in federal funds for its ongoing effort to rebuild its downtown.VPR News
Postal Service Delays Closings
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Sen. Bernie Sanders says an agreement by the U.S. Postal Service to delay the closing of 252 mail processing centers and 3,700 local post offices by five months gives Congress more time to consider postal reform legislation.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for December 14, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Holiday Jazz, Old & New
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We dip into some favorite classics and some new Holiday releases tonight, including, Rene Marie’s version of "Let It Snow;" Fats Waller and his Rhythm wail on "Swingin’ Them Jingle Bells" and Maria Muldaur lets her pipes loose on "Santa Baby."Commentary Series
Blume: Rising Tide
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This time of year, many Vermonters dream about spending some time on a tropical island, but climate activist and commentator Kathryn Blume says it’s a way of life that is rapidly – and radically – changing.VPR News
UVM Fraternity Suspended Over Survey About Rape
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The University of Vermont has suspended a fraternity whose members were accused of circulating a survey about rape.VPR News
Vermont, Regional Officials Lobby For Heating Assistance
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A variety of officials around New England are lobbying Congress to make sure the low-income heating assistance program is funded. Vermont’s top legislative leaders sent a letter to the state’s congressional delegation pressing for as much money as possible.VPR News
Shumlin Proposes Regional Plan To Replace State Hospital
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Governor Peter Shumlin has outlined plans to replace the antiquated Vermont state hospital in Waterbury with a regional system of care for the mentally ill. Shumlin’s plans call for a new 15-bed hospital in Berlin, as well as the expansion of existing facilities in Brattleboro and Rutland.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Noels and Nannerl
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We’ll hear Charpentier’s "Noels sur les instruments" this afternoon, as well as Mozart’s Serenade #11, a work he wrote for the birthday of his sister, Nannerl.VPR News
Brock To Begin Campaign After Legislative Session
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with Republican State Senator Randy Brock about his declared candidacy for governor.Vermont Edition
Supreme Court Justice Beth Robinson
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Beth Robinson struck a modest and humorous tone when she was sworn in as associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court at the end of November. A career lawyer, this is the first time she will be working as a judge.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Gloria from Bach’s Mass in B Minor
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John Eliot Gardiner conducts.Commentary Series
Levin: An American Classic
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Recently, nature writer and commentator Ted Levin was reminded of the joy of trees – inside as well as out.VPR News
In New England, Governors Move To Defend LIHEAP
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Concern is growing about planned cuts in federal funding to heating assistance for low-income households.VPR News
ICE Chief Visits Vt. As Part Of Cash Smuggling Work
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The director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the Department of Homeland Security says people working in a small Vermont office helped disrupt one of the largest cocaine smuggling operations ever.VPR News
Shumlin Aid Says Budget Savings Fall Short
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Gov. Peter Shumlin has come up short of a budget savings goal he set just after taking office.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for December 13, 2011In Concert @ 8
Live at the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Philippe Herreweghe conducts Mozart and Mendelssohn.Jazz with George Thomas
Frank Sinatra, Bob Dorough, Joe Williams, Tony Williams
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Tonight we celebrate the birthdays of vocalist & composer Frank Sinatra; vocalist, pianist & composer Bob Dorough; the drummer, composer & bandleader Tony Williams and the great blues singer Joe Williams.Tony Williams worked with Miles Davis, Joe Williams was with Count Basie for many years.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Budapest Festival Orchestra
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Ivan Fischer conducts Bartok and Schubert.Commentary Series
Hanna: Symbols of the Season
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With the holiday season now underway, cities and towns all over Vermont and elsewhere are putting up holiday displays to commemorate the season. Commentator and Vermont Law School Professor Cheryl Hanna has been thinking about whether – or not – these displays are legal.VPR News
State’s Non-Transportation Costs From Irene: $25 Million, So Far
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Recovery from Tropical Storm Irene will cost state government an extra $25 million this fiscal year, and that doesn’t include the state’s share of the cost of fixing roads and bridges.VPR News
Lawmakers Told Decision On Waterbury Could Take Two Years
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Local businesses want the state to commit soon to moving back to a flood-damaged office complex. But the Shumlin administration says it will be two years at least before all workers are relocated. And administration officials say they may decide not to move all the 1,500 displaced workers back to Waterbury.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Anonymous 4 and Elliott Carter
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The Ageless One, a.k.a. American composer Elliott Carter, turned 103 yesterday. We’ll hear his Wind Quintet this afternoon. Also, Anonymous 4 sings early English Christmas music, and we’ll hear other music for the season by Max Reger, J.S. Bach, and Peter Warlock.VPR News
Draughts And Debate Flow At ‘Science Pub’
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In Castleton, a large group of people gather each month over drinks for a lively discussion of nature versus nurture.VPR News
Analysis: Burlington Mayoral Race Taking Shape
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The Burlington mayor’s race is taking shape. The Democrats and Republicans nominated their candidates on Sunday, while the Progressives decided to delay their caucus until January. VPR’s Kirk Carapezza talks with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about the race.VPR News
A New Energy Research Center Opens In Vermont
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Senator Bernie Sanders and Governor Peter Shumlin announced a three-year partnership Monday morning with the Sandia National Laboratory.Vermont Edition
Replacing The Soft, Warm Glow Of The Incandescent Light Bulb
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In three short weeks, incandescent light bulbs will begin to be phased out in the U.S. The 100 watt incandescent bulb will be the first to go. A local lighting designer says there are a lot of great energy efficient lighting options out there, from CFL to halogen to LED.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony
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Written for the 300th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession.Commentary Series
Greene: A Bucket of Dowels
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With the holiday shopping season upon us, commentator Stephanie Greene considers what makes for a good gift.VPR News
Physicians Face Medicare Cuts, Unless Congress Acts
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Unless Congress acts by the end of the month, health care providers will face a 27 percent cut in Medicare rates in 2012. Physicians say such a reduction would undermine their practices and could make it much harder for Medicare patients to receive timely health care services.VPR News
Justice Sotomayor Speaks In Randolph
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was a guest at the Women’s Economic Opportunity Conference in Randolph Center over the weekend.VPR News
New Springfield Court Office To Open
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A new court office is opening in Windsor County this week.The Springfield office of the Vermont Superior Court Windsor unit will open on Tuesday.VPR News
Busy Week Ahead At Statehouse As Lawmakers Prepare For Session
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It’s starting to get busy at the Vermont Statehouse, as lawmakers prepare to convene next month.VPR News
Family Searches For Long-Missing College Student
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Lynne Kathryn Schulze’s family and friends are still hoping for a break that could solve the mystery of what led to the Vermont college student’s disappearance 40 years ago.VPR News
VT Center To Expand Operations To Combat Cash Smuggling
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The director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the Department of Homeland Security is going to be in Vermont today.VPR News
VT Budget Official To Give Update
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Budget Commissioner Jim Reardon will give lawmakers the state’s best estimate of how much more money the state will need this fiscal year to meet expenses caused by Tropical Storm Irene.Young Writers Project On VPR
Beautiful rainbow
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Nicole Pierpont, a junior at Chelsea Public School, says her inspiration to write comes from "what I’ve done, seen, gained and lost. For me, I believe that no matter what you do, you can learn from it; so when I realize something about a recent event or feeling, I write it down in hopes that others will not only enjoy it, but also learn from it."Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for December 12, 2011VPR News
After Tie, Burlington Democrats Re-caucus And Nominate Weinberger
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Democrats in Burlington have elected their nominee in the race for mayor of Vermont’s largest city, choosing developer and airport commissioner Miro Weinberger to represent them in the general election in March.Boston Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Biss: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4
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Jonathan Biss is the soloist in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, and Czech conductor Jirí Belohlávek, in his BSO debut, leads the orchestra in Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3. Listen Sunday at 1:00pm Photo: Boston SymphonyAll the Traditions
Swingin’ On A Star
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Dave Van Ronk, two "river" sets, and pre-holiday stress songs as we head for the shortest days!My Place with Joel Najman
The Other Side Of Darlene Love
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This week’s Joel Najman’s My Place program features some of Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame member Darlene Love’s most famous backup work on hit singles of the Beach Boys, Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra and many others. Joel also previews Darlene’s upcoming Love For The Holidays concert December 14 at Burlington, Vermont’s Flynn Theater Mainstage in Burlington.The VPR Saturday Special
State of the Re:Union: The Mississippi Gulf Coast
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After Hurricane Katrina ravaged the area, Mississippi Gulf Coast residents were forced to come together to deal with the aftermath. Then there was the BP oil spill. This week on State of the Re:Union, the Mississippi Gulf Coast comes together to deal with these catastrophes.Holiday Programming
The VPR Holiday Concert
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A live concert of seasonal music performed by Counterpoint. Listen to this special Live Performance online.VPR News
Panel Outlines Plan For Southwestern Corridor Rail Service
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A study group has recommended how passenger rail service could be established between southwestern Vermont and New York’s capital region. Next week, the public will have a chance to comment on the proposals at hearings in both states.BirdNote
BirdNote: Beaks And Bills
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Call it a "bill" or a "beak", the variety of shapes and sizes of the birds’ signature instrument is extraordinary.A Passion For Opera
La fanciulla del West
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La fanciulla del West – The Girl of the Golden West – received its world premiere in New York on December 10, 1910. We present an examination of this unusual Puccini opera. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.Saturday Matinee
Faust
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We hear one of the most popular operas in the repertoire, Gounod’s Faust, live from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, with Jonas Kaufmann in the title role. Listen Saturday at 1:00pm.Jazz with George Thomas
McCoy Tyner, Donald Byrd & Best Of The Year
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Tonight we celebrate the birthdays of pianist, bandleader and composer McCoy Tyner and the trumpeter Donald Byrd. We also review some of the outstanding CDs of 2011 including: Ambrose Akinmusire’s "When The Heart Emerges Glistening;" Enrico Rava Quintet "Tribe" and Rudresh Mahanthappa’s "Samdhi."In Concert @ 8
Deutsche Welle Festival Series: Rolandseck Festival
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Chamber music by Lachner, Beethoven and Brahms.Commentary Series
Richardson: Moscow Spring?
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Commentator Paul Richardson, publisher of Russian Life magazine, says that understanding Russia’s recent legislative election may require a sidelong glance.VPR News
Shumlin, Union Agree To Tentative Contract
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An agreement between the Shumlin administration and the state employees union was reached without bringing in an outside mediator. Both sides said the deal marked a change in tone between VSEA and state government.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Vivaldi’s Gloria, etc.
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More music for the season today: Poulenc’s Christmas Motets, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Marian songs of Biebl and Grieg.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: Dec. 9, 2011
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These were some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Analysis: Stockbridge’s History Of Flooding
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Environmental reporter Candace Page of the Burlington Free Press talks with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about Stockbridge Vermont’s history of flooding and whether it has impacted how the town is rebuilding after Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Shumlin Vows Statewide Broadband Within 2 Years
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Governor Peter Shumlin was at the Sugarbush ski resort in Waitsfield on Friday, where he announced that Verizon Wireless had installed a new cellular tower that will keep skiers connected while riding the lifts or skiing.VPR News
FEMA Approves Bigger Culverts For Future Floods
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Federal officials say they’ll help put in culverts larger than the pipes that were washed out during the floods of Tropical Storm Irene. A special FEMA mitigation program will help put in facilities that might hold up better in a future flood.Vermont Edition
Vermont’s Response To Drug Crime
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The problem of drug crime has been brought into focus by a few high-profile arrests and a recent hearing with lawmakers.Commentary Series
Kunin: Occupy the Future
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Former Vermont Governor and commentator Madeleine Kunin has been thinking about protest, percentages, and the future of Occupy Wall Street.VPR News
Regional Report: Vergennes Tackles Drug Abuse
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Like many other communities in Vermont, Vergennes is dealing with the problem of drug abuse. Recently, the city’s police chief organized a forum to talk about the issue.VPR News
Tropical Storm Irene Brings Unexpected Blessing To Jamaica Man
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Many of the stories coming out of Tropical Storm Irene have been heart-wrenching – tales of trauma, loss, or at the very best, courage in the face of adversity. But for one Jamaica man, who lost his home and everything he owned on August 28th, the storm brought unexpected blessings.Commentary Series
Craven: Take Shelter
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Commentator Jay Craven saw the new independent film, "Take Shelter" at the Sundance Film Festival last January. But he’s still thinking about it.VPR News
Hartford Police Case Goes To State’s Highest Court
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A case that pits the public’s right to review police records and law enforcement’s right to keep certain documents secret has reached the Vermont Supreme Court.VPR News
In Brandon, Traditional Holiday Concert Has New Twist
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Choirs everywhere are putting on special holiday concerts. This year, the Brandon Festival Singers are trying something different. As part of their program, they’re adding a touch of New Orleans’s jazz.VPR News
Welch Pushes For Continued Regulation Of Finance Industry
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Congressman Peter Welch says the federal government needs to put resources into regulating the financial services industry. The Commodities Future Trading Commission is threatened by expected federal budget cuts.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Ramping Up the Holiday Spirit
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We’ll add more holiday music to the mix today with music by Praetorius, Howells, Daquin, Sweelinck, and more.Vermont Edition
The Annual Winter Reading Show
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It’s time for Vermont Edition’s annual winter reading show. We want to know what your favorite books are from 2011.Commentary Series
Lange: Spirit of the Near North
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Commentator Willem Lange loves the Near North, where hardwoods give way to the boreal forests; and he finds its essence best expressed in a visitor who arrives on silent wings.VPR News
Barnet Close To Sale Of Contaminated Property
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Town officials in Barnet say they’re close to selling a contaminated piece of town property that has been off the tax rolls for nearly a decade.VPR News
Addressing Long-Term Recovery From Irene
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Two of Vermont’s most storm-damaged communities have been picked for a special FEMA program, which aims to help devastated areas envision their futures and bring those visions about.VPR News
VT Tops For Peace Corps Volunteers
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Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are among the top eight states in the country in the number of Peace Corps volunteers they have per capita.VPR News
Former Doctor Pleads Guilty In Records Case
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A former doctor has pleaded guilty in Vermont federal court to illegally accessing the medical records of a woman who was not his patient.VPR News
Police Call Shelburne Death Suspcious
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Vermont police are investigating a suspicious death in Shelburne.VPR News
Postal Service Reschedules White River Junction Meeting
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The US Postal Service had planned a public meeting on December 15th to weigh in on the facility’s closure, which would mean the loss of 245 jobs. It’s now set for January 4th.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for December 8, 2011.Commentary Series
Schubart: On Politics and Pepper Spray
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Recent events here and abroad have inspired commentator Bill Schubart to think more deeply about the health of the democratic process.VPR News
In Tough Times, Annie Resonates
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Northern Stage in White River Junction is celebrating its 15th year bringing professional-level theater to the Upper Valley. For their 100th production, the stage is returning to its very first holiday presentation, Annie.VPR News
A Spike In Whooping Cough Cases
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The Vermont Health Department says the number of cases of whooping cough is continuing to go up in the state. In the last six weeks, there have been 26 confirmed cases. There have been 47 cases this year.VPR News
Brock Says He’ll Seek Republican Nomination For Governor
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Franklin County State Senator Randy Brock has announced he’ll run as a Republican candidate for Vermont Governor.VPR News
The Changing Role Of State Auditor
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The capacity and power of the State Auditor’s office has changed significantly over time as the size of the office has shrunk.Vermont Edition
A New Look At Marijuana
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We look at the push to reclassify marijuana as a drug with medicinal benefits and we hear about the shrinking State Auditor’s office.VPR News
Bread And Bones Gets Back To Basics In New Album
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A new album by Vermont folk band Bread And Bones features original songs with traditional flavor.VPR News
Vt. Health Care Efforts Hinge On Supreme Court Decision
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This winter, the U.S. Supreme Court will review the constitutionality of President Obama’s health care plan. Vermont officials say Governor Peter Shumlin’s efforts to implement a single payer system in the state could hinge on how the Court rules.VPR News
For Third Year, Vermont Ranks As Healthiest State
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The latest national health rankings show that once again Vermont is the healthiest state in the nation. The study was done by the United Health Foundation. It ranked Vermont the most healthy for the third year in a row.VPR News
Parts Of Route 107 Closed For Repairs
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VTrans says a little more than 1 mile of Route 107 in Stockbridge will close on Sunday.VPR News
Former Chef Denies Animal Cruelty Charges
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A Vermont chef has pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty. Kelly Dietrich is accused of neglecting animals at a summer camp he runs for children.VPR News
Police Investigate St. Johnsbury Murder-Suicide
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Police say 50-year-old Penny Birch and 55-year-old David Birch were found dead inside their home Monday afternoon.VPR News
VA Man Surrenders In Miller-Jenkins Custody Case
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Federal prosecutors say a Virginia man helped a former Vermont woman leave the country with her daughter so she wouldn’t have to turn custody of the girl over to her former lesbian partner.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for December 7, 2011Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for December 9, 2011.Commentary Series
Gilbert: Philanthropy
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When most of us think of philanthropists, we think of people who give a lot of money to charity, like Andrew Carnegie and Bill Gates. But commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert argues that the real meaning of philanthropy is found in the roots of the word itself.VPR News
As State’s Irene Repair Costs Drop, Human Toll Still Unknown
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Vermont’s Tropical Storm Irene recovery officer, who is leaving his temporary post at the end of the month, says cleanup costs are dropping but the long-term toll of the storm on people’s lives and businesses is still being calculated.VPR News
Vermont Parents Continue To Opt Out Of Vaccinations
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The latest national survey of vaccination rates has been released, and it shows that about six percent of Vermont school kids haven’t had all their shots, one of the highest rates in the country.VPR News
Coping Emotionally After Tropical Storm Irene
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For many people who lost homes and businesses and watched rushing water tear through their towns during Tropical Storm Irene, there was a sense of terror and then loss. Although much of the recovery has been physical, there’s also an emotional recovery underway.Vermont Edition
Health Dept. Aims To Raise Vaccination Rate
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Parents in Vermont have a legal right not to get their kids vaccinated, and the number of parents opting out has risen since 2007.Commentary Series
Doyle-Schechtman: Unexpected Gifts
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During this time of giving, commentator Doyle-Schechtman reflects on the gifts that Irene has left on her doorstep.VPR News
Journalist Arrested While Covering Lowell Mountain Protests
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Opponents of a controversial wind project under construction on Lowell Mountain were arrested yesterday for blocking a road. Six of the arrested were protestors but one was a journalist, Chris Braithwaite, publisher of the Barton Chronicle, who was there covering the story.VPR News
Regulators Decline To Appoint Independent Counsel In Utility Deal
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State regulators have declined for now to appoint an independent counsel to review a planned merger of Vermont’s largest electric utilities. But a group of ratepayers is continuing to press the issue. They say an outside investigation is needed to protect the public because Governor Peter Shumlin supports the deal.VPR News
Police Investigating Two Deaths In St. Johnsbury
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Police in St. Johnsbury are investigating what they are calling the untimely deaths of two people found at a home.VPR News
NRC To Review Vermont Yankee Repair Mistake
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says it plans to review an incident at Vermont Yankee in which both backup diesel generators were not operating at the same time.VPR News
Fairfax Woman Charged With False Kidnapping Report
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A 19-year-old Fairfax woman is facing a charge of false information after telling police about a kidnapping attempt that allegedly did not happen.VPR News
UVM Faculty Ratify Contract
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The faculty union at the University of Vermont has ratified a new contract.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Poulenc’s Gloria
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We’ll hear the beautiful Gloria by Francis Poulenc this afternoon. Also, we’ll sample the new album "Christmas on a Steinway" with pianist Jeffrey Biegel, Mendelssohn’s "Italian" Symphony, and Beethoven’s variations on a well-known chorus by Handel.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for December 6, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Live at the Concertgebouw: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
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Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts Sibelius.Jazz with George Thomas
Favorite Jazz CDs of 2011
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Tonight we hear some of the best jazz releases of 2011 including, an album of Sly & The Family Stone covers by Steven Bernstein’s Millennium Territory Orchestra; a live Donald Harrison with Ron Carter & Billy Cobham; the 3 Cohens with Jon Hendricks and a piano trio from David Budway.Commentary Series
Hunter: What Irene Changed
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The recent completion of repairs to Route 106 in Weathersfield, reminded commentator Edith Hunter of what was changed by Tropical Storm Irene – and what was not – in just one small corner of Vermont.VPR News
Warm Weather Pattern Will Likely Continue For Several Weeks
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The National Weather Service says the region is in a warm weather pattern that is likely to persist for several weeks. But just because winter is starting off milder doesn’t mean it will end that way.VPR News
Vermont Suspect Arrested After Manhunt
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A convicted kidnapper suspected of assaulting a woman in Vermont has been arrested in New Hampshire after a five-day search. Police say Harley Breer of Calais was found at the home of an acquaintance in Tilton, N.H.VPR News
Sanders Fights Postal Service Layoffs
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Senator Bernie Sanders says he doesn’t want to see 100,000 postal workers laid off in the midst of a recession. The plan by the postal service includes 245 lay offs in the White River Junction area.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Stile Antico Sings Byrd
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We’ll hear advent music from by William Byrd sung by Stile Antico this afternoon. Also, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto #3, Haydn’s "Fire" Symphony #59, and Christmas-themed music for the piano by Liszt.VPR News
Snowy Owl Invasion!
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If you keep your eyes peeled, you just might see a rare visitor from the arctic around these parts right now: the snowy owl.VPR News
Shumlin Forms ‘Team Kale’ To Support Local T-Shirt Artist
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Governor Peter Shumlin is using his bully-pulpit to support a local folk artist embroiled in a trademark battle with the national fast-food chain Chick-Fil-A. VIDEO: Shumlin Sends Chick-Fil-A A MessageVermont Edition
Warm November, Warm Winter?
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This November was one of the warmest on record across the region. And what is typically the cloudiest month in Vermont was also notably dry and sunny. We get the scoop about what, if anything, that means for the coming months.Commentary Series
Redmond: Sacred Words
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For Vermont’s incarcerated women, stress levels typically rise at holiday time. The season activates painful memories and reminds them of bridges burned with family and friends. But, journalist and commentator Marybeth Redmond explains how writing has become an important outlet of self-expression for some of them.VPR News
Irene Repairs Keep Local Contractors Busy
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Transportation officials say Tropical Storm Irene damaged 530 miles of state roads, as well as dozens of bridges, creating a boon for local contractors hired to fix them.VPR News
Two Accused Of Stabbing Goats
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Two men are accused of breaking into the home of a Vermont game warden and stabbing two goats in his barn.VPR News
National Forest Issues Christmas Tree Permits
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Vermonters who want to save money on a Christmas tree can cut their own from the Green Mountain National Forest.VPR News
Hundreds Attend Pete’s Greens Opening
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Hundreds of people turned out for an open house and tour of the new barn at Pete’s Greens, a four-season organic farm in Craftsbury.VPR News
Official Opposes Sale Of Dialysis Centers
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A top Vermont health official is prepared to deny an application by a New Hampshire company to buy five dialysis clinics from Vermont’s largest health care provider.VPR News
Coolidge Site To Host Holiday Open House
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Vermonters can step back in history at the President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth Notch.VPR News
Shumlin To Appear With “Eat More Kale” Artist
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Governor Peter Shumlin plans today to wade into the battle between Chick-fil-A and folk artist Bo Muller-Moore.VPR News
Democratic Caucus Focuses On Irene
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Vermont Democrats held their annual caucus over the weekend to plan for the upcoming legislative session, and the discussion turned to Tropical Storm Irene.Young Writers Project On VPR
The Face in the Moon
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Danielle Liguori, a junior at Essex High School, says she wrote this poem to help convince a friend that sometimes it’s better "to give up things that are important to us because they are not good for us and damage our health." She read the poem at a Young Writers’ Project poetry slam and, with it, progressed to the second round. "It was my first poetry slam," she says. "The poems I heard that night were awe-inspiring and the positive experience drew me to return to the next slam, and the next."Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for December 5, 2011
In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Violinist Leonidas Kavakos plays Tchaikovsky.All the Traditions
“Utah” Phillips Lives!
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A special preview of an upcoming tribute to Bruce "Utah" Phillips, one of the late, great shining acoustic music stars who got his start at Philo Records in North Ferrisburg, VT, three concerts by Nowell Sing We Clear in the VPR listening area this week, Jelly Roll Morton, and much more!My Place with Joel Najman
1960’s Soul Music – Part 2
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program presents a second hour of 1960’s "soul" music. Featured are memorable recordings by James Brown, Otis Redding, Percy Sledge and many others.The VPR Saturday Special
State of the Re:Union: Veterans Coming Home
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State of the Re:Union explores the challenges veterans face as they return home from war.Saturday Matinee
The Met Returns With “Rodelinda”
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The 2011-2012 Metropolitan Opera Broadcast season begins with a live broadcast of Handel’s Rodelinda, with Renée Fleming in the title role. Listen Saturday at 12:30pm. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan OperaA Passion For Opera
From the Met Archives
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We celebrate the start of the 2011-2012 Metropolitan Opera broadcast season with a program of performances from the Met Archives, including the voices of Bidú Sayão, Roberta Peters, and Marian Anderson. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.BirdNote
BirdNote: Birds’ Feet Don’t Freeze
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Have you ever watched ducks walking around in freezing temperatures and wondered why their feet don’t freeze? This week on BirdNote, we find out why!Jazz with George Thomas
Tribute To Dave Sanjek
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Tonight a tribute to Dave Sanjek, a friend who introduced me to radio in the Fall of 1972 and helped me get started 39 years ago. He was responsible for major sections of my jazz education and we shared a love of poetry and other interests including cooking. Dave introduced me to most of tonight’s selections. Thanks Dave, I’ll miss you.In Concert @ 8
Deutsche Welle Festival Series: Beethovenfest Bonn
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John Eliot Gardiner conducts Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.Commentary Series
Greene: The Candy Museum
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At this time of year we are awash with visions of sugarplums. Commentator Stephanie Greene has an idea for enjoying the season without the remorse.VPR News
Condos Pushes For Clarification Of Open Meeting Law
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The Secretary of State says it’s been a number of years since the state’s Open Meeting law has been closely reviewed. For the past two months, he’s been traveling around the state talking to local officials about the key elements of the law.VPR News
New Haystack Owner Wants To Make It Members-Only Resort
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The shuttered Haystack Ski Area has a new owner who plans to turn the complex into an exclusive, members-only resort. Those plans could mean an economic boost for southern Vermont’s flood-ravaged Deerfield Valley.VPR News
GE’s Decision To Scrap Engine Could Cut Potential Jobs In Rutland
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General Electric’s decision to scrap a fighter jet engine project is raising some concern about potential job losses at a Rutland facility that makes engine parts.VPR News
Vt. Businesses Cheer Drop In U.S. Unemployment Rate
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Business leaders say it’s welcome news that the national unemployment rate has fallen below 9 percent for the first time in two years.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Hamelin Plays Brahms, Part II
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More great stuff from Marc-Andre Hamelin, this time joined by the Leopold String Trio for exciting chamber music of Brahms.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: December 2, 2011
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Burlington mayor’s race… Vermont Supreme Court… "Eat More Kale"… poet Ruth Stone… these were some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Analysis: Kiss Decides Not To Run
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Seven Days columnist Shay Totten talks with VPR’s Bob Kinzel about the impact of Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss’ announcement that he will not run for re-election.VPR News
Judge Orders Democratic Party Group To Pay $10,000 Fine
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A Superior court judge has ordered a Democratic Party organization to pay a $10,000 fine for violating the state’s campaign finance laws.Vermont Edition
Gov’t Transparency A Priority For Condos
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Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos held meetings around the state to work with state and local officials on issues of transparency and providing access to government records.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Helene Grimaud Plays Mozart
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Her new recording of the Piano Concerto No. 19.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: Egyptian Vote
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Egyptians went to the polls this week for the first time since they overthrew dictator Hosni Mubarak last spring. But as commentator and former ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore tells us this morning , Egypt’s journey to democracy remains long and uncertain.VPR News
In Vermont, Fighting For The Rights To ‘Eat More’
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A Montpelier folk artist who designs and sells t-shirts that read "Eat More Kale" is fighting charges of trademark infringement from a fast-food chain whose slogan is "Eat Mor Chikin." In Vermont, there is precedent in the trademark case.VPR News
Flooded Communities Hold Winter Light Celebrations
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Several communities that were devastated by the flood this summer are marking their comeback with winter light celebrations. This Saturday in Waterbury, children and artists are parading through downtown carrying lanterns. And next weekend the towns in the Deerfield River Valley are cranking up their holiday lights.VPR News
Governor Encourages Vermonters To Buy Local
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Governor Peter Shumlin traveled to Montpelier’s Main Street School yesterday to encourage Vermonters to support their local retailers during this holiday season.VPR News
Shumlin Joins Effort To Reclassify Marijuana
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Governor Peter Shumlin says he’s joining an effort to encourage the federal government to reclassify marijuana as a drug that has medicinal benefits. Under the plan, doctors could write prescriptions for marijuana and local pharmacies would be allowed to fill these prescriptions.VPR News
After Irene, Hartford Reconsiders Town Library Services
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When the West Hartford Library was damaged by Tropical Storm Irene, people in the village started to think about how it would get rebuilt. That may indeed happen, but at a select board meeting recently, one board member cast some doubt on moving ahead, at least too quickly.VPR News
Postal Service Considers Moving WRJ Processing Center
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The U.S. Postal Service is considering moving some of its mail processing from the White River Junction post office to facilities in Burlington and Manchester, New Hampshire.VPR News
Group To Negotiate Improved Cell Service
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The Vermont Telecommunications Authority is going to work with two companies to expand cell phone service into parts of the state that don’t have it.VPR News
Governor Recommends Steady Property Tax Rate
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The current homestead tax rate is 87 cents per $100 of property value. Commercial properties and second homes are taxed a $1.37 per hundred.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on The Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for December 2, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
World Aids Day & Grammy Nominees
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Tonight we acknowledge World Aids Day and review just-announced Jazz Grammy Nominations. Pianist & composer Fred Hersch, who has lived with HIV for many years, is nominated for two Grammys for his "Alone At The Vanguard." We hear it along with those of Sonny Rollins, Terri Lyne Carrington, Kurt Elling & many others.Commentary Series
Parini: Know Nothing Legacy
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Given the recent gaffes of presidential candidates and lack of effective action in Congress, commentator Jay Parini has been wondering if, indeed, it really matters what our leaders think or say.VPR News
Department Of Agriculture Announces Aid To Maple Syrup Producers
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Grants from the Rural Energy For America Program will be used by maple syrup producers to make their operations more energy efficient, utilizing reverse osmosis technology.VPR News
Vermont Educator Directs AIDS Program In Africa
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Susanna Grannis is a Vermont educator who founded CHABHA – Children Affected by HIV/AIDS – which works with children’s organizations in Africa, giving young adults the opportunity to acquire parenting skills, and learn a trade.VPR News
In Irene’s Wake, A Shake Up At Vermont’s Emergency Management
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Three months after Tropical Storm Irene put his office under unprecedented stress, Emergency Management Director Mike O’Neil has been reassigned to head the Division of Fire Safety, another office in the Department of Public Safety.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Dvorak 5
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The Fifth Symphony of Antonin Dvorak this afternoon, as well as an early symphony of Mozart, Hungarian Dances of Brahms, and the Violin Concerto by Jean Sibelius.VPR News
Handel’s Messiah Performances Abound In Vermont
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Handel’s Messiah has become ingrained in the musical tradition of Christmas. And performances of Messiah abound this weekend in our region. We talk to VPR classical host Walter Parker, who keeps an annual Messiah Watch to let listeners know of performances near them.Vermont Edition
Vermont A Leader In Education For Sustainability
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Education for sustainability is about the interconnectedness of everything – the environment, the economy, society. It’s often hands on, and incorporates a lot of service learning. And it’s very focused on sense of place and community. Local educators discuss the philosophy behind it, and how they’re working it into their curriculums, in everything from science classes to social studies, art and English.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2
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It will be on the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s concert Saturday.Commentary Series
Pfeiffer: Eat More Birds
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A tiny T-shirt maker has ruffled the feathers of a fast-food giant – causing naturalist and commentator Bryan Pfeiffer to have some thoughts on birds, leafy green vegetables … and a marketing opportunity.VPR News
O’Connor Pens Memoir Of Dean Presidential Campaign
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Kate O’Connor was as an aide on the campaign that captured the national imagination but ultimately fell short of its goal, and has written about the wild ride in a new book called "Do the Impossible: My Crash Course on Presidential Politics Inside the Howard Dean Campaign."VPR News
Bellows Falls Warming Shelter Denied Zoning Permit
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For the past two years, from November through April, a warming shelter in Bellows Falls has offered a meal and a safe night’s sleep for those in need. But this year it has hit a snag: coordinators of the shelter say the Great Falls Warming Shelter was denied a zoning permit.VPR News
On World AIDS Day, Health Department Urges Testing
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The Health Department says nearly 400 Vermonters are living with HIV, and of these 238 have an AIDS diagnosis. And they estimate 100 Vermonters are infected with HIV, but are unaware.VPR News
Shatney Named Caledonia County Sheriff
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Chief Deputy Dean Shatney will serve as the next sheriff in Caledonia County. Governor Peter Shumlin announced today that he has chosen Shatney to replace retiring Sheriff Michael Bergeron when he steps down at the end of the year.VPR News
Lye Attack Victim Approved For Face Transplant
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A Vermont woman who was burned and disfigured when her ex-husband doused her with industrial lye four years ago has been approved for a face transplant at a Boston hospital.VPR News
New York Asks To Be Heard In Yankee Suit
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The state of New York is asking to be heard in Vermont’s lawsuit against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s issuance of a 20-year license extension to the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.VPR News
Chittenden Man Pleads Guilty To Bear Poaching
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A 27-year-old Vermont man has pleaded guilty to trying to trap a black bear.VPR News
Bottle Drive Raises Money For VT Farm Relief
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A two-month bottle drive has raised more than $8,000 for Vermont farms damaged by the remnants of Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Shumlin To Sign On To Medical Marijuana Effort
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A spokeswoman for Gov. Peter Shumlin says the governor supports and will sign on to an effort allowing doctors to prescribe medical marijuana and for pharmacists to fill the prescriptions.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on The Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for December 1, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Jack Sheldon, Johnny Dyani
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We celebrate the birthday of trumpeter & vocalist Jack Sheldon with his own ensembles and as a guest on albums by Tierney Sutton, Helen Humes, Art Pepper and others. We also the birthday of Johnny Dyani, the South African bass player who worked for many years with pianist Abdullah Ibrahim.Commentary Series
Ali: Is Wealth Deserved?
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Commentator and UVM Professor Saleem Ali has been reflecting on how the Occupy Wall Street Movement can connect us to the holiday spirit of philanthropy.VPR News
Sanders Wants To Form Bi-Partisan Support For Heating Assistance
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Senator Bernie Sanders is working to build a bi-partisan group to support additional funds for the Low Income Heating Assistance Program. Last year, Vermont received roughly $23 million in LIHEAP funds. But the Obama Administration has proposed cutting the appropriation in half.VPR News
Kiss To Step Down Amid Financial Woes, Eyes Political Future
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Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss won’t seek re-election. The Progressive mayor is stepping down in the midst of several ongoing controversies in the state’s largest city, and he says he may try to return to the state Legislature.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Die Forelle
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Schubert’s magnificent "Trout" Quintet will be heard this afternoon, with members of the Beaux Arts Trio and friends.VPR News
“The Normal Heart” Marks World Aids Day
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with Newbury actor Dan Butler about directing the play The Normal Heart. The play is being presented at the Chandler Center For The Arts as par of World Aids Day.VPR Classical
VPR Messiah Watch 2011
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Check the time and location for performances of Handel’s Messiah in your neighborhood.Vermont Edition
Disaster Recovery Enters New Phase
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The initial disaster of Tropical Storm Irene was met with intense cleanup, donations and federal response. Three months on, the long-term recovery for victims of Irene is still taking shape.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Brahms’ Piano Quintet
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Pianist Leon Fleisher and the Emerson Quartet.VPR News
Kiss Won’t Seek Re-election
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Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss has announced that he won’t seek re-election in March, saying Vermont’s largest city is poised to move forward without him at the helm.VPR News
Author David Blight To Speak About Civil War, Civil Rights
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Next week in Brattleboro, Yale Professor of History David Blight will focus a spotlight on what he says is an aspect of the fight for modern Civil Rights too often left in the dark: the connection to the American Civil War.VPR News
Johnson Merchants Concerned About Route 15 Construction
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Route 15 through Johnson has been under construction since the height of the summer. Work is wrapping up this week. The end of the construction season couldn’t come soon enough for some village merchants.VPR News
Middlebury College Professor Steps Down After Embezzlement Charge
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A Middlebury College political science professor is stepping down after pleading no contest to embezzlement charges.VPR News
Fairlee To Host Energy Conference
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Vermont’s comprehensive energy plan, workshops on wind power, smart grid technology and other issues will be on tap at a conference at the Lake Morey Inn in Fairlee.VPR News
Burlington To Reduce Speed Limits
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The city of Burlington wants drivers to slow down. The city is dropping its speed limit from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour starting today.VPR News
VT To Get $18 million For Health Care Reform
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The Vermont Agency of Human Services is getting an $18 million federal grant to help implement the next phase of the federal Affordable Care Act.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on The Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 30, 2011.Commentary Series
Hanna: A Zen Holiday
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The holiday season can be a particularly crazy one. Commentator and Vermont Law school professor Cheryl Hanna has some thoughts on the madness and what to do about it.Jazz with George Thomas
Billy Strayhorn
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Tonight it’s all Billy Strayhorn: his compositions by himself and with his long-time boss, Duke Ellington. Sweet Pea, as he was known, was so closely associated with Duke Ellington, it’s hard to tell where one man’s art begins and the other’s ends. Compositions such as "Take The "A" Train" and "Lush Life"continue to be played in jazz.VPR News
Leahy, Sanders Want To Extend, Expand Payroll Tax Cut
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Both of Vermont’s U.S. senators say extending and expanding a payroll tax cut is a good way to help stimulate the national economy.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Mozart’s Posthorn Serenade
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This afternoon we’ll listen to Mozart’s "Posthorn" Serenade, so named for its prominent use of the valveless horn.VPR News
Celebrating The Life Of Poet Ruth Stone
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Poet Ruth Stone died this month at her home in Ripton. She was 96. Stone was a Vermont Poet Laureate, a National Book Award Winner and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. She spoke to VPR’s Jane Lindholm in 2007.VPR News
Analysis: Where Things Stand Six Weeks Before The N.H. Primary
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With the New Hampshire primary just six weeks away Valley News political editor John Gregg looks at how New Hampshire voters are sizing up the Republican presidential candidates, and the impact of the Union-Leader’s endorsement of Newt Gingrich over the weekend.Vermont Edition
“It’s Probably Nothing” — Stories Of A Vermont Doctor
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Beach Conger has been practicing medicine for 44 years. For 34 of those, he’s been in Windsor, Vermont, with a brief hiatus in inner city Philadelphia. And now he’s published his third collection of stories: "It’s Probably Nothing: More Adventures of a Vermont Country Doctor."Classical Music with Walter Parker
Joshua Bell Plays Tchaikovsky
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The violinist’s second recording of Tchaikovsky’s Concerto.Commentary Series
Kane: 1929 Bridge
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At the recent opening of the new Lake Champlain Bridge, one observer got the jump on everyone with a daring sprint across the bridge. Commentator and Lake Champlain Maritime Museum co-director Adam Kane thinks that was a good beginning.VPR News
Long Stretches Of Town Roads, Many Bridges Remain Closed
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The Agency of Transportation is almost finished repairing state roads that were swept away by Irene. But officials are concerned about how they’ll hold up come spring, and in many towns dozens of bridges and sections of road are still closed.VPR News
Leahy: Cameras Should Be Allowed In Supreme Court
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Senator Patrick Leahy says the time has come for the U.S. Supreme Court to televise its proceedings. Leahy is sponsoring legislation that would allow the chief justice to permit cameras in the court.VPR News
Black Friday Sets Records At University Mall
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Black Friday was a record-setting event at the University Mall, in South Burlington. The mall, including about half its stores, opened at midnight after Thanksgiving.VPR News
Autumn Could Be One Of Warmest On Record
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The National Weather Service says this autumn in Vermont is expected to be the third- or fourth-warmest on record.VPR News
Senate Votes To Expand Joint Chiefs Of Staff
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The U.S. Senate has voted to expand the Joint Chiefs of Staff to include the National Guard despite the opposition of the current chairman and service chiefs.VPR News
Jailed Muslims Say Beliefs Not Met
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A group of Vermont prison inmates who are Muslims say they had to fight prison staff so they could practice their religion.VPR News
Vermont Yankee Emergency Sirens To Be Tested
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Emergency sirens in towns within a 10-mile radius of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant will be tested next week.VPR News
Man Charged With Pointing Gun At Vehicle
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Vermont state police say a Swanton man is accused of pointing a handgun at another vehicle on Interstate 89.VPR News
Feds Send Road Repair Money
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The U.S. Department of Transportation is sending Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine millions of dollars to help repair roads damaged in storms earlier this year.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on The Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 29, 2011.Commentary Series
Nadworny: Losing Isn’t Everything, Either
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Winning might not be everything, but it sure beats losing. Commentator Rich Nadworny remembers the times he and his friends put their parents to the test.In Concert @ 8
Live at the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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David Robertson conducts Paul Dukas and John Adams.Jazz with George Thomas
Swing & Then Some
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Tonight we examine Swing with our ears and feet. From Bennie Moten in 1932 through Count Basie, Django Reinhardt, Benny Goodman & Charlie Christian & Duke Ellington in the 30’s to today’s Regina Carter, Duke Robillard and Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra, Swing moves us.Commentary Series
Kreis: Bennington’s CAPA
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When commentator Donald Kreis first heard of something called the "Center for the Advancement of Public Action" at Bennington College, and its 20 million dollar pricetag, he rolled his eyes. But he headed for Bennington anyway to investigate.VPR News
Gay Rights Advocate Joins Vt. Supreme Court
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A new justice has joined the Vermont Supreme Court. Governor Peter Shumlin swore in Beth Robinson Monday afternoon as an associate justice. She replaces Denise Johnson, who is retiring.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Hamelin Plays Brahms
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We’ll sample a recording we just added to our library of Marc-Andre Hamelin playing the last piano works of Johannes Brahms.VPR News
Burlington Dems Release Voter List For Conclusion Of Mayoral Caucus
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Democrats in Burlington have released a list of voters who will be eligible to cast a ballot when the party’s caucus for mayor resumes in December.VPR News
Plan Aids Towns With Irene Cash-Flow Problems
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with Steve Jeffrey of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns about a plan to help towns that are having cash flow problems because of property damage from Tropical Storm Irene.Vermont Edition
Ben & Jerry Target “Corporate Personhood”
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Ben & Jerry are synonymous with ice cream, but they have also been long-time advocates for social change. Now, they are setting their sights on corporate America, by backing a constitutional amendment to ban "corporate personhood."Classical Music with Walter Parker
Schumann’s Second Symphony
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On the Vermont Symphony’s program this Saturday.Commentary Series
Kittredge: Advent
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All world religions have particular seasons that are dedicated to reflection and contemplation. Commentator Susan Cooke Kittredge observes that – in sharp contrast to the frantic drum roll to Christmas we are apt to experience – Advent is just such a time.VPR News
Post-Irene, Towns Consider Larger Culverts
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The destruction from Tropical Storm Irene is bringing new attention to culverts – a critical but often overlooked part of the transportation network. The August storm damaged or destroyed some 960 culverts on town roads alone. The question now being raised is whether towns will replace washed-out culverts with new ones that are large enough to withstand future floods.VPR News
Robinson To Be Sworn In To Supreme Court
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Governor Peter Shumlin plans to administer the oath to lawyer Beth Robinson in a ceremony at the Vermont Supreme Court today.VPR News
Two Die In Hunting Incident
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Vermont State Police say a hunter was fatally shot and his distraught companion took his own life in Readsboro this weekend.VPR News
Artist Says He’ll Fight Trademark Claim
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A Vermont folk artist expanding his home business built around the words "eat more kale" says he’s ready to fight root-to-feather to protect his phrase from what he sees as an assault by a large chicken restaurant chain.VPR News
House Reapportionment Hearing Planned
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The Vermont public will get a chance to weigh in on a proposed reapportionment of House districts.VPR News
Vermonters Mull Rerouting Rivers After Irene
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Vermonters are finding some rivers rerouted by the floodwaters of Tropical Storm Irene, and it’s not clear whether putting them back on their original path is the best idea.Young Writers Project On VPR
Starlight
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Kay Bushman, a sophomore at U-32 High School, says the vignette in this poem was inspired by Native American creation myths she remembers her third-grade teacher reading to her class.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on The Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 28, 2011.All the Traditions
There’s a Kind of Hush….All Over the World !
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Looking forward to December, to African trance musician Bombino’s performance in South Burlington tonight, a rare show by Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey (of Peter, Paul, & Mary fame) in Manchester, and a series of performances by John Roberts and Tony Barrand next week!My Place with Joel Najman
A Mixed-Bag Of 1960’s Soul Music
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program looks back to the mid 1960’s for a mixed-bag sampling of the gospel-inflected secular rhythm&blues that DJ’s labeled "Soul" music. Memorable recordings by Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Wilson Pickett and others are featured.The VPR Saturday Special
State of the Re:Union: The Bronx
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From President Carter’s famous 1977 urban decay photo-op in the wastelands of the South Bronx to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s iconic early hip-hop rhymes about growing up in poverty, the Bronx has long been a symbol of America’s failings.A Passion For Opera
Iolanthe & Martha
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Flotow’s Martha was first performed on November 25, 1847; Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe had its premiere on November 25, 1882. We hear excerpts from these two delightful works. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.VPR News
Former NYT Columnist, Author Tom Wicker Dies
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Tom Wicker, who gained professional prominence while covering President John F. Kennedy’s assassination for The New York Times and went on to serve as the paper’s Washington bureau chief and a columnist, has died at his home in Rochester, Vt. He was 85.BirdNote
BirdNote: Ivory Gulls
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The Ivory Gull feeds on small fish and other marine life, but also scavenge carcasses, including those left by Polar Bears.VPR News
An Effort To Open Vermont’s Snowmobile Trails
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The floods that ravaged Vermont’s roads and bridges this past spring and summer took a heavy toll on the state’s snowmobile trails. After months of mostly volunteer labor, spokesmen for the sport say almost all of Vermont’s 5,000-mile trail system will be ready for action when the season starts next month. But an important North-South link will be missing.Saturday Matinee
Peter Grimes
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The final presentation by the Houston Grand Opera this season is Benjamin Britten’s masterpiece Peter Grimes. Listen Saturday at 1:00pm.In Concert @ 8
Deutsche Welle Festival Series: Gottingen Handel Festival
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Nicholas McGegan conducts.VPR Series and Specials
The Hidden World Of Girls: Part Two
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In the second part of The Hidden World of Girls, host Tina Fey brings us more stories of girls coming of age and women who blazed a trail and changed the tide.Commentary Series
Labun Jordan: Food Culture
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‘Tis the season when we Americans talk a lot about our food traditions, but commentator Helen Labun Jordan thinks that we’re too quick to ignore the food traditions and culture that we enjoy throughout the year.VPR News
Some Irene Towns Beginning To Record The Storm’s History
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The effects of Tropical Storm Irene continue to be felt in many parts of the state. But in some places, town officials have begun to tell the history of the disaster through oral histories, photographs and videos for their archives. Historians say this will only create a richer record for future generations. And it will help local communities make sense of what happened.VPR News
Ski Resort Turns To Solar For Energy
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Smugglers Notch Resort in Jeffersonville has a new sustainable energy project on the horizon. The ski resort hopes to build about two acres of solar trackers at a new ‘solar farm’.VPR News
Retailers Hope For Strong Black Friday
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Vermont retailers are hoping shoppers are in the mood to spend on Black Friday. The day following Thanksgiving has become the unofficial kickoff to the holiday shopping season.Vermont Edition
“Good Meat”
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With farmer’s markets, meat CSAs and local products in grocery stores, it’s getting easier to find grass-fed, ethically-raised meat.Commentary Series
Mares: Listening Is Fundamental
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On this National Day of Listening, commentator Bill Mares observes that listening to stories is fundamental for learning to read.VPR News
Repair Cost Discrepancy Attributed To ‘Fog Of War’
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At one point it was estimated the cost of repairing state roads and bridges in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene would be $600 million. Then last month, the state announced that the bill could be less than half that amount.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye On The Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 25, 2011.VPR Series and Specials
The Hidden World Of Girls: Part One
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Tina Fey hosts The Hidden World of Girls, stories of girls coming of age and women who crossed a line, broke a trail, changed the tide.Commentary Series
Delaney: Giving Thanks
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Thanksgiving is a time for reflection, and commentator Dennis Delaney has been thinking about some of the things Vermonters seem to get right.VPR News
Shumlin Energy Plan Criticized For Natural Gas Component
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The state’s draft comprehensive energy plan says Vermont should develop renewable sources of power as a way to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. But the plan also highlights a fossil fuel – natural gas – as a possible energy source if a pipeline were extended down the western side of the state. The plan is now under fire from critics who say burning more natural gas conflicts with the state’s goal to reduce carbon emissions.VPR News
1,000th Meal Is Served In Johnson
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In Johnson, community members gather twice a month to ‘break bread’ together at a community lunch.VPR News
In Hartford, Repairing Or Replacing The Quechee Covered Bridge
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Hartford residents are debating whether to repair or replace the Quechee Covered Bridge which suffered serious damage to its foundation from Tropical Storm Irene floodwaters.Commentary Series
Averyt: Thanks and Giving
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This Thanksgiving season has commentator Anne Averyt thinking about thanks and about giving.VPR News
Wilmington Church Discovers Inspiration To Rebuild Again
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In downtown Wilmington, Tropical Storm Irene left behind a mess. But when things were cleaned up at the Wilmington Baptist Church, a discovery was made that’s bringing a message of hope.Holiday Programming
Turkey Confidential
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Lynne Rosetto Kasper, host of The Splendid Table, takes your cooking questions live on Thanksgiving Day!Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 24, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Giving Thanks with John Birge
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A Celebration of Fall, Food and Gratitude including the world premiere performance of Table Grace, Matthew Brown’s choral setting of a grace by Garrison Keillor, sung by VocalEssence. Plus classics from Bach, Copland, and more. Listen tonight at 8:00pmJazz with George Thomas
A Jazz Thanksgiving Dinner
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Tonight we have a preview of a Jazz Thanksgiving dinner with: Stuffy Turkey, Salt Peanuts, Gravy, Potato Chips, Red Beans & Rice, peeled Grapes, Carvin’ The Bird, Tasty Pudding and a heartfelt wish for you to have a joyous, safe and peaceful Thanksgiving.VPR Series and Specials
The Moth Radio Hour
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A hiker is pinned underneath a refrigerator-sized boulder deep in the wilderness, a speechwriter describes his most challenging assignment, and a young art student battles her demons in the pursuit of love in this new episode of The Moth Radio Hour.Commentary Series
Greene: Thanksgiving Tree
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Commentator Stephanie Greene doesn’t recall exactly how the tradition started. It may have been inspired by one of those upbeat parenting articles about instilling gratitude in one’s children. But it didn’t turn out quite as expected.VPR News
Fighting Cancer, Former CVPS Head Gives Thanks For Blood Drive
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Bob Young, the former head of Central Vermont Public Service, says the annual Gift of Life blood drive that CVPS co-sponsors has taken on a special significance to him. Young was recently diagnosed with Leukemia and blood and platelet donations have been critical in helping him fight the disease.VPR News
For The First Time Since Irene, Route 106 Opens In Its Entirety
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Holiday travel will be a little easier in at least one Vermont town. State transportation officials say repairs in Weathersfield are complete on Route 106, which Tropical Storm Irene damaged near its junction with Route 131 in the town.VPR News
Fewer Vermonters Smoking Cigarettes
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Fewer Vermont adults are smoking cigarettes. That’s according to a new study from the Vermont Department of Health.VPR News
ANR To Repeal All-Terrain Vehicles Rule
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All-terrain vehicles in Vermont will no longer be allowed on state land. The Agency of Natural Resources is repealing a rule that permits ATVs on public land because it says the state doesn’t have enough resources to enforce against illegal activity.VPR News
Bennington Considers Banning Smoking
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The Bennington Select Board is debating a smoking ban on town-owned property. Such a ban would require an ordinance, and town officials are reviewing where it would be appropriate.Commentary Series
Molnar: Vermont Grateful
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At Thanksgiving dinner, commentator Martha Molnar’s family lists the things each is most grateful for. This year, she’s been thinking of some things that are unique to Vermont.VPR News
Snow, Wintry Mix Makes For Slippery Roads, Knocks Out Power
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It may be a white Thanksgiving for parts of Vermont, as snow mixed with sleet and freezing rain made its way through the state, complicating travel plans and knocking out power.VPR News
In Vermont, Donor Fatigue Sets In After Irene
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Leaders of Vermont non-profits are concerned that Vermonters who gave generously in response to Tropical Storm Irene may not be able to dig as deeply for traditional end-of-the year donations.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 23, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Paul Motian, Hoagy Carmichael
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We note the passing at age 80 this morning of drummer, composer & bandleader Paul Motian. We hear him in a landmark 1961 trio with pianist/leader Bill Evans & bassist Scott LaFaro and in his own groups with Bill Frisell on guitar and Joe Lovano on sax. We also celebrate the birthday of Hoagy Carmichael with his own vocals & piano.Commentary Series
Slayton: Return of the Turkey
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Wild turkeys, once extirpated in New England, have made an amazing recovery. Commentator Tom Slayton recently wondered why they had rebounded so vigorously. Here’s what he found out.VPR News
FoodBank Sees Big Jump In Need
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The same three words underlie many problems facing the state now: Tropical Storm Irene. In September, the Vermont FoodBank distributed one million pounds of food across the state, up from 600,000 pounds last September.VPR News
Political Parties Assess Vermont Economy
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The leaders of Vermont’s three major political parties all say strengthening the state economy is a top priority in the coming year. But they all have different strategies to achieve that goal.VPR News
State Addresses Town Cash-Flow Issues
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State Treasurer Beth Pearce has announced a plan to help Vermont municipalities deal with cash-flow problems caused by the recovery from Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Thanksgiving Highlights Hunger Problem
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CEO of the Vermont FoodBank, John Sayles, talks with VPR’s Bob Kinzel about why far more people have relied on food shelves this fall, and why Thanksgiving is a time that highlights the problem of hunger in our region.VPR News
State Offers Mental Health Aid To Those Affected By Irene
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The Vermont Health Department has launched a program to help people who were affected by the floods get mental health counseling.Vermont Edition
Political Parties Prepare For Session
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Vermont has three major political parties, the Democrats, Progressives and Republicans, and they are developing strategies for the coming legislative session and the election season that begins in earnest next summer.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day
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Henry Purcell’s music for the patron saint of music.Commentary Series
McCallum: Pass The Potatoes
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Looking forward to Thanksgiving has commentator Mary McCallum remembering one so filled with contrasts that it gave her own holiday much food for thought.VPR News
ANR To Assess Log Jams Left Behind By Irene
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Tropical Storm Irene washed trees and other debris into rivers and streams. With winter coming on and the spring floods that follow, the state has launched an initiative to assess the location of debris that could dam up water flow.VPR News
More Money Available To Aid Farmers
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The Vermont Farm Disaster Relief Fund is opening a fourth round of grant applications. The fund is a joint effort of the Vermont Community Foundation and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture.VPR News
Two Arrested In Meth Bust
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Vermont State Police have arrested two men on charges of conspiracy to make methamphetamine following a police raid.VPR News
New Group Formed To Promote VT Prosperity
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A former chairman of the University of Vermont’s board of trustees is leading an effort to, as he calls it, achieve prosperity for current and future generations in Vermont.VPR News
Two New Armories Open
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The head of the Vermont National Guard says two new armories that will be used jointly by the National Guard and the Army Reserve are the wave of the future.VPR News
61 Tires Slashed In St. Johnsbury
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Some St. Johnsbury residents discovered their vehicles had flat tires over the weekend.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 22, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Live at the Concertgebouw: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
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Jaap van Zweden conducts Wagner and Bruckner.Jazz with George Thomas
Coleman Hawkins
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Tonight we celebrate the birthday of the greatest tenor saxophone player in jazz, Coleman Hawkins. From his work with bandleader Fletcher Henderson in the 20’s, his time with Lionel Hampton in the 30’s, his definitive solo on "Body And Soul" in 1939 to recordings with Randy Weston, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and many more.Commentary Series
Sturman: Post-College Plans
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For many parents, the holidays offer an irresistible opportunity to provide career guidance to their sons and daughters. The challenge, according to commentator and former career adviser Skip Sturman, is how to get college students to "hear you now and believe you later."VPR News
Leahy Wants Congress To Vote On Supercommittee Ideas
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Senator Patrick Leahy says he’s disappointed that a Congressional supercommittee failed to develop a plan for reducing the federal budget deficit.VPR News
Towns Begin To See FEMA Funds As Irene Repairs Continue
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Cities and towns across Vermont have begun to receive checks from FEMA to help them repair Tropical Storm Irene damage. The amounts are just a drop in the bucket for many communities. But town officials are struggling to pay for multi-million dollar repairs, and they’re happily taking the money.VPR News
Former Vt. Rep. Murphy, Champ Of Workers, Dies At 88
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Vermont State Representative John Murphy is being remembered for his commitment to the working people of the state.VPR News
Having Dinner With Strangers At Middlebury
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Middlebury Collebe senior, Bianca Giaever, recently organized a unique event on campus that brought strangers together for a meal.VPR News
Shaker Legacy Lives On In Enfield
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm takes a tour of the Enfield Shaker Museum in Enfield, New Hampshire with lead docent Arthur Gagnon.Vermont Edition
Middle School: The Worst Years Of Your Life?
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"Middle School: The Worst Years Of My Life," is one of the latest bestsellers in the world of young adult fiction. We talk to one of its authors, Vermonter Chris Tebbetts, about the many distinctly "middle school" experiences in the book – from the awkward to the profound to the hilarious.VPR News
Application Deadline Passes, But FEMA To Stay In VT
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Although the deadline to apply for federal assistance for damage from Tropical Storm Irene has passed, Federal Emergency Management Agency officials say they still have work to do in Vermont.
VPR News
Rochester Family Prepares For Post-Irene Holidays
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For Vermonters hardest hit by Tropical Storm Irene, the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday comes with mixed emotions. Jon Graham and Beth Frock of Rochester certainly have much to be thankful for, especially since Jon escaped uninjured when his house collapsed around him on August 28th.VPR News
Wilmington Book Store To Re-Open
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Since Tropical Storm Irene flooded most of the stores in downtown Wilmington, it’s been challenging for business owners to rebuild. About a quarter have reopened, but on Friday one more store owner will be opening her doors.VPR News
Death Of Robbery Suspect Ruled A ‘Homicide’
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Vermont’s medical examiner says the manner of death of a 34-year-old woman held down by a store clerk while trying to rob a Vergennes convenience store was a homicide.VPR News
Green Mountain Club Has New Wood Heating System
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The Green Mountain Club has a new wood-burning heat and hot water system on a building at its Waterbury Center headquarters.VPR News
AmeriCorps Volunteers To Continue Irene Clean Up
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AmeriCorps volunteers are going to be staying in Vermont a bit longer to help with the cleanup from Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Vermont Holds Youth Hunting Memories Contest
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Young hunters in Vermont will get a chance to win prizes by sharing their hunting experiences.VPR News
VT Retires Google Map Of Irene Damage
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Here’s a sign of progress on recovering from Tropical Storm Irene: Vermont officials have retired the special Google map that reported which roads and bridges around the state were closed due to damage from the storm.VPR News
Displaced State Hospital Workers Speak Out
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Workers at the closed Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury say they’ve largely been ignored as the state debates the future of its mental health system in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Congress Approves Irene Recovery Funding For Vermont
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A highway funding bill that’s been approved in Congress includes money to help Vermont and other states recover from Tropical Storm Irene.Young Writers Project On VPR
Waves of Red, Gold and Orange
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Matt Skelly, a 7th grade student at Crossett Brook Middle School, says he has lived in Waterbury for all of his 12 years in a former farmhouse overlooking the town pool and recreational fields. His poem reflects some of his interests in Vermont, including skiing at Bolton Valley and sledding on nearby hills. Matt says he likes to write fiction, and just this year became interested in writing poetry because of his language arts teacher Betsy Unger, who specializes in poetry.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 21, 2011.All the Traditions
From Niger to Nashville
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Upcoming concerts by Hank Williams III and also rising African music phenomenon Bombino, and featuring John, Lila Mae, and Ida Specker, a marvelous family band from Andover, VT !My Place with Joel Najman
Rock And Pop Instrumentals Of the Rock&Roll 1950’s
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program samples some of the instrumental hits and misses from 1956-1959, both by R&B and jazz musicians who adapted to the new style, and by several of the teen-oriented guitar-driven instrumental Rock&Roll bands that were springing up everywhere.VPR Series and Specials
Counting Vermont: A Look At The 2010 Census
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VPR examines what the 2010 Census tells us about population shifts in Vermont.A Passion For Opera
Choruses II
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We explore the use of choruses in opera from the 17th through the 20th century. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.VPR News
Welch Is Pessimistic Super Committee Will Succeed
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Time has run out for the super committee in Congress to craft a plan to cut the national deficit by at least $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years. Congressman Peter Welch said Friday he didn’t think the committee would succeed, in large part, because the panel has been far too secretive.BirdNote
BirdNote: Basalt As Shelter
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As the winter sun sinks over the Coulee Lakes, gray-crowned Rosy-Finches roost for the night in a colony of abandoned swallow nests on basalt cliffs.VPR News
Dartmouth Play Spotlights Unions
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A group of playwrights at Dartmouth College has put unions in the spotlight in a series of short plays.Saturday Matinee
Lucia di Lammermoor
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Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor is performed by the Houston Grand Opera. Listen Saturday at 1:00pm.Jazz with George Thomas
Johnny Mercer, Sheila Jordan, Benny Wallace
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We celebrate the birthday of vocalist, lyricist & songwriter Johnny Mercer. We hear his vocals on his own composition and renditions of his songs by Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday. We also celebrate the birthday of vocalist Sheila Jordan.In Concert @ 8
Deutsche Welle Festival Series: Mahler Chamber Orchestra
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Daniel Harding conducts Brahms and Mahler.Commentary Series
Hunter: The Centerpiece
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Decorating the table for Thanksgiving dinner is an activity that commentator Edith Hunter likes to do a few days ahead of time.VPR News
FEMA Says More Than 7,200 Applied For Irene Assistance
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More than 7,200 Vermonters applied for financial assistance from the federal government before this week’s deadline. At least $46 million in grants and loans have already been made.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Burlington Choral Society 35th Anniversary
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The Burlington Choral Society begins its 35th Anniversary Season this weekend with a performance Saturday night at Ira Allen Chapel. I spoke with David Neiweem and Patricia Julien, who both composed works for the occasion.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: November 18, 2011
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These are some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Analysis: Burlington Mayoral Race, VT Revenues
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VPR’s Ross Sneyd discusses some of the week’s top news stories.VPR News
GMP, CVPS Begin To Merge Marketing, Brands
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Vermont’s largest electric utilities plan to merge, and they now have a new look to match their combined marketing efforts.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Harold in Italy
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Harold in Italy by Berlioz and the Choral Fantasy by Beethoven.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: More Than Thanks
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For a country at war for the decade since 9/11, Veteran’s Day – and Thanksgiving – have special meaning for those Americans and their families who have fought these wars, often at great sacrifice. Yet commentator and retired ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore senses a growing gap between those who have served and those who have not.VPR News
Regional Report: Hate Speech Found At Williams College
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Ugly evidence of racial hate speech found scrawled in a dormitory at the bucolic Williams College in Massachusetts has shocked the student body, and prompted the formation of a task force to deal with the fallout.VPR News
State Will Study Feasibility Of Redeveloping Waterbury Offices
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The Shumlin administration plans to study several creative ideas for renovating the state office complex in Waterbury, which was damaged by Irene’s floods. The goal is to determine whether the proposals are feasible.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 18, 2011.Vermont Edition
Congressman Peter Welch
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Congressman Peter Welch makes recommendations on cutting the deficit, VPR’s Ross Sneyd provides analysis on the Burlington mayoral race and we listen back to the voices in the news this week.Jazz with George Thomas
David Amram, Roswell Rudd, Ban Allison, Colin Vallon
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We celebrate the birthdays of composer, French Hornist & pianist David Amram; trombonist Roswell Rudd, who often works with world musicians; bandleader & bassist Ban Allison and the young composer, bandleader & pianist Colin Vallon.Commentary Series
Luskin: Good Vibrations
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Humans have been inventing technologies for recording music ever since Edison. Commentator Deborah Luskin recently enjoyed technology that allows the broadcast of live opera – technology that overcomes time and distance – but not, as it turns out, Mother Nature.VPR News
Cycling Enthusiasts Promote Mental Health Gain Of Winter Riding
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A group of bicycle enthusiasts in Brattleboro has a message to cyclists getting ready to put their bikes away for the winter. The message is, "Keep Riding."VPR News
Flynn Center’s Artistic Director To Retire
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Arnie Malina, the artistic director for Burlington’s Flynn Center, is stepping down. He will be retiring at the end of January.VPR News
Domestic Disturbance Ends In Shooting In Salisbury
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State police say a domestic disturbance today ended with a man shooting himself after police were called to a home in Salisbury.VPR News
Vt. Unemployment Rate Down To 5.6 Percent From 5.8
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The state’s unemployment rate is down to 5.6 percent from lower than 6 percent last year. Governor Peter Shumlin says state revenues of taxes and fees have also begun to pick up and are at the level they were at when the recession began.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Arensky Variations
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Today we’ll listen to a set of variations for two pianos by Anton Arensky, played by Vassily Primakov and Natalia Lavrova. Also today, music of Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen, Ottorino Respighi’s "The Birds," and a set of madrigals by Carlo Gesualdo.VPR News
Oil Prices High Heading Into Winter
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with Matt Cota, executive director of the Vermont Fuel Dealer’s Association and Hal Cohen, executive director of the Central Vermont Community Action Council about fuel prices and how they are affecting Vermonters.VPR News
Moving Back Home After Irene
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Eleven weeks after floodwaters swept through a Berlin trailer park, the first residents are ready to move back in. Some of them saw their new homes delivered Thursday morning to the Weston Mobile Home Park.Vermont Edition
The Underground Railroad In Vermont
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Vermont’s abolitionist history is strong, and every town has its stories of secret rooms where, it’s believed, Vermonters hid fugitive slaves, helping them on their way to freedom. But historical documents from the mid-1800s suggest a different reality – where the Underground Railroad was not an organized movement, and escaped slaves didn’t actually have to be hidden away.VPR News
State Says Many Culverts Can’t Handle Debris From Floods
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Culverts are the pipes that channel water under roads. They’re often overlooked as part of the transportation infrastructure unless they fail.VPR News
Burlington Democrats To Resume Caucus In December
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Democrats in Burlington have scheduled another caucus on December 11 to choose their candidate for mayor, after the first caucus ended in a tie vote between two candidates.Classical Music with Walter Parker
New Recordings from the BSO and VSO
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French chamber music from the Boston Symphony Chamber Players and 3 Double Concertos written for Jaime Laredo, Sharon Robinson and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.Commentary Series
Weis: The Turkey Bowl
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As Thanksgiving Day approaches, commentator, college writing teacher and environmental educator Russ Weis is reflecting upon the importance of traditions, whether old, new, borrowed, or green.VPR News
Picking Up Debris Months After Tropical Storm Irene
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Governor Peter Shumlin called on citizens last month to volunteer to clean up their communities after the Irene floods. Hundreds came out to help, but there’s still debris to be picked up.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 17, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
W.C. Handy, Diana Krall
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We celebrate the birthday of the oldest jazz composer, W.C. Handy, born in 1873, whose most famous song "The Saint Louis Blues" is one of the most-recorded songs of all time. We also celebrate the birthday of one of the youngest jazz pianists & vocalists, Diana Krall.Commentary Series
Mares: Turkey, The Country
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Especially this time of year, when we hear the word "Turkey," most of us think about hunting, or Thanksgiving dinner. But for commentator Bill Mares, the word has recently taken on new meaning.VPR News
State’s Highest Court Won’t Rule On Lowell Wind For Now
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The state Supreme Court has decided not to get involved, for now, in a dispute between Green Mountain Power and neighbors who oppose the utility’s Lowell wind project.VPR News
Sanders Differs With Leahy, Welch On Deficit Deal
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Senator Bernie Sanders says Democrats should reject any deficit reduction deal if it cuts Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. Sanders says that would allow Democrats to frame the 2012 election debates.VPR News
St. Albans Town And City Study Whether Merger Would Cut Cost
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Cities and towns across the state are coping with dwindling tax revenue, and they’re trying to do more with less. In Franklin County, the City and Town of St. Albans are exploring whether they can effectively merge the two communities into one in an effort to more efficiently provide services.VPR News
UVM, Full-Time Faculty Reach Contract Agreement
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The University of Vermont and its full-time faculty have reached a new contract agreement.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Soovin Kim plays Chausson
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Violinist Soovin Kim, pianist Jeremy Denk, and the Jupiter Quartet play the "Concert" of Ernest Chausson this afternoon.VPR News
Secrets Of A Horseshoe Champion
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Brian Simmons of Bristol is not only Vermont’s state champion in horseshoes, he also the three-time world champion. He explained the pastime at a recent tournament at the Champlain Valley Horseshoe Club in Milton.VPR News
“The Art Of Eating” Celebrates 25th Anniversary
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with Edward Behr, publisher of the foodie quarterly, The Art Of Eating about the publication’s 25th anniversary and the book that celebrates it.Vermont Edition
Managing The Needs Of Vermont’s Homeless
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The recent Occupy protests in Burlington brought to light problems of mental illness and substance abuse among some homeless people, but advocates say that doesn’t tell the whole story.VPR News
Police Continue Investigation Of ‘Occupy’ Shooting Death
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Burlington police are still completing their investigation of the shooting death last week at the Occupy Burlington encampment. Josh Pfenning died in a tent at City Hall Park last week. Police Chief Michael Schirling says his department is waiting for final reports.VPR News
Burlington Democrats To Resume Caucus
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Democrats in Burlington will decide Wednesday night when to resume their caucus to choose their candidate for mayor, after the first caucus ended in a tie vote between two candidates.VPR News
Interim UVM President Wants To Re-evaluate School, State Relationship
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John Bramley has called for closer cooperation between the state and the University of Vermont since becoming interim president in August. Last week, Governor Peter Shumlin took a step in that direction when he appointed a task force that will reevaluate the state’s relationship with UVM.Commentary Series
Kittredge: Pilgrims vs. Puritans
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Just a few days from now, many Americans will sit down to a Thanksgiving meal that reflects the food the Pilgrims ate. Commentator Susan Cooke Kittredge suggests there are other things for which the Pilgrims might also be remembered.VPR News
In Vermont, ‘Occupy’ Protests And Enforcement Echo National Movement
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"Occupy Wall Street" protesters at City hall Park in Burlington say they will continue their demonstrations against income inequality in America, but they have not returned their encampments to City Hall Park since police evacuated the area.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 16, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
New Orleans & New Releases
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We hear the wide variety of New Orleans sounds tonight including: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band; Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton with Taj Mahal; Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Tom Waits and my mentor James Booker, known locally as The Piano Prince Of New Orleans.Commentary Series
McQuiston: VY & VT
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Whatever the outcome of the legal dispute between Entergy and the State of Vermont about the future of Vermont Yankee, commentator Tim McQuiston points out that some type of ongoing, practical relationship is unavoidable.VPR News
Lawmakers Review River Work, Damage Post-Irene
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State environmental officials say that it’s important to rebuild the right way after this year’s record floods, and they told lawmakers Tuesday that extracting gravel from rivers in hopes that it will prevent future floods may end up making things worse.VPR News
Report: Irene Has Little Effect On State Tax Sources
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State revenues have finally matched levels that were recorded before the economic downturn that started in 2008. A new revenue report also shows that Tropical Storm Irene didn’t have much of an overall impact on the state’s main tax sources.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Beautiful Violin Concertos
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We’ll hear Mozart’s Violin Concerto #3 this afternoon, as well as the magnificent E Minor Concerto of Mendelssohn.VPR News
Middlebury Brewery Resumes Operations After Explosion
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Otter Creek Brewery in Middlebury is expected to resume full operation Tuesday afternoon despite an explosion Monday morning.Vermont Edition
UVM Outlook With President Bramley
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UVM Interim President John Bramley discusses the challenges the school faces and the FEMA application deadline nears.VPR News
Deadline Arrives For Vermonters To Seek Irene Help
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is reminding Vermonters hurt by Tropical Storm Irene that the deadline for applying for federal assistance is Tuesday at 10 p.m., midnight online.VPR News
Community Foundation Gears Up To Help Those Who Still Need Help After Irene
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Fundraising efforts have raised millions to help Vermonters recover from Tropical Storm Irene. But organizers say there’s still a lot to be done to assess what the need is for the funds.VPR News
Burlington Dems Consider Next Steps In Suspended Caucus
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Democrats in Burlington are now debating how to proceed with their mayoral caucus, which was indefinitely suspended Sunday night after a tie.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Barenboim and Reich
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Daniel Barenboim is 69 today; and composer Steve Reich comes to UVM tomorrow.Commentary Series
Harrington: Green Mass Transit
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On a recent morning, commentator Elaine Harrington joined other early commuters at the Waterbury Park-and-Ride to wait for the bus that would take them to Burlington.VPR News
Medical Professionals Seek To Address Irene’s Emotional Toll
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Although it’s been more than two months since Tropical Storm Irene hit, many people are still affected. For some it’s financial. For others it’s emotional. Tonight in Randolph, health experts from Gifford Hospital and the Clara Martin Center are holding an event to discuss the psychological toll wrought by the storm.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 15, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Live at the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Ludovic Morlot conducts Messiaen, Dutilleux and Franck.Jazz with George Thomas
Ellis Marsalis, George Cables
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We celebrate the birthdays of two major jazz pianists, Ellis Marsalis & George Cables. We hear Ellis, patriarch of the great New Orleans Marsalis family, in duet, with his trios and with his whole family. Pianist George Cables is heard with Art Pepper, Dexter Gordon, Bobby Hutcherson and solo.Commentary Series
McCallum: The Mighty Flea
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Commentator Mary McCallum, normally a live-and-let-live nature lover, has struggled this season with one of Mother Nature’s most tenacious creatures. But it looks like she has finally gotten the upper hand.VPR News
Congressional Negotiators Lift Cap For Irene Road Repairs
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Vermont got good financial news Monday about its efforts to repair roads and bridges damaged by Tropical Storm Irene. Congressional negotiators have agreed to lift a federal cap on transportation repair costs. The waiver could save the state more than $150 million.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Dvorak’s ‘Tenth’
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We’ll hear the B Minor Cello Concerto of Antonin Dvorak this afternoon, sometimes referred to as his "Tenth Symphony" because of its massive scale. Also today, choral music of Schumann, a symphony by Schubert, and ballet music of Stravinsky.VPR News
Analysis: Burlington’s Democratic Mayoral Caucus
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm discusses the results of Burlington’s Democratic Mayoral Caucus that took place over the weekend.VPR News
Fermentation Tanks Explode At Vt. Brewery
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Fire officials in Middlebury say at least one fermentation tank exploded Monday morning inside the Otter Creek Brewery. Fire officials are investigating the explosion.Vermont Edition
Pristine Gas Clouds Reveal New Data About Universe’s Origin
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New research published in the journal Science reveals a cosmological discovery that astrophysicists didn’t think existed: gas clouds that remain in a pristine form that existed immediately after the Big Bang.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Copland’s Original Quiet City
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Incidental music for a play by Irwin Shaw.Commentary Series
Schubart: Eccentric Vacation
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Commentator Bill Schubart and his wife has just returned from a visit to England to sample its rich history, see his stepson who works there, and to see if the food is any better. It was a somewhat eccentric vacation.VPR News
‘Occupy Burlington’ Protesters Agree To Remove Tents
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The tents at a Burlington park where Occupy Wall Street protesters have been camping out since late October are likely to be gone by Monday night.VPR News
Statewide, Local Irene Recovery Funds Have Raised $7 Million
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In the ten weeks since Tropical Storm Irene ravaged the state, Vermonters have given generously to help those whose lives were up-ended by the storm. Non-profit officials say at least $7 million has been raised through a combination of statewide efforts and dozens of local funds.Young Writers Project On VPR
Sky Waystation
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Molly Wight, a freshman at Rutland High School, says she wrote this poem in response to a writing prompt at her school, "Over 9,000." Molly pictured a sky waystation at over 9,000 feet, a floating island shrouded in clouds and managed by angels. "The poem has a slightly fantastical setting in a world where the Earth is a mess and nearly uninhabitable," she says. "The waystation is a stop between several habitable areas and … the feather beds are made from the molted feathers of the visitors and caretakers." Molly says she loves to write, especially poetry, to send a little magic into the world. She also enjoys reading poetry and one of her favorite poets is Robert Service.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 14, 2011.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Herbert Blomstedt conducts Sibelius, Nielsen and Dvorak.VPR News
After Caucus, Burlington Dems Still Without A Mayoral Candidate
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After a protracted six-hour caucus that ended in a tie, the race for Burlington’s Democratic nomination for mayor will live to see at least another month. In Burlington Sunday evening, developer Miro Weinberger and State Senator Tim Ashe split a third round of voting, 540-540.All the Traditions
Keep on Truckin’ , Mama !
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Another week containing a wealth of live local performances, another wee taste of Scottish music, and an appreciation of Cesaria Evora, the greatest Cape Verdean singer, who retired from performing this autumn because of health reasons.VPR News
Vt. Rifle Deer Season Opens
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Vermont’s rifle deer hunting season has started. The 16-day season runs from Saturday through Sunday, Nov. 27. Vermont’s deer population is about 123,000 this year, which is about 10 percent fewer than last year.VPR News
Baseball Is Focus Of Fundraising For Vt. Farms
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Some of the heaviest hitters in baseball management have gone to bat for Vermont farms damaged by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. Earlier: Olney Goes To Bat For Vt. FarmersMy Place with Joel Najman
Songwriters Felice And Boudleaux Bryant – The Hitmaking Years
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program concludes a two-part series on the careers of the husband and wife songwriting team of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. This week’s program picks up their successes in the late 1950’s and beyond, and includes memorable hit recordings by the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jim Reeves and many others.Saturday Matinee
Dead Man Walking
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The Houston Grand Opera presents Dead Man Walking – based on the book by Sister Helen Prejean – by the contemporary American composer Jake Heggie.A Passion For Opera
Choruses I
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In the first of two programs on operatic choruses, we simply listen to an hours’ worth of mostly famous ones.VPR News
State Veterans Office Balances Needs Of Wide Range Of Ages
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Vermont has one of the oldest veterans’ populations of any state in the country. Because of these demographics, the state office on Veterans Affairs says it’s trying to balance the needs of veterans who served in World War II and the Korean War with the concerns of younger veterans.BirdNote
BirdNote: The Northern Shrike
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The Northern Shrike has a pleasing and rhythmical song, but its song belies a rather bloodthirsty feeding habit.The VPR Saturday Special
The Moth Radio Hour
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This week on The Moth Radio Hour, Christian McBride, a jazz bassist, is put to the test by his idol, Freddie Hubbard and writer Adam Gopnik details his daughter’s cosmopolitan imaginary friend.Jazz with George Thomas
Charlie Mariano, Hampton Hawes, Mose Allison, Gunther Schiller, Ernestine Anderson, Kahil El’ Zabar, Peace
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We celebrate a slew of birthdays including: alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano; pianist Hampton Hawes; French hornist Gunther Schuller; vocalist Ernestine Anderson; drummer/percussionist Kahil El’ Zabar and pianist/vocalist & composer Mose Allison. "Peace Piece" ends the show.Commentary Series
Redmond: Gluten-free Thanksgiving
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Holiday meals can spark anxiety and even alarm in those with gluten sensitivities. But writer, journalist and commentator Marybeth Redmond, who is gluten-intolerant herself, has a pro-active strategy this holiday season.VPR News
‘Occupy Burlington’ Encampment Won’t Be Allowed In Park
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Burlington police say Occupy Burlington demonstrators likely won’t be allowed to camp in a downtown park any longer. Police had been taking a "wait and see" approach to protesters who have been camping in City Hall Park for two weeks. But that changed after a fatal shooting yesterday and tense exchanges last night between police and some protesters.VPR News
Soldier Recalls Life Under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
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U.S. Army Combat Photographer and Northeast Kingdom native Robert Jesse Holland remembers his experience as a gay soldier under "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" and celebrates its repeal.VPR News
UVM Students Honor Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans
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Students at the University of Vermont observed Veterans Day by honoring each of the 6,313 veterans who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Haydn’s Wartime Mass
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As we observe Veterans Day, we’ll listen to Haydn’s "Paukenmesse," or the "Mass in Time of War."VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: November 11 2011
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These were some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Analysis: The Special Irene Legislative Session
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VPR’s John Dillon provides an update on the special Irene Legislative briefing session.VPR News
Police Identify ‘Occupy’ Shooting Victim, Continue Investigation
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Burlington police have been investigating Thursday’s shooting in City Hall Park at the "Occupy Burlington" encampment. They’ve identified the 35-year-old man as Josh Pfenning and they suspect his shooting was a suicide.Vermont Edition
The Needs And Challenges Of Vermont’s Veterans
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A look at Vermont’s military veterans’ major challenges, including health care, employment and housing issues, analysis of the special Legislative Irene briefing session and a listen back to the voices in the news this week.VPR News
State Colleges, Culinary Institute Explore Association
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New England Culinary Institute could become the sixth college affiliated with the Vermont State Colleges. Officials at the two institutions say they’re talking about whether they should integrate their schools.Classical Music with Walter Parker
The Talich Quartet LIVE
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The distinguished Czech quartet joins us in the Performance Studio. Audio is now posted online.Commentary Series
Hanna: Unintended Consequences
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Recently, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear a case asking whether corporations can be held liable for human rights abuses. Commentator and Vermont Law School professor explains the case and asks whether the concept of corporations as "persons" may have some unintended consequences.VPR News
Regional Report: Manchester Debates Fate Of Historic Inn
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A decision on whether to restore or knock down an historic building –replacing it with a modern hotel-is drawing interest in Manchester Village, and is the focus of our Friday Regional Report.VPR News
In Bennington, Work To Avoid Future Flooding
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A lot of heavy equipment has been in the rivers in Bennington recently as the town tries to finish more than $4 million worth of river and flood plain work. It’s part of a plan to minimize future flood damage by giving rivers space to move and change. State hydrologists are urging other towns to do the same.VPR News
Vermont’s Deer Herd Is Smaller
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Wildlife experts say Vermont’s deer herd is at least 10% smaller than last fall, down to about 123,000 deer. Those numbers will have an impact on rifle season, which starts this weekend.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 11, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Conrad Herwig, Charles Mingus, Paul Bley, Mark Turner, Houston Person
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We hear an interview with trombonist Conrad Herwig, guest artist with Dartmouth’s Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble as they cover the compositions of Charles Mingus. We also celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Paul Bley and the tenor sax players Mark Turner & Houston Person.Commentary Series
Jacobs: Powerful Images
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Commentator Margaret Jacobs is a metal sculptor and Exhibition Coordinator at the AVA Gallery in Lebanon, New Hampshire, where she’s been preparing an exhibit of powerful images from the World War One era, in observation of Veteran’s Day.VPR News
Some Lawmakers Have Requests For Districts Hard Hit By Irene
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Lawmakers who gathered in Montpelier learned new details about both the personal and the financial toll from Tropical Storm Irene. And some came with particular requests to help their hard-hit districts.VPR News
Lawmakers Find Unanswered Questions About Irene Recovery
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Lawmakers came back to the Statehouse on Thursday for a special briefing session about Tropical Storm Irene. There are still a lot of questions about how the state is going to pay for recovery from the storm.VPR News
‘Occupy’ Protester Dies After Shooting; May Have Been Self-Inflicted
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Police are investigating a fatal shooting at the "Occupy Wall Street" encampment in Burlington’s City Hall Park on Thursday. Several protesters said the victim was a veteran.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Durufle’s Chamber Music
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Maurice Durufle is best known for his incredible Requiem, but this afternoon we’ll hear his Prelude, Recitatif, and Variations for flute, viola, and piano.VPR News
Burlington Women’s Rugby Team Headed To Nationals
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After years of ups and downs, the women of the Burlington Rugby Football Club are going to the 2011 Division II national tournament in Virginia Beach.VPR News
The Motivation Behind Occupy Burlington
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Listening to what motivates people who are part of the Occupy movement in Burlington’s City Hall Park.VPR News
Leahy Leads Judiciary Committee In Recommending Repeal Of DOMA
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Under the the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal government would leave the definition of marriage to the states, and that could lead to federal recognition of same-sex couples’ marriages.VPR News
Lawmakers Hear Updates On Irene Recovery
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Legislators are meeting Thursday in Montpelier for an unusual briefing session. Thursday morning they heard from administration officials about relief efforts in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene.Vermont Edition
Deer Season Starts This Weekend
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Rifle season starts this weekend, and shines a spotlight on how the size and health of Vermont’s deer herd is guided by both ecology and human priorities.VPR News
Special Legislative Briefing To Review Flood Damage, Relief
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Members of the Legislature will gather on Thursday for updates on recovery from the Tropical Storm Irene floods, as well as other state business. The proceedings will be carried live on VPR’s live stream from the House.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Michael Arnowitt
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The Vermont pianist plays with the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra this weekend.Commentary Series
Rockmore: Elevenses
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Ever give much thought to the number eleven? Well, according to mathematician and commentator Dan Rockmore, tomorrow would be a good day for it.VPR News
Baseball Writer Olney Goes To Bat For Vermont’s Farmers
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ESPN senior writer and baseball analyst Buster Olney is hosting a fundraising relief effort for Vermont farmers devastated by Tropical Storm Irene. The event includes an online auction and baseball panel discussion being held this Saturday in Randolph Center – the town where Olney grew up and learned first-hand how difficult life on a dairy farm could be.VPR News
New ‘Bias-Free’ Immigration Policy Presents Challenges
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The Vermont State Police’s new "bias-free policing policy" for dealing with illegal immigration is intended to make the rules more clear both for police officers and people whose status in this country may be questioned. But there are still gray areas.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 10, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Nicholas McGegan conducts Vivaldi, Corelli, Martinu and Hummel.Jazz with George Thomas
Jesse Davis, Muggsy Spanier, Walter Norris
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We celebrate the birthday of alto saxophonist Jesse Davis, both a player and an actor in Robert Altman’s film "Kansas City." It’s also the birthday of traditional jazz (Dixieland) trumpeter Muggsy Spanier. We continue our tribute to the late pianist Walter Norris.Commentary Series
Smith: New Song Needed
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In addition to his former work in state government and his most recent position with Fairpoint Communications, commentator Mike Smith is interested in resources for active seniors. And when music legend Paul McCartney made headlines last month by getting married for the third time, he found himself wishing the former Beatle would once again turn his attention to composing music.VPR News
Since Election, Shumlin’s Union Support Slides
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Election Day 2012 is a year away, and the Governor’s relationship with the state’s two largest unions is very different than it was a year ago when he won a close election against Republican Brian Dubie.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Schumann’s Best Quartet
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Robert Schumann only wrote three string quartets, and we’ll hear the finest (No. 3in A Major) of them this afternoon played by the Zehetmair Quartet.VPR News
Panning For Gold In Vermont
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A North Clarendon general store has become the epicenter for the region’s renewed interest in gold panning.VPR News
Analysis: The Governor’s Vision For UVM
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VPR’s Ross Sneyd examines Governor Peter Shumlin’s vision for how the state can maximize the investment it makes in the University of Vermont.VPR News
Mitigating Flood Damage In Middlebury
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Middlebury’s Select Board is forming a special task force to develop a plan for on-going management of the Middlebury River in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene. Residents in East Middlebury have raised concerns about the dredging and re-channeling of the river following the storm.VPR News
Closing Of State Hospital Strains Health Services
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At a legislative committee in Montpelier Wednesday, lawmakers heard from hospital officials about how they’ve had to step in after Tropical Storm Irene flooded Waterbury and forced the State Hospital to close.Vermont Edition
Vermont’s Bias-Free Policing Policy
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The arrest of two migrant farmworkers during a routine traffic stop has effected a change in the state’s bias-free policing policy, the Governor appointed an advisory panel to look at the state’s investment in UVM and gold fever has struck in Central Vermont, again.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Siblings Play Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante
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Lara and Scott St. John, violin and viola respectively.Commentary Series
Slayton: The Aiken Garden
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The late US Senator George Aiken loved Vermont’s native wildflowers and wrote a book on them. A new garden of native plants was recently dedicated to him at the Vermont State House in Montpelier, and commentator Tom Slayton was there.VPR News
Green Mountain Care Board Works To Decrease Cost Of Health Care
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Vermont’s doctors have formed a new organization to allow them to take an active role in forming a new state health care system in the coming years. The new organization is needed to comply with federal anti-trust laws.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 9, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Walter Norris, Russell Malone, Chris Connor, Don Byron, Patricia Barber
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We note the passing of the truly remarkable pianist Walter Norris. We also celebrate the birthdays of guitarist Russell Malone; vocalist Chris Connor; multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Don Byron and the pianist, composer & vocalist Patricia Barber.In Concert @ 8
Live at the Concertgebouw: Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
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Tchaikovsky’s Winter Daydreams SymphonyCommentary Series
Kane: The Champlain Bridge
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With the opening of the new Lake Champlain Bridge yesterday, commentator and Lake Champlain Maritime Museum co-director Adam Kane has been thinking about a recent underwater experience in the shadow of the old bridge.VPR News
Dartmouth-Hitchcock To Cut 100 Workers
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The health care provider says it will lay off dozens of workers in response to state budget cuts. Dartmouth Hitchcock says the layoffs are part of a series of cost-cutting measures the health system has taken in recent months to close deficits.VPR News
Shumlin Says Vt. Needs To Better Target UVM Investment
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In a policy speech at the University of Vermont Tuesday, where he appointed a task force. That group will reevaluate the relationship between the state and UVM and will make recommendations to the governor and the university’s new president.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Major Minor Symphonies
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Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony (in C Minor) and Mozart’s 25th Symphony (in G Minor) are two of the most famous symphonies in minor keys. We’ll hear both of them this afternoon, as well as chamber music of Smetana and music from ravel’s "Mother Goose."VPR News
Observations Of A Foreign Correspondent
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Former ABC News reporter and Charlotte resident, Barrie Dunsmore, talks with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about his new book, "There and Back: Commentary by a Former Foreign Correspondent."VPR News
Focusing On Towns, Shumlin Plans State’s Long-Term Irene Recovery
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Governor Peter Shumlin launched a long-term recovery plan Tuesday morning from the Tropical Storm Irene floods. He says a central part of the plan includes the continuation of a partnership between state agencies and communities that were hit by the floods.Vermont Edition
Negotiating Teacher Contracts
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The nine-day Bennington teachers strike ended a week ago, making it one of the longest teacher strikes in Vermont history. But when school boards and teachers sit down to negotiate teacher contracts, the possibility of negotiations ending in a strike is rare.Commentary Series
Douglas: Citizen Bonds Revisited
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Former Vermont Governor and commentator Jim Douglas has been thinking about Vermont’s response to Tropical Storm Irene. And he has a suggestion for one more possible way to help the recovery.VPR News
For Teens, Drinking Soda May Put Others At Risk
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A study authored by two economics professors finds that teenagers who drink at least five cans of soda every week were significantly more likely to have violent tendencies towards the people around them – at school and at home.VPR News
Welch Joins Bipartisan Effort To Cut Federal Deficit
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Congressman Peter Welch is part of a bipartisan group that wants the federal deficit to be cut by raising new revenue, as well as reforming entitlement programs. That coalition says the congressional super committee charged with finding $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction should recommend a plan that addresses the problem for the next decade.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 8, 2011.Classical Music with Walter Parker
New Recordings
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From the Cypress String Quartet, oboist Heinz Holliger, and guitarist Jason Vieaux with A Far Cry.Commentary Series
Killacky: Travel Tips
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With some of the busiest travel days of the year just ahead, commentator John Killacky has some tips for the traveler – especially if the traveler has a physical disability.VPR News
In Smart Grid Debate, Co-ops Pick Hard-Wire Over Wireless To Cut Cost
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Vermont’s two electric cooperatives have chosen to use hard-wired smart grid technology instead of the wireless systems that led to public protests last week. Protesters charge that the wireless devices pose health threats, but utility executives say the different choices were driven by cost and technical factors, not by public health concerns.VPR News
New Lake Champlain Bridge Opens, Easing Commuter Woes
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Commuters have an easier trip to work and home again now that the new Lake Champlain Bridge has opened. The half-mile-long bridge connects Crown Point and Addison.VPR News
Ski Industry Anticipates Strong Season
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The Vermont Ski Areas Association was initially concerned that tourists might stay away from Vermont, following news reports of extensive damage to the state.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Brahms 4
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Carlos Kleiber conducts the Fourth Symphony of Brahms this afternoon. We’ll also hear Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio #1, and some night-themed music by Schumann and Dvorak during a noticeably darker evening commute.VPR News
Huntington Man Teaches The Art Of Sharpening Tools
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Paul Schwartzkopf who leads workshops on sharpening tools demonstrates the correct way to sharpen a cutting edge.VPR News
School Finds Ways To Replace Expensive Textbooks
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with St. Johnsbury School Superintendent Nicole Saginor about why her school, like many in the state, have been phasing out its reliance on text books. And what alternatives they’re using.Vermont Edition
Ski Areas Are Bullish On Upcoming Season
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Vermont’s alpine ski areas say despite the tight squeeze many family budgets are facing, the economy isn’t hurting lift ticket sales and lodging rentals.VPR News
Documents Show Heavy Entergy Lobbying
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Government documents show that Entergy Corp. heavily lobbied multiple federal agencies last spring as it pleaded with them unsuccessfully to join its lawsuit against the state of Vermont’s efforts to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.Classical Music with Walter Parker
The Talich Quartet Plays Dvorak
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This Czech ensemble will perform in Montpelier on Saturday.Commentary Series
Molnar: Beauty for All
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Vermont is not our only beautiful state, but commentator Martha Molnar notes that it’s one where the beauty is equitably distributed.VPR News
In Brattleboro, Advocating, Exhaustively, For Flood Relief
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More than two months after Tropical Storm Irene, some people are still repairing their homes and getting ready for winter. In Brattleboro, some people need help navigating through FEMA and finding money for repairs, and one woman is advocating for them.VPR News
Some Commutes Will Start By Ferry, End On New Bridge
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Some commuters who travel between Vermont and New York will be in the unusual situation today of taking a ferry to work, but returning home on a bridge. The new Lake Champlain Bridge between West Addison and Crown Point will open Monday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. People on both sides of the lake have been waiting for this day.Young Writers Project On VPR
Medicinal Poetry
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Kate Cipolla, a sophomore from Montpelier who is home schooled, won third place with this poem at a recent Young Writers Project Poetry Slam. She says she was inspired to write the poem late one night while rushing to meet a deadline for an assignment about Sylvia Plath. "My mother took in my frazzled state, and said there was no point working on Sylvia Plath that late, because ‘Sylvia Plath is bad for you when you’re already tired.’ I quit working on my homework, picked up a piece of paper and a pencil, and this was born."Jazz with George Thomas
Recent Jazz
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Tonight we feature recent Jazz releases: Brazilian pianist & singer, Eliane Elias’s "Light My Fire"; The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s previously unreleased "Their Last Time Out" and Swingadelic’s "The Other Duke-Tribute To Duke Pearson." Clifford Brown’s leads us off with "Autumn In New York."Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for November 7, 2011.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Pierre Boulez conducts Webern and Mahler.All the Traditions
New Releases A-Poppin’ !
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Lots of exciting new releases, including CDs from Andy Statman, the Vermont Gypsy jazz group They Might Be Gypsies, Canadian bluesman Michael Jerome Brown, and Vermont blues harp master Bob Stannard. Add to that a wealth of upcoming live shows in our area, most of which are happening on Saturday November 12th!My Place with Joel Najman
Songwriters Felice And Boudleaux Bryant – The Early Years
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program explores the early "hungry" years in the songwriting career of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant.A Passion For Opera
Hans Sachs
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Hans Sachs, the cobbler in Wagner’s Die Meistersinger was based on an actual historic figure who was born in Nuremberg on November 5, 1494. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.BirdNote
New! BirdNote
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The first episode of BirdNote on VPR is about starlings. They can be a pest at our bird feeders, but loved by many. Be sure to watch the video of a starling murmeration.The VPR Saturday Special
The Moth Radio Hour
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In this episode of The Moth Radio Hour, a young woman is told to keep her heritage a secret by her mother; a reckless partier gets shipwrecked; and an author contends with her unsupportive mother on her deathbed.Saturday Matinee
Madama Butterfly
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From the 2010-2011 season of the Houston Grand Opera, we hear the hugely popular Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini. Listen Saturday at 1:00pm.Jazz with George Thomas
Ralph Sutton, Willem Breuker, Diego Urcola
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Birthday celebrations include: the traditional/stride pianist Ralph Sutton; the late Dutch saxophonist & vocalist, bandleader and visionary humorist Willem Breuker and trumpeter Diego Urcola. We touch base with Charles Mingus with his sextet from 1964, a vocal version of his tribute to Lester Young & his pianist Don Pullen.In Concert @ 8
Deutsche Welle Festival Series: Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
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Semyon Bychkov conducts Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.VPR News
Learning How To Behave Properly In Public With Autism
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Adolescence can be a tough time, when friends divide into cliques and some kids feel left out. That’s especially true for teenagers with autism. In St. Johnsbury, a social club is creating new chances to break down social barriers.Commentary Series
Greene: Proud Pickle History
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With shelves full of this year’s pickles, commentator Stephanie Greene has been thinking about the vital part this food has played in American History.VPR News
Brattleboro ‘Occupy’ Activist Asks Church For Sanctuary
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A homeless man camped on the Brattleboro Town Common in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, has asked a local church for sanctuary. The church once stood on the Common, and among the many questions the protest has raised is who owns the space now.VPR News
VTrans Reopens Route 131,’Cavendish Canyon’
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One more of the transportation links that was broken during Tropical Storm Irene’s floods has been restored. Officials say Route 131 between Weathersfield and Cavendish reopened Friday.VPR News
For Some In Franklin County, Closing Port Is Unacceptable
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Residents of far northern Franklin County want the federal government to change its mind about shuttering a tiny border crossing with Canada because they say it could strain economic and cultural ties.VPR News
State Revises Its ‘Bias-Free’ Policing Policy
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The controversial arrest earlier this year of two migrant farmworkers led state police to revise their "bias-free" policing policy. The updated regulations were released Friday.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Giving Bach
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This weekend, Burlington Ensemble presents its "Giving Bach" concert at College Street Congregational Church. I spoke with co-artistic directors Michael Dabroski and Sofia Hirsch about the program and the organization’s mission.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: November 4, 2011
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These were some of the voices in the news this week.Vermont Edition
Assessing FairPoint’s Performance
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FairPoint addresses a number of challenges in customer service, billing and delivering broadband, VPR’s Ross Sneyd provides analysis of the news and we listen back to the voices in the news.VPR News
Analysis: Top News Stories From The Week
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VPR’s Ross Sneyd looks at the top news stories of the week.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Jorge Martin
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I speak with the Vermont composer about his new piece.Commentary Series
Luskin: After Irene
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Tropical Storm Irene has affected the way commentator Deborah Luskin regards the power of water to change the landscape – and the power of humans to adapt to change.VPR News
Regional Report: Connecticut River Included In National Program
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A national program could lead to more funding and recreational opportunities along the Connecticut River.VPR News
Post-Irene, Pittsfield Discovers Community Spirit
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Residents of some towns hit hard by Tropical Storm Irene say there’s been a silver lining to the experience: They discovered a stronger community spirit. Some are hoping to preserve that spirit and build on it to make their communities stronger.VPR News
Lake Champlain Bridge To Open Today
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The Lake Champlain Bridge connecting West Addison, Vt., and Crown Point, N.Y., will replace a span that was destroyed in late 2009 after being found unsafe.VPR News
Vermont Yankee Back Online After Outage
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Vermont Yankee is generating electricity again. The nuclear power plant was off line for 25 days while it was refueled. Maintenance was also done during the outage.VPR News
Guilford Woman Pleads Not Guilty To Embezzlement
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A Vermont woman has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing her of embezzling $82,000 from the Algiers Fire District in Guilford.VPR News
Sanders To Attend Celebration For Solar Installation
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Sen. Bernie Sanders is going to help mark the opening of a solar power installation at a Vermont middle school.VPR News
Essex High School Students Rally Against Alleged Bullying
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Students at Essex High School are planning an all-day sit-in to protest what they say was an act of bullying directed at a gay student last weekend.Jazz with George Thomas
Henry Grimes, Billy Mitchell & New Jazz
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We celebrate the birthday of bassist Henry Grimes, noted for his playing in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s with a wide range of jazz players from Sonny Rollins to Cecil Taylor before disappearing for 30 years, reappearing in 2002. We also note the birthday of tenor saxophonist Billy Mitchell.Commentary Series
McClaughry: Energy Plan
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As part of the debate about Vermont’s energy future, commentator John McClaughry has been among those studying the possible consequences of – and alternatives to – the current administration’s draft Comprehensive Plan.VPR News
Lowell Leaders Defend Wind Project In Their Town
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Town officials in Lowell say opponents of a wind project there should give up and go home. Voters in Lowell supported the development by a strong majority at their 2010 Town Meeting. The 21 turbine project was approved by the Public Service Board and is under construction. But protests have continued on the Lowell ridgeline.VPR News
Welch Is Hopeful Irene Repair Money Will Be Approved
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Congressman Peter Welch says he’s cautiously optimistic that Congress will give Vermont federal highway money to repair roads and bridges damaged by Tropical Storm Irene. But Welch says it won’t be easy to persuade Republican House leaders.VPR News
Burlington City Council President Proposes City Manager Gov’t
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The race for Burlington mayor is just heating up, but the City Council president says politics should be taken out of the day-to-day operations of the state’s largest city.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Dvorak’s Seventh
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We’ll hear the Symphony #7 of Antonin Dvorak this afternoon, along with Haydn’s ever-beautiful Trumpet Concerto and the Krakowiak Concert Rondo of Chopin.VPR News
Analysis: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Management Changes
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Valley News Political Editor John Gregg talks with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about the recent change in the management structure at Darmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and how it’s meant to position DHMC for more changes in the health care community.Vermont Edition
Teen Smoking, Drinking Down; Obesity And Pot Use Unchanged
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This week, the results of the 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey were released by the heads of Vermont’s Health and Education Departments, and there is both good news and bad news on the health and welfare of Vermont teens.Commentary Series
Parini: Looking for Context
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In an effort to understand the financial turmoil of recent years, and the movement called Occupy Wall Street, commentator Jay Parini decided to try to put it all in context.VPR News
Shumlin Concerned About Cuts To Low Income Heating Assistance
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To deal with a short term shortage of money, Governor Peter Shumlin will transfer $2.5 million from the state’s weatherization program to the fuel assistance program.VPR News
Teen Smoking, Drinking Rates Drop
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There’s some good news about how much young Vermonters smoke and drink. According to a new report, smoking and drinking rates have dropped by more than 10 percent.VPR News
Cars, Businesses Vandalized In Bennington
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Police are investigating the shooting of car and business windows in Bennington in a vandalism spree that started early last week.VPR News
GMP Exceeds Solar Installation Goals
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Green Mountain Power says it exceeded its goal of installing 1,000 solar panels in 1,000 days.VPR News
Sanders Calls Meeting On Post Office Future
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Sen. Bernie Sanders is calling for a public meeting on the future of the U.S. Postal Service.VPR News
Former Music Director Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison
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The former music director of the Windham Orchestra has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for possession of child pornography.VPR News
Shumlin Open To Ban On Strikes
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Gov. Peter Shumlin says he’s open to having a conversation about banning teacher strikes in Vermont, but is stopping short of endorsing a proposal to do so.VPR News
Vt. Lead Nation In Preventing Premature Births
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A new report says that Vermont leads the nation in preventing premature births. The statistics have earned Vermont the first-ever "A" rating from the March Of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card.Jazz with George Thomas
Phil Woods & New Releases
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We celebrate Phil Woods’ 80th Birthday with a variety of contexts for the prolific alto sax player. We hear his Quartet with Hal Galper on piano, Phil’s alto in the Benny Carter Orchestra and as part of the Thelonious Monk Nonet, Live In Paris.Commentary Series
Levin: Rattler Rescue
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Commentator and naturalist Ted Levin has been working on a new book about the intersection between timber rattlesnakes and their human neighbors – leading to some interesting encounters.VPR News
In Barre, A Move To Attract State Workers Displaced By Irene
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To boost the local economy, the City of Barre wants some of the state workers displaced by Tropical Storm Irene to move to its downtown.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Schubert’s Quintet
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Schubert’s C Major Quintet is a monument of early Romantic chamber music. We’ll hear it played this afternoon by the Miro String Quartet and guest cellist Matt Haimovitz.VPR News
Program Preps Students For College’s Challenges
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A new program from VSAC aims to get students as young as seventh grade energized about higher education with a dose of reality and lots of enthusiasm.Vermont Edition
The Use Of Tasers
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As the Vermont State Police alters their taser policy and Montpelier decides whether its police officers should carry the devices, we look at policies governing their use.
Commentary Series
Nadworny: Imagination
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If you tell a child they have a good imagination, it’s a complement. But if you say the same thing to an adult, it’s almost an insult. Commentator Rich Nadworny has noticed a number of people trying to change that dynamic.VPR News
No Toxins Found In Corn Testing
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Soil specialists say that corn yields were already down 25 percent before Irene. Corn is an important part of a farmer’s feed for the year, so they say a lot of testing is being conducted to figure out if that corn is safe.VPR News
Protesters Question Benefits Of Smart Meters
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Protesters gathered in Montpelier on Tuesday to voice their concerns about new wireless technology being adopted by Vermont’s electric utilities. The power companies want to use electronic "smart meters" to reduce outages, and improve energy efficiency. But the new technology also raises health and privacy concerns.VPR News
Bartonsville Bridge To Be Rebuilt
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A YouTube video of the Lower Bartonsville Covered Bridge collapsing into the Williams River near Bellows Falls came to symbolize the pounding Vermont took from Tropical Storm Irene. Now it appears the bridge will rise again.VPR News
Vt. Has Millions In Unclaimed Property
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The Vermont state treasurer’s office says the state is expected to receive more than $500,000 in unclaimed property from an agreement with a national insurer.VPR News
Section Of Route 14 In East Montpelier Reopens
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The Vermont Transportation Agency says a short stretch of Route 14 in East Montpelier has been reopened after repairs to damage caused by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.Jazz with George Thomas
Lou Donaldson, Roger Kellaway
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Tonight’s birthdays include the alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson, widely regarded as the heir apparent to Charlie Parker and Roger Kellaway, who worked for many years as Bobby Darin’s arranger & pianistand also worked with Sonny Rollins, Helen Merrill and many others.In Concert @ 8
Live at the Concertgebouw: The Brabant Orchestra
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Violinist Nicola Benedetti is guest soloist.Commentary Series
Schubart: The Power of Making
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On vacation, commentator Bill Schubart visited the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, which only left him with more questions about what is happening here at home.VPR News
Even After Irene, Halloween Tradition Continues In Waterbury
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As Vermont communities hit hard by Tropical Storm Irene move through the process of recovery, they are marking progress with small, but important steps. This week, Halloween was one such turning point for the town of Waterbury.VPR News
Teachers’ Strike Renews Interest In Labor Dispute Laws
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Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca wants lawmakers to pass a bill that would dramatically change how local school boards and their teachers resolve labor disputes.VPR News
Raising Awareness Of Child Abuse In Vermont
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The organization Prevent Child Abuse Vermont has been working on issues of child abuse and neglect for 35 years. This week, the president of Prevent Child Abuse America is visiting the state on a listening tour.VPR News
Vt. Delegation Announces Heating Assistance
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Despite the $11 million in heating assistance to low income Vermonters announced Tuesday, Congressman Peter Welch says the uncertainty over funding for LIHEAP – the low income home energy assistance program – is not over.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Mozart’s Requiem from Boston
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We’ll hear a brand new recording of Mozart’s Requiem, featuring Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society.VPR News
U.S. Senate Approves Bill With Vt. Flood Aid
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The U.S. Senate has approved a bill that includes money to help Vermont pay to rebuild the state’s roads and bridges that were damaged by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Fewer Snow Geese In Addison Not Cause For Concern
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In the 1990s as many as 50,000 snow geese would come down in the fields around the Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area each fall. But these days there are far fewer geese taking a break in Vermont. But the dwindling numbers don’t mean the birds are in trouble.VPR News
Shumlin’s Father Involved In Car Crash In Dummerston
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Authorities say the 86-year-old father of Governor Peter Shumlin is in stable condition after a car crash.Vermont Edition
Social Security’s Up, LIHEAP’s Down, And Seniors Are Stuck In The Middle
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Social Security benefits are set to increase 3.6 percent next year, for the first time since 2009. But the home energy assistance program, LIHEAP, is facing significant cuts, and levels of funding for Medicare and Medicaid are up for debate.Commentary Series
Ali: Balkan Update
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Commentator and UVM Professor Saleem Ali reflects on how Vermonters that hail from the Balkans region have cause for cautious optimism about the lands of their originsVPR News
Power Companies Revamp Mutual Aid
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Snow this weekend knocked out power to millions across the eastern seaboard. After restoring power to about 13,000 customers in Vermont, Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power sent utility crews to Maine and Connecticut to help there.VPR News
Emergency Planners Discuss Storm Response
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Each year, emergency planners gather in Stowe for a conference. But Vermont Emergency Management says this weekend’s meeting is a chance to talk about what worked, and what didn’t, in the emergency response to Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Bridge Reopens On Route 74 In Shoreham
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A bridge in Vermont’s Addison County has reopened after repairs. State transportation officials say the project to restore the bridge on Route 74 in Shoreham went faster than traditional projects and cost less because the bridge was closed during the repairs.VPR News
Prison Administrators Disciplined Over Inmate Death
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State records show that two administrators with a prison contractor have been disciplined following the 2009 death of a Vermont woman who was denied medication in jail.VPR News
Report: Vt. Health Law Could Reduce Inflation Rate
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Officials say health costs will probably double in the current decade to more than $10 billion, but Vermont’s new health law could help reduce the rate of inflation in medical costs.Jazz with George Thomas
Halloween Jazz
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Tonight we celebrate trumpeter Clifford Brown’s birthday and Halloween Jazz. The spooky holiday has jazz from vocalist/trumpeters from New Orleans: Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima & Kermit Ruffins. Artie Shaw, Raymond Scott and Sun Ra represent jazz orchestras and vocalists from Nancy Wilson to Nat King Cole sing of ghouls.Holiday Programming
Radiolab: War Of The Worlds
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In this special program from Radiolab, we take a deep dive into one of the most controversial moments in broadcasting history – Orson Welles’ 1938 radio play about Martians invading New Jersey. And we ask: Why did it fool people then? And why has it continued to fool people since?Capitol Steps
Capitol Steps: Politics Takes A Holiday Halloween Edition
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It’s official! The Capitol Steps’ bond rating is higher than the US Government’s! If that wasn’t scary enough, The Capitol Steps will be performing their Halloween edition of "Politics Takes a Holiday" Monday at 6!Commentary Series
Lange: The Haunted Hut
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Halloween is the day we mortals get a look at the realm of spirits. Commentator Willem Lange has the story of a ghost who hangs around all year on a high mountain.VPR News
State Drastically Reduces Estimate Of Irene Damage Costs
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There’s been a big drop in the estimated cost of repairing state roads and bridges from damages caused by Tropical Storm Irene. Governor Peter Shumlin says the state used a number of shortcuts during the emergency repair period – and that cut costs by more than half.VPR News
Discovery Of Asbestos Drives Up Mobile Home Cleanup Costs
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The unexpected discovery of asbestos in some flood damaged mobile homes is driving up the cost of removal. So state officials and a private philanthropy are asking the public for help.VPR News
Bennington Teachers Reach Tentative Deal
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Ending a nine-day-old teacher strike, a union spokesman said Monday afternoon teachers in southwestern Vermont were going over the details of a deal and they are ready to go back to school on Tuesday.VPR Series and Specials
The Lowell Mountain Wind Project
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VPR’s continuous coverage of the Lowell Mountain wind project.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Edgar Allen Poe and Other Scary Stuff
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It’s Halloween, and we’ll hear Rachmaninoff’s choral symphony on Edgar Allen Poe’s poetry, "The Bells," as well as Scriabin’s "Black Mass" sonata, Tartini’s "Devil’s Trill" sonata, and much more.VPR News
“Ghosting” – A Charlotte Tradition
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VPR’s Ric Cengeri sneaks around with a Charlotte family that’s "ghosting" their neighbors for Halloween. It’s a growing tradition of secretly leaving candy and treats for people, instead of taking them.VPR News
UVM Roboticist Receives Presidential Award
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with UVM computer scientist Josh Bongard who recently received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Bongard was chosen for his work in trying to build better robots.Vermont Edition
Emergency Management, Lessons Learned From Irene
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When Tropical Storm Irene pounded the state in August, emergency coordinators responded as best they could. Two months later, we look at the lessons learned.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Music for Halloween
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Familiar favorites and Mahler’s Song of the Night Symphony. AP Photo/Fabian BimmerCommentary Series
Kreis: Quarrelling With Quechee
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Recently, commentator and Vermont Law School professor Donald Kreis has been spending some time staring at wind turbines. And all that staring, whether hypnotic or not, has gotten him thinking about the law that applies to building those turbines.VPR News
Towns Give Tax Flexibility To Flood Victims
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Cities and towns across the state are trying to give some flexibility to people still reeling from Tropical Storm Irene who are currently having trouble paying their taxes.VPR News
Vt. Faces Financial Squeeze If Congress Refuses To Lift Cap
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Governor Peter Shumlin says Vermont could face a major financial squeeze if Congress doesn’t act soon to repay the state for more than half a billion dollars in repair costs to the state’s transportation system caused by Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Bill Makes Fake Maple Sales A Felony
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To protect the purity of Vermont’s signature crop, senators in Vermont, Maine and New York have co-sponsored a bill that would make it a felony to sell fake maple syrup as the real thing. It would also increase the penalties from one year to five years in prison.VPR News
US Attorney’s Office Collects $6 Million
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The Vermont office of the United States Attorney says it helped collect about $6 million in civil penalties and criminal fines in fiscal year that just ended.VPR News
Teachers Strike Continues In Bennington
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The union representing striking teachers in southwest Vermont says it plans to meet with the school boards again to try to end the strike.VPR News
Vt. To Update Irene Damage Estimates
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Vermont officials are expected to give an update of damage estimates from Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Snow Storm Hits Windham County
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Record snowfall fell on Southern Vermont this weekend. According to the Rutland Herald, heavy wet snow set records in southern Vermont.VPR News
Bethel Residents To Post Select Board Meetings On YouTube
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Residents in Bethel say they will begin videotaping Select Board meetings and broadcasting them via YouTube after a series of disagreements over how the town has – or has not – responded to Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Leahy Hopes Occupy Movement Plays Role In 2012 Elections
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Senator Patrick Leahy says he hopes protesters in the Occupy Wall Street movement in the United States will play a prominent role in the 2012 elections.Young Writers Project On VPR
The Sounds of Fall
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Gabriello Lewis, a sixth-grade homeschooler from Burlington, has been writing since the age of five. He says, "I did not feel comfortable about my writing until I was published by Young Writers Project. Being published inspired me to write more! My motivation is my family and friends and what I see and hear around me."In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Minnesota Orchestra
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Osmo Vanska conducts Britten, Stravinsky and Beethoven.All the Traditions
50 Hillbillies In A Haunted House !
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Songs for Halloween, and music by an amazing number and variety of artists who will be performing in the VPR listening area over the next 7 days !My Place with Joel Najman
Halloween at My Place
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program is a Halloween party during which many familiar as well as not-so-familiar novelty records from years gone by are resurrected, including songs about ghosts, goblins, mummies, zombies and other scary characters. Recordings by Rosemary Clooney, Phil Harris, The Kingston Trio and Bobby "Boris" Pickett are among the selections featured.VPR News
Fall To Look Like Winter In Northeast This Weekend
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Sections of the area are bracing for an October snowfall Saturday. A storm moving up the East Coast is expected to combine with a cold air mass and dump anywhere from a dusting of snow to about 10 inches throughout the Northeast.VPR News
State Proposes Settlement with FairPoint
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FairPoint Communications has rebounded from its troubles of two years ago, and has addressed many of its service quality issues. That’s the word from the state office that represents consumers.The VPR Saturday Special
The Moth Radio Hour
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This week on The Moth Radio Hour, stories of leaving home, shocking secrets, and the benefits of your girlfriend’s prison sentence.A Passion For Opera
Don Giovanni
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We celebrate the October 29, 1787 premiere of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.Saturday Matinee
Ariadne auf Naxos
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The Houston Grand Opera presents Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss. Listen Saturday at 1:00pm.Jazz with George Thomas
Chico O’ Farrill, Andy Bey, Arthur Altman
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We celebrate the birthday of one of the giants of Latin Jazz, Chico O’ Farrill, who composed the "Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite. We hear a performance from 1950 with Charlie Parker and the Machito Orchestra. We also celebrate the birthdays of pianist & vocalist Andy Bey and Arthur Altman, composer of "All Or Nothing At All."In Concert @ 8
Deutsche Welle Festival Series: Bachfest Leipzig
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Bach, Corelli, Pergolesi and more.Vermont Garden Journal
Garden Clean-Up
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For this last Vermont Garden Journal for 2011, let’s talk garden clean-up.VPR News
Burlington Will Allow ‘Occupy’ Protestors To Remain In Park
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Burlington police say they will take "a wait and see approach" to a weekend encampment that a group of Occupy Wall Street protesters are planning in City Hall Park, where camping is banned.VPR News
Wilmington Businesses Struggle To Reopen
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Two months ago, Tropical Storm Irene decimated Wilmington. Now, more than half of the downtown businesses are still closed. And even as some businesses reopen, the owners say they need other businesses to thrive.VPR News
West Rutland School Is Model Of Energy Efficiency
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Senator Bernie Sanders was in West Rutland Friday to celebrate the rebirth of a historic elementary school into affordable, energy efficient housing.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: October 28, 2011
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These were some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Chief Economist Looks At State Revenues
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Tom Kavet, chief economist for the Vermont State Legislature, provides a insight into the state’s overall revenue picture and projected school enrollment numbers.VPR News
Temporary Bridge Opens On Route 12 In Barnard
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A temporary bridge has opened on Route 12 in Barnard. The opening eliminates a six-mile detour, and allows Route 12 to re-open for the 16-mile stretch between Woodstock and Bethel.VPR News
Occupation Planned For Burlington’s City Hall Park
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Roughly 150 Vermonters are planning to Occupy Burlington’s City Hall Park starting this afternoon. The encampment is part of the Occupy Wall Street Movement.
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David Budbill: A “Happy Life”
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David Budbill, the author of Judevine, has published a new book of poems that reflects on 40 years well-spent in in the Northeast Kingdom.Commentary Series
Mares: Population Milestone
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Halloween is just around the corner, but so is another event that commentator Bill Mares says will be a sobering milestone in world history.VPR News
Regional Report: Future Of Brattleboro Housing Complex Uncertain
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The Commons, a Brattleboro-based newspaper has been looking into a low-income housing complex in West Brattleboro that may not be able to reopen, leaving 26 residents displaced.VPR News
No New Talks Scheduled In Bennington Teachers’ Strike
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Bennington area schools will be closed for an eighth day Friday as contract talks remain deadlocked between unionized teachers and the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union.VPR News
Housing Programs Receive Veterans Fund Grants
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Two transitional housing programs that provide shelter for homeless veterans have received the first grants ever distributed by the Vermont Veterans Fund.VPR News
Woman Sentenced In Theft From Fire Department
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A Vermont woman has been sentenced to six months of home confinement for embezzling more than $11,000 from the East Haven Volunteer Fire Department.VPR News
First Snow Falls On VT Mountains
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Winter is still officially two months away but the snow is already here. Mountain areas got their first snowfall of the season yesterday.VPR News
Barnard Rep. Mark Mitchell Dies
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Former state representative Mark Mitchell has died. Mitchell was a Democrat from Barnard, and he also represented Hartford and Pomfret.VPR News
Vermont Takes Part In Drug Take-Back Day
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Vermont will be taking part this Saturday in the third annual National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye On The Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for October 28, 2011.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Dvorak’s Piano Quintet
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Dvorak’s A Major Piano Quintet is a landmark of chamber music. We’ll hear it this afternoon played by members of the Nash Ensemble.Vermont Edition
Senator Patrick Leahy
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Senator Patrick Leahy discusses the work of the Congressional super committee, Legislature economist Tom Kavet looks at the state’s revenue picture and we listen to the voices in the news.Jazz with George Thomas
Snow, Boyd Raeburn, Babs Gonzalez, George Wallington, David Hazeltine
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We start off with songs of Snow and move into some birthdays: bandleader Boyd Raeburn and his late 1940’s orchestra with Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet; bebop vocalist Babs Gonzalez; pianist & composer George Wallington and pianist David Hazeltine.VPR News
Vt. Towns Rush To Prepare Flood Mitigation Plans
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After Tropical Storm Irene, only communities that have adopted plans to reduce damage from flooding will be eligible to receive federal funding through a program that helps cities and towns build smarter structures.Commentary Series
Kashmeri: Immigrant Friendly
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Commentator Sarwar Kashmeri thinks that the anti-immigration sentiment in many parts of the country may offer a golden opportunity to jump-start Vermont’s economy and reverse our population decline.VPR News
Push For Wind Development Draws More Debate
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The Shumlin Administration says the state should consider lifting a moratorium on wind development on public land. The recommendation is contained in a draft state energy plan, and it’s drawing fire from environmental groups.VPR News
Bennington Teachers’ Strike Enters Eighth Day
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Bennington area schools will be closed for an eighth day Friday as contract talks remain deadlocked between unionized teachers and the school boards of the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union.VPR News
He’s A Doctor; He Also Plays One On TV
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In Bennington, a Broadway set designer who became a practicing physician has produced a pilot television show that he hopes will get people more involved in their own good health.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Curiosities
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We’ll hear William Alwyn’s Concerto for Oboe, Strings, and Harp, the only symphony of Georges Bizet, and Elgar’s "Alassio" Overture.VPR News
Steve Delaney Releases Second Book in the “Nilesburgh Chronicles”
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Former VPR newsman and author Steve Delaney reads an excerpt from his new book, "Cooney: The Making of a Country Cop", the second in his "Nilesburgh Chronicles" series.VPR News
Tax Revenues Up For Foliage Season
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with Tourism Commissioner Megan Smith about what’s behind the 11 percent increase in September’s rooms and meals tax revenue, the primary indicator of the state’s tourist industry.VPR News
FAA Looking At Vt. Airport Billing
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The Federal Aviation Administration says it has started an inquiry into billing requests made to Burlington International Airport by the cities of Burlington and South Burlington.Vermont Edition
Faith And Faithlessness In America
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Belief and faith take many forms in American religious and political life. In his new book, "Sweet Heaven When I Die: Faith, Faithlessness, and the Country in Between," journalist Jeff Sharlet explores the spectrum of faith and what it means to be a believer.Commentary Series
Kittredge: Luther’s Legacy
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As Halloween approaches, commentator Susan Cooke Kittredge reflects on its religious foundations and Martin Luther’s choice of that day to take a stand of protest and proclamation.VPR News
Nearly 500 Renters Report Damage From Irene Floods
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Many homeowners lost their houses and belongings in the Tropical Storm Irene floods. But many renters were also displaced by the disaster. Renters are eligible for help from FEMA, though some are unhappy with the level of assistance they’ve gotten.VPR News
Conservationist Barbara Ketchum Dies
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For many years, Barbara and Richard Ketchum were influential farmers, writers, and environmentalists in Dorset. In recent years, they had relocated to the Wake Robin retirement community in Shelburne, where last week, Barbara died at age 89.VPR News
Environmentalists Say River Work Raises Risk
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In the days and weeks after Irene, excavators were allowed into rivers to extract gravel to rebuild road beds and shore up banks. Now, environmentalists are saying that some of that work has caused environmental damage and raised the risk of future flooding.VPR News
GMP Sets Up Electric Car Fuel Station
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Vermont motorists who drive electric cars now have a fueling station where they’ll be able to charge their vehicles at no cost.VPR News
Sanders, Welch Seek Pipeline Investigation
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Two members of Vermont’s congressional delegation are asking the State Department to investigate whether conflicts of interest tainted the review of a proposed crude oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.VPR News
Bennington Discusses Make Up Days
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Administrators in contract talks with striking teachers in southwest Vermont say canceled school days will be made up, possibly during the February and April vacations.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye On The Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for October 27, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Christoph von Dohnanyi conducts Bartok, Mozart and Schumann.Jazz with George Thomas
Warne Marsh, Eddie Henderson, Mahalia Jackson
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Tonight’s birthdays include the tenor sax player Warne Marsh, a student of pianist & composer Lennie Tristano, often paired with Lee Konitz; trumpeter Eddie Henderson and the Mahalia Jackso, widely regarded as the greatest Gospel artist.Commentary Series
Porto: Professor Of Football
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The football season is in full swing, causing commentator Brian Porto to reflect on the life of an unusual man who was one of the most innovative coaches in college football history.VPR News
Officials Celebrate New Sheffield Wind Farm
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The state’s biggest wind project officially opened on Wednesday even as protesters staged a demonstration near another large-scale wind development under construction in Lowell. The events offered a contrasting view of wind energy development in Vermont.VPR News
Full Road Repairs Stalled Until Spring
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State transportation officials say they are making significant progress repairing roads and bridges throughout Vermont that were damaged by Tropical Storm Irene, but some of the repairs are temporary.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Primakov’s Dvorak
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Pianist Vassily Primakov, who will play with the VSO this weekend, plays Dvorak’s Piano Concerto in the 3 pm hour this afternoon.VPR News
Exhibit Showcases Drag Queens
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An exhibit currently on display at the Folklife Center in Middlebury brings to life a scene few of us get to see: the transformation of male performers into larger than life drag queens.VPR News
In Northfield, Reviewing Response To Irene
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Two months after Tropical Storm Irene, cities and towns in and out of the flood zone continue to review and revise their disaster response plans.Vermont Edition
Concern Grows About Environmental Damage From Irene Cleanup
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In the days and weeks after Irene, excavators were allowed into rivers with verbal permission to extract gravel to rebuild road beds and shore up banks. Environmentalists are saying much of this work has caused more harm than good.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Erzsebet, the Blood Countess
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We speak with Vermont composer Dennis Bathory-Kitsz about his monodrama, premiering this weekend.Commentary Series
Kunin: On Unity
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The ongoing response of Vermonters to the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene has reminded commentator and former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin of what it means to be a good neighbor.VPR News
Rutland Energy Efficiency Program Takes Off
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Last year the U.S. Department of Energy awarded $454 million in Better Building Grants to improve energy efficiency in homes and businesses nationwide. Neighborworks of Western Vermont was awarded $4.5 million to improve energy efficiency in 1,000 Rutland County homes over three years.VPR News
Some In Bennington Frustrated By Strike
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Schools remain closed today for some 3,000 Bennington area students as unionized teachers walked the picket line for a sixth day. As negotiations between teachers and the school boards dragged on, local residents vented their frustrations with both sides.VPR News
Danville Will Continue Nighttime Construction On Route 2
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Construction crews that are rebuilding Route 2 in Danville have been working overtime shifts at night. And some residents complain that the noise has caused their homes to shake and kept them awake.VPR News
Sanders Announces Grant For Dental Clinic
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Senator Bernie Sanders will announce a federal grant for a dental clinic in Morrisville today.VPR News
Sheffield Wind Farm To Hold Ribbon Cutting
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A commercial wind farm in Sheffield is now making electricity.VPR News
Early Moose Hunt Numbers Show Good Season
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Vermont officials say moose hunters were successful this year, with more than half getting moose during the six-day season.VPR News
Police Resume Search For Missing Couple
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Police are doing another search for a missing Essex couple that will include searching part of the Winooski River by boat.VPR News
Officials Urge Caution On Rebuilt Roads
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Most of the state’s road network that was damaged by Irene has been repaired. However, no one knows how long some of those repairs will last.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye On The Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for October 26, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Eddie Lang, Jimmy Heath, Sammy Lewis
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We celebrate three birthdays tonight, starting with the pioneering jazz guitarist Eddie Lang, who worked with violinist Joe Venuti, Bix Beiderbecke and had a great influence on Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grapelli. Tenor & multi-sax player Jimmy Heathalso celebrates his birthday today as does lyricist Sammy Lewis.In Concert @ 8
Live at the Concertgebouw: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
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Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts The Nutcracker.Commentary Series
Averyt: Hope and Cracker Jack
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Between the waning light and the collapse of her favorite baseball team, commentator Anne Averyt hasn’t found much to celebrate this October. But she keeps hoping….VPR News
Tourism Revenues Up, Despite Irene
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Preliminary statistics show that Vermont’s tourism industry weathered the fall foliage season well, despite the damage from Tropical Storm Irene. But there are growing concerns that another national recession could affect the state’s fragile revenue base.VPR News
Vt. Command Center For Irene Repairs Closing
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One of three regional hubs set up in Vermont to help restore mobility along state highways following Irene will close Friday.VPR News
Teacher Negotiations Continue In Bennington
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Teachers and members of the school boards in the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union began talking about a contract settlement again this morning.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Paul Mealor Conducts Lauridsen
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Paul Mealor burst onto the scene several months ago when his motet "Ubi Caritas" was performed at the Royal Wedding. This afternoon we’ll hear him conduct three of the Fire Songs of Morten Lauridsen.Vermont Edition
Federal Aid For Irene Victims
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We get an update on the Federal assistance that has been awarded to those who suffered losses during Tropical Storm Irene and we hear how mobile home owners have fared after the storm.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Bizet, Midori and Ransom
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Music for the birthdays of composer Georges Bizet, violinist Midori and flutist Ransom Wilson.Commentary Series
Sturman: Summer Of C’s
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and commentator Skip Sturman has been thinking that Tropical Storm Irene and his wife’s diagnosis of breast cancer had much in common, as each natural disaster generated an outpouring of love and support for its victims.VPR News
Wilmington Aims To Keep Businesses
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In Wilmington, local fundraising efforts are under way to help businesses flooded by Irene. But there’s also an effort to persuade them to stay in the historic village district.VPR News
Bolton Questions GMC Land Donation
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The Green Mountain Club wants to donate private land it recently purchased in Bolton to the state. But town officials question the deal, saying it could cost the town much-needed tax revenue.VPR News
Welch Asks Obama To Reimburse Taxpayers For Military Efforts In Libya
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With Moammar Gadhafi dead, Congressman Peter Welch says the hard work now falls to the people of Libya in deciding whether they want a civil society or a civil war.VPR News
BED Begins Receiving Sheffield Wind Power
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Burlington Electric Department says it has begun to receive electricity generated from a wind farm in Sheffield.VPR News
Police To Search Winooski River For Missing Couple
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Police plan to do another ground search for a missing Essex couple, that will include searching part of the Winooski River.VPR News
Bennington Teacher Strike Continues
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Talks are slated to resume today between striking teachers and school boards in southwest Vermont.VPR News
Occupy Vermont Plans City Hall Park Presence
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Members of the Occupy Vermont group say they’re planning to move to City Hall Park in Burlington.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye On The Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for October 25, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Sonny Terry, Dianne Reeves, Odean Pope
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Tonight we celebrate the birthdays of Sonny Terry, harmonica player & vocalist who was one of my first musical heroes; vocalist Dianne Reeves, a frequent visitor to Vermont and tenor saxophonist Odean Pope, famous for his Saxophone Choir.Commentary Series
Nadworny: Design For Vermont
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While many people in this country are worried about their future, commentator Rich Nadworny recently met a group of college students who are redesigning their own.VPR News
Waterbury Expects Return Of State Workers
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Officials in Waterbury say they’re disappointed that Governor Peter Shumlin isn’t making a firm commitment to bring back state employees displaced by Tropical Storm Irene. But the town is finding a sympathetic ear among some legislative leaders.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Liszt @ 200 Again
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"Good composers borrow, but great composers steal." – Igor Stravinsky. Liszt borrowed plenty of melodies in his life, arranging them for virtuosic piano displays. In the afterglow of his 200th birthday, we’ll hear Liszt’s transcriptions of music by Schubert, Mozart, and Wagner.VPR News
Brattleboro Retreat Integrates State Hospital Patients
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The head of Brattleboro Retreat talks about how the hospital has integrated new psychiatric patients from the Vermont State Hospital.VPR News
Welch Seeks Tax Credits For Low-Income Families Post-Irene
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Congressman Peter Welch is introducing a bill that would provide tax relief for low-income Vermonters affected by Tropical Storm Irene.Vermont Edition
Fostering And Teaching Diversity In Vermont Schools
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A report released this month found that Burlington schools are shortchanging minority students and recommended major changes to the system. Schools around the state face a number of challenges when it comes to fostering and teaching diversity.Commentary Series
Greene: Scary Food
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Halloween brings with it license to cut loose a little. Commentator Stephanie Greene finds this is true in the kitchen as well.VPR News
Rochester Couple Works To Resolve Mortgage Issues On Destroyed Home
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Jon Graham and Beth Frock, whose Rochester home was destroyed by a brook that overran its banks during Tropical Storm Irene, are coping with the long road to recovery.VPR News
Towns Create Roadmap For Long Term Recovery
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The damage done by Tropical Storm Irene happened in a flash. Emergency repairs to reconnect the state’s roads, bridges and communications also happened relatively quickly. Now the hard questions begin, and some of the hardest ones have to do with fixing people’s lives and restoring property that no longer exists.VPR News
Shumlin Calls First-ever Vermont Clean Up Day A Success
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Flood cleanup efforts in areas hit hard by Tropical Storm Irene drew scores of volunteers on Saturday. Governor Peter Shumlin had asked people across the state to pitch in, hoping for at least one last push before winter arrives.VPR News
In Bethel, Volunteers Take Part In Clean Up Day
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With the days before winter’s first snowfall dwindling, volunteers descended on the flood zone over the weekend to help communities and individuals clean up Tropical Storm Irene damage.VPR News
Vermonters Report 1,200 Fraud Complaints
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According to a group that tracks consumer fraud, Vermont reported nearly 1,200 complaints of fraud last year, to the tune of nearly $2 million.VPR News
Lawmakers To Get Update On State Buildings
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Vermont lawmakers will be briefed today on the state’s building priorities.VPR News
Vermont Ranks Fifth For Energy Efficiency
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A new national ranking says Vermont is tops in the country for its electric energy efficiency programs. But it lags on transportation, bringing its overall ranking down to fifth place.VPR News
Officials Dispute Heavy Truck Study Findings
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Vermont officials are disputing a federally sponsored study that shows fatal accidents involving big trucks tripled when weight limits were raised for interstate travel from 80,000 pounds to 99,000 pounds.VPR News
Health Department Wins Award For Breastfeeding Rates
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The Vermont Department of Health has won a federal award for the state’s high breastfeeding ratesVPR News
Bennington Teachers Strike Enters 4th Day
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Striking teachers and school boards in southwest Vermont hope to meet again to resume contract negotiations as students go for a fourth day without school.VPR News
Leahy Says Chances For House Approval For Transportation Money Unpredictable
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Senator Patrick Leahy says he’s confident that the Senate will approve the money Vermont needs to pay for road repairs after Tropical Storm Irene. But the chances for similar approval in the House are less predictable.Young Writers Project On VPR
Not the Hero Anymore
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Julia Anderson, an 8th grader at Hartford Memorial Middle School, says she wrote this poem about people’s roles changing through life and not always being able to be in control. "I wrote this when I didn’t feel like ‘that girl who always has the answer,’" she says. "I was letting down my guard and looking to other people for the answer, and that inspired this poem."Eye on the Night Sky
Eye On The Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for October 24, 2011.All the Traditions
Thinking of Bert Jansch and Paul Simon
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Happy birthday to Paul Simon, who celebrated his 70th birthday last week, and a special dedication to seminal acoustic guitarist Bert Jansch, who died on October 5th after a long battle with cancer.VPR News
Amtrak Fixes In Mass. To Speed Trips To And From Vt.
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Vermont transportation officials say planned repairs to a rail corridor in Massachusetts will be a boon to the Green Mountain State, because they will make trips on Amtrak’s Vermonter passenger trains faster.My Place with Joel Najman
My Place Profiles Darlene Love
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This week, Joel Najman’s "My Place" program presents a musical profile of Darlene Love, including a number of her famous solo recordings as well as several well-known hit singles by other artists on which she sang uncredited as a background singer.A Passion For Opera
Albert Lortzing
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We celebrate the October 23, 1801 birthday of the German composer of light opera Albert Lortzing. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.Saturday Matinee
Götterdämmerung
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Götterdämmerung, the final opera in Richard Wagner’s "Ring" cycle, is performed by the San Francisco Opera. Listen Saturday at 1:00pm Photo: Corey WeaverJazz with George Thomas
Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas, Fred Hersch
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Tonight’s Jazz birthdays include the composer, bandleader, trumpeter, humorist in music and pioneer in Latin Jazz, Dizzy Gillespie; the tenor sax player Don Byas and pianist Fred Hersch. Thanks to all who contributed to the Fall Membership Drive. We heard from 5000 listeners who contributed more than $520,000. Thanks.In Concert @ 8
Deutsche Welle Festival Series: Schwetzingen Festival
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Sir Roger Norrington conducts Vaughan Williams, Elgar and Haydn.Vermont Garden Journal
The Vermont Garden Journal: Jack-O’-Lanterns
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This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi shares tips for making carving pumpkins easier, and for making the result last longer!VPR News
Hockey Fans Welcome First Minor League Team To Vermont
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With the Boston Bruins defending the Stanley Cup, hockey is bigger than ever in New England. And this fall, Vermont hockey fans will have another team to root for.VPR News
Tax Reform Unlikely In 2012 Session
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It now appears unlikely that a major reform to the state’s income tax system will be considered during the 2012 Legislative session. House Speaker Shap Smith says he wants Vermonters to understand the full implications of moving to an "Adjusted Gross Income" tax system.VPR News
School Boards, Teachers Take Break From Negotiations
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Striking teachers and school boards in southwest Vermont have agreed to suspend negotiations for the weekend after meeting for more than 45 hours in three days. The union representing 270 teachers says both sides believe a framework for discussion has been established.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Liszt @ 200 AND Burlington Chamber Orchestra, Part III
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Lots to cover today…Liszt’s 200th birthday is tomorrow, and tomorrow is also the opening concert of the Burlington Chamber Orchestra’s season. We’ll try to fit it all in this afternoon.VPR News
Voices From The Week: October 21, 2011
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These were some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Analysis: Lowell Wind Project
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Reporter John Dillon provides analysis on the status of the Lowell Mountain wind project.VPR News
Rare Flower, Native To Midwest, Turns Up In Bennington
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Botanists say they’ve found a flower in southern Vermont that they didn’t expect to be there – an "arrow-leaved aster" was found in a conservation reserve in Bennington.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Mozart’s Basset Clarinet
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His Clarinet Concerto, played on the intrument he intended.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: Occupy Wall Street
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As the Occupy Wall Street protests continue to grow, so do calls for these protesters to define themselves and their demands. This morning commentator and veteran ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore gives us his view.VPR News
Deadline For FEMA Registration Extended; Officials Say Don’t Wait
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Many Vermont homeowners, renters, and business owners struggling to recover from Tropical Storm Irene are being encouraged to apply for assistance from FEMA or the Small Business Administration.VPR News
Lt. Governor’s Comment Stirs Recovery Politics
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Vermont Democrats are taking issue with a comment by Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott that most of the Tropical Storm Irene cleanup work has been done by Republicans.VPR News
Judge Reaffirms Restraining Order In Lowell Mountain Case
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Protesters challenging construction of a wind project in the Northeast Kingdom town of Lowell must stay 1,000 feet away from a blasting zone or risk being found in contempt of court.VPR News
Bennington Area Teachers’ Strike Enters Its Third Day
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A teachers strike enters its third day this morning in a school district covering several Bennington County towns. That means no school again for about 3,000 students.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for October 21, 2011.Vermont Edition
House Speaker Shap Smith
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House Speaker Shap Smith discusses cleanup costs from Irene, VPR’s John Dillon provides analysis on the Lowell Wind Project and we listen back to the voices in the news this week.Jazz with George Thomas
Clark Terry, Jelly Roll Morton, Eddie Harris, Frank Chuchill
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We wish trumpeter Clark Terry, currently in hospital at age 90, a speedy recovery. We celebrate the birthday of pianist, composer and self-professed "Inventor of Jazz," Jelly Roll Morton. Birthday greetings also to saxophonist & composer Eddie Harris and Frank Chuchill, composer of favorite Disney tunes. Please pledge at VPR.net.Commentary Series
Mares: Employee Ownership
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After watching the demonstrations concerning Wall Street, Commentator Bill Mares joins us today with some thoughts about a better way for companies and corporations to distribute their profits.VPR News
Shumlin Wants To Permanently Shut Down State Hospital
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The facility in Waterbury was heavily damaged by Tropical Storm Irene and more than 50 patients at the hospital have been housed in several different locations around the state. Shumlin says the hospital was a terrible facility before Irene.VPR News
Schools Help Children Cope With Lingering Fears From Flood
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Seeking normalcy has been difficult for some families affected by Tropical Storm Irene flooding, and educators say some students are coming to school with new anxieties.VPR News
Singer-Songwriter Tom Rush To Perform
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Singer-songwriter Tom Rush began his musical career nearly fifty years ago, helping to usher in the folk-rock era of singer-songwriters. He now lives in Norwich, Vermont, and will be performing concerts in Burlington and Woodstock this weekend.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Burlington Chamber Orchestra, Part II
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More from the Burlington Chamber Orchestra this afternoon, this time the Symphony #42 in D by Haydn.VPR News
Threatened Turtles Cared For At ECHO
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The newest arrivals at the ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center in Burlington are a group of baby Eastern spiny softshell turtles. These threatened turtles are especially vulnerable to predators and habitat destruction when they’re small.VPR News
Vermont Banks Work To Repair Flood-Damaged Property
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Local lenders are trying to work with borrowers whose property was severely damaged by Tropical Storm Irene. In some cases, homeowners are faced with paying a mortgage on property that no longer exists.Vermont Edition
Navigating Legal Territory After Irene
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A new task force will address complicated legal questions that are arising post-Irene: What happens if your house and property were destroyed, but you still have a mortgage? Who owns the river that now runs through your land? VIDEO: ‘The Spirit Of Vermont’VPR News
Gadhafi Captured, Likely Killed
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Libyan transitional government officials said Moammar Gadhafi was captured and possibly killed when revolutionary forces overwhelmed the ousted leader’s hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime fell.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Battle of the World Series Bands
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St. Louis versus (Dallas) Texas.Commentary Series
Clark: Working Wikily
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As thousands of protesters occupy Wall Street and public spaces across the country, Americans are discussing how to fix our economy. Commentator Susan Clark is fascinated not just by the issues, but also the process that “Occupy Wall Street” is bringing into the public eye.VPR News
Mobile Home Owners Frustrated With Flood Response
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Mobile home owners who were forced to flee from Irene’s flooding say they’re frustrated with state and federal response. But they’ve also been cheered by some recent good news about the cost of disposing of ruined homes.VPR News
Burlington Mayoral Race Takes Shape Before Kiss Makes Decision
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With four months until voters go to the polls, the field of candidates in Burlington’s mayoral race is getting crowded and the current candidates have one thing in common: they’re all taking aim at incumbent Mayor Bob Kiss.VPR News
St. Albans Farmers Settle With State In Pollution Case
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The state of Vermont has reached a settlement with a St. Albans dairy farmer charged with polluting Lake Champlain. But an environmental group says the settlement is weak, and will not serve as an effective deterrent against future farm pollution problems.VPR News
VT Seeks Proposals For State Office Complex
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The state of Vermont is looking for ideas on what to do with its Waterbury office complex, which has been closed since it was flooded by Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters To Add 400 Jobs
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Fast-growing Green Mountain Coffee Roasters says it plans to build a new coffee roasting and packaging plant in Essex, bringing more than 400 new jobs to Vermont.VPR News
Bennington Teachers Strike Enters Second Day
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Teachers in the Bennington area are on strike for a second day and schools remain closed after talks with board negotiators didn’t produce a settlement.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for October 20, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Membership Drive Jazz
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Tonight’s Membership Drive Jazz is filled with recent releases from the Cuban drum sound of Francisco Mela, to the double-tracked piano tribute to Bill Evans by pianist Alan Pasqua and the duet on ‘Round Midnight by vocalist Karrin Allyson and bassist Ed Howard. Please support what you listen to at VPR.net. And thanks.Commentary Series
Homeyer: Norway Maples
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Commentator Henry Homeyer says that spending time removing invasive species from our woods and fields now, may pay off in brighter foliage later.VPR News
Teachers Continue Walking Picket Line
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Striking teachers walked picket lines outside Bennington area schools Wednesday, when a marathon negotiating session ended without agreement.VPR News
Welch Working With Bipartisan Group On Budget Deficit Deal
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Congressman Peter Welch is working to put together a bipartisan coalition of House members to support a budget deficit deal that will include new tax revenues and some changes to entitlement programs.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Burlington Chamber Orchestra, Part I
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I’ll be featuring one performance a day between now and the end of the week of the Burlington Chamber Orchestra. The group has its first concerts of the season this weekend.VPR News
Community Hospitals Challenged by State Hospital Closure
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Dr. Robert Pierattini, the physician leader for the psychiatry service at Fletcher Allen Healthcare in Burlington discusses the challenges facilities like his face as they await word from the state on the future of the State Hospital.VPR News
To Solve Crisis, Wright Proposes Selling Municipal Utility
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The only Republican candidate for Burlington mayor is proposing that the city sell its municipal electric utility to solve the city’s current fiscal crisis. Kurt Wright said Wednesday that selling Burlington Electric could bring in more than $100 million.Vermont Edition
Supreme Court Considers Ministerial Exception
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The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a case with implications for Vermont’s religious schools and colleges and we look at the challenges medical facilities face as they await the future of the State Hospital.
VPR News
Beth Robinson Discusses Her Appointment To Supreme Court
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The new appointee to the Vermont Supreme Court talks about preparing for her new post.VPR News
Bennington Teachers Go On Strike After Talks Fail
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More than 200 teachers in the Southwestern Vermont Supervisory Union are on strike for the first time in nearly two decades after unsuccessful negotiations with school administrators.VPR News
State Hospital Flooding Poses Challenge
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Community hospitals around the state continue to grapple with the challenges posed by flooding at the State Hospital.VPR News
Intervale Farmers End Season
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Farmers at Burlington’s Intervale are used to flooding, but they’ve been hit twice in one year, and many are down about the season.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for October 19, 2011.In Concert @ 8
New York Philharmonic
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Samuel Barber, Dvorak and a world premiere by John Corigliano.Jazz with George Thomas
Bobby Troup, Anita O’Day, Wynton Marsalis
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We celebrate the birthdays of Bobby Troup, writer & composer of "Route 66," "Baby, Baby All The Time," The Meaning Of The Blues;" vocalist Anita O’Day; and Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter, bandleader and one of the most visible & acclaimed jazz musicians. VPR is in the middle of our Membership Drive, please pledge at VPR.net.Commentary Series
Luskin: Planning For Catastrophe
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With events like Tropical Storm Irene, it’s possible to reduce risk with good emergency preparation, but recently commentator Deborah Luskin has been reminded that some things in life simply resist being managed.VPR News
Talks Continue On Bennington Teacher Contract
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Negotiators for 270 unionized Bennington area teachers and the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union have been meeting late into the evening in a last-ditch effort to avert a teachers strike.VPR News
Shumlin Appoints Chief Lawyer To Supreme Court
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Governor Peter Shumlin has picked his chief lawyer to fill a vacancy on the Vermont Supreme Court. Beth Robinson is perhaps best known as an advocate for marriage rights for same-sex couples.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
The Ironic Symphony
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Emil von Reznicek’s Symphony #2 is known as the "Ironic" Symphony. We’ll hear it this afternoon.VPR News
Beth Robinson Appointed To Supreme Court
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VPR’s John Dillon talks with Jane Lindholm about the appointment of Beth Robinson to the Vermont Supreme Court by Governor Peter Shumlin.VPR News
Blood Drive Aims For New Record
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Rutland’s Gift of Life Marathon has announced that it aims to collect at least 1,969 pints of blood in December.VPR News
Task Force Will Study Flood’s Legal Issues
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Senate President John Campbell says the problem is that for many people the floods destroyed both their homes and in some cases the land that the homes stood on.VPR News
Shumlin Appoints Chief Legal Counsel To Vt. Supreme Court
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Governor Peter Shumlin announced Tuesday that he’s tapped Attorney Beth Robinson, who argued the state’s civil union case, to fill a vacancy created when Justice Denise Johnson announced her retirement.VPR News
Middlebury Leases Land For Solar Farm
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A green energy nonprofit has been given permission to lease an acre of town property in Middlebury to use as a solar farm.Vermont Edition
New Vermont Energy Plan Stresses Renewables
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Vermont’s draft Comprehensive Energy Plan sets a goal of 90 percent renewable energy sources by 2050.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Suk and Schubert
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Music to be played this weekend by the Burlington Chamber Orchestra and Cuarteto Casals.Commentary Series
Molnar: The Townwide Yardsale
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Commentator Martha Molnar is a recent transplant to Vermont who learned some interesting things about Vermonters at her Town-wide yard sale this summer.VPR News
Towns Borrow Money To Pay For Irene Repairs
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Vermont towns damaged by Tropical Storm Irene are still waiting to learn how much financial help they’ll get from the federal government for damaged roads, bridges and buildings. In the meantime, the bills are coming in for the repair work. A number of towns are borrowing money to cover those costs.VPR News
FAHC, CVMC Announce Affiliation
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Burlington’s Fletcher Allen Health Care is joining forces with Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin as a way to help develop a coordinated health care system in the state.VPR News
Senate President Calls For Irene Property Study
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The leader of the Vermont Senate says he wants to set up a special task force to study unique legal issues raised by the destruction of real property during Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Goldman Executive Cancels Talk At UVM
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A UVM graduate and Goldman Sachs analyst who planned to talk to students about careers in the financial services industry canceled his appearance.VPR News
Bennington Teachers, Boards To Meet Today
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Final negotiations between teachers and administrators in the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union are scheduled for today.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for October 18, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Live at the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Thomas Ades conducts his own music.Jazz with George Thomas
Birds, Cozy Cole, Barney Kessel, Sathima Bea Benjamin
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Inspired by the Bird Show on Vermont Edition, we celebrate with Jazz Bird songs, including several by Bird (Charlie Parker). We also have birthdays by drummer Cozy Cole, guitarist Barney Kessel, and vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin. All this jazz made possible by your financial support, please call 800-639-6391 or go to VPR.net and thanks.Commentary Series
Krupp: Food Day
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This month, Food Day will be observed across the country, and among those celebrating will be commentator Ron Krupp.VPR News
Senator Wants Independent Review Of CVPS-GazMet Deal
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A state senator is calling for an independent counsel to review the sale of the state’s largest utility to a Canadian company. Essex-Orleans Senator Vince Illuzzi says the Shumlin administration is biased in favor of the deal, so an independent review is needed to protect the public interest.VPR News
State To Help With Taxes On Irene-Damaged Properties
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The Shumlin administration plans to help pay some of the education property taxes for homeowners hit hard by Tropical Storm Irene. The money for the abatement program will come from the state. But decisions about who qualifies will be made at the local level.VPR News
State To Reimburse Flood-Damaged Towns For Property Taxes
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Governor Peter Shumlin says the state will reimburse towns for some of the property tax payments they expect to lose because of flood damage. The governor says the plan is designed to make sure that homeowners and business owners can apply to towns for tax relief.VPR News
In Wilmington, Town Manager Resigns Amid Disaster Relief
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The town manager in Wilmington has resigned, after he and the Select Board came under fire for how they handled the town government’s response to Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Essex High Teacher Wins Award For Science Work
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The Milken Family Foundation says Maria Ung is an example for girls in her school who want to be involved in science.VPR News
Ashe Joins Crowded Field In Burlington Mayoral Race
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State Senator Tim Ashe has thrown his hat into the ring in the race for for Burlington mayor. Ashe says he’s entering the race because he believes he’s best equipped to move the city forward.Vermont Edition
The Annual Fall Migration Bird Show
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Even with the recent spate of summery weather, there are plenty of telltale signs that fall is here. Bright red and yellow leaves, earlier sunsets, pumpkins and the flocks of birds crossing the skies.Classical Music with Walter Parker
New Recordings
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From pianist Andras Schiff music of Schumann and from Les Violons du Roy music of Bach.VPR News
After Irene, Towns Update Emergency Response Plans
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Tropical Storm Irene tested emergency response plans in several Vermont cities and towns. In some cases, those plans proved to be insufficient. Now many Vermont towns, including some that weren’t even hit by flooding, are re-crafting their plans.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Good Morning! (again)
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I’m here at 7 again?! Well, when we need to raise money, crazy things happen….thanks for your support!VPR News
Man Commits Suicide At Williston Barracks
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A Waterville man is dead, after shooting himself outside of the Williston State Police barracks yesterday.VPR News
Junkyard Owner Fined, Ordered To Remove Tires
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A Milton junkyard owner has been ordered to pay $20,000 in civil penalties and reimburse the state $25,000 to pay for environmental testing on the property.VPR News
TD Bank To Transfer Jobs To NJ
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TD Bank is transferring several dozen jobs from northern New England to New Jersey.VPR News
Moretown Resumes Real Estate Deals
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Officials in Moretown are hoping to resume real estate transactions in the next week or so. Most real estate transactions in the town have come to a halt because some essential documents were saturated during Irene’s flooding.VPR News
Temporary Bridges Open
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Vermont transportation officials say they’ve opened two temporary bridges to replace bridges that were closed by Irene’s flooding.VPR News
Hundreds Rally In Burlington
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An estimated 400 to 500 people rallied and marched in Burlington to voice their frustration with a financial and governmental system they say rewards the rich while the rest of the country struggles.Young Writers Project On VPR
You’re Really Something Beautiful
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Cherish Amanda Greene, a junior at Chelsea Public School, says she wrote this poem about a boy at school, "who has literally caused me to think of nothing else since he arrived on campus." Cherish says she has written many poems, but none with the emotional intensity that she felt while writing this one. "When a poem comes out easily, it’s from the heart," she says.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for October 17, 2011.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Los Angeles Philharmonic
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Opening night Gershwin Gala, beginning Gustavo Dudamel’s 3rd season as Music Director.All the Traditions
15 Years !
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Celebrating 15 years of All the Traditions this week, and playing some old and new favorites!My Place with Joel Najman
A Mixed Bag Of Vintage Pop And Rock & Roll
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Joel Najman’s My Place program is a mixed bag of vintage pop and rock&roll music. Among the selections presented are memorable recordings by the Drifters, Glen Campbell, and Buddy Holly.A Passion For Opera
Music That Moves Us
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Peter Fox Smith and Betty Smith share ravishingly beautiful opera excerpts, perennial favorites, and the extraordinary voice of Jackie Evancho — to inspire you to support "A Passion for Opera" and VPR Classical. Listen Saturday at 12:00pmVPR News
Matheson Shines In New Album
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Nikki Matheson’s new album, "Invisible Angel," features new songs and covers that showcase a powerful voice.Classical Music with Walter Parker
And Joe Goetz
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Walter and Joe share some favorites and curiosities.The VPR Saturday Special
The Moth Radio Hour Returns This Saturday
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The Moth Radio Hour returns with five new episodes!VPR News
Shumlin Moves To Ease Taxes In Irene-Damaged Towns
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Governor Peter Shumlin says he’s putting together a plan to ease property tax burdens in communities that have suffered enormous damage from Tropical Storm Irene.Saturday Matinee
Siegfried
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Siegfried, the third opera in Wagner’s "Ring" cycle, is heard in a performance from the 2010-11 season of the San Francisco Opera. Listen Saturday at 1:00pmJazz with George Thomas
VPR’s Membership Drive-New Releases
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We reach out for your support as VPR’s Membership Drive continues tonight with the new Friday three hour jazz show. New releases dominate with the David Murray Cuban Ensemble and it’s Nat King Cole tribute En Espanol; The Tierney Sutton Band’s "American Road" and their version of "Wayfaring Stranger."VPR News
GMP Wins Court Order In Wind Battle
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A court order requires opponents of Green Mountain Power’s Lowell Mountain wind project to stay away from its construction zone during blasting periods. The legal action is the latest development in a showdown between GMP and a group of protesters.Vermont Garden Journal
The Vermont Garden Journal: Ornamental Grasses
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This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi shares some tips on how to grow some of his favorite ornamental grasses.VPR News
Torrential Rain Hits Flood-Weary Southern Vermont
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Vermont Emergency Management tells VPR it is warning city and town emergency officials about torrential rains in southern Vermont. Many brooks and streams in the area are already bank-full.VPR News
Welch Calls For Bank Investigation
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Congressman Peter Welch is asking the Department of Justice to investigate whether big banks are coordinating their debit-card fees in violation of federal anti-trust laws.VPR News
Pete The Moose Dies
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The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife says Pete The Moose has died. Officials say they were misled by game park officials about whether Pete was alive or not.VPR News
FEMA Deadline Nears
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State Auditor Tom Salmon is reminding municipalities that their forms requesting assistance must be submitted by the close of business October 17th.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: October 14, 2011
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These were some of the voices in the news this week.Vermont Edition
Governor Peter Shumlin
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Governor Peter Shumlin discusses the latest damage estimates from Tropical Storm Irene and we listen back to the voices in the news this week.VPR Presents
VPR Presents ‘Imagination’
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In VPR Presents Imagination, artists and visionaries participate in a lively discussion about the value of imagination, creativity, and innovation in today’s world.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Happy Birthday Gary Graffman!
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The pianist and teacher is 83 today.Commentary Series
Lange: Alien Abduction
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On a recent trip through New Hampshire, commentator Willem Lange was reminded that fifty years ago this fall, a space ship was famously reported to have paid a visit to New England.VPR News
Wilmington Businesses Re-Open
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After Tropical Storm Irene raged through Wilmington in August most of the downtown businesses closed. About a quarter have re-opened. Others are scrambling to get ready for the ski season.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Good Morning!
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Yes, I’m here in the morning. Thanks for your support in helping us MEET THE CHALLENGE today!VPR News
New Airline To Bring Toronto-Burlington Flights
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A Toronto-based airline will offer seasonal service to Vermont this winter.VPR News
Officials Look For Alternatives To State Hospital
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A top Vermont state official says the state is looking at multiple regional secure psychiatric hospitals to replace the flooded state hospital in Waterbury.VPR News
Damaged Section Of Long Trail Reopens
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The last section of the Long Trail damaged by Irene has reopened.VPR News
Train Full Of Rocks To Help Rebuild 107
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A train load of rocks will travel from Winooski to help rebuild a key state highway in Stockbridge.VPR News
Occupy Wall Street Movement Grows In Vermont
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The "Occupy" rallies that started on Wall Street a few weeks ago have now made their way to Vermont. Burlington has been the site of several of the events. Another was held Thursday in Middlebury.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for October 14, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
VPR’s Membership Drive-Konitz, Tatum, Brown
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VPR’s Membership Drive has begun and we look to you to make a pledge of financial support at VPR.net or by calling 800-639-6391. Pledge to support Jazz and all the programming you love on VPR, and thanks. Tonight we celebrate the birthdays of alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, virtuoso pianist Art Tatum and bass player Ray Brown.Commentary Series
Labun Jordan: Virtual VIP
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As Vermont polished up its Norman Rockwell image for the foliage season, commentator Helen Labun Jordan started thinking about how an economy built on personal attention in a small town will fare in the digital age, when everything we want seems to be one click or screen tap away.VPR News
Shumlin: Without Help From Congress, Vt. Faces “Financial Disaster”
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Governor Peter Shumlin says Vermont will face a financial disaster if Washington doesn’t fully reimburse the state for damage to the state’s highway system caused by Tropical Storm Irene. Shumlin says the state could be on the hook for more than half a billion dollars in repair costs.VPR News
Shelburne Museum Announces Art And Education Center
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The new building, which will be open year-round, will include galleries to showcase special exhibitions, and will include auditorium and classroom space. Currently, the museum is open for six months of the year.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Please Give!
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It’s our fall membership drive and we need to hear from you at 1-800-639-6391.VPR News
Agencies Work Together To Assess Road Repairs
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VTrans’ Kevin Marshia and Shayne Jaquith of the Agency of Natural Resources have been working together in assessing the road repairs and river adjustments that have been made since Tropical Storm Irene struck Vermont.Vermont Edition
Occupy Wall Street Hits Vermont
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Occupy Wall Street rallies have spread across the country and into Vermont plus VTrans and the Agency of Natural Resources collaborate on assessing work done since Tropical Storm Irene.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Birds and Ben Franklin
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Bird music of Vaughan Williams and Respighi, and Mozart’s music for Ben Franklin’s Glass Armonica.Commentary Series
Greene: The West River Line
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As work continues to repair, upgrade and restore Vermont’s railroad infrastructure, particularly after Tropical Storm Irene, commentator Stephanie Greene is reminded of a legendary line that ran in Southern Vermont around the turn of the last century.VPR News
Blood Drive Documentary To Be Shown In Capitol
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A documentary film about Rutland’s annual record setting blood drive will be shown tonight in Washington, DC at the visitor’s center of the U.S. Capitol. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion on the plight and promise of America’s small towns.VPR News
Waterbury Questions Price Tag For Trash Removal
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A Vermont town is struggling to pay a staggering garbage bill after Tropical Storm Irene, and officials there say one of two vendors is charging far too much.VPR News
Bennington Teachers Vote To Strike
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Bennington area teachers have authorized their negotiators to call a strike on October 19th. That’s unless ‘sufficient progress’ is made towards a contract by that time.VPR News
Advisory Panel Finds Trooper Acted Without Bias
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An advisory group has found that a Vermont state trooper acted properly and without bias when he made a traffic stop and questioned and detained two farm workers as suspected illegal immigrants.VPR News
Rochester Works To ID Cemetery Remains
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Six weeks after Irene’s flooding, Rochester residents are still searching for remains of people whose graves were ripped up by raging waters.VPR News
After Flooding, Latchis Hotel Reopens
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The Latchis hotel has been closed since the Whetstone Brook flooded in late August and knocked out the hotel’s electrical and other systems.VPR News
GMP May Hold Landowners Financially Responsible For Delays
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Green Mountain Power could hold a Lowell couple financially responsible for delays in the construction project caused by protesters.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for October 13, 2011.Commentary Series
Mares: On Playing Rugby
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Commentator Bill Mares’ playing days are long over, but the Rugby World Cup being played in New Zealand has stirred him to reflect on a sport once characterized as "a hooligan’s game played by gentlemen."VPR News
Safe At Home Program Marks 10 Years
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2011 marks the 10th anniversary of Vermont’s "Safe At Home" program, which offers ‘address confidentiality’ services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.VPR News
Irene Forces Delay In High Court Appointment
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Dealing with the aftermath of Irene has delayed Governor Peter Shumlin’s timetable for filling a vacancy on the Vermont Supreme Court. But it’s likely that the Governor will name a new justice by the end of the month.VPR News
As Irene Costs Soar, Lawmakers Ask ‘Now What?’
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Lawmakers got some preliminary figures Wednesday on the costs associated with Irene. And they learned that state highway projects are at risk of being delayed or canceled unless Congress steps in with more money.VPR News
FEMA Approves Funds For Storm Recovery
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Almost $30 million in federal assistance has been approved for Vermonters to help repair property damaged during Tropical Storm Irene.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Fragments: A Conversation With Mark Steinberg of the Brentano Quartet
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This Friday evening, the Brentano String Quartet performs a fascinating program at Darmouth College, in which contemporary composers wrote companion pieces to unfinished "fragments" of pieces by classical composers. I spoke with violinist Mark Steinberg of the Brentano quartet about the program, and we’ll hear that conversation this afternoon.VPR News
Condos Kicks Off “Transparency Tour”
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Secretary of State Jim Condos kicks off his "transparency tour" across the state this week. The goal is to educate state and town employees and anyone else who’s interested about Vermont’s public records laws.VPR News
Bennington Teachers To Hold Strike Vote
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Teachers in the Bennington area plan to vote today on whether to authorize union negotiators to call a strike.Vermont Edition
Our Bodies, Ourselves, 40 Years Later
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It’s been 40 years since the classic women’s health book, Our Bodies, Ourselves was first published. In the 1970s, it was revolutionary. Over the years it’s become a classic and influenced generations of women.Classical Music with Walter Parker
The Wasps
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Vaughan Williams’ incidental music to Aristophanes satire.Commentary Series
Kittredge: Re-routing our Brains
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Chronic pain afflicts millions of Americans, and commentator Susan Cooke Kittredge has been reflecting on how recent research into its treatment may apply to other parts of our lives as well.VPR News
Republican Candidates Debate At Dartmouth
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The full slate of Republican presidential hopefuls met at Dartmouth College for their latest debate last night, and likely New Hampshire Republican primary voters reacted to Mitt Romney’s pitch on job creation, leaving the former Massachusetts governor with his front-runner status.VPR News
Jamaica Homeowner Looks For Solutions
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Vermonters in storm damaged areas are working to get roads passable and homes livable by winter. But some have nothing left to fix. In Jamaica, Tropical Storm Irene took out four houses and the land beneath them.VPR News
Former Teacher Accepts Plea Deal
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Court records show a former Vermont elementary school teacher charged with possessing and distributing child pornography has agreed to a plea deal.VPR News
Deerfield Wind Project Picked For Expedited Permitting
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A wind power project planned for southern Vermont is being given a boost by the Obama administration.VPR News
Route 30 In HubbardtonTo Close
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A small section of Vermont Route 30 in Hubbardton will be closed so repairs can be made to a culvert heavily damaged by Irene.VPR News
Lawmakers To Be Briefed On Road Repairs
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Vermont lawmakers are set to get a progress report and the latest cost estimates on the massive road repairs made necessary by the remnants of Tropical Storm Irene.Jazz with George Thomas
Listener Requests & New Releases
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We play several Listener Requests including: Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Arkestra; Dr. Michael White and his South African Medley; Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Eric Dolphy. New CDs include: pianists Chick Corea & Stefano Ballini and vocalist Dorothy King.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for October 12, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Art Blakey, Billy Higgins, Mose Allison, Lester Bowie
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We celebrate four jazz birthdays tonight, including: drummer & bandleader Art Blakey; drummer and bandleader Billy Higgins; pianist, vocalist & composer Mose Allison and trumpeter Lester Bowie, who was part of the Art Ensemble Of Chicago.Commentary Series
McCallum: The Last Word
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While commentator Mary McCallum was spared property damage from Tropical Storm Irene, her southern Vermont town was hit hard. But it is the small personal moments of her neighbors that lodge most vividly in her memories of those first disastrous days.VPR News
With “Clean Up Day,” Shumlin Urges Vermonters To Help
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Governor Peter Shumlin is asking Vermonters to volunteer a day of their time to help communities recover from Tropical Storm Irene damage. Shumlin announced Tuesday a special website created to match volunteers with the needs of towns.VPR News
Lawmakers Push For A Decision On State Hospital’s Future
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The institution was flooded by Tropical Storm Irene, and members of the Mental Health Oversight Committee say they need to know soon if it will be re-opened or kept closed.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Gypsies and Autumn
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We’ll hear the first piano quartet of Brahms with its famous "Gypsy Rondo" final movement, and we’ll also hear a 1999 work by Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara called "Autumn Gardens."VPR News
Research Draws Author To Saint-Gaudens Site
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Extensive research in 2010 at the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, NH inspired writer and historian David McCullough to return to the site and lead a walking tour for members of the board of the National Park’s Conservation Association.VPR News
Virtual Farmer’s Market Takes Root In Vermont
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Suzy Hodgson, owner of Philo Woodland Farm is one of the founders of yourfarmstand.com, a virtual farmer’s market started by a group of Charlotte residents.Vermont Edition
Independent Bookstores In The Digital Age
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Independent bookstores are hoping to remain relevant, a virtual farmer’s market emerges online and author David McCullough remembers sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Vermont Symphony Preview
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Pianist Vassily Primakov plays Rachmaninoff plus the Symphonie fantastique.Commentary Series
Homeyer: Trees In Trouble
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Now that yard and garden chores are winding down, commentator Henry Homeyer suggests that we pay some attention to our trees.VPR News
Towns May End Free Disposal
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More than a month after Tropical Storm Irene turned many Vermont houses into piles of rubble, a couple from the Upper Valley are still picking up their neighbors’ debris and hauling it to the local transfer station. But Hartford, like many other towns, can no longer afford to waive the disposal fees.VPR News
Republican Candidates Head To Dartmouth For Debate
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The Republican presidential candidates will meet in a debate tonight at Dartmouth College and economic issues will be the central focus of the debate.VPR News
Energy Workshops Focus On Flooded Homes
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The statewide energy efficiency program Efficiency Vermont is teaming up with Central Vermont Community Action to offer a series of workshops devoted to building efficiency into repairs made to flood-damaged homes.VPR News
UVM, Union To Meet In Mediation
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The University of Vermont administration and the faculty union are expected to meet in a mediation session.VPR News
Prosecutor To Assist In Drug Case
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A Vermont prosecutor is going to help the U.S. Attorney’s office prosecute a man on drug charges stemming from a case that included the fatal shooting of a woman in Dummerston.VPR News
Search Warrants For Missing Essex Couple Released
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A Vermont judge has released search warrants in the investigation of a missing Essex couple.VPR News
Fate Of Vermont State Hospital Remains In Question
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Six weeks after Irene’s floods forced the indefinite evacuation of Vermont’s mental hospital in Waterbury, a humanitarian crisis unfolds in emergency rooms across Vermont.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for October 11, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Monk, Moon, Duke & Green
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We have birthdays galore tonight including: the great jazz composer & pianist Thelonious Monk; the composer/songwriter Vernon Duke (songs include "April In Paris," "I Can’t Get Started,"Autumn In New York;" and Johnny Green who wrote the music to "Body And Soul" and "I Cover The Waterfront. Plus the almost FULL MOON.Commentary Series
Bittinger: To Plant A Tree
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When she heard the news that Global grassroots activist Wangari Maathai had recently died, commentator Cyndy Bittinger was reminded of the many ties Maathai had in Vermont and the Upper Valley.VPR News
State Rolls Out New Energy Plan
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A new state energy plan calls for a dramatic shift in how Vermonters drive to work and where they get their electricity. And now, the Shumlin Administration is taking the plan on the road to gather public reaction.VPR News
Some Work Continues On Lowell Wind Project
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Construction of a road that is being built to carry equipment up the mountain has stopped for the time being. But work continues on parts of the wind project devoted to handling storm water.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Kissin @ 40
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Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin turns 40 today, but even at his relatively young age, his career seems to have lasted much longer than that. After all, he started concertizing when he was only a young teenager. We’ll sample some of his recordings this afternoon.VPR News
Novel Looks At The Division Of Rutland
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In 1880, Rutland was Vermont’s largest and most prosperous city. But a controversial political move in 1886 forever changed that.Vermont Edition
GOP Candidates To Debate Economic Issues At Dartmouth
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The Republican Presidential candidates are debating at Dartmouth College on Tuesday, in a debate that focuses on the economy. We talk with two close observers of the presidential race about the issues and politics of the Republican primary.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Columbus, Leonardo, Verdi, Kissin and Creston
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Music for Columbus Day from the Waverly Consort; Verdi’s Four Seasons ballet music; Eric Whitacre’s Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine; pianist Evgeny Kissin plays Schumann; plus music of Paul Creston.VPR News
After Flooding, Homeowners Navigate Insurance Issues
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Six weeks after Tropical Storm Irene ripped apart some 700 homes around Vermont, families are now struggling with how to recover financially, and trying to figure out whether their losses are covered by insurance.VPR News
Expediting Permitting To Aid Irene Re-Building Efforts
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As the days grow shorter and colder, cities and towns are considering speeding up building permitting to help residents who urgently want to repair or rebuild their flood-damaged homes and businesses before winter.VPR News
Towns Consider New Road Around Route 100
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Three hill towns that were isolated from the rest of the state after Tropical Storm Irene are considering improving a Class 4 road that would reconnect local routes this winter.VPR News
Ambassador Wolves Coming To Colchester
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Wolves will be making an appearance in Vermont this week to spread the message about the role of a top predator in an ecosystem.VPR News
Rep. Olsen Steps Down
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State Rep. Oliver Olsen says he will not seek re-election for his House seat past 2012, saying it’s been difficult balancing family and career responsibilities.VPR News
Southwestern Vermont Teachers Consider Strike
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Union leaders of the Southwestern Vermont Education Association plan to ask teachers to consider a strike during a membership meeting this week.VPR News
Two New Cell Towers Under Construction In NEK
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Cellular telephone service is going to get better in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. Officials say two new towers are under construction, one in the town of Barton, the other in Brighton.VPR News
Ex-Weezer Bassist Mikey Welsh Dies
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Authorities in Chicago say the cause of death for former Weezer bass player Mikey Welsh is undetermined pending toxicology tests.VPR News
Occupy Wall Street Rally Draws 250
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An "Occupy Wall Street" support rally attracted over 250 people to City Hall park in downtown Burlington.VPR News
State Offers Counseling For Flood Victims
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The Vermont Health Department is offering crisis counseling and emotional support to Vermonters affected by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Deadline For Energy Plan Comments Extended
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The plan calls for Vermont to get 90 percent of its energy from renewable sources by mid-century. The plan says the goal can be met through increased efficiency, more renewable energy generation, and major changes in transportation.Young Writers Project On VPR
Bully
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Summer Moran, a sophomore at Peoples Academy in Morrisville, says she wrote this poem after a hard year of being bullied. She says that bullying has had a big impact on her life and this poem is about what it’s like to go through the experience. "I hope that this inspires people to shout out if they are being bullied because if you don’t say something now or when it starts, then you could change in a way you don’t want to be or will regret."Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for October 10, 2011.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Mariss Jansons conducts Brahms, Wagner and Richard Strauss.All the Traditions
Waltzing’s for Dreamers
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Songs by Richard Thompson, Chicago blues, tango, a new Harry Belafonte compilation, and much much more!My Place with Joel Najman
The Era And Dore Records Story
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program traces the history of Era and Dore Records and that of their entrepreneurial founders, cousins Herb Newman and Lew Bedell.The VPR Saturday Special
American RadioWorks: Who Needs An English Major?
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Advocates of liberal arts programs say their graduates are among the most likely to become leaders, and that a healthy democracy depends on citizens with a broad education.A Passion For Opera
Water Music II
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We sample more water music in opera, including music from The Flying Dutchman, Idomeneo, Lakme, and Les Indes galantes. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.VPR News
Army Corps Investigates Middlebury River Work
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A federal agency is investigating whether towns have violated the Clean Water Act when they did excavation work in streams following Tropical Storm Irene. The Army Corps of Engineers has notified the town of Middlebury about possible violations. A spokesman for the Corps says the agency is looking into other cases as well.Saturday Matinee
Die Walküre
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The San Francisco Opera presents Die Walküre, the second of Wagner’s "Ring" operas. Listen Saturday at 1:00pm.Jazz with George Thomas
Larry Young, Amiri Baraka, Jo Jones, Ralph Rainger
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We celebrate four birthdays tonight, including: poet and vocalist Amiri Baraka; oragnist and composer Larry Young; Jo Jones, drummer with Count Basie and others; song composer Ralph Rainger who wrote the music to "If I Should Lose You," "Easy Living," and "June In January."Vermont Garden Journal
The Vermont Garden Journal: Gourds
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Ornamental gourds originated in Asia thousands of years ago and have spread around the world. This week, Charlie Nardozzi shares tips on growing and using gourds.VPR News
State Will Push Feds For More Flood Recovery Money
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The Shumlin Administration says it will ask the federal government to give the state some additional money to help fix roads and bridges damaged by Irene. The request could bring an additional $100 million to Vermont.VPR News
Lake Champlain Science Group To Get Study Money
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A science program at the University of Vermont is going to use a $20 million grant, the largest in the school’s history, to help study the health of the Lake Champlain basin.VPR News
Businesses Look Anxiously To Fall Foliage Season
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Businesses that rely on tourism say this weekend and next are critical to their bottom line. Despite the damage caused by Irene, the promise of bright foliage is keeping tourists coming. That’s a big change from six weeks ago.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Liszt’s B Minor Sonata
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Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin plays the epic B Minor Sonata of Liszt, in a brand new recording.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: October 7, 2011
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This week concerns grew about invasive plants spread by floodwaters during Tropical Storm Irene. The Dover Select Board decided to use funds from its local sales tax to attract tourists to Deerfield Valley. Waterbury was looking for ways to help guide the town’s long-term recovery. The Green Mountain Care Board met for the first time. And Tong Chen was named teacher of the year.VPR News
News Analysis: Week’s Top Stories
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VPR’s John Dillon and Bob Kinzel review some of the top stories in the week’s news.Vermont Edition
State Recovery Efforts, 6 Weeks After Irene
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The state is still tallying the total damages from Tropical Storm Irene, but the overall cost could exceed $2 billion when state and town infrastructure damages are combined with private property loss.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Yo-Yo Ma and Charles Dutoit
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The cellist is 56 and the conductor is 75 today.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: Foreign Aid Cuts
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Foreign Aid has never been a very popular Federal budget item. And as commentator and veteran ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore tells us this morning, that’s particularly true this year.VPR News
Regional Report: Bennington Teachers Picket
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Teachers have been picketing with signs and pleading their case to the public, as their local union clashes with the school board over stalemated contract negotiations.VPR News
Crafters Say Show Attendance, Revenues Down
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Rutland’s annual Art in the Park and the Stowe Foliage Arts Festival will be held this weekend. These and other craft shows across Vermont generate millions for the state economy. But this year, organizers say there’s a lot more uncertainty about attendance and revenue.VPR News
Businesses Launch Campaign To Attract Visitors
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Businesses in Vermont are worried that images of devastation from Tropical Storm Irene will put a damper on fall foliage tourism. Now a coalition of businesses and attractions is using social media to let leaf peepers know the state is ready for visitors.VPR News
State Hospital Patients May Move To Williston
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Mental health advocates are urging the Shumlin Administration not to reopen the antiquated state hospital in Waterbury. Meanwhile, officials say they’re making progress on finding space for some of the patients at a residential facility in Williston.VPR News
Court Rules Republican Governors Association Violated Law
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The attorney general’s office has won both of the campaign finance lawsuits it filed last year against national political groups during the race for governor.VPR News
Report Cites Big Challenges For New England Grid
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New England’s power grid operator says the system is changing in ways that can’t be ignored and could affect reliable electricity delivery.VPR News
Feds Take Comments On Proposed Border Closing
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The federal government is taking written comments on a plan by Customs and Border Protection to close the Morses Line border crossing between Vermont and Quebec.VPR News
Despite Weather, Apple Crop Looks Good
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Despite hail, record rainfall and Tropical Storm Irene, Vermont’s apple growers are optimistic this year will be a good one overall.VPR News
Section Of Route 100 In Readsboro Reopens
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A section of Route 100 in the southern Vermont town of Readsboro that was heavily damaged by Tropical Storm Irene has reopened.VPR News
New Lead Prompts Search For Missing Couple
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Vermont authorities plan to conduct another search for an Essex couple missing since early June.Jazz with George Thomas
Jazz Piano Styles
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We sample many of the piano styles of jazz tonight, including: a request for George Cables; a tip of the hat to Kenny Barron, due in Brattleboro on the 15th; the very talented Indian pianist Vijay Iyer; Duke Ellington in fast company with Charles Mingus and Max Roach & the young virtuoso Taylor Eigsti.In Concert @ 8
The Manchester Music Festival Performance
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VPR Classical presents the Manchester Music Festival’s Manchester @ 250 celebration from this past August. Conductor Ari Rudiakov leads the Manchester Festival Orchestra in works of Copland, Gershwin, and Dvorak.VPR News
The Life Of Steve Jobs – Tonight At 8:00pm
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NPR examines Steve Jobs’ impact on the computer industry and society, from the first Apple Mac all the way through to the iPhone and iPad.Commentary Series
Redmond: Desmond Tutu At 80
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the moral leader in the ending of apartheid in South Africa . Tomorrow is his 80th birthday, and today, writer, journalist and commentator Marybeth Redmond is reflecting on the deep imprint that Tutu’s life has left on her own.VPR News
Afghan Women’s Writing Project Includes Middlebury Student
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The Afghan Women’s Writing Project gives women a voice in a culture where they often don’t have one. The project was started by an American writer who traveled to Afghanistan and saw the challenges women still faced even in the post-Taliban era. Today dozens of Afghan women contribute writing that is published on the project’s website. Among them is a student at Middlebury College.VPR News
Vermont Hopes To Raise Interstate Truck Weight Limit
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The Shumlin administration is urging Congress to grant Vermont a waiver to allow heavier trucks to use the interstate highway system. Transportation officials want to get these big trucks out of Vermont’s downtowns. The leaders say road damage from Tropical Storm Irene makes the situation even more critical.VPR News
Two Vermonters To Be Honored In D.C. For Adoption Work
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Two Vermonters will be headed to Washington to receive awards for their work in foster care reform. Vermont Adoption Chief Diane Dexter and Lund Family Center Adoption Director Wanda Audette will be recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in a ceremony next week. They are both part of Project Family, a public-private partnership that recruits and supports adoptive families for children in foster care.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Dreams of Winter
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Frosty mornings mean winter isn’t too far off. We’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s "Winter Daydreams" Symphony this afternoon, and Vivaldi’s Winter Concerto.VPR News
Vermont Sees A Bountiful Mushroom Crop
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Mycologist Lawrence Millman explains why the mushroom crop is so bountiful this year and what to look for when foraging for the fungi.Vermont Edition
Organic Farming Concerns
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We look at how Vermont’s organic farmers are faring after Tropical Storm Irene and learn why the mushroom crop is so bountiful this year and what to look for when foraging for the fungi.
Commentary Series
Slayton: Budbill’s New Book
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Commentator Tom Slayton has been reading David Budbill’s new book of poetry, in which he finds much to enjoy and much to contemplate.VPR News
Vermonter Heads To Wall Street Protests
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This Sunday afternoon in Burlington, a demonstration will take place at City Hall Park, and one young man who plans to be there is currently at the place where it all started-Zuccotti Park in New York City.VPR News
After Flooding And Fire, Brattleboro Recovers
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While many towns in Vermont are struggling with damage from Tropical Storm Irene, few have had to deal with quite so many difficulties this year as downtown Brattleboro, including a massive fire in April that tore through the historic Brooks House, displacing dozens of residents and businesses, and two community-rattling homicides.VPR News
Bennington Teachers Plan Informational Picket
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Bennington area teachers are back at the bargaining table with school boards from the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union. The teachers say they’ve been working under conditions imposed by the district last spring.VPR News
Church Puts Camp Holy Cross On The Market
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Vermont’s Roman Catholic Diocese has put on the market its 26-acre Camp Holy Cross, located on the shores of Lake Champlain’s Malletts Bay in Colchester.VPR News
Leffler Named Fletcher Allen Chief Medical Officer
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The medical director of Fletcher Allen Health Care’s emergency department has been appointed chief medical officer of the hospital.VPR News
Border Commission Awards Funds To Lyndon, Brighton
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The Northern Border Regional Commission has awarded $200,000 to support two economic development projects in Lyndon and Brighton.VPR News
The Life Of Steve Jobs – Tonight At 8:00pm
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NPR examines Steve Jobs’ impact on the computer industry and society, from the first Apple Mac all the way through to the iPhone and iPad.Commentary Series
Doherty: First Days
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Commentator April Doherty is a former science teacher who lives in Hartland, not far from Quechee and other Vermont towns that were hammered by Tropical Storm Irene. She says many of her friends and neighbors are still waiting for the first day of a return to normal life.VPR News
Controversy Grows Over Future Of Waterbury Complex
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There’s a controversy growing about the future of the state office complex in Waterbury. Business leaders and local officials want the Shumlin administration to commit to reopening the complex and returning state employees who were displaced by the flood. But the governor says it’s too early to make that pledge.VPR News
Shumlin Says Delay In Figuring Out Irene Costs Is Frustrating
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Five weeks after Tropical Storm Irene devastated the state, officials are still adding up the cost of recovery, and figuring out how to pay for it. Governor Peter Shumlin says the delay is frustrating. But he says much depends on how much assistance the state gets from Washington.VPR News
Teacher Shares Her Native China With Vermont Students
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This year’s Vermont Teacher of the Year is a lively 31-year-old named Tong Chen. She teaches Chinese at Townshend’s Leland & Gray Union Middle and High Schools. Chen says the honor also reflects a small community’s openness to a wider world.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Live Performance with Paul Orgel
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UVM pianist Paul Orgel stoped by the studio to play music of Dvorak, Weber, and Schubert in advance of his upcoming tour of China. Listen to this performance online.VPR News
Visiting Artists: Gillian Klein
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As part of Vermont Edition’s monthly "Visiting Artists" series, VPR’s Jane Lindholm talked with Burlington painter Gillian Klein. Klein’s large canvases evoke a foggy, dark New York City.VPR News
Historic Theater And Hotel Closed After Irene Reopens
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The lights are back on at Brattleboro’s iconic Latchis Theater and Hotel for the first time since Tropical Storm Irene’s floods.Vermont Edition
Designing And Building Bridges To Last
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Nearly 300 bridges across the state were damaged or destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene. With rebuilding now well underway, we look at historic preservation of these bridges, and how to design and build bridges to last.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Brahms, Rachmaninoff and Stenhammar
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A string quartet, a symphony and a serenade.Commentary Series
Levin: The Virginia Rail
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As the region finds ways to cope with changes brought about by Tropical Storm Irene, commentator Ted Levin is reminded that sometimes, big weather events also rearrange little places.VPR News
Help Available For Flood Damaged Septic Tanks
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One headache wrought by Tropical Storm Irene has been damage to some of the state’s septic tanks.VPR News
In Bethel, Gov’t Transparency Questions Resurface
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Some Bethel residents question whether minutes of recent select board meetings accurately reflect all that’s happened since Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Colchester Voters Reject Camp Purchase
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The town of Colchester won’t be buying a former summer camp on the shores of Lake Champlain that belongs to Vermont’s Roman Catholic Church.VPR News
Welch Introduces Bill To Bring Local Food In Schools
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Congressman Peter Welch has introduced legislation that would allow federal aid to school lunch programs to pay for local produce.VPR News
GMCR Proposes Essex Roasting Plant
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An Essex town official says Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is eyeing the town as a possible site for a new roasting facility that could add 800 jobs.VPR News
Section Of Route 14 In East Montpelier To Close
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Vermont transportation officials say a section of Route 14 in East Montpelier that was ravaged by spring flooding and Tropical Storm Irene will close for repairs.Jazz with George Thomas
Jimmy Blanton
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Tonight we celebrate the birthday of Jimmy Blanton who revolutionized the upright bass during his short tenure in the 1940’s with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. he was a powerful player with a sound that cut through the whole Orchestra. Blanton and Ellington recorded a number of duets for piano & bass.Jazz with George Thomas
Steve Swallow
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We celebrate the birthday of composer and bassist Steve Swallow who has often collaborated with composer and pianist Carla Bley. We hear their duet on Steve’s most famous composition "Ladies In Mercedes"and his album with poet Robert Creeley and a live date featuring Barry Reis and Mick Goodrick.VPR Presents
Intelligence Squared: Grandma’s Benefits vs. Junior’s Future
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Do entitlements saddle our children with unmanageable debt, asking them to sacrifice their future for the sake of the elderly? Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean participates in this Oxford-style debate.Commentary Series
Delaney: Immigration Policy Debate
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Recently, commentator Dennis Delaney has been spending some time in New Mexico, and that’s got him thinking about the immigration policy debate.VPR News
State Workers’ Union Wants Double Pay For Some Members
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The Vermont state employees union says at least 100 state workers displaced by the recent floods are entitled to double wages. The move sets up a fight between the union and the Shumlin administration.VPR News
Green Mountain Care Board Focuses On Cost Containment
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The new state board that will oversee virtually every aspect of health care in Vermont met for the first time on Tuesday. One of the top priorities for the Green Mountain Care Board is to implement a number of cost containment measures during its first year in operation.VPR News
Residential Building Energy Code Goes Into Effect
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Vermont’s Energy Commissioner says the new code, which became effective October 1st, updates the state’s standard to be more in line with the current international energy conservation code.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
To Florida Via England
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We’ll hear the rich and lyrical "Florida Suite" by Frederick Delius this afternoon, as well as Bach’s first orchestral suite and Mozart’s Piano Concerto #23.VPR News
VT Artists Preserve Songs With New Recordings
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Some Vermont artists are continuing the tradition started by the late Margaret MacArthur of Marlboro who made it her life’s work to collect and reinterpret old songs that Vermonters sang.VPR News
Environmentalists Urge Vermont Gas To Engage Public
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Vermonters for a Clean Environment says Vermont Gas should address potential impacts early in the planning process for a new natural gas pipeline from Chittenden to Addison County.VPR News
Military Recruiters To Return To Vermont Law School
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The school lifted its ban on campus recruiters when the military ended its prohibition on gays and lesbians serving openly.VPR News
UVM Opens Labs To Scientists Put Out By Irene
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UVM says state scientists began moving in about two weeks ago, and everyone should be in the temporary space by the middle of October.Vermont Edition
Author Russell Banks
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In his new novel, Author Russell Banks finds inspiration in his New England and Adirondack roots, and some Vermont musicians are keeping folk songs alive.Commentary Series
McQuiston: Flood Plain Archeology
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Commentator Tim McQuiston says that the question of whether to build – and potentially rebuild – in a flood plain, is one that people have been asking themselves for thousands of years.VPR News
Waterbury Looks Toward Long-Term Recovery
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Over the past five weeks, hundreds of volunteers have helped fuel Waterbury’s short-term flood recovery effort. But local officials say they now need to develop a different model to help guide the town’s long-term recovery.VPR News
UVM Says Feds Recovered Historical Documents
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Officials at the University of Vermont say several dozen historical documents taken from the school’s library have been recovered as part of a federal investigation into manuscript thefts along the East Coast.VPR News
Leahy Touts Support For “Guard Empowerment” Bill
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Sen. Patrick Leahy says he and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina have rounded up 61 Senate cosponsors for legislation that would clarify the division of authority between the Pentagon and state National Guard units.In Concert @ 8
Live at the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Mariss Jansons conducts Brahms, Wagner and Richard Strauss.Jazz with George Thomas
Johnny Burke, David Mann
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We celebrate the birthdays of Johnny Burke and David Mann. Burke wrote lyrics to: "What’s New," "Here’s That Rainy Day," "Misty," "Polka Dots And Moonbeams"(with the lyrics "In a cottage built of lilacs and laughter"), "Swinging On A Star" and others. Mann is best known for his music to "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning."VPR News
Norwich University Student Pleads Innocent
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A Norwich University student has pleaded not guilty to charges he was driving drunk in a crash that killed another student and injured seven others, three critically.Commentary Series
Nadworny: Vemont Hackathon
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Recently, commentator Rich Nadworny found himself amongst a host of hackers in Vermont. And it was a very good thing.VPR News
State Approves Financing For Natural Gas Pipeline
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A proposed natural gas pipeline from Quebec to Addison County has moved a step closer to reality. State utility regulators have allowed Vermont Gas Systems to set up a special fund that uses ratepayer revenue to pay for some of the pipeline work. Vermont Gas says the decision means it can move ahead with plans to extend the pipeline south to Vergennes and Middlebury.VPR News
Dover Hopes To Attract Visitors Through Campaign
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The town of Dover is dependent on tourism driven largely by nearby Mount Snow, and, in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene, the Select Board there has decided to use some proceeds from the local one-percent sales tax to fund a marketing campaign.VPR News
Bethel Calls Special Select Board Meeting
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The town of Bethel is holding an emergency meeting Monday night in response to Tropical Storm Irene flooding. It’s the first select board meeting the town has publicly called since the flood devastated the Windsor County town.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Beethoven in Space
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The beautifully simple Cavatina from Beethoven’s Op. 130 String Quartet was chosen to be a representative of "Earth’s common sounds, languages, and music" on the deep space probes Voyager I and Voyager II. We’ll go into orbit while listening to the whole piece this afternoon on VPR Classical.VPR News
Live Performance: Wooden Dinosaur
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The Brattleboro-based band "Wooden Dinosaur" is preparing to follow-up their 2010 CD "Nearly Lost Stars" and they play some of the new tracks from their next album for Vermont Edition host, Jane Lindholm.VPR News
Feds Lift Southern Lake Champlain Water Use Advisory
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says a warning has been lifted against using the water of southern Lake Champlain. That follows the application of chemicals to kill sea lamprey in two Vermont rivers.Vermont Edition
Tourist Businesses Try To Rebound
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Vermont’s tourism industry is looking to bounce back this foliage season, after Tropical Storm Irene. Though certain sections of the state are still devastated, Vermont’s Commissioner of Tourism says Vermont is open for business.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Steve Reich is 75
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Pioneering composer of the so-called minimalist school.Commentary Series
Molnar: Touched By The Flood
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Commentator Martha Molnar is a public relations consultant, freelance writer, and former New York Times reporter who moved to Vermont in 2008. And she’s been deeply moved by how Vermonters have pulled together in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Rochester Family Denied By Insurance Company
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Tropical Storm Irene destroyed the home of Beth Frock and Jon Graham of Rochester. The couple is coping with a tremendous upheaval to their lives, and they’ve recently learned insurance won’t pay for the damages.VPR News
Flooding, Clean-Up Efforts Spread Invasive Plants
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Tropical Storm Irene’s floods moved a lot of soil. And now heavy machinery used in reconstruction has done the same thing. And that could cause big problems for farmland because there can be invasive plants in the soil.VPR News
Health Care Board Looks To Control Costs
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The newly appointed Green Mountain Health Care Board will formally begin its work this week. One of the biggest challenges facing the board is finding ways to control health care costs in the coming year.VPR News
Farm & Wilderness Camps Founder Dies
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A founder of Plymouth’s Farm and Wilderness Camps has passed away. Susan Webb founded the camp with her husband Kenneth in 1939, and she also directed the girl’s camp, Indian Brook, for 30 years.VPR News
Middlebury Takes 4th in Solar Decathlon
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Middlebury College’s entry in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon has come in fourth place overall in the weekend’s contest.VPR News
Vermont Yankee Returns To Full Power
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The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is headed back to full power after technicians fixed a problem that disabled a water pump.VPR News
Hundreds Of Mobile Homes Hit By Floods
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Thirteen mobile home parks in Vermont were flooded when the remnants of Hurricane Irene turned streams and rivers into raging waterways that carried away bridges and large segments of roads.VPR News
Rutland Farmers Market Tops List
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The farmers market in Rutland has been named as the top farmers market in Vermont.VPR News
Norwich Student Killed In Car Crash
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Officials say a Norwich University student was killed and another is facing a charge of drunken driving resulting in death, following an early morning car crash in Northfield.Young Writers Project On VPR
Maybe
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Eliza Laycock says she writes most of her poetry in her head before putting pen to paper. For this poem, Eliza says she "came up with the puzzle metaphor one day and over a few weeks the poem sort of formed in my head." When her English teacher asked the class to write for seven minutes, Eliza says she "already had the whole poem, I just needed to write it down," and the result was "Maybe." Eliza, of Hanover, New Hampshire, is in 8th grade at Richmond Middle School.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Semyon Bychkov conducts Bruch and Shostakovich.All the Traditions
Vermont Is Afire In The Autumn !
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Songs for autumn, songs for Scotland, and songs by many many local and national artists who will be performing in our area this week!My Place with Joel Najman
Folk Music On the Hot 100: The Early 1960’s
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program selectively samples recordings from the national folk music craze of the pre-Beatles 1960’s including both those that were big hits and others that are historically significant.The VPR Saturday Special
American RadioWorks: Don’t Lecture Me
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In this week’s VPR Saturday Special, American RadioWorks investigates how traditional approaches to teaching are failing college students.VPR News
Faulty Pump Keeps Vermont Yankee Below Full Power
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Plant officials hope to make repairs to a failed reactor pump in the coming weeks, but industry observers say that more costly work will be postponed until the future of the plant is more certain.VPR News
Bethel’s Political Infighting Hampers Recovery Effort
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Most towns have gratefully accepted offers of help from neighbors in the month since Tropical Storm Irene ripped through Vermont. But officials in one Windsor County town have largely declined similar assistance. Some say that’s thwarting the town’s recovery.A Passion For Opera
Water Music
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Saturday afternoon we hear opera excerpts that depict oceans and rivers: music from The Flying Dutchman, Idomeneo, A Village Romeo and Juliet, and H.M.S. Pinafore. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.Saturday Matinee
Das Rheingold
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The San Francisco Opera presents the first opera in their "Ring" cycle, Das Rheingold. Listen Saturday at 1:00pm.Jazz with George Thomas
Trane & Sonny
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We hear from two masters of the tenor sax, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. One of Coltrane’s masterpices "Giant Steps" precedes a longer recent masterpiece from Sonny Rollins, "They Say It’s Wonderful" from "Road Shows, Vol. 2"Vermont Garden Journal
The Vermont Garden Journal: Cover Crops
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This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi extolls the benefits of cover crops!VPR News
Vegetable Growers Try To Recover From Irene Floods
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Tropical Storm Irene’s floodwaters marked an early end of the growing season for many Vermont vegetable growers. The University of Vermont Extension Service estimates that three dozen growers lost $2-million-dollars worth of vegetables to the flooding. And many are doing what they can now to get ready for spring.VPR News
Bohjalian Releases Novel ‘The Night Stranger’
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Vermont author Chris Bohjalian has just released his 15th novel, a ghost story set in rural New England. The Night Stranger tells the story of Chip Linton, an airline pilot who has to ditch his jet in Lake Champlain following double engine failure.VPR News
Interview: Farms Assess Flood-Damaged Feed
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VPR’s Bob Kinzel talks with Vermont Agriculture Secretary Chuck Ross about the extent of flood damage to Vermont farms and how they are recovering.VPR News
Rutland Sends Off Maine National Guard
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The last 13 members of the Maine National Guard who helped with post-Irene clean up left Vermont for home Friday morning.Vermont Edition
Health Care Board Sets Priorities
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The health care overhaul bill that was the centerpiece of Governor Peter Shumlin’s legislative agenda last winter left many critical decisions to a five-member board that would determine the nuts and bolts of transforming Vermont’s health care delivery and payment system.VPR News
Randolph Plant Wins Defense Contracts
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A company with a manufacturing plant in Randolph has won more than $9 million worth of contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense.VPR News
Still Digging Out, Dover Digs Deep To Promote Tourism
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The Select Board in Dover has voted to spend $100,000 to promote tourism and help local businesses still feeling the effects of Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Romney Galvanizes Support Of Vt. Republicans
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Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney’s campaign on Thursday released a list of elected officials who he said have signed up to support his campaign for the Republican nomination.VPR News
Sanders Urges Obama To Restore Heating Assistance
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Sen. Bernie Sanders is warning of a severe winter health emergency if federal spending for home heating assistance isn’t restored.Commentary Series
Ali: Constructive Consumerism
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Commentator and UVM Professor Saleem Ali, reflects on his recent trip to China and how we might consume more constructivelyVPR News
Regional Report: Tracking Damage In The White River Valley
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Tropical Storm Irene inflicted heavy damage in the White River Valley. VPR’s Morning Edition speaks with the editor of the Herald of Randolph, one of the many Vermont news outlets following Irene’s aftermath.VPR News
National Guard Teams Showered With Support In Flood Zone
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"Task Force Green Mountain Spirit" is the name the Vermont National Guard chose for its flood recovery mission in its home state. As the mission ends and the soldiers head home, they say that spirit isn’t just something they brought with them. It’s something they found, and shared in the towns where they’ve spent the past month working.VPR News
With Extension, Ripton Keeps Irene Damage Tally
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Cities and towns are still adding up flood damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene as they prepare to apply for federal disaster relief money. In Ripton, the select board says the total cost to town roads will exceed $100,000.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 30, 2011.In Concert @ 8
San Francisco Symphony
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Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Stravinsky, Bernstein and Ravel.Jazz with George Thomas
Sonnymoon For Two: Sonny Rollins & Ornette Coleman
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We continue to sample gems from the new Sonny Rollins "Road Show, Vol. 2." Tonight it’s a virtuoso take on "Sonnymoon For Two" with Sonny Rollins on tenor sax & the alto sax of Ornette Coleman with Christian McBride on bass and Roy Haynes on drums. A master class in improvisation.Commentary Series
Douglas: Remembering Mallary
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Dick Mallary will be remembered for his many civic, business and political accomplishments. But commentator and former Vermont governor Jim Douglas is remembering him for the understated – but effective – way he got things done.VPR News
Environmentalists Ask State To Halt River Dredging
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After Irene washed roads into rivers, the state allowed work crews to clean up the material and move excavators into streams to clear stream channels. Environmentalists say the state has gone too far.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Blanche Moyse Memorial Concert
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This Sunday, the Brattleboro Music Center is having a concert in memory of Blanche Moyse. VPR Classical’s Walter Parker spoke with Mary Westbrook-Geha of the BMC about the concert, and we’ll hear that conversation this afternoon.VPR News
New Vt. Poet Laureate To Promote Poetry Statewide
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with Vermont’s new Poet Laureate, Sydney Lea about his poetry, his new role, and how he plans to use it to promote poetry around the state.VPR News
CVPS: Stockholders Back Gaz Metro Sale
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Central Vermont Public Service shareholders have approved the proposed merger of their company with the parent of Green Mountain Power. The utility says stockholders representing nearly 98 percent of the outstanding shares voted in favor of selling the company to Gaz Metro of Quebec.Vermont Edition
Where The Money Is And Where It’s Going, Post-Irene
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Millions of dollars have been donated so far for Irene relief. We’ll look at what’s happening to all that money, from how funds are administered, to how eligibility is determined, and the time line for applying for and receiving aid.VPR News
Merger Of CVPS, GMP Parent Began More Than A Year Ago
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Shareholders of Central Vermont Public Service Corporation approved a proposed merger with GazMetro, the parent company of Green Mountain Power. VPR teamed up with the investigative website, VT Digger for a behind the scenes look at the deal.VPR News
State Employees Move To Temporary Offices
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When tropical storm Irene hit Vermont, the State Office Complex in Waterbury suffered enormous damage. Now, four weeks later, many of the 1,500 state employees who worked there have been relocated to temporary offices in Chittenden and Washington counties.VPR News
Wertlieb: Eulogizing The 2011 Red Sox
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The worst regular season collapse in baseball history is complete, and even noted Red Sox fan Stephen King could not have written its ending in a more horrifying fashion. Your Say: How does this collapse measure up?VPR News
Waterbury Hires Lobbyists, In Effort To Keep State Offices
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The town of Waterbury has hired two lobbying firms to make the case to state officials that 1,500 state jobs should remain in the community after flooding from Tropical Storm Irene made their offices unusable.VPR News
Former Teacher Gets 12 Years In Prison
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A former teacher who has admitted he sexually assaulted two boys is going to spend at least 12 years in prison.VPR News
Anti-Wind Occupation Begins On Lowell Mountain
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Opponents to the wind power project planned for the ridge line of northern Vermont’s Lowell Mountain have started an occupation designed to halt blasting for the project.VPR News
Vt. Crime Lab Reopens After Irene
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Vermont’s crime lab has reopened after losing power in Tropical Storm Irene. Unlike the rest of the state office complex in Waterbury, the lab was not flooded.VPR News
Town Officials Offered Class For Websites
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City and town officials in Vermont interested in jazzing up their municipal websites are being encouraged to take part in a free online seminar this week.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 29, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Kenny Kirkland & Jazz
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We celebrate the birthday of pianist Kenny Kirkland and check out an array of recent releases including, Tom McDermott and Evan Christopher’s "Almost Native," Claudio Roditti’s "Bons Amigos" and the tribute album to pianist Bill Evans by Alan Pasqua "Twin Bill."VPR News
Workers Clean Up Oil Spill At Wind Site
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A new wind turbine malfunctioned and spilled oil on a mountain ridge in Sheffield last weekend. The state’s spill management program says most of the 60 gallons of heavy gear oil leaked onto the turbine tower or the gravel pad on the ground, and no oil reached a waterway.VPR News
Towns See Decrease In Volunteers
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One month after Tropical Storm Irene, towns are starting to see a decrease in volunteer assistance.VPR News
Irene Puts Towns, And Volunteers, To The Test
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Communities across the state are working nonstop to recover from last month’s flooding. Often the work is being done by people who never asked for the job. In Stockbridge, many have stepped in to help.VPR News
FEMA Extends Deadline For Towns
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Cities and towns in Vermont now have an extra 16 days to apply for federal disaster assistance to help them recover and rebuild after Tropical Storm Irene. Officials say this won’t affect the October 31st deadline for individuals applying for assistance.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Capital City Concerts
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Today we’ll hear from flutist Karen Kevra about the opening of Capital City Concerts’ season, this Friday in Montpelier. The concert features Trio Pasquier.VPR News
Lost During Irene, A Dog Comes Home
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After being separated during Tropical Storm Irene, a beloved Weathersfield family pet survived and has returned to her owners.VPR News
Political, Nonpartisan Leader Richard Mallary Has Died
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Longtime civic, business and political leader Richard Mallary had a long legislative career, serving in the Vermont House from 1999 to 2003 and one term in the Vermont Senate.Vermont Edition
Vermont Takes Stock One Month After The Flood
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One month after the devastating floods of Tropical Storm Irene, the state and communities are assessing what’s been done to recover – and what remains to be done.Commentary Series
Schubart: Rural Free Delivery
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Commentator Bill Schubart’s daily encounter with the garter snake living in his mailbox has caused him to question the utility of having a mailbox anyway. So even though the vandals who routinely bash his mailbox might miss it greatly, he’s not sure he will.VPR News
Shumlin: Vermont’s Struggle Just Beginning
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It’s not the kind of anniversary that anyone wants to celebrate, but it was one month ago today that Tropical Storm Irene swept through the state of Vermont. While life has returned to normal in much of the state, there are still areas and people struggling daily with the aftermath.VPR News
Route 4 Sewage Line Work Near Completion
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Another milestone this week for repairs on Route 4 in Mendon. Construction crews hope to finish replacing a damaged sewer line this week. Once that’s finished, crews will be able to repave and reopen the highway’s third lane.VPR News
Warnings Issued For Lamprey Treatment
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The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife says people shouldn’t use sections of the Poultney and Hubbardton Rivers and sections of Lake Champlain because the waterways are being treated with chemicals to kill sea lamprey.VPR News
Seven Temporary Bridges To Open By End Of October
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The Vermont Agency of Transportation plans to open seven temporary bridges by the end of October to replace those damaged by Irene.VPR News
Small Amount Of Oil Found In Sunken Champlain Tug
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Officials once feared that a long-sunken tugboat at the bottom of a Lake Champlain could be a looming environmental disaster.VPR News
Former Teacher To Be Sentenced For Molestation
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A former Vermont teacher accused of sexually assaulting two boys is facing sentencing.VPR News
Entergy Asks Court To Limit Reasons For Vermont Denial
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The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant’s owners are asking a federal court to sharply limit the reasons Vermont could point to for denying the plant the state license it needs to operate for another 20 years.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 28, 2011.In Concert @ 8
New York Philharmonic
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A retrospective program observing the 200th birthday year of Franz LisztJazz with George Thomas
Bud Powell, Red Rodney, Matt Wilson, Vincent Youmans
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We celebrate the birthdays of composer & Bop pianist Bud Powell; trumpeter Red Rodney; drummer, bandleader, composer and humorist Matt Wilson and songwriter Vincent Youmans, composer of the music for "Sometimes I’m Happy;" "More Than You Know" and "Tea For Two."Commentary Series
Averyt: Changing Light
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Now that the cloud cover has lifted from commentator Anne Averyt’s eyes, she sees more clearly and appreciates even more what she sees.VPR News
UVM Robotics Scientist Honored By White House
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A UVM robotics researcher has been honored with the highest award given by the U.S. government to young scientists. Joshua Bongard is one of 94 winners of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.VPR News
Road Repairs Will Top $700 Million, But Federal Aid Uncertain
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The repair costs to state roads and bridges damaged by Tropical Storm Irene continue to climb. The new projections come at a time when the state is trying to get a lot more federal money to help repair Vermont’s transportation infrastructure.VPR News
Leland & Gray Teacher Named Vermont’s Teacher Of The Year
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Tong Chen was honored today as Vermont’s 2012 teacher of the year. Chen has taught Chinese language and culture at Leland & Gray for more than six years and is the only authorized advanced placement Chinese teacher in the state.VPR News
Disaster Fund Deadline Approaches
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The deadline for public assistance disaster fund applications is this Saturday for most Vermont counties. These are federal funds made available from an emergency disaster declaration signed by President Obama following Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Documentary On VPT Looks Back At Prohibition In Vermont
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Vermont Public Television’s Chief Content Officer Kathryn Scott talks with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about special VPT programming and events leading up to the premiere of the new Ken Burns and Lynn Novick documentary "Prohibition."Vermont Edition
Teaching History Well, And Getting Students To Care
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We look at what gets taught in history classes, what is often left out, and what some teachers are doing to make the subject more engaging and accessible for their students.Commentary Series
Lange: Splitting Wood
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As the days get shorter, commentator Willem Lange is contemplating what it takes for the woodpile to get higher.VPR News
Deputy Agriculture Secretary Says Vt. Farmers Are Resilient
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 11 counties as primary natural disaster areas, meaning they’ll be eligible for low-interest loans to help them get back on track, but farmers in all 14 counties are eligible for disaster aid. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan is in Vermont this week to see the damage from the flooding first-hand,VPR News
Advocates Seek More Assistance For Mobile Home Owners
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Low income advocates and mobile home owners are calling for more help for trailer park residents affected by Tropical Storm Irene. They say many mobile home owners don’t have the resources to recover from the flooding, and so far government assistance isn’t enough.VPR News
Non-Profit Launched To Help With Irene Recovery
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Governor Peter Shumlin has announced the formation of a non profit group that will help Vermonters recover from damages caused by Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Some Vermonters Fed Up With FEMA Funding Debate
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Some Vermonters are depending on Washington as they struggle to recover from Tropical Storm Irene. Though the debate over federal funding for disaster relief has been resolved for now, many are fed up with being caught in the middle of congressional standoffs.VPR News
Sanders Resigns Burlington College Presidency
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Jane O’Meara Sanders, the wife of Sen. Bernie Sanders, submitted her letter of resignation on Monday, the same day the trustees planned to discuss her future during a meeting.VPR News
Librarian Named Union Leader
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A librarian at Vermont Technical College has been elected to a top state labor leadership post.VPR News
Rally Organizers Promise Continued Climate Action
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Organizers of a rally that drew more than 1,000 people to Montpelier this past weekend are vowing to keep up the pressure for changes in policy designed to fight climate change.VPR News
Vermont Yankee Reduces Power After Pump Fails
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Officials at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant say they are working to repair a pump motor that failed, forcing the plant to reduce power and reconfigure its operations in order to avoid shutting down.VPR News
Disaster Declaration Approved For VT Farms
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Gov. Peter Shumlin announced the federal disaster declaration yesterday. He says he hopes farmers who lost crops and equipment in the spring and summer storms will move quickly to seek emergency loan assistance from the Farm Service Agency.VPR News
Disaster Aid Funding Found
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The congressional fight over disaster funding that had the potential to partially shut down the government has been diffused.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 27, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Live at the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Christoph Eschenbach conducts Schumann and Brahms.VPR News
Northfield Select Board Weighs Dredging River
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A Northfield selectman wants to dredge the Dog River and other flooded rivers in town before winter sets in.Commentary Series
Weis: Collective Perspiration
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As the seasons change, commentator Russ Weis is thinking about some provocative reading he did while sweating through the long, hot days of summer.VPR News
Fans Of Weston Playhouse Hold “NYC Loves VT” Fundraiser
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Among the casualties of Tropical Storm Irene was the Weston Playhouse. Their season opened with new renovations, thanks to a million dollar capital campaign. But most of those improvements were undone by Irene’s floodwaters.VPR News
Flood Funding Turns Partisan
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Vermont Republican leaders are urging on Governor Peter Shumlin to call a special legislative session to deal with the recovery issues associated with Tropical Storm Irene. They also want him to pledge not to raise any taxes to help rebuild Vermont.VPR News
Long-time TV Personality Dies At 90
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A popular local television personality has passed away. Stuart Hall joined WCAX in 1954, just two months after the station went on the air. Hall was best-known as a weatherman, but he held other jobs as well.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
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This afternoon we’ll hear Bela Bartok’s haunting Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta. Also, a suite form Stravinsky’s "Pulcinella," and Mendelssohn’s rarely-heard Piano Concerto No. 2VPR News
NH Retailers Cope With Flood Damage
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Valley News reporter John Gregg talks with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about the status of the businesses along Route 12A in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, that sustained damages from Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Sanders, Leahy Say Flood Recovery Funding In Jeopardy
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Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy headed back to Washington on Monay. Vermont’s two senators are scheduled to rejoin the ongoing debate over how to pay for federal disaster relief.Vermont Edition
Bulbs, Shrubs And Leaves: Fall Garden Advice
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The air is brisk, the leaves are changing and soon it will be time to put away your garden gloves. But first, end-of-season garden advice from Charlie Nardozzi.VPR News
A Month After Irene, Rochester Family Copes With Loss Of House
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It’s now been one month since raging Tropical Storm Irene floodwater decimated their house at the edge of Rochester village, and Jon Graham and Beth Frock think their story illustrates the challenges faced by people in the flood zone.VPR News
Middlebury Sees Backlash After River Rechanneling
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Many cities and towns ordered heavy machinery into rivers after the floods to shore up banks and reroute streams. That’s what Middlebury did, even though the town was relatively unscathed. Residents and state officials now worry that rechanneling the Middlebury River might exacerbate future flooding.VPR News
Moretown Post Office To Reopen
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Senator Patrick Leahy will join a celebration to mark the reopening of the Moretown Post Office, which had been closed since Irene hit the state.VPR News
Senators To Give Update On Diaster Funding
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Vermont’s two U.S. Senators are planning to discuss legislation that would help the state recover from flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene that’s in jeopardy because of congressional politics.VPR News
Burlington College Board To Discuss President
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The trustees of Vermont’s Burlington College are expected to discuss the future of President Jane O’Meara Sanders during a meeting.VPR News
Well Tests Show Some Flood Contamination
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Nearly a month after Irene flooded Vermont, results of household well tests are beginning to come in to the state laboratory. And in some cases, water has been contaminated. Earlier: Department Of Health Urges Water TestingVPR News
Emu Found With Eastern Equine Encephalitis
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Health officials say an emu in Brandon was found to be suffering from Eastern equine encephalitis, a disease carried by mosquitoes that can in rare cases be fatal.VPR News
Vermont Hopes For Strong Fall Foilage Season
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Vermont tourism officials are hoping leaf-peepers won’t be shy this fall foliage season, out of fear the state’s roads are a mess from Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Arena Named For Pat Burns Opens In Quebec
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Pat Burns Arena officially has opened just 10 months after the former NHL coaching great died.VPR News
UVM Medical Director To Contest Allegations
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The director of University of Vermont’s student health center will refute allegations that the center improperly prescribed opiate painkillers to student patients.VPR News
Shumlin Backs Disaster Aid Group
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Governor Peter Shumlin held a news conference Monday to announce his support for the Vermont Long Term Disaster Recovery Group.Young Writers Project On VPR
Garden Ghosts
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Abhi Dodgson, a fourth-grader from South Hero who is home schooled, says that his family has a tradition in which he gives his parents gifts of poetry. "Garden Ghosts was a poem I wrote for my mom," he says. "My mother loves spending time in the garden and I had just finished studying weather, and that is what inspired me."Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 26, 2011.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Minnesota Orchestra
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Bruckner, like many of his counterparts, was an organist. And this week, Osmo Vänskä, talks about the importance that this detail has in Bruckner’s symphonies.All the Traditions
From Scotland To The Andes
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We travel all around the world (and back to Vermont) as we bid farewell to the month of September.My Place with Joel Najman
Jerry Leiber 1933-2011 – Part Two
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program presents a second hour of songs co-written by Jerry Leiber, who passed away in August 2011 at age 78.The VPR Saturday Special
American Radio Works: Some College, No Degree
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The college drop-out rate is actually worse than the high school drop-out rate. This week on The VPR Saturday Special, a new documentary from American Radio Works examines whether a college degree is the right answer for everyone.Saturday Matinee
Werther
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The San Francisco Opera’s production of Massenet’s Werther features Ramon Vargas in the title role. Listen Saturday at 1:00pm.A Passion For Opera
La Donna del Lago
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Rossini’s La donna del lago was premiered on September 24, 1819. Listen to excerpts Saturday at 12:00pm.VPR News
In Jamaica, A Long Road To Recovery
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Jamaica is one town whose landscape was dramatically changed by the floodwaters of Tropical Storm Irene. Three and a half weeks later, the sound of heavy equipment is everywhere, and progress is being made.Jazz with George Thomas
John Coltrane, Albert Ammons
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We celebrate the birthdays of John Coltrane (composer, sax player and bandleader) and boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons. We hear John Coltrane as a sideman with Miles Davis, Johnny Griffin, Thelonious Monk and others. The highpoint of tonight’s Trane tribute is his spiritual suite, "A Love Supreme."Vermont Garden Journal
Vermont Garden Journal: Green Shakes!
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This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, host Charlie Nardozzi has some ideas for green shakes!VPR News
Towns Set Priorities For Flood Recovery
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Communities hit hard by Tropical Storm Irene are now racing the clock to get critical recovery work done before winter arrives. There are a wide variety of priorities that local towns want to address before temperatures drop below freezing.VPR News
3 Weeks After Storm, Rutland’s Water System Is Partially Restored
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Flooding from Tropical Storm Irene wreaked havoc with Rutland’s water system. But after four weeks, Mayor Chris Louras says the city has finally managed to restore its normal connection to Mendon Brook, its primary water source.VPR News
Several Severely Damaged Roads Will Take Months To Fix
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The Agency of Transportation announced today that an additional 20 miles of road have been reopened on Route 100 between West Bridgewater and Ludlow. But several projects could take until Christmas to complete.VPR News
Garofano’s Body Found In Rutland
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Officials have confirmed that the body found in a wooded area in Rutland is that of Michael Gregory Garofano. He disappeared with his father after the two went to check on the Rutland water plant during Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Tom Salmon Says He’ll Run For Re-election As Auditor
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State Auditor Tom Salmon, who had previously said he would not seek another term, says he’ll run for re-election after all.VPR News
Seeking Mutual Aid In Irene Relief
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Some Vermont towns sent public works crews and others to help towns that suffered flood damage. But now, they’re looking for the state to help them with insurance.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Autumn Daze
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Today is the first day of autumn, and there’s plenty of music for the occasion!VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: September 23, 2011
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These were some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Irene Alters Vermont’s Political Landscape
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Retired Middlebury College Political Science Professor Eric Davis believes Irene has altered Vermont’s political landscape for the 2012 campaign.VPR News
Vt. Delegation Says FEMA Funds Are Not Enough
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Members of Vermont’s congressional delegation find themselves in the center of the latest battle in Washington over federal spending for flood recovery and other disasters.Vermont Edition
How Towns Are Coping With Irene’s Effects
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We hear how communities hit hardest by Tropical Storm Irene are responding, political scientist Eric Davis looks at how Irene has altered Vermont’s political landscape and we listen back to the voices in the news this week.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Blanche Moyse Conducts Bach’s Magnificat
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From the 1997 New England Bach Festival.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: UN Veto
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The Palestinians are set to seek de-facto recognition as a state by the United Nations in a process that’s expected to officially begin today . As commentator and veteran ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore tells us this morning, it’s a process in which there will be no winners.VPR News
Regional Report: Washington Politics Hold Up Recovery Money
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Emergency funding to help pay for flood recovery in Vermont has been jeopardized by the latest political crisis in Washington.VPR News
Vt. Ski Resorts Use Social Media To Stress They’ll Open
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Vermont’s largest ski resorts are trying to get the message out that, despite the wrath of Tropical Storm Irene, they will be ready for the ski season.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 23, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Jazz ala George
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No birthdays tonight (there are a ton coming up tomorrow, including John Coltrane’s) just Jazz ala George where we aim for continuity, community and poetry between the selections. We also hear New Releases including the Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian CD "Live At Birdland."Commentary Series
Killacky: The Best Legacy
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Recently, commentator John Killacky has been contemplating deep philosophical questions – while reading the daily newspaper.VPR News
Divers Search For Sunken Tug In Lake Champlain
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Divers are braving the dark depths of Lake Champlain to see if there’s still fuel on a tugboat that sank in 1963.VPR News
Spending Bill Fails, But Welch Says Aid Will Come
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Congressman Peter Welch says he is "absolutely confident" that Vermont will receive several $100 million in federal disaster relief aid in the coming weeks.VPR News
Experts Say Flooding Has Had Impact On Fish Population
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The effect of Tropical Storm Irene on Vermont’s fish is still being assessed, but experts say both the storm – and the stream dredging that followed it – has had an impact on fish numbers and, more importantly, on habitat.VPR News
Police Warn Public About New Rash Of Phone Scams
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Police are investigating a number of phone scams in Vermont. Officials say there have been several reported incidents of a caller purporting to notify residents about lottery winnings, home security offers or debt collection.VPR News
Rockingham Accepts Bids To Rebuild Bartonsville Bridge
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The town of Rockingham is going out to bid for bridge repairs, and holding a series of community meetings to discuss options for the historic Bartonsville Bridge, three weeks after Tropical Storm Irene swept it down river.VPR News
Vt. National Guardsman Dies While Helping Flood Recovery ‎
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Governor Peter Shumlin says a Vermont National Guard member has died of an apparent heart attack while helping residents recover from Tropical Storm Irene.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Down a River of Time
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Today, we’ll hear Eric Ewazen’s concerto for oboe subtitled "Down a River of Time." Also, Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds, and Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony.VPR News
Burlington Sailing Center Recognized Nationally
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The Community Sailing Center in Burlington was just named of one of the top nine sailing centers in the country.VPR News
Post Irene Apple Crop Update
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Vermont Tree Fruit Growers Association President Terry Bradshaw says although wet weather has heightened problems with apple diseases, Irene was not as bad for the crop as growers anticipated.VPR News
Rutland Mayor Urges Water Conservation
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In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene, Rutland residents had hoped their water system would be repaired and functioning fully by last week but there’s still a water shortage.Vermont Edition
After Irene: Fish And Habitat Need Time To Recover
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Irene’s floodwaters took a toll on Vermont’s fish populations, and wildlife officials are assessing mortality rates and the changes to habitat.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Elizabeth Reid & Alison Cerutti Live
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Violist Elizabeth Reid and pianist Alison Bruce Cerutti joined Walter Parker recently for a live preview of their concert in Montpelier. Audio is now posted onlineVPR News
Fear For Vt. Teenager Missing Since Flood
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Family and friends of a Vermont teenager not seen since just before Tropical Storm Irene struck the state say they fear the worst.VPR News
UVM And Faculty Union Reach Impasse
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The faculty union and the administration of the University of Vermont have reached an impasse in contract negotiations.Commentary Series
Henningsen: Gateway To The Whites
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Tropical Storm Irene brought an interruption to the hiking season, but people are already returning to the woods. And commentator Vic Henningsen knows why. He visited the trail this summer and brought back a snapshot of why hikers are so eager to get back on the trail.VPR News
In Stockbridge, Roads Among State’s Most Devastated
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In the aftermath of Irene, one common theme that’s emerged is the way towns have pulled together in the effort to recover. That’s certainly true in the small mountain town of Stockbridge, where the damage to roads, in particular, was some of the worst in the state.VPR News
Wertlieb: Rooting For Yanks, Sox Fans Look The Other Way
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VPR’s Morning Edition host Mitch Wertlieb is among those members of Red Sox Nation who are holding their noses as they root for the New York Yankees so their team can make the playoffs.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 22, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Slam Stewart & New Jazz
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We celebrate the birthday of one of the comic geniuses of jazz, Bassist Slam Stewart, We hear him in duet with tenor saxophonist Don Byas; in a trio led by pianist Art Tatum and finally with his main partner-in-crime, Slim Gailliard with their brilliant "Laughing In Rhythm."Commentary Series
Luskin: Health Insurance
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Commentator Deborah Luskin fears that even good health insurance coverage – may be bad for her health.VPR News
Lt. Governor Helps Promote Vermont With His Race Car
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Vermont’s tourism industry is sponsoring Lt. Governor Phil Scott’s new race car at a big event in New Hampshire this weekend, to highlight the fact that Vermont is open for business this fall.VPR News
Brattleboro Students Revisit Civil War History
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One-hundred and fifty years ago, a thousand men of the Fourth Vermont Infantry were among the earliest Vermonters to be dispatched for service in the Civil War. They mustered out of a military camp that stood where the Brattleboro Union High School and Middle School now stand.VPR News
Shumlin Pleased With Outpouring Of Flood Recovery Donations
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Governor Peter Shumlin is applauding businesses and individuals who’ve raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to help with flood recovery.VPR News
NRC Resumes Normal Inspection Schedule At Vermont Yankee
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The NRC says it has devoted close to 2,000 additional hours to groundwater issues since tritium contamination was discovered at Vermont Yankee. Its latest report shows that the NRC will return to a normal inspection schedule at the plant.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Alisa Weilerstein, MacArthur Fellow
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Cellist Alisa Weilerstein was one of two classical musicians to be named a 2011 MacArthur Fellow. We’ll hear her this afternoon, playing Faure and Saint-Saens with her mother at the piano. Also today, Dvorak’s Symphonic Variations, and Beethoven’s first "Razumovsky" quartet.VPR News
Project Reflects Young Vermonters’ Highs And Lows
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A new project recreates the high and low moments of young Vermonters through staged reenactments, photographs and audio narrations.Vermont Edition
After Irene, Rebuilding It Right
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A look at how to rebuild our homes, roads and state buildings smarter after Tropical Storm Irene and a program that captures the reflections of a group of young Vermonters’ highs and lows of their lives.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Shan-shan Sun Plays Kapustin
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Virtuosic piano music blending classical and jazz elements.Commentary Series
Nadworny: Summervale
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Commentator Rich Nadworny is chewing on a Nirvana sandwich of two disasters wrapped around a glorious experience..VPR News
Future Of Saturday Mail, 14 Post Offices Uncertain
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The US Postal Service has cut its workforce and this summer postal officials announced a proposal to close over 3,600 post offices nationwide – 14 in Vermont. Earlier this week, President Obama said he backed a proposal to raise postage rates and end Saturday mail delivery.VPR News
Routes 100 and 7 Reopen
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Three weeks after flooding wiped out a number of roads in Vermont, traffic is flowing again on two major routes.VPR News
After Irene, State Hospital Patients’ Future Grows Uncertain
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State officials are grappling with a plan to care for the psychiatric patients of the Vermont State Hospital who had to be evacuated after Tropical Storm Irene. Fifty-one patients were relocated, and their care is still in question.VPR News
Senate Could Allow Big Trucks In Maine And VT
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The U.S. Senate is considering a measure that would once again allow heavy trucks to use interstate highways in Maine and Vermont, making permanent a pilot program that wrapped up in December.VPR News
More Than 5,000 Muskie Stocked In River
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The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department continues its efforts to restore muskie to Lake Champlain.VPR News
Grant To Create Temporary Flood Recovery Jobs
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About 100 unemployed Vermonters will be getting temporary jobs to help the state clean up and recover from flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
NH To Remove Steel From Rail Corridor To VT
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Work is beginning this week to remove steel from a rail corridor between northern New Hampshire and Vermont, allowing for better snowmobiling and future development of year-round recreational opportunities.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 21, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Red Mitchell & New Releases
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We celebrate the birthday of bassist Red Mitchell with his 1969 recording featuring pianist Bobo Stetson. We also hear new releases by tenor saxophonist Charles Lloyd "Athens Concert"; The Tierney Sutton Band "American Road" and the Ted Rosenthal Trio "Out Of This World."Commentary Series
Mares: Back To Tunbridge
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Commentator Bill mares reflects on volunteering at the Tunbridge fair, two weeks after Irene’s flood roared through towns across Vermont – including Tunbridge.VPR News
State Announces Loan Program For Flood-Damaged Communities
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Governor Peter Shumlin has unveiled a plan to provide loans to towns that suffered extensive damage from last month’s flooding. The loans are designed to help towns spread their costs out over a number of years.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Scheherazade
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Scheherazade" is one of the most colorful and romantic pieces of music ever written, and we’ll hear it in a recent recording with the Seattle Symphony and conductor Gerard Schwarz this afternoon.VPR News
Vermont Yankee Office Fire Called Suspicious, Under Investigation
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Fire officials and a spokesman for the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant say a fire this morning at its corporate office in Brattleboro is suspicious.VPR News
Wright Announces Candidacy For Burlington Mayor
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Republican City Councilor Kurt Wright Tuesday morning announced that he is running for mayor of Burlington. If elected, Wright would be Burlington’s first Republican mayor in 16 years.Vermont Edition
Looking For Options At Vermont State Hospital
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The Vermont State Hospital was the subject of debate long before flooding caused psychiatric patients and staff to be evacuated during Tropical Storm Irene.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Music The VSO Will Play
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Works by Haydn and Honegger that will be on the Vermont Symphony’s Made in Vermont Tour.Commentary Series
Craven: Irene Stories
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When commentator, filmmaker and Marlboro College teacher Jay Craven set out for southern Vermont, in the face of warnings for Hurricane Irene, he figured he’d emerge with some kind of story – and he did.VPR News
Towns Look To Build Better Roads
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The challenge in Vermont to re-build roads and bridges left crippled by Tropical Storm Irene will come at a cost. How much isn’t known yet, but complicating the bottom line is the desire to rebuild roads to be better than they were before to make sure future storms don’t wreak as much havoc as Irene did.VPR News
In The Hills Of Vermont, A Town Reconnects
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Up and down the state, Tropical Storm Irene flooding has torn apart Vermont communities, in many cases overwhelming strained town governments. In Granville, residents have begun to regain some sense of control – and some sense of place – before winter sets in.VPR News
Deadline Extended For Food Stamps Replacements
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Vermont households that receive food stamps and who also lost food during Tropical Storm Irene because of flooding or power outages are getting more time to request extra benefits.VPR News
Group To Hold “Floodstock” To Raise Money
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A group of business owners in Wilmington, which was devastated by Tropical Storm Irene, are going to raise recovery money with an event they’re calling "floodstock."VPR News
Temporary Bridge Opens In Brighton
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A temporary bridge has opened on Route 105 in Brighton to replace the bridge ripped apart by Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Rutland Salvation Army Seeks Volunteers
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The Salvation Army says it needs volunteers to help at its flood recovery center in Rutland.VPR News
Judge Approves Use Of DUI Test Machine
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A Vermont judge has approved the use of a breath analysis machine in drunken driving cases but says defendants can challenge its reliability.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 20, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Live at the Concertgebouw
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The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic plays Bax, Elgar and Rachmaninoff.Jazz with George Thomas
Fred Ahlert, Willard Robison
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We celebrate the birthdays of two songwiters, Fred Ahlert ("I’ll Get By," "I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter," "Mean To Me" and others) and Willard Robison ("Don’t Smoke In Bed," "Old Folks"). We also hear new releases by Chick Corea, James Farm and more.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Philadelphia at the Proms
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Charles Dutoit leads the Philadelphia Orchestra in music of Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Ravel.Commentary Series
Hanna: Vermont Yankee Ruling
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Last week, the trial between Entergy and the state of Vermont over the future of Vermont Yankee came to a close. As we await that ruling, Vermont Law School Professor and commentator Cheryl Hanna shares some of her thoughts about the case.VPR News
Delegation Praises Obama Plan, Doubts Its Passage
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All three members of Vermont’s Congressional delegation say President Obama’s plan to reduce the federal deficit by $3 trillion over the next 10 years is a balanced approach to deal with a serious fiscal issue. But they question if it has a chance of being passed by Congress.VPR News
Flood-Damaged Libraries Emerge As Response Hubs
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Vermont libraries still recovering from Tropical Storm Irene damage are serving as community gathering places.VPR News
Navy Officer, Partner To Wed In Vt. As Ban Ends
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An officer in the U.S. Navy and his partner are hoping to become the first same-sex couple to get married after the repeal of the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy.VPR News
Community Hospitals Show ‘Remarkably Good Performance’
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The state’s Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration has approved budgets for all of Vermont’s hospitals, and it says the annual system-wide increase came in below the 4 percent target set by the Legislature.VPR News
One Dead, One Hurt In Morrisville Fire That Displaces 30
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Vermont fire officials say one person is dead and another injured after a fire that displaced 30 people from a Morrisville apartment building.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
A Bit of the Unusual
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Today we’ll sample some lesser-known works from all eras, from the Renaissance to the present.VPR News
BISHCA Approves Hospital Budgets
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The Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities, and Health Care Administration approved the individual budgets of the state’s 14 hospitals.VPR News
Irene’s Impact On The State’s Libraries
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State Librarian Marty Reid provides an update on how libraries fared after Tropical Storm Irene.Vermont Edition
Dissecting Burlington’s Political Landscape
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The Burlington political landscape has been racked by controversy and contention as the mayoral race is beginning to get crowded, Vermont community libraries were impacted by flooding from Irene and the hospital budgeting process concludes.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1
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Played by the young Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang.Commentary Series
Krupp: The Marvel Of Honeybees
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As summer comes to a close, Ron Krupp has been thinking about some of the most dedicated workers in the agricultural community.VPR News
Linking Irene’s Precipitation To Climate Change
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Vermonter Bill McKibben has been writing and warning about the effects of a changing climate for decades. More recently the Middlebury College Distinguished Scholar has been working to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline that would bring oil from the Canadian tar sands to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico.VPR News
Dairy Farmers Trying To Return To Normal Operation
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Vermont dairy farmers who were cut off by Tropical Storm Irene’s floods are trying to get their operations back to normal. Fifteen farmers had to dump milk immediately after the storm because trucks couldn’t make it to their farms to haul it away. Most are now able to get their milk to market, and they’re assessing the loss.VPR News
Mass. Woman Convicted Of Arranging Sham Vt. Marriages
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A woman from Holyoke, Mass., pleaded guilty earlier this year to 32 counts of marriage fraud, and concealing and shielding illegal aliens, in a case that included nearly two dozen sham marriages from Brattleboro.VPR News
Hikers Miss Camaraderie As Route 4 Re-Opens
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Now that Route 4 has reopened between Killington and Rutland a half mile hiking trail that was being used by hundreds of commuters every day will no longer be needed. While everyone is happy to have the road open, many say they’ll miss the camaraderie of the trail.VPR News
Red Cross Says 30 Displaced By Morrisville Fire
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The American Red Cross says as many as 30 Vermonters were left homeless by a fire in a 13-unit Morrisville apartment building.VPR News
Leahy Hails Obama’s Signing Patent Reform Law
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Senator Patrick Leahy is hailing the signing into law by President Barack Obama the first significant reform of America’s patent laws since the early 1950s.VPR News
AP’s Vermont Chief Dies
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John Curran, an award-winning journalist who has covered stories for The Associated Press from Miss America pageants to recent devastating flooding in his home state of Vermont, has died. He was 54.VPR News
New England General Stores Evolve In Eclectic Ways
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With fall foliage season at hand, New England general stores are getting ready for their annual influx of leaf-peeping visitors.VPR News
Carhartt Donates Clothing To Vermonters
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The work clothes maker Carhartt is donating more than 18,000 clothing items to support post-Irene recovery efforts in Vermont.VPR News
Health Department Offers Mold Cleanup Tips
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The Vermont Health Department is offering homeowners cleaning up from Irene tips on how to get rid of mold.VPR News
Senators Urge Quick Action On Diaster Money
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Vermont’s two U.S. senators are urging a quick vote in the House next week on $6.9 billion in additional federal disaster relief funds for Vermont and other states.Young Writers Project On VPR
Can You See?
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Olivia Hern, a sophomore at Champlain Valley Union High School, wrote this piece after attending her first poetry slam. "The poems there were some of the best I’ve ever heard, and I became overwhelmed with how beautifully they spun their words," she said. "Then I started thinking about words themselves, and how they could be woven to suit any purpose, and how amazing that was."Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 19, 2011.All the Traditions
When Fall Comes to New England
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Thinking about the first day of autumn this week, and also about Tom Stanziola, one of Vermont’s great clarinet players, who passed on this week after a long life playing great jazz.My Place with Joel Najman
Jerry Leiber 1933-2011
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On August 22, 2011 Jerry Leiber, one half of the legendary songwriting and production team of Leiber & Stoller, passed away in Los Angeles at age 78. This week Joel Najman’s My Place program celebrates Jerry’s life in music with an hour of his most significant and famous songs.The VPR Saturday Special
The State We’re In: Loverboys
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In the next The State We’re In, we meet Elina who went on a date that turned out to be a trap, and hear other stories of so-called "Loverboys."Saturday Matinee
Porgy and Bess Adapted For Modern Times
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Two versions of Porgy and Bess reinterpret Gershwin’s classic score in different ways. Hear the review from NPR’s Fresh Air.A Passion For Opera
20th Century Opera: Part II
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Part II of our exploration of 20th century opera concentrates on music by Debussy, Bartók and JanáÄek.VPR.net Extras
Thank You For Coming To The VPR Picnic!
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Come join us for the 2011 VPR Listener Picnic!VPR News
Plymouth Rallies Around Residents Who Lost Homes To Irene
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More than 100 houses across the state were completely destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene. Now, their owners are just beginning the process of figuring out how to put their lives back together. The small town of Plymouth is rallying around several neighbors who lost homes.VPR.net Extras
Thank You For Coming To The VPR Picnic!
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Come join us for the 2011 VPR Listener Picnic!Jazz with George Thomas
Jon Hendricks & Charlie Byrd
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We celebrate the birthday of the grandfather of vocalese, Jon Hendricks. We hear him with Lambert, Hendricks & Ross; in duet with vocalist Kurt Elling on the Basie classic "Going To Chicago" and with composer & arranger George Russell as narrator in a New York medley.Vermont Garden Journal
Vermont Garden Journal: Asters
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This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, host Charlie Nardozzi shares tips for cultivating asters.VPR News
Welch Says GOP ‘Playing Politics’ With Flood Relief Funds
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Congressman Peter Welch says GOP leaders in the House are "playing politics" with a federal disaster relief bill that would help many northeastern states, including Vermont. Republican leaders say any additional money for the Federal Emergency Management Agency must be cut from other programs. Welch is strongly opposed to that approach.VPR News
Brattleboro Teenager Still Missing After Three Weeks
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Volunteer search parties will be combing the woods around Hogback Mountain in Marlboro this weekend. They’re hoping for clues pointing to the whereabouts of a missing Brattleboro high school senior.VPR News
Residents In Flood Zone Are Worn Out Physically, Emotionally
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Nearly three weeks after Irene hit, people in some areas have been living without phone service. Their roads are impassable. And the landscape is still scarred. Some residents are worn out physically – and emotionally.VPR News
Interview: Incoming Shelburne Museum Director
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The Shelburne Museum will soon be welcoming a new director. Tom Denenberg is currently the deputy director and chief curator of the Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine. He will oversee Shelburne Museum’s diverse collection of art, design and Americana.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Chopin – Not Joking Around
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The word "scherzo" translates from Italian to "joke." But the four Scherzos for piano by Frederic Chopin are no laughing matter. The first three are serious, taut, and emotional affairs, and even the relatively sunny E Major Scherzo #4 has its share of darkness. We’ll hear all four this afternoon played by pianist Yundi.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: September 16, 2011
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These were some of the voices in the news this week.
Commentary Series
Lange: Tea Party Manatees
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Commentator Willem Lange deplores the fanatic fervor that divides us over what used to be considered "philosophical differences."VPR News
Regional Report: Brattleboro Searches For Missing Teen
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The case of a missing teenager in Brattleboro is weighing heavily on the hearts and minds of Vermonters already struggling to recover from Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Future Of Waterbury State Offices Still In Doubt
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The state hopes to open several buildings in the Waterbury Office complex in the next few weeks weren’t badly damaged by Tropical Storm Irene. The future of the rest of the complex is very much in doubt.VPR News
Rep. Fisher Appointed Head Of House Health Committee
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Vermont’s House speaker has appointed a Lincoln lawmaker to head the House Committee on Health Care.VPR News
East Haven To Vote On School Closure
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Its enrollment now down to 11 students, a tiny school in East Haven appears headed for closing. The town will vote Tuesday.VPR News
Bennington Teachers Reject Contract Offer
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Teachers in Bennington who’ve been working under an imposed contract have rejected an offer from area school boards.VPR News
Shumlin Seeks Public Aid For Grand Isle County
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Gov. Peter Shumlin says he’s asking Washington for a public assistance declaration for Grand Isle County that would result in federal aid for repairing roads, bridges and other infrastructure damaged by Tropical Storm Irene.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 16, 2011.Vermont Edition
Congressman Peter Welch
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Congressman Peter Welch looks at how cuts to the federal budget will impact entitlement programs and we listen back to the voices in the news this week.Jazz with George Thomas
Cannonball & Bill Evans
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We celebrate the birthday of alto saxophonist & bandleader, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley & the anniversary of the death of composer & pianist, Bill Evan. Both musicians were part of the Miles Davis’ best-selling album "Kind Of Blue."Commentary Series
Doane: Leaving Vermont
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Commentator Larry Doane has accepted a new job that will take him away from Vermont, so he’s been thinking a lot lately about the things he’ll miss and the things that he’ll take with him, like his appreciation of Vermont values – especially post-Irene.VPR News
FEMA Urges Vermonters To Apply For Assistance Soon
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Federal disaster officials are trying to get the word out that Vermonters affected by flooding should register with Federal Emergency Management Administration as soon as possible.VPR News
In A Major Milestone, Route 4 Reopens in Killington, Mendon
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Route 4 reopened quietly Thursday. The governor will hold a more formal ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday. The road’s closure and quick repair has stirred up a lot of emotions for the people who depend on it.VPR News
New Statewide Financial Literacy Program Launched
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A new statewide program is designed to help parents teach kids about money. The Vermont Money Smart Child Initiative has produced a booklet offering tips on how to teach children about managing personal finance.VPR News
Kranichfeld Enters Race For Burlington Mayor
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Burlington City Councilor Bram Kranichfeld has announced he is seeking the Democratic nomination for mayor of Burlington.Vermont Edition
Help For Homeowners After Flooding
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More than 700 homes in Vermont were damaged or destroyed by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene, and 4,400 households have registered for assistance with FEMA. We look at the programs available for homeowners to recover.VPR News
Three-Day Vermont Yankee Trial Ends
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Lawyers for Vermont’s only nuclear plant and attorneys for Vermont made their final oral arguments Wednesday, ending a three-day trial in Federal Court in Brattleboro.VPR News
Health Care Board Chief Plans Changes To Payment System
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Anya Rader Wallack was just named head of the Green Mountain Care board. Rader Wallack served as the governor’s special assistant for health reform in the most recent legislative session which she will need to draw on to meet immediate and long-term challenges.Commentary Series
Parini: Poets Of The People
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It isn’t every day that a poet makes the headlines, but commentator Jay Parini says that was the case recently – and not just once, but twice.VPR News
Plymouth Now Largely Accessible, But More Work Needed
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Two weeks ago, Plymouth was one of the 13 towns isolated by Irene. Big chunks of the state routes in and out of town, were washed away entirely, and other nearby roads were impassable. Now, two of those three routes are in remarkably good shape.VPR News
Sanders Says Congress Must Act Quickly To Approve FEMA Funding
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More than 4,200 Vermonters have registered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for relief from the floods. Senator Bernie Sanders that underscores the need for Congress to act quickly to appropriate money to refill the coffers at FEMA.VPR News
Holder Says US, Canadian Officers To Work Together
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Attorney General Eric Holder says the U.S. and Canada will each designate officers who can work investigations on both sides of the border in a new pilot program next year.VPR News
Three Bridges Reopen On Route 12A
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The Vermont Transportation Agency says three bridges have been reopened on Route 12A making it easier for people in Roxbury, Granville and Braintree to reach the rest of the state.VPR News
Phish Plays Flood Benefit Concert
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Phish played before 12,000 or so fans who bought tickets to enjoy a 3-hour show at the Champlian Valley Expo last night, with proceeds going to aid the thousands of people around the state hit hard by Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Welch Introduces Bill To Help Small Farms
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A new bill introduced by Congressman Peter Welch would help small farms whose crops were destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Broadway Fundraiser Planned For Weston Playhouse
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A group of alumni from the Weston Playhouse are planning a Broadway fund raiser in New York to help the theater recover from last month’s flooding.VPR News
Bennington Borrows $5 Million For Flood Recovery
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Bennington is borrowing up to $5 million to help pay the cost of recovering from flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
In FEMA Inspections, No Detail Too Small
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Hundreds of Vermonters are going through the process of seeking federal help in recovering from flooding related to Tropical Storm Irene.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 15, 2011.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Beethoven’s Mass in C
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This afternoon we’ll listen to Beethoven’s Mass in C, Op. 86. Also today, Mozart’s Piano Concerto #21, a suite from Bizet’s "Carmen," and Tchaikovsky’s ultimate tribute to Mozart.
Jazz with George Thomas
Good Night Irene
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We say "Good Night Irene" to the most powerful lady to visit our area in years. The New Orleans pianist James Booker sings & plays piano while telling his stories of partying with the song’s author Leadbelly while both were in prison in Louisiana.Commentary Series
Schubart: New Grandfather
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Commentator Bill Schubart has recently become a grandfather. He worries that the fears we project onto our children – as well as our efforts to remove all risk from their young lives – may prevent them from dealing with the often harsh inequities life will impose on themVPR News
Lawyers Wrap Up Vermont Yankee Case In Federal Court
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Lawyers for Vermont’s only nuclear plant and attorneys for Vermont made their final arguments Wednesday, ending a three-day trial in federal court in Brattleboro. The case is focusing on states’ rights to regulate nuclear power.VPR News
State Says Federal Cap Could Cost Vt. $80 Million For Roads
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State officials are concerned that the state’s share of repairing Vermont roads and bridges could be as much as $80 million. That’s because there are caps on how much money the federal government will cover.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Volodos Plays Rach 3
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We’ll hear a 1999 performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto #3 featuring pianist Arcadi Volodos. Also today, Beethoven’s first symphony, and a new recording of the Violin Sonata of Cesar Franck.Vermont Edition
Market Solutions To Climate Change; Rising Poverty Rates
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Senator Bernie Sanders has been trying to get attention on the problem on poverty. Senator Sanders is speaking out about about rising poverty rates, and also Irene recovery funds. And Lynn Scarlett, an energy policy expert, argues that market-based incentives, rather than government subsidies, are the best approach to climate change.
VPR News
Ecologist Sue Morse To Train New Group Of Conservation Volunteers
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For almost two decades, Morse and her organization, Keeping Track have been training citizen scientists to collect data that’s later used by conservation experts to protect wilderness areas and the species that live there.VPR News
Oral Arguments To End Today In Vermont Yankee Trial
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Oral arguments end today in the three day federal court battle between Entergy Vermont Yankee and the state. Entergy claims Vermont had no right to deny the power plant a 20 year extension. On Tuesday Vermont House Speaker Shap Smith and a former Entergy vice president took the stand.VPR News
Vermont Schools Re-Open Following Floods
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All of Vermont’s schools have re-opened in the aftermath of Irene. But some schools have had to find novel ways to conduct classes or help students readjust after the effects of the storm.VPR News
Last Of Irene Shelters Closes
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More than two weeks after Tropical Storm Irene flooded Vermont, the Vermont and the New Hampshire Valley American Red Cross has closed the last of its shelters set up to house residents displaced by flooding or flood damage.VPR News
Section Of Route 107 Remains Closed
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Vermont transportation officials are reminding drivers that a section of Route 107 in Stockbridge that was washed out by Irene remains closed to all traffic, except emergency vehicles.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 14, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Jazz For Irene
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Tonight’s Jazz Show begins with an hour devoted to raising money for the Vermont Disaster Relief Fund and the final numbers speak volumes about the generosity of Vermonters and fans of the state from around the country: $610,838 raised in one day from 4,532 contributors. The numbers, like the recent floods, continue to rise.Commentary Series
Gilbert: A World Torn Loose
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The terrible flood damage in Vermont caused by tropical storm Irene has reminded Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert of a poem by Robert Frost – a poem inspired by an incident Frost witnessed during the great flood of 1927.VPR News
Advocates Protest Farm Worker Arrest
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Human rights activists say two Vermont migrant farmworkers who were passengers in a car that was stopped for speeding on Tuesday have been detained by police. Representatives of the Vermont Workers Center say the state trooper who pulled the car over had no cause to ask the men for their identification.VPR News
State Rolls Out New Loan Program For Farmers, Businesses
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Low-interest state loans are being offered to businesses and farms that suffered flood damage. The $10 million program will be paid for through a combination of state funds and economic development money.VPR News
Shumlin Appoints Board To Oversee Health Reform
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Governor Peter Shumlin has taken a major step towards his goal of having Vermont become the first state in the country to adopt a single payer health care system. He has appointed the five members of a newly created state board that will oversee virtually every aspect of health care in Vermont.VPR News
Speaker Shap Smith Takes Stand In Yankee Trial
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House Speaker Shap Smith was among the witnesses today at the trial continued on Vermont Yankee’s lawsuit against the state.VPR News
Towns Find Ways To Recover, Rebuild
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Across Vermont’s flood zone, town officials are working to recover and rebuild their ravaged communities.VPR News
Another Democrat Enters 2012 Race For Burlington Mayor
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Burlington has a new candidate for mayor in the 2012 election.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Helping Out
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Today is our one-day fundraiser for the Vermont Disaster Relief Fund. Pleas help out by calling 1-800-639-6391 or by using the donation page on this website. Thanks!VPR News
Shumlin Appoints Top Health Aide To New Board
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Governor Peter Shumlin has appointed his top health policy aide as head of the new Green Mountain Health Care board.Vermont Edition
Irene Puts Schools To The Test
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With all of Vermont’s schools back in session, we look at some of the challenges school districts and supervisory unions have had to overcome to get children back in the classroom.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Irene Relief on VPR Classical
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Enjoy great music and consider making a donation to benefit the Vermont Disaster Relief Fund.Commentary Series
Slayton: Repairing The Bartonsville Bridge
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In the aftermath of the storm, Commentator Tom Slayton has been giving some thought to the spirit of Vermonters and their tireless efforts in putting the state back together.VPR News
#VTResponse Says Volunteer Numbers Dropping
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Organizers of a social media Web site that coordinates flood-relief volunteers say they’ve already seen a drop-off in the number of people offering to help clean up. VTResponse.com is now trying to rekindle the volunteer spirit and make sure assistance remains available.VPR News
VTrans Places Priority On East-West Routes
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As road reconstruction continues across Vermont’s flood zone, the Vermont Transportation Agency says it is currently prioritizing east-west routes where many roads have been impassable.VPR News
UVM President’s Mansion Needs $2.4 million In Renovations
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The president’s mansion at the University of Vermont needs an estimated $2.4 million in renovations and remodeling.VPR News
Lyndonville Armory Gets $350,000 Makeover
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A Vermont National Guard armory in Lyndonville has received a $350,000 makeover.VPR News
Fund Set Up To Help Irene-Ravaged Farms
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Grants of up to $10,000 are now available to Vermont farms damaged by the remnants of Hurricane Irene.VPR News
Search Continues For Missing Teenager
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A $1,000-dollar reward is being offered for information leading to a Vermont teenager who disappeared the day before Tropical Storm Irene hit the state.VPR News
Moosalamoo National Recreation Area Re-Opens
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More sections of the Green Mountain National Forest are re-opening, as crews work to evaluate conditions of roads, trails and recreational facilities following Tropical Storm Irene.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 13, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Live at the Concertgebouw
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John Eliot Gardiner leads the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in music of Martinu, Haydn and Schumann.Jazz with George Thomas
Tommy Stanziola, Scott Hamilton, Champian Fulton
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We begin tonight’s jazz with a tribute to the Burlington based clarinet player Tommy Stanziola who played with the Onion River Jazz Band and other local traditional Dixieland bands. We also celebrate the birthdays of tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton and vocalist and pianist Champian Fulton.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: More from the BBC Proms
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Jaap van Zweden leads the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic in Mozart and Bruckner.Commentary Series
Averyt: Swan Song of Summer
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It’s September, and for Commentator Anne Averyt that means the start of the school year, even though it’s been a long time since she last lined up for classes.VPR News
Irene Fundraising Efforts Spring Up Across State
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Dozens of local and statewide fundraising efforts have sprung up throughout Vermont in the past two weeks to help homeowners, businesses and farmers recover from damages caused by Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Rutland Water Shortage Could End Soon
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Crews from the city water department and area construction companies have been working around the clock to restore Rutland’s water system, which was badly damaged in the flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Vermont, Entergy Lay Out Arguments In Court Case
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Lawyers made their opening arguments Monday morning as the trial got under way in Entergy Vermont Yankee’s lawsuit against the state. Entergy is challenging the state’s authority to determine whether the plant can continue to operate beyond next March.VPR News
Ripton Learns Tough Lesson In Working With FEMA
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As towns across the state work to rebuild transportation infrastructure devastated by Irene, one local official is warning others to work closely with FEMA from the outset in their effort to recover the cost of those repairs.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Couperiniana
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We’ll hear music of Francois Couperin, and then the "Divertimento after Couperin" by Richard Strauss.VPR News
Ripton Shares Lessons Learned Working With FEMA
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State Representative Willem Jewett of Ripton shares his town’s experience working with FEMA in 2008, and recommendations for towns just beginning the process.VPR News
Trial Gets Under Way In Entergy’s Lawsuit Against Vt.
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Lawyers made their opening arguments this morning as the trial got under way in Entergy Vermont Yankee’s lawsuit against the state.Vermont Edition
The Race To Rebuild Roads And Railways Before Winter
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The day after Irene, state and local officials began the work of rebuilding Vermont’s devastated transportation infrastructure, with the goal of having all the roads passable again by winter. Discussions are just beginning about whether there are specific ways to rebuild that might minimize such widespread destruction in the future.
VPR News
Irene Recovery Chief Says Funding A Priority
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Neale Lunderville took on a number of roles in the administration of Republican Governor Jim Douglas, and now he’s been chosen by the current Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin to bring his expertise to bear on a major rebuilding challenge.VPR News
Irene Could Define Shumlin’s First Term
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Since floods devastated the state last month, Governor Peter Shumlin has been traveling all over the state, consoling those who need it. He’s won near universal praise for his handling of the disaster, but Shumlin may face more criticism as the flood recovery continues.VPR News
Craftsbury Academy Goes Green
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When students returned to classes at Craftsbury Academy, they walked into one of the oldest and smallest schools in Vermont. Due to recent renovations, the historic schoolhouse is now one of the state’s most energy efficient.VPR News
Generators Stolen From Red Cross
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Vermont state police are investigating the thefts of 15 generators from a Red Cross warehouse in North Clarendon.VPR News
Department Of Labor Offers Help Finding Workers For Irene Recovery
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The state Department of Labor says it can help find workers for cleanup, repair and demolition work following Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Entergy, Vt. Head To Court Today
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The state of Vermont and Entergy Corp. go to federal court today in a case that is drawing national attention, over whether the state can force Entergy’s Vermont Yankee nuclear plant to close when its initial 40-year license expires next March.VPR News
Bennington Dedicates New 9/11 Monument
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The 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was observed in Vermont by the dedication of a monument containing a piece of bent steel from the wreckage of the World Trade Center.Young Writers Project On VPR
Maybelle
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Meghan Cleary, a student at South Burlington High School, says she wrote this piece "as just another scribble, just another character forming in my head fighting its way onto paper." The result was "a personification of that bit of me that focuses only on creativity and self-expression," while the actions of the character’s mother show how creativity can be stifled.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 12, 2011.Commentary Series
Kashmeri: Drone Diplomacy
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Drone warfare has become an effective part of U.S. military strategy in recent years, but commentator Sarwar Kashmeri has been thinking about how the use of drones may have unintended consequences in the long run.VPR Series and Specials
Remembering 9/11
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VPR remembers 9/11 with this special 9/11 Audio Memory Quilt Project and with programming from NPR News throughout the day on Sunday, September 11, 2011.All the Traditions
Hoping For An Uncloudy Day
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Music to drive sadness and wet weather away, and lullabyes from the "Axis of Evil" !My Place with Joel Najman
A Musical Profile Of Pop Music Lyricist Bob Hilliard
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program presents an hour of some of the most famous and enduring hit songs written by Bob Hilliard. Memorable recordings by Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, The Drifters and Chuck Jackson are among the many numbers featured.The VPR Saturday Special
Living 9/11
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Ten years after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, this special produced by WNYC explores New Yorkers’ most visceral and immediate emotional reactions to the attack on the World Trade Center and how they are, or aren’t, still with us today.VPR Classical Specials
BBC Last Night Of The Proms Annual Concert
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The BBC Proms is the world’s largest music festival, and it culminates each year in the grand "last night" gala concert. We’ll go live to the Proms today for this spectacular event starting at 2pm ET.VPR News
Portable Cell Towers Help To Connect Isolated Towns
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Isolation and lack of communication have been huge issues in towns stranded by Tropical Storm Irene. People in southern Vermont’s Deerfield and West River Valleys are accustomed to living without cell phone reception. In two hard-hit towns, emergency portable cell phone towers are making a difference.VPR News
The Art Of Photographing Disaster
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When Vermont photographer Caleb Kenna learned the river was running down the road in the town of Brandon, he took his camera to the scene.A Passion For Opera
Jussi Bjoerling In Memoriam
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The celebrated Swedish tenor Jussi Bjoerling is remembered in a special 2-hour A Passion for Opera.Vermont Garden Journal
Vermont Garden Journal: Flooded Gardens
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This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, host Charlie Nardozzi shares tips on dealing with flooded plants.VPR News
Man Who Died In Ludlow After Irene Was Community Leader
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Friends and family gathered in Ludlow Friday to remember 50-year-old Kevin Davis. Davis was a well-known member of the community who drowned during Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Some Lawmakers Want Special Session For Irene Relief
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Some lawmakers want Governor Peter Shumlin to call a special legislative session to deal with recovery from Tropical Storm Irene’s floods, even though he says it’s premature. But the Legislature doesn’t need the governor’s cooperation.VPR News
Department Of Health Urges Water Testing
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After Tropical Storm Irene, homeowners in the flood zone whose wells or septic systems were inundated need to check the safety of their drinking water. The Department of Health says it will test wells for free.VPR News
Ludlow Remembers Man Who Perished In Storm
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Friends and family gathered in Ludlow Friday afternoon to remember 50 year old Kevin Davis. Davis was a well-known member of the community who drowned during Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
9/11 Memory Quilt: Lessons Learned
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VPR listener reflections on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Today Vermonters reflect on what we learned, or should have learned from Sept. 11, 2001.VPR News
Audio Time Capsule: 9/11/01 on VPR
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In the days after September 11, 2001, VPR listeners shared tangible and emotional connections to the terrorist attacks. That week, VPR’s Steve Zind reported their sentiments.VPR News
Airport Security Still A Reminder of 9/11
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These days, going through security at the airport is probably the most obvious reminder, for most of us, of what happened on 9/11. VPR’s Samantha Fields examines the changes those events brought to our daily lives.VPR.net Extras
Actor David Peare Reads “Riders To The Sea”
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Irish actor David Peare reads the play Riders To The Sea by John Millington Synge. The play resonated with Don Goodrich of Bennington, who lost his son Peter Goodrich in the attacks of 9/11/01 so much he commissioned a recording of it.VPR News
FairPoint To Lay Off 55 In Vermont
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FairPoint Communications says it will lay off 400 people over the next several months to help reduce its expenses.Vermont Edition
10 Years Later, How We’ve Changed
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The tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks is being marked and reflected on in many different ways. On Friday, Vermont Edition asks you to reflect on how you’ve changed, and what’s different 10 years later.VPR News
Agency Of Natural Resources Working To Provide Services
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Vermonters looking for hunting licenses are being urged to buy them online or, if they’re permanent licenses for residents 65 and older, to get them from the Agency of Natural Resources’ office in Barre.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble LIVE
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The Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble previews their concert featuring music written by local composers following September 11, 2001. Listen at 11:00am.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Adieux
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A program of musical farewells for my final show on VPR Classical today.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: Thoughts on 9/11
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In the years since the tragedy of 9/11, the United States has not had another major terrorist attack. But as commentator and veteran ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore tells is this morning , the efforts to achieve greater security have come with many significant and not always obvious costs.VPR News
Regional Report: WCAX-TV’s Roger Garrity
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On Fridays at this time, we turn to our Regional Report, speaking with local editors and reporters about what’s making news in their part of the state. This week, with the tenth anniversary of 9/11 in the news, we’re looking back at how journalists covered that story in Vermont.VPR News
Travel Industry Encourages Fall Foliage Visitors
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Vermont’s Travel Industry is developing a coordinated and proactive strategy to encourage people from out of state to visit Vermont during the upcoming fall foliage season. The state’s Tourism Department website will play a critical role in telling visitors which flood damaged areas should be avoided.VPR News
Leahy, Sanders Weigh In On Obama Jobs Plan
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Vermont’s Senators are weighing in on President Barack Obama’s jobs address to Congress last night on job creation.VPR News
Flood Damaged Households Eligible For Extra Food Benefits
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Vermont’s Department of Children and Families says households that received food benefits in August and then lost food during Tropical Storm Irene are eligible for extra benefits.VPR News
Police To Mark Anniversary Of Sheffield Woman’s Death
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Vermont State Police detectives are planning to mark the one year anniversary of the disappearance of a Sheffield grandmother who was later found dead.VPR News
New Data Shows 1 In 7 VT Households Hungry
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New statistics from the federal government show that in one seven Vermont households go hungry.VPR.net Extras
Actor David Peare Reads “Riders To The Sea”
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Irish actor David Peare reads the play Riders To The Sea by John Millington Synge. The play resonated with Don Goodrich of Bennington, who lost his son Peter Goodrich in the attacks of 9/11/01 so much he commissioned a recording of it.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 9, 2011.VPR News
President Obama Addresses The Joint Session Of Congress
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VPR will carry the President’s address to the joint session of Congress Thursday evening at 7. Listen LiveCommentary Series
Ali: Terror and Peace Setbacks
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In considering the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, commentator and UVM Professor Saleem Ali wonders how we might prevent terror attacks from derailing peace processes.VPR News
Rutland Honors Two Men Who Died In Tropical Storm Irene
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Rutland City Hall will be closed Friday to allow city workers to attend the funeral for water plant manager Michael Garofano and his 24 year old son, Michael Gregory. The two were checking intake valves during the height of Tropical Storm Irene when they were apparently swept away by rising water.VPR News
Shumlin Appoints Irene Recovery Officer
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Governor Peter Shumlin has reached out to a veteran state administrator to oversee Vermont’s recovery from Tropical Storm Irene. Shumlin appointed Neale Lunderville, who served under former Governor Jim Douglas, to coordinate the state’s efforts.VPR News
9/11 Memory Quilt: How It Changed Our Nation
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VPR listener reflections on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Today, Vermonters comment on the profound impact the events had on the nation.VPR News
Shumlin Says Route 9 Will Reopen This Weekend; Route 4 Next
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Governor Peter Shumlin says the major east-west roads across flood ravaged sections of the state will reopen soon.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Dvorak @ 170
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Antonin Dvorak was born on September 8th, 1841. This afternoon, we’ll hear his F Minor Piano Trio played by Yo Yo Ma and friends.VPR News
Life After 9/11: The Challenge Of Teaching September 11th
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Today’s high school sophomores were in kindergarten when the 2001 terrorist attacks took place. And for many younger students, "9/11" is no more personal than Pearl Harbor or the Korean War. Today, the way September 11th is taught and remembered continues to evolve.Vermont Edition
Vermont Gets Back To Business
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Our post-storm coverage continues with a look at how businesses are coping after the flooding and destruction and we hear how the events of September 11th are being taught in Vermont schools.
VPR News
Towns Face Financial Burden Of Flood Repairs
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While the exact cost of fixing local flood damaged roads and bridges is still being tabulated, it’s clear that a number of communities will face large financial burdens to repair their transportation infrastructure.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Dvorak At 170
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For being Czech through and through, it’s interesting that some of Antonin Dvorak’s music is known for its distinctly American voice. We’ll hear his popular (and VERY Czech) "Slavonic Rhapsody #3" and "Symphonic Variations" today for the anniversary of his 170th birthday.Commentary Series
Doane: After 9/11
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As the tenth anniversary of the terror attacks of 9/11 approaches, commentator Larry Doane has been thinking about human nature – and the nature of change.VPR News
Life After 9/11: Lt. Col. Barent Rogers
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Lt. Colonel Barent Rogers joined the Vermont Air National Guard in 1997. He was hired as a United Airlines pilot in 2000 and became what he calls a traditional Guardsman that same year. On September 11th, 2001 his jet fighter was the first to enter air space over Ground Zero in New York City.VPR News
Senate Committee Approves Disaster Relief Increase
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The Senate Appropriations committee has approved a $4.2 billion increase for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Relief Fund.VPR News
Welch Building Coalition To Ensure Disaster Relief Funding
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Congressman Peter Welch is building a bipartisan coalition of House members to ensure that Congress appropriates enough money to pay for disaster relief efforts in all the states hit hard by tropical storm Irene.VPR News
Authorities Warn Flood Victims To Be Alert For Fraud
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency says unscrupulous repairmen sometimes pose as government inspectors. FEMA officials say the public should always ask for identification to make sure they are dealing with legitimate inspectors.VPR News
Evacuated State Hospital Patients Moved To Brattleboro Retreat
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Patients from the flooded Vermont State Hospital have been taken in at the Brattleboro Retreat.VPR News
Continued Rains Cause Only Minor Flooding
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The Vermont Department of Emergency Management says continued heavy rains from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee have caused only minor problems in the state.VPR News
President Obama Addresses The Joint Session Of Congress
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VPR will carry the President’s address to the joint session of Congress Thursday evening at 7. Listen LiveEye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 8, 2011.Commentary Series
Kunin: Grounded In Dublin
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As we prepare to observe the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, commentator and former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin is remembering where she was on that day – and considering where we – collectively – are today.VPR News
Norwich University Mourns Guard Soldier Death
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Norwich University says a 1998 graduate of the military college was among the victims of a mass shooting in Nevada.VPR News
As Storm Cleanup Continues, Many Turn To FEMA For Help
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As the cleanup in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene continues, the rebuilding process has begun. For many, federal assistance is critical to the effort to repair the losses to homes and businesses.VPR News
Geologists Say Rivers Will Change Course With Flooding
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Nearly every river in southern Vermont adjusted course or experienced severe erosion in the flooding ten days ago. Experts say much of the destruction was caused by Vermont’s geology, coupled with hundreds of years of human intervention.VPR News
9/11 Memory Quilt: How 9/11 Changed Me
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VPR listener reflections on the tenth anniversary of the 911 attacks.VPR News
Relentless Rain Washes Out Route 9, Again
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Route 9, the main east-west route from Bennington to Brattleboro, has washed out again. State police say heavy rains over the past 24 hours have made the road impassable in the town of Marlboro.VPR News
Humane Society Reaches Out To Flood Victims With Pets
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As people struggle to get back on their feet following Tropical Storm Irene, resources have become available for helping them take care of their pets.VPR News
Life After 9/11: Changing Of The National Guard
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In the last week the Vermont National Guard has helped in the response to the flooding from Tropical Storm Irene — a role long associated with the guard. But the events of September 11, 2001 transformed the guard into an organization trained to respond to very different circumstances, much further away from home.VPR News
Leahy Works To Get Federal Funding For Flood Victims
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Last week, Sen. Patrick Leahy touring damaged areas by helicopter. He’s now working on getting federal aid dollars to flood victims in Vermont and other areas hit hard by Irene.Vermont Edition
In The Wake Of Irene, Rivers Cut New Paths Through Vermont
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When all of Irene’s rain poured into rivers across the state, many surged over their banks, inundating towns and farmland. And some even changed course, and cut new paths through roads and backyards.VPR News
Rochester Creates Single Relief Fund
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Cities and towns hit hard by Tropical Storm Irene are scrambling to set up bank accounts to collect the financial support they’ve received.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Nocturnes & Dances
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Summer Dances, nocturnal serenades, and lilting bagatelles grace this morning’s music. Come dance with me.Commentary Series
Kittredge: Shifting Ground
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As the tenth anniversary of the terror attacks on 9/11 draws near, commentator Susan Cooke Kittredge is thinking about the meaning of the words "Ground Zero".VPR News
Life After 9/11: Governor Howard Dean
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On September 11, 2001, Howard Dean was serving what would be his 5th and final term as Governor of Vermont when the Twin Towers fell. Like most Americans, Dean remembers just where he was and what happened in those first moments after the attack took place.VPR News
Farm Damage Reports Still Coming In
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Vermont’s farmers are among those devastated by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. Agriculture Secretary Chuck Ross says damage reports are still coming in.VPR News
Lawmakers Fight Over Emergency Funding
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As Vermonters are still recovering from Tropical Storm Irene, lawmakers on Capitol are fighting over how to pay for the emergency funding.VPR News
Brandon Shops Re-Open, Towns Seek Normalcy
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Cleanup and repair efforts are going on all over the state, and many local businesses are trying to get back to some sense of normalcy. In Brandon, local business owners say as long as the roads stay open, they will, too.VPR News
Judge Reaffirms Death Penalty In Jacques Case
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A federal judge is reaffirming his decision to allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty against a Vermont man charged with abducting, sexually assaulting and killing his 12-year-old niece.VPR News
Phish To Play Benefit Concern For Flood Victims
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The rock band Phish is returning to its roots in Vermont to help the victims of Tropical Storm Irene with a benefit concert.VPR News
CVPS Says Power Back On, But Safety Concerns Remain
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Vermont’s largest electric company says all of its customers who could have their power restored safely after last week’s flooding have the lights back on.VPR News
Transportation Officials Warn Of Sink Holes
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Vermont Transportation Secretary Brian Searles is warning the public to be on the lookout for sink holes and slope failures that continue to be found in roads following Tropical Storm Irene.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 7, 2011.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Saint-Saens’ Organ Symphony
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We’ll hear a recent recording of the Symphony #3 by Camille Saint-Saens, with Montreal’s Orchestre Metropolitain.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Vaughan Williams’ Mass
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An early 1920’s homage to the 16th century choral tradition of Byrd and Tallis.Commentary Series
Greene: Hitchhiking The Info Highway
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As the floodwaters began to recede, commentator Stephanie Greene has found herself contemplating what it means to have connections – both the local kind, and the virtual kind.VPR News
Shumlin Asks Homeowners To Help Flood Victims
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With more than 700 homes destroyed or severely damaged by recent floods, the Shumlin administration has launched several initiatives to help people find housing. Part of the plan includes a plea to second homeowners to open their property to displaced Vermonters.VPR News
With Extensive Damage, State Offices May Not Be Worth Repairing
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The State Office Complex has suffered "an extensive catastrophe" to its entire infrastructure following recent flooding, which raises the question of whether or not it makes sense to renovate the buildings.VPR News
9/11 Memory Quilt: Remembering The Day
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Vermonters reflect on where they were during the events of 9/11.VPR News
Shelburne Museum Names New Director
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The chief curator for the Portland Museum of Art in Maine is going to become the next director of Vermont’s Shelburne Museum.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Rembering Salvatore Licitra
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The renowned Sicilian tenor Salvatore Licitra died yesterday, following some time in a coma due to serious injuries he sustained in a scooter accident. We’ll hear him sing a Ponchielli aria this afternoon.VPR News
Life After 9/11: Changes On The Border
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People who live along our border with Canada are among those whose daily lives have been affected by increased security in the post 9/11 era. The first story in our series Life After 9/11 looks at how visiting our ‘neighbors to the north’ has changed in the past decade.VPR News
Construction Begins On Community Wind Project
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Construction has begun on the Kingdom Community Wind project on Lowell Mountain, and Green Mountain Power says basic construction is already under way.VPR News
FEMA: Irene Damaged 700 Homes
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State and federal officials say they’ve been able to measure some of the damage to homes and apartments from last week’s floods.Vermont Edition
Floods Overtake Farm Fields
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Vermont Agriculture Secretary Chuck Ross discusses the damage done to crops and fields across the state by Tropical Storm Irene.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations
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Played by the late Vermont pianist Susan Halligan.Commentary Series
Craven: Hidden Costs
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As the 10th anniversary of the Terror Attacks on 9/11 approaches, commentator and Marlboro College teacher Jay Craven finds himself reflecting on the sometimes hidden costs of war.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
The Trinity Requiem
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Trinity Wall Street commissioned Philadelphia composer Robert Moran to write a Requiem to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The Church miraculously survived the attacks that day despite its close proximity to ground zero. We’ll hear it and talk with him about his new work.Commentary Series
Van Hoesen: Arc Of The Flood
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As the wrath of the flood came and went, an arc of emotion washed over all of us, but especially those in the direct line of the flooding. VPR’s John Van Hoesen experienced first-hand the power of the flood and has this essay.VPR News
Pittsfield Still Largely Cut Off By Road
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Situated along Route 100, the town of Pittsfield was separated from the rest of the state for days following the storm. Several houses were destroyed and there was one swift water rescue.VPR News
Cuttingsville CSA Looks To Future
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Many farms in Vermont are struggling to clean-up and move forward after the flooding associated with Tropical Storm Irene. Agriculture officials say that many dairy farmers may have to destroy hay and corn crops that were inundated with flood waters. And vegetable growers are also dealing with the loss of crops.VPR News
Some In Northfield Consider Moving On After Flood
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Over the past week many neighbors have pulled together to recover from the flooding. But the flood could also pull neighborhoods apart.VPR News
Historic Burlington Building Damaged By Fire
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Firefighters in Burlington say no one was inside a historic building on Pearl Street when it caught fire last nightVPR News
Despite Heavy Rains, No New Flooding Reported
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A Vermont Emergency Management official says that despite almost a day of heavy rains across much of the state no new flooding has been reported.VPR News
Windham Employers Worry About Job Applicants
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A business survey finds about half of one Vermont county’s employers plan to hire new workers within the next year, but note that it’s difficult finding local applicants capable of handing the jobs.VPR News
Woman Unhurt After Car Collides With Bear
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Vermont State Police say a woman was not injured when her car collided with a 100-pound black bear that ran out into the road.VPR News
Bennington Water Pipeline Repaired
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Work crews have reconnected a water pipeline linking the town of Bennington to a water treatment plant in Woodford as they work on repairs from Irene.VPR News
Police Identify Brattleboro Bicyclist
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Police say a 52-year-old Brattleboro man has been identified as the person who died after riding his bicycle into a brook-going off a section of road washed out by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Maine Road Crews Head To Vermont
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Crews from the Maine Department of Transportation are heading to Vermont to assist in post-Irene road construction.Young Writers Project On VPR
Irene
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In this week’s piece from Young Writers Project, Aidan Ellis, a junior at Woodstock Union High School and a resident of Reading, writes about his hometown four days after Hurricane Irene noticing both the force of the water and the power of Vermonters.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 6, 2011.VPR News
State Warns Of Contamination, Chemicals In Irene’s Cleanup
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The State’s Health Commissioner is urging people who are cleaning up following Tropical Storm Irene to be aware of safety hazards.Commentary Series
Schubart: Labor Day 2011
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As the nights have begun to grow cooler – and the days shorter – commentator Bill Schubart has been thinking about the meaning of Labor Day.VPR News
Plymouth Asks Residents In Low-Lying Areas To Relocate
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Because of the continuing rainfall, the town of Plymouth has requested that residents in low-lying areas relocate to safe areas.VPR News
In Jamaica, Homeowner Copes With Loss Of Her Home
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More than 300 houses were destroyed in Vermont by Tropical Storm Irene. The trauma of losing a home creates financial, logistical and emotional chaos for the families involved.This is story of one of those homeowners.VPR News
Schools Open Doors, A Week After Irene
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Many Vermont children returned to school a day or two late this week, thanks to Tropical Storm Irene, but seven or eight hard-hit schools can’t say when they’ll be able to open.VPR News
Vt. National Guard Assists With Roads
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The Vermont National Guard is assisting the Agency of Transportation in getting flood-ravaged roads back in shape. Major General Michael Dubie says equipment and supplies are coming in from guard units around the country.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Stretch Out and Relax
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It’s a rainy Labor Day, so put your feet up and relax with some lengthy and enjoyable pieces of music, like Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, Dvorak’s Piano Quintet, and the rarely-heard Symphony #3 of Joachim Raff.VPR News
Facing Flash Floods, Some Vt. Towns Prepare To Evacuate
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Vermont Emergency Management says there are reports of minor flash flooding, and some flood-weary Vermont towns are preparing for evacuation.VPR News
Weather Sets Off Flash Flood Watches
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Many in Vermont are anxiously watching the weather, as more rain is forecast for the region today, prompting flash flood watches through Tuesday.Vermont Edition
Security, Health, Education After Irene
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Towns and state government try to look after essential services amid the flood damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Labor Day Listening
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Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Schubert’s Octet and Serenades by Brahms, Mozart and Francaix.VPR News
Appalachian Trail, Long Trail Remain Closed
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The Green Mountain National Forest is continuing to assess damage to roads and trails within their boundaries. And so the forest and its trails remain closed.VPR News
Lake Champlain Rising, Not Expected To Flood
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Many in Vermont are anxiously watching the weather, as more rain is forecast for the region today, touching off flash flood warnings. William HanleyVPR News
Bicyclist Dies After Riding Into Flood Damage
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Brattleboro Police say a man has died after riding his bike into a section of road washed out by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene and into a brook.VPR News
National Guard Troops From 3 States Head To Vermont
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National Guard troops from Virginia, South Carolina and Maine are arriving in Vermont to assist in the clean-up from Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Railroad Bridges Badly Damaged By Flooding
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An inspection found that five of the state’s railroad bridges have major structural damage and need major repairs before they can re-open.VPR News
Churches In Flood Zone Begin Ministering To Members
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Churches across the flood zone are beginning the difficult task of ministering to their members struck by the powerful floods last weekend.Commentary Series
Lange:Thoughts On Labor Day
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After over 50 years as a working man, commentator Willem Lange has some thoughts about the celebration of labor’s importance in our society.VPR News
Royalton Turns Out To Help Dairy Farmers
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Scores of volunteers turned out on Sunday at the Perley Farm in Royalton to help clean out a dairy operation that took a direct hit from last weekend’s floods. Even Governor Peter Shumlin showed up with federal officials to thank the volunteers.VPR News
Heartworks Volunteers Head To Jamaica
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Today in one of the towns hardest hit by Tropical Storm Irene, hundreds of volunteers will be cooking food and handing out much-needed supplies.VPR News
Traffic In Marlboro Delays Road Repairs
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Earlier this week, the Windham County town of Marlboro was one of the 13 isolated towns. It was cut off on all sides by torn up roads caused by the torrents of Irene. Crews have worked tirelessly to patch together temporary connecting roads.VPR News
Chittenden Food Drive Supports Pittsfield, Stockbridge
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Volunteers in Chittenden worked over the weekend to gather food, and other emergency supplies for people still trapped along Route 100 in Pittsfield and Stockbridge.VPR News
Condemned Clarendon Home Hit By Arson
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Investigators say a fire that destroyed an unoccupied Clarendon house that had been condemned because of damages from Tropical Storm Irene was intentionally set.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 5, 2011.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: 2011 BBC Proms
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What instrument is bigger than my house and louder than a 747? The organ in Royal Albert Hall. And, in this week’s show we’ll hear it in a work that always makes me think of a children’s story about a pig.VPR News
Transportation Agency Says Traffic Delays Storm Repairs
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A week after Tropical Storm Irene struck Vermont, transportation officials are urging people to stay away from damaged areas.VPR News
Shumlin Says Be Prepared For Flash Floods
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Governor Peter Shumlin says Vermonters need to be prepared for thunderstorms and flash flood watches that are in the forecast for the next day or so.VPR News
Flash Floods Threaten Vt.; Rescue Crews On Standby
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Governor Peter Shumlin says Vermont officials are prepared for the possibility of additional floods from rain in the next 24 hours.All the Traditions
Didn’t It Rain ?
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Labor Day music and much more – all designed to help us dry out from all that water last week!Vermont Edition
Looking Back On A Long Week
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Seven days ago, severe flooding began in Vermont as Tropical Storm Irene deluged the southern half of the state. We look back at the experiences of the flood, and ahead to the next phases of recovery.VPR News
Irene Collides With Jobs Crisis
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As business owners struggle to reopen stores damaged by Tropical Storm Irene, employees are left to wonder when they might return to work.VPR News
In Killington Area, A Commute Through The Woods
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With so many roads out in the state, many commuters have had to get creative to get to work. Hundreds of people in and around Killington have taken to the woods.VPR News
#VTResponse Takes Off In Irene’s Wake
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In the wake of Hurricane and Tropical Storm Irene, one social media Website launched by a young Winooski woman has emerged as the leader in aggregating volunteer information and coordinating the relief effort.VPR News
Vermont Resources After Tropical Storm Irene
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Vermont road conditions, state agencies, emergency management, and more.My Place with Joel Najman
More Of The Songs Of Popular Music Lyricist Mack David
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program presents a second and concluding hour of songs written by American popular music lyricist Mack David. Memorable recordings by Frank Sinatra, Brook Benton, Ricky Nelson and others are featured.VPR News
Thomas Brings Stanley Cup To Vermont
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Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas brought the Stanley Cup to Vermont, where he played college hockey. Thomas also thanked the National Guard and communities for helping the state work to recover from flooding.VPR News
Maine National Guard Assists With Vt. Flood Repair
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Two-hundred members from the Maine National Guard soldiers are arriving Saturday evening in Vermont to assist with flood recovery. They’ll be working with Vermont Guard soldiers to reopen roadways.VPR News
Addison, Orange Counties Could Be Added To Disaster Declaration
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Governor Peter Shumlin has asked that Addison County and Orange County be added to the Individual Disaster Declaration.VPR News
Red Cross, Towns Manage Support For Flood Victims
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Across the state Saturday, Vermonters have been trying to lend a hand to flood victims. Red Cross officials in the state say that — as generous as Vermonters are being — donations of materials goods are difficult to sort and match with people who need them.VPR News
Shumlin Relaxes Environmental Rules For Flood Clean-Up
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Governor Peter Shumlin says his administration has relaxed environmental rules to allow work crews to quickly rebuild roads destroyed by floodwaters.VPR News
From Bridgewater To Mendon, Bus Provides Transportation For Tourists, Residents
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Route 4 from Bridgewater through Killington to Mendon remains closed to traffic, but officials have organized a bus service to provide some access and transportation along that corridor.Saturday Matinee
Cyrano de Bergerac
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From the 2010 season of the San Francisco Opera, we hear Placido Domingo in the title role of Cyrano de Bergerac by Franco Alfano, who is best known for completing Puccini’s final opera Turandot.A Passion For Opera
Puccini and Richard Strauss
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This afternoon we consider Giacomo Puccini and Richard Strauss – Verdi’s and Wagner’s successors. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.Vermont Edition
Vermont Cleans Up After The Storm
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VPR’s coverage of the effects of Tropical Storm Irene continues with a Saturday broadcast of Vermont Edition.VPR News
Windham County Receives Disaster Declaration
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Vermont’s Windham County has been added to the list of counties approved for individual disaster declaration assistance. Windham is the fifth county in the state to qualify for federal aid to supplement state recovery efforts under way since Tropical Storm Irene hit Vermont.VPR News
Getting There From Here On Damaged Roads
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A man from Sandgate, trying to help a friend affected by Tropical Storm Irene flooding, took a two-day tour of back roads.Vermont Garden Journal
Vermont Garden Journal: Facebook Q&A
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This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, host Charlie Nardozzi answers a variety of questions, including tips on how to turn your green pepper and tomatoes red!VPR News
Power Restoration Nearly Complete
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The state’s largest utility says all but 800 of its customers have their power back after five days of frantic repairs in the aftermath of the storm.Commentary Series
Porter: Brave Little State
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The second round of severe flooding in Vermont this year has commentator and former jouralist Louis Porter, now Lake Champlain Lakekeeper for the Conservation Law Foundation, thinking about the state’s past relationship with high water – and its future.VPR News
State Begins To Tally Cost Of Damage
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Preliminary estimates are beginning to come in for the damage to Vermont from this week’s floods. State officials say the cost will total in the tens of millions of dollars and that early damage estimates are sure to rise.VPR News
After Irene, Farmers Assess Their Losses
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The Agency of Agriculture is still assessing the damage to the state’s dairy farms following Tropical Storm Irene. Officials say there were as many as 15 farms that had to dump milk because they couldn’t ship it.VPR News
Dairy Farmers Lose Cows, Dump Milk
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Many have corn and hay crops that were submerged in floodwater and may now be total losses.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Schubert’s Penultimate Sonata
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We’ll hear Schubert’s second-to-last piano sonata this afternoon, the beautiful Sonata in A Major, D. 959, played by Murray Perahia.VPR News
Shumlin: No Estimate Of Irene Flood Damage Cost
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Six days after Tropical Storm Irene swept across Vermont, Governor Peter Shumlin says there’s still no estimate of the total cost of damage to homeowners and businesses as the state seeks additional federal assistance.VPR News
Hundreds Of Homes Damaged By Irene
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The state says at least 312 homes were destroyed or severely damaged by flooding earlier this week. The damage estimate was part included in the state’s request for a disaster declaration that President Obama approved on Thursday.Vermont Edition
Governor Shumlin Assesses The State After Irene
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Governor Peter Shumlin addresses the damage from Tropical Storm Irene that he has seen around the state and outlines his plans for recovery.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Chandler Next Generation Week Concludes
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Violinist Chris Stork plays Bach.VPR News
Amid Recovery, Anxiety, Depression Set In
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As Vermonters try to recover and rebuild, therapists worry about escalating depression and anxiety.VPR News
Eastern Addison County Sees Damage From Storm
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Other than some down tree limbs and bent over cornstalks, most of Addison County made it through Tropical Storm Irene unscathed. But in the mountainous eastern part of the county, it’s a different story.VPR News
Regional Report: Damaged Roads Make Coverage Difficult
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In this week’s Regional Report, VPR’s John Dillon describes the logistical hurdles to covering the damage caused by flooding.VPR News
After Flooding, Businesses Hope To Bounce Back
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Many homeowners and businesses didn’t have flood insurance and don’t know yet if federal disaster assistance will be available.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 2, 2011.Vermont Edition
Vermont Reconnects After Irene
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We hear from state officials and VPR reporters with updates on how the hardest hit towns are faring as Vermont Edition broadcasts live again this evening.VPR News
Hundreds Turn Out To Help Waterbury Clean Up
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The clean up effort in Waterbury is being fueled by a very active volunteer campaign. Several hundred homes and businesses were severely flooded during Tropical Storm Irene, and some may have to be destroyed.VPR News
President Approves Emergency Assistance For Most Of Vermont
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President Obama has approved emergency assistance for most of Vermont to begin the recovery from Tropical Storm Irene’s floods.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Live Performance: Polka the Elk
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Bassoonist Rachael Elliott and pianist Cynthia Huard stop by the VPR Performance Studio to preview their concerts on September 2-4 in St. Johnsbury, Burlington, and Hanover. The concerts are in celebration of the release of Rachael’s new recording, "Polka the Elk," which features new and experimental music for the bassoon.Vermont Edition
How The State Is Faring
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Congressman Peter Welch is one of the guests who will discuss the ravages of the storm and how Vermont will recover in this ongoing special coverage from Vermont Edition.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Chandler Next Generation Week, Part 4
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Pianist Julian Marohnic plays Brahms.VPR News
Neighbors Help Neighbors In Newfane
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VPR’s Susan Keese says her own personal piece of heaven in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene came in the form of a hot shower and a potluck supper.Commentary Series
Luskin: Changing Course
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Commentator Deborah Luskin is among those finding it hard to get around in Post-Irene Southern Vermont. She certainly can’t get to a broadcast studio to record. So, amid the distant sounds of storm recovery, she managed to record her impressions of the storm’s aftermath in a nearby neighbor’s house.VPR News
Transportation A Struggle In Southern Vermont
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Besides losing power and in some cases water Vermonters have had a hard time getting around. About 65 roads are closed and dozens of bridges are out, leaving some people stuck at home.VPR News
Irene Flooding Comparable To Floods Of 1927
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Historian Nicholas Clifford says the devastation of Irene may not quite equal its 1927 counterpart, but it does merit comparison:VPR Series and Specials
Coping After Irene
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VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb follows the progress of Jon Graham and Beth Frock of Rochester, who’s home was destroyed on August 28th during Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Rochester Copes With Crisis
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A number of Vermont communities were cut off from the rest of the state in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene. At this point, all have been reconnected to the outside world to varying degrees. VPR’s Steve Zind has this look at how one of those towns dealt with the challenge of going it alone in the immediate aftermath of the flooding. More: Irene Floods Rip Open Cemetery In RochesterVPR News
Irene Floods Rip Open Cemetery In Rochester
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A gentle downtown Rochester brook swelled into a torrent and ripped through Woodlawn Cemetery, unearthing about 25 caskets and strewing their remains throughout downtown. Many of the graves were about 30 years old, and none of the burials was recent.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for September 1, 2011.VPR Series and Specials
The Star-Gazing Party
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The Eye on the Sky Star-Gazing Party has been cancelled.Jazz with George Thomas
Healing Jazz
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After Tropical Storm Irene we continue with Healing Jazz from Bill Evans & Bob Brookmeyer "It Could Happen To You," Duke Ellington & His Orchestra "Things Ain’t What They Used To Be," Andy Bey doing Milton Mascimento’s "Bridges" and James Booker’s version of "Keep On Gwine."VPR News
Road Work Focuses On Re-establishing East-West Route
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Getting from East to West, and vice-versa, in Southern Vermont has been nearly impossible since Irene came through on Sunday. But transportation officials are beginning to focus on re-establishing a route across the state.VPR News
State Offices Flooded, But Some Services Continue
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When 2,000 state employees lost their Waterbury office space due to flooding, there was concern that Vermonters who receive 3SquaresVT and other state benefits would not receive their checks as scheduled.Vermont Edition
Vermont After Irene
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Vermont Edition provides continuing coverage of the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Northfield Businesses Work To Stay Open
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A number of businesses in Northfield were hit hard by Sunday’s flooding. But as VPR’s Bob Kinzel reports, several of the companies have been able to stay open for business with the help of their employees, their friends and their families.VPR News
Towns Deal With Water Issues After Storm
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Vermont residents are boiling water, intake systems are being repaired and Rutland faces a looming water shortage in the days after Tropical Storm Irene hit Vermont.VPR News
Vermonters Pitching In To Help Their Neighbors
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As more roads open for travel, and word gets out about what’s needed around the state, Vermonters are pitching in to help their neighbors.VPR News
VNA Works To Locate Sick, Elderly Patients
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As recovery efforts continue in flood-ravaged areas of Vermont, concerns are rising about some of the state’s most vulnerable residents.VPR News
State Works To Make Access Roads Passable
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Road crews have been working to get access to about a dozen communities cut off by destroyed bridges and roads. But the makeshift roads are quite limited, and for emergency access only.The Agency of Transportation says the next step is to make those roads passable for regular travel.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Healing Through Music
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Music can’t solve the world’s problems, but it can cushion the blow and be a catalyst for inspiration. Today we’ll hear music that is free-spirited, uplifting, and cheerful as Vermont begins to rebuild.The Story
Burlington Teacher Profiled On “The Story”
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The Story follows Reuben Jackson in his first year as a teacher at Burlington High School.VPR News
National Guard Reaches Wardsboro
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This morning, a National Guard Humvee traveled over washed out roads to Wardsboro, a small village where residents lack food, water and electricity.VPR News
Killington Becomes Hub For Emergency Supplies
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About half of the residents in the town of Killington are still without power and water. But because the town is accessible, Killington is serving as a hub for funneling emergency supplies to the 3,500 people in the surrounding towns.Vermont Edition
Vermont Rebounds From Irene
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Vermont Edition continues to focus on the state’s recovery from Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Storm Takes Toll On Weathersfield
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The town of Weathersfield, Vermont has not escaped the damage due to Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
One Vermont Town Still Left Isolated By Irene
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All but one of the state’s communities left isolated by flooding have been reached by ground crews. Crews hope to reach the last community, Wardsboro, this morning.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Chandler Next Generation Week, Part 3
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Brothers Mitchell Goff, violin, and Matthew Goff, cello, join pianist Aaron Gould-Kavet for music of Beethoven.Commentary Series
Kashmeri: Drone Diplomacy
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Commentator Sarwar Kashmeri has been thinking about the similarities of British colonial policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with the current strategy being used by The United States in the region today.Commentary Series
Labun Jordan: Flood Loss
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In the midst of news reports on the hardest hit regions post-Irene, Commentator Helen Labun Jordan is thinking of the most common flooding experience; the loss of personal property that held sentimental, not monetary, value.VPR News
Wilmington Picks Up After Storm
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Wilmington is already picking up after the devastating floods of Tropical Storm Irene wiped out the Deerfield Valley town.VPR News
National Guard Moves Supplies Into Wilmington
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A National Guard convoy has brought some relief to Wilmington residents, who’ve been isolated since Sunday when the storm devastated the village center and destroyed roads and bridges.VPR News
Flood Control Dam Helps Contain Deluge In Springfield
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A Springfield official says the North Springfield Lake and flood control dam did the job it was designed to do, catching and containing the deluge from Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
FEMA Administrator, Shumlin Tour State By Air
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FEMA administrator Craig Fugate toured the state by helicopter on Tuesday with Governor Peter Shumlin and other officials to asses damage in Vermont From Tropical Storm Irene.Jazz with George Thomas
Kenny Dorham & Community
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Trumpeter & composer Kenny Dorham celebrates his birthday tonight with his round tone and melodic compositions. A request for "Dear Old Stockholm" gives us the classic 1956 Miles Davis version. Healing fills several songs including Cyrus Chestnut’s solo piano on "Lean On Me" & "Bridge Over Troubled Water."Vermont Edition
In Irene’s Wake
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Vermont Edition’s continuing coverage of the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene continues with a live evening broadcast.Commentary Series
Nadworny: Google+
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From search engine to social network, commentator Rich Nadworny says the virtual universe is expanding again.VPR News
Repairing Bridges Damaged By Irene Pose Challenges
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One of the biggest challenges facing state transportation officials is repairing the dozens of state bridges that have been severely damaged by Hurricane Irene. Two bridges in the Mad River Valley pose very different challenges to transportation crews.VPR News
Crews Work To Rebuild Road To Mendon
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Crews worked through the night on Route Four in Mendon to rebuild the road so emergency crews to get into towns near Killington.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Mozart’s Great C Minor Mass
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We’ll hear Mozart’s biggest Mass (other than the Requiem) this afternoon, and we’ll hear two movements of Antonin Dvorak’s Terzetto as today’s excerpt from the Chandler Next Generation Concert.VPR News
VT Agency Of Transportation Works to Establish Communication With Isolated Communities
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13 Vermont communities remain cut off from the outside world two days after the remnants of Tropical Storm Irene dropped more than 10 inches of rain on parts of the state.VPR News
FEMA Supplies Being Distributed
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Vermont Emergency Management has begun to distribute supplies sent by FEMA for communities affected by Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Rutland Water Supply Affected By Flooding
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Rutland officials say the inlet structure at the Mendon Brook has been destroyed, so it’s unable to draw fresh water into the reservoir.VPR News
Thirteen VT Towns Isolated After Storm
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VT Emergency Management says 13 towns are isolated as a result of damage from Hurricane Irene.Vermont Edition
The After-Effects Of Irene
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Vermont Edition continues to provide updates on the devastation wrought by Tropical Storm Irene with updates on road closures, health concerns and towns that have been isolated due to the storm.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Chandler Next Generation Week Continues
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Amy Waters sings Solveig’s Song from Grieg’s Peer Gynt Incidental Music.VPR News
Curiosity Seekers Hampering Road Crews
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As the clean-up from Irene gets underway in earnest, many local officials are pleading with the public to keep away from damaged and closed roads.VPR News
400 Stranded At Killington Resort
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Part of a ski lodge has collapsed at Killington resort and about 400 people are stranded at hotels and condominiums at the ski area because of road damage from Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Many Covered Bridges Destroyed In Flooding
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Among the damaged roads and bridges in Vermont are several of the state’s iconic covered bridges. Many are tourist attractions that have withstood the test of time, but not Irene.VPR News
Grafton Working To Repair Roads
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Almost every town in Windham and Bennington counties have similar stories of isolation and damage. This morning, we turn to Grafton. Town Emergency Operations director Bill Kearns says there are 50 miles of road in town and yesterday 40 miles were closed.VPR News
In Newfane, Vermonters Struggle To Get Home
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The old Vermont saying that ‘You can’t get there from here’ has taken on new meaning in the aftermath of tropical storm Irene. Washed-out roads, downed power lines and debris have left some people stranded, and unable to connect with friends and loved-ones.VPR News
Wilmington Isolated From Supplies
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Many communities remain without power or water more than a day after Irene caused widespread damage throughout the state.VPR News
Unsecured Propane Tanks Present Hazards
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The flooding across the state has caused many propane tanks to become unsecured.VPR News
FEMA Teams To Inspect Vermont Yankee
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After the deluge of rain from Irene on Sunday, many Vermonters worried that the safety of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant could be compromised. The plant has the same design as the Fukushima plant in Japan.VPR News
Emergency Bypass Under Construction On Route 4
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Central Vermont Public Service and the Agency of Transportation are building a new road in an effort to restore power.VPR News
Roads Re-Open But Travel Still Difficult
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A few roadways in Vermont have re-opened to traffic, but a large number are still closed, and the Vermont Agency of Transportation says Bennington and Windham counties are especially hard hit.VPR News
Emergency Management Faces Technical Challenges
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As many Vermont towns are reeling from Sunday’s devastating flooding, Vermont officials have been facing some of their own challenges. There have been numerous complaints that the state’s 511 service has not been giving updated information on road closures.VPR News
Shumlin To Tour State With FEMA Director
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Vermont officials are still in the process of assessing damage caused by Irene. Governor Peter Shumlin spent most of yesterday surveying hard-hit towns by helicopter. Speaking last night on Vermont Edition he said there are 11 towns that remain isolated due to severe flooding and washed out roads.VPR News
Officials Recommend Professional Clean-Up For Spilled Fuel Oil
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Vermont Emergency Management officials have been getting calls from people who have fuel oil in their flooded basements.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 30, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Bernard Haitink conducts Brahms and Shostakovich.Jazz with George Thomas
Charlie Parker, Dinah Washington, Community & Healing
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We celebrate the birthdays of Charlie Parker, composer, alto sax player and foremost bebop jazz player and vocalist Dinah Washington, both artists always drentched in the blues. The floods that devastated many Vermont towns are tragic but the outpouring of healing community support has been wonderful to observe.VPR News
Three Deaths Linked To Storm, One Person Missing
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There are now three confirmed deaths in Vermont as a result of the flash flooding, and one person is missing.VPR News
Vt. Officials Criticized Over Evacuations
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Gov. Peter Shumlin and Sen. Patrick Leahy rejected criticism voiced by some in the national media that Vermont was not aggressive enough about ordering evacuations. Shumlin and Leahy say it would not have helped to issue more extensive evacuation orders, because it was impossible to tell where flooding would be at its worst.Vermont Edition
Update Of Storm Devastation
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Governor Peter Shumlin, VPR’s John Dillon and Peter Coffey from Vermont Emergency Management provide an update on the effects of Tropical Storm Irene.VPR News
Montpelier Officials Use Facebook Updates During Storm
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The use of Facebook by Montpelier officials helped dispel a major rumor that was circulating around the Capital City on Sunday night.VPR News
Storm Leaves Vermonters Stranded And Cleaning Up
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Tropical Storm Irene not only washed out roads and bridges, it left hundreds of Vermonters cleaning up or simply trying to get home.VPR News
Grafton Down To Single Road Out Of Village
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The village of Grafton is one of the most isolated towns in Vermont right now. Town emergency operations chief Bill Kearns says the roads into town are impassable.VPR News
Updated List Of Road Closings
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The Vermont Agency of Transportation has been working throughout the night and continues today to assess road conditions along state infrastructure resulting from Hurricane Irene.Vermont Edition
Flooding And Damage Widespread In Irene’s Wake
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Much of Vermont is under water and thousands of customers are without power in the wake of Irene. Though Irene had been downgraded to a tropical storm when it came through yesterday, torrential rains caused rivers across the state to overflow their banks and inundate towns, particularly across Southern and Central Vermont.VPR News
Emergency Officials Concerned About State Office Complexes
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Emergency management officials are concerned about Waterbury, Montpelier and Rutland, not only because all three are significant population centers, but because they’re also locations of significant state office complexes.VPR News
280 Vermonters In Red Cross Shelters
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The Red Cross has opened 11 shelters across the state: Barre, Bennington Brattleboro, Bristol, Enosburg, Hartford, Middlebury, Rutland, St Albans, St. Johnsbury, and Springfield.VPR News
Power Restoration Could Take Weeks
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Across Vermont, tens of thousands of households are without power.VPR Classical Specials
VPR Classical Presents: Chandler Next Generation
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During the week of August 29th VPR Classical presented a back-to-school showcase of young musicians from the May 20, 2011 Next Generation concert. If you missed the performances you can hear them on VPR.net.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Chandler Next Generation Week
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Highlights of Chandler Center for the Arts’ Next Generation concert in May.VPR News
Transportation Secretary Says Road Damage Devastating
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Vermont’s roads are in rough shape this morning. 260 roads are closed and many bridges are completely gone. Vermont Transportation Secretary Brian Searles shares the latest with VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb.VPR News
Shumlin: “We’re Going To Be Digging Out For A Long Time”
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Governor Peter Shumlin says Vermont was prepared to handle Hurricane Irene but that the state needs time to assess the damage and asked Vermonters to stay put.VPR Series and Specials
Tropical Storm Irene
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VPR covers Tropical Storm Irene: the floods, the damage, and the rebuilding in Vermont.VPR News
Vermont Flooding Spares Few In Statewide Disaster
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Tropical Storm Irene washed into Vermont with torrential rains that spread floods from end of the state to the other. The storm dropped four to seven inches of rain in just a few hours and sent rivers raging through town after town. The scope of the devastation drew comparisons to the historic 1927 floods.VPR News
Brattleboro Officials Still Assessing Flood Damage
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In Brattleboro officials can’t say when people will be able to return to flood-damaged areas.VPR News
Officials Warn People To Stay Off Roads
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Vermont Transportation Agency officials will assess damages from flooding today.Nearly every major road across the state has had some kind of damage.VPR News
Shelters Open Around Vermont, Many Evacuated
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Vermont is beginning to access the damage from Hurricane Irene, which hit the state yesterday, causing widespread flooding.VPR News
Many Roads, Schools Closed After Widespread Flooding
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Vermont’s roadways have received widespread damage from flooding associated with Hurricane Irene.VPR News
Wilmington Reeling From Flood Damage
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The southern Vermont town of Wilmington is reeling from the flooding. Wilmington police and fire departments are both underwater and currently are being assisted by those agencies in Dover.VPR News
Nearly Every Major Vermont Highway Damaged
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Torrential rains from Tropical Storm Irene washed through the state and flooded towns from Brattleboro to St. Johnsbury.Young Writers Project On VPR
We Sit in the Middle of a Soul Pond
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This poem is based on a the meshing of a few memories, mostly regarding love and the peculiar places I’ve found myself this summer, but also of specific pinpoints of this season. I wrote this while watching fireworks at the edges of an enormous field.VPR News
State Reports 50,000 Without Power After Irene
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Vermont Emergency Management officials say about 50,000 homes and businesses were without power after the floods from Tropical Storm Irene. It could be days before it’s restored.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 29, 2011.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 31, 2011.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: 2011 BBC Proms
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From the 2011 BBC Proms – this concert creates a true French connection with no less than four audience favorites.VPR News
Threat To Marshfield Dam From Floodwaters Eases
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Green Mountain Power said its dam at the Marshfield Reservoir was threatened by rising floodwaters. The company said it might have to release water, which would have worsened flooding downstream along the Winooski River. But the threat passed with no release.VPR News
Irene’s Widespread Damage Compared to ’73, ’27 Floods
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The catastrophic flooding that Tropical Storm Irene swept across Vermont has been historic. Scott Whittier of the National Weather Service says the only floods that compare over the past century were 1973 and the monumental flood of 1927.VPR News
Catastrophic Floods From Irene Sweep Breadth Of Vermont
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Catastrophic floods swept Vermont from south to north on Sunday as Tropical Storm Irene dumped torrential rains. Bridges were swept away, roads washed out and dozens had to be rescued.VPR News
Irene Sweeps Flooding, Havoc Across Vermont
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Tropical Storm Irene has swept flooding and destruction across Vermont. One woman is missing and was last seen floating in the Deerfield River. As VPR’s Ross Sneyd reports, state officials say no one should be on the roads at this hour.All the Traditions
Jerry Lieber Lives !
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A preview of the always-wonderful New World Festival in Randolph on Labor Day weekend, musical journeys to Greece, Yugoslavia, and New Orleans, and a tribute to Jerry Lieber, one of the great lyricists of the 20th century.VPR News
I-91 And More Roads Closed Across State As Irene Rain Pours
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Dozens of roads across Vermont have closed because of flash flooding, including a stretch of I-91.VPR News
S. Vt. Evacuations Start, Roads Flood From Irene Rains
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Tropical storm Irene delivered the first of its one two punches in the form of heavy rains, which overspread our area this morning. Emergency management officials say roads are already flooded and evacuations are taking place in parts of the state.VPR News
Irene Road Flooding Begins; Emergency Crews Dispatched
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Vermont Emergency Management officials say swift water rescue teams are en route to Wilmington for reports of people needing to be rescued. Officials say water is over the road in the area of the intersection of Routes 9 and 100.VPR News
Rain Spreads Across Region As Irene Moves Closer
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Rain ahead of Hurricane Irene’s arrival in Vermont has been falling for several hours now and winds have begun to pick up. In Bennington County, there’s already been an inch-and-a-half to two inches and some Windham County towns have had a little bit less.VPR News
Red Cross And Town Storm Shelters Open
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Emergency shelters are available in communities across Vermont.My Place with Joel Najman
A Musical Profile Of Songwriter Mack David
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program presents an hour of the music of Songwriter Hall Of Fame member Mack David.The VPR Saturday Special
The State We’re In: Split-Seconds
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This week on The State We’re In:When Leah and her infant son learned there was no protection at the Hotel Rwanda, she made a split-second decision, and risked being killed outside the hotel.VPR News
Shumlin Declares State Of Emergency
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Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin declared a state of emergency on Saturday to ensure that the state is prepared as Hurricane Irene moves up the East Coast.A Passion For Opera
Umberto Giordano
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We celebrate the 1867 birthday of Umberto Giordano with excerpts from his two best-known operas, Andrea Chénier and Fedora. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.Saturday Matinee
Aïda
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Verdi’s Aïda is the first in a series of operas produced last season by the San Francisco Opera. Listen Saturday at 1:00pmJazz with George Thomas
Jimmy Rushing, Branford Marsalis, Lester Young, Kenny Drew
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Two blues soaked alumni from the Count Basie Orchestra, vocalist Jimmy Rushing and tenor saxophonist Lester Young, celebrate their birthdays this weekend along with bandleader, composer & multi-saxophonist Branford Marsalis and pianist Kenny Drew. We also hear Cole Porter’s "Get Out Of Town" done by Ella Fitzgerald.Vermont Garden Journal
Vermont Garden Journal: Sweet Potatoes
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Believe it or not, you can grow sweet potatoes in Vermont!VPR News
Residents Celebrate Major Step In Bridge Construction
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Hundreds of people gathered on Lake Champlain to watch the arrival of the final piece of steel of a new bridge that will soon re-connect Vermont and New York. Two years ago, the original bridge was suddenly closed because inspectors declared it unsafe.VPR News
Vt. Prepares As Hurricane Heads North
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Governor Peter Shumlin says Vermonters shouldn’t be complacent just because Irene will be weaker in northern New England. He says it’s important to get extra food and water, and prepare for possible power outages.VPR News
Education Chief Favors Longer School Year
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As the new school year begins in many parts of Vermont, Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca questions why the state continues to maintain "an outdated school calendar."VPR News
Yannick Murphy’s “The Call” Explores Rural New England
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A new book by Vermont author Yannick Murphy explores the life of a rural New England Family. The Call is narrated by a large-animal veterinarian.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Come on, Irene…
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Irene makes her way into the region this weekend, and we’ll hear some hurricane music this afternoon…stormy seas, winds, rain, the whole bit. Batten down the hatches, folks! And stay tuned to VPR throughout the weekend for updates on the storm.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: August 26, 2011
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These were some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Vermont Wind Project Update
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VPR Reporter John Dillon has been covering the topic of wind development in Vermont. He joins Bob Kinzel with an update.Vermont Edition
Back To School Issues
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Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca discusses the top school issues, VPR’s John Dillon provides the latest on wind power developments and we listen back to the voices in the news this week.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Something Borrowed…
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The 15th annual used instrument sale is happening tomorrow in Montpelier, with all proceeds benefiting the CVCM music scholarship fund. This morning I’ll talk with one of the organizers and let you know where you can drop off instruments for the sale.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: Ambiguous Ending
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All this week, we’ve been hearing a Sampler of recorded excerpts from this year’s Commentator Brunch. In response to the theme "Picture This," commentator Barrie Dunsmore recalled a dramatic and potentially dangerous moment – that ultimately ended in ambiguity.VPR News
Regional Report: Vt. Eyes Expanded Passenger Rail Options
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While there are many miles of rail in Vermont, passenger service is extremely limited. But that wasn’t always the case, once there were many passenger routes in Vermont, and some would like to see them return, including Governor Peter Shumlin who has made the return of rail service between Burlington and Montreal a priority.VPR News
Officials Ask Vermonters To Prepare For Hurricane Irene
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A variety of agencies and companies in Vermont are preparing for problems that Hurricane Irene is expected to cause over the weekend. Officials say there could be flash flooding, high winds and power outages as the hurricane moves up the Eastern seaboard. Red Cross: Hurricane ChecklistVPR News
Lake Champlain Bridge Arch Begins Rising Into Place
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There’s a big engineering project under way on southern Lake Champlain. The huge arch that will be at the center of the new Lake Champlain Bridge between West Addison and Crown Point is being installed today.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 26, 2011.In Concert @ 8
San Francisco Symphony
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Two monumental works anchor this evening’s program from Davies Hall in San Francisco.
Jazz with George Thomas
Wayne Shorter, Pat Martino, Charles Fambrough, Leonard Bernstein
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We celebrate four birthdays tonight, beginning with the important jazz composer, tenor & soprano sax player and bandleader Wayne Shorter; also guitarist & composer Pat Martino; bassist & composer Charles Fambrough; and composer Leonard Bernstein.Commentary Series
Guyon: Sliced Bread
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All this week we’re sampling recorded excerpts from the latest VPR Commentator Brunch. This year, the theme was "Picture This" so naturally, commentator Annie Guyon’s remarks were all about an incident in an art galleryVPR News
To Boost Sales, Lottery Turns To Vending Machines
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The Vermont Lottery is exploring a number of options to help boost interest in its games, because sales over the past few years have been relatively flat.VPR News
Amid Cuts, Sanders Moves To Safeguard Social Security
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Senator Bernie Sanders is proposing new legislation that he says will strengthen and preserve Social Security for the better part of this century.VPR News
Summer School: How To Be A Glass Blower
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As part of our Summer School series, we head to Charlotte, to a garage that’s been converted into a glass blowing studio, and learn the fine art of glass blowing.Vermont Edition
Hospital Budgets In An Age of Reform
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Vermont’s 14 hospitals have submitted their budgets for review, and the state has required they hold the line on revenue increases.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Leonard Bernstein’s Birthday
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Bernstein as composer and conductor.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
What A Blast!
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The whole show today isn’t about trumpets. (No, really!) But there are a couple of interesting pieces you may enjoy if your preferences run more toward the brassy back row of the orchestra.Commentary Series
Lange: Coming Home Naked
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VPR commentators share their thoughts on a common theme at an annual brunch every spring, which we record and sample later on the air. This year, we asked them to write on the theme, "Picture This." And that inspired commentator Willem Lange to describe a particularly colorful arrival home from a European holiday.VPR News
Fair Haven Opens Teen Center To Combat Substance Abuse
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According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Vermont leads the nation when it comes to teen drinking and marijuana use. Residents in one small town are coming together to provide their teens with an alternative.VPR News
Two Cranes Topple In Separate Incidents
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Vermont State Police say a roadway gave way beneath a 100,000-pound construction crane in Calais, causing it to topple into a ditch, trapping the driver.VPR News
VT To Seek Federal Education Rule Waiver
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The Vermont Department of Education is planning to ask the federal government for a waiver from being held to the achievement standards of the No Child Left Behind Act.VPR News
Colchester To Vote On Camp Purchase
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Colchester residents are going to decide whether the town should buy a 26-acre summer camp on Lake Champlain’s Malletts Bay from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington.VPR News
Thetford Teacher Wins National Honor
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A high school chemistry and physics teacher at Thetford Academy is one of 50 educators from around the country to have been selected for a special weeklong program on science, technology, engineering and math education.VPR News
Arch Lift Delayed Until Friday
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A plan to install the arch of the new Lake Champlain Bridge has been postponed until Friday.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 25, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Bernard Haitink leads an alternating Romantic and Classical concert this evening from Orchestra Hall in Chicago.(Photo: Todd Rosenberg)Jazz with George Thomas
Trombone Shorty, Latin, & Hurricane Jazz
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We celebrate New Orleans’ part in jazz with several selections from Trombone Shorty, trombonist, trumpeter, vocalist and force of nature, who is visiting Vermont this week. We hear another storm song with Herbie Hancock’s Eye Of The Hurricane and several Latin Jazz trumpeters, Jerry Gonzalez & Ray Vega.Commentary Series
Nadworny: Chicken Or Fish?
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This week we’re featuring a Sampler of some of the essays recorded live at the Commentator Brunch earlier this year. The theme – "Picture This" – reminded commentator Rich Nadworny that what you see isn’t always what you get.VPR News
No Gas Tax, No Road Projects
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The Shumlin Administration is bracing for the possibility that all highway construction projects in Vermont might have to be suspended this fall. Transportation officials say that’s what will happen if Congress fails to reauthorize the federal gasoline tax.VPR News
Protesters Call For More Solar, Fewer Wind Projects
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Protesters turned out on the Statehouse lawn on Wednesday to oppose a wind energy project in Lowell and others planned around the state. The critics of large-scale wind say solar power is the better way to meet Vermont’s energy needs.Vermont Edition
Casting A Look At The Conn. River
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Broadcasting from the banks of the Connecticut River at the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont, we look at the river’s history, health, geology, energy generation and recreational opportunities.VPR News
Reflections On The Connecticut River
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Richard Ewald, planning and development director for the Connecticut River Watershed Council, relays the history of Bellows Falls and the Connecticut River Valley.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Tchaikovsky’s Snow Maiden
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Tchaikovsky’s incidental music to The Snow Maiden, by Alexander Ostrovsky.VPR News
To Drop Health Costs, Vt. Towns Weigh New Plan
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As cities and towns across Vermont battle the rising cost of health insurance for their employees, the Vermont League of Cities and Towns is pushing a special program that’s supposed to help municipalities lower it.VPR News
No Serious Damage Reported In Vt. From Quake
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The earth shook across the region yesterday during yesterday’s earthquake, but it caused no serious damage in Vermont.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Suites For The Sweet
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This morning features several suites of different origins, including Dvorak’s "American" Suite, Gounod’s "Romeo & Juliette" Suite, and the opening of the "The Elements" suite by Jean-Fery Rebel.Commentary Series
Kittredge: Late Night Ride
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Every year we invite commentators to write on the same theme and share their essays at a brunch, which we record so we can feature a sampler of their efforts later on the air. This year the topic was "Picture This" and commentator Susan Cooke Kittredge offered a vivid account of a rather steamy, late night adventure.VPR News
VELCO Wants Condemnation Order To Build Mountaintop Tower
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The company that operates Vermont’s electric grid wants to use a mountaintop in Rutland County as part of a statewide communications network. Landowners, however, are resisting the plan, so the Vermont Electric Power Company now wants a condemnation order that would allow it to build the project over their objection.VPR News
Champlain Bridge Arch Lift Postponed Until Friday
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A plan to install the arch of the new Lake Champlain Bridge has been postponed until Friday. The nearly 2 million pound arch was scheduled to be floated down the lake and lifted into place Thursday. But with a forecast for bad weather, officials decided to hold off for a day.VPR News
Teenager Hurt In Accidental Shooting
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Vermont State Police say a 15-year-old boy shot and wounded his 14-year-old brother with a revolver they found in a remote cabin in the town of Eden.VPR News
Arson Suspect To Undergo Mental Evaluation
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A 28-year-old Milton man has been ordered to undergo a mental evaluation to determine if he is competent to stand trial on charges that he tried to set his parents’ home on fire while they were sleeping.VPR News
Truck Collison Closes Route 7 For Several Hours
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Police in Vermont say a head-on crash of two tractor-trailers owned by the same company closed Route 7 for several hours in Ferrisburgh.VPR News
New Website Highlights State Vendor Data
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A web site devoted to open government in Vermont is now live. VTTransparency.org is offering new information about the money the state spends to hire contractors.VPR News
EPA Sets Hearing On Ely Copper Mine
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Officials from the EPA will be in Vershire tomorrow for a public hearing on a cleanup plan for a hazardous waste site.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 24, 2011.In Concert @ 8
New York Philharmonic
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Ives, Mahler and Strauss are the featured musical voices in tonight’s concert with the New York Philharmonic.Jazz with George Thomas
Bobby Watson, Avery Sharpe
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We celebrate the birthdays of Bobby Watson, alto saxophonist, composer and Art Blakey’s band member and Avery Sharpe, bass player with McCoy Tyner for many years and bandleader & composer. We end with two contrasting piano trios lead by Sam Yahel and Jessica Williams.Commentary Series
McCallum: Driving School
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VPR commentators took on the theme, "Picture This" for the annual brunch this spring, and we’re featuring a recorded sampler of some of their thoughts this week. In this excerpt, commentator Mary McCallum recalled a truly memorable scene from her childhoodVPR News
Shumlin Pushes To Expand School Choice
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Governor Peter Shumlin says he wants to work to support legislation this winter that would expand public school choice opportunities at the high school level. But the plan will face stiff opposition at the Statehouse.VPR News
State Wants To Restore Passenger Rail Service To Montreal
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Vermont hopes to re-establish service to Montreal within three years. Part of the challenge is finding a way to screen people crossing the border.VPR News
D.C. Area Quake Shakes Northern New England
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The earthquake that shook the Washington, D.C., area Tuesday also rumbled through our region. A temblor rolled across northern New England and southern Quebec. Also: No Serious Damage In Vt. Comment: Did you feel the quake?VPR News
Earthquake Centered Near D.C. Rattles East Coast
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A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as Vermont, Rhode Island and New York City.VPR News
Skill And A Good Water Pistol Can Win The Prize
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Vermonters have been enjoying country fairs for more than a century. And they’ve also been winning (and losing) at carnival games.VPR News
Vaccines Still Engender Controversy
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with Mark Pendergrast, author of "Inside The Outbreaks" about the effectiveness and controversy of some vaccines.Vermont Edition
Where Symbolism Matters
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State symbols are the subject of grade school projects, tourism marketing and a bit of cynical derision. But dig into the stories behind official symbols, and they reveal our history, culture and economic values.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Soovin Kim Stops By
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Violinist Soovin Kim, Artistic Director of the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, stops by for a chat. Listen at 11:00am.Commentary Series
Shields: Locally Grown
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(HOST) This week we’re featuring a Sampler of some of the essays recorded live at the Commentator Brunch earlier this year. The theme – "Picture This" – inspired commentator Jeff Shields to describe – in some detail – a transition that turned out to be full of surprises.VPR News
New England Has Appetite For Power From Canada
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Canada has positioned itself to become a larger part of New England’s power equation. And questions have arisen about whether Vermont will be a pathway in the future to carry more Canadian power to markets in southern New England and New York. There’s an appetite for that power in Boston, Hartford and elsewhere.VPR News
Unemployment Numbers Show Some Job Creation
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There are signs in last week’s unemployment report that Vermont’s economic recovery may be stalling. But the numbers also hold good news.VPR News
Democrats Hire New Field Director
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Vermont Democrats have hired a new field director to help the party prepare for next year’s elections.VPR News
Dartmouth To Lead Genetics Research Project
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Scientists at the Dartmouth College Medical School are going to use an $11 million grant to work with their colleagues throughout northern New England to study the way genetics and the environment work together to trigger and prevent disease.VPR News
Feds Say Helicopter Crash Caused By Rope
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The National Transportation Safety Board says a Vermont helicopter crash that injured two people last year was caused by a rope getting tangled in the aircraft’s rotor blades.VPR News
Burlington Man Faces DUI For Hitting Pedestrian
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A Burlington man is facing drunken driving charges after police say he pinned a pedestrian against a parked car while he was trying to park, causing serious injuries.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 23, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Netherlands Radio Chamber Phil.
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Tonight’s live concert from the Concertgebouw features a varied program including Mozart, Sibelius, and Franz Berwald.Jazz with George Thomas
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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We begin tonight’s jazz show with a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in honor of the new King monument on the Mall in Washington, DC, the first of an Afro-American. Music to celebrate includes songs by Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and more.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: BBC Symphony from the 2011 Proms
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We’re going live to the BBC Proms tonight for another spectacular live concert!Commentary Series
Kunin: True Democracy
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For the annual Commentator Brunch this year, the theme was "Picture This" and we’re hearing recorded excerpts from that event all this week. Commentator Madeleine Kunin suggested what the world might look like – if more leaders were women.VPR News
Sanders Takes Budget Fight Across The Country
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Senator Bernie Sanders is playing a prominent national role to encourage liberal and progressive voters to get more actively involved in the budget decisions to be made by Congress this fall. His message is critical of Republicans, Democrats and President Obama.VPR News
Committee Tackles Public Records Exemptions
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A legislative committee has begun to review the long list of exemptions that currently exists to the state’s public records laws.VPR News
Coming To A Fair Near You: FEMA
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Vermonters heading to their local fair will find something new in addition to animals, carnival rides and fried dough. Federal Emergency Management officials will be on hand to offer information about rebuilding homes damaged by flooding.VPR News
Power Restored To Most Customers
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All but a handful of about 14,000 electric customers now have their power back, following a series of severe thunderstorms that rolled across Vermont Sunday.VPR News
Condos Makes Public Records Access A Priority
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During last year’s campaign season, Vermont voters heard a lot about government transparency, much of it from the candidates for Secretary of State. Jim Condos won that election, and one of his main concerns has been public records access.VPR News
Grant Allows Vermont To Preserve Historic Records
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Vermont is getting a big boost from the federal government as the state strengthens the way it manages court records. Archive officials say the court paperwork will be better organized and more accessible, and they expect that to help genealogists, historians and legal researchers.Vermont Edition
When Values Collide: Preserving Freedom And Fighting Racism
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What happens when a society believes strongly in two values — such as preserving freedom and fighting racism — but those two values conflict?VPR News
Vt. Air Guard To Begin Training Exercises
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The Vermont Air National Guard says there will be increased military flight operations from its Burlington International Airport base starting Tuesday.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Serkin, Szell and Mozart
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One of the greatest of piano concerto recordings.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Where Shall I Fly?
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Stephanie Blythe sings "Where Shall I Fly?" from Handel’s opera Hercules this morning, and we’ll enjoy recently written music from Randolph, VT native Nico Muhly.Commentary Series
Luskin: A Touching Reunion
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Today we begin sampling some of the essays recorded earlier this year at the VPR Commentator Brunch. The theme was, "Picture This" and commentator Deborah Lee Luskin invited the audience to imagine a moment of touching reunion.VPR Series and Specials
“Picture This…” A Commentators Sampler
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Hear selected commentaries from the 2011 VPR Commentators Brunch this week during Morning Edition and All Things Considered.VPR News
Rutland Split On Health Care Overhaul
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A survey released this month shows Vermonters only narrowly approve the state’s new law that moves Vermont toward a single-payer health care system. In Rutland County, a political bellwether, opinions are equally divided.VPR News
Killington Markets Indebted Golf Course
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Like the global economy, the global golf industry is in the rough. There are too many courses for too few golfers. That has hurt finances in Killington, the only town in Vermont that owns its own golf course.Young Writers Project On VPR
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Braeden Hughes, an incoming junior at Mount Mansfield Union High School, says that while writing this piece she was thinking about the universal emotions surrounding friendship, as well as an old friend of her own.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 22, 2011.All the Traditions
Oh Brother, Where Does The Time Go ?
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Celebrating the arrival of a deluxe anniversary edition of the "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?" movie soundtrack, the recording that almost singlehandedly laid the groundwork for the current "Americana" acoustic music renaissance. Also some kind thoughts about Scottish/Canadian singer Kirk MacGeachy, who left us for other musical dimensions five years ago this week.My Place with Joel Najman
A Musical Profile Of Guitarist, Songwriter And Record Producer Chips Moman
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program presents an hour of Chip Moman’s most famous and significant recordings.The VPR Saturday Special
Imagine Forgetting Who You Are
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What would you do if you suddenly forgot who you were?VPR Classical Specials
Central VT Chamber Music Festival Saturday Special
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Peter Fox Smith hosts a special program dedicated to conversation and live recordings from the annual Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival. Audio is now available online.Saturday Matinee
The Turn of the Screw
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Benjamin Britten’s disturbing opera, The Turn on the Screw, based on the Henry James short novel, is the final offering from the 2010 Los Angeles Opera season. Listen Saturday at 1:00pm.A Passion For Opera
Before Night Falls
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In the spotlight this afternoon is Before Night Falls by Vermont composer Jorge Martín. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.Jazz with George Thomas
Jimmy Rowles-Part 2, Frank Rosolino,Count Basie, Art Farmer
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We celebrate several birthdays including, pianist and composer Jimmy Rowles; trombonist Frank Rosolino; one of the royalty of jazz-Count Basie, bandleader, composer and pianist; and trumpeter Art Farmer. We also hear new releases by pianist Craig Taborn and alto saxophonist Donald Harrison.Vermont Garden Journal
The Perennial Hibiscus
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This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi shares tips for maintaining your perennial hibiscus.VPR News
Work Zone Accidents Jump This Summer
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Summer is the season for highway construction. And even though there aren’t any more road projects this year than usual, there has been a rise in work zone accidents.VPR News
Douglas Working To Change Divisiveness In Congress
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Former Governor Jim Douglas says he’s "profoundly disappointed" by the inability of both Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress to come together on a meaningful debt reduction plan.VPR News
State OKs Environmental Permits To Lowell Wind Project
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Environmental officials in Vermont say they’ve signed off on five environmental permits for the Kingdom Community Wind project in Lowell.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: August 19, 2011
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These were some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Analysis: Top Stories This Week
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VPR’s Bob Kinzel is joined by VPR’s news director Ross Sneyd to discuss some of the top news stories of the week, including the discovery of radioactive tritium in the Connecticut River, the Vermont Yankee lawsuit, and Governor Peter Shumlin’s trip to Canada to discuss bringing hydro power to Vermont.VPR News
Vt. Unemployment Climbs
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Vermont’s unemployment rate has climbed again. The state Department of Labor says the rate for July was 5.7 percent. That’s up two-tenths of a percentage point from July.Vermont Edition
Gov. Douglas Weighs In On The Economy And GOP Field
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Former Governor Jim Douglas thinks that politicians in Washington could learn something from Vermont about taking a bipartisan approach in severe economic times. We talk with Douglas about the current economic crisis, and get his thoughts on the Republican presidential field.VPR News
Bridge Arch Will Move Next Week
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Tentative plans have been announced for the center arch of the new Lake Champlain Bridge to begin its four-hour float to the bridge site next week.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival LIVE
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Cheryl Willoughby hosts musicians from the CVCMF in a live performance of music by Schubert and Glazunov. Audio is now available online.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
VT Composer Jorge MartÃn
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Music and conversation this morning with Vermont-based composer Jorge Martín.Commentary Series
Gilbert: Before 9/11
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As America prepares to observe the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, VPR commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert offers some historical context.VPR News
Regional Report: NY Denied Individual Flood Aid
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In the aftermath of spring flooding on Lake Champlain, FEMA awarded individual flood aid to Vermonters, but New Yorkers have been denied.VPR News
Pharmaceutical Companies Back Prescription Program
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Pharmaceutical companies are underwriting a new program in Vermont that they say will help uninsured and under-insured people who are struggling to pay for prescriptions.VPR News
Evidence Hearing Postponed In Brattleboro Shooting
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An evidence hearing for the man charged in the murder of his co-worker has been postponed to give his lawyer more time to prepare.VPR News
Judge Releases Man Who Threatened Reporters, Prosecutor
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A man incarcerated at psychiatric hospitals for 19 years is getting released. A judge approved the transfer of Mark Rouelle to a group home Thursday after a three-hour hearing that included testimony from a U.S. Bureau of Prisons psychiatrist and a forensic psychologist.VPR News
Rabies Vaccine To Be Distributed Among Wildlife
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Vermont’s rabies bait drop will start next week to prevent the spread of the disease among wildlife.VPR News
Website Created For Tenants, Landlords
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A new web site has been set up to provide Vermont tenants and landlords information about their rights and responsibilities.VPR News
Contractor Gets 30 Days For Violating Workers’ Compensation Laws
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The Vermont attorney general’s office says a Williston contractor has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for violating Vermont’s workers’ compensation laws.VPR News
Police Say Teens Involved In Sexting Ring
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Police say nearly two dozen teenagers were involved in a sexting ring in which students accessed indecent photos and videos of female classmates from a special email account.VPR News
New Hampshire Steps Up Tritium Testing Near VY
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New Hampshire public health officials say they’ll conduct additional testing of the Connecticut River in the wake of the discovery of radioactive tritium there.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 19, 2011.In Concert @ 8
San Francisco Symphony
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Mahler’s massive "Resurrection" Symphony #2 fill up tonight’s San Francisco Symphony program, with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas along with the SFS Chorus & soloists.Jazz with George Thomas
Otto Harbach, Adam Makowicz, Jimmy Rowles-Part 1
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We celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Otto Harbach ("Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," "Yesterdays"), the Polish pianist Adam Makowicz, who, like Billie Holiday, Count Basie and so many others, was discovered by John Hammond. We also begin a two part birthday celebration of pianist & composer Jimmy Rowles.Commentary Series
Nadworny: On Golden Parachutes
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Commentator Rich Nadworny was surprised by a Golden Parachute sighting in Vermont this summer – and he’s not talking about bird watching.VPR News
Shumlin Heads To Labrador To Discuss Hydro Power
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Gov. Peter Shumlin will travel to Labrador this weekend to speak with Canadian officials about bringing large amounts of electricity generated by their hydro dams to the New England region.VPR News
Quebec, Vt. Call For Flood Task Force
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Gov. Peter Shumlin and Quebec Premier Jean Charest are calling on the leaders of their respective countries to better prepare for future flooding along Lake Champlain and the Richelieu River.VPR News
Vermont Yankee Questions Tritium Findings
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Vermont Yankee disputes state test results that show radioactive tritium has been found on the banks of the Connecticut River. But some say the discovery of any tritium in the river is noteworthy. Earlier: Tritium Found In WellVPR News
Wildlife Officials Ask Public To Help Track Bats
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The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is asking for the public’s help in gauging the number of bat colonies remaining in Rutland County.VPR News
The Farm As A Gathering Place
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Bread and Butter Farm in Shelburne is working to make itself a community gathering spot as well as working farm.Vermont Edition
From Armenia to Zambia: Vermonters’ Experiences In The Peace Corps
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Vermont is teeming with returned Peace Corps volunteers, more per capita than any other state. As the Peace Corps celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, we hear the stories and experiences of Peace Corps volunteers.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Music Festival Of The Americas
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The 10th annual Music Festival of the Americas gets underway tonight in Stowe at the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center. This morning we’ll talk with conductor Alondra de la Parra about her work with the Festival, its young artists, and her own early training with conductor Kurt Masur.Commentary Series
Bernard: “The Help”
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Commentator Emily Bernard recently went to the movies – and the experience left her with decidedly mixed feelings.VPR News
House Speaker May Be Called To Testify In State, VY Lawsuit
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A trial is scheduled next month in Entergy Vermont Yankee’s lawsuit challenging the state’s authority over nuclear power. Among the witnesses who may be called to testify is Speaker of the House Shap Smith.VPR News
Vermont Firm Gets German Military Eyewear Contract
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A Vermont maker of specialized military eyewear is expanding its presence in Europe, with the announcement of a new contract to supply the German military with protective eyewear through 2013.VPR News
Feds Annouce Highway Funds For Vermont
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The state of Vermont is in line to get more than $4.2 million in federal highway grant money.VPR News
Constable Pleads Guilty In Road Rage Incident
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A former Vermont town constable has apologized for a drunken road rage incident in which he backed his car into another, chased another vehicle and attacked the driver of the second one.VPR News
Bennett, Former NH Publisher Dies
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Edward Bennett, a former newspaper editor and publisher in Claremont, N.H., has died. He was 86.VPR News
Reward To Be Announced For Information About Girl’s Death
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New Hampshire prosecutors are announcing a reward for information connecting to the suspicious death of an 11-year-old girl.VPR News
Champlain Bridge Celebration Postponed
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The organizers of a party to celebrate the re-opening of the Lake Champlain Bridge have postponed the festivities until May 2012.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 18, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Esa-Pekka Salonen is the guest conductor for this week’s CSO program, including a piece dedicated to him by his teacher, Franco Donatoni.Jazz with George Thomas
Ike Quebec, Duke Pearson
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We celebrate the birthdays of tenor saxophonist & composer Ike Quebec, who recorded for the iconic Blue Note label, as did pianist & arranger Duke Pearson. Quebec’s tenor sax adds to the work of Jimmy Smith, Grant Green and Sonny Clark. Pearson’s arranging skills are heard on Stanley Turrentine’s "Rough ‘N’ Tumble."Commentary Series
Lange: Stop Digging
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Commentator Willem Lange wonders how the nation got into such an economic mess, and suggests it might be time to consider some common-sense advice from the American humorist, Will Rogers.VPR News
Company Relocating To Manchester Is Involved In Tax Dispute
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The mattress manufacturing company that plans to relocate to Manchester is in a tax dispute with its current home in Hoosick, New York. Officials there say WCW Inc. owes more than a million dollars in unpaid taxes. But Manchester sees little cause for concern.VPR News
Leahy Calls For War Tax
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Senator Patrick Leahy is calling on members of the Congressional debt reduction super committee to include a war tax to pay for U.S. military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan in their final package. Leahy says the wars were never paid for and have cost the American people several trillions in additional debt.VPR News
State Says Tritium Found On Conn. River Shoreline
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Vermont Health officials say radioactive tritium has been detected for the first time on the shoreline of the Connecticut River near the Vermont Yankee plant.VPR News
Shumlin Officiates At Lesbian Wedding
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Making good on a campaign promise, Gov. Peter Shumlin married a lesbian couple Wednesday in a small ceremony in his office.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Youthful Exuberance
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Today we’ll hear the Piano Concerto #2 (which was actually the first one written) by Beethoven, and Mendelssohn’s youthful and brilliant Octet.VPR News
Summer School: How To Mix A Dunc’s Fizz
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VPR’s Patti Daniels recently sat at the oak and marble bar at Claire’s Restaurant in Hardwick to get a lesson in mixing the perfect summer cocktail – the "Dunc’s Fizz."VPR News
Dairy Lawsuit Payout Deadline Approaches
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Dairy farmers have one week left to decide if they’ll participate in a class action settlement with Dean Foods. The settlement stems from a lawsuit claiming that Dean Foods and two other entities colluded on setting the price that farmers are paid for milk.Vermont Edition
Communities Coping With Violence
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We look at the effect violent crime has on rural communities and how they can rebound, discuss how dairy farmers are deciding whether to accept money from a class action lawsuit and learn to make a refreshing seasonal cocktail.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Alondra de la Parra
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Alondra de la Parra conducts the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
A Duo Of Schuberts
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This morning’s music features two Schubert selections; a transcription of his song "Gretchen am Spinnrade", and his sadly beautiful "Notturno" Piano Trio in Eb.Commentary Series
Bleich: Racist Speech
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Commentator Erik Bleich is Professor of Political Science at Middlebury College. He’s recently written a book that examines the twin struggles of preserving Freedom and combating racism in the U.S. and Europe.VPR News
Author Presents Fictional Take On Marie Antoinette
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"Becoming Marie Antoinette" is historical fiction, but Juliet Grey-who’s also a part-time actress as well as part time resident of Vermont-has made sure that the facts of Marie Antoinette’s life are well documented along with the imagined portions of the novel.VPR News
Southwest Vermont Teachers Fail To Reach Contract Agreement
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Teachers and the school boards in the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union have failed to reach agreement on a labor contract raising the possibility that teachers could vote to strike.VPR News
Hartford Police Investigate Home Invasion
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Police in Hartford are continuing to investigate what they describe as a home invasion in the village of White River Junction.VPR News
Condos Appointed To National Heritage Panel
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Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos is taking a leadership role among his colleagues around the country on the issue of preservation of state artifacts.VPR News
Parade Set For Stanley Cup
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Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas-winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as this year’s Most Valuable Player in thepost-season, will bring some even more impressive hardware to Vermont-the Stanley Cup.VPR News
Longtime Champlain Valley Fair Boss Steps Down
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David Grimm plans to step down next year from his job as director of the Champlain Valley Exposition, in Essex, which got its start in 1922 as an agricultural fair.VPR News
Former Governors Take Aim At Partisanship
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Five people who’ve served as governor of Vermont are offering some advice to today’s political leaders.VPR News
Killington Town Manager Resigns
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Killington Town Manager Kathleen Ramsay’s resignation comes as the town is trying to bail out its municipally owned golf course, which is facing $5 million in debt.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 17, 2011.In Concert @ 8
New York Philharmonic
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Jeffrey Kahane conducts and plays three Mozart piano concertos.Jazz with George Thomas
Ned Washington, Mary Stallings, Bill Evans, Jim Webb, Maria Grever
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We celebrate several birthdays tonight, including lyricist Ned Washington (My Foolish Heart, The Nearness Of You, When You Wish Upon A Star), vocalist Mary Stallings, pianist Bill Evans in a variety of settings, songwriter Jim Webb and composer Maria Grever.Commentary Series
Ali: Presidential Parachutes
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Commentator and UVM Professor Saleem Ali has been thinking about the broader implications of the controversy regarding pay-scales for university executives in Vermont.VPR News
Vermont Looks To Strengthen Its Credit Rating
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State Treasurer Beth Pearce says Vermont could strengthen its Triple A rating on Wall Street if lawmakers support expanding the state’s Rainy Day Budget fund next year. The fund has a cash reserve that equals 5 percent of the entire state budget, or roughly $65 million.VPR News
Shumlin Orders Flags To Half-Staff For Navy SEAL
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Governor Peter Shumlin is ordering flags to half-staff in honor of a U.S. Navy SEAL who was among 30 troops killed 10 days ago in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Chief Petty Officer Brian Bill was a graduate of Norwich University, in Northfield.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Sleeping Beauties and Kissing Fairies
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We’ll hear highlights from Tchaikovsky’s "Sleeping Beauty" this afternoon, as well as the Divertimento from Igor Stravinsky’s "The Fairy’s Kiss."VPR News
Mattress Company Plans To Move To Manchester
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A New York company that makes mattresses for hotels and hospitals is moving its operations to Manchester. WCW Incorporated, which employs just over 100 people, is currently located in three buildings in Hoosick , New York. It also has a call center in Bennington.VPR News
Vermont’s School Funding Model Under Review
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When Act 60 was passed in 1997, it was meant to address disparities in school funding. But right from the beginning, it’s been controversial. Last month, a special legislative joint fiscal committee hired a California firm to conduct a study reviewing Vermont’s educational funding method.Vermont Edition
Combating “The Thin Months” In Coffee Growing Communities
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In coffee growing communities throughout Central and South America, the months between the end of one harvest and the beginning of another are often referred to as "los meses flacos" or "the thin months." This can be anywhere from three to eight months a year, when families don’t have enough food to go around.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Petrouchka & Catfish Row
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Stravinsky’s ballet Petrouchka and Gershwin’s suite from Porgy and Bess, Catfish Row.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
The Mighty Brahms 4th
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Brahms knew he had something special with his fourth (and final) symphony. After its premiere in 1885 he took the work on a 14-city European tour! The mighty work makes a stop on VPR Classical this morning, in a performance with Carlos Kleiber and the Vienna Symphony.Commentary Series
Luskin: Owning Grief
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For commentator Deborah Luskin, being a member of the Brattleboro Co-op has taken on new – and profound – meaning.VPR News
State Regulators Examine Utility Secrecy
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State regulators are taking a closer look at what kinds of information utilities should be allowed to keep secret. In recent years, power companies have opted not to reveal the price they’ve agreed to pay under certain power contracts. And the Public Service Board is asking whether this kind of secrecy is always justified.VPR News
Fisherman Cited For Taking Protected Fish
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A fisherman who caught a radio transmitter-equipped salmon from the Connecticut River has been nabbed after the biologists received a signal from dry land.VPR News
Air Guard Members Train In Norway
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Fifty members of the Vermont Air National Guard are in Norway this week and next on an exchange program.VPR News
Vermont Air Guard To Step Up Flight Operations
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Vermont Air National Guard officials say training operations will mean more planes and helicopters in the air over the Burlington area starting next week.VPR News
Banner, Reformer To Go Behind Pay Wall
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MediaNews Group is launching a pay wall for some content on the websites of 23 of its smaller newspapers in several states, including Vermont.VPR News
Investigation Continues Into Death At Little River
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Vermont State Police and Green Mountain Power continue to investigate the death of a fisherman downstream from a hydroelectric dam that was releasing water.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 16, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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A program of contemporary music by John Adams, Magnus Lindberg, and more.Jazz with George Thomas
Rainy Bluesy Jazz & New Releases
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We hear some rainy jazz including Sarah Vaughan’s version of "A Garden In The Rain" with backing from a large band led & arranged by Benny Carter and Luis Bonfa’s "Gentle Rain" done by Diana Krall on vocals and piano. We also hear rainy blues from Amos Milburn & Otis Spann.Commentary Series
Schubart: The Fine Art Of Flirting
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Seeking relief from the apocalyptic media debate about whether government is a benign or malignant force in our lives, commentator Bill Schubart chooses to reminisce about the lost of art of flirting.VPR News
Shumlin Will Oppose Soda Tax In 2012
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The Shumlin Administration will oppose a tax on soda and other sugar sweetened beverages during the 2012 Legislative session. Health commissioner Dr. Harry Chen says he’d support a federal tax on those products, but Chen says it would be a mistake for Vermont to go it alone on the issue.VPR News
Federal Gov’t To Increase Vt. Lamprey Control
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U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was in Vermont Monday, touting the economic impact of outdoor recreation and conservation.VPR News
Utility PlansTo Fund Clean Energy Projects
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The state’s largest electric utility wants to use an insurance rebate from Vermont Yankee to fund a number of clean-energy projects around the state. CVPS says the insurance payments stem from when it was a part owner of the nuclear plant.VPR News
Soggy Spring, Dry Summer Affects Vermont Crops
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This year’s wild weather swings, from a soggy spring to a scorched and dry summer have made life difficult for farmers and gardeners. Among the problems this season is late blight, a disease that has begun to appear on many farms.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Tchaikovsky’s Concert Fantasia
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Tchaikovsky wrote three piano concertos, only one of which is performed regularly. And then there’s the Concert Fantasia, a work for piano and orchestra that is almost never played. Stephen Hough played it live in concert in Minnesota in 2009, and we’ll hear that recording today.VPR News
St. Johnsbury Wants To Improve Downtown Hub
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St. Johnsbury officials would like to improve the town’s transportation hub. The Rural Community Transportation Corporation is asking for $300,000 in state transportation grants to improve the exterior of the Pomerleau Building.Vermont Edition
Myth, Hero, Legend: Ethan Allen’s Founding Legacy
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Ethan Allen is a towering figure in early Vermont history, and now his biography is told in the new book, “Ethan Allen: His Life and Times” by historian Willard Sterne Randall.VPR News
Townshend Seeks State Funds For Senior Center Expansion
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The town of Townshend is seeking state funds to expand a community-designed senior housing complex that proponents say will mostly benefit low-income tenants.VPR News
Bankruptcy Filings Drop Due To Apathy
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Reports from Wall Street have been bleak in recent days. So, news that bankruptcy filings were down compared to last year might appear to be some good news, but experts say the reasons behind the decline are troubling.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Pastoral Symphonies
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The Pastoral Symphonies of Beethoven and Vaughan Williams.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Lively On A Monday Morning
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We’ll get a little musical boost to start the week, from Rossini and Mozart and Percy Grainger.Commentary Series
Doane: Living With Risk
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Commentator Larry Doane is a US Army veteran with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. The recent shooting down of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan has reminded him of the risk that is part of life in the military.VPR News
Study Finds Meat Processing Bottleneck
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As interest in local food grows, some meat producers have said a lack of slaughterhouses is holding back their ability to expand. But a new study shows that existing facilities are not being used consistently throughout the year.Young Writers Project On VPR
The International Sign for Happiness is a C Major Chord
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Ruby McCafferty, an incoming Sophomore at Burlington High School, wrote this piece in anticipation for the 2011 Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, where she’ll be writing about the musicians and their performances. She writes about the power that music can have over emotions, and how mere words can become inadequate.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 15, 2011.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: 2011 BBC Proms
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Our summer in London continues this week with a piece from the dark & fiery side. It’s a little crazy and a lot intense. When I found out who was involved in creating this epic work (Dante, Liszt and Wagner) I just raised my eyebrows, nodded and said to myself "Well. That makes sense." Judge for yourself.All the Traditions
Hommage a Philippe Bruneau
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Dedicated to the memory of Philippe Bruneau, a famed Quebecois accordionist who died this week, and also a preview of next weekend’s Acoustic Music Festival in Peacham.My Place with Joel Najman
Songs About Automobiles
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Coinciding with the 54th annual Antique & Classic Car Show in Stowe, Vermont, Joel Najman’s My Place program this week presents an hour of popular songs dealing with America’s long running love affair with the Automobile.The VPR Saturday Special
New Saturday Special!
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VPR’s Saturday Special welcomes a new series produced by Radio Netherlands Worldwide. The State We’re In looks at relationships and the choices that define them. Whether it’s the relationship between a captive and a captor, or a blogger and the world-wide web community, "The State We’re In" offers new perspectives every week.A Passion For Opera
Verismo
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We begin an exploration of Verismo opera with examples from two of the most popular operas in the repertory: Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.VPR News
Tuckerman Ravine Trail Opens
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One of the most popular hiking trails in New Hampshire’s White Mountains is reopening after being closed for reconstruction.VPR News
Revolutionary War Re-enactors Due In Bennington
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The Bennington Battle Monument will come alive this weekend with Revolutionary War re-enactors.VPR News
Apparent Drowning At Little River State Park
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Vermont State Police say a man apparently drowned while fishing at Little River State Park.Saturday Matinee
Il Turco in Italia
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The Los Angeles Opera season continues with Il Turco in Italia by Rossini. Listen Saturday at 1:00pm.Vermont Garden Journal
Vermont Garden Journal: Pears
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This week, Charlie has some recommendations for hardy pear varieties that thrive in Zone 4.VPR News
Welch Says Public Pressure Might Force Budget Settlement
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Congressman Peter Welch thinks the budget stalemate in Congress could be broken if voters across the country demanded action from their elected officials. Welch is hoping that a special congressional budget committee will propose a package that includes budget cuts and tax increases.VPR News
Blue-Green Algae Bloom At Dangerous Levels On Lake
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On Lake Champlain, hot weather and pollution have triggered blooms of toxic blue-green algae. The blooms are a near-annual event. But this year, they’ve reached dangerous levels in Missisquoi Bay. The state Health Department says pets and people should stay out of the affected water. And a town in Quebec that uses the bay for its water supply says the water is no longer safe to drink.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Romie de Guise-Langlois plays Brahms at Marlboro
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Canadian clarinetist and frequent VPR Classical guest Romie de Guise-Langlois plays the Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115, by Johannes Brahms, in a performance from the 2006 Marlboro Music Festival.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: August 12, 2011
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These were some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Peter Welch On The Debt-Ceiling After Effects
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Congressman Peter Welch reflects on the recent debt-ceiling discussions and comments on the economic meltdown that followed.Vermont Edition
VT Doesn’t Get A Clean Bill Of Health
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Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Harry Chen looks at the key health issues facing the state, and Congressman Peter Welch reflects on the recent debt-ceiling discussions.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Bennington Chamber Music Conference
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Even as the Marlboro Music Festival is celebrating its 60th anniversary season, Vermont is the home of another music festival that’s now rounding out its 66th(!) season. This morning I’ll talk with Phillip Bush, Music Director of the Bennington Chamber Music Conference and Composer’s Forum in anticipation of their final concert tomorrow evening.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: No More Mr. Nice Guy
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In recent days, President Barack Obama has been taking almost as much heat from members of his own party, as from the Republicans. This morning commentator and veteran ABC News diplomatic correspondent looks at the significance of this trend.VPR News
Regional Report: St. Albans Wal-Mart Wins Court Case
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Vermont’s Supreme Court has cleared the way for construction of a Wal-Mart store in St. Albans, in a decision that puts an end to a contentious legal battle.VPR News
Rutland Considers Expanding Weekly Block Party
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Rutland will wrap up its fifth season of Friday Night Live block parties tonight, and good weather has helped boost this year’s attendance.VPR News
New Restoration Program Manager Appointed
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The head of the state Department of Environmental Conservation says he’s appointed a new manager for the state’s ecosystem restoration program.VPR News
Derby Considers New Senior Housing Development
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Town leaders in Derby say they like the idea of a new 32-unit senior housing facility proposed by a developer.VPR News
Sorrell Won’t Interfere With Decision Not To File BT Charges
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Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell doesn’t like the way Burlington city officials handled the finances of Burlington Telcom, but he says he won’t intervene in a prosecutor’s decision not to press criminal charges.VPR News
Man’s Family Appeals Ruling In Police Shooting Lawsuit
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The family of a mentally ill Vermont man shot to death by Vermont State Police troopers is asking a federal appeals court to order a wrongful death trial.VPR News
Teen Charged In Shooting Incident
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Vermont State Police say one teenager was injured and another is charged with shooting him after they took aim on each other with what they thought were unloaded guns.VPR News
Woodford Woman Charged With Assault On Troopers
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A Vermont driver is facing a battery of charges after police say she ran over a dog, fled the scene and then attacked two troopers who were arresting her.VPR News
Wildflower Inn Gets Extension For Lawsuit Response
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The owners of a Vermont inn have been granted an extension for replying to a lawsuit filed by a lesbian couple who said the inn refused to host their wedding reception.VPR News
Investigations Await Toxicology Results In Girl’s Death
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New Hampshire investigators hope to have lab results from toxicology tests within two weeks, potentially shedding light on how an 11-year-old girl died.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 12, 2011.In Concert @ 8
San Francisco Symphony
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Live from Davies Symphony Hall, it’s a program of Mozart and Bruckner for tonight’s live concert broadcast.VPR Presents
VPR Presents Henry Paulson
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Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson speaks at Dartmouth College about the lessons of the financial crisis and analyzes the current economy.Commentary Series
McQuiston: Home Economics 101
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With turmoil on Wall Street and gridlock in Washington, commentator Tim McQuiston is wondering what to expect on the economic front here at home.VPR News
As Solar Farms Grow, Debate Ensues
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Vermont is home to an increasing number of solar farms. In addition to providing electricity, they’re fueling a debate over whether solar power is a good deal for ratepayers and taxpayers.VPR News
Human Services Promises To Resolve Backlog Problem
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Vermont Legal Aid is pressing the Agency of Human Services to reduce a backlog in investigations of reports of abuse of elderly and vulnerable adults. The cases range from physical abuse to financial exploitation.The agency hopes to eliminate the backlog by January and prevent future ones by filling open staff positions.VPR News
Copper Theft In Middlebury Follows Growing Statewide Trend
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In Middlebury, authorities are looking into a copper theft from a construction site over the weekend. The incident comes as the state of Vermont is seeing a rash of copper thefts.VPR News
Racine Explains Backlog In Adult Abuse Cases
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Agency Of Human Services Secretary Doug Racine responds to reports of a serious backlog in state investigations of reported cases of elder abuse.Vermont Edition
Going Solar: Boom or Bust?
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As solar power projects in Vermont ramp, some are questioning the economics of the technology, saying its a bad deal for both ratepayers and taxpayers.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Month: Haydn
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Franz Joseph Haydn’s "Gypsy rondo" Piano Trio ends with a big ol’ Hungarian style finale. We’ll hear an exciting performance of it from the 1998 Marlboro Music Festival this morning, along with a set of songs by Johannes Brahms, who had a lifelong fascination with Hungarian music.Commentary Series
Greene: Simple Notions
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As commerce practices adapt to satisfy new demands, commentator Stephanie Greene has been reflecting on some of the ways we’ve met our basic needs in the past.VPR News
Google Comes To Town To Help Small Businesses Get Online
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The world-wide Internet giant is in Vermont to launch a new program designed to help small business owners get a website, find customers, and grow their business.VPR News
Shumlin Hopes To Keep Progressive Support
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Governor Peter Shumlin meets with Vermont’s Progressive leaders this weekend to help strengthen his relationship with the party, and to keep their support in the 2012 election.VPR News
VT Holds Canada Goose Hunt
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Vermont has set this fall’s Canada goose hunting season. The statewide open hunting season will run from Sept. 6th-25th.VPR News
Bennington Firm Gets Funds To Develop Greener Cars
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The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $2.5 million contract to a Bennington company for development of new technologies for vehicles.VPR News
Arson Suspected In Williamstown Fire
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Vermont State Police fire investigators say a blaze that gutted a youth sports concession stand and bathroom building in Williamstown was intentionally set.VPR News
Suspect Pleads Not Guilty In Co-op Shooting
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A Marlboro man is pleading not guilty to charges that he shot and killed a former supervisor at the Brattleboro Food Co-op.VPR News
NRC Says Entergy Must Make Decommissioning Payment
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant must make a scheduled $40 million payment to the plant’s decommissioning fund despite a 20-year federal license extension given to the Vernon reactor.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 11, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Tonight’s Chicago Symphony live performance features a program of Brahms and Ravel with conductor Myung-Whun Chung.Commentary Series
Henningsen: Goodbye Old Paint
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In our busy, acquisitive lives, material things tend to come and go, but commentator Vic Henningsen has been thinking about how sometimes – we get attached anyway.VPR News
Preparing To Remember 9/11
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Next month marks the 10th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. In Manchester, town officials are already making preparations to commemorate 9/11.VPR News
Widower Of Vt Sheriff Takes Job Held By Late Wife
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Sgt. Ray Allen, a 20-year-veteran of the Grand Isle Sheriff’s Department, was sworn in as sheriff Wednesday, succeeding his late wife, Sheriff Connie Allen, who took her own life last month.VPR News
UVM Trustees Say No Policies Broken In Kahn-Fogel Case
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The University of Vermont Board of Trustees says employee morale suffered because of a relationship between the former president’s wife and a senior UVM official. Trustees found no laws or university policies were violated by the association between Rachel Kahn Fogel and Michael Schultz, an associate vice president for development.VPR News
Summer School: How To Sail A 420
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This edition of Summer School takes us out onto Lake Champlain to learn to sail 420s, small, fast boats with two sails popular with sailors of all skill levels.VPR News
Agency Of Human Services Clears One Backlog, Struggles With Another
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The Agency of Human Services has been struggling in recent months to keep up with some of its assigned responsibilities, including processing economic benefit applications and investigating cases of abuse in elderly and vulnerable Vermonters.Vermont Edition
Connecting With Horses Through Riding, Competing And Therapy
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Summer is the time for horse lovers in Vermont. There are big show jumping and dressage events around the state this month, and the weather is prime for riding. Horse lovers: what draws you to the animals, and to the sport? NPR: Wild Horses Get Too Close To CompanyClassical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Month: Beethoven
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You may know Beethoven’s Op. 11 better as the "Gassenhauer" Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano. In this morning’s 2008 live performance from the Marlboro Music Festival we’ll hear a clarinet substituting for the violin, giving the piece a very different character.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Scrag Mountain Music
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VPR Classical talks with one of Vermont’s newest music ensembles, Scrag Mountain Music.Commentary Series
Labun Jordan: Innovation Cultivation
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As Vermont works to cultivate creative capital, commentator Helen Labun Jordan has a simple suggestion for how we can encourage the innovator in all of us.VPR News
Vermont Bucks The Trend On Credit Ratings
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Standard & Poor’s historic downgrading of the U.S. credit rating rippled shock waves all over the globe, but here in Vermont the waters are, for the moment, quite a bit calmer.VPR News
Shumlin Lays Out Education Agenda
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Gov. Peter Shumlin says he wants Vermont to be one of the first states in the country to be granted a waiver from the assessment mandates of the federal "No Child Left Behind" law. The waiver plan is only part of the governor’s education agenda for the coming year.VPR News
Brattleboro Co-op Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
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A Vermont man has pleaded not guilty to charges he shot and killed a former supervisor at the Brattleboro Food Co-op.VPR News
Shumlin To Announce Grants For Red Cross
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Gov. Peter Shumlin is joining with American Red Cross officials to announce new grant funding aimed at helping its Vermont-New Hampshire chapter meet the needs of disabled clients.VPR News
Welch Participates In Energy Audit
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Congressman Peter Welch is getting an up-close look at energy efficiency issues.VPR News
Sutton To Elect Town Clerk, Treasurer
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Voters in Sutton are going to the polls to elect – separately – a town clerk and a town treasurer.VPR News
Lyndonville Man Charged With Trying To Push Woman Out Of Car
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Police in St. Johnsbury say a man has been charged with domestic assault after allegedly trying to push the mother of his child out of a moving car.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 10, 2011.In Concert @ 8
New York Philharmonic
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Nathan Gunn joins conductor Alan Gilbert for tonight’s concert featuring Copland and Mahler.Commentary Series
Delaney: Québec
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When it comes to summer travel "close to home," commentator Dennis Delaney likes to set his compass for points North.VPR News
NEK Wind Project Clears Another Hurdle
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Green Mountain Power has cleared more hurdles in its effort to build a large wind energy project on a Northeast Kingdom ridgeline. The latest step involves wetlands on Lowell Mountain.VPR News
Shumlin Will Seek Waiver For ‘No Child Left Behind’
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Governor Peter Shumlin wants Vermont to seek a waiver from parts of the federal No Child Left Behind Act that he says aren’t working for the state. To get the waiver, states must agree to a number of education reforms.VPR News
Mayor, City Council Split On Lockheed Deal
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In Burlington, the mayor and City Council are divided over a resolution that outlines new standards for climate-change partnerships.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Soovin plays Schubert at Marlboro
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Soovin Kim, David Soyer, and Mistuko Uchida star in a marvelous performance of Schubert’s Eb Major Piano Trio in a 2008 performance from Marlboro.VPR Classical Specials
Marlboro Conversation Highlights
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VPR Classical presents highlights of conversations with individuals whose work has made the 60th anniversary of the Marlboro Music Festival possible.(PHOTO: Dorothea von Haeften)VPR News
Attack Victim Shares Lessons Learned
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A Vermont woman who was brutally attacked four years ago by her estranged husband has begun to speak to groups about her experience, which left burns over 80 percent of her body.VPR News
One Dead, One In Custody After Brattleboro Shooting
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Vermont police say one person is dead and another in custody following a shooting at the Brattleboro Co-op.Vermont Edition
Teaching To The Career
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We look at how colleges have adapted their curricula to the changing demands of the work place, and a woman who was brutally attacked by her estranged husband with lye now speaks to groups about her experience.Commentary Series
Averyt: Mid-Summer Majesty
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Even though she can see a little autumn yellow on the apple tree, commentator Anne Averyt says there is still a lot of summer to celebrate in the Green Mountains.VPR News
Rockingham Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening President
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A Rockingham man has been sentenced to time served after admitting he threatened to kill President Barack Obama.VPR News
Cass Remembered In Words, Song
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About 300 friends, acquaintances and family members packed into a steamy school gymnasium Monday night, toasting Celina Cass’ memory in words, song and poetry.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 9, 2011.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Month: Barber
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Matthew Arnold’s darkly evocative Victorian poem "Dover Beach" has inspired cultural references in everything from Ray Bradbury’s "Farenheit 451" to Joseph Heller’s "Catch-22". It inspired Samuel Barber too, and in 1931 he created a musical setting of the poem. This morning we’ll hear Barber’s "Dover Beach" in a live performance from last year’s Marlboro Music Festival.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Rotterdam Philharmonic
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Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and violinist Simone Lamsma join the Rotterdam Philharmonic for this evening’s live concert broadcast from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.Jazz with George Thomas
Benny Carter, Hard Times
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We celebrate a jazz great tonight – Benny Carter, alto sax player, arranger, composer and band leader. We hear him in the company of Coleman Hawkins and Dizzy Gillespie. We also note the falling stock market with T-Bone Walker’s "Stormy Monday" and Andy Bey’s version of "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime."In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
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We’ve been back and forth across the English Channel this summer, between two of Europe’s most prestigious festivals: the BBC Proms and Lucerne. Making the leap with us this time, and settling along the blue waters of Lake Lucerne, is a wonderful British band that has a very special touch with the music of the late Romantics.VPR News
Burlington City Council To Vote On Standards For Lockheed Deal
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Advocates say Burlington needs to set some limits on a partnership that the city administration wants to enter with the military contractor Lockheed Martin.Commentary Series
Moats: A Funny Story
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Recently, commentator David Moats decided to revisit a classic of western literature. And this time, he approached it not as great art – but as great entertainment.VPR News
Vilaseca Welcomes Changes To ‘No Child Left Behind’
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Vermont ‘s Education Commissioner is pleased that the Obama administration is moving to eliminate a key part of "No Child Left Behind", because he says the law is a "one size fits all" approach to education that doesn’t work.VPR News
Husband To Succeed Former Vt. Sheriff
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Deputy Grand Isle County Sheriff Ray Allen has been chosen to succeed his wife as sheriff. The county Democratic party made the announcement on Monday.VPR News
Norwich University Mourns Death Of Navy SEAL
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A Norwich University graduate and Navy SEAL was among the 30 American troops who died when their helicopter was shot down over Afghanistan. Brian Bill was one of the nearly two dozen SEALS aboard the helicopter.VPR News
Global Captive Insurance Industry Meets In Vermont
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The world’s largest annual captive insurance industry conference gets underway in Burlington this week. Vermont is one of the leading global markets for captive insurance — a way for companies to self insure against predictable risks.VPR News
Vt. Towns Worried Over Downgraded U.S. Credit
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Some Vermont towns say their confidence in an economic recovery has been undermined by the downgrading of U.S. credit.VPR News
President Obama To Make Statement
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VPR will carry live coverage of President Obama’s statement at 1:00pm. The President is expected to address the downgrading of US credit and the helicopter crash in Afghanistan this last week.VPR News
Test Flights Of Unmanned Drones To Begin Over Adirondacks
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Earlier this year, the New York Air National Guard announced it would be conducting surveillance training missions with unmanned drones over the Adirondack Mountains.Vermont Edition
Demystifying One Of Vermont’s Major Industries: Captive Insurance
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Vermont has more captive insurance companies than any other state in the country. But this multi-million dollar industry for the state is not very widely understood.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Music: Strauss
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Richard Strauss sure loved his wind instruments. The indelible result of being the son of an excellent Horn player? …Probably. This morning’s Marlboro Month feature piece is the Strauss Serenade in Eb for 13 Winds, in an exciting – breezy! – live performance from the 2009 Festival.Commentary Series
Craven: Change At The Movies
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During hot weather, filmmaker and commentator Jay Craven finds himself indulging in the summer pleasures of swimming holes – and air-conditioned movie theaters.VPR News
Vermont Yankee Reported Strontium 90 Releases To NRC
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Associated Press reporter Dave Gram dug a little further into reports of Strontium 90 at Vermont Yankee and found that the nuclear power plant had reported strontium 90 releases to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in three annual reports.VPR News
Middlebury Students Build Solar Decathlon House
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A team of Middlebury College students has been working for two years to design and build an affordable and innovative solar powered house.VPR News
Vermont May Lose Millions Under Debt Ceiling Bill
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Although the specific details won’t be known for several months, it appears likely that Vermont will lose tens of millions of dollars in federal funds in the coming decade.The future budget cuts are a part of the new debt ceiling legislation.VPR News
Fire Destroys Lodge At Snow Valley Ski Area
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Fire officials are investigating a suspicious blaze that destroyed a ski lodge at a defunct Vermont ski area.VPR News
Stowe Readies For Antique Car Show
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Antique car enthusiasts from around the northeastern United States and eastern Canada are getting ready for an annual summer event in Stowe.VPR News
Captive Insurance Professionals Gather In Burlington
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Captive insurance professionals from throughout the U.S. and around the world are gathering in Burlington this week for the world’s largest captive insurance conference.VPR News
Putney Woman’s Handcycle Stolen Mid-Training
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Friends and supporters of a Vermont woman who had her handcycle stolen last week are raising funds to replace the $8,000 machine so she can resume training for next year’s USA Paracycling National Championships.VPR News
Legally Blind Law Student Wins Case
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Deanna Jones of Middlesex sued the National Conference of Bar Examiners in July, accusing it of violating the Americans With Disabilities Act. The examiners would not let her take a legal ethics exam with software she’s used for reading in college and in law school.VPR News
Couple Thrown Overboard On Maidstone Lake
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A New Hampshire couple had to be rescued when they were thrown overboard after their 16-foot motor boat hit a large wave on Lake Maidstone in Vermont.VPR News
Event To Honor Life Of NH Girl
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A celebration honoring the life of an 11-year-old northern New Hampshire girl is planned at a Vermont school.Young Writers Project On VPR
Watch Your Feet
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Georgia Parke, a Junior at Stowe High School, completed this piece while attending the Vermont Governor’s Institute on the Arts. Inspired by the prompt "Perhaps it was the clams…" Georgia combined her irrational fear of the ocean with ideas of conformity and, conversely, standing out in the crowd.VPR News
President Obama To Make Statement
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VPR will carry live coverage of President Obama’s statement at 1:00pm. The President is expected to address the downgrading of US credit and the helicopter crash in Afghanistan this last week.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 8, 2011.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Brahms from Marlboro
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Today we’ll hear a 2008 performance of the G Major String Quintet, Op. 111, by Johannes Brahms.All the Traditions
Who Knows Where The Time Goes ?
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Previews of a number of fine local music festivals, a trip to Mali with stops in French Canada and the Left Bank of Paris, with some marvelous new releases thrown in for good measure !My Place with Joel Najman
A Musical Profile Of Singer/Songwriter Toni Wine
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program spotlights the music of Toni Wine, who pioneered the role of women in the contemporary music industry during the Rock era’s earliest and most exciting years.The VPR Saturday Special
Rubin Carter’s Hurricane
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Bob Dylan’s song "Hurricane" made Rubin Carter an American legend. On this week’s Saturday Special, hear the true story of the prize fighter who was falsely convicted of murder in Carter’s own words.A Passion For Opera
Russian Opera
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A brief survey of 19th century Russian opera includes music by Glinka, Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.Saturday Matinee
Rigoletto
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The Los Angeles Opera presents Verdi’s masterpiece Rigoletto conducted by James Conlon. Listen Saturday at 1:00pm.Jazz with George Thomas
Abbey Lincoln, Charlie Haden, Rahsaan Roland Kirk
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Some of my favorite jazz musicians celebrate their birthdays this weekend: vocalist & composer Abbey Lincoln, bassist Charlie Haden, trumpeter Idrees Sulieman and the multi-instrumentalist, circular breathing, force-of-nature Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Bright Moments.Vermont Garden Journal
Vermont Garden Journal: Planting for a Fall Harvest
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When you want fresh vegetables through the fall, you’ll want to plant now. Charlie also explains why it’s good to be merciless in the mid-summer garden on this week’s Vermont Garden Journal.VPR News
Dairy Support Programs Could Take A Hit In Budget Reductions
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At a time of great uncertainty and political turmoil over the federal budget, the U.S. Agriculture Undersecretary says one thing is certain: everyone will take a hit, including dairy farmers.VPR News
Vermont High Court Rules For Long-stalled Wal-Mart
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The Vermont Supreme Court has given a green light to a long-stalled Wal-Mart planned for St. Albans. The court rejected an appeal by the Vermont Natural Resources Council, which had long opposed the store, saying it would bring in too much secondary development.VPR News
State Steps Up Energy Efficiency, Albeit Slowly
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Vermont utility regulators have approved a three-year budget for the statewide energy efficiency utility program that calls for gradual growth and increases electric rates in each of those years by less than 1 percent.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Soovin on Marlboro
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We’ll hear today from violinist Soovin Kim about his experiences at Marlboro – and you may be surprised at what he has to say. Also, a 2004 recording from the festival, featuring Soovin playing 1st Violin in Maurice Ravel’s String Quartet.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: August 5, 2010
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These were some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
The Political Wrangling Behind The Debt Ceiling Vote
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Retired Middlebury College Political Science Professor Eric Davis discusses the politics of the Vermont delegation’s vote on the debt ceiling bill.VPR News
Biotech Company To Open In Newport With 200 Jobs
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A South Korean biotechnology company has announced that it will open a new factory in Newport and create 200 jobs. The company is AnC Bio and it manufactures medical equipment, including artificial organs.Vermont Edition
Vermont Reacts To The Debt Ceiling Agreement
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We get the local reaction to Washington’s debt ceiling plan, and Eric Davis discusses the politics of the Vermont delegation’s vote on the bill.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Month: Stravinsky
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Is it a concerto, or a domestic residence? The answer is: both. We’ll find out why and listen to Igor Stravinsky’s "Dumbarton Oaks" in a live performance this morning as part of our ongoing Marlboro Month, celebrating the 60th anniversary season of the Marlboro Music Festival.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Opera North: Pamela Pantos
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VPR Classical talks with Pamela Pantos, Executive Director of Opera North, about the big plans for the company’s 30th anniversary season next year.VPR News
Regional Report: Single-Payer Opponents, Democrats Face Off
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A recent spate of emails from opponents of a single-payer health care plan for Vermont, and the state Democratic Party, got testy-and drew one of the state’s major health care providers into the fray.VPR News
Vermont One Of Few States To Comply With Federal Health Care Act
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According to a new study, Vermont is one of a handful of states that have complied with the first key requirement of the new federal health care law.The requirement calls for the creation of ‘health care exchanges’ that are designed to act as a marketplace for health insurance policies beginning in 2014.VPR News
Police Expand Search For Missing Essex Couple
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Vermont authorities have expanded their search for an Essex couple missing since early June.VPR News
Judge Approves Dean Foods’ Settlement With Farmers
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A Vermont judge has granted final approval to a settlement that would require dairy processor Dean Foods Co. to pay more than 9,000 Northeast farmers and their attorneys $30 million to settle antitrust allegations.VPR News
Shumlin Criticized Over Remarks On Connecticut River Fish
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Some Vermont Republicans are criticizing Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin for saying he wouldn’t eat fish caught in the Connecticut River near the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.VPR News
Report Says VY Had Past Radioactive Releases
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Vermont Yankee nuclear plant officials insists there’s no evidence linking it to radioactive strontium-90 found in fish samples taken in 2010 from the nearby Connecticut River.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 5, 2011.
Jazz with George Thomas
Louis Armstrong, Eugene McDaniels
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We celebrate the biggest jazz birthday of all – trumpeter & vocalist Louis Armstrong. For years Louis said his birthday was July 4th, 1900, a perfect date, but wrong. We also note the passing of Eugene McDaniels, his lyrics of "Compared To What" were a major hit in 1969 for Les McCann & Eddie Harris.Commentary Series
Harrington: Green Beans
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Vermont’s vegetable growers provide an increasingly important source of local food. Commentator Elaine Harrington considers some agricultural history while picking beans from her garden.VPR News
Rutland, Lebanon Airports Spared From FAA Dispute
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Airports in Rutland and West Lebanon, New Hampshire, both benefit from a federal subsidy program that’s been the subject of a bitter dispute in Washington over the past two weeks. The quarrel has been temporarily resolved. And the airline that serves both communities says their service is strong and growing.VPR News
Compromise In Hand To Reopen FAA
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Congress has reached a bipartisan compromise to end the two-week partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration.VPR News
Newport Weighs Benefits Of Metered Water System
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The City of Newport has begun to debate again whether to install a metered water system. Proponents say meters would even out the cost of clean water for all residents.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Taking the Marlboro Stage for the First Time
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Today we’ll hear form cellist Brook Speltz about the first time he performed publicly at Marlboro. He’ll take the stage twice in this weekend’s concerts, and we’ll hear a preview of those, plus a 2008 performance of one of Mozart’s string quintets.VPR News
Postcard From Runaway Pond, Glover
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In our ongoing series of town postcards, we visit the Northeast Kingdom community of Glover.VPR News
The Artistry And History Of Crafting A Bagpipe
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VPR’s Steve Zind talks with longtime bagpipe maker Michael MacHarg of South Royalton about the artistry and history of his craft.VPR News
Vermont Bans New Designer Drug
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The Shumlin administration has banned a new designer drug that’s referred to as "bath salts." It’s sold in drug stores, and carries a disclaimer that it’s not appropriate for human consumption. But the bath salts can be snorted, injected or mixed with foods or drinks and cause a variety of symptoms that include suicidal impulses.Vermont Edition
Instead Of A Vacation, What About A Staycation? Vermont-Style
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From swimming holes to hiking trails, boating spots to summer festivals, Vermont is full of great places to get away, whether for an afternoon, a weekend, or longer. What are your favorite staycation spots in Vermont?Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Month: Dvorak
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Antonin Dvorak’s music appears frequently on the Marlboro Music Festival’s public concerts – that’s partly because it’s so listenable, and also because it has so much to teach performers. This morning’s "Marlboro Month" feature piece is the Dvorak Piano Quartet #2 in Eb, Op. 87.VPR News
St. Johnsbury Players Celebrate 75 Years With “Lost In Yonkers”
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Seventy-five years ago, a group of amateur thespians gathered in St. Johnsbury to start a community theater that is still going strong today.VPR News
Salmon Weighs Options For 2012 Election
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State Auditor Tom Salmon says he wants to play a key role in the debate over Vermont’s future in the 2012 elections. As part of that plan, Salmon says it’s likely that he’ll run for governor or the U.S. Senate next year.VPR News
Sentencing Delayed For Ira Town Clerk
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The sentencing of the former Ira town treasurer who has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $300,000 from his community is being delayed.VPR News
VT Sets Up New Public Records Web Site
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Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos has announced the creation of a new page on his office’s web site devoted to the history of Vermont’s public records law.VPR News
VT Tops In Youth Alcohol Use
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A new federal report says Vermont leads the nation in the rate of young people who drink alcohol and is second in the country for youthful marijuana use.VPR News
Police Arrest Pair In Vehicle Shooting
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Vermont State Police have made an arrest in a suspected drug-related shooting in Hinesburg.VPR News
Autopsy Shows Man Struck By Boat
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Vermont State Police say an autopsy has determined that a Ferrisburgh man who fell overboard into Lake Champlain died after being struck by the boat.VPR News
GMP Seeks 3.2 Percent Rate Increase
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Vermont’s second-largest power company – which could soon be the state’s largest – is seeking a 3.2 percent rate increase.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 4, 2011.
Commentary Series
Luskin: Technical Failure
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Commentator Deborah Lee Luskin has recently experienced the shining power of community entertainment – even when the power fails.VPR News
Shumlin, Health Commissioner Differ On Fish Threat
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Governor Peter Shumlin and the state health commissioner offered differing views on Wednesday about eating fish caught near the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. The governor’s comments came as the state launched an aggressive monitoring and testing program to pinpoint the source of radioactive material found in fish in the Connecticut River.VPR News
Fletcher Allen CEO Says Health Care Cost Is Biggest Challenge
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The outgoing CEO of Fletcher Allen Health Care says figuring out how to pay for health care without diminishing service is the biggest challenge.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Music from the Marlboro Dining Hall
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We’ll hear a 2006 performance of Antonin Dvorak’s "Dumky" Trio from the Marlboro Dining Hall. The performance was not open to the public, only Marlboro participants and their close friends.VPR News
Summer School: How To Call An Auction
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm stops by auctioneer Tom Broughton’s Bridport barn to learn the art of auctioneering for this week’s Summer School episode.VPR News
Vermont Law School Ends Military Recruiting Ban
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Vermont Law School Dean Jeff Shields talks with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about why the school has reopened its campus to military recruiters.VPR News
Cabot Cheese Curtails Cow Hormone Claims
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Cabot Cheese has agreed to scale-back claims about whether its dairy farmers use an artificially produced hormone on their cows to produce more milk.Vermont Edition
Hospital Looks Toward Next Transition
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Fletcher Allen Health Care was rocked by financial scandal less than a decade ago, and as it emerged from that cloud Dr. Melinda Estes was named CEO. After eight years, she steps down this month and we look back on how FAHC has changed during her tenure.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Month: Copland
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VPR Classical’s celebration of the Marlboro Music Festival’s 60th anniversary season continues today! We’re going to hear a a live Festival performance from July, 2006 of Aaron Copland’s classic ballet about an Amish barn-raising: it’s "Appalachian Spring" in its original version for 13 instruments.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 3, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Recent Jazz On Piano
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We hear recent & classic recordings of Jazz on piano, including Thelonious Monk’s "Bright Mississippi," Monk with Sonny Rollins on "More Than You Know," New Orleans’ Professor Longhair, Allen Toussaint and The Piano Prince of New Orleans – James Booker.Commentary Series
Kittredge: My Cloud
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Cloud computing got a boost last month when Steve Jobs featured iCloud at the World Wide Developers Conference; but, as Susan Cooke Kittredge observes, it’s a perplexing concept to some.VPR News
State Says Effects Of Federal Budget Cuts Are Months Away
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There are more questions than answers about how budget cuts in the new federal debt ceiling law are going to affect the state of Vermont. Because the legislation sets target budget goals rather than identifying specific program cuts, the state’s budget commissioner says it could be months before the state has a clear picture of what the impact will be.VPR News
Vergennes To Conduct Wage Study Of City Employees
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At a time when cities and towns across the country are looking more closely at their finances, Vermont’s smallest city is studying how its employees’ wages compare to other communities.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Marlboro Month: Debussy’s String Quartet
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Today, a recording from the 2008 Marlboro Music Festival of Claude Debussy’s only string quartet. Also, Mendelssohn’s "Italian" Symphony, and piano works of Dvorak and Amy Beach.VPR News
Health Department Says Strontium-90 Found In Conn. River Fish
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The Vermont Health Department says the radioactive substance strontium-90 has been detected in the flesh of a fish north of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.VPR News
Poetry Presented Out Loud
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Claude Mumbere, Vermont’s reigning Poetry Out Loud champion, delivers a recitation at the VPR studio in Colchester.VPR News
Choosing Vermont’s Next Justice
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Vermont will get a new Supreme Court justice in the coming year as Denise Johnson steps down. Vermont Law School Professor Cheryl Hanna explains the process of choosing the next justice, the timeline and some possible nominees.Vermont Edition
The New Geography: Fold Up The Map, Get Out The GIS
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We look at geography in the 21st century and careers in the field, pending justice appointments in Vermont and hear from the state’s reigning Poetry Out Loud champion.VPR News
CVPS Buys Readsboro Electric Department
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The state’s largest electric utility has completed its purchase of one of the smallest.VPR News
Missing NH Girl’s Body Found In River; Autopsy Set
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Investigators hope an autopsy set for Tuesday on an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl will shed light on her disappearance and death.VPR News
Vermont Falling Short On Energy Efficiency Goal
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Vermont is not on track to reach the goal of making 25 percent of its homes more energy efficient by 2020. And a new report suggests that it’s not lack of funding that’s kept people from making the investment.VPR News
Shelburne Museum Gets $96,000 In Grants
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Shelburne Museum is getting a boost from a fund set up to help museums through the economic downturn, as well as a smaller grant to install some new touch-screen technology.VPR News
Forest Service Issues Firewood Cutting Permits
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U.S. Forest Service officials in Vermont are reminding the public they can purchase firewood permits should they be interested in gathering wood from the forest for the heating season.VPR News
Police Seek Suspects In Westford Robbery
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Police are looking for several suspects who broke into a Westford store and stole hundreds of dollars worth of cigarettes and alcohol.VPR News
Missing NH Girl’s Body Found In River Near Home
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Authorities say the body of an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl who disappeared nearly a week ago has been found in a river less than half a mile from her home.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 2, 2011.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Month: Mozart
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Watercolors, Snow maidens, and Parachutes all make appearances in this morning’s music. And we’ll hear a live 2005 performance for the morning Marlboro Month feature as we continue to celebrate the prestigious Festival’s 60th anniversary season.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Daniel Harding conducts Mahler and more.Jazz with George Thomas
Jazz Piano Players
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We hear some of the best jazz piano players, solo, trio and band: Dan Tepfer Trio, Jaki Byard solo, Ahmad Jamal Trio, Gerald Clayton in Ambrose Akinmusire’s band, Taylor Eigsti with vocalist Gretchen Parlato and John Lewis with The Modern Jazz Quartet.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: 2011 BBC Proms
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This week we’re in jolly old England for the first of our series of concerts from the 2011 BBC Proms. For this special night the epic Má vlast is performed at the Proms for the first time in its entirety.Commentary Series
Gilbert: Jesse Owens
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Exactly seventy-five years ago today Adolf Hitler personally welcomed the world to the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Perhaps what we remember most about those games is an African-American athlete named Jesse Owens. Here’s commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert with the story.VPR News
Vermont Delegation Split On Debt-Ceiling
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Vermont’s congressional delegation are rarely divided over key legislation, but the debt ceiling debate in Washington has split them.VPR News
CVPS Signs Deals For 20 Percent Of Its Power Needs
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Central Vermont Public Service has signed two new power supply contracts. The company says the deals will fill a gap that will develop when a contract with Vermont Yankee ends.VPR News
Female Body Found At Dam Near Missing Girl’s Home
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Investigators searching for an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl missing for almost a week found a female’s body, but authorities didn’t immediately identify it, a Vermont prosecutor said Monday.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Singing at Marlboro
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The vocal performances at Marlboro are just as captivating as those that are purely instrumental. We’ll hear a magnificent performance of Schumann’s "Dichterliebe" cycle this afternoon from last summer’s Festival.VPR News
UVM Interim President To Work On Top Initiatives
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Interim president John Bramley plans to work on key initiatives during his one-year tenure at the helm of UVM.Vermont Edition
The Changing Face Of Vermont’s Villages
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Shuttered general stores, looming post office closings, population shifts and economic factors are changing the character of Vermont’s villages and raising the question of what makes a community a community. Commentary: General Stores In VermontVPR News
Breyer Speaks At Calvin Coolidge Center
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer says for much of the nation’s history it wasn’t clear that Supreme Court decisions would actually be followed.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Month: Schubert
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Yesterday afternoon’s weekly concert at the Marlboro Music Festival opened with Franz Schubert’s lilting song, "Auf Dem strom" – "On the River". We’ll hear that same song in this morning’s music, featuring a live recording from one of last season’s concerts at the Festival.VPR News
As Borders Closes, Book Sellers Say Business Is Changing
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Soon there be only one place in Vermont’s largest city to buy books. The Borders bookstore is going out of business. The nationwide chain is also closing stores in Plattsburgh, Lebanon, and Keene.VPR News
Victim Of Lye Attack To Speak About Her Experience
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Carmen Tarleton of East Thetford was burned over 80 percent of her body when she was attacked by her estranged husband, who poured industrial strength lye on her.VPR News
Vermont Sheriffs Under Increasing Stress
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As cities and towns look for ways to cut spending to the bone, the head of the Vermont Sheriff’s Association says he and his colleagues are under an unprecedented amount of stress because they’re losing contracts that keep their operations vital.VPR News
Burke Mountain Installs Wind Turbine
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The Burke Mountain ski resort in northern Vermont has installed a wind turbine it hopes will generate 15 to 20 percent of the mountain’s energy needs.VPR News
New Store Specializes In Sustainable Energy
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A former snowboard store is now a sustainable energy retail store that offers the state’s first electric vehicle charging station.VPR News
New Visitors Center Planned For Manchester
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Officials in Manchester are making plans for a new visitors center to welcome tourists to the area.VPR News
Vermont Hospital Budget Hearings Set
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Vermont state officials will be looking this week to get the public’s views on the budgets of their local hospitals.VPR News
Two Men Charged With Killing Bellows Falls Woman
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The two men charged with killing a Bellows Falls woman are due to make their first appearances in a Brattleboro courtroom.Young Writers Project On VPR
Luna (and Hagrid)
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This week’s featured piece is by Abby Rampone, a sophomore at Fair Haven Union High School. She begins by writing about the impact that the Harry Potter books have had on her as a writer, reader, and as someone who has learned valuable lessons from the series. She ends her piece with a reflection on the film, concluding that even though the series is finished, the characters will live on with her.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for August 1, 2011.VPR News
Text Of Obama’s Remarks On Debt-Ceiling Deal
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Text of President Barack Obama’s remarks on the debt-ceiling deal with congressional leaders, provided by the White House.All the Traditions
A Farewell to July, and A Tribute to Bill Morrissey
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A preview of the Piper’s Gathering, a wild bagpipe festival coming to Burlington this weekend, and a special dedication to Bill Morrissey, a fine musician who died this week while touring.My Place with Joel Najman
A Mixed Bag Of Early Pop And Rock&Roll
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program is a mixed bag of early pop and rock&roll music. The "Bronx" sound of Dion DiMucci, The Belmonts and the Del-Satins begin the program, followed by a celebration of rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson’s first concert appearance in Vermont in her 50-plus year singing career. Joel also looks ahead to a performance in September of the surviving members of Frankie Lymon’s Teenagers at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Massachusetts.VPR Presents
VPR Presents Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
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VPR Presents Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who spoke recently about the importance of understanding how the judiciary works, if the courts are to effectively protect unpopular individuals and ideas.The VPR Saturday Special
The Promised Land: Voices from the Gulf Coast
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Wilma Subra may look like your neighborhood granny, but she’s a serious scientist. On this episode of The Promised Land, we see how Wilma’s been educating communities and defending ecosystems in the Gulf Coast.A Passion For Opera
Opera North
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We preview the forthcoming Opera North productions of Le nozze di Figaro and La Cenerentola.Saturday Matinee
Le Nozze Di Figaro
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Placido Domingo conducts Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro in a performance last season at the Los Angeles Opera, part of "The Saturday Matinee", Saturdays at 1pm on VPR Classical.Jazz with George Thomas
Charlie Christian, Kenny Burrell
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We focus tonight on two great jazz guitarists’ birthdays, first that of pioneering electric guitarist Charlie Christian, who worked for a few short years with Benny Goodman. Then a disciple of Charlie Christian, guitarist Kenny Burrell, who played with almost everyone who recorded for the legendary Blue Note label.Vermont Garden Journal
Vermont Garden Journal: Flowering Shrubs
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This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi surveys some options for flowering shrubs!VPR News
Sanders Backs Obama Using Constitutional Provision To Raise Debt-Ceiling
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Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is siding with Democrats in Congress to oppose debt ceiling legislation put forth by Republican House Speaker John Boehner.VPR News
Utilities, Police Warn Copper Thieves
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Law enforcement and utility companies are warning thieves that they are putting their own lives at risk when they steal copper to sell it as scrap metal.VPR News
Vt. Delegation Opposes USPS Plan To Close Branches
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Vermont’s three members of Congressional are opposing plans by the U.S. Postal Service to close 3,600 post office branches across the country, including 14 in Vermont. Earlier: Vt. Post Offices May CloseVPR News
Vermont Finance Officials Brace For Federal Debt Default
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Vermont’s finance commissioner says the state has enough money in its reserve accounts to handle any short-term crisis.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Another Windy Day at Marlboro
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Last week we heard Beethoven’s Octet for Winds. Today we’ll hear another Wind Octet by another German, Carl Reinecke, in a performance from the final weekend of the 2010 Marlboro Music Festival.VPR News
Mount Anthony School Administrators Say No To Pajamas
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Students at Bennington’s Mount Anthony Union High have been put on notice that pajamas and slippers are not acceptable school attire.Vermont Edition
Bugs And The People Who Love Them
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Butterflies are starting to show off their colors, cicadas, grasshoppers and crickets have struck up their noisy symphony and the horse flies and deer flies are doing what they do. We get the latest on the world of entomology. Slideshow: Listener Insect PhotographsVPR News
Isle La Motte Moves Welcome Sign To Higher Ground
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The Town of Isle La Mott has decided to move its welcome sign to higher ground after record flooding this spring. This year during the flood the sign was submerged and water covered most of it.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Month: Brahms
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As our second week celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Marlboro Music Festival comes to an end, we’ll hear a beautifully performed and produced recording of the Brahms Horn Trio from their 2005 season.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: Accountability
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The Congress is still apparently deadlocked on the issue of raising America’s debit limit, leaving open the real possibility that next week this country will default on its financial obligations at home and abroad. Barrie Dunsmore looks at the role of the news media in this dispute.VPR News
Regional Report: Restaurant Prices Rising In Montpelier
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Dining out is costing folks a little more in Montpelier these days. For our Regional Report this week we’re taking a look at rising food prices and the ripple effect on restaurants, cafes and other eateries in Vermont’s Capital City.VPR News
“Do-It-Yourselfers” Search For Salvaged Materials
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It’s sad to see old buildings topple, decay, or get auctioned off. But some of those floorboards and faucets get a second chance at life in salvage houses, where "do-it-yourself" types find alternatives to big box building materials.VPR News
Wildlife Officials Launch Turkey Brood Survey
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The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is launching its annual online wild turkey brood survey, and it’s asking for input from the public.VPR News
Derby Cemetery Seeks Grant To Shore Up Sagging Bank
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Town officials in Derby are applying for a grant to help pay for work needed to shore up a sagging section of the Derby Line Cemetery.VPR News
Military Eyewear Maker Expands Into Helmets
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Essex Junction-based Revision’s Soldier Systems division has won a $2 million, three-year contract to support the design, development and demonstration of the U.S. Army’s next-generation head protection gear.VPR News
Bennington Bypass Leg May Open Earlier Than Expected
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The northern section of the Bennington Bypass may be open by year’s end, but a welcome center planned for the site is coming more slowly.VPR News
Permit Approved For Newport Housing Development
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An environmental panel has given the go-ahead to a Vermont developer planning to build 21 new multi-family residences in Newport.VPR News
Sanders Hails Obama Emissions Agreement
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Sen. Bernie Sanders is hailing an agreement to be announced between the Obama administration and U.S. automakers that will increase the average fuel economy of American cars to 54 mpg by 2025.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 29, 2011
Jazz with George Thomas
Fran Landesman & New Releases
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We note the passing on July 23rd of Fran Landesman whose best known lyrics are: "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" and "Ballad Of The Sad Young Man." The new releases heard tonight include, Karrin Allyson’s ‘Round Midnight," "Balloons" by Kenny Werner and Gerald Clayton’s "Bond."Commentary Series
Killacky: Equine Kevin Bacon
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Commentator John Killacky has discovered an essential inter-connectedness in the world of small horses that is also found in many facets of our Vermont lives.VPR News
Welch Drafts Debt Ceiling Back-Up Plan
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Congressman Peter Welch is characterizing a debt ceiling bill he’s introduced as a backup plan in case there’s no agreement on a Republican measure.VPR News
Privacy Issues Raised By Smart Grid Technology
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The technology promises greater efficiency because consumers and utilities can collect information on how much power a household is using at certain times of day, but some say it violates privacy rights.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Burlington Ensemble at All Souls
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Michael Dabroski, co-founder of Burlington Ensemble, joins VPR Classical’s Joe Goetz live in studio for a chat about the group’s two concerts at All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne.VPR News
Dems Suggest Vt. Widower For Grand Isle Sheriff
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The Grand Isle Democratic Party is recommending that Governor Peter Shumlin appoint the husband of the late sheriff to the now-vacant post in Grand Isle. Earlier: Sheriff’s Camp Continues, Despite Loss Of LeaderVermont Edition
Clock Ticks, Debt Talks Grind On
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The stalemate and posturing over the debt ceiling have gone on for months, but now it’s down to the wire. Congressman Peter Welch discusses the latest from Washington on the debt ceiling and budget crisis.
Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Month: Bach
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Something funny happened at the beginning of the Bach performance at the 1999 Marlboro Music Festival. You’ll be able to hear the results in this morning’s live performance of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #3.Commentary Series
McCallum: Historic Investment
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The current debate about the future of Social Security has reminded commentator Mary McCallum of how one Vermonter achieved national fame – and a truly historic rate of return on an investment.VPR News
Photographer Captures Marlboro Music Festival
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The Marlboro Music Festival has been delighting classical music fans for 60 years, and for many of those decades photographer Clemens Kalischer has been documenting the celebrated musicians on the school’s campus.VPR News
Vernon Plans For Uncertain Future
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In Vernon, these are uncertain times. The town stands to lose half its tax base — and much more — if the state wins its court battle to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant this spring. Most of Vernon hopes the plant will stay open. But the town has little say in that, or any of the looming decisions certain to affect its future.VPR News
In Killington, Searching For A Golf Course Consultant
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The town of Killington has a job opening for a golf course consultant. The Killington select board is searching for a marketing specialist to help it manage Green Mountain National Golf Course, which is struggling to pay off its debt.VPR News
VT Issues 455 Moose Hunting Permits
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An annual lottery of Vermont moose hunting permits has produced 455 winners out of more than 12,600 applicants.VPR News
Open Records Committee Looks For Guidance
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A panel established by Vermont lawmakers to take a critical look at the exemptions contained in the state’s public records law says it wants some help from the House and Senate Judiciary committees.VPR News
New Solar Power Project Goes Online
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A signal sent from an iPhone brought the last of 382 solar trackers into position perpendicular with the sun and marked the commissioning of what developers say is the largest solar installation in Vermont and the largest installation of its kind in North America.VPR News
Shumlin Disagrees With Sanders On Obama Primary Challenge
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Gov. Peter Shumlin says he disagrees with Sen. Bernie Sanders’ call for someone to challenge President Obama from the left in next year’s Democratic primaries.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 28, 2011
Jazz with George Thomas
Delfeayo Marsalis, Joe Locke, Arturo O’Farrill
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Happy Birthday to the trombonist of that famous New Orleans family – Delfeayo Marsalis. Coming to our area in the next few days are The Joe Locke Quartet with the hot, young guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg and pianist, composer and bandleader Arturo O’Farril.In Concert @ 8
Yellow Barn And Marlboro Festivals
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Enjoy a visit to two of New England’s longest-running and most respected music school/festivals: Yellow Barn in Putney and the Marlboro Music Festival. Listen Wednesday as VPR Classical’s Cheryl Willoughby co-hosts this very special "In Concert @ 8".VPR News
Animal Advocates Call For Stricter Anti-Breeding Laws
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Humane society agents in Vermont are calling for stricter legislation regulating large-scale breeders, a day after the Vermont State Police rescued dozens of malnourished dogs from a home in Bakersfield. Earlier: Humane Societies Take Lead On Animal AbuseCommentary Series
Ali: Reflections on Norway
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Following the tragic events in Norway, commentator and UVM Professor Saleem Ali has been reflecting on the assumptions we make about terrorist acts as they happen.VPR News
Feds Say Vt. Spent Stimulus Funds Well
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The Shumlin Administration says the federal government gave the state high marks for how it used stimulus funds on energy projects. Vermont got about $31 million to reduce energy consumption and develop renewable resources.VPR News
UVM Faculty Union Frustrated By Fogel’s Pay Package
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Faculty at the University of Vermont are fuming over a pay package offered to the school’s outgoing president. The faculty union at UVM says it’s "profoundly disappointed" by the size of the compensation package given to Daniel Fogel. Earlier: After Big Improvements, UVM Faces Budget Shortfall Also: UVM Appoints Interim PresidentClassical Music with Joe Goetz
Erno Dohnanyi’s Birthday – From Marlboro!
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This afternoon we’ll celebrate the birthday of Erno Dohnanyi with a performance of his Piano Quintet, Op. 26, from the 2001 Marlboro Music Festival.Vermont Edition
Vermont’s Solid Waste Makes A Long Journey To Landfills
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Vermont’s landfills are few, and some of what we throw away is now trucked out of state. We look at how solid waste is handled, and efforts to divert more of away from landfills.VPR News
Summer School: Building A Sand Castle
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A Summer School lesson in a beach tradition: building an elaborate sand castle.VPR News
Analysis: Unemployment Services and DHMC Lawsuit
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New Hampshire officials have raised concerns about the closing of state agency offices in the Lebanon area and Dartmouth Hitchcock joins a lawsuit against the state. John Gregg of the Valley News discusses these stories with Jane Lindholm.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Month: Chausson
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This morning’s "Marlboro Month" feature comes from August 8th, 2009 – the lyrical and lovely "Chanson perpetuelle" by Ernest Chausson.Commentary Series
Kunin: On Compromise
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Former Vermont governor and commentator Madeleine Kunin worries that our inability to resolve the budget crisis and reach agreement on the debt ceiling may reveal a breakdown in the workings of Democracy itself.VPR News
Humane Societies Take Lead On Animal Abuse, Reluctantly
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Vermont’s Agriculture Agency has long been responsible for investigating cases of suspected animal abuse or neglect on farms. But due to staff shortages and organizational reshuffling, the agency now tells people who call with allegations of abuse to contact their local humane society or law enforcement first. Comment: Is animal control an issue in your town?VPR News
Route 2 Road Work To Resume
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A hotly debated road construction project through Danville resumes this week, nearly two weeks after state officials called a halt to it.VPR News
First Meeting Set For Open Records Panel
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A panel established by Vermont lawmakers to take a critical look at the exemptions contained in the state’s public records law is having its first meeting.VPR News
Vermont Warns Landlords About Lead Paint
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Vermont’s attorney general is cracking down on landlords whose rental housing isn’t in compliance with the state’s lead law.VPR News
Sanders, Leahy Push Community Supported Farms
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Community supported agriculture has been growing in Vermont and elsewhere, and now the state’s two U.S. senators are hoping to give it a boost from Washington.VPR News
Vermont Electric Approves $12M Transmission Upgrade
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Members of the Vermont Electric Cooperative are saying yes to a $12 million transmission line upgrade linked with a wind farm project in Lowell.VPR News
Judge Rejects Independent Candidate Challenge
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A Vermont judge has rejected a court challenge by a former congressional candidate who sued after the state moved up the filing deadlines for independent candidates.VPR News
54 Malnourished Dogs Taken From Bakersfield Home
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Authorities say dozens of malnourished dogs were found at a woman’s home in Bakersfield.VPR News
Body Of Boat Accident Victim Pulled From Lake
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Vermont State Police say a body pulled from Lake Champlain has been positively identified as that of a boater who disappeared after an accident on Saturday.VPR News
Commission Gets $1.25 Million For Border Development
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The Northern Border Regional Commission has announced a new round of funding for economically strapped Canadian border regions of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 27, 2011Classical Music with Walter Parker
Killington Music Festival Live
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Musicians from the Killington Music Festival perform live; plus today’s Marlboro Music Festival selection: Schumann’s String Quartet in A.Jazz with George Thomas
Charlie Persip, Joanne Brackeen, Frank Foster
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We note with sadness the passing today of Frank Foster, arranger, composer, flute player and tenor saxophonist with the Count Basie Orchestra for many years beginning in 1953. We also celebrate the birthdays of drummer Charlie Persip and pianoist Joanne Brackeen.
Commentary Series
Lange; Out Of Touch
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The Deficit Debate in Washington has driven commentator Willem Lange to take some serious action… he’s going camping.VPR News
Regulators Won’t Approve GMP Permits Before August
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State officials say Green Mountain Power will not get the environmental permits it needs to start work August 1st on its Lowell Mountain wind project because their permit review cannot be rushed by the utility company’s construction deadline.VPR News
Vt Counties To Receive Federal Funding For Flood Repair
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The federal government has committed to helping communities in three Vermont counties repair damage from this spring’s floods.VPR News
VEC Members Go To The Polls For Transmission Line Vote
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In Johnson, members of the Vermont Electric Cooperative can vote Tuesday on a controversial transmission line proposal.VPR News
14 Post Offices In Vermont Villages Could Close
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The U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday it will review 3,700 retail locations across the country for closure, including 14 in Vermont. Comment: Is your post office on the chopping block?Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Alicia de Larrocha Plays Unusual Works
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Today we’ll hear the great Alicia de Larrocha play rarely-heard works for piano and orchestra by Turina and Faure. And today’s Marlboro Music Festival feature brings us back to 2005 for a performance of Mendelssohn’s D Minor Piano Trio.VPR News
Author Henderson Remains Fascinated With Vermont
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Growing up in Florida, Eleanor Henderson was drawn to the dark snowy expanses of northern New England. That fascination continues in her debut novel, Ten Thousand Saints, set in the 1980s in Vermont and New York City.VPR News
Vt. Police Recover Body Thought To Be Lost Boater
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Vermont State Police say they have recovered a body in Lake Champlain and they believe it is that of a man who fell out of a boat off Ferrisburgh and disappeared.VPR News
Memorial Honors Burlington Business Leader
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A memorial service was held Monday for a longtime Burlington business executive who became a leading environmental regulator. Duncan Brown died late last week at his home in Shelburne. He was 90.Vermont Edition
Get On Your Bike And Ride, Competitively
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We peek into the world of competitive cycling, talk with author Eleanor Henderson about her debut novel and sort through our listener mailbag.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Mahler’s 5th
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The Symphony No. 5 of Gustav Mahler plus today’s Marlboro selection: the Sextet of Erno Dohnanyi from last summer’s Festival.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Month: Barber
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For a summer morning: Samuel Barber’s "Summer Music", in a live performance from the 2004 Marlboro Music Festival.Commentary Series
Kleppner: Deficit Debate
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The acrimonious negotiations in Washington over the debt ceiling have caused commentator Bram Kleppner to look a little more deeply into the sources of the federal deficit. He was surprised by what he found.VPR News
Hartford Residents Want Independent Police Oversight
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Three times over the past year, police in the town of Hartford have been accused of using unnecessary force in investigating an alleged crime. The chief defends his officers. But some in town want independent oversight of police.VPR News
Hayes Court Residents Want To Stay
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Some residents of a public housing complex in West Brattleboro are up in arms about a town decision to demolish their buildings. The Brattleboro Housing Authority says there’s no way to adapt the Hayes Court housing complex to meet the area’s most pressing need: low-income assisted living apartments for seniors and the disabled.VPR News
Meeting Set On Cleanup Of Copper Mine
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is planning to meet with neighbors of the former Ely Copper Mine in Vershire to outline plans for a Superfund cleanup of the site.VPR News
FEMA Approves Public Aid For Three Counties
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved public assistance for three Vermont counties hard-hit by spring flooding.VPR News
VT To Get $10,000 In Lead Drinking Glass Settlement
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Vermont’s attorney general says the state will be getting $10,000 as part of a settlement of complaints against a Salt Lake City-based company that imported drinking glasses with high levels of lead in them.VPR News
Three Seek Grand Isle Sherrif Position
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The husband of the late Grand Isle County sheriff is one of three people seeking to be appointed to the post left vacant by her death.VPR News
Grid Manager Says Yankee Power Provides Value
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Entergy intends to buy a new supply of nuclear fuel to power Vermont Yankee. The company’s board of directors voted to spend the $60 million needed to refuel the plant, even though its future is uncertain.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 26, 2011VPR News
President Obama Addresses The Nation
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VPR will carry live coverage of President Obama’s address to the nation beginning at 9:00pm. The president is expected to discuss the status of negotiations regarding raising the debt ceiling.Jazz with George Thomas
Johnny Hodges
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Following President Obama’s speech, we turn to one of the brightest lights in Duke Ellington’s Orchestra – Johnny Hodges, with his glorious, fluid alto sax work, his compositions and his own orchestra. We ride out on a flurry of mandolins with new CDs by Will Patton and Don Stiernberg.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Oregon Symphony
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Carlos Kalmar conducts Ives, John Adams, Britten and Vaughan Williams.Commentary Series
Mares: Autographed Books
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For more than fifty years, commentator Bill Mares has collected autographed books. A few months ago, he gave that collection of several hundred volumes to the St. Michael’s College library.VPR News
Giving Low-Income Vermonters A Break On Their Electric Bills
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The Public Service Board says customers of the state’s two largest utilities should help subsidize a new program that aims to make electricity more affordable for the poor.VPR News
Downhill Biking A Test Of Nerves
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VPR’s Charlotte Albright gets a trail-side glimpse of downhill biking at Burke Mountain.VPR News
Swimming Safety Tips
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with Jaimie Held with the Greater Burlington YMCA aquatics programs about precautions and safety skills in pools and natural water bodies.VPR News
UVM Appoints Interim President
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John Bramley was appointed interim president of the University of Vermont on Monday. VPR Series: UVM At A CrossroadsVermont Edition
Utility Merger And Transmission Corridors
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The proposed sale of Central Vermont Public Service to a Canadian firm has raised a few questions about high power electric transmission corridors through Vermont and neighboring states.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Mozart at Marlboro
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Mozart’s last string quintet from the 2006 Festival.VPR News
Entergy’s Board Approves Yankee Re-fueling
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Vermont Yankee nuclear officials say its parent company’s board of directors has approved refueling the nuclear power plant.Commentary Series
Douglas: Power Merger
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To former Vermont governor and commentator Jim Douglas, the proposed merger between Green Mountain Power and CVPS is another indicator that the partnership between Vermont and Quebec is growing stronger.VPR News
Quechee Man Says Hartford Police Too Heavy-Handed
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A driver whose car slid and tipped over in a ditch last month has helped to refuel a debate about whether police in the Upper Valley town of Hartford have been too heavy-handed in some recent arrests.VPR News
Lake Champlain Bridge Takes Shape
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The new Lake Champlain Bridge’s signature archway is now assembled and appears ready to be moved to the site of the new bridge. But there’s still more work to be done before that next stage of the project.VPR News
Towns Want Circ Highway Funds
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Four Chittenden County communities where the Circumferential Highway would have been built are banding together to preserve the road’s funding for other projects.VPR News
Panel To Meet On Open Records Exemptions
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Vermont officials charted with examining more than 200 exemptions contained in the state Public Records Act – with an eye toward eliminating some – are set to begin their work.VPR News
Work May Resume On Danville Road Project
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Construction could resume soon on a nearly $6.6 million Danville road project that was halted suddenly because of traffic snarls and complaints by motorists and businesses. Earlier: Danville Divided On Benefits Of Route 2 ConstructionVPR News
Bottled Water Poses Dilemma For Vermont Offices
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Vermont state officials had planned to pull the plug on water coolers and bottled water deliveries in state offices and buildings this month but now are reconsidering amid a wave of complaints from state workers.VPR News
Search For Missing Boater To Continue In Ferrisburgh
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Vermont State Police say a man identified as Rene Viau did not resurface after going overboard when the boat went out of control after leaving Ferrisburgh on Saturday evening.VPR News
Personal Watercraft Strikes Woman On Tube
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A woman was taken to the hospital after being struck by a personal watercraft while she was floating on an inflatable tube in Lake Champlain in Colchester.Young Writers Project On VPR
Of Celery, Spring, and Waiting
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This week’s poem by Addy Campbell, a sophomore at Mount Abraham Union High School, came about while eating a stick of celery, which she actually doesn’t enjoy. In questioning why she was eating it, a memory of a time since passed was triggered, and she found inspiration to write in the most unlikely of situations.VPR News
President Obama Addresses The Nation
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VPR will carry live coverage of President Obama’s address to the nation beginning at 9:00pm. The president is expected to discuss the status of negotiations regarding raising the debt ceiling.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 25, 2011In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Oregon Symphony
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Vaughan Williams describes his Fourth Symphony as dissonant and strange. He said, "It looks wrong, it sounds wrong, but it’s right. I don’t know whether I like it but it’s what I meant." Hear the Oregon Symphony perform Vaughan Williams’s Fourth live from Carnegie Hall.All the Traditions
Celebrating 28 Years of the Champlain Valley Festival
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A look at the impressive lineup at the 28th annual Champlain Valley Folk Festival in Burlington next weekend, and a whirlwind tour of all sorts of other wonderful musical happening in the VPR listening area during this very full week!!VPR News
Conn. River Group Wants Reports Of Dumping
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The Connecticut River Watershed Council is asking riverside residents and visitors to let it know about instances of illegal dumping along the river’s banks.VPR News
Vt. To Receive Funds For Brownfield Cleanup
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Gov. Peter Shumlin says Vermont will receive $2 million in federal funds to help redevelop polluted former industrial sites, known as brownfields.My Place with Joel Najman
She’s Got The Power – A “Girl Group” Extravaganza
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This Saturday, Joel Najman’s My Place will feature hit recordings by girl groups that are being honored on July 30th in New York at the "She’s Got The Power – A Girl Group Extravaganza" symposium and concert.Saturday Matinee
Il Postino
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Il Postino by Daniel Catán is the first in a series of broadcasts from the L.A. Opera. Listen Saturday at 1:00pm.The VPR Saturday Special
Moth Marathon Saturday at Noon!
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Tune in Saturday afternoon for the VPR Moth Marathon, 5 hours of stories told live without notes. We’re also giving away tickets to The Moth live at Burlington’s Flynn Center, plus dinner and accommodations. The Moth Marathon runs noon to five this Saturday on VPR.A Passion For Opera
Verdi & Wagner II
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We continue our exploration of Verdi and Wagner, both born in 1813. And we present this month’s Mystery Voice Quiz. Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Live on VPR Classical Encores
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Highlights of the last year or two of live VPR Classical perfomances.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Saturday Morning With Joe & Cheryl
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Joe Goetz and Cheryl Willoughby share a brunch buffet of new additions and other treasures from the VPR Classical archives. Thank you for your support, which enables us to grow the library and be a better service for you! Not a member yet? It’s easy – just click on "Support" above. Thanks!Jazz with George Thomas
Extra Super-Short Summer Membership Drive
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It’s VPR’s Extra Super-Short Summer Membership Drive and your chance to support jazz and all the programing you enjoy on Vermont Public Radio. Call 1-800-639-6391 or go to VPR.NET and make a pledge of financial support to your public radio station. And thanks.Vermont Garden Journal
Vermont Garden Journal: Edible Flowers
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There are a number of delicious flowers for you to use in the kitchen. On this week’s Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie profiles edible flowers.VPR News
Work Suspended On Lowell Wind Project
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Green Mountain Power says work started on its Lowell Mountain wind project without state permission. The work included filling in a wetland that was supposed to be protected to lessen the impact of the ridgeline development. The Agency of Natural Resources is now investigating.VPR News
Vermont Law School To Lift Ban On Military Recruiters
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Vermont Law School has lifted its ban on military recruiters on campus. The move comes in anticipation of the official repeal of the military’s "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy in the fall.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
A Stormy Day at Marlboro
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Today we’ll hear a recording from the 2009 Marlboro Music Festival – and a concert that I just happened to attend. It was a stormy Sunday afternoon, and the distant rumbles of thunder and the sound of raindrops on the roof created the perfect setting for a dynamite performance of Arnold Schoenberg’s "Transfigured Night."VPR News
Garden Advice From Charlie Nardozzi
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Listeners take over as garden expert Charlie Nardozzi answers questions about mulch and mildew, tomatoes, potatoes, pumpkins and more! It’s our mid-summer garden show.VPR News
Interview: Leahy Pushes For Repeal Of DOMA
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This week, Senator Patrick Leahy led hearings on Capitol Hill about the impact that the federal Defense of Marriage Act has had on families since its passage in 1996.Vermont Edition
Mid-Summer Garden Show
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Peony problems, compost conundrums, and dandelion dilemmas? Garden expert Charlie Nardozzi joins us live to answer your questions.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Ravel’ s Introduction and Allegro
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Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro at Marlboro.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Month: Mozart
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Having trouble staying cool with the recent weather? Me too. So let’s just leave that to the musicians from the Marlboro Music Festival – they have no trouble keeping their cool under most any conditions. This morning’s Marlboro Month pick features the Mozart Flute Quartet in C with soloists including flutist Joshua Smith.VPR News
Regional Report: Brattleboro Theater Adjusts To Changing Downtown
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Today we take you to the movies in Brattleboro. And you don’t have to ask which theater, because now there’s only one. VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb speaks with Brattleboro Reformer reporter Howard Weiss-Tisman.VPR News
National Guard To Examine Firing Ranges For Contaminants
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Contractors for the Army National Guard will be in Vermont this fall, examining old military firing ranges for lead and other contaminants. Some of the sites are so old, even the Vermont Guard wasn’t aware of them.VPR News
Heat Continues, Less Humidity For Today
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Many Vermonters tried to find ways to stay cool yesterday, including swimmers in Lake Champlain at Kingsland Bay State Park in Ferrisburgh. While actual high temperatures were in the 90s, it was very humid, causing the National Weather Service to issue a heat advisory for the afternoon.VPR News
Bennington’s Plasan Expands, In Michigan
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One of Bennington’s most important industries is opening a plant in Michigan, bringing at least 200 new jobs to that state.VPR News
Air Guard Member Tries For Spot On US Team
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A Vermont Air National Guard member is vying to be the only female athlete on a team of soldiers competing in a military skills competition.VPR News
Groups Say Wind Power Project Will Harm Streams
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Groups opposed to Green Mountain Power’s wind project planned Lowell Mountain say it’ll hurt mountain streams and cause erosion.VPR News
Shumlin Says No Need For Special Vermont Yankee Session
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Governor Peter Shumlin says there’s no need for a special session of the Legislature to clarify the state’s position on the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.VPR News
Algae Concentrations Drop In 2 Bays
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University of Vermont scientists say concentrations of blue-green algae in Lake Champlain have dropped below alert levels in St. Albans and Burlington bays.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 22, 2011.
Jazz with George Thomas
Super-Short Summer Membership Drive
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We are in the first day of VPR’s Super-Short Summer Membership Drive, looking to you for your financial pledge in support of Jazz and all the programming on VPR. Please go to VPR.NET and give what you can. You’ll be entered to win a Gibson Flying V guitar signed by Grace Potter and her band. Many thanks & good luck.Commentary Series
Gilbert: Machu Picchu
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Commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert tells us about a major archaeological event that happened a hundred years ago this Sunday, and the remarkable man at its center.VPR News
State Revenues Climb, But Shumlin Remains Cautious
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State economists tell the governor and legislative leaders that Vermont’s economic recovery is slow and tentative. So while state revenues are climbing higher, Governor Peter Shumlin says he wants to be cautious about spending any surplus.VPR News
State Budget Officials Plan For Possibility Of Federal Default
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Vermont’s Budget Commissioner is instructing managers throughout state government to draw down all federal money due to the state before the end of the month. That’s in case Washington goes into default and federal funds stop flowing to the states.VPR Classical Specials
Soovin Kim Talks With Fred Child
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Soovin Kim talks with Performance Today’s Fred Child about his involvement with Marlboro Music.VPR News
Essex Funds Advanced DNA Tests In Search For Missing Couple
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The Essex Select Board has approved funds to pay for advanced DNA testing in an ongoing investigation into the disappearance of a local couple. William and Lorraine Currier have been missing since last month.VPR News
As Temperatures Soar, Dairy Farmers Take Precautions
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Vermont dairy farmers are using fans, sprinkler systems that spray mist and good old-fashioned shade to keep their cows from overheating. The Agency of Agriculture says that when cows get too hot, they don’t eat as much, and then they don’t produce as much milk.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Mendelssohn’s Bb Major Quintet from Marlboro
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We sample a recording from the 2008 Marlboro Music Festival that features the great Bb Major String Quintet by Felix Mendelssohn.VPR News
Exhibit Showcases Iconic VT Photos
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This summer the Vermont Folklife Center is exhibiting the work of three photographers who’ve spent decades creating iconic images of traditional life in Vermont.Vermont Edition
Allan Hobson And The Science Of Dreams
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Harvard Medical School Professor Emeritus J. Allan Hobson has retired on his Vermont farm, but he’s still writing about his controversial and groundbreaking dream research.Classical Music with Walter Parker
David Soyer at Marlboro
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The long-time cellist of the Guarneri Quartet plays a Beethoven string trio with young colleagues.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Month: Saint-Saens
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Marlboro Month continues today with a live performance from a July 25th, 2005 concert at the Festival featuring clarinetist Romie de Guise-Langlois and friends. The music? Sublime, of course: Camille Saint-Saens’ "Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs". Listen in the 9am hour for that – and thanks for your support of VPR Classical, now in our 7th year!Commentary Series
Lange: Mazie
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Commentator Willem Lange is always ready to lend a helping hand, even when it puts a bit of a crimp in his own plans.VPR News
Preparations Begin For Vermont Yankee Lawsuit
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Lawyers for Entergy and the attorney general are preparing for a federal lawsuit next month that will determine the state’s role in the future operation of Vermont Yankee.VPR News
Sheriff’s Camp Continues, Despite Losing Its Leader
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This week, the Sheriff’s Department in Grand Isle is continuing a camping tradition that instills good values in local kids. The camp holds special meaning this year because of the recent death of its founder Sheriff Connie Allen.VPR News
Rockingham Debates Animal Control Issues
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The town of Rockingham is debating whether to hire the county sheriff to manage animal control issues.VPR News
Shumlin Picks Zagar For House Seat
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An educator and documentary filmmaker has been appointed to a vacant seat representing Windsor County in the House of Representatives.VPR News
FEMA To Close 2 VT Disaster Recovery Centers
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is closing its disaster recovery centers in Franklin and Orleans counties but says people affected by the extreme spring rain and flooding can still get help.VPR News
State Revenue Forecast To Be Released
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Governor Peter Shumlin and legislative budget writers are set to gather today to hear a revenue forecast.VPR News
Hot, Humid Weather On The Way
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With the forecast calling for temperatures in the mid to upper 90s in parts of northern New England today, health officials are reminding people to take it easy to avoid heat stress.VPR News
Moretown Landfill Denied Expansion Permit
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One of Vermont’s two landfills is near capacity, but the state has denied a request to expand the facility.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 21, 2011.
Jazz with George Thomas
Jazz-Piano & Trombone
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We hear new releases featuring great jazz trombone players, including Roswell Rudd with a Cuban guitarist and vocalist and Delfeayo Marsalis in a Shakespeare tribute. We also hear new releases by piano players with Fred Hersch going solo and Randy Weston with his African influenced ensemble.In Concert @ 8
VPR Classical Presents: Counterpoint, the Legacy Concert
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Robert DeCormier’s final concert as director of Counterpoint, Vermont’s professional vocal ensemble. If you missed the broadcast, the audio is now posted online. View A Short Video From This PerformanceCommentary Series
Luskin: Raspberries
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Commentator Deborah Lee Luskin has been spending a lot of time harvesting a bumper crop of raspberries – as well as thoughts about the cycle of the seasons.VPR News
UVM President Resigns For “Deeply Personal Reasons”
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Dan Fogel says he will step down as president of the University of Vermont at the end of July to take care of his wife and himself. The relationship of Fogel’s wife and a UVM fund-raising official has been the subject of an ongoing investigation. VPR Series: UVM At A CrossroadsVPR News
Leahy Hails Obama Endorsement Of Marriage Bill
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Sen. Patrick Leahy is hailing President Barack Obama’s support for legislation that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and have the federal government grant legal recognition to married same-sex couples.VPR News
Utility Agreement Will Expand Smart Grid, Broadband
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Three Vermont utilities have finalized an agreement to install "smart grid" electric technology and to expand broadband computer service. Green Mountain Power, Central Vermont Public Service and Vermont Telephone will work together.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Janacek’s “Intimate Letters” from Marlboro
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For today’s Marlboro Month Feature, we’ll hear Leos Janacek’s String Quartet "Intimate Letters," in a performance from 2002. Also today, Max Bruch’s first violin concerto, and chamber music featuring the harp by Jean Cras.VPR News
Summer School: How To Whittle
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Dave Tuttle of Walpole, New Hampshire provides a lesson on how to whittle in this episode of Vermont Edition’s Summer School series.VPR News
In Stowe, “Glory Days” Live On
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From Little League to the Majors, Bruce Springsteen’s hit "Glory Days" has long been a staple at ballparks across the country. The largely autobiographical song has left baseball and Springsteen fans alike wondering if the pitcher featured in the song was a real guy. Now, it appears, they have an answer: Joe DePugh of Stowe.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Clara & Louise
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Music of two 19th-century women: Louise Farrenc and today’s Marlboro Festival performance, Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio in G minor.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Month: Dominick Argento
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Dominick Argento’s "Six Elizabethan Songs" have a surprisingly baroque feel and sound, for being written in 1958. We’ll hear them this morning as part of VPR Classical’s "Marlboro Month" – in a 1998 Festival performance.Commentary Series
Nadworny: The Big Short
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Commentator Rich Nadworny was looking for some vacation reading this summer. But he found more than he bargained for.VPR News
Camp Motivates Teens To Consider Philanthropy
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A diverse group of teenagers from different walks of life and parts of the country recently spent a week in Richmond at a camp called Grab the Torch. They were there for a camp experience with a twist: a week-long lesson in philanthropy, how to volunteer, and make a difference in the lives of others.VPR News
Unidentified Body Found In Burlington
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Police in Burlington are calling the death of an unidentified man suspicious after discovering his body below a railroad bridge.VPR News
VT Electric Co-op Members Voting On Transmission Upgrade
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Members of the Vermont Electric Cooperative are being urged by co-op officials to vote in a special election that includes questions about upgrading the co-op’s transmission grid, an agreement with Hydro-Quebec and other issues. The deadline for ballots to be received at the co-op office is next Monday at 10 p.m.VPR News
Vermont Law Professors Weigh In On VY Ruling
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Two professors at the Vermont Law School say Vermont Yankee’s owners are likely to prevail in their suit against the state, even though their request for a preliminary order blocking the state’s bid to close the reactor was rejected.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 20, 2011.Vermont Edition
Attorney General Bill Sorrell
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Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell addresses the recent ruling by Judge Murtha and other issues facing his office, we learn who Bruce Springsteen was singing about in his 1984 hit "Glory Days" and we return to Summer School to learn how to whittle.Jazz with George Thomas
Monk & More
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Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, friend to Monk, Bird and other jazz musicians, is the subject of a new biography and we hear several of the many tributes to her, including "Nica’s Tempo," "Nica’s Dream" and Monk’s own "Pannonica."Commentary Series
Schubart: Political Pledges
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As election season approaches, Commentator Bill Schubart has been looking skeptically at the array of candidate pledges being offered up by various special interest groups in exchange for political support – and trying to decipher their impact on future leadership.VPR News
ACLU Says Lyndonville Inn Discriminated Against Women
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The American Civil Liberties Union says a Northeast Kingdom inn discriminated against a lesbian couple who wanted to hold a wedding reception. The ACLU accuses the Wildflower Inn in Lyndonville of violating the state public accommodations law, which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation.VPR News
Backstage: “The 39 Steps”
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An adaptation of a classic Alfred Hitchcock film will soon be thrilling audiences in the Northeast Kingdom. VPR travels to the Haskell Opera House in Derby Line to go backstage with "The 39 Steps."VPR News
Earlier Than Expected, UVM President To Step Down
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University of Vermont President Daniel Fogel will announce on Wednesday that he plans to step down at the end of the month. Fogel had already said he would retire as president next year and return to the English faculty. VPR Series: UVM At A CrossroadsClassical Music with Joe Goetz
Gettin’ Windy at Marlboro
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We’ll hear a performance from the 2007 Marlboro Music Festival featuring Beethoven’s Octet for Winds. One of the clarinetists is Romie de Guise-Langlois, a frequent guest to the VPR Performance Studio.VPR Series and Specials
Vermont Edition’s Visiting Artists Series
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A special series from Vermont Edition that looks at artists in the studio, explores their work and the creative process.VPR News
Visiting Artists: David Huddle
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with author David Huddle about the differences between writing poetry and writing prose, and what it means to write about "the male experience."VPR News
Shumlin Hires Legislative Leader For Health Post
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Governor Peter Shumlin has chosen a leader in the Legislature to head the Department of Vermont Health Access.VPR News
September Trial Will Have To Determine Yankee Future
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A decision on the future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant will have to wait for a federal court trial in September. U.S. District Court Judge Garvan Murtha refused Entergy Nuclear’s request to suspend a state law that gives the Legislature veto authority over the plant’s continued operation.Vermont Edition
The Homegrown Publishing Industry
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Like other "buy local" movements, book publishing has become a homegrown affair – whether it’s using a small independent publisher or doing it yourself.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Beethoven at Marlboro
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We’ll listen to Beethoven’s String Quintet in C, from last summer’s Marlboro Music Festival.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Month: Francois Couperin
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We’re celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Marlboro Music Festival with special live performances recorded over the Festival’s last dozen seasons or so. Listen in the 8am hour today for a performance of Couperin’s Concert #3 in a concert from August 8, 2008.Commentary Series
Henningsen: An Honorable Man
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Few of us know anything about Richard H. Poff, a former Virginia congressman and state supreme court justice, but historian and commentator Vic Henningsen thinks that more of us should.VPR News
Morgenson To Speak About Financial Crisis
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New York Times financial reporter Gretchen Morgenson won a Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of Wall Street in 2002, and is co-author of the book "Reckless Endangerment," which digs into the root causes of the 2008 financial meltdown.VPR News
Program Encourages Homeowners To Clean-Up Stormwater
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This is the time of year when toxic blue-green algae problems begin to crop up in Lake Champlain. Now, a new program has been launched to reduce the phosphorous that feeds the algae when it washes into the lake in stormwater runoff.VPR News
Negotiations Break Down Between UVM, Non-Teaching Staff
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Negotiations have stalled between the University of Vermont and the union representing non-teaching staff members. The two sides deadlocked over wage issues and proposed changes to retiree health benefits.VPR News
Court Hearing Held On Dean Foods’ Settlement
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A federal judge is considering whether to approve a settlement that would require dairy processor Dean Foods to pay Northeast farmers and their attorneys $30 million to settle antitrust allegations in a class-action lawsuit.VPR News
12 VT Inmates Charged In Prison Riot
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Twelve inmates from Vermont are facing charges in connection with a riot at the Franklin County jail in Massachusetts that caused an estimated $250,000 in damage.VPR News
Two Firms Chosen For Discounted Broadband Connections
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The Vermont Telecommunications Authority says it has chosen two companies for incentive discounts to provide "last mile" broadband connections.VPR News
Burlington Looks To Reduce Emissions
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The city of Burlington is planning a public meeting this week as it seeks public involvement in a new effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.VPR News
Cross, Vessel Stolen From Burlington Church
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Police say a church in Burlington has been burglarized, causing thousands of dollars’ worth of damage.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 19, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Mariss Jansons conducts Beethoven and Shostakovich.Commentary Series
Hanna: The Social Animal
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If you’re looking for some summer reading that might change how you see yourself and your world, commentator and Vermont Law School professor Cheryl Hanna has a recommendation that might be of particular interest.VPR News
Reluctantly, Welch Would Support Senate Debt Ceiling Plan
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Congressman Peter Welch says he would "reluctantly" support one of the Senate plans to end the impasse over the federal government’s ability to continue borrowing money.VPR News
Vermont Wins First Round In Yankee Legal Battle
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A federal judge has refused to suspend Vermont’s law that gives the Legislature veto power over whether Vermont Yankee can continue to operate. VPR Coverage: Vermont Yankee Earlier: NRC Recommends Safety UpgradesVPR News
Revenues Ahead Of Target For Fiscal Year
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Vermont state revenues for June came in ahead of forecast for the fourth month in a row, and they’re ahead of the target set a year ago by about $60 million.VPR News
Foul Play Suspected In Essex Couple Disappearance
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Police say they suspect foul play in the mysterious disappearance of a couple from Essex. William and Lorraine Currier have been missing since June 8th.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Brahms from Marlboro
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We’ll hear the Piano Quartet #3 in C Minor, Op. 60 by Johannes Brahms this afternoon, in a performance from 1998, as we kick off a month-long celebration of the Marlboro Music Festival.VPR News
Upward Bound Students Celebrate College Success
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Last week, about 500 students gathered at the Davis Center at the University of Vermont to celebrate what many of them thought was unattainable: the goal of going to college.VPR News
Property Owners Address Stormwater Runoff
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with James Ehlers of Lake Champlain International about the BLUE certification program that asks people to commit to practices that mitigate stormwater runoff from their properties.Vermont Edition
Street Level Impact Of Debt Crisis
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As we watch the impasse over the federal debt ceiling, questions arise about how it affects people in our region.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Beethoven’s Egmont
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Beethoven’s incidental music to Goethe’s play; plus today’s Marlboro performance of Dvorak’s Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81 from the 2003 Festival.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marlboro Month Begins!
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Each weekday for the next month we’re celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Marlboro Music Festival with special live performances from their recent seasons! We’ll begin this morning in the 9am hour, with pianist/Festival founder Rudolf Serkin in a recording of Mozart.Commentary Series
Guyon: Splendent Earth
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Summer is a good time to visit your local museum or gallery, so commentator and art writer Annie Guyon is here with another of her occasional dispatches on Vermont’s visual arts.VPR News
Windsor Innkeepers Create Show House
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Two Windsor innkeepers have a plan they hope will attract guests, raise money for charities, and breathe new life into their town: enlist interior decorators to turn the rooms of their 100-year-old inn into a showcase for home design ideas and products.VPR News
Solarfest Attendees Consider Utility Merger
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Many people at this year’s Solarfest were talking about the proposed merger of Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power – especially the promise to make Rutland Vermont’s first solar city. Earlier: CVPS Board Endorses Gaz Metro Bid For GMPVPR News
After Fire, Barton Store To Close For 6 Weeks
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Authorities say a fire that severely damaged the Barton Village Corner Store will force it to close for up to six weeks.VPR News
Police Plan Briefing On Missing Couple
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More than a month after an Essex couple vanished, police in their hometown are planning a briefing to update the public on the status of the investigation into their disappearance.VPR News
Shumlin Says VT Should Improve Marketing To Minorities
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Gov. Peter Shumlin says Vermont’s main tourism website needs to do a better job reflecting the state’s growing diversity.VPR News
VT Boosts Paving By 23 Miles
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The state of Vermont says it will pave more roadways this construction season than had been originally planned, due to bad weather this winter and spring.VPR News
Three Vermonters Listed Among Top Obama Fundraisers
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Three Vermonters are listed among President Barack Obama’s 27 top re-election campaign fundraisers during the past three months. Earlier: Some Obama Supporters Scale Back ExpectationsYoung Writers Project On VPR
Apple Tree
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Izziey Woodward, a senior at Enosburg Falls High School, finds inspiration in the writing of Lewis Carol. In this unsuspecting acrostic poem, Woodward writes about a friend who is far away at the peak of summer.Jazz with George Thomas
Summertime Jazz
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We hear several versions of the Gershwin / Heyward classic "Summertime" first with the unusual sound of vocalist Helen Merrill and the duet of violinist Stephane Grappelli and pianist McCoy Tyner from their wonderful album "One On One."Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 18, 2011.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Schumann’s Symphony No. 2 has moments of such gorgeous song — though no words — that the strings of the orchestra can feel for a moment like the world’s greatest opera stars. Heart-melting music from Amsterdam.All the Traditions
Save the Bones for Henry Jones !
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Another impressive local bluegrass festival, some French cabaret musique, and Celtic love songs too !My Place with Joel Najman
A Musical Profile Of Songwriter And Record Producer Clyde Otis
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Clyde Otis back in 1959 was the first African American hired as an Artist & Repertoire Director of a major U.S. record label, and is responsible for having produced several dozen major hit records as well as having written over 800 published songs. This week Joel Najman’s My Place program presents a musical profile of Clyde Otis, featuring an hour of his biggest hits and most significant recordings.The VPR Saturday Special
The Promised Land: Coastal Women for Change
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This week on The Promised Land, we meet a hair-dresser turned activist. Sharon Hanshaw is the Executive Director of Coastal Women for Change, an organization that empowers women to create positive change in their Biloxi community.Saturday Matinee
Hercules
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The final Lyric Opera of Chicago production of the season is Handel’s Hercules. Listen Saturday at 1:00pmA Passion For Opera
French Opera
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We examine six extraordinary 19th century French operas by Berlioz, Gounod, Bizet, Saint-Saens, Offenbach, and Massenet Saturday at 12:00pm.VPR News
Backstage With ‘Miss Saigon’
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A local production of the Broadway favorite "Miss Saigon" is being performed at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland Friday and Saturday.Jazz with George Thomas
Chico Freeman, Philly Joe Jones, Nick Brignola, Full Moon
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We celebrate the birthdays of tenor saxophonist Chico Freeman; drummer (and vocalist) Philly Joe Jones; baritone saxophonist Nick Brignola and lyricist Dorothy Fields (lyrics for "On The Sunny Side Of The Street," "The Way You Look Tonight" and many more. We also celebrate a full summer moon.Vermont Garden Journal
Vermont Garden Journal: The Emerald Ash Borer
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Have you wondered what those purple boxes in the trees are? Charlie explains. And we learn what to do with an overgrown zucchini.VPR News
Shumlin Hopes Governors Can Influence Debt Ceiling Debate
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As governors from across the country meet this weekend in Utah, Governor Peter Shumlin says he hopes they can "bring some rational thoughts" to the debate in Washington over raising the country’s debt ceiling. Shumlin says a failure to reach a compromise will hurt essential programs and could throw the country back into a recession.VPR News
After The Floods, CSA Production Lags; Membership Steadies
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Community Supported Agriculture farms were hit hard by flooding this spring, and so far it’s been a challenge for them to deliver fresh, locally grown produce to their members. Comment: Are you a local CSA member?VPR News
Campaign Finance Filing Shows Shumlin Already Raising Money
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Today was a campaign finance filing deadline. And Governor Peter Shumlin’s report shows that he already has more than $170,000 in the bank toward his re-election campaign.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
A Fantastic Symphony
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Today, the "Symphonie Fantastique" of Hector Berlioz, in a Grammy-award winning recording from James Levine and the Berlin Philharmonic.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: July 15, 2011
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These were some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
8 Years Later, Dean Reflects On Presidential Primary
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Former Governor Howard Dean draws on his own experience in the Democratic presidential primary eight years ago to assess the frontrunners in the current Republican field with VPR’s Bob Kinzel.VPR News
Board Delays Conservation Easements For Wind Project
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Green Mountain Power will be allowed to start construction in August on Lowell Mountain without first having conservation easements in place to protect wildlife habitat.Vermont Edition
Vermonters’ Role In Bull Run
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Soldiers of Vermont’s Second Brigade played a key role in the first Battle of Bull Run, and it influenced the way Vermonters viewed the Civil War.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Karen Kevra
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We speak with the Vermont flutist about Summer Music from Greensboro Friday at 11:am.VPR Series and Specials
The Changing World: Marching Into History
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Protest marches are equated with social change. But how have marches themselves changed over time? We’ll survey the history and the future of protest marches in this special documentary from The Changing World.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: The Murdoch Legacy
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The scandal involving Rupert Murdoch’s media holdings in Britain has reached the highest levels of the British government, the London police and his top national newspapers. And as commentator and veteran ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore tells us this morning , the scandal has implications that go beyond Great Britain.VPR News
Regional Report: VEC Members Vote On Transmission Line
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This week’s Regional Report brings us to Orleans County, where an upgrade for an electrical transmission line is getting a lot of attention, reflected in the news, letters to the editor in local papers, and even in ads take out in those papers by opponents and supporters of the project.VPR News
NRC Recommends Safety Upgrades
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A federal review prompted by the recent Japanese nuclear disaster recommends that plants such as Vermont Yankee adopt new safety upgrades. Vermont Yankee says it doesn’t yet know how much the changes will cost.VPR News
Campaign Finance Report Deadline Is Today
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Gov. Peter Shumlin says he’s not running for re-election – yet. He’s just raising money in case he does.VPR News
Canadian Bicyclist Hurt On Kingdom Trails
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A bicyclist from Canada was taken from a Vermont mountain biking trail after he crashed into a tree and was found by another rider.VPR News
Two Hikers Rescued On Mt. Philo
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Two people have been rescued after sliding down a steep, rocky bank on Mt. Philo in Charlotte.VPR News
VT Police Chose Not To Issue Amber Alert
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Vermont State Police are defending their decision not to issue an Amber Alert as police in New England searched for a New York man wanted for a fire that killed three family members.VPR News
Former Rutland Officer Pleads No Contest
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A former Rutland police officer has pleaded no contest to a single count of neglect of duty and agreed to pay a $1,000 fine.VPR News
Shumlin Says Route 2 Project Will Go Forward
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Governor Peter Shumlin says he’s committed to an eight million dollar road reconstruction project in Danville, but he’s suspended work on it.VPR News
President Obama’s Press Conference
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President Obama is holding an 11:00 a.m. press conference to discuss the debt ceiling and the status of Congressional budget talks. You can listen to a live NPR feed of the conference online.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 15, 2011Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
It’s About Time
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Joan Tower’s timely work "Clocks" opens the morning’s music, and from there we move on to the "embittered clock of woe" in a Neapolitan madrigal, and Haydn’s "Clock" Symphony #101. Morning music starts at 8 – don’t be late!In Concert @ 8
San Francisco Symphony
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Michael Tilson Thomas conducts and is the soloist in a Mozart concerto.Jazz with George Thomas
Happy Bastille Day
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We celebrate the French holiday Bastille Day with jazz songs about Paris (Count Basie’s "April In Paris"; Jacky Terrasson’s "A Paris" and "La Marseillaise"), and songs sung by Melody Gordot, Blossom Dearie, Nina Simone, Dee Dee Bridgewater and more.Commentary Series
Root: Arab Identity
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Commentator Tik Root says that in order to build a stable system of representative democracy in the Middle East, people there are going to have to fundamentally rethink who they are – and what they really stand for.VPR News
Leveled By Fire, Springfield Movie Theater Reopens For Harry Potter
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The movie theater in Springfield Vermont – the official home town of cartoon hero Bart Simpson – will open its doors to another teenage icon. Three years after a devastating fire shut it down, Springfield’s only movie theater will reopen tonight at midnight for the premiere of the final Harry Potter film.VPR News
Shumlin Plan Would Use Federal Aid To Buy Local Food
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The Shumlin Administration thinks it has a plan to reduce childhood hunger in the state. The Administration is seeking a waiver from the federal government to give food agencies more flexibility to buy locally grown products for their programs.VPR News
Feds Won’t Charge, Either, In Burlington Telecom Case
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Federal prosecutors say they won’t file any criminal charges over financial problems at a municipally-owned telecom in Vermont.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Adam Neiman plays Schumann
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Pianist Adam Neiman performs with the Manchester Music Festival tonight, and this afternoon we’ll hear his live recording of Robert Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes. Also today, a keyboard concerto of Bach, and Schubert’s virtuosic Fantasie for Violin and Piano.VPR News
Glover Museum Celebrates “Glorious Obscurity”
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VPR’s Steve Zind travels to the Museum of Everyday Life near Glover Village to look at an exhibit dedicated to the everyday match stick.VPR News
Analysis: UVM At A Crossroads
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Reporter John Dillon recaps his findings while researching the VPR series, "UVM At A Crossroads."Vermont Edition
Powering Up: The Gaz Metro Purchase Of CVPS
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Where does the agreed-upon sale of CVPS to Gaz Metro go in the months ahead? We look at the approval process. Plus, VPR’s John Dillon recaps our "UVM At A Crossroads" series. And, we visit the Museum of Everyday Life in Glover.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Bastille Opera Orchestra
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For Bastille Day, the Organ Symphony of Camille Saint-Saens, played by the Bastille Opera Orchestra.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Bonjour, Paris
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It is Bastille Day, and that’s not the only focus. We’ll also enjoy summery selections by Gershwin, and Gotthard Odermatt (who??) – Gotthard Odermatt, a Swiss composer who’s dedicated a new work called "Summer" to oboist Albrecht Mayer. It’s on Mayer’s recent recording, "Bonjour Paris".VPR News
UVM Searches For New President, Balanced Budget
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As the University of Vermont looks for a new president, it’s also searching for a new way to balance its books. VPR Special Series: UVM At A Crossroads Comment: What should the future hold for UVM?VPR News
Education Laws Examined By Two Studies
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Vermont’s education funding laws will be getting scrutiny from two sources over the next few months. The state has hired a consultant to study the impact of Acts 60 and 68, and whether they’ve succeeded in equalizing learning opportunities across the state.VPR News
Guilford Plans Covered Bridge Repairs
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Selectboard members voted Monday to hire the engineering firm of Hoyle, Tanner & Associates for rehabilitation work on the Green River covered bridge.VPR News
Wind Power Contractors Looking For Workers
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Companies working with Green Mountain Power on its Kingdom Community Wind project are looking to hire workers to help with construction.VPR News
Former Proctor School Bookkeeper Sentenced
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Federal authorities say a former bookkeeper at the Proctor Junior-Senior High School has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for financial crimes.VPR News
Danville Road Construction Halted Due To Delays
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Vermont’s transportation secretary says the state is suspending work on an $8 million reconstruction of Route 2 in Danville amid complaints about long traffic delays.VPR News
Leahy Seeks Support For DOMA Repeal
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Senator Patrick Leahy is looking for public support for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 14, 2011
Jazz with George Thomas
Stardust & Recent Jazz
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By request, we hear three renditions of Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parrish’s "Stardust" with Dave McKenna’s solo stride piano version; Louis Armstrong’s classic 1931 reading with his soaring vocals & trumpet featured and Ben Webster’s breathy tenor sax backed by pianist Jimmy Rowles.In Concert @ 8
VPR Classical Presents: Sally Pinkas In Recital
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VPR Classical presents a live concert recorded from the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College with pianist Sally Pinkas, who gives a recital of works by Maurice Ravel and Johannes Brahms.Commentary Series
McCallum: For The Birds
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While commentator Mary McCallum loves the outdoors, it took an organized outing to help her appreciate how important it is to involve the community in appreciating the natural world.VPR News
Howard Dean Weighs In On Debt Ceiling Debate
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Former Governor Howard Dean is endorsing President Obama’s efforts to reach a compromise budget deficit plan. He says Republican leaders need to support higher taxes on the wealthy and Democrats need to accept some cuts in entitlement programs.VPR News
EPA Asks For Public Input On Cleanup Of Superfund Site
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it wants to hear from Vermonters about plans to improve the cleanup of a Superfund site in Burlington. The agency wants input on recommended changes to an underwater cap built around the Pine Street Canal site to stem contamination from reaching Lake Champlain.VPR News
Vermont Prepares For Loon Count
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This weekend’s loon census is expected to show that about 200 adult loons live on Vermont’s lakes and ponds. Because they nest just a few inches above the waterline, the spring flooding meant that many birds couldn’t use their sites as early as usual this year.VPR Classical Specials
VPR Classical Celebrates 60 Years Of Marlboro Music
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VPR Classical proudly partners with Marlboro to bring you exclusive performances, interviews and photos from this legendary Festival as it celebrates its 60th anniversary.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Anton Arensky
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Today, we’ll hear a piano trio by Anton Arensky, whose birthday I missed yesterday. Also, Beethoven’s 8th Symphony, Stravinsky’s "L’histoire du Soldat," and Antonin Dvorak’s "American" Suite.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Craftsbury Chamber Players Live
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The Craftsbury Chamber Players preview their opening concert, featuring Mozart, Saint-Saens and Roussel.VPR News
Summer School: How To Throw A Boomerang
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Today’s Summer School lesson concerns something we’ve all probably tried, but few of us have mastered: How to throw a boomerang (and have it return).VPR News
Vermont Conducts Annual Loon Census
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Field biologist Eric Hanson with the Vermont Center for Ecostudies who manages the state’s loon recovery program says the state’s loon population is in good shape, but there will always be pressures on the iconic bird.VPR News
CVPS: More Utility Mergers Expected
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Central Vermont Public Service has agreed to a deal to be bought out by Gaz Metro and merged with its Green Mountain Power subsidiary. The president of CVPS says there could be more mergers in the state’s electric utility industry.Vermont Edition
Courts Weigh Computer Privacy Rights
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A number of court cases, including one in Vermont, are helping clarify how the right to privacy and constraints on unreasonable search and seizure apply to information on our computers and other devices.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Chanson De Matin
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Two Elgar "occasional" salon pieces serenade the morning, the "Chanson de Nuit" and the "Chanson de Matin" – lyrical nighttime and morning songs.VPR News
Taking Stock Of UVM’s Expansion Strategy
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The University of Vermont has been in a growth phase. The expansion plan was the cornerstone of President Dan Fogel’s strategy to shore up the school’s financial base and to build revenues for the future, but has it worked? VPR Special Series: UVM At A Crossroads Comment: What should the future hold for UVM?VPR News
Wilmington, Whitingham To Consolidate Schools
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Residents of Wilmington and Whitingham voted yesterday to consolidate their elementary schools. The two southern Vermont towns, a dozen miles apart, merged their middle and high schools in 2003 and formed the Twin Valley School District.VPR News
Burlington Mayor Backs Waterfront Airshow
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Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss is backing a plan to allow an air show sponsored by the Vermont Air National Guard’s Charitable Foundation for the Lake Champlain waterfront in 2013.VPR News
Green Mountain Club Opens New Trail In Avery’s Gore
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The Green Mountain Club has broken ground on a major new hiking trail in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom.VPR News
Welch Loses Bid To Preserve Energy Efficiency Programs
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Congressman Peter Welch has come up on the losing end in the Republican-controlled U.S. House in his effort to preserve funding for energy efficiency programs.VPR News
Worker Pleads Not Guilty To Embezzlement
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A woman charged with embezzling $173,000 over five years from the town of Bethel where she worked as a cashier for a solid waste facility has pleaded not guilty to the charges.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 13, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Oscar Hammerstein II, Conti Candoli, Paul Gonsalves, John Patton
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We celebrate the birthday of great lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, his songs include: "My Favorite Things," "Surrey With The Fringe On Top" and many others. We also celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Conti Candoli, Paul Gonsalves’ tenor sax and Hammond B3 organ of John Patton.Commentary Series
Krupp: Wet Weather Gardens
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Commentator Ron Krupp admits that all the rain this year has made gardening quite a challenge – but he refuses to give up.VPR News
Boy Drowns In Popular Bolton Swimming Hole
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Vermont State Police say a child has drowned at a popular swimming hole in Bolton. They were called to the scene a little after 1:00 p.m. After a two-hour search, police said the rescue effort turned into a recovery mission.VPR News
Applicants Line Up For New Health Care Board
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More than 100 people have applied to be members of the state’s new Health Care Board. That’s the group that will oversee health care in Vermont in the coming years.VPR News
CVPS Board Endorses Gaz Metro Bid For GMP
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Vermont’s two largest electric utilities appear destined to become one. The Central Vermont Public Service board has endorsed a bid to be bought by Gaz Metro, which already owns Green Mountain Power.VPR News
Randolph Receives State Aid To Spur Business, Create Jobs
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The town of Randolph has accepted a $200,000 state grant that local officials hope will attract business and jobs to the region.VPR News
GMP And CVPS Say Merger Could Save Ratepayers Millions
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Leaders of Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power say their merger will save ratepayers $144 million dollars over the next decade.VPR News
Festival Showcases LGBT Stage And Screen Writers
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This month at Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph, local actors have been doing staged readings of scripts and screenplays with gay and lesbian themes. The readings are part of the Summer Pride festival, which concludes this weekend.VPR News
UVM Faculty Leader Commends Fogel
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In recent years, there has been tension between UVM’s administration and the faculty. The incoming president of the Faculty Senate, Julie Roberts, shares her perspective on where UVM has been and where it’s going.VPR News
Promising Local Investments, CVPS And GMP Plan To Merge
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In a $702 million deal, Vermont’s two largest electric utilities have agreed to merge under the ownership of a Canadian company. The agreement announced Tuesday calls for investments in Rutland.Vermont Edition
Assessing Birth Trends And The Birth Experience In Vermont
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Nationwide, home births rose 20 percent from 2004 to 2008. And legislation passed in the state this spring will require insurance companies to cover midwifery care, including home births. We take a look at the choices parents are making about where to give birth and what kinds of professionals they want in attendance.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Richard Stoltzman is 69.
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We’ll hear the clarinetist with pianist Simone Dinnerstein.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
The Buzz
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Bumblebees and wasps buzz through this morning’s music, along with a piece by Ireland’s Hamilton Harty that was written just for July 12th.VPR News
After Big Improvements, UVM Faces Budget Shortfall
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The University of Vermont is at a turning point. Under outgoing president Dan Fogel, UVM has expanded enrollment, raised revenues, and led an aggressive building campaign on campus. But it has failed to resolve its financial challenges. Comment: What should the future hold for UVM?VPR Series and Specials
UVM At A Crossroads
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VPR News takes stock of the University Of Vermont and its future in this special three-part series. Listen Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday during Morning Edition and All Things Considered.VPR News
GMP Asks Regulators To Rule On Wind Project
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Green Mountain Power is in a rush to build its Lowell Mountain wind project so it’s asked state utility regulators to hurry up and issue a final ruling. But opponents charge the company is trying to cut corners.VPR News
CVPS Signs Sale Agreement With Gaz Metro
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Central Vermont Public Service has signed an agreement to be sold to Montreal-based Gaz Metro. The CVPS board says they’ve terminated a previous agreement reached with the Newfoundland-based company Fortis.VPR News
Disaster Centers Open In Barre, Newport
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Disaster recovery centers have opened in Barre and Newport to help people and businesses affected by the spring’s severe storms and flooding.VPR News
Same-Sex Marriage Raises Prospect Of NY Adoption Boom
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Adoption lawyers say they’re getting ready for a potential baby boom as same-sex couples emboldened by New York’s new same sex marriage law take the next step and try to adopt children.VPR News
Waste Worker To Face Embezzlement Charge
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A woman who worked at a solid waste facility that belongs to two Vermont towns is facing federal charges she embezzled $173,000 over five years.VPR News
Welch Calls For Debt Assurances
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Congressman Peter Welch is urging Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress to issue statements reassuring people that the United States won’t default on its debts.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 12, 2011In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
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Mozart, Poulenc, and more.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
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It’s possible that Schubert would be amazed – or at least surprised – that these days we’re listening to his symphonies. He wrote his fourth when he was just 19, and while it’s labeled "Tragic" it has a bounce and jauntiness that only a kid could create.Commentary Series
Craven: The Legacy Tour
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The Merce Cunningham Dance Company brought its final area performances to Dartmouth’s Hopkins Center last weekend. The performance got filmmaker and Marlboro College teacher Jay Craven thinking about his own experience with the legendary choreographer’s work.VPR News
Group Looks To Bring More Canadian Power To New England
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Vermont could be host to a major new transmission line to carry power from Canada to southern New England. Officials from the region and eastern Canadian provinces say they want a study to identify the best route for the line.VPR Classical Specials
Soovin Kim Plays Ravel
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Violinist Soovin Kim plays Ravel’s Quartet in F Major (1902-1903) at Marlboro.VPR Classical Specials
Soovin Kim Plays Beethoven
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Violinist Soovin Kim plays Beethoven’s Piano Trio in B flat Major, Opus 97 "Archduke" (1811) at Marlboro.VPR News
Red Cross Says Blood Supply Is Critically Short
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The Red Cross says there’s a critical shortage of blood around the country. The organization says summer is traditionally a slow time for blood donations, and this year, in particular, has been a struggle.VPR Classical Specials
Soovin Kim Plays Mozart
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Violinist Soovin Kim plays Mozarts Flute Quartet in C Major, K. Anh. 171 (1778) at Marlboro.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
From the Sublime to the Absurd
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We’ll hear Benjamin Britten’s "Hymn to St. Cecelia," and Richard Strauss’s tongue-in-cheek Burleske for Piano and Orchestra.VPR Classical Specials
Soovin Kim Plays Schubert
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Soovin Kim plays Franz Schubert’s Piano Trio in E flat Major, Opus 100, D. 929 (1827) At Marlboro.VPR Classical Specials
Mozart’s Serenade in Eb, K. 375 At Marlboro
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Clarinetist Charles Neidich is featured in this 2003 concert performance.VPR Classical Specials
Schubert’s Octet in F, Op.166, D. 803 (1824) At Marlboro
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This 2006 concert performance features violinists Lily Francis and Sarah Kapustin.VPR News
Westminster Denied Federal Funds For Storm Repair
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A Windham County town won’t get federal help in repairing roads damaged by a severe thunderstorm in May. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied Westminster financial assistance for storm repair.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Mel Kaplan
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The founder of the Vermont Mozart Festival has more concerts up his sleeve.VPR Classical Specials
Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G Major, S. 1048 At Marlboro
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This 1999 live recording features the Marlboro Orchestra Ensemble lead by Isidore Cohen.VPR Classical Specials
Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet in b, Op. 115 At Marlboro
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Clarinetist Romie de Guise-Langlois, is among the featured performers in this 2006 recording.Commentary Series
Gilbert: Bull Run
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One hundred and fifty years ago next week, the first major land battle of the Civil War was fought just short distance from Washington, DC. According to commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert, it was a rude awakening for the North, and only the beginning of a national waking nightmare that would last four years.VPR News
Manchester Considers Chain Hotel In Historic District
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A proposal to build a chain hotel in Manchester’s historic district is getting a skeptical reception from village residents. The project would include tearing down a much older inn that’s currently vacant.VPR News
Officials Issue Swimming Risk Warnings
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Vermont has had several drowning deaths this season, and state officials from the Health Department, Emergency Management and the State Police are issuing a reminder that swimming in a natural body of water, or enjoying the day on a boat, can be risky.VPR News
Group Gives VT High Insurance Ranking
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The Chicago-based Heartland Institute says that Vermont has the best property and casualty insurance marketplace and the best regulators.VPR News
Annual Loon Count Looking For Volunteers
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A Vermont environmental group is looking for observers to help count the number of loons in the state.VPR News
St. Albans Teacher Selected For Prestigious Fellowship
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A high school science teacher at Bellows Free Academy in St. Albans will have some fresh lab experience to bring back to the classroom in September.VPR News
Barnard To Celebrate 250 Years With Postmark
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The U.S. post office in the town of Barnard is helping the community celebrate its 250th anniversary with a special pictorial postmark.VPR News
Flooding Decreases State Park Visits
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Record spring rains and flooding are being blamed for a decline in visits to Vermont state parks this year.VPR News
Text Messages Result In Charge Against Rutland Man
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A 20-year-old Vermont man is facing charges for allegedly sending threatening text messages to the family of his ex-girlfriend.VPR News
Police Investigate Pedestrian Death
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Police in Burlington are investigating the death of a pedestrian in a wheelchair found dead hours after he had been treated and released at a hospital for injuries suffered when he was hit by a car in Burlington.VPR News
Commissioner Says VT Inmates Involved In Riot
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Vermont’s correction’s commissioner says some of the state’s prison inmates being held in Massachusetts will likely face charges after a three-hour riot at a jail there.Young Writers Project On VPR
Building Walls
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This week’s Young Writers Project piece is a poem and podcast by Sarah Wells, a sophomore at U-32 High School. She writes about goals that seem out of reach, and the barriers we construct to avoid getting hurt or disappointed. She comes to the conclusion that if we step back and take a moment to truly look at the situation, we can often find a way to climb those invisible walls.Jazz with George Thomas
Cool Jazz
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Tonight we embrace Cool Jazz with Stacey Kent’s version of Cole Porter’s "Too Darn Hot," June Christy’s classic take on "Something Cool." With also hear cool jazz with Miles Davis’ "So What" and Eliane Elias’ reworking of Kenny Dorham’s "Stay Cool."Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 11, 2011Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Midsummer Night’s Dream
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We’ll make a stop in the fantastic world of Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" during the morning’s music, with highlights from Henry Purcell’s opera "The Fairie Queen".Vermont Edition
Annual Baseball Show
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Baseball’s All-Star Game is coming up, and that means it’s time for Vermont Edition’s Annual Baseball Show.VPR News
President Obama’s Press Conference
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VPR will carry live coverage of President Obama’s press conference at 11:00am. The President is expected to discuss the status of efforts to find a balanced approach to deficit reduction. Listen Live on VPR »All the Traditions
Summer Festival Time !
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Musical "sneak peeks" at the Solarfest, the Green River Festival, and the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, and all kinds of exciting new releases !My Place with Joel Najman
Florence Greenberg’s Scepter Records – Part Two
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Florence Greenberg was the first and only woman to be CEO of a record company that played a major role charting the direction of American popular music during the early days of the rock & roll era. and her story is told in a new hit music titled "Baby It’s You", currently on Broadway. This week Joel Najman’s My Place program continues the story of Florence Greenberg’s Scepter Record Company with more of the major hit records she released in the early-to-mid 1960’s.Saturday Matinee
Lohengrin
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Sir Andrew Davis conducts, and Johan Botha sings the title role, in this Lyric Opera of Chicago production of Wagner’s Lohengrin.The VPR Saturday Special
The Promised Land: Voices from the Gulf Coast
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This week on The Promised Land, Majora Carter visits New Orleans East, the most dense ethnically Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam. In the Gulf region, about 80 percent of Vietnamese Americans were connected to the fishing industry, and the BP oil spill hit the community hard.A Passion For Opera
Kirsten Flagstad
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We celebrate the July 12, 1895 birthday of the renowned dramatic soprano Kirsten Flagstad.Vermont Garden Journal
Vermont Garden Journal: Elderberries
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One of Charlie’s favorite midsummer flowering shrubs is the elderberry. Listen to the Vermont Garden Journal Friday and Saturday to find out why.VPR News
Welch Open To Social Security Changes, But With Conditions
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Congressman Peter Welch says he could support some changes to Social Security as part of a debt reduction plan, as long as all the savings are used to strengthen Social Security over the long term.VPR News
Police Investigate Apparent Suicide Of Grand Isle Sheriff
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Vermont State Police are investigating the apparent suicide of Grand Isle Sheriff Connie Allen who died late Thursday.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
40 Percent
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40 percent = two fifths. And we will, indeed, hear two Fifths this afternoon: the Symphony No. 5 of Tchaikovsky, and the Symphony No. 5 of Beethoven.VPR News
Analysis: AG Won’t Prosecute Entergy Executives
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Reporter Bob Kinzel talks with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell’s decision not to file suit against top Entergy executives for misstatements about underground pipes.VPR News
Total Number Of Dairy Farms In Vt. Falls Below 1,000
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The Vermont Agriculture Agency says for the first time in a long time there are fewer than 1,000 dairy farms in Vermont. The number dropped this spring to 992 dairy operations across the state.Vermont Edition
Art Of Handmade Chocolates
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Truffles, bitter cocoa, and milky smooth squares — we talk with a few small-scale chocolatiers in our region about the craft and tradition of handmade chocolates.VPR News
The Final Launch Of The Space Shuttle
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At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Shuttle Atlantis is launching its last mission into space for America’s space shuttle program. VPR will carry live coverage of the launch today beginning at 11:20am. ONLINE VIDEO: Live BroadcastVPR News
Regional Report: Middlebury Supports Solar Project
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In Addison County, another large solar array has been proposed in the town of Middlebury. The solar array is expected to generate electricity to some 30 average-sized homes.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Mark O’Connor
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The Grammy winning violinist will be at the Killington Music Festival Saturday.VPR News
After Record Floods, Red Cross Makes Readjustments
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Volunteer organizations and emergency management say they’ve learned a number of lessons from this spring’s flooding and have found a number of ways to improve their response to future disasters.VPR News
In Townshend, Senior Center Prepares To Expand
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A community-designed senior housing complex in Townshend is about to grow. Valley Cares, the nonprofit that runs the project, says its assisted living units are so much in demand that it plans to build more.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Copland’s Travels
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We’re learning about Aaron Copland today on "Classics for Kids", so we’ll start the morning off with his stylish "Three Latin-American Sketches" – a direct result of his travels in Mexico.Commentary Series
Lange: Marginalizing Discrimination
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The Marriage debate currently working its way through state legislatures nationwide is both complex and highly emotional. But for commentator Willem Lange, it all seems to boil down to the fundamental principle of equality before the law.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 8, 2011VPR News
The Final Launch Of The Space Shuttle
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At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Shuttle Atlantis is launching its last mission into space for America’s space shuttle program. VPR will carry live coverage of the launch today beginning at 11:20am. ONLINE VIDEO: Live BroadcastJazz with George Thomas
Tiny Grimes, Hank Mobley, Joe Zawinul
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We celebrate three birthdays: vocalist, guitarist & composer Tiny Grimes (with Charlie Parker, Art Tatum & The Cats & The Fiddle); band leader & tenor sax player Hank Mobley (with his Blue Note Records releases featuring Wynton Kelly, Lee Morgan); and composer & pianist Joe Zawinul (with Cannonball Adderley).Commentary Series
Labun Jordan: On MicroBlogging
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We talk about social media in big numbers – 100 billion dollars projected for Facebook’s IPO or how many millions of viewers an amateur video receives. But commentator Helen Labun Jordan believes it’s also time to think small.VPR News
Business Leaders Remain Optimistic On Economy
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Vermont’s top business executives are "cautiously optimistic" that the state’s economy will continue to grow at a slow but steady pace over the next few years. The group is forecasting an increase in sales and hiring over the next 12 months.VPR News
Vermonters Praise EPA Rule On Power Plants
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Officials are enthusiastic about a new federal pollution rule that they say should help clear the air in the Northeast.VPR News
Obesity Rate Climbs, Less In Vermont Than Elsewhere
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A new study on obesity shows that Vermonters are gaining weight. They’re just not gaining weight as fast as the rest of the country.VPR News
Backstage: St. Michael’s Playhouse Produces Murder Mystery
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A lonely farmhouse. Eccentric neighbors. A perfectly timed thunderstorm. These are all elements in the murder mystery, "I’ll Be Back Before Midnight" by Canadian playwright Peter Colley, which is being produced at the St. Michael’s Playhouse.VPR News
Circus Smirkus’ Show Recalls Bygone Era
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VPR’s Steve Zind talks with Circus Smirkus creative director Jesse Dryden about this year’s show and what goes into creating a circus theme.VPR News
Shumlin Lobbies For Strict Greenhouse Gas Auto Rules
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Governor Peter Shumlin wants the Obama administration to help California set tough greenhouse gas emission standards for cars and trucks.Vermont Edition
Lessons From The Floods
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Emergency management officials and volunteer organizations are assessing their response to the unprecedented flooding which destroyed property and displaced residents in numerous towns this spring.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Gian Carlo Menotti Centennial
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We’ll listen to Menotti’s ballet Sebastian.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Menotti’s 100th
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Gian Carlo Menotti’s centennial birth anniversary is today. We’ll honor him with a gift: "This is my box" is an aria sung by one of the three wise men in Menotti’s classic "Amahl and the Night Visitors".Commentary Series
Greene: Beyond Bunting
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Over the long holiday weekend, commentator Stephanie Greene found herself thinking about the various ways in which we can express our patriotism – including some that go far beyond red-white-and-blue bunting..VPR News
Have Justice, Will Work Pro Bono
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Facing federal spending cuts, a program that provides representation for domestic violence victims, Have Justice Will Travel, has laid off staff in Bennington and Randolph, but that hasn’t stopped lawyers from showing up in court.VPR News
Vt. Group Sues To Stop Colorado Caving
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A Vermont-based group trying to slow the spread of a fatal bat disease is suing a federal agency in hopes of blocking a recreational caving expedition in Colorado.VPR News
Vermont Air National Guard Ramps Up
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The Vermont Air National Guard says it’ll be ramping up training over the next two weeks as aircraft from across the country arrives at Burlington International Airport to support training with the Green Mountain Boys.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 7, 2011In Concert @ 8
Los Angeles Philharmonic
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New and old music for mourning, including Brahms’ German Requiem.Jazz with George Thomas
Jack Yellen, Redd Evans
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We celebrate the birthday of composer & lyricist Redd Evans who wrote tunes including, "Don’t Go To Strangers," "No Moon At All," and "The Frim Fram Sauce." Birthday wishes also to lyricist Jack Yellen, best known for "Happy Days Are Here Again."Commentary Series
Slayton: Villages and Downtowns
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The recent merger of two environmental organizations got commentator Tom Slayton thinking – about the importance of small towns and villages in today ‘s Vermont.VPR News
Vt. Takes Lead On Transgender Issues
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Two laws quietly passed by the state legislature this year have made the state a national leader on transgender rights. Vermont is the first state in the nation that allows people who simply identify with a different gender to make the change on their birth certificates.VPR News
Thunderstorms Rip Through Vermont
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A line of thunderstorms in Vermont has caused damage and knocked out electricity for more than 13,000 homes and businesses.VPR News
Rutland Business Leaders Weigh Benefits Of Competing Bids For CVPS
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As it tries to judge the competing bids for Central Vermont Public Service Corp., the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce says its top concerns are low rates and reliable power.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Max Reger’s Serenade
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We’ll hear Max Reger’s delightful Serenade in G this afternoon, and we’ll also preview the opening night of the Manchester Music Festival.VPR News
Summer School: How To Ride A Unicycle
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This week in Vermont Edition’s Summer School series, we learn how to to ride a unicycle with Bill Merrylees, who first decided to learn in 8th grade – and never looked back.Vermont Edition
Vermont Ahead Of The Curve On Transgender Rights
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Two laws that passed this spring may make some aspects of life easier for transgender people in the state. But there are still many other significant issues facing the trans community in the state, including trans-inclusive health care.VPR News
AG: Yankee Failed To Meet Standards, But Won’t Face Charges
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Vermont Yankee and its staff won’t face charges for misleading the state about whether underground pipes at the plant carried nuclear material. VPR Archive: Officials Study Re-locating VT Yankee PipeClassical Music with Walter Parker
Rachel Barton Pine
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The violinist plays the Scottish Fantasy of Max Bruch.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Where The Wild Thyme Blows
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John Blackwood McEwen was a composer from the Scottish borderlands. He led the Royal Academy in London during the 1920s early 1930s, and left the world a musical legacy including his rich "Borderland Ballads" – richly orchestrated works, evocative of the rugged landscape of his homeland. This morning we’ll hear "Where the Wild Thyme Blows".Commentary Series
Schubart: Adequate Compensation
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According to commentator Bill Schubart the problem of overcompensating business and non-profit leaders and executives nationally – is hardly a problem in Vermont. In fact, he says the real problem is arguably quite the opposite.VPR News
Vermont’s Big Top Rebounds After Financial Problems
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Six years ago, Circus Smirkus – the Greensboro-based non-profit that trains aspiring young performers – shut down to resolve a fiscal crisis. Now it’s going strong again.VPR News
VEC Power Line Upgrade Enters Wind Power Debate
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A proposed power line upgrade by Vermont Electric in the Northeast Kingdom has opponents to a neighboring wind project registering their concerns over its cost and scale.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 6, 2011
Jazz with George Thomas
The Sound Of Jazz
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The Sound Of Jazz is a misnomer as there are an infinite number of sounds but tonight we feature a number of pianists who re-write standards. We hear from the Brad Mehldau Trio, the Gerald Clayton Trio, the duet with Chick Corea and Gary Burton and the solo piano of Larry Goldings.Commentary Series
Harrington: No Left Turn
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High price of gas getting you down? Commentator Elaine Harrington describes a simple way to save energy – and avoid accidents – while you’re out driving this summer.VPR News
With Petition In Hand, Sanders Pushes For Tax On Wealthy
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Senator Bernie Sanders is leading an effort among Senate Democrats to raise taxes on the wealthy as part of a deficit-reduction plan. Sanders argues that the final package should be a balance between budgets cuts and new revenue.VPR News
Amid Funding Woes, A Move To Replace Old State Hospital
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Gov. Peter Shumlin’s administration is pushing a plan to replace the troubled Vermont State Hospital with a new facility, despite ongoing questions about federal funding.VPR News
FairPoint Makes Progress In Extending Broadband
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FairPoint Communications says it’s extended high-speed broadband access to almost 90 percent of its customers. The company faced a state-imposed deadline last week to expand the number of people who can get fast connections on their computers.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Dvorak’s Least-Heard Concerto
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Dvorak wrote concertos for violin, cello, and piano, but the Piano Concerto is definitely the least-often palyed. We’ll hear it this afternoon, as well as a late Haydn symphony, Schumann’s Concertpiece for Four Horns, and a set of works spanning Mozart to Ravel played by Canadian pianist Louis Lortie.VPR News
Composer Reflects On Legendary Dance Company
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When experimental composer Christian Wolff of Royalton was commissioned to create music for the legendary dance choreographer Merce Cunningham, he was given just one directive: the length of the piece.VPR News
Facing Delays In Danville, Residents Complain
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Some Danville residents say they’re still unhappy with the disruption caused by a major Route 2 construction project.Vermont Edition
New Plan For Vermont State Hospital
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Agency of Human Services Secretary Doug Racine discusses a new plan for replacing the Vermont State Hospital and better serving mentally ill people in crisis. We also look at other issues within the largest state agency.Classical Music with Walter Parker
The Sembrich Museum
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The Sembrich Museum celebrates the centennial of Gian Carlo Menotti’s birth and VPR’s Walter Parker speaks with the Museum’s Artistic Director Richard Wargo.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Les Nuits d’été
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Ahh, summer nights: starry skies and warm, flower-perfumed breezes wafting in through open windows. This morning’s music features highlights from Hector Berlioz’s evocative song cycle "Les Nuits d’été" – "Summer nights" with the incomparable soprano Régine Crespin.Commentary Series
Blume: Joy and Resolve
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Over the long holiday weekend, commentator Kathryn Blume found herself contemplating freedom, responsibility and the concept of civil disobedience.VPR News
Some Obama Supporters Scale Back Expectations
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When President Barack Obama ran for office three years ago, he cast himself as a candidate promising bold change. Although he carried Vermont overwhelmingly, some of his most passionate supporters in the state are readjusting to a more measured candidate Obama in 2012. SLIDESHOW: Voter VoicesEye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 5, 2011
VPR Classical Specials
A Fireworks Soundtrack
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Join VPR host Joe Goetz Monday, July 4th at 9:00pm for a musical fireworks extravaganza featuring works from Victor Herbert, Georg Frideric Handel, Peter Illych Tchaikovsky and John Philip Sousa.Jazz with George Thomas
Happy 4th Of July
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Happy 4th Of July. We celebrate the holiday, and the heat, with many versions of "America The Beautiful," "My Country ‘Tis Of Thee" and other patriotic favorites. Abbey Lincoln’s "People In Me," Rene Marie’s "O Shenendoah" and several lively trombone shout band songs.VPR Classical Specials
Leroy Anderson In Concert
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Leroy Anderson, America’s most popular light music composer, conducts some of his many musical hits including Bugler’s Holiday, The Syncopated Clock, and Blue Tango in a special live concert program, Monday, July 4th at 8:00pm.VPR Series and Specials
Working With Studs
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Radio producer, Sydney Lewis, worked side by side with Studs on his radio show and his books. For this remembrance, she brings together of crew of Stud’s co-workers with their great stories along with wonderful previously-unheard tape of Studs himself.Capitol Steps
Politics Takes A Holiday: July 4th Edition
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Celebrate July 4th with the Capital Steps and their Politics Takes A Holiday special.Commentary Series
Kittredge: Fireworks
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Fireworks are traditional on the 4th of July, and commentator Susan Cooke Kittredge has been reflecting on our complicated relationship with fire.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Americana
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Copland’s Old American Songs, Dvorak’s "American Quartet," and a symphony by Boston composer George W. Chadwick are just a few of the ways we’ll celebrate July 4th this afternoon.Vermont Edition
From Generating Plant To Light Switches
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The alarm clock goes off, you flip on the light switch and the automatic coffee maker starts brewing. And while these actions are simple and mundane, the electric grid that powers our everyday electric devices is a vast and complicated system.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Kah-BOOM!
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Featuring an explosion of musical favorites for the Fourth of July.Commentary Series
Henningsen: Welcome To America
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There are many ways to celebrate the Fourth of July. Teacher, historian, and commentator Vic Henningsen points out one that’s often overlooked.VPR News
Hildene Restores Pullman Rail Car
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Robert Todd Lincoln first visited Manchester in 1863 and 1864, and forty years later he returned and built Hildene, a summer home for his family. Hildene is now an educational historic site. And as of this summer, the estate has a new teaching tool — a lovingly restored 1903 Pullman Sleeper.Young Writers Project On VPR
Looking through the eyes of Asperger Syndrome
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In this week’s essay and podcast, Clark Hamm, a seventh grader at Brattleboro Area Union Middle School, explains what it’s like to have Asperger Syndrome and what it’s like to find a friend. The piece was created as part of the school curriculum for the This I Believe project.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 4, 2011All the Traditions
Raise a Glass to Mike Waterson
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Celebrating Independence Day 2011, listening to some exciting new releases, and a special dedication to the memory of Mike Waterson, one of the great English singers, who passed on last week.My Place with Joel Najman
Florence Greenberg, Scepter Records, And The Shirelles
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Joel Najman’s My Place program tells the remarkable real-life story of Florence Greenberg, the first woman CEO of an independent record company in a program titled "Florence Greenberg, Scepter Records, And The Shirelles".VPR News
Shaftsbury Wants New Location For Solid Waste Facility
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The town of Shaftsbury wants an alternate site found for a compost operation that would be built adjacent to one of Vermont’s state parks.VPR News
At Last, An Easy Way To Recycle Old, Outdated Electronics
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Get your old, dusty computers and other outdated electronic equipment out of the attic or basement. A new E-recycling program for the state of Vermont has gone into effect. Under a new law, Vermonters are now able to recycle their so-called E-waste for free across the state.VPR News
As Cigarette Tax Rises, Advocates Hope More Smokers Will Quit
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Smokers have by now noticed that the habit has gotten more expensive in Vermont. The tax on a pack of cigarettes sold in Vermont increased 38 cents this month.Saturday Matinee
The Girl of the Golden West
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Deborah Voigt stars in the title role of the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of La fanciulla del West by Giacomo Puccini Saturday at 1:00pm.A Passion For Opera
Verdi & Wagner
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Have you wondered what Verdi was doing while Wagner was writing The Flying Dutchman? This afternoon we examine the early careers of Verdi and Wagner — both born in 1813.VPR News
After Record Flooding, State Parks On Lake Champlain Now Open
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State parks all around Vermont are busy for the long Independence Day weekend. Flooding this spring closed six state parks, but all 52 parks in the state’s system are now open.VPR News
More Rutland-Area Farms Sell Directly To Customers
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The growing popularity of Rutland’s farmers’ market is driving up demand for local food in the region. That has led to a surge in the number of farms selling directly to customers.The VPR Saturday Special
The Promised Land: Voices from the Gulf Coast
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The Promised Land brings us the stories of people who are changing their communities with innovative thinking and tireless effort. This episode features Nat Turner, who has transformed an old store in New Orlean’s Lower Ninth Ward into Blair Grocery, a nontraditional school and an urban farm run by youth who’ve dropped out of mainstream education.Jazz with George Thomas
Happy Canada Day, Ahmad Jamal, Willie Dixon
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We celebrate Canada Day with jazz from Oscar Peterson, Diana Krall, Ed Bickert, Charlie Biddle and others from the north. We also celebrate pianist Ahmad Jamal’s birthday with his hit "Poinciana" and a live date with tenor sax master George Coleman. We finish the evening with blue composer and bass player Willie Dixon.Vermont Garden Journal
Vermont Garden Journal: Woodchucks
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Who cares about woodchucks chuck’n wood, when they are living in the garden! This week on the Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi addresses one of the most persistent of pests; the woodchuck.VPR News
Leahy Wants New Tax Revenue In Debt Ceiling Deal
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Sen. Patrick Leahy wants President Obama to insist that any deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling includes new tax revenue. Leahy says Republicans should compromise to support a plan to close tax loopholes for oil and gas companies.VPR News
Springfield Telecom Company Wants To Add TV Service
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The telecommunications company V-Tel wants to begin offering television along with telephone and Internet service. The Springfield company says it needs to provide cable before it can extend high speed Internet to much of Vermont.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Russian Masters
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Today we’ll hear Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, Shostakovich’s first piano concerto, and Tchaikovsky’s "Serenade Melancolique."VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: July 1, 2010
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These were some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Analysis: Competing Bids For CVPS
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VPR’s John Dillon looks at the competing bids from two Canadian power companies for the purchase of Central Vermont Public Service, the state’s largest electric utility.VPR News
Bennington State Building Construction On Time, On Budget
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Construction is well under way on Bennington’s new state office and District Court building. Officials say the new building should be ready by December or early January.Vermont Edition
Sen. Leahy Weighs In On The Budget, Raising The Debt Ceiling
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With debate over the budget and the national debt heating up in Washington, Sen. Patrick Leahy discusses proposals for raising income taxes on the wealthy, and the potential impact of not raising the debt ceiling.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Independence Day Prelude
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Festive and American music to begin the holiday weekend.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Summer Travels
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Today we’ll get away with Joseph Turrin’s "Three Summer Dances", and Beethoven’s "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage".Commentary Series
Dunsmore: War Powers
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The continuing military stalemate in Libya has prompted charges in Congress that in failing to obtain congressional approval for the operation, President Obama is in violation of the War Powers resolution. This morning, commentator and veteran ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore, gives us some background.VPR News
Jennifer McMahon Pens Dark Fairy Tale
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In Vermont author Jennifer McMahon’s new novel, a young girl is lured into the woods by what she believes is the King of the Fairies, but the world she finds is not what she expects.VPR News
For Many Vermonters, Hard Times Continue
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Despite reports that say Vermont is faring well compared to other states in economic growth, economists say there are other factors that are keeping individuals from feeling better about their economic security.VPR News
Drownings Reported On Lake Champlain, White River
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There have been more drownings in Vermont this week. Vermont Emergency responders say a boy drowned while tubing in the White River in Stockbridge.VPR News
EPA Releases $300,000 For Water Project
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About $300,000 in federal funding has been released for a water project that would help extend the water supply in Brattleboro to the village of Algiers in Guilford.VPR News
Sanders Says Feds Won’t Intervene In Entergy Suit
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Senator Bernie Sanders says the U.S. Justice Department won’t intervene in the federal lawsuit being brought against the state of Vermont by the owners of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for July 1, 2011
Jazz with George Thomas
Lena Horne, Andrew Hill
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Happy Birthday to vocalist Lena Horne. We hear her early, major hit "Stormy Weather." Pianist, composer and bandleader Andrew Hill also celebrates his birthday today and we hear his marvelous ensemble writing featuring Eric Dolphy, Woody Shaw, Tony Williams and more.Commentary Series
Mallary: Bidding on CVPS
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Commentator Dick Mallary says that the idea of a merger between CVPS and Green Mountain Power isn’t entirely new.VPR News
First Lady Thanks Vt. Military Members
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First Lady Michelle Obama paid a brief visit to Vermont on Thursday to raise money at a pair of sold-out events in Burlington. But first she spoke to members of the military and their families to thank them for their service.VPR News
In Rutland, Concern That CVPS Bid May Cost Jobs
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Some in Rutland say the region’s economy might suffer by the bidding competition for Central Vermont Public Service. Rutland Senator Kevin Mullin is urging shareholders of CVPS to reject an offer made by Gaz Metro.VPR News
Federal Grant Will Pay Unemployed For Flood Repair
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A new federal grant is going to pay jobless Vermonters to help clean up from this spring’s floods.VPR News
To Raise Funds, First Lady Makes First Visit Since ’08
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Michelle Obama visits Vermont for the first time since her husband easily won the state on his idea of bold change. Comment: Has the Obama administration met its ideals?VPR News
Dartmouth Increases Numbers of Women In Sciences
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VPR’s Steve Zind speaks with Margaret Funnell, a Dartmouth professor and director of the Women in Science Project at the college, about the number of women studying for careers in math and science since the program’s inception twenty years ago.VPR News
Judge Says Jacques Trial Won’t Start Before March
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There’s another delay in the trial of Michael Jacques, who is accused of sexually assaulting and killing his 12-year-old niece. The extra time is needed to resolve an appeal by prosecutors, who object that some evidence they want to present about Jacques’ efforts to obstruct justice can’t be presented at trial.Vermont Edition
What Economic Recovery?
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By some analysis, Vermont is among the states enjoying the strongest economic recovery. But what factors go into that data, and does it make a difference to how people feel about their economic security?
Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Alleged Dances
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John Adams wrote his suite, "John’s Book of Alleged Dances" in 1994. Why "alleged"? Because, he says, “the steps for them have yet to be invented.” We’ll hear the improbable "Habanera" and "Rag the Bone" this morning from that suite. Careful, get that second cup of coffee before you try these moves.Commentary Series
McQuiston: Bidding On CVPS
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Commentator Tim McQuiston observes that in an an offer to buy CVPS, GMP owner Gaz Metro just may have made the quintessential "offer we can’t refuse."VPR News
Statewide Power Grid In Middle Of Battle For CVPS
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A high-stakes battle is under way for control of the state’s largest utility. But there’s another company that’s potentially at play in the takeover fight between Canadian companies.VPR News
UVM Professor Develops Product To Stall Hemlock Wooly Adelgid
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Vermont’s trees face a host of challenges from invasive diseases and insects, human development and climate change. One of the insects that has made its way into southern Vermont is the hemlock wooly adelgi.VPR News
Man Charged In Farm Prostitution Scheme
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Federal prosecutors say they’ve charged a man with conspiring to bring New York prostitutes to Vermont farmworkers.VPR News
Former DCF Supervisor To Be Sentenced For Embezzlement
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A former state Department for Children and Families supervisor is being sentenced for her role in a $490,000 embezzlement scheme.VPR News
Taconic Mountain Range Tract To Be Protected
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Officials say 775 acres of Taconic Mountain forest land will be protected near the town of Arlington.VPR News
First Lady To Campaign In Vermont
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In a campaign stop for her husband, First Lady Michelle Obama is visiting Vermont. She’ll be thanking members of the military and their families for their service and attending two fundraisers.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 30, 2011.
Classical Music with Joe Goetz
New Adds
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Two new additions to our VPR Classical library are featured this afternoon: the latest from cellist Zuill Bailey, and the first performance on our airwaves of Francis Poulenc’s "Sinfonietta."Commentary Series
Moats: Freedom To Marry
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The passage of a marriage equality bill in New York last week reminded commentator David Moats of the long and arduous struggle for gay rights in America and the crucial role played by Vermont.VPR News
Reapportionment Plan Faces Political Hurdles
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Vermont’s Reapportionment Board is recommending some dramatic changes for Senate districts in the northern part of the state. The changes are based on population trends that show the number of people living in the northwestern part of the state is growing while the Northeast Kingdom is losing population.VPR News
Timetable Set For Heating Project
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City officials in Montpelier say they hope to begin construction on a wood-fired heating system for the downtown district next year. Earlier this month, City voters approved a $2.75 million bond to help pay for the project.VPR News
Judge Says Group Violated Campaign Finance Laws
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A Vermont Superior Court judge says a Democratic Party advocacy group violated state campaign finance laws last fall. The state has also taken the Republican Governors Association to court. That case is still pending.VPR News
Michelle Obama’s Vt. Fundraisers Likely To Set Record
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First Lady Michelle Obama’s fundraising in Vermont Thursday for her husband’s re-election could be a record-breaker. Polls show Mrs. Obama is increasingly popular in Vermont, leading some to predict the first lady may bring in close to $500,000. Earlier: First Lady To Meet With Guard Soldiers Traffic: Motorcade May Disrupt CommuteVPR News
Summer School: How To Play Bocce
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The president of the Burlington Bocce Club teaches us how to play bocce as part of our Summer School series.VPR News
Timetable Set For Montpelier’s Downtown Heating Project
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Montpelier Director of Planning and Community Development Gwen Hallsmith provides an update on the timetable for the $20 million wood-fired heating project for the city’s downtown area.VPR News
Prosecutor: No Charges In Burlington Telecom Case
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A Chittenden County State’s Attorney says there won’t be any criminal charges related to the problems at the city-owned municipal telecommunications provider.Vermont Edition
How Our Trees Are Faring
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We look at the state of our tree populations and the importance of our forests, get an update on downtown Montpelier’s new biomass heating system and head to Summer School to learn how to play bocce.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Exsultate, Jubilate
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Mozart’s joyous concert aria, "Exsultate, jubilate" ring in the new day with the sublime voice of Dame Emma Kirkby. We’ll also hear an encore from the recording featured on Monday, lutenist Rolf Lislevand’s haunting "Diminutio".Commentary Series
Hanna: Banning The Hedgehog
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Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court struck down a California law that restricted the sale of violent video games to minors. Commentator and Vermont Law School professor Cheryl Hanna reviews the case and its similarities to a Vermont law.VPR News
Burlington Approves Smart Grid Measure
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Voters in Burlington are in favor of a $13.5 million bond that will allow the city’s electric department to upgrade the system and implement a smart-grid.VPR News
Fortis Calls Gaz Metro Bid For CVPS “Hostile”
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Bidding wars may be common in the corporate world. But industry observers say the drama that’s unfolding around the possible sale of Central Vermont Public Service is unusual among regulated utilities.VPR News
Sanders Blocks NRC Confirmation
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Sanders says the NRC is inappropriately taking steps to extend the license of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.VPR News
Report Points To Lack Of Leadership At Police Academy
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A report says misconduct by four training coordinators at the Vermont Police Academy in Pittsford was caused by a lack of adequate leadership.VPR News
Construction To Begin On St. Johnsbury Bike Path
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Construction starts Friday on the Three Rivers Transportation Path, which will run for a mile and a half along the former Lamoille Valley rail line and proposed Lamoille Valley Rail Trail.VPR News
Welch To Announce Geolocation Bill
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Congressman Peter Welch plans to announce legislation that he says will catch the law up with mobile GPS technology that can be used to track people.VPR News
Redistricting Panel Meets Again After Error
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The seven-member Legislative Appointment Board voted last week to recommend a plan to lawmakers that would reconfigure northwestern Vermont.Jazz with George Thomas
Frank Loesser
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We celebrate the birthday of the composer/lyricist Frank Loesser who’s compositions are favorites of jazz vocalists and instrumental players, including John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Russ Freeman, Sonny Rollins and Karrin Allyson.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 29, 2011.
Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Intimate Voices
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We’ll hear the most famous string quartet of Jean Sibelius this afternoon, subtitled "Intimate Voices." Also, Mendelssohn’s youthful Octet, Gershwin’s "Rhapsody in Blue," and the ever-entertaining Harmonica Concerto by Heitor Villa-Lobos.VPR News
President Obama’s Press Conference
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VPR provided live coverage of President Obama’s press conference this morning. The president discussed the current deficit negotiations and the impending deadline to extend the debt ceiling.Jazz with George Thomas
Richard Rodgers
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Richard Rodgers, one of the most famous composers in popular song, is also beloved by jazz musicians. To celebrate his birthday tonight we hear his songs done by Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Bill Charlap, John Coltrane, Art Pepper, Billie Holiday and many more.VPR News
Shumlin Says He Prefers Gaz Metro Bid For CVPS
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Two Canadian utilities are engaged in a bidding war to purchase the state’s largest utility, the Central Vermont Public Service Corporation. And Governor Peter Shumlin clearly favors one of the bids. Experts: Canadian Firms May Want Control Over Grid Comment: What is the better deal?Commentary Series
Greene: A Prodigious Memory
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In looking up an old family friend recently, commentator Stephanie Greene was reminded of just how ephemeral – and precious – memory can be.VPR News
Feds Will Consider Adding Bats To Endangered List
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will consider protecting two species of bats that have been threatened by "white nose syndrome." That’s a disease that has quickly spread through many bat species and killed more than one million animals.VPR News
On The Trail Of Rattlesnakes
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Candace Page of the Burlington Free Press explores the myths, biology and muddy field science that go into documenting Vermont’s only venomous snake.VPR News
Burlington Votes On Smart Grid Plan
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Voters in Burlington go to the polls Tuesday to decide whether the city should invest in smart grid technology. Supporters say that new technology would improve energy efficiency by decreasing demand. Opponents argue it is dangerous and costly.VPR News
Woodbury Votes To Keep Elementary School Open
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Voters in Woodbury rejected a measure on Monday that would have closed the town’s elementary school.VPR News
CVPS Board Authorizes Talks With Gaz Metro
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Central Vermont Public Service says it will consider the latest takeover bid for the company. Earlier: Canadian Firms May Want Control Over GridVermont Edition
Grandma Moses’ Primitive School Of Painting
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Anna Mary Robertson Moses, or Grandma Moses, was an icon of the primitive folk art school of painting. But experts say there’s more to her work than meets the eye – from color to composition and perspective.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Ye Spotted Snakes
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Featuring the spotted snakes of Mendelssohn’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" this morning.Commentary Series
Ali: Remembering Mother Teresa
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Commentator and UVM Professor Saleem Ali has been thinking about the enduring legacy of Mother Teresa.VPR News
ANR Extends Deadline For Wind Project Land Deals
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The state Agency of Natural Resources has sided with the developers of a Northeast Kingdom wind project in their request for more time to protect wildlife areas.VPR News
Experts Say Canadian Firms May Want Control Over Transmission Grid
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The bidding war for Central Vermont Public Service Corporation is more than a contest for who controls the state’s largest electric utility. The takeover fight also shows a regional rivalry between two strong Canadian energy companies. Latest: CVPS Board Authorizes Talks With Gaz MetroVPR News
Red Cross Appeals For Volunteers
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After an extraordinarily busy spring, the Vermont & New Hampshire Valley chapter of the American Red Cross is appealing for more volunteer help.VPR News
Welch Seeks Expansion Of Veterans Program
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A bill in Congress would expand the impact of a Vermont outreach program for veterans returning home from deployments to Afghanistan and elsewhere.VPR News
Now Opening, Finally, Parks On Champlain
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Volunteers are lending a hand to help clean up Vermont state parks affected by flooding along Lake Champlain.VPR News
Military Families Wanted For First Lady’s Visit
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The Vermont National Guard is inviting military families from all over the state to attend a visit Thursday by First Lady Michelle Obama.VPR News
CVPS Board Says New Sale Offer Likely Better
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The board of directors of Vermont’s largest electric utility says an unsolicited bid to buy the company could lead to a better proposal than that made by a different firm.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 28, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Sakari Oramo conducts a 20th century program/Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Beethoven 7
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Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony will be heard this afternoon, as well as Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations and an early violin concerto of Mozart.Jazz with George Thomas
Anniversary Albums
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We celebrate the anniversaries of several famous recordings, including several tracks from Dave Brubeck’s "Time Out," Bill Evans Trio’s "Waltz For Debbie" and The Modern Jazz Quartet’s "Django." New releases include Roswell Rudd’s "The Incredible Honk" and Freddie Hubbard’s "The Pinnacle."Commentary Series
Luskin: Nothing To Wear
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When her novel, Into the Wilderness, was recently awarded the Independent Publisher’s Gold Medal for Regional Fiction, author and commentator Deborah Luskin was forced to confront an aspect of the writer’s life she’d never had to consider before.VPR News
On Faith, VEDA Quickly Distributes Funds For Flood Repair
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A special state program to help businesses affected by last month’s floods has supported roughly 50 businesses, and the state hopes to help many more in the next few weeks.VPR News
St. Albans Is Expected To Repeal Flood Measure
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The town of St. Albans could repeal a program that was designed to speed up repairs to flood-damaged homes and businesses. The Franklin County town’s select board is scheduled to vote on the repeal Monday night, just two weeks after it was adopted.VPR News
Tax On Cigarettes Goes Up This Week
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It’s about to get more expensive to buy cigarettes in Vermont. The tax on a pack of cigarettes will increase 38 cents beginning this Friday, July 1st. The increase is part of a package of tax increases designed to bring in $24 million in additional revenue to state coffers.
VPR News
Writer Chronicles A Year With No Sugar
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Pawlet writer Eve Ogden Schaub and her family are halfway through a year with no sugar. Not just white and brown sugar, corn syrup and artificial sweeteners, but also honey, maple syrup and fruit juice. Schaub is chronicling their experiences in her blog.Vermont Edition
Adapting To Climate Change
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In her new book, Finding Higher Ground: Adaptation In The Age Of Warming, Vermont author Amy Seidl looks at how some plants and animals are adapting to climate change, arguing that humans need to focus on their own strategies.VPR Presents
Intelligence Squared: Freedom Of The Press
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Should freedom of the press be extended to state secrets?Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Diminutio
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Exploring the technique of "dimunition" with a nice recording from lutenist Rolf Lislevand.Commentary Series
Doyle-Schechtman: Rules Of Etiquette
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Writer and commentator Deborah Doyle-Schechtman has discovered that Rules of Etiquette apply to more than one’s table manners.VPR News
More Towns Consider Increasing Veterans Tax Credit
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About 200 of Vermont’s 251 towns already allow disabled veterans to deduct $40,000 from the assessed value of their homes in order to reduce their property taxes. That number could soon increase. Earlier: Boosting Benefits For Disabled VeteransVPR News
St. Johnsbury Boy Creates Soda Company To Raise Money For Autism
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A nine-year-old entrepreneur with autism searches for a national distributor and market for his soda while helping others with autism.VPR News
Apartment Complex Uses DNA To Track Dog Owners
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An apartment complex in Lebanon, NH, has a new use for DNA testing: tracking dog owners who don’t pick up after their pets.VPR News
Burlington Student Is New Miss Vermont
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A 20-year-old University of Vermont student has been crowned as the new Miss Vermont, giving her the opportunity to compete for the Miss America title in Las Vegas in 2012.VPR News
Shumlin To Announce Community Grants
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Gov. Peter Shumlin will give out federal development money at an appearance in Hinesburg tomorrow.VPR News
Woodbury To Vote On Grade School Closing
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Woodbury’s vote on whether to close an elementary school will have broader implications than whether the 1914 red shingle and clapboard building stays open.VPR News
Contractor Pleads Guilty In Workers’ Comp Case
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Sentencing is scheduled for August 1st for a Vermont contractor who has pleaded guilty to operating without workers’ compensation insurance.Young Writers Project On VPR
Learning from Pizza Hut
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This week’s Young Writers Project piece was written by Justin Souvanh, a 7th grader at Brattleboro Area Middle School. Justin’s piece is about a small act – being handed a set of chopsticks to eat pizza of all things – made him feel angry at being stereotyped but how, after much thought and many hours of writing, he realized that his best response should be forgiveness.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 27, 2011.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Minnesota Orchestra
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This fabulous season closing concert from the Minnesota Orchestra (from June 10, 2011) features the wonderfully sweet, tawdry and best known work by Orff, Carmina burana.All the Traditions
Misty Roses and the Green Leaves of Summer
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Music for a summer Sunday afternoon – everything from Louisiana to Lima !My Place with Joel Najman
An Evening With Burt Bacharach
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Joel Najman’s My Place program this week is titled "An Evening With Burt Bacharach" and features several of his major successes as well as several recently unearthed obscurities from very early in his career.The VPR Saturday Special
The Promised Land: Voices from the Gulf Coast
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The Promised Land brings us the stories of people who are changing their communities with innovative thinking and tireless effort after hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill. This episode features Dr. Kyshun Webster, founder and executive director of Operation Reach, an extensive family of programs for kids throughout the Gulf South.Saturday Matinee
The Mikado
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James Morris and Stephanie Blythe are featured in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado, from the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Listen to the Saturday Matinee, Saturday at 1pm on VPR Classical.A Passion For Opera
German Opera in the Early 19th Century
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We explore German opera in the first half of the 19th century (including music by Beethoven, Schubert, Marschner, and Weber) — and we have June’s Mystery Voice contest.Jazz with George Thomas
Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival
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We celebrate this weekend’s Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival with selections from artists appearing including, vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater’s tribute to Billie Holiday, drummer/bandleader Jack DeJohnette, Brazilian pianist & vocalist Eliane Elias and multi-sax player Tia Fuller.VPR News
Vermont Law Dean Announces Retirement
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The president of Vermont Law School announced Friday he’ll be retiring next summer. Jeff Shields has spent four decades as a practicing attorney and legal educator.VPR News
Chief Of Fletcher Allen Takes Job In Kansas City
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After eight years at the helm, the head of Vermont’s largest hospital is leaving for a job in Missouri. Fletcher Allen Health Care president Melinda Estes says she will leave her current post in August.Vermont Garden Journal
Vermont Garden Journal: Big Bad Beetles
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These beetles don’t harmonize, they decimate. Flea, cucumber, potato, and asparagus are all beetles that love your veggies. Charlie Nardozzi offers some organic controls this week on The Vermont Garden Journal.VPR News
Sheep Go Back To School At UVM
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In a throwback to the early 19th century, a flock of sheep graze the green at the University of Vermont to promote historic tours of the Burlington campus. VIDEO: Grazing On The Green Earlier: UVM Traces Its History With Walking TourVPR News
Green Mountain Power Proposes New ‘Public Trust’
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Green Mountain Power and Gaz Metro’s surprise offer to purchase Central Vermont Public Service is generating a lot of buzz — in particular, GMP’s proposal to create a public trust with joint shares of Velco.VPR News
With House Vote, Welch Supports Mission In Libya
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Congressman Peter Welch has voted to support President Obama’s military policies in Libya. He backed legislation that would ensure future funding for the mission. He also voted for a bill that specifically authorized the President’s military actions, but that legislation was defeated.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Beethoven’s First and Last Symphonies
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Beethoven’s first and last symphonies are quite the study in duality: the Ninth is the gateway to Berliozian romanticism, and the First is an extension of Haydn. We’ll hear both this afternoon.VPR News
Board Quickly Approves Driftwood Clean-Up Plan
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After record flooding washed up piles of driftwood along the shores of Lake Champlain, Vermont’s Public Service Board has made an emergency ruling to allow a solid wood yard to collect it – and turn it into energy.Vermont Edition
Summer Reading Show
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Suspense stories, crime thrillers and political tomes. There’s a wide world of summer reading choices out there. Tell us your recommendations for vacation reads, and find out what other VPR listeners are reading.Classical Music with Walter Parker
802 Quartet Live
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The new 802 Quartet joined Walter Parker in the VPR Performance studio for a preview of their inaugural concerts in Montpelier and Waterbury. Listen to the entire performance again online.Commentary Series
Averyt: Weather or Not
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Commentator Anne Averyt admits to a fascination with weather forecasters. Even though the wind can be capricious, weather reporters always seem to find a reason to smile.VPR News
VT Ranked #1 On Saving Energy Use
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A report by the American Council on Energy Efficiency Economy shows Vermont is still ranked first when it comes to saving on energy usage.VPR News
Welch Applauds Obama’s Call To Tap Oil Reserves
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Congressman Peter Welch says gas prices could continue to decline in the coming weeks because President Obama has authorized the withdrawal of millions of barrels of oil from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve. Earlier: Prices Impact Driving HabitsVPR News
Vt. Police Say Chance Of Finding Couple Fading
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More than two weeks after Bill and Lorraine Currier went missing, Vermont police say the chances of finding the Essex couple alive are dwindling.VPR News
‘Death Race’ Challenges Mind, Body
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A deadly competition that tests mental and physical endurance begins Friday night in Pittsfield. Above all, competitors from across the world challenge their own stamina, trying to stay alive in the Spartan Death Race.VPR News
‘Donuts’ Explores Unlikely Friendship; Sprinkles In Humor
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A production at the Dorset Playhouse delves into an uncommon relationship between a white, disillusioned donut shop owner and his young, African American employee.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 24, 2011.
Jazz with George Thomas
New Purchases & New Releases, Helen Humes, George Russell, Donald Harrison
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We celebrate New Purchases with new Mosaic sets by Ahmad Jamal and The Modern Jazz Quartet & birthdays of vocalist Helen Humes, bandleader & composer George Russell, bass player Milt Hinton and the New Orleans born alto sax player Donald Harrison.Commentary Series
Gilbert: Albion’s Seed
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Summer is a good time to explore our roots – both collectively and as individuals. And while we’re at it, commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert says there’s a provocative book that explores the historical roots of regional differences in this country.VPR News
GMP Parent Company Makes Offer To Buy CVPS
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The parent company of Green Mountain Power, Vermont’s second largest utility, has made an offer to purchase Central Vermont Public Service.VPR News
Court Rules In Favor Of Drug Companies
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The country’s highest court has overturned a Vermont law that aimed to curb how drug manufacturers could use information about the kinds of drugs doctors prefer to prescribe for their patients.VPR News
To Cut Debt, Sanders Says Raise Taxes
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Sen. Bernie Sanders is calling for tax increases to reduce the nation’s debt, although House Republicans have said they won’t support any plan that includes tax hikes.VPR News
Entergy: Nuclear Regulation Is Federal Gov’t Domain
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In the first day of a case that could decide whether a state can deny the license extension of an operating nuclear power plant, an attorney for the Entergy Corporation said Thursday that jurisdiction should fall to federal regulators.Vermont Edition
Sen. Sanders Discusses Afghanistan, Debt Ceiling
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Sen. Bernie Sanders responds to President Obama’s announcement about troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, takes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to task and weighs in on the debate over raising the debt ceiling.VPR News
Supreme Court Strikes Down VT Prescription Drug Law
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The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a Vermont law that requires doctors’ consent before their prescription records could be used by drug companies to market prescription drugs to doctors.Commentary Series
Schubart: Pond Humor
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Commentator Bill Schubart is enjoying his newly dug pond, but the project has raised a few challenges for those thinking of building a pond which he will share with us.VPR News
Welch Wants Faster Troop Withdrawal
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Senators Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders and Congressman Peter Welch all released statements saying they would like to see the president bring home troops from Afghanistan sooner and faster. Obama To Troops: Afghan Withdrawal To Be Gradual Comment: What do you think of Obama’s plan?VPR News
In Springfield, Pipe Burst Causes Liability Dispute For Town’s Insurer
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After a pipe burst and water inundated his cellar and damaged his property, a Springfield homeowner is blaming the town’s insurance carrier, the Vermont League of Cities and Towns. Earlier: As Aid Dries Up, Towns Struggle To Replace PipesVPR News
Brooks House Owner Making Plans To Re-Open
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The owner of Brattleboro’s fire-damaged Brooks House says it could be a year before serious reconstruction begins on the 140 year old building.VPR News
Plan To Reopen Ski Area Hits Snag
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Town officials in Dummerston say they want a more definitive site plan before signing off on a developer’s push to revive the Maple Valley Ski Area, which closed in 2001.VPR News
Fuel Tanks Removed In Gas Leak Investigation
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Vermont authorities say underground fuel tanks are being removed as an investigation into a "sizeable" gas leak in Essex Junction takes place.VPR News
Court Hearing Gets Under Way On Vermont Yankee Future
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The owners of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant will ask a federal judge to block the state’s efforts to close the Vernon reactor when its current license expires in March.VPR News
Vermont Yankee Plant Closure Urged At Safety Meeting
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A number of Vermont residents called for the closure of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant during a public meeting with federal regulators on the plant’s safety.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 23, 2011.
Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Death and the Maiden
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We’ll listen to Schubert’s "Death and the Maiden" Quartet this afternoon, as well as Haydn’s "Miracle" Symphony, Saint-Saens’ "Carnival of the Animals," and a Dvorak Piano Quartet that can be heard in Rochester tomorrow evening with the Johannes String Quartet.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival Live
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In case you missed it, audio is now posted online from this morning’s live performance in the VPR Studio by members of the GMCMF. During the program they played music of Beethoven and Poulenc.Jazz with George Thomas
Here’s To The Prez
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After the President’s speech we play Lester Young, nick-named The President, or just Pres, by Billie Holiday. We also hear some of the great young piano players including Gerald Clayton & his trio, Robert Glasper on bassist Robert Hurst’s new trio album and Geoffrey Keezer in his trio with Joe Locke & Tim Garland.VPR News
Special Coverage: President Obama’s Address On Afghanistan
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In a prime-time speech from the White House Wednesday, President Obama will discuss troop numbers in Afghanistan. The address comes as President Obama’s critics and allies are increasingly questioning war spending abroad with a staggering economy at home. Vermont Public Radio will carry live coverage of President Obama’s address tonight at 8 p.m. Also: A Bipartisan Push For Afghan DrawdownCommentary Series
Martin: Contemporary Cabaret
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A recent performance in Burlington got commentator Mike Martin thinking about how the Cabaret art form still speaks to us today.VPR News
Court Hearing Considers Central Issue Of Yankee Lawsuit
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A ruling in a court hearing this week in Brattleboro will likely provide a clear indication of the outcome of a lawsuit involving the state and the owners of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.VPR News
Vermont Officials Suspect Measles Case
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The Vermont health department is awaiting confirmation of a suspected case of measles in Washington County.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Leila Josefowicz plays Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
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We’ll listen to Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto this afternoon palyed by Leila Josefowicz. Also today, Garrick Ohlsson plays Beethoven, and an Irish clarinet concerto played by Thea King.VPR News
Red Cross Moves To Colchester To Help Flood Victims
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As Lake Champlain floodwaters recede, American Red Cross is moving to help people around the lake.VPR News
Summer School: How To Play The Banjo
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Two-time Vermont state banjo champion, Steve Light gives us a little lesson in playing the banjo.VPR News
State Issues Measles Alert
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State Epidemiologist Patsy Kelso updates VPR’s Steve Zind on what’s behind a Measles Alert the state has issued.Vermont Edition
Entergy Vs. The State Of Vermont
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Vermont Law School professors Pat Parenteau and Don Kreis break down the upcoming trial initiated by Entergy to keep Vermont Yankee operating beyond March 2012, State Epidemiologist Patsy Kelso updates us on a measles alert and we head to Summer School for a lesson in playing the banjo.
Commentary Series
Nadworny: Private Or Public?
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Commentator Rich Nadworny has been trying hard to not pay too much attention to the Anthony Weiner debacle – and he’s not succeeding.VPR News
Brattleboro Schools Shift To Later Start Time
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Students at Brattleboro Union high and Middle Schools will get to sleep a little later on school days. Starting in the fall, classes will begin at 8:45 instead of the current 7:45 start. School officials say the change recognizes the "adolescent biological clock."VPR News
Vt. Army National Guard to get new general
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A Middlebury man will be promoted to brigadier general during a ceremony Wednesday at National Guard headquarters in Colchester.VPR News
Man Charged In Shooting Near CVPS Linemen
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Vermont State Police say they’ve cited a man who fired a shot during a confrontation with two Central Vermont Public Service Corp. linemen working on a power pole near his home.VPR News
Vermont Health Officials Say Measles Suspected
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Vermont health officials say the state may have a measles case. The state Department of Health says a young Washington County child has a suspected case of the highly contagious viral disease.VPR News
Sanders Says AP Raised Serious Nuclear Safety Issues
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Sen. Bernie Sanders says The Associated Press raised disturbing allegations about the safety of aging U.S. nuclear power plants and wants Vermont’s Yankee facility shut down.VPR News
NRC Officials Review Vermont Yankee Safety
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Officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will be in Brattleboro for a public hearing on the agency’s annual review of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant tonight.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 22, 2011.
VPR News
Special Coverage: President Obama’s Address On Afghanistan
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In a prime-time speech from the White House Wednesday, President Obama will discuss troop numbers in Afghanistan. The address comes as President Obama’s critics and allies are increasingly questioning war spending abroad with a staggering economy at home. Vermont Public Radio will carry live coverage of President Obama’s address tonight at 8 p.m. Also: A Bipartisan Push For Afghan DrawdownCommentary Series
Mares: Singing in Asia
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Recently, commentator Bill Mares had the opportunity to catch up with old friends at a reunion that had a distinctive musical theme.VPR News
Nuclear Critic Urges Civility At Yankee Briefing
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A veteran critic of the nuclear industry is urging opponents of Vermont Yankee to practice civility when federal regulators brief the public this week. The anti-nuclear activist also wants the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to be more open about the potential problems facing Vermont’s only nuclear power plant.VPR News
Hospital Chief May Be Leaving
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Officials at Fletcher Allen Health Care say that, after eight years on the job, CEO Melinda Estes is exploring other opportunities. Estes is widely credited with restoring Fletcher Allen’s credibility.VPR News
Board Works To Redraw Legislative Districts
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By the 2012 election, Vermont’s legislative districts will look different. How different depends on a process that is going on right now.VPR News
Battling Embezzlement, With Tips From The Confessed
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With advice from former embezzlers, Vermont’s State Auditor wants to help cities and towns fight embezzlement of public money – something that he says has cost local governments millions of dollars.VPR News
In Slow Economy, Hospital Spending Declines
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For the fourth year in a row, the overall growth rate for hospital expenditures could decline.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
L’été, il est arrivé!
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Summer is here! We’ll hear music for the occasion all afternoon.VPR News
Vt. School Districts Force Contract On Teachers
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The boards of six southwestern Vermont school districts have imposed a retroactive contract on teachers for the fiscal year ending June 30.VPR News
John Gregg On New Hampshire’s Budget
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Valley News political editor John Gregg provides an update on the New Hampshire state budget.VPR News
Construction Resumes On Bridge Archway
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Work has resumed on the archway of the new Lake Champlain Bridge connecting Crown Point, New York and West Addison, Vermont.Vermont Edition
Redrawing Vermont’s Political Map
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Every 10 years, when new census data comes out, Vermont has to reassess the boundaries of its legislative districts, and reapportion house and senate seats to ensure equal representation. That process is going on now. MAP: Draft Legislative Districts Comment: What’s your vision for redistricting?Classical Music with Walter Parker
The Summer Solstice
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Music for the Summer Solstice, which occurs at 1:16 this afternoon.Commentary Series
Henningsen: Road Music
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As the summer road trip season gets under way, historian and commentator Vic Henningsen considers some of the technology meant to make long drives more enjoyable. He wonders if it really does.VPR News
Study Says High School Students Falling Behind In Financial Literacy
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A survey of Vermont high schools finds that while some form of financial literacy is taught in many of them, the courses are elective and they vary in what’s being taught. Earlier: Spaulding Launches Financial Literacy ProgramVPR News
Saturated Soil Increases Risk Of Mudslides
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All the rain and flooding this spring has saturated the soil, and made it a more active year for mudslides in the region, according to state geologist Larry Becker.VPR News
Health Care Board Begins Accepting Applications
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A special nominating committee is now taking applications for positions on the five-member board that will oversee implementation of Vermont’s new health care law.VPR News
Borders Closing Burlington Store
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Borders, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February, now says it will close its store in Burlington.VPR News
Temporary Bridge To Open In Richmond
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Vermont transportation officials say a temporary bridge and road built in Richmond are ready to open.VPR News
State Police Trooper To Lead Safety Program
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A Vermont State Police lieutenant is going to be the new acting chief of the Governor’s Highway Safety Program.VPR News
VT Wants EPA To Get Tough On Polluters
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A professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School says he’s OK with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of utilities in a climate change suit brought by a group of states including Vermont.VPR News
Leahy Says Ruling Shows Activist Court Majority At Work
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Sen. Patrick Leahy says a Supreme Court ruling in favor of Wal-Mart in a sex discrimination lawsuit on behalf of female employees makes it harder to hold corporations accountable under the country’s civil rights laws.VPR News
Police Say Body Found In Lake May Be NY Woman
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New York state police say a body found by a fisherman in Lake Champlain may be that of a woman who went missing along with her canoe from a family camp on the New York shore last fall.VPR News
Lake Champlain Bike Ferry Cancelled For Season
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A Vermont ferry service that shuttles cyclists and their bikes across part of Lake Champlain has been canceled for the season.VPR News
Washington County To Get Flood Aid
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A Vermont county that was left out of last week’s disaster declaration by the White House will be getting some help from Uncle Sam after all.VPR News
Fire Destorys On Of Ryegate’s Oldest Houses
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Fire officials in Ryegate say a fast-moving blaze has destroyed one of the town’s oldest houses.Jazz with George Thomas
Summertime
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We celebrate the first day of summer with seasonal songs including a number of versions of "Summertime," by Miles Davis & Gil Evans, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Smith with Stanley Turrentine and Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 21, 2011.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
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Dvorak, Schumann, Kodaly, and more.Jazz with George Thomas
Piano Trios And Eric Dolphy
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The first hour tonight is filled with old & new Piano Trios, including trios led by Jimmy Rowles, Clare Fischer, Bill Evans, Monty Alexander, Benny Green and Gerald Clayton. Hour two is devoted to the music of Eric Dolphy who was proficient on flute, alto sax and bass clarinet and played with John Coltrane & Oliver Nelson, amongst others.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Vienna Philharmonic
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What do you do when you realize your life is going to end soon? Well, if you’re Mahler you pour your heart and soul into creating some of the most sublime music ever written.Commentary Series
Hunter: Two Anniversaries
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This year commentator Edith Hunter put in a new strawberry bed. And that got her thinking about the comfort of favorite books and familiar stories.VPR News
Welch Launches Bi-partisan Plan To Reduce Medicare Costs
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Congressman Peter Welch has launched a bi-partisan effort to reduce Medicare costs by nearly $160 billion over the next 10 years. The plan would allow the federal government to negotiate prices for prescription drugs that are bought under the Medicare Part D program.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Durufle’s Requiem
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Earlier today Walter Parker played the Requiem of Gabriel Faure. That work inspired Maurice Durufle’s Requiem that came a half-century later. We’ll hear it this afternoon.VPR News
Seeking Advice, Vt. Launches New Energy Website
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Gov. Peter Shumlin has announced the launch of a new government website that he says will serve as a one-stop source of information related to the state’s energy plan. Comment: What revisions would you make to the state’s energy plan?VPR News
“The Great Race” Concludes In Bennington
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On Friday, downtown Bennington was the finish line of The Great Race, modeled on the 1908 Great Race from New York to Paris.VPR News
Mudslides More Prevalent This Season
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VPR’s Steve Zind talks with State Geologist Larry Becker about how landslides happen and why certain kinds of soils and formations are more susceptible to them.VPR News
High Court Blocks States’ Climate Change Lawsuit
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The Supreme Court has blocked a federal lawsuit by several states including Vermont that tried to force cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.Vermont Edition
Program Seeks To Raise Financial Literacy
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Personal finance has become more complex, making it even more critical for people to understand how to manage their money. An ambitious program at Champlain College aims to improve what Vermonters understand about saving and investing, credit and debt.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Andre Watts is 65
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We’ll hear him play Saint-Saens’ Piano Concerto No. 2.VPR News
Court Hearing Set On Vermont Yankee Suit
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A federal judge is set to preside over a two-day hearing in the suit by Entergy Corp. against the state of Vermont over the future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.VPR News
Montpelier Southbound Ramps To Close
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Travelers to and from Vermont’s capital city may want to take note of upcoming interstate ramp closures at Interstate 89’s Exit 8.VPR News
Lake Champlain Finally Below Flood Stage
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Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says Lake Champlain’s dropping below flood stage for the first time in more than two months is an important milestone and shows the state is open for business.VPR News
Burlington Sets Meeting To Provide Flood Info
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The city of Burlington has set a public meeting for Wednesday to fill in members of the public about services available for victims of recent flooding.VPR News
To Prevent Traffic, State Requires Tire Chains For Trucks
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A new state mandate will require buses and big trucks to use tire chains during winter storms on certain Vermont highways.Commentary Series
Weis: Leap Frog
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With the summer solstice nearly here, environmental educator and commentator Russ Weis considers a potentially portentous solstice coming up next year.Young Writers Project On VPR
Song Of Myself
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In this week’s Young Writers Project piece, Katelyn Jewell, an 11th grader at Mount Mansfield Union High School says she finds meaning in a world built entirely of words and says her creation was inspired by Walt Whitman’s epic poem by the same name.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 20, 2011.All the Traditions
Happy Father’s Day 2011 !
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Our annual Father’s Day spectacular, a preview of the upcoming Old Songs Festival, and, as always, much more!My Place with Joel Najman
A Mixed Bag Of Beatles Curiosities And Other Things British
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program presents a third and concluding week focusing on songs written by members of the Beatles that were recorded by artists other than the Beatles back in the day and the interesting stories behind these songs.The VPR Saturday Special
Travels with Mike: In Search of America 50 Years After Steinbeck
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In the fall of 1960, the writer John Steinbeck drove across the country with his poodle, Charley, and a question: "What are Americans like today?" Half a century later, "Travels with Mike" retraces Steinbeck’s steps to hear America’s story today and reflect on its history.A Passion For Opera
Bel Canto
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This afternoon we explore the bel canto style by listening to music by Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini.Saturday Matinee
Un ballo in maschera
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The Lyric Opera of Chicago presents Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, recorded during their 2010 season.Jazz with George Thomas
Father’s Day Jazz
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We jump right in to Father’s Day Jazz with Horace Silver’s "Song For My Father," George Coleman’s "Father," Dee Dee Bridgewater’s "My Heart Belongs To Daddy," Catherine Russell’s "My Old Daddy’s Got A New Way Of Loving" and Ellis Marsalis, father to the whole New Orleans clan of great jazz musicians.Vermont Garden Journal
Vermont Garden Journal: Peonies
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This week, Charlie Nardozzi offers tips on enjoying and growing peonies; including successful transplanting and disease control.VPR News
Welch Says Cooperation Needed On Debt Ceiling
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Congressman Peter Welch says partisan fighting over raising the national debt ceiling could cause serious economic problems. Welch says both Democrats and Republicans need to compromise as they develop a financial package to reduce the national debt.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Fathers and Sons
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The Mozarts, the Strausses (not the Vienna waltz ones), and the Serkins will all be represented today as we head into Father’s Day Weekend.VPR News
VEDA Loans To Help Flood Damaged Businesses
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As much as $4 million will be available in loans through the Vermont Economic Development Authority for businesses that have sustained damage during recent floods.VPR News
ACLU Argues Against ‘Broad’ Search Warrant
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The American Civil Liberties Union will go before the Vermont Supreme Court next week to argue against what it considers an overly broad police search warrant.VPR News
Reward Offered As Police Search For Missing Essex Couple
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A reward is being offered for helping in finding a couple from Essex who have been missing for more than a week.VPR News
Lake Champlain Creeping Almost Below Flood Stage
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Lake Champlain is about to fall below flood stage. The level of the lake was a few inches above 100 feet, but steadily going down.Vermont Edition
Welch Takes Bipartisan Approach To Debt Ceiling
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This summer Congress faces a vote on whether to raise the national debt limit, a debate that encompasses questions of spending and tax policies. Democrat Peter Welch is working with Republican colleagues in the House to find agreement on the debt ceiling.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Happy Father’s Day!
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Music of Bach and his four composing songs; and the father-daughter duo of pianist Claude Frank and violinist Pamela Frank plays Beethoven’s Spring Sonata.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: Presidential Politics
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The 2012 presidential campaign is now fully underway as seven Republican Party hopefuls debated earlier this week in New Hampshire. This morning, commentator and veteran ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore offers his thoughts.VPR News
Musician Provides Accompaniment To Silent Films
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This weekend the Brandon Town Hall will show the silent film classic The General, starring – Buster Keaton. Jeff Rapsis, a Manchester, New Hampshire composer will provide a musical accompaniment.VPR News
Derby Offers Land For Dog Park
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The town of Derby is offering town land for a dog park but won’t pay for its operation. The Board of Selectmen voted Monday to offer the wooded property near Lake Salem.VPR News
Nearly 100 Cows Saved From Burning Barn
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Firefighters battling a blaze in a Vermont barn managed to save nearly 100 cows before a roof caved in.VPR News
Leahy, Sanders Hail Vote To End Ethanol Subsidies
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A watershed moment for deficit reduction and energy policy. That’s the way Vermont’s senior U.S. Senator is describing a vote in that body on Thursday to end ethanol tax subsidies. Sen. Patrick Leahy says the subsidies are costing taxpayers more than $5 billion a year.VPR News
Officials Warn Against Providing Alcohol To Minors
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It’s high school graduation season – a time of ceremony and well deserved celebration. But officials are warning party hosts to think twice before including alcohol in the celebration.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 17, 2011.
Jazz with George Thomas
Tom Harrell, Javon Jackson
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We celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter & composer Tom Harrell and the tenor saophonist Javon Jackson. We also hear a few full moon songs including Sonny Rollins’ "How High The Moon" and Tom Harrell’s "Radiant Moon" sung by Claudia Acuna.Commentary Series
Craven: Father’s Day
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For filmmaker, teacher and commentator Jay Craven, Father’s Day has special meaning this year.VPR News
Shumlin Outlines Details Of Federal Disaster Relief
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Federal officials have now identified seven Vermont counties for disaster relief, and another three counties are seeking the designation. Governor Peter Shumlin says he’s optimistic that all the counties that have suffered damage from recent flooding will be eligible for federal programs.VPR News
Three Weeks After Floods, Red Cross Shelter Closes
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A Red Cross shelter for flood victims in Barre is set to close Thursday evening. The shelter housed and fed over 120 people beginning on May 26th, the first night of flash floods in central Vermont.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Lots of Love in Bennington
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The Bennington County Choral Society presents Brahms’s Liebeslieder Waltzes this weekend, and we’ll hear the work this afternoon. Also today, Tchaikovsky’s fateful Fourth Symphony, and Rachmaninoff’s final piano concerto.VPR News
Grocery Software Co. Will Move To Winooski Landmark
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In Winooski, a 21st century company is investing in a 19th century mill building. Software developer MyWebGrocer has purchased the Champlain Mill on the Winooski River in downtown Winooski.VPR News
Peering Into The Teen Brain
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Researcher Michael Nerney says brain chemistry changes over time, that it’s different for boys and girls an it doesn’t automatically start at age 18.VPR News
Visiting Artists: Stoneworker Dan Snow
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Dan Snow, a stoneworker from Dummerston, creates fire pits, arch bridges, staircases, stone walls and fantastical sculptures.VPR News
Sanders Says NRC Wants To Side With Entergy In Lawsuit
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Senator Bernie Sanders says federal regulators are taking the side of a nuclear power company in its legal dispute with the state of Vermont.Vermont Edition
Consequences Of The Under-Age Drinking Party
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It’s graduation season and parents’ attitudes toward holding drinking parties for their children are varied.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Weingartner’s Schubert
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Felix Weingartner’s realization of Schubert’s unfinished Symphony No. 7 in EVPR News
Local Author Inspires Kids To Learn About Renewable Energy
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A Vermont science writer is helping to get kids excited about renewable energy with a book of children science projects. VIDEO: Burning Marsh GasVPR News
Flood Brook Schools Consider Leaving Supervisory Union
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School leaders around Vermont are being encouraged under a new voluntary merger law to study forming larger, unified school districts that could save money and offer more opportunities for students.VPR News
GMP Asks For More Time To Obtain Conservation Easements
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Green Mountain Power says it’s under a tight schedule to build a Northeast Kingdom wind project. So the company has asked state regulators to give it more flexibility and change conditions in its state permit.VPR News
Exploitation Charges Dropped Against Abenaki Chief
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Charges of exploiting an elderly man have been dropped against the chief of Vermont’s Missisquoi Abenaki tribe.VPR News
Transit Agency In Northwest, Central Vermont Expanding
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A Vermont transit agency is expanding, and will soon serve nearly 50 percent of the state’s population.VPR News
Shoreham Ferry To Resume Service
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Now that flood waters have started to recede on Lake Champlain, the Ticonderoga Ferry will start running again.VPR News
Farmers Urged To Report Flood Damage, Losses
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Spring flooding has delayed the planting of crops and harvesting of hay in Vermont. It’s also damaged farm buildings and fields.VPR News
Disaster Declared For Vermont Flooding
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Gov. Peter Shumlin says the White House has approved a disaster declaration that will bring federal aid to homes, businesses and public agencies in flood-ravaged Vermont.VPR News
Bruins Win First Title In 39 Years
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The Boston Bruins erased 39 years of hockey frustration by hoisting the Stanley Cup for the first time since the Bobby Orr-Phil Esposito-Gerry Cheevers era. The Bruins blanked Vancouver 4-0 for their first NHL title since 1972. Comment: Should the Cup come to Vermont?Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 16, 2011.
Jazz with George Thomas
Jaki Byard, Erroll Garner
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We celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Jaki Byard and pianist/composer Erroll Garner, born one year apart, both playing a modified stride piano style. We also hear new releases by pianist/composers Vijay Iyer, Kenny Werner and Abdullah Ibrahim.Commentary Series
Delaney: Reminiscences
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As commencement season ends commentator Dennis Delaney has been thinking about his own college years – the good, the bad and the better.VPR News
Record Snow Drives Up Skier Visits
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Record snow this past winter may have contributed to flooding across the state, but it also helped Vermont’s ski industry enjoy its best season in years.VPR News
Welch Warns President On War Powers Act
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Congressman Peter Welch says President Obama is "dangerously close" to being in violation of the War Powers Act. The Obama Administration hasn’t sought Congressional approval for its military actions in Libya and the 90 day deadline will expire this weekend.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Georg Schumann
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Georg Schumann was not related to Robert. He was a contemporary of Richard Strauss, and a pioneering choral composer and director. We’ll hear two of his lush motets this afternoon, as well as Elgar’s "Enigma" Variations, Copland’s "Rodeo," and a piano concerto of Mozart played by Rudfolf Serkin.VPR News
Summer School: Racing At Thunder Road
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On warm summer evenings, 7,000 race fans can gather at Thunder Road to watch races on the small, banked track. Vermont’s Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott has been involved in racing there for more than 30 years, and he explains what it takes to drive at Thunder Road.VPR News
Interview: Photographer And Guggenheim Fellow John Willis
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Dummerston artist John Willis is a photographer and a professor at Marlboro College. For the past 19 years he has been working with kids in Brattleboro through the In-sight Photography Project.Vermont Edition
Costly Cleanup For Flooded Roads
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Last week, the Agency of Transportation re-opened the last of the state roads that were closed due to flooding, but long-term concerns linger even after the emergency repairs are finished.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Happy Forest and A River of Time
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The Happy Forest of Arnold Bax and Down a River of Time by Eric Ewazen.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Open Skies
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The morning begins with a lively piece, "Cielo abierto" ("Open sky") by Argentina’s Quique Sinesi.Commentary Series
Greene: Vermontianer
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In anticipation of Father’s Day this coming weekend, commentator Stephanie Greene is thinking about one of her favorite Flatlanders – and his enthusiastic love of Vermont.VPR News
Brattleboro Housing Authority To Demolish Hayes Court
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Residents of an aging public housing complex in West Brattleboro will have to find new homes. The Brattleboro Housing Authority has announced plans to demolish the 70-unit Hayes Court.VPR News
Shumlin Appoints New Information Chief
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Gov. Peter Shumlin has announced the appointment of a new commissioner for the state Department of Information and Innovation, which oversees computer networks and related technology in state government.VPR News
VT Begins Tax Credit For Hiring Veterans
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The state of Vermont is now taking applications for tax credits from businesses that have hired recently-returned veterans.VPR News
Legislative Officials Stuck In Elevator
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Some high-ranking Vermont state officials are breathing easier after enduring an unexpected delay- they got stuck in an elevator.VPR News
Police Say Woman Made Up Police Impersonation Story
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Vermont State Police say a woman who reported being stopped and assaulted by a fake police officer says she made the story up.VPR News
Police Release Sketch Of Possible Driver
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Police have released a sketch of a man who may have been spotted driving a car registered to a missing couple from Essex.VPR News
Montpelier Approves Wood-Heating
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Vermont’s capital city is going ahead with a plan to expand state government’s wood-fired heating system into city schools and government buildings.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 15, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
New Jazz Releases, Lucky Thompson
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Tonight we feature new jazz releases including trumpeter Sean Jones, alto saxophonist T. K. Blue’s tribute to Charlie Parker, bassist Ben Williams’ version of Moontrane, the solo piano release of Larry Goldings and the trumpet feature by Thomas Marriott. Also birthday greetings to Lucky Thompson.Commentary Series
Douglas: The Cost Of Care
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When it comes to containing health care costs at the Federal level, former Vermont Governor and commentator Jim Douglas, thinks there are still many more questions than answers.VPR News
Emergency Board Approves Funds For Flood Recovery
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A new state program to provide special loans to businesses hit hard by recent flooding is ready to swing into action.VPR News
Shumlin’s Press Secretary To Leave For Law School
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Governor Peter Shumlin’s press secretary plans to leave the administration later this summer to attend law school. Earlier: Shumlin Taps Into Social MediaVPR News
Ode To The Cluster Fly
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In this now award-winning piece, VPR’s Steve Zind looks at a springtime tradition: the cluster fly’s return.VPR News
Studying Asian Clams
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Candace Page of the Burlington Free Press went on a field trip looking at the eradication of an invasive species – Asian clams – in Lake George.Vermont Edition
The Future Of Vermont Pharmacies
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From small independents to large chain stores, a look at the business landscape that Vermont pharmacies face today, and Burlington Free Press reporter Candace Page looks at the eradication of Asian clams in Lake George.And we hear about one of the drearier signs of Spring: the return of the cluster fly.Classical Music with Walter Parker
A Chopin Competition Winner’s Chopin
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Rafal Blechacz plays the Piano Concerto No. 1.Commentary Series
Doyle-Schechtman: Flag Day
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Writer, historian, and commentator, Deborah Doyle-Schechtman, has re-discovered the meaning of Flag Day.VPR News
Fogel Says New UVM President Should Be Fundraiser
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As the University of Vermont looks for a new president, the current president gave the search committee some advice on Monday: look for someone who can raise money. Earlier: Trustees May Have Asked Fogel To Step DownVPR News
Flooding Delays Opening For Parks
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The flooding of Lake Champlain this spring has delayed the opening of a number of state parks along the shore. Six did not open as scheduled on Memorial Day weekend, and floodwaters are just now receding enough to reveal the extent of the damage – and to allow clean up. Slideshow: Park FloodsVPR News
First Lady To Meet With Guard Soldiers
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The Vermont National Guard says it’s thrilled that First Lady Michelle Obama will meet with Vermont soldiers when she visits the state later this month.VPR News
Bruins Headed To Game 7
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The Boston Bruins set a Stanley Cup Finals record last night. Now their next goal is winning the Stanley Cup itself. On their home ice, the B’s scored four goals in a span of 4:14 minutes in the first period of Game 6 against the Vancouver Canucks.VPR News
Massachusetts Joins VT Fight Against Federal Pre-emption
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Massachusetts backs Vermont’s assertion that it is not pre-empted by federal law from closing the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. The Commonwealth says it wants to defend its own laws regulating reactors, and Vermont’s should stand as well.VPR News
Emergency Board To Vote On Flood Aid Money
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Flood-damaged Vermont businesses could soon have help on the way. The state Emergency Board is voting today on Gov. Peter Shumlin’s request for $1 million to establish a low-interest loan program for merchants hit by flooding this spring.VPR News
Police Say Missing Couple’s Bank Accounts Quiet
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The Essex Police chief says the bank accounts of a couple missing almost a week have gone unused and investigators are still asking for help from the public in finding them.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 14, 2011.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Flag Day
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On this date in 1777, the Second Continental Congress officially adopted the current flag of the United States. This morning’s music starts with "Stars & Stripes Forever" and "You’re a Grand Old Flag" – of course!In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Mahler, Hugo Wolf, and more.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Lemminkainen
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We’ll hear parts of Sibelius’s evocative "Lemminkainen Suite" this afternoon. Also today, Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp, and Robert Schumann’s underrated Cello Concerto.Commentary Series
Blume: Days Of Thunder
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While the rest of us listen to weather forecasts, commentator Kathryn Blume says she’s been listening to – well – the weather itself.VPR News
Price Tag For Fixing Roads Will Exceed $15 Million
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According to a new report, the total price tag for fixing state and town roads that were damaged by recent floods will exceed $15 million. The federal government is expected to pay most of the bill, but some local towns might have to raise their property tax rates to pay for their share of these repair projects.VPR News
With School Year, Lunch Programs End For Children In Need
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As the school year comes to a close, free lunch programs are ending for children. But many families depend on the nutritious, well-balanced meals that their children get at school because their budgets are already stretched.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Going Places
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We’ll travel around the Mediterranean with Jacques Ibert, take a trip to Mexico with Manuel Ponce, and soar through the clouds with Eric Whitacre and Leonardo da Vinci.VPR News
UVM Hopes For Bruins Comeback, Cup Visit
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Starting Monday night, UVM officials hope alum Tim Thomas will lead the Bruins to two straight wins – then bring the Stanley Cup to the Burlington campus. Comment: Should the Cup come to Vermont?VPR News
Free Meal Programs Limited In Summer
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Schools are letting out for summer, and that can mean a striking number of Vermont children won’t be able to rely on free lunch programs.VPR News
Labor Of Years Results In Butterfly Atlas
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This season’s relentless rains have many of us desperate for some of the more benevolent signs of summer, such as butterflies. And now we have a better idea of just how diverse the butterfly population is, because the Vermont Center for Ecostudies has released the results of a six-year survey.VPR News
State Treasury Exceeds Expectations
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The Shumlin administration says the state treasury should end up with $20 million more than expected at the end of the budget year.Vermont Edition
Flooded State Parks Work To Re-Open
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Many of the state parks along the waterfront have been hard hit by this spring’s flooding, and many are not yet open for the season. The director of the Vermont State Parks discusses the impact of the flooding, and the challenges facing the parks as they scramble to clean up and re-open for the summer.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Daphnis and Chloe
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Ravel’s complete ballet set in ancient Greece.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Seasons Such As These
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Remember the storm scene in King Lear? ("That way madness lies…") In it, the King sends out a prayer for all of those exposed to the storm. This morning just in time for thunderstorm season we’ll feature a haunting choral setting of that scene by New York native David Chaitkin.Commentary Series
Kittredge: Agent of Grace
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Taking responsibility for one’s health has many facets, not the least of which is having an Advance Directive for Healthcare. Commentator Susan Cooke Kittredge has led workshops in helping people with these documents but was surprised at how much she learned when she acted as her mother’s agent at the end of her life.VPR News
As Aid Dries Up, Towns Struggle To Replace Pipes
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Vermont cities and towns are struggling to overhaul their aging water systems, and the state says almost every one of them needs some kind of upgrade. In Rutland, most of the drinking water pipes are in desperate need of repair because they have failed repeatedly.VPR News
Mountain Named For Trail Blazer
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A northern Vermont mountain peak is being named for Charles Doll, who helped cut the last stretch of the Long Trail in 1930.VPR News
Ethan Allen Express Ridership Up
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Vermont officials say the number of riders on Amtrak’s Ethan Allen Express has increased. The Vermont Agency of Transportation says ridership and revenue figures show a significant jump in riders traveling north of Albany last month.VPR News
Whiting Family Questions Water Bill Veto
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At least one Vermont family is questioning why Gov. Peter Shumlin vetoed a bill that would have required all new residential wells to be tested for toxic elements.VPR News
Montpelier Weighs Downtown Heating District
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Voters in Vermont’s capital will decide Tuesday whether to build a new wood-fueled district heating system for its downtown.Young Writers Project On VPR
What Really Happened to Humpty Dumpty
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This week’s Young Writers Project piece – with audio – is by Gerret Margolis, a seventh grader at Frances Richmond Middle School, who performed the piece at a recent YWP Poetry Slam and reflects the untold story of Mr. Humpty Dumpty.Jazz with George Thomas
New Jazz
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We feature a wealth New Jazz releases, from vocalist Rene Marie’s "O Shenandoah," to Branford Marsalis’ sax dueting with pianist Joey Calderazzo and the trio called Storms/Nocturnes with pianist Geoffrey Keezer, the saxes of Tim Garland and Joe Locke on vibes.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 13, 2011.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Cleveland Orchestra
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This week’s program features a concert of vivid landscapes, all performed from a Swiss village with cobble-stoned streets that’s nestled in the Alps.All the Traditions
Canadian Stamps and Darwin Projects
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Celebrating Canadian postage stamp issues honoring the McGarrigles and Bruce Cockburn, peeking ahead to the Festival sur la Canal in Montreal next weekend, and hopping from Mali all the way to the land of the Mohawks!My Place with Joel Najman
Bubblegum!
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program features memorable bubblegum classics by the 1910 Fruitgum Company, Ohio Express, the Archies and others.The VPR Saturday Special
The Moth Season Finale
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This Saturday is the Moth season finale and our final installment of stories told live without scripts. This week, hear stories of tragedy, intrigue, and a tattoo that reveals compassion among prison inmates.Saturday Matinee
Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream from Lyric Opera of Chicago features the celebrated countertenor David Daniels as Overon.A Passion For Opera
The History of Opera: Mozart
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Our exploration of the history of opera continues with a consideration of the operas of Mozart.VPR News
To Reduce Costs, N. Bennington School Considers Creating An Academy
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Schools across Vermont are feeling the pressure to reduce costs by reorganizing into larger districts. But the North Bennington Grade School is exploring a different option. A committee is looking into dissolving the century old public school, and creating an independent academy.Jazz with George Thomas
Pancho Sanchez, Roberta Gambarini, Roy Hargrove, Les Doigts de l’Homme
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My first show after being sick all week and my last show while the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival is in motion. We hear conguero Pancho Sanchez, vocalist Roberta Gambarini, trumpeter Roy Hargrove, and the wonderful string group Les Doigts de l’Homme. Get out and hear some live jazz.Vermont Garden Journal
Vermont Garden Journal: Mosquitoes
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With record rainfalls, you can expect a record number of mosquitoes this year. On the Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi debunks mosquito myths and shares some advice for coping with mosquitoes without harming the environment.VPR News
Lt. Governor Disappointed In Legislature’s Rush To Pass Health Care Bill
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Lt. Governor Phil Scott says there wasn’t any reason for Democrats at the Statehouse, and the Governor, to rush the health care bill through the Legislature. He says there are too many questions about the new law and he thinks Democratic leaders should have studied the issue for another year.VPR News
Burlington Applauds Expansion Of Online Auto Marketer
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Senator Patrick Leahy joined city leaders in Burlington Friday to celebrate the expansion of Dealer.com, a web-based company that provides global marketing solutions for the automotive industry.VPR News
Twin Valley School District Considers Further Consolidation
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Officials say it’s necessary to close a school because the savings could pay for much-needed renovations to the remaining two school buildings. Wilmington and Whitingham have repeatedly voted ‘no’ on financing the repairs through taxes.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Brahms 3
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Brahms’s Symphony #3 this afternoon, along with Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante and Chopin’s F Minor Concerto played by Maria Joao Pires.VPR News
Analysis: Potential 2012 State-Wide Candidates
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Retired Middlebury College Political Science Professor Eric Davis looks at who is considering running for state-wide office in the 2012 election cycle.VPR News
State Troopers Search For Impersonator
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Vermont State Police troopers are looking for an armed police impersonator who stopped a woman on Route 15 in Morrisville and assaulted her after ordering her out of her car.Vermont Edition
Man Of Many Hats: Lt. Gov. Phil Scott
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Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott discusses his outlook on the major bills of the recent legislative session. Plus, retired Middlebury College Political Science Professor Eric Davis looks at the 2012 state-wide races. And we listen back to the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: June 10, 2011
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These were some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Vt. Panel Suggests New Lawmaker Map
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A panel charged by the Vermont Legislature with redrawing the state’s representative districts wants to create 150 single-member House districts.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Heliand Consort LIVE
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The local woodwind quartet previews their Vermont tour.Commentary Series
Luskin: Integrity And Enticement
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A recent phone call had novelist and commentator Deborah Lee Luskin dreaming about sudden fame and fortune until reality – and her conscience – kicked in.VPR News
Welch Calls For End To Ethanol Subsidies
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Congressman Peter Welch is calling for an end to all federal subsidies for the ethanol industry. Welch says a federal mandate that requires gasoline to contain 10 percent ethanol is driving up grain costs to farmers and is undermining the recreational boat industry.VPR News
Work Begins To Re-Open Damaged State Parks
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With the recent summer-like heat wave that has hit the region, state park rangers and volunteers are working quickly to try to reopen parks that have been closed because of spring flooding. Comments: Are you missing the parks this season?VPR News
US Maple Syrup Production Up Sharply
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U.S. Department of Agriculture officials say 2011 was a sweet year for maple syrup production. U.S. production of 2.79 million gallons was up 43 percent from 2010, an off year, and easily topped the previous record of 2.40 million, set two years ago.VPR News
Rutland Competition Rewards Energy Efficiency
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Rutland officials are kicking off a countywide competition to encourage energy efficiency. The competition offers $10,000 rewards to towns that show the greatest percentage of home energy improvements and the highest average energy savings per home.VPR News
Officials Say Check Advisories Before Heading To Beach
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Local and state officials around Vermont are advising people to call local and state park authorities or check their web sites before trying to beat the heat by heading to the nearest beach or swimming hole.VPR News
Police Searching For Missing Essex Couple
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Essex police said Thursday they are looking for Bill and Lorraine Currier who were last seen Wednesday by their respective co-workers in Burlington.VPR News
Red Cross Fundraiser Nets $46,000, More Funds Needed
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A special fundraising drive for the American Red Cross chapter covering Vermont and part of New Hampshire has raised more than $46,000. But the agency says that with the recent spate of disasters in the region, more is needed.VPR News
Flood-Damaged Highways To Reopen
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The Vermont Agency of Transportation says all state highways that were damaged by flooding will reopen today.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 10, 2011.
Commentary Series
Schubart: The Social Contract
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In the national debate about the role of government in our lives, commentator Bill Schubart tries to envisage what it will take to rebuild citizen trust in the social contract.VPR News
Danville Divided On Benefits Of Route 2 Construction
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Drivers going through Danville need to be ready for long delays. The cause of gridlock? A $6.6 million project designed to make the village more attractive. But merchants worry that by the time Danville gets spruced up, they’ll have been put out of business by long traffic delays. Comments: Got traffic delays in your town?VPR News
Thunderstorms, Round Two: Windham County Hit With Power Outages
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Just as work crews were wrapping up restoration efforts from last night’s severe thunderstorms, round two came through this afternoon. CVPS says storms knocked out power to 12,000 of its customers.VPR News
Author Appears In Putney To Support New Performance Space
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The non-profit group Next Stage Art Project is aiming to bring notable artists to a new performance space in Putney Village. This weekend, the group’s inaugural benefit will feature author Bob Morris, a frequent contributor to the New York Times and author of "Assisted Loving – True Tales of Double-Dating With My Dad".VPR News
State To Request Emergency Aid For Farms
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The state of Vermont plans to request emergency relief for farms affected by spring flooding in all of the state’s 14 counties.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Glory
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We’ll hear nationalist glory from Sibelius, the suite from Rameau’s opera "Le Temple de la Gloire," and Liszt’s interpretation of a Victor Hugo tale of a man who achieves glory through revenge.VPR News
Gas Prices Have Impact On Vermonters’ Driving Habits
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In Vermont right now, gas is hovering around $3.85 a gallon. While that’s lower than the price a month ago, it’s higher than other nearby states, and higher than the national average. And it’s changing how some Vermonters are driving.VPR News
Welch Calls For Eliminating Ethanol Subsidies
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Congressman Peter Welch wants the federal government to eliminate ethanol subsidies, saying taxpayers are paying $6 billion annually for them.Vermont Edition
Wet Fields, Late Planting, Frustrated Farmers
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Dairy and vegetable farms are still dealing with saturated fields in the aftermath of severe spring flooding, and the delayed planting of crops will have ripple effects throughout the growing season.
Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Sisu!
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This morning’s music is filled with the determined musical voices of Finns including composers Leevi Madetoja, and Selim Palmgren.Commentary Series
Gilbert: King James Bible At 400
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Four hundred years ago – this year – a hugely important translation of the Bible was published. According to commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert, it’s quite a text – and quite a story.VPR News
Wealthy Vermonters Drive State Revenues
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Just over 300,000 Vermonters file personal income tax forms every year. But the financial fortunes of the top 3,000 filers have an enormous impact on the state’s overall revenue base. Vermont’s income tax revenues are running more than 10 percent higher than a year ago. And the revenue resurgence is largely due to the improving financial condition of a very small number of people.VPR News
CVPS To Seek PSB Approval For Sale
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Last week, Central Vermont Public Service announced that it had agreed to be sold to Fortis, Incorporated – a Canadian company-for $700 million. The next step in the process is for the two utility companies to file a petition with the Public Service Board for approval.VPR News
Transportation Officials Seek Input On Expanded Rail Route
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Vermont rail enthusiasts have been pushing for more passenger trains for years. Thanks to a grant from the Federal Railroad Administration, the state may be getting closer to seeing that happen. Transportation officials from New York and Vermont are looking at ways to create a new passenger service along existing rail lines in southwestern Vermont and east central New York. Comments: Should New York and Vermont expand service?VPR News
Officials Close Rail Trail After Culvert Collapse
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Vermont transportation officials say a culvert failure in Enosburg has forced the closing of a portion of the Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail.VPR News
Flood Damage Closes Parts Of Burlington Bike Path
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Recreation officials in Burlington say damage from Lake Champlain flooding has forced the closing of sections of the Burlington Bike Path.VPR News
Leahy Calls For Weiner To Step Down
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Sen. Patrick Leahy says he thinks a resignation by New York Congressman Anthony Weiner would be in the best interests of his constituents and the U.S. House.VPR News
Strong Storms Knock Out Power
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Strong thunderstorms rolling through Vermont left thousands without power at one point, though service is being restored.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 9, 2011.
Commentary Series
Lange: Old Radio Days
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As the season for summer blockbuster movies about super heroes and rings of power approaches, commentator Willem Lange is feeling nostalgic for other mighty champions of yesteryear.VPR News
For Flood-Damaged Businesses, Shumlin Announces Aid
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A special state loan program designed to help businesses that have suffered flood damages this spring will be made available across Vermont.VPR News
Goodbye Pyramid, Hello Healthy Plate
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The Obama administration has unveiled the food plate, which is meant to give consumers an easier way to understand what constitutes a healthy diet. Among those who helped to design the new plate is Naomi Fukagawa of the University of Vermont.VPR News
State Approves Loans To Small Businesses
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Economic officials say they will distribute $6.9 million in development financing to businesses throughout the state, in an effort to stimulate job growth.VPR News
Support Grows For Passenger Rail
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The prospect of a new passenger rail service linking Bennington and Manchester to Albany gets a warm reception at a public meeting in Mechanicville, New York, as state transportation officials in Vermont and New York consider a passenger train that would connect the towns.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Musical Air Conditioning
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We’ll cool off this afternoon with some music about winter and snow (ha!), and we’ll also celebrate the birthdays of Robert Schumann and pianist Emanuel Ax.VPR News
Summer School: Worm Composting
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It’s cheap and easy and many gardeners swear by this worm manure to fuel their gardens, perk up tired house plants and even prevent plant diseases. We learn how to create a worm composting bin.VPR News
Case Backlog Leads To Uninvestigated Abuse
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Ed Paquin of Disability Rights Vermont blames staffing levels for the backlog of up to 300 cases of abuse, neglect and exploitation at Adult Protective Services.He believes a new agreement will address these concerns.VPR News
Long-Closed Ski Area May Reopen As Rec Area
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A southern Vermont ski area that has been closed for a decade could be reopening as a four-season recreation area.VPR News
Renaming The Champlain Bridge
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An effort by some residents in New York to rename the Champlain Bridge in honor of two fallen police officers is stirring controversy. Comments: Should the bridge be renamed? Earlier: Delays Increase Reconstruction CostsVermont Edition
Where The Power Flows North: The Sale Of CVPS
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We look at the impact of the proposed sale of CVPS on the company’s shareholders, rate payers and employees. We also discuss a new agreement addressing the backlog of cases of abuse and neglect to seniors and vulnerable adults. And we begin our Summer School series by learning how to set up a worm composting bin.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Musique a la Chabrier
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We’ll listen to Emmanuel Chabrier’s housewarming gift to a friend, an ode to music.Commentary Series
Mares: Conspiracy Theories
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Commentator Bill Mares has been wondering why Americans seem so attracted to conspiracy theories.VPR News
Two Environmental Groups Join Forces
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Two leading Vermont environmental groups have joined forces to focus on sprawl and development issues in the state.VPR News
First Lady To Visit South Burlington
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First Lady Michelle Obama is coming to Vermont. The Vermont Democratic Party announced yesterday that Obama will headline a June 30th fundraiser for President Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign.VPR News
Anti-Nuclear Group Posts Hazard Signs Near Vermont Yankee
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A group of antinuclear activists hung nuclear hazard signs Tuesday along key escape routes within Vermont Yankee’s ten-mile evacuation zone.VPR News
Gold Named Interim Lyndon State President
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The chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges says a former state government executive will be the interim president of Lyndon State College.VPR News
Campbell Pays Debt, Avoids Tax Sale
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Officials in the town of Hartford say Vermont’s state Senate president – whose home was to be sold at a tax sale because of unpaid taxes – has settled his $6,000 debt.VPR News
VT Confirms Measle Case
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The Vermont Department of Health is investigating its first case of measles in 10 years. Officials say the disease was confirmed in an unvaccinated person from southern Vermont.VPR News
Chittenden East Rejects School District Merger
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Voters in five northern Vermont towns are saying no to a plan to merge school districts and have one school board oversee nine schools.VPR News
NH House, Senate Set To Begin Budget Talks
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The New Hampshire House and Senate are preparing for negotiations over a new state budget for the two years beginning July 1.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 8, 2011.
Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
A Little Breakfast Music
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Rick Sowash’s cheeky suite, "A Little Breakfast Music" opens the morning.In Concert @ 8
Live! At The Concertgebouw: Netherlands Radio Chamber Phil.
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The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic is led by Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu and features harp soloist Lavinia Meijer.Commentary Series
Labun Jordan: Learning The Web
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Commentator Helen Labun Jordan is looking back on the dawn of the Internet age and realizing both how far we’ve come and how many people we may be leaving behind.VPR News
Local Airports Fret Over Federal Cuts
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With the summer travel season heating up, small regional airports like those in Rutland and Lebanon are worried about proposed cuts to a federal program that subsidizes their passenger airline service.VPR News
Appalled, Welch Reacts To Weiner Scandal
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Vermont’s lone congressman is reacting to the news that one of his New York counterparts, Anthony Weiner, lied about sending a lewd photo of himself over Twitter. Analysis: What Does It Mean To ‘Take Responsibility’?VPR News
Floodwaters Pose Health Risks In Some Areas
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Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Harry Chen discusses the safety of local lakes and rivers in the wake of recent flooding.VPR News
In Barre, Flooding Continues To Burden Residents
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Nearly two weeks after flash flooding ripped through central Vermont, the American Red Cross says there are still about two dozen people living in a shelter in Barre.VPR News
Vt Food Systems To Receive Funds To Create Local Jobs
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Some food systems in Vermont will receive $40,000 in grant funding, thanks to the state’s recent jobs bill. That funding will mainly go toward new equipment and infrastructure.Vermont Edition
Prenatal Genetic Testing Raises Questions For Doctors, Parents
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A new blood test on the horizon may soon make it easier and safer to test for Down Syndrome early on in a pregnancy. For many health professionals, organizations and parents, prenatal genetic testing brings with it a host of ethical and personal questions.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Jaime Laredo is 70
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We’ll listen to the notable Vermonter as conductor, violinist and chamber musician.Commentary Series
Martin: Strauss-Kahn Scandal
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The arrest of the Director of the International Monetary Fund for sexual assault of a New York chambermaid has caused heated debate on both sides of the Atlantic. Commentator Mike Martin wonders what we can learn from this international scandal.VPR News
Vermont Physicians Concerned About Health Care Reform
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Physicians are worried about how health care reform will affect their work and their medical practices. They say they’re already under financial pressure, as they struggle to see more patients in less time. And a new survey shows that they want to be involved in how the state transforms their profession.VPR News
Flooded Roads Could Re-Open Soon
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The floodwaters of Lake Champlain continue to recede. This morning, the lake is at 101.7 feet in Burlington. That means some low-lying roads are beginning to dry out, and the Agency of Transportation is working to re-open them.VPR News
Cabot Woman Attacked By Bear
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The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife says a Cabot woman who was attacked by a bear she was trying to scare off her deck, may have come between a sow and her cubs.VPR News
St. Johnsbury Plans Tax Sale
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A huge amount of unpaid taxes have one Vermont town planning a tax sale. Two years ago, the town of St. Johnsbury was owed about $50,000 in uncollected taxes. Now, that figure is up to more than $400,000.VPR News
VT, NY To Hold Rail Hearings
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The future of passenger rail in southwestern Vermont and east-central New York state will be the focus of two public hearings. The New York Department of Transportation plays host to the first of the hearings Tuesday evening at 7 at the Mechanicville Senior Citizen Center.VPR News
Shumlin Adds Two Counties To Disaster Aid Request
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Gov. Peter Shumlin says he’s adding two Vermont counties to a previously-submitted request for federal disaster aid. Shumlin said Monday he has asked President Barack Obama to add flood-ravaged Washington and Caledonia counties to his request for a "Major Disaster Declaration."Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 7, 2011.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Song Of The Forests
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Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his oratorio, "Song of the Forests" in 1949 to celebrate the reforestation of the Russian steppes after the devastation of the second World War. We’ll hear the joyous "Glory" movement from it this morning.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
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Violinist Daniel Hope joins conductor/pianist Jeffrey Kahane for a concert with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.VPR News
Secretary Of State Has A New, Historic Residence
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Many of the buildings that are home to state offices in Montpelier have a long history. The Secretary of State’s office has moved into one of them.VPR News
Vt. 911 System To Go Online
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State officials who run the state’s emergency call system say a new web-based program will allow people to call for help with a simple text message or video.Commentary Series
Henningsen: A Fine View
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Watching coverage of the fighting in Libya led historian and commentator Vic Henningsen to consider the impact of visual images on our perception of warfare and brought him to the work of a little-known Vermont photographer.VPR News
Citing Savings, Merger Supporters Say It Would Increase Education Efficiency
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Residents in five Vermont towns will go to the polls Tuesday to vote on a plan that would merge seven school districts, forming a single, regional district with one board. Supporters say it will cut costs and improve public education. Opponents say it will strip them of any authority local communities still have over their schools.VPR News
Keeping Homeless Issues On The Front Burner
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with blogger and writer Morgan Brown, about the policy and politics that affect the homeless in Vermont.VPR News
Lyndonville Program Teaches Teens Healthy Eating
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To encourage schools to foster healthier habits, the Department of Health hands out awards for programs that seem to be getting results. This year, 39 schools were recognized. One stands out, not just because it’s tiny, but also because it faces unusual challenges.VPR News
Vt. Towns To Vote On School Consolidation Plan
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Voters in five Chittenden county towns will decide tomorrow on a plan to merge seven school districts, dissolve eight school boards and put nine schools under the authority of one new 15-member board.VPR News
Slowly, Champlain Recedes As Temperatures Heat Up
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Dry weather conditions have helped ease the flooding on Lake Champlain. The big lake is slowly receding after reaching a record high of 103 feet last month, a level that closed roads and damaged lake front property.Vermont Edition
Zzzzz Smack! Welcome To Mosquito Season
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The whining buzz and itchy bite of mosquitoes are part of summer in our region, and intense spring floods have many people suspecting that mosquitoes will be worse than ever this season.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Pastoral
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Pastoral music by Vincent Persichetti and Ralph Vaughan Williams.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Bluebirds Are Singing
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C.V. Stanford’s colorful song "The Bluebird" serenades our first hour together, along with the Schumann "Spring" Symphony #1.Commentary Series
Hunter: A Wet Spring
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Commentator Edith Hunter has been hard at work in her garden again this spring, despite the rainy weather.VPR News
UVM Researcher Studies Causes Of Pre-eclampsia
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A researcher at the University of Vermont is trying to figure out why 5 to 10 percent of previously healthy women develop high blood pressure during the second half of pregnancy, leading to a dangerous condition known as pre-eclampsia that can be life-threatening for both the mother and her baby.VPR News
Fiber Projects Create Tension Among Providers
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For years, the quest for high speed internet has been a top priority in Vermont. Dozens of providers have joined the race to put the state on an equal competitive footing with the rest of the high-tech world. Then last year, the federal government added a game changer: Some $200 million dollars in stimulus funds for internet infrastructure, to be implemented by a few successful applicants.VPR News
No One Injured In Train Derailment
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Officials are trying to determine what caused a northbound Amtrak train to derail in Sharon.VPR News
Shumlin Signed 66 Bills, One Vetoed
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Governor Peter Shumlin has finished his review of bills passed during the 2011 session of the Vermont Legislature.VPR News
New Secretary Of State’s Office To Open
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The long-planned move of the Vermont secretary of state’s office to a location closer to the Statehouse in Montpelier is nearly complete.VPR News
Weather Prompts Schools To Seek Waviers For Shortened Year
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Vermont education officials have granted waivers to at least a dozen public schools allowing them to cut the school year short of the 175-day minimum required under state law in the wake of spring flooding and heavy winter snows that forced many school day cancellations.VPR News
Postal Worker Sentenced For Stealing Mail
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A former postal worker in Vermont has been sentenced to three months in prison and three months of home confinement after pleading guilty to embezzling mail while working at the post office in Rutland.VPR News
Woman Alerts Driver To Truck Fire
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A 59-year-old Ohio woman is being credited with rescuing a truck driver from a fire that engulfed his tractor-trailer.Young Writers Project On VPR
P457
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In this week’s Young Writers Project piece, Julia Hancock-Song, a ninth grader at Pacem Learning Community in Montpelier, explores her past in a dreamlike sequence of images.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 6, 2011.All the Traditions
Some Things Old, Some Things New…
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A preview of the Roots on the River Festival in Bellows Falls, some interesting new releases, and, as always, some classics!My Place with Joel Najman
Songs The Beatles Wrote But Gave Away To Other Artists To Record – Part Two
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place continues unearthing songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney that the songwriters gave away to artists other than the Beatles to record at the time the Beatles were together as a recording and performing group during the 1960’s.The VPR Saturday Special
VPR Saturday Special
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The Moth returns to VPR for a fourth week of stories told lives without scripts.VPR News
Vermont Electric Co-op Upgrades Approved
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The Vermont Electric Cooperative has won state approval for upgrades to about 17 miles of transmission lines, as well as improvements to substations in Lowell, Westfield and Jay.A Passion For Opera
Opera Seria vs. Ballad Opera
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We continue our journey through the history of opera with a consideration of opera seria, as exemplified by the operas of Handel, and The Beggar’s Opera of John Gay.Saturday Matinee
Carmen
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The Lyric Opera of Chicago production of Bizet’s Carmen, possibly the most popular opera ever written, features Nadia Krasteva in the title role.Jazz with George Thomas
Miles Brew, That’s Who
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Miles Brew, That’s Who. Part of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival was a re-visiting of Miles Davis’ "Bitches Brew" and we hear the original "Spanish Key" from that album and "Shhh/Peaceful" from the album "In A Silent Way" recorded the same year 1969. We hear other Fest musicians, JD Allen, Ray Vega & Les Doigts De L’HommeVermont Garden Journal
The Vermont Garden Journal: Basil
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This week on the Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie examines basil. It’s not just for making pesto! From its origins to harvesting techniques, Charlie Nardozzi leaves no leaf unturned.VPR News
UVM Trustees May Have Asked Fogel To Step Down
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University of Vermont president Dan Fogel announced in March he would leave his job next year. Now emails suggest that decision may not have been voluntary.VPR News
Shumlin Is Optimistic State Will Get Federal Aid
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Gov. Peter Shumlin says he’s confident that Vermont will receive federal aid to help repair roads, bridges and culverts that have been damaged by recent floods in several parts of the state.VPR News
Sheffield Wind Opponents Vow To Continue Fight
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Despite a loss this week at the state Supreme Court, opponents of a wind project in Sheffield say they will continue their legal challenge. They had asked the court to block construction while appeals to the 16 turbine project are pending. But the court this week denied the request.VPR News
Back Paychecks Going To Vt. Contract Workers
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Checks averaging about $4,000 are going out to about 700 Vermont contract workers of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and Immigration Services.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Single Reed vs. Double Reed
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We’ll hear works for clarinet (a single-reed woodwind) by Mozart and Francaix, and works featuring the oboe (a double-reed woodwind) by Kalliwoda and Alwyn.VPR News
In Central Vermont, Tallying Flood Damage Costs
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Central Vermont towns affected by last week’s flash flooding are now coming to grips with the staggering damage – and costs.Vermont Edition
Shumlin Defends Stance On Energy Issues
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Governor Peter Shumlin spent much of this winter focused on his plan to overhaul the state’s health care system, but now he turns his attention to a number of energy issues.VPR News
Milton Wind Project May Begin This Fall
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Construction could begin this fall on a four-turbine wind project on a ridgeline in Milton.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Live Performance: Green Mountain Opera Festival
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We’ll get a live performance preview of the GMOF’s upcoming productions of Cosi Fan Tutte and Carmen.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
The Shostakovich 6th
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The Shostakovich 6th String Quartet is a light-hearted, melodic work – making it stand apart in character and spirit from the other fourteen he wrote. We’ll listen to the 6th this morning, and talk about a new book that explores all of the Shostakovich Quartets.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: Predicting Armageddon
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With predictions that the world would end May 21st having failed to materialize, we apparently have a new date to worry about. This morning commentator Barrie Dunsmore gives us his take on Armageddon.VPR News
Montreal Researchers Say Drug Could Ease Strain From Bad Memories
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A drug called Metyrapone appears to reduce levels of a stress hormone in the brain that’s associated with memory. The drug has the potential not to erase bad memories but to reduce their negative emotional content. VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb speaks with Marie-France Marin, the lead author of a study on Metyrapone conducted recently at the University of Montreal.VPR News
Forecasters Say Wet Summer Could Add To Flooding
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Weather forecasters say conditions for the next couple of weeks should be drier than they’ve been. But they say it will take time for groundwater and lake levels to return to normal after record spring rains. And that could add to flooding problems if there is more heavy rain in coming weeks or even months.VPR News
Shumlin Picks Lawyer For New Health Care Post
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Gov. Peter Shumlin is tapping a veteran state government lawyer to fill the new job of director of health care reform.VPR News
Former Parkside Property Manager Pleads Guilty
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A former Vermont property manager admits he’s guilty of fraud in the collapse of a Montpelier company. Sixty-four-year-old James Pumpelly, of Lake Charles, La., pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of fraud stemming from his work with Parkside Management and Rentals Co., which managed residential apartments in central Vermont on behalf of landlords.VPR News
Sevigny Gets 5 Years In Mother’s Death
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A Vermont woman is headed to prison for almost five years after pleading no contest to a manslaughter charge in the 2006 shooting death of her 78-year-old mother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease.VPR News
Disaster Officials Meet With Flood Victims In Barre
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Victims of last week’s flooding in central Vermont gathered at a forum in Barre with representatives of more than a dozen social service and government agencies.VPR News
St. Johnsbury Estimates Flood Damage At $1.7 Million
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Flash flooding in Vermont last week caused an estimated $1.7 million in damages to roads and bridges in St. Johnsbury. So says Town Manager Ralph Nelson, who told select board members Wednesday that repairs will take all summer.VPR News
Shumlin Signs Marijuana Dispensary Bill Into Law
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Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed into law a bill authorizing up to four dispensaries where registered patients can obtain medical marijuana.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 3, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Jazz Fest & Jazz
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We feature artists from the upcoming Burlington Discover Jazz Fest, including the French Django-style group Les Doigts De L’Homme, the adventurous and Indian-influenced Myra Melford Be Bread Sextet, the Indian Brass Band Red Baraat, Brian McCarthy Quartet & many more jazz greats.Commentary Series
Craven: The Big Storm
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Vermont’s recent bout of severe weather has filmmaker and Marlboro College teacher Jay Craven asking himself a few new questions.VPR News
Brattleboro Event Promotes ‘Slow Living’ Theme
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Brattleboro’s annual parade of cows down Main Street is part of a larger celebration of local agriculture. This year’s kick-off event is a three-day "slow living summit", which advocates a shift in society’s values.VPR News
State And City Officials Meet With Barre Residents
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Officials are meeting with Barre residents tonight to answer questions about the cleanup from last week’s flooding disaster, and to make sure everyone affected by the flooding has their immediate needs met, including food, clothing and shelter.VPR News
Rutland Officials Want Public To Step Up In Fighting Drugs
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Rutland officials are calling on the community’s help as they search for new ways to control drug-related crimes in the city, which has long attracted dealers from western Massachusetts and parts of New York.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto
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Tchaikovsky wrote three piano concertos (two complete, one incomplete), but the First Concerto gets all the glory. We’ll give the Second Concerto some attention today in a recording with pianist Stephen Hough and the Minnesota Orchestra.VPR News
Documentary Follows Final Year Of Researcher’s Life
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The LuLu Sessions follows Vermont native Dr. Louise Nutter ("LuLu") in the final year of her life after she learns she’s dying of cancer.VPR News
Sanders Pledges To End Oil Speculation
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Sen. Bernie Sanders will introduce a bill to end excessive speculation in oil markets that he says has driven gasoline prices to nearly $4 a gallon. Earlier: Welch Pushes Plan To Curb Gas PricesVermont Edition
Spring Weather Challenges Forecasters
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Our extreme weather has presented challenges for forecasters especially in predicting its effects on lake and stream levels.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Pomp & Circumstance
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We’ll listen to Elgar’s 5 Pomp and Circumstance Marches.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Hats Off To Elgar!
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Edward Elgar was born into a musical family on this day in England, 1857. In celebration we’ll hear his jaunty "Cockaigne" Overture along with a lovely selection of his choral songs.Commentary Series
Luskin: Gimme Seltzer
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Writer and commentator Deborah Luskin can’t tell if she’s suffering mid-life memory loss – or if her brain is simply filled to capacity with passwords and PIN numbers.VPR News
Shumlin Looking For Nominee Who Is “Tough On Crime”
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At the end of the summer, Governor Peter Shumlin will appoint a new member to the Vermont Supreme Court. The vacancy is the result of the recent resignation of Justice Denise Johnson. Shumlin says he wants to name a person who is "smart, understands the law, and is tough on crime."VPR News
Barre Salvation Army Damaged By Flood
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One organization dedicated to helping those in need is now itself suffering a setback due to last week’s flash floods. The Barre Chapter of the Salvation Army lost most of its inventory after water washed through its North Main Street thrift store.VPR News
Vermont Courts Closed Friday For Furlough
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Vermont courts will be closed Friday. It’s a mandatory furlough day, imposed because of state budget restraints.VPR News
Public Records Bill Gets Signature
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Vermonters now have a powerful incentive to go to court over public records request denials – government reimbursement of their legal fees if they win.VPR News
Secretary Of State Office Moving In Montpelier
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The Vermont Secretary of State is getting a new home.VPR News
Shumlin Signs Transportation Spending Bill
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Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed a transportation spending bill earmarking $554 million for paving, bridge repair and flood disaster assistance.
Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 2, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Discover Jazz
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We hear more artists from the upcoming Burlington Discover Jazz Festival including the adventurous vocalist Sheila Jordan (6/7), tenor saxophonist JD Allen (6/6), Latin Jazz trumpeter Ray Vega, trumpeter Roy Hargrove and vocalist Roberta Gambarini.Commentary Series
Krupp: Back to the Garden
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Commentator Ron Krupp has been thinking about how gardens provide food for both the body – and the spirit.VPR News
State Agrees To Quicken Investigations Into Elder Abuse
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The Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living is promising to eliminate a backlog of investigations into whether elderly Vermonters were abused or neglected. A number of advocacy groups had threatened to sue the department if it did not agree to eliminate what they said was a backlog of 300 cases.VPR News
Enticing Consumers To Buy Local, Even In Winter
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A Vermont college in Rutland County is hoping a flash freezer will encourage consumers to buy locally produced summer foods in the winter.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
June’s Arrival
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We’ll mark the arrival of June with selections by Britten, Tchaikovsky, and Fanny Mendelssohn.VPR News
Swiss Diplomat Visits Vermont
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VPR’s Steve Zind talks with Swiss Ambassador Francois Barras and former U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, Madeline Kunin, about the unique relationship between Vermont and Switzerland.Vermont Edition
Predicting The End, Then And Now
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In the 1840s, people across Vermont and much of the northeast were preparing for judgment day. A local preacher, William Miller, had predicted that the end was coming, and that it would be sometime between March of 1843 and March of 1844.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Richard Goode’s Emperor
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Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto played by pianist Richard Goode.VPR News
PSB Approves Lowell Wind Project
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The Public Service Board has approved Green Mountain Power’s proposal for a wind project on Lowell Mountain in the Northeast Kingdom. The utility wants to build 20 to 21 turbines, each over 400 feet tall, along 3 miles of the ridgeline. Map: View the status of wind projects in Vermont Earlier: Protesters Voice OppositionClassical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
A Sommelier’s Delight
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Great wine isn’t the only world export from the Bordeaux region, so is the music written by French flutist Paul Taffanel. We’ll hear his Wind Quintet this morning: bubbly body, smooth performance, well-aged, pleasant earthy aftertaste. You won’t be disappointed.Commentary Series
Greene: The Book Cellar
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For commentator Stephanie Greene, the recent Brooks House fire in Brattleboro reminded her of both the importance of book stores – and a bit of personal history as well.VPR News
Times Argus Keeps Publishing, Despite Flood Damage
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The Barre Montpelier-Times Argus had three feet of water in their newsroom and press room. But they haven’t yet missed a paper. VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb speaks with general manager Catherine Nelson.VPR News
Welch Says Partisan Fighting Could Lead To Economic Crisis
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Congressman Peter Welch says he’s concerned that partisan fighting in Washington could lead to a major crisis for the U.S. economy. Welch says both Republican and Democratic leaders seem more interested in scoring "political points" than developing a comprehensive, long-term fiscal strategy to reduce the national debt.VPR News
Longtime IBMer, Legislative Voice, Retires
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The head of government relations for Essex Junction’s IBM plant has retired.VPR News
No Fatal Crashes Over Holiday Weekend
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Vermont State Police say the Memorial Day weekend came and went with no fatal car accidents in the state, the second year in a row that’s happened.VPR News
Man Cited For High School Graduation Party
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Vermont State Police say a man is facing charges that he hosted an underage drinking party for 150 graduates of Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts.VPR News
Canadian Man Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud
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A Canadian man has pleaded guilty for his part in what Vermont prosecutors say was a bank fraud scheme. Forty-eight-year-old Martin Belanger, of Quebec, entered the plea Tuesday in federal court in Rutland. He’s jailed awaiting his sentencing, which is set for Oct. 6.VPR News
Shelter Remains Open For Flood Victims
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American Red Cross officials say a shelter they opened for flood victims last Thursday in Barre is still open this week.In Concert @ 8
New York Philharmonic
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Wynton Marsalis conducts the US premiere of his Swing Symphony.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for June 1, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
A Conversation With Jazz Singer Roberta Gambarini
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VPR’s George Thomas talks with Italian-born vocalist Roberta Gambarini in advance of her June 11th date with her Quartet and Roy Hargrove’s Quintet. We also hear from Latin Jazz trumpeter Ray Vega and conguero Pancho Sanchez, both set to appear at the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. Happy Birthday to poet Walt Whitman.Commentary Series
Gilbert: Thinking Is Hard Work
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Recently commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert picked up the autobiography of Albert Schweitzer – whose concerns about the lack of thought or reason in society – are as timely today as they were 80 years ago.VPR News
Barre Residents Face Muddy Clean Up
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Central Vermont communities are still cleaning up after last week’s devastating floods. Officials estimate the damage in Barre City alone has topped $1 million. But that estimate doesn’t include homes or personal property destroyed by the raging waters.VPR News
Wet Weather Interrupts Farm Production
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Vermont’s wettest spring on record is making it difficult for farmers to harvest their first round of crops, and agriculture officials say the ground is so saturated that it may not recover this season. To report damage, call 211VPR News
Shumlin Signs Bill Making Wildlife A Public Trust
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Insisting it’s not about Pete the Moose, Gov. Peter Shumlin is hailing a new law that makes Vermont’s wildlife a public trust, not something owned by any one individual.VPR News
Experts Say Cellphones Are Possibly Carcinogenic
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An international panel of experts says cellphones are possibly carcinogenic to humans after reviewing details from dozens of published studies.VPR News
Discover Jazz Festival Preview
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Music hosts George Thomas and Cheryl Willoughby talk about acts they are looking forward to during the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, which begins Friday.VPR News
Officials Collecting Information About Flood Damage
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Cleanup continues today across central and northeastern Vermont from last week’s flash floods. And with more rain over the weekend, Vermont Emergency Management says the saturated ground has become unstable in some areas.Vermont Edition
Rural Libraries Face Modern Demands
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Each Vermont town independently operates its own library. This set up makes each library unique to its community, but it also puts limits on the amount of resources the library can offer and on the ability of staff to meet increasingly technical community needs.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Opera Company of Middlebury
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A live performance preview of the OCM’s production of Puccini’s La Rondine.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
A Farmyard And A Wedding Cake
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No special theme for today’s show, just an assortment of good randomness for a Tuesday morning.Commentary Series
Schubart: Arts and Media
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Writer and commentator Bill Schubart looks ahead to new cloud distribution systems and wonders how the commercial interests of artists will be protected in this new media world.VPR News
Franklin County Sheriff Sues St. Albans
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While a handful of towns in Vermont are considering creating a joint police force to cut costs, a similar arrangement in Franklin County has led to a legal challenge that’s headed to the state’s highest court.VPR News
Officials Hope For Federal Help With Flood Repairs
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Officials are hoping President Barack Obama will declare Barre a disaster area so the city will qualify for federal help in repairing damage from heavy rains and flooding.VPR News
Man Rescued After Jumping Into Winooski River
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Police say a man who jumped naked off the Winooski River bridge between Burlington and Winooski went over a dam and was swept about a mile downstream before he was rescued three hours laterVPR News
Officials Urge Barre Residents To Beware Of Landslides
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Emergency Management officials are warning people in Barre to beware of a heightened risks of landslides caused by saturated ground from recent heavy rains and flooding.VPR News
Environmentalists Hit Shumlin On Water Testing Veto
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Governor Peter Shumlin is coming under fire from environmentalists for vetoing a bill that would have required new tests for arsenic and other toxic substances in private water wells.VPR News
Burlington Residents Invited To Budget Session
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People in Vermont’s largest city are being invited to a public meeting to discuss a proposed city budget expected to contain tough cuts.In Concert @ 8
Live! At The Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Gustavo "the dude" Dudamel leads the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for this evening’s concert.Jazz with George Thomas
Memorial Day, Benny Goodman, Dave McKenna
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We note Memorial Day with music from jazz artists who served in the military, including Lester Young, John Coltrane,Oliver Nelson, John Lewis, Dave Brubeck, Billy Bang, Henry Threadgill, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Michael Carvin and others. We also celebrate the birthdays of clarinetist Benny Goodman and pianist Dave McKenna.Vermont Edition
Food Maintains Traditions In Immigrant Families
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Food can sometimes ease the transition of immigrants to a new country. And cooking traditional meals can connect generations of families to their heritage.VPR Series and Specials
Monday: Travels with Mike
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In the fall of 1960, the writer John Steinbeck drove across the country with his poodle, Charley, and a question: "What are Americans like today?" Half a century later, "Travels with Mike" retraces Steinbeck’s steps to hear America’s story today and reflect on its history.Commentary Series
Moats: Lilac Time
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For many of us, including Rutland Herald editor and commentator David Moats, Memorial Day is forever associated with the heady fragrance of lilacs.VPR News
Truce Between Progressives And Democrats May Fade In 2012
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Vermont’s Progressive Party hopes to attract new members by highlighting key differences with the Democrats on budget and tax issues. And that effort could endanger the fragile truce that currently exists between the two parties in the coming 2012 elections.VPR News
Wet Weather Raises Concerns Over Plant Disease
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Vermont’s record-breaking wet spring is causing a new concern for home gardeners and commercial growers. Agriculture officials say the plant disease known as ‘late blight’ is a potential threat to this season’s crops. Resources: Vermont’s Agency of Agriculture Resources: UVM’s Master Gardener ProgramClassical Music with Walter Parker
Memorial Day Music
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American music plus Beethoven’s Heroic Symphony.VPR News
CVPS Agrees To Be Bought Out By Canadian Co.
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Central Vermont Public Service has agreed to be bought by one of Canada’s largest utility companies – Fortis Incorporated. CVPS says the $700 million deal will benefit shareholders and customers, and will not hurt CVPS employees, or the company’s Rutland headquartersClassical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Remembering
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Reflective selections for Memorial Day morning.Commentary Series
Bittinger: Rally Boys Rally
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This Memorial Day, commentator Cyndy Bittinger is remembering a group of enlisted men from Vermont who fought in the Civil War – who also happened to be African Americans.VPR News
Few Vt. Schools Follow Law About Memorial Day Education
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A little known provision to Vermont’s education law requires that schools put on programs to commemorate Memorial Day. Few, if any, schools meet the letter of the law. But many observe Memorial Day.VPR News
State Approves West River Hydro Projects
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Proposals to make hydro-electric power at the West River dams in Townshend and Jamaica have been approved by the state. But now time is running out for incentive programs that supporters say the project needs to succeed. So developers and others want the federal hydro-licensing agency to pick up its pace.Young Writers Project On VPR
I’mFinallyDoneTryingToLookAtEverythingAtOnce.
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This week’s Young Writers Project piece by Zach Ward, a senior at Northfield High School, is an elliptical look at the frenzy we often feel about trying to see, feel, experience as many things as we can all at once.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Pianist Emanuel Ax performs with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.All the Traditions
Memorial Day Weekend 2011
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Sweet songs for Memorial Day, a trip to Scandinavia and to Scotland, and much more as we bid May adieu!My Place with Joel Najman
Songs The Beatles Wrote But Gave Away To Other Artists To Record
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program looks at songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles that the songwriters gave away to artists other than the Beatles to record during the early days of Beatlemania in the mid-1960’s.The VPR Saturday Special
Saturday: The Moth
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In this episode of the Moth, we listen to stories of identity. This week’s featured story-tellers include Blue’s Clues host Steve Burns and Sex in the City producer Cindy Chupak.VPR News
Cyclists Take To Roads For Killington Stage Race
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More than 600 cyclists will be racing the clock and each other this weekend as part of the Killington Stage Race.Saturday Matinee
Macbeth
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Verdi’s Macbeth inaugurates the broadcast season of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, with Thomas Hampson in the title role.Jazz with George Thomas
Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, Gil Scott-Heron, Ramsey Lewis
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We celebrate Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, a 1969 gathering of some of the best jazz players, including Wayne Shorter, Bennie Maupin, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette and others. Friday June 3rd Bitches Brew Revisited brings contemporary players to revisit Miles’ work. We note the passing of wordsmith Gil Scott-Heron.Vermont Garden Journal
Allergy-Free Gardening
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Why are more and more people suffering from allergies? Charlie Nardozzi says there’s more pollen in the air than ever before. This week on the Vermont Garden Journal, he’ll explain why that is and what you can do about it.VPR News
Wide Swath Of Vermont Reels From Flash Floods
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A wide swath of northern and central Vermont is still reeling from flash floods that washed through homes, businesses and cars. Downtowns in Waterbury, Montpelier, Barre and St. Johnsbury were inundated, as were villages across the region.VPR News
Flooding Takes A Personal Toll
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The flooding that began overnight has damaged roads and businesses – and forced more than 170 people to seek emergency shelter in Barre and Montpelier. In the midst of catastrophe, people witnessed small and large acts of altruism.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Cloudburst
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Last night’s torrential rain and the resulting flooding has been a terrible burden for many in Vermont. Today we’ll hear rain music, and I’ll also provide hourly updates on road closings and shelters.VPR News
Heavy Rains Cause Widespread Damage
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Torrential overnight rains caused flash flooding that nearly cut off access to Montpelier and Barre. Across Vermont, damage has been widespread. Road Conditions from VTrans Storm Photo Gallery Red Cross or 1-800-660-9130Vermont Edition
Flooding Emergency Update
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With the latest wave of heavy rains pounding the region, we get an update on the damage Vermont has sustained.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Arnowitt on Beethoven
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Vermont pianist Michael Arnowitt plays Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 4.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Love And Spring
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This morning’s Classics for Kids features springtime music, so we’ll take off on that with music for spring AND summer as we get ready for the long holiday weekend.Commentary Series
Lange: Nature And Calamities
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Commentator Willem Lange has been thinking a lot about natural disasters lately, and the various ways we try to cope with them.VPR News
Vermont Emergency Management Says More Flooding Expected
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Just before 7 p.m. last night the storm warnings started coming in, as the National Weather Service reported dangerous weather capable of producing tornadoes. While no tornadoes touched down, heavy rains did, and brought widespread flooding to Washington and Caledonia counties, as well as school and road closures.VPR News
Massachusetts To Join VT In Yankee Lawsuit
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The state of Massachusetts will join Vermont in defending the state’s right to stop the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant from operating after next year.VPR News
Republicans Want To Avoid 2012 Primary
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The political line up for Campaign 2012 should become clearer in the next month. That’s because a group of prominent Republicans, who are considering a run for statewide office, will be meeting in early June to discuss their options. And the group’s goal is to avoid a tough GOP primary for the state’s top political offices.VPR News
Shumlin Says Vermont Will Stick With RGGI
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Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says his state will stick with a greenhouse gas reduction program despite New Jersey’s withdrawal from it.VPR News
Shumlin Vetoes Well Water Bill
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Gov. Peter Shumlin has vetoed a bill that would have imposed new requirements for testing private wells when they are first developed and when properties are sold.VPR News
Welch Amendments Against Afghan War Fail
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Congressman Peter Welch says he’s encouraged that more members of the U.S. House appear to be coming around to his view that it’s time to end U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.VPR News
Sanders Hits regulators over oil prices
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Sen. Bernie Sanders is criticizing federal regulators for what he’s calling inaction in the face of mounting evidence that speculation is driving up the price of oil and gasoline.VPR News
Winooski River Floods, 196 Moved To Shelters
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Heavy rains and storms hit the region last night, causing the Winooski River and its tributaries to overspill its banks. Three American Red Cross shelters have been opened to assist those displaced by the flooding. Shelters are open at the St. Johnsbury Municipal Building, the Barre Auditorium and at the National Life building in Montpelier.In Concert @ 8
San Francisco Symphony
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Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto and Dvorak’s 7th Symphony tonight.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 27, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Miles Davis, Lew Tabackin
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We celebrate the birthday of one of the greats in jazz, trumpeter, bandleader & composer Miles Davis. We hear his definitive album "Kind Of Blue" and several CDs that have Miles as a sideman – Shirley Horn’s "You Won’t Forget Me" and Cannonball Adderley’s "Somethin’ Else." We also celebrate the birthday os tenor sax Lew TabackinVPR Presents
VPR Presents: Your Teenager’s Brain
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Have you ever wondered, "What is going on in my kid’s head? Why do they think that way?" Researcher Michael Nerney has some surprising answers.VPR News
Memorial Service Honors Fallen Vermonters
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A memorial ceremony in Colchester honored three Vermont National Guard members who died in the line of duty as members of the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team that recently served in Afghanistan.Commentary Series
Greene: The Neatnik Genes
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With family reunion season nearly upon us, commentator Stephanie Greene is contemplating the mysteries of the family gene pool.VPR News
Winds Contribute To Flood Damage
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There’s some wild weather in store for the region this afternoon and evening. And it’s likely to make flooding along the Lake Champlain shoreline even worse.VPR News
Shumlin Signs Health Care Bill Into Law
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Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed into law a major overhaul of the state’s health care system. The law will set up a board that will oversee all health care in the state. Earlier: Administration Says Law Will Control CostsClassical Music with Joe Goetz
Late Symphonies of Haydn and Mozart
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We’ll hear Mozart’s 39th and Haydn’s 100th this afternoon, as well as a set of Schumann songs and the sublime and sunny Oboe Concerto by Richard Strauss.VPR News
Tornado Watch Issued For Most Of Northern Vermont
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The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for much of northern Vermont.VPR News
Photographer Captures Tree Frogs Up Close
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Photographer Ted Schiffman recently published a collection of his larger-than-life tree frog images. To see a peeper up close, VPR followed Schiffman one evening to a pond near his Manchester home.VPR News
Visiting Artists: Andy Wasserman
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Andy Wasserman has collaborated on large-scale installation artworks across Vermont. As part of Vermont Edition’s monthly "Visiting Artists" series, VPR’s Jane Lindholm paid a visit to Wasserman’s studio, where her private work is of a much smaller scale.VPR News
Gusts Expected To Cause More Flood Damage
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With strong winds forecast, residents worry waves will lead to more damage along the Vermont side of Lake Champlain, which is still above flood stage. Floodwaters Force Detour In Marathon RouteVermont Edition
I Graduated! Now What?
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This year’s college graduates have grown up during a period of significant and often volatile world events and now, diplomas in hand, they face a tough job market and momentous decisions about starting their post-college lives. We’re gathering advice for how the Class of 2011 might take their first steps after graduation.
Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
I Palpiti
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There’s a good reason (actually several) why Paganini called his hair-raising violin showpiece "Il Palpiti" – translated, "the palpitations". Think of like a second cup of very strong coffee to start your morning.Commentary Series
Nadworny: The Tracking Debate
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Apparently there’s no hiding with your cell phone. Commentator Rich Nadworny has been thinking about the debate about personal information and tracking.VPR News
Tough Market For Summer Job Seekers
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Vermont’s unemployment rate is just under six percent, which is a full point lower than last year at this time. But many Vermonters are still without a job. And that’s making it tougher for teenagers who are now starting their search for a summer job.VPR News
State Employees’ Union Agrees To Voluntary Furloughs
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The union that represents 7,000 Vermont state employees has agreed to a voluntary furlough program that will let some workers take at least 40 hours of unpaid time off a year as a way for the state to save money.VPR News
VT To Create Military Plate For Motorcycles
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Vermont will soon have a special motorcycle license plate to honor the state’s veteran and active duty members of the military.VPR News
UVM Investigates Relationship Between President’s Wife, Official
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The University of Vermont has confirmed it’s investigating whether a relationship between the wife of President Dan Fogel and a vice president of development and alumni affairs violated university rules.VPR News
Essex-Charlotte Ferry To Reopen Despite Flooding
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The Lake Champlain ferry between Charlotte and Essex, N.Y., will reopen despite lake flooding. Officials say 50 truckloads of gravel were used to elevate the Essex ferry dock to keep vehicles and passengers out of the water.VPR News
New Law Boosts Clean Energy Efforts
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Vermont’s efforts to spur clean energy development, boost net metering and expand efficiency measures have moved a step ahead with Gov. Peter Shumlin’s signing of legislation that addresses all three.
Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 26, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Burlington Discover Jazz Fest with David Beckett
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Join my guest DJ David Beckett and I as we discuss the upcoming Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. David was part of the discussions before the 1st Discover Jazz Fest and has attended most of Festivals over the years. He has a regular Jazz Show on St Michael’s WWPV and catches jazz festivals in Montreal, Lake George & Saratoga.Commentary Series
Hunter: Putting The Books Away
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This year, commentator Edith Hunter’s spring cleaning included a box of books – and a touch of nostalgia.VPR News
New Health Care Law Gives Authority To Governor’s Office
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The legislation creates a new five person board that will oversee virtually every aspect of health care in the state. But the bill also delegates a lot authority to the Governor’s office to develop key policies.VPR News
Bristol Debates Gravel Pit, Act 250
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The town of Bristol is headed to court over a proposed gravel pit near its downtown. At issue is whether this old lumber town should permit a project that supporters say could bring much-needed revenue and industry.VPR News
Climate Cabinet To Take Action On 2007 Recommendations
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Gov. Peter Shumlin has announced the formation of the Vermont Climate Cabinet – that’s a group of senior administration officials charged with leading the state toward reducing greenhouse emissions and reliance on fossil fuels.VPR News
Floodwaters Force Detour In Marathon Route
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Several miles of the KeyBank Vermont City Marathon are run on the Burlington bike path, part of which is damaged and still submerged by Lake Champlain’s record flooding. So the course has been re-routed near the beginning of Mile 15.VPR News
Justice Johnson To Retire From Vermont’s Highest Court
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Justice Denise Johnson, the first woman to serve on the Vermont Supreme Court, is retiring after more than 20 years on the bench.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Symphonic Variations
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We’ll hear Cesar Franck’s Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, and the Symphonic Variations (sans piano) by Antonin Dvorak.Vermont Edition
Governor Forms Climate Cabinet
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Governor Shumlin recently announced the formation of the Vermont Climate Cabinet, a group of senior administration officials who will coordinate and lead the state’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on fossil fuels.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Tůma – WHOma??
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Yes, his name is Frantisek Tůma, he was born the same year as Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber. Tůma is a little-known master of the late Baroque, a composer whose works were well known to Haydn and Mozart since he lived out the last 30+ years of his life in Austria. We’ll hear one of his delightful Sinfonias this morning.Commentary Series
Ali: Valuing Life
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Commentator and UVM Professor Saleem Ali has been pondering an underlying common thread between health care reform and the politics of war and peace.VPR News
State Backs Activists In Challenging Vermont Yankee License
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The state of Vermont has joined anti-nuclear activists in a legal challenge to Vermont Yankee’s new 20-year operating license. The state says the Nuclear Regulatory Commission skipped a step when it issued the license extension in March.VPR News
Officials Warn Growers About Late Blight
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Vermont agriculture officials are warning growers and gardeners that late blight could threaten certain crops with all the recent rain and cool temperatures.VPR News
UVM Officials Remove President’s Wife From Post
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University of Vermont officials say they’ve removed the wife of President Dan Fogel from her volunteer job at the college amid a probe into her pursuit of a personal relationship with a university administrator.VPR News
St. Johnsbury Backs Changes To Work Camp
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A plan to move violent offenders into a Vermont work camp has won an OK from St. Johnsbury leaders.VPR News
Hearing Set For Alleged Kidnapping Accomplice
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A missionary charged with abetting in the removal of a child from the United States in a high-profile custody case is headed back to court in Vermont.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 25, 2011.
Classical Music with Walter Parker
Rocky 2
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Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2, conducted by Paavo Jarvi.Jazz with George Thomas
Dylan Jazz & Archie Shepp
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We celebrate Bob Dylan’s 70th birthday with jazz versions of his songs including, vocalist Cassandra Wilson, pianist & vocalist Bob Dorough, vocalist Abbey Lincoln, Joshua Redman on alto sax and pianist/vocalist Nina Simone. We also note the birthday of saxophonist Archie Shepp.Commentary Series
Douglas: Tough Choices Ahead
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Commentator and former Vermont governor Jim Douglas says new calculations suggest that health care costs are rising even faster than predicted.VPR News
With No Flood Insurance, Residents Are Left To Foot The Bill
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The issue of flood insurance is now a big headache for some water-logged communities around Lake Champlain. Forty-two towns and villages in Vermont do not participate in the National Flood Insurance Program, which means homeowners in those towns can’t get federal flood insurance.VPR News
Quebec Faces Flooding On The Richelieu
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Flooding has been a concern not only on Lake Champlain, but also along the Richelieu River in Quebec, where waters have risen to an all-time high. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated and 3,000 homes along the river are flooded.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Perahia’s Rachmaninoff
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Murray Perahia is not necessarily a pianist one would associate with Rachmaninoff, but today we’ll hear him play a set of the Etudes-Tableaux.VPR News
Program Aims To Build Healthy Eating Habits
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Linda Berlin, of the Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Abbie Nelson, director of VT Food Education Every Day, talk with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about a program that has been working to build healthy eating habits among Vermont school kids by connecting them with local agriculture.Vermont Edition
The Recreational Bliss Of Fly Fishing
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We learn how to catch brown trout, rainbows, brookies, salmon, bass and pike with a fly rod. Plus, we hear about a Farm to School program connecting kids with local agriculture.VPR News
Vt. Utility Signs Deal With N.H. Nuclear Plant
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Vermont’s second largest utility says it will buy 20 percent of its power needs from a nuclear power plant in New Hampshire. The new contract will replace one that’s about to expire with Vermont Yankee.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Paul McCreesh Conducts Purcell
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The British conductor leads some of Purcell’s Hail, Bright Cecilia.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
In Italia
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The music begins today with a lively set of "village dances" by Francis Poulenc, and then a little later on we’ll hear Felix Mendelssohn’s rousing "Italian" Symphony #4.Commentary Series
Seamans: Obama And The Middle East
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Commentator Bill Seamans observes that President Obama’s statements over the weekend clarify his position on the Middle East.VPR News
E-Vermont Brings Computer Training To Towns
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The uphill climb to bring broadband internet service access to all Vermont communities continues. And once a town gets the broadband it wants, the e-Vermont Community Broadband Project is working to help residents know how to get the most out of the new technology.VPR News
Vermont Wants To Regulate Internet Phone Calls
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Vermont is at the vanguard of states trying to regulate phone calls carried over the Internet. State regulation would first target a popular digital phone service sold by Comcast Cable. The issue is drawing national attention. Some giants in the industry protest that the state has no oversight role over the industry.VPR News
New Plan Launched To Fight White Nose Syndrome
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The Interior Department has just launched a new federal plan to combat white nose syndrome, a disease that has already killed more than a million bats.VPR News
Vermont Electric Co-op To Vote On Lowell Line
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The Vermont Electric Cooperative says it will vote in July on a transmission line upgrade needed for the Kingdom Community Wind project in Lowell, even though the project doesn’t have its final state approval yet.VPR News
Shumlin To Sign Veterans Bills
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Governor Peter Shumlin will sign two bills to help Vermont veterans at a ceremony today at Camp Johnson in Colchester.VPR News
VT Joins States In Tobacco Sales Settlement
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Vermont is joining with dozens of other states in an agreement that calls on a convenience store chain to reduce the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to minors.VPR News
Volunteer Group To Help Vermont Flood Victims
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A volunteer group is pitching in to help people affected by Lake Champlain flooding.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
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Jaap van Zweden conducts Beethoven.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 24, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Artie Shaw, Ken Peplowski, Randy Sandke
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Tonight we celebrate the birthdays of clarinetist, composer & bandleader Artie Shaw, clarinetist Ken Peplowski, and trumpeter Randy Sandke. We also hear from vocalist Roberta Gambarini and pianist & composer Herbie Hancock, both part of the upcoming Burlington Discover Jazz Festival June 2-12.Commentary Series
Henningsen: The Great Disappointment
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In case you missed it, the world was supposed to end last Saturday. Apparently that didn’t happen. Teacher, historian, and commentator Vic Henningsen takes a look at an earlier doomsday scenario centered here in Vermont.VPR News
Castleton Begins Campus Construction
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Castleton State College announces $13 million worth of new construction projects, including a new residence hall and outdoor pavilion area for hosting large-scale events.VPR News
Welch Calls Nation Building In Afghanistan “A Failure”
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Congressman Peter Welch says the time has come for the United States to withdraw virtually all of its troops from Afghanistan because President Obama’s policy of "nation building" has been a failure. Welch is teaming up with one of the most conservative members of Congress to restrict funding for the war in Afghanistan.VPR News
Demand For Services Drains Red Cross Budget
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This year the Red Cross has dealt with an unusually high number of incidents, including the Brooks House fire in downtown Brattleboro, and the ongoing flooding in Lake Champlain.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
The Rite of Spring
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We’ll hear Stravinsky’s epic pagan ballet "The Rite of Spring" this afternoon, played by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Also, a sampler of some classic recordings featuring Antal Dorati and Philharmonia Hungarica.VPR News
Dartmouth Medical Program Focuses On Human Interaction
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Research shows that human company can be critically important to geriatric patients facing long hospital stays. A student run program at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is providing that social support.VPR News
Analysis: GOP Candidates Begin Campaigning in NH
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As the Republican presidential race begins to take shape, Valley News political reporter John Gregg discusses how the candidates are positioning themselves for the New Hampshire primary.Vermont Edition
Federal Government Launches Plan To Combat White Nose Syndrome
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The federal government has launched a plan to combat white nose syndrome, the disease that has killed more than a million bats over the past few years. And research continues into the spread of the disease, how to manage it and how to protect bats.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Alicia in the Gardens of Spain
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Pianist Alicia de Larrocha plays Nights in the Gardens of Spain by Manuel de Falla.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
May Birthdays
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May birthdays are the one things these folks have in common: Jean Francaix, Alicia de Larrocha, and Edmund Rubbra. We’ll hear from all of them this morning in a grand birthday party.Commentary Series
Hanna: Entergy’s Lawyer
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The future of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant depends upon the outcome of Entergy v. Shumlin. Commentator and Vermont Law School professor Cheryl Hanna introduces us to one of the key lawyers in the case, and the implications of her involvement.VPR News
Windsor Towns Consider Shared Police Force
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A group of Southern Windsor County towns is looking into the possibility of a shared, regional police force. Officials say the policing needs of Vermont towns are changing.VPR News
Westminster West Cleans Up After Storm Damage
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Homeowners and officials in the Vermont community of Westminster West are continuing to clean up the damage caused by a severe thunderstorm that washed out roads and left some families stranded.VPR News
Fire Department Treasurer Accused Of Embezzlement
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Vermont State Police say the treasurer for the East Haven Volunteer Fire Department is facing embezzlement charges.VPR News
UVM Trustees Approve Tuition Increase
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The trustees of the University of Vermont have approved a 5.8 percent tuition increase.VPR News
Billie Jean King Addresses UVM Graduates
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Tennis legend Billie Jean King told University of Vermont graduates that relationships are everything because "you never know when you’re going to touch another person’s life or how they will touch yours."VPR News
Bank Of America Error Leads To Delinquent Tax Payments
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An errant escrow payment from the nation’s largest mortgage company to the small Vermont town of Alburgh has resulted in 25 property owners being declared delinquent on their property taxes.VPR News
Shumlin To Sign Energy Bill
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Governor Peter Shumlin is slated to sign into law a bill to give a boost to homemade electricity and put new restrictions on the charges people can be hit with by their propane providers.Young Writers Project On VPR
Dust
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In this week’s Young Writers Project piece, Maggie Sullivan, a senior at Milton High School, speaks as a write, wanting to be hear, coping with the silence of sometimes feeling invisible.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Berlin Philharmonic
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Karita Mattila was a soprano in crisis. Surgery seemed to fix the problem but many thought her career would end. And then she emerged with a new voice and is back and better than ever.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 23, 2011.All the Traditions
Brithday Boys!
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Wishing happy birthdays and long happy lives to folk icons Bob Dylan and Martin Carthy, both turning 70 years old this week!My Place with Joel Najman
A Program Of Music From Sun Records
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program attempts to compensate for the lack of sunshine during the recent spate of overcast wet weather in our region with an hour of music that originally appeared more than a half century ago on the bright yellow SUN record label during the Rock Era’s earliest formative years.The VPR Saturday Special
Like A Rolling Stone – The Music of Bob Dylan
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Celebrate Bob Dylan’s birthday with us during this week’s VPR’s Saturday Special . This program is brimming with rare-recordings and first hand accounts of Bob Dylan. Tune in at 4 on Saturday.Saturday Matinee
Gluck’s Orfeo
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Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice is heard in a performance from the 2010 Salzburg Festival.A Passion For Opera
Orfeo Through The Ages
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We explore the various operatic versions of the myth of Orpheus and Euridice, from Jacopo Peri to Philip Glass.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Contrasing Styles
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We’ll listen to two very different pianists this morning: measured and conservative Richard Goode, and fiery virtuoso Alexis Weissenberg.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Merrie Olde England
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We’re spending the morning with the merrie band of bards, royalty, peasants and dock-workers who make up the colorful narrative of English music.Jazz with George Thomas
Sun Ra, Rufus Harley, Fats Waller, End Of The World
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It’s a wild birthday celebration tonight with bandleader and space-traveler Sun Ra, jazz bagpiper Rufus Harley, and the pianist, vocalist and bandleader Fats Waller. We slip in a few End Of The World songs and a fervent hope you’ll take a moment and make a financial pledge of support to your public radio station at VPR.net – Thanks!Vermont Garden Journal
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Things are getting hot on the Vermont Garden Journal this week. Red hot chili peppers are in the spotlight and they range in strength from mild to so-strong-they-are-used-for-national-defense.VPR News
Shumlin Halts Highway Project
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Governor Peter Shumlin has cancelled plans for the Circumferential Highway, saying its not the best project for solving the problems of the 21st century.VPR News
Commemorating Vermonters’ Role In Civil War
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In 1861, more than 1,000 militiamen from across Vermont enlisted to serve in the Civil War. This weekend, costumed re-enactors in Rutland will honor them.VPR News
FEMA Assesses Private Damage
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Federal Emergency Management Agency officials have been spread out around the state this week, assessing flood damage to individual homes.VPR News
Red Cross Holds Benefit Concert To Close Budget Gap
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Officials with the Vermont and New Hampshire Valley Red Cross are hoping a benefit concert this weekend will help make up for a budget shortfall.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Art and Poetry in Music
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This afternoon we’ll hear Ottorino Respighi’s "Three Botticelli Pictures" and an excerpt from Randall Thompson’s "Frostiana."VPR News
Circ Highway Plan Stalls
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Governor Peter Shumlin announced that the long-planned Chittenden County Circumferential Highway around Burlington won’t be built.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Fire Down Below
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Walter’s in Randolph today recording the Next Generation concert for later broadcast on VPR Classical. I’ve put together a fun program of lunchtime music to share with you today, including music from Randolph native Nico Muhly.Vermont Edition
Frosh: Three Senators Reflect On Their First Legislative Session
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We hear from three first-year members of the Senate on the experience and how it met their expectations. Senators Anthony Pollina, Joe Benning and Philip Baruth are our guests.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Gypsy Airs
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This morning’s Classic for Kids features famous Violin Concertos – though it’s not a concerto, exactly, the Pablo de Sarasate "Zigeunerweisen" (Gypsy Airs) is very much a showpiece for the instrument. We’ll hear it this morning in a brilliant performance by Gil Shaham.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: Obama’s Middle East Speech
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President Barak Obama’s Middle East speech is being dissected and analyzed in world capitals for clues to his thinking in the wake of the on-going Arab revolutions. But on the subject of the long standing Israeli Palestinian dispute, for commentator and veteran ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore, there was less than meets the eye.VPR News
Wet Weather Causes Problems For State Highways
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Vermont’s wettest spring on record is causing major problems on the state’s highway system. All the rain has saturated the ground under many roads, causing potholes and sink holes and it’s been difficult for the Agency of Transportation to keep up with all the problems.VPR News
Judge Denies Request By Anti-Nuclear Group
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A federal judge in Brattleboro has denied a request by the antinuclear group New England Coalition to be a party in the lawsuit filed against the state filed by Entergy Vermont Yankee.VPR News
Leahy -Grassley Fraud Bill Advances
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U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy is lauding passage by the Senate Judiciary Committee of legislation he coauthored with Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley to strengthen law enforcement’s efforts to investigate and prosecute fraud.VPR News
New Law Allows Raw Milk Classes
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A Vermont farm advocacy group is celebrating a new law that allows it to resume offering raw milk workshops.VPR News
VT Unclaimed Property Fund Tops $52 Million
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The Vermont state treasurer’s office has received more than $9 million in new unclaimed property so far this fiscal year.VPR News
VT Gets $8.5 Millon In Latest Homeland Security Grants
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Vermont public safety organizations will receive more than $8.5 million in a new round of grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 20, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Jazz Membership Drive
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VPR is in our May Membership Drive and we hope you’ll support Jazz on VPR by calling 1-800-639-6391 or go to VPR.net and make a financial pledge to your public radio station. Hopefully Charlie Parker’s "Romance Without Finance," and The Mills Brothers’ "Money In My Pocket" will encourage you to support the music you love. ThanksCommentary Series
Harrington: A Helping Hand
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It’s graduation time once again, and Vermont’s colleges are graduating many young people who are now ready for the workforce. Commentator Elaine Harrington says it’s important to do everything we can to help them get their careers started.VPR News
Coffee Roaster’s Big Success Comes With Growing Pains
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has enjoyed exponential growth over the last few years, including a recent earnings report that showed 100 percent growth over last year. But the pace of growth has not been without problems. Vermont Edition: Green Mtn Coffee Roasters Takes OffVPR News
Greensboro Among Towns Dealing With Water Issues
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The Select Board in Greensboro has approved a plan to create a new fire district in the Greensboro Bend area.VPR News
Record-breaking Wet Spring Leaves Farmers In The Lurch
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After a rainy April and May following a near-record snowfall, farm fields across the state are too soft and wet to cultivate. The wetness also could spell problems for certain crops.VPR News
Flood Statistics Draw Startling Conclusions
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The Lake Champlain Basin Program has compiled statistics on the spring flooding. One of the more startling is that the surface of Lake Champlain increased by 66 square miles at the height of the flood.VPR News
Power Surge Darkens Burlington Airport Runway Lights
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Officials at Burlington International Airport say a power surge caused the runway lights to go out for more than four hours Wednesday night, forcing the cancellation of a number of incoming and outgoing flights.VPR.net Extras
Listeners Turn In Their Friends To Ira Glass
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This American Life host Ira Glass recently asked public radio supporters to "turn in a friend" – that is, someone who listens to and loves public radio, but has never pledged. He called several of these people to find out why.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Duets
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We’ll hear Schubert’s well-known F Minor Fantasy for piano, four hands this afternoon, as well as the lesser-known Cavatine for trombone and piano by Camille Saint-Saens.VPR News
Vt. State Hospital Director Says Facility Is No. 1 Problem
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The departing executive director of the Vermont State Hospital says the aging and cramped hospital is the biggest challenge to providing excellent care.VPR News
Update: Michael Jacques Trial
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Reporter Andy Bromage of Seven Days explains the rulings and the next steps in the criminal trial of Michael Jacques, the Randolph man accused of kidnapping, assaulting and murdering his 12-year-old niece.Vermont Edition
Green Mtn Coffee Roasters Takes Off
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What’s driving the growth of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters in the national marketplace of specialty coffee.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Trumpeter Alison Balsom
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The British virtuosa plays music of Manuel de Falla.VPR News
Unprecedented Amount Of Sediment Washing Into Lake Champlain
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Towns in Vermont, New York and Quebec are still dealing with water over roads, parking lots and in homes. But that flooding also has an environmental toll. The Lake Champlain Basin Program says there’s an unprecedented amount of sediment flowing into the lake.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Where Shall We Go Today?
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Circus polkas, flying machines and a special boat ride down a German river are all part of this morning’s music.Commentary Series
Craven: Operation Geronimo
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Commentator, filmmaker and Marlboro College teacher Jay Craven hopes that the recent US action against Osama Bin Laden will lead to some new ways of thinking about war, justice, and history.VPR News
Vermont Working To Detect The Emerald Ash Borer
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Agriculture officials are ramping up efforts to detect the emerald ash borer and, if possible, keep it out of the Green Mountain State. The invasive insect and its larvae have destroyed tens of millions of ash trees in the eastern U.S. and Canada. It hasn’t been reported yet in Vermont, but it’s moving closer.VPR News
Union Says Sheffield Wind Project Skips VT Ironworkers
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A labor union is complaining that large wind-power projects in northern Vermont and New Hampshire are bypassing local ironworkers and bringing in out-of-state crews, undermining the potential benefits to the areas’ hard-pressed economies.VPR News
Shumlin Signs Mercury Lamp Recycling Bill
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Governor Peter Shumlin has signed a bill calling on manufacturers of light bulbs containing mercury to set up and pay for a recycling program for the bulbs.VPR News
VT To Mandate Insurers Cover Midwifery Services
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Vermont will soon join a handful of other states to require private health insurers to cover the services of midwives and home birth.VPR News
VT Environmental Group Say Wind Power Hurting Bats
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A Vermont environmental group is urging that wind power development be stopped in the state to help save bats.VPR.net Extras
Listeners Turn In Their Friends To Ira Glass
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This American Life host Ira Glass recently asked public radio supporters to "turn in a friend" – that is, someone who listens to and loves public radio, but has never pledged. He called several of these people to find out why.
Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 19, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Joe Turner
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We celebrate the birthday of the great Kansas City blues shouter Joe Turner. His recordings on the 1938 "From Spirituals to Swing" album were some of the first sounds I heard as a very young boy, he was a favorite of my mother, especially the Count Basie/Joe Turner "The Bosses." Please make a pledge of support to VPR.netVPR News
“Smart Meter” Brings New Technology To Vermont Homes
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Over the next two years, utility companies in the state will be rolling out ‘smart grid’ technology, which will include bringing smart meters to every home and business in the state.VPR News
Sanders’ Plan To Tax Millionaires Gains Support
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Sen. Bernie Sanders says any deficit reduction proposal should represent a "shared sacrifice", with a balance of program cuts and taxes on the rich. His plan to impose a surtax on people making more than a million dollars a year is gaining support in the U.S. Senate Democratic caucus.VPR News
State Will Continue To Hold Annual Auction
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The state of Vermont plans to continue to auction off its surplus vehicles and equipment each year in Berlin.VPR News
Commissioner Calls For School District Mergers
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Vermont Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca worries petitions in Addison and Vergennes to stop a school merger will stall other districts considering school board consolidations.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
A Fresh Take on Rachmaninoff
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Pianist Vassily Primakov continues to fly under the radar, but perhaps his latest release will increase his altitude a little bit. We’ll sample 4 short piano pieces by Rachmaninoff that are performed quite beautifully.VPR News
Vilaseca Disappointed With Addison Outcome
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Vermont Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca shared his disappointment in the Vergennes voter rejection of a school board unification program for the Addison Northwest Supervisory Union.VPR News
Lake Champlain Begins To Level Off
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The heaviest rains stopped yesterday across northern Vermont and northeastern New York. But the level of Lake Champlain kept rising.Vermont Edition
Bringing Smart Grid To Vermont
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In 2009, the Department of Energy awarded Vermont $69 million in stimulus funds for smart grid implementation. The goal is to have a statewide smart grid in place by 2013. The state and utilities are now working to make that happen.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Zelenka’s Missa Votiva
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We’ll listen to the Credo from Zelenka’s Missa Votiva.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Perpetual Movement
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This morning’s music includes Francis Poulenc’s "Mouvements Perpetuels" – "Perpetual movement" – for a busy time of the day.Commentary Series
Luskin: Regarding Spam
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With the coming of email and the internet, spam has become a fact of life for most of us. And commentator Deborah Luskin can’t resist regarding it with a critical literary eye.VPR News
Hundreds Expected At Free Dental Care Event
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Vermonters who lack dental insurance are expected to turn out by the hundreds Saturday for the fifth annual free Dental Care Day in Bennington, Windham and Rutland Counties. More than 40 southern Vermont dentists and oral surgeons are donating their time.VPR News
FEMA To Assess Flood Damage To Homes, Businesses
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has completed its preliminary damage assessment for public roads, highways and other facilities. And today, FEMA will begin to assess how much damage there was to private homes and businesses – and whether they’ll qualify for federal assistance.VPR News
Douglas Joins Board Of Financial Company
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Former Governor Jim Douglas has a new job on the board of directors of the National Life Group. National Life is a Montpelier-based financial services company.VPR News
Shumlin Creates ‘Climate Cabinet’
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Governor Peter Shumlin has announced the appointment of a special "climate cabinet." This cabinet would be responsible for developing strategies to reduce Vermont’s greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on fossil fuels.VPR News
Backers To Continue Push For Child Care Union
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Supporters of legislation that would allow child care workers to unionize say they’ll continue pushing for it when lawmakers return in January.VPR News
Former Teacher Pleads Guilty To Sex Charges
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A former teacher accused of sexually assaulting two boys has pleaded guilty to the charges. Shaun Bryer is a former fifth-grade teacher in Morrisville and Colchester and chairman of the Morristown select board.VPR News
Vergennes Overturns Unified Union
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Voters in the city of Vergennes overturned a Town Meeting Day decision to form a unified union school district. The five towns of the Addison Northwest Supervisory Union have tried three times to form a unified union, which would allow the union’s four schools to be governed by one school board instead of five under the current system.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 18, 2011.
Jazz with George Thomas
Bob Merrill, Jackie McLean
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We celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Bob Merrill, who’s songs include "People," "Funny (Not Much)" and alto sax player, educator & composer Jackie McLean with his distinctive flowing pitch sense. We also celebrate you for listening to & supporting VPR, your public radio station.Commentary Series
Sturman: Ready To Hike
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The coming of spring means different things to different people. For commentator Skip Sturman, it means getting ready for a summer passion.VPR News
Mission Of State Mapping Project Is Questioned
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The Agency of Natural Resources is developing an environmental map of the state that will identify those parts of the state that are suitable and not suitable for wind energy projects. But both supporters and opponents of wind energy think the plan has serious flaws.VPR News
State Warns Drivers To Be Alert For Moose
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It’s moose season, and that means drivers should be on the look out. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says moose are more likely to be crossing roadways at this time of year, as they move from their winter to spring habitats.VPR News
Shumlin Urges Homeowners To Report Damages
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency continues to assess flood-ravaged areas of Vermont, as it determines whether the state qualifies for federal disaster assistance.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Remembering Beaux Arts Bernard
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Cellist Bernard Greenhouse of the original Beaux Arts Trio died last Friday at the age of 95. We’ll hear the trio playing Brahms this afternoon.VPR News
Home Sharing On the Rise
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Home Share Now in Barre says requests for their service has risen by 84 percent in the last year. Home Share Now is one of two home sharing agencies in Vermont.VPR News
Leahy Challenges Customs And Border Protection
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To re-establish passenger rail service to Montreal, Sen. Patrick Leahy says U.S. border regulations need to be changed to improve commerce and transportation.Vermont Edition
Post-Flooding, Where’s The Relief?
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In the wake of the recent flooding, we look at the aftermath in terms of insurance payouts. And we learn what FEMA relief would be available if the President declares Vermont a disaster area. Plus, an insight into home sharing.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Israel in Egypt
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We’ll listen to a sequence from Handel’s oratorio.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Rondes De Printemps
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Claude Debussy’s bubbling "Ronde de Printemps" – "Rounds of Spring" – captures the capriciousness of the season in this morning’s music.Commentary Series
Gilbert: Words Matter
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Commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert has some thoughts about the importance of parents talking with very young children.VPR News
Farmers Concerned About New Federal Guidelines
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The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont is concerned that the U.S.D.A.’s proposed "National Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement" will not give proper consideration to organic standards and the needs of small growers.VPR News
Rain Adds To Flood Woes
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A wet weekend and soggy forecast means no quick relief for flood-weary residents along Lake Champlain. While the lake level has receded from record highs last week, the National Weather Service is forecasting a crest of 102.5 feet.VPR News
Farmers’ Markets: VT Tops The List
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It’s the start of the farmers’ market season in Vermont. Many markets opened the first week of May with others opening throughout the month, offering seedlings for gardens, preserved foods, and last winter’s storage crops.VPR News
Companies Lauded For Workplace Safety
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Several companies have received recognition for their commitment to workplace safety, and King Arthur Flour of Norwich has taken the top award for large companies.VPR News
Missionary Indicted In Custody Case
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A federal grand jury has indicted a Christian missionary on a charge he helped a woman take her 9-year-old daughter to Central America during a custody dispute with her former lesbian partner.VPR News
Department Of Education Faults UVM For Crime Reporting
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The University of Vermont is under fire for what’s being called "serious" deficiencies in its reporting of crimes on campus.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Magdalena Kozena sings a set of songs by Henri Duparc.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 17, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Betty Carter
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We celebrate the birthday of vocalist & bandleader Betty Carter, a personal favorite character in the world of jazz who worked with Lionel Hampton, Ray Charles and others, but mostly led her own groups with younger musicians who she trained to her music. Please take a moment to call 800-639-6391 & make a financial pledge to VPR.Commentary Series
Levin: The Cooper’s Hawk
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Migrating hawks are returning to the north country for the summer. In fact, commentator Ted Levin says one particular bird paid him a visit the other day – and stayed for dinner.VPR News
Republicans Give Thumbs Down To Legislative Session
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Skeptical about the new health care bill, Republican Statehouse leaders have offered their review of the recently completed legislative session, and it’s not very good.VPR News
Bennington Weighs Water System Budget
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The Bennington Select Board is weighing a half-million-dollar plan to upgrade the underground pipes in the town’s drinking water system.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Sibelius 3
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We’ll hear the upbeat Symphony #3 by Jean Sibelius this afternoon, as well as a curious concerto by Ralph Vaughan Williams.VPR News
Spring Is Wettest Ever
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The National Weather Service says Vermont has recorded its wettest spring ever.VPR News
Program Brings Nature Into Classrooms
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A unique Vermont program trains volunteers to bring the mysteries of nature to students in more than 100 public and private elementary schools.Vermont Edition
Preventing “Nature Deficit Disorder” In Kids
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Most kids today don’t spend as much time roaming and exploring outside as their parents once did. And many educators are saying that means they’re missing out on crucial experiences: from learning concrete skills, to science education, to physical and emotional development.VPR News
Northeast Environmental Reporting Hub
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VPR joins other NPR stations in the Northeast to bring listeners coverage of environmental issues affecting the region.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Remembering Bernard Greenhouse
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The long-time cellist of the Beaux Arts Trio died last Friday at age 95.VPR News
Student Launches Straw-Free Campaign
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A 4th-grader from Burlington is trying to save the environment-one straw at a time. VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb speaks with Milo Cress about what prompted his "Be Straw Free" campaign.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Fairytales
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Fairy-tale pictures, Fairy Queens, and "the Willies" capture our imagination this morning. Like music, books can do that too. Every pledge to VPR during our spring membership drives puts another new book in the hand of a Vermont child who needs it. Find out more about this special partnership here.Commentary Series
Bernard: About Loss
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Commentator Emily Bernard has been thinking about love, loss and lasting values.VPR News
Islands Concerned Floods Will Keep Tourists Away
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Floodwaters in the Champlain Valley need to recede before officials can fully assess the amount of damage that’s been done. But in the Champlain Islands, people are already aware of the costs, as they predict that the summer tourist season will be delayed by two to three weeks.VPR News
Researchers Track Golden Eagle’s Path
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Scientists released a Golden eagle in Connecticut about a month ago outfitted with a GPS tracking device. Researchers say by following the journey of birds like this they can make predictions about where to build wind turbines that are not on migration routes. Today we have an update on the eagle’s path since it left the state.VPR News
Welch Forms ‘Affordable Medicines Caucus’
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Congressman Peter Welch has joined forces with a Missouri Republican to launch a new effort to lower prescription drug prices.VPR News
FairPoint Touts High-Speed Internet Growth
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Vermont’s largest landline phone carrier says it’s continuing to expand its high-speed internet service in the state.VPR News
Vermont Rest Areas Deal With Budget Cuts
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The state’s roadside rest areas, which provide information and tourism destinations, are the target of budget cuts as the state faces a shortfall of about $176 million.VPR News
Sheriff In Court Over Police Duty Transfer
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Despite an early defeat in court, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is sticking with its lawsuit against the St. Albans city police department over which agency gets to assume law enforcement duties for St. Albans Town beginning July 1st.VPR News
DUI Breath Testing Program Under Fire
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Officials say dozens of drunken-driving convictions may be jeopardized by a series of problems in processing breath samples, including a mistake in the software for a machine and complaints about unethical lab work.VPR News
Addison, Vergennes To Re-vote Unified Union
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Voters in Addison and Vergennes will be headed to the polls tomorrow to weigh in again on whether the Addison Northwest Supervisory Union should become a unified union district.Young Writers Project On VPR
A Food Rap
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This week’s Young Writers Project piece by Robert Hood, a 9th grader at Chelsea Public School, is a tightly woven poetic rant against the messaging of fast food – and our craving to drive on in.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
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The first notes of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 are so familiar to so many people that they’ve almost become a parody to themselves. You can almost imagine people thinking: Is it fate knocking on the door or should I go to the disco? As part of his final year as their Music Director, Paavo Järvi gives a dynamite performance of it with the CSO.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 16, 2011.VPR News
Northeast Environmental Reporting Hub
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VPR joins other NPR stations in the Northeast to bring listeners coverage of environmental issues affecting the region.All the Traditions
Got Your Peas In Yet?
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Gardening songs, a trip to at least 4 continents, and still blissed out after seeing Finest Kind in Burlington on Friday night and Sheesham & Lotus in Ripton the week before!My Place with Joel Najman
The “Bird” Groups Of Early Rhythm & Blues
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program presents an hour of vintage rhythm & blues by the vocal groups who named themselves after "birds". Recordings by the Orioles, Ravens, Cardinals and others are featured.The VPR Saturday Special
The Moth: Prejudice and Power
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In this episode of The Moth, hear stories of prejudice and power from double-amputee/record-setting runner/actress Aimee Mullins, ex-NYC Mayor Ed Koch, and three high school students from New Orleans.VPR Classical Specials
The Morning News – May 2011 Edition
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This morning we’ll listen to some of the VPR Classical library’s latest acquisitions, made possible by listener support. Listen and enjoy!VPR News
Cheesemakers Share The “Joy” Of Their Craft
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VPR goes into the kitchen with Jody Farnham and Marc Druart, authors of "The Joys of Cheesemaking," to learn what it takes to make cheese.VPR Classical Specials
Stoltzman, Dinnerstein And Coppelia
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We’ll encore a recent Live on VPR Classical performance by clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and pianist Simone Dinnerstein, and listen to selections from Delibes’ ballet Coppelia.Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Die Walküre
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James Levine conducts Die Walküre, the second opera in Wagner’s Ring Cycle, in the final Metropolitan Opera broadcast of the 2010-2011 season.Jazz with George Thomas
Stevie Wonder
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We celebrate the birthday of songwriter & performer Stevie Wonder, whose songs are popular with jazz vocalists and instrumentalists. Vocalist Nnenna Freelon does a version of Wonder’s "Overjoyed." We also celebrate jazz on VPR with listener support during our May Membership Drive – call 800-639-6391 or pledge at VPR.net. Thanks.VPR News
Shumlin Taps Into Social Media To Get Message Out
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Social media Web sites have come of age. Young people may still be their most active users, but many others are tapping into Facebook and Twitter to get their message out. And they include Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin.VPR News
Two Groups Seek To Intervene In Vermont Yankee Suit
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Two more groups have filed court papers seeking to intervene on behalf of Vermont in a civil suit brought by the owners of Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.VPR News
Tips For Homeowners Dealing With Flood Damage
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With Lake Champlain now receding, a number of homeowners are expected to return to their homes along the shore this weekend and next. Emergency officials in Vermont are urging them to ensure conditions are safe.Vermont Garden Journal
Vermont Garden Journal: Ornamental Edibles
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Charlie explores varieties of many shrubs and trees normally thought of as ornamentals that also produce great fruits for eating.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
13
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It’s Friday the 13th, so we’ll hear some music that involves that (un)lucky number.VPR News
Analysis: Statehouse Environmental Agenda
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VPR’s Bob Kinzel talks with reporter John Dillon about several environmental bills that passed the legislature, a few that didn’t make it through.VPR News
Parks Remain Closed Due To Flooding
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The water level on Lake Champlain is dropping a few inches everyday, but it remains at record high levels. And that means several Vermont State Parks along the lake will remain closed for the Memorial Day holiday. Tips For Homeowners Dealing With Flood DamageVPR News
State Hospital Head Resigns
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The head of the Vermont State Hospital is stepping down. Terry Rowe says she is leaving the post she has held for seven years to take another job in state government.Vermont Edition
Expectations For New Health Law
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In the last days of the Legislative session, the bill that lays the foundation for a single-payer health care system in Vermont, H. 202, passed. We talk with Governor Peter Shumlin’s health care policy adviser, Anya Rader Wallack, about the strategy to focus on cost containment for the next two years, before attempting to implement a single-payer system.Classical Music with Walter Parker
O Fortune, Empress of the World!
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We’ll invoke Fortune for good luck on Friday the 13th.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Apple Blossom Time
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It’s apple blossom time – or, very nearly. This morning we’ll hear a short piano piece with that name by Arnold Bax, along with a couple of pieces selected with ‘Friday the 13th’ in mind.Commentary Series
Lange: Patriotism
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The recent "Birther" debate has gotten commentator Willem Lange thinking about democracy, political parties and the real meaning of Patriotism.VPR News
Administration Says Health Care Bill Will Control Costs
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The consumer insurance exchanges that are part of Vermont’s new health care bill don’t go into effect until 2014. But the Shumlin Administration is confident that other provisions of the legislation will help reduce the state’s healthcare growth rate in the next few years. One key goal is to bring the rising cost of private insurance premiums under control.VPR News
Rockingham To Vote Again On School Renovation
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Residents of Rockingham will head to the polls next Tuesday to vote for a second time on a $10.5 million renovation to the aging Bellows Falls Middle School.VPR News
Burlington To Get Input On Air Show Plan
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Burlington city officials are seeking public input on plans for an air show along the Lake Champlain waterfront in 2013.VPR News
Pentagon Commits $2.1 Million For Veteran Program
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A program that helps Vermont National Guard veterans returning from deployments in Afghanistan and elsewhere will get a one-year extension of funds from the Pentagon.VPR News
Hartford Delays Vote On Closing School
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School officials in Hartford have postponed a vote on whether to close elementary schools as part of a consolidation plan.VPR News
Beecher Falls Fire Station Damaged By Flooding
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A fire station that serves Vermont, New Hampshire and Quebec is among the properties that have suffered damages in spring flooding.VPR News
Delegation Won’t See Bin Laden Photos
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All three members of Vermont’s congressional delegation say they have no interest in seeing graphic photos of Osama bin Laden’s corpse.
Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 13, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Gerald Wiggins, Gary Peacock, Gordon Jenkins, Burt Bacharach
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We are in our May Membership Drive and we look to you for your financial support – please got to VPR.net or call 1-800-639-6391. And thanks. Tonight we celebrate the birthdays of pianist Gerald Wiggins, bassist Gary Peacock, lyricist & composer Gordon Jenkins and composer Burt Bacharach.Commentary Series
Blinkhorn: John Paul In Vermont
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The recent beatification in Rome of Pope John Paul II – one of the last steps in the process that confers sainthood – has reminded commentator Tom Blinkhorn of a visit the late Pope once made to Vermont.VPR News
State Wants Public’s Help In Improving Broadband
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The Shumlin Administration wants to deliver broadband Internet service to all Vermonters by 2013. To meet that challenge, state government is asking the public for help.VPR News
Water Recedes; Homeowners Realize Flood Damage
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As Lake Champlain’s flooding recedes, homeowners are beginning to report the ways it has damaged their homes – from their cellars to their water supply. In St. Albans, many of them are just trying to dry out.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Elgar’s Cello Concerto
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Mischa Maisky plays Elgar’s masterpiece this afternoon in the 3 pm hour.VPR News
Floods Put Farmers Behind On Spring Crops
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The wet, cold spring has left many farmers playing catch up when it comes to planting spring crops. For the state’s dairy farmers, that means they’re waiting to plant corn to feed their cows.Vermont Edition
Spring Garden Advice
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Garlic scapes are sprouting through the soil, bright yellow daffodils have popped open in the sunshine, and lilac buds are growing fuller. It’s time for Vermont Edition’s spring dose of advice from gardening wizard Charlie Nardozzi.Classical Music with Walter Parker
A Mexican Mass
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A Mexican mass from the first half of the 17th century.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Dances, Prayers & Lullabies
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A tuneful collection of classics graces our Thursday morning together – including the gorgeous, meditative "Evening Prayer" from Humperdinck’s opera "Hansel and Gretel", and Ponchielli’s playful "Dance of the Hours". Make a pledge – please – and keep the music coming on VPR Classical! Click on "Support VPR" above.Commentary Series
Schubart: An Enduring Myth
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Commentator Bill Schubart has been thinking about his own personal experience in the free market economy and wondering how it is that prices among the few remaining service consumer services providers remain so remarkably in synch.VPR News
Community Support Brings Linear Accelerator To Hospital
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Rutland Regional Medical Center began using a new state of the art machine this week that provides pinpoint radiation to cancer patients. And as VPR’s Nina Keck reports, the equipment was paid for in a large part by community donations.VPR News
Body Of Missing Boater Found
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Police in Milton say the body of a boater missing since April 12th has been found – by his father. David Driscoll’s body was found yesterday in the Lamoille River near Interstate 89 in Milton.VPR News
Shumlin Signs “Respectful Language” Bill
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Governor Peter Shumlin has signed a bill aimed at eradicating from state laws any language considered offensive to people with disabilities.VPR News
Health Care Bill Awaits Governor’s Signature
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The state is preparing to move toward a publicly funded program to provide health care to every resident. But big questions loom.VPR News
Former Hockey Player Sues Middlebury College
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A former Middlebury College hockey player who was dismissed from the team is now suing the school.
Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 12, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Irving Berlin, Snooky Young, Carla Bley
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We celebrate one of the giants of songwriting, Irving Berlin, rare for writing both lyrics and music to his songs. We hear Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman, Dave McKenna and many others do songs by Irving Berlin. We also celebrate composer & pianist Carla Bley’s birthday & note the passing of trumpeter Snooky Young.Commentary Series
Labun Jordan: When I Am 30
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As digital media expands faster than we can absorb the information, commentator Helen Labun Jordan is thinking about what future value we might find in the apparently trivial details this information provides..VPR News
Legislative Leaders Reflect On Session
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Senate President John Campbell and House Speaker Shap Smith describe the recently completed session as one where "lofty goals were achieved." And both said they’re open to the possibility of raising taxes next year if Vermont faces big federal budget cuts.VPR News
Vermont Asks Homeowners To Report Flood Damages
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Vermont officials are asking homeowners to report any damages or losses they’ve suffered as a result of flooding over the past few weeks. The information will help determine if Vermont qualifies for a federal Individual Assistance program.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Reinecke’s Harp
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Carl Reinecke might be one of the most underrated Romantic composers…today we’ll hear his Harp Concerto.VPR News
Johnson Works To Recover From Flood
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The Lamoille River flooded in the early hours of April 27, inundating the town of Johnson. The wastewater treatment plant bore the brunt of the damage, and town employees had to do the risky and filthy work of keeping the wastewater plant online. The plant, and the town generally, are still working to recover from the flood.Vermont Edition
Vermont Yankee Court Case Under Way
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The court case over the continued operation of Vermont Yankee has begun, with the first hearing held last week behind closed doors. VPR’s John Dillon and Rutland Herald reporter Susan Smallheer discuss the lawsuit and other Vermont Yankee news.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Encore Romie de Guise-Langlois
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We’ll listen to the clarinetist play Martinu from her recent Live on VPR Classical performance.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Love And Joy
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Music of joy and love and praise for the opening day of our spring membership drive.Commentary Series
McCallum: DUI Impact
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When Vermont passed legislation last week that strengthens penalties for DUI, commentator Mary McCallum was reminded of a class she recently attended.VPR News
West Windsor Concerned For Mount Ascutney’s Future
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A drawn-out legal battle over the Mount Ascutney ski area meant the southern Vermont resort didn’t open this year. That’s made a tough economy tougher in West Windsor, where the mountain is located. And reports that the resort’s former creditors are selling off equipment has residents worried about the mountain’s long-term fate.VPR News
Sanders Introduces Federal Single-Payer Bill
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Senator Bernie Sanders says it’s critical for supporters of a federal, single payer health care system to keep the issue in front of voters in the coming years.VPR News
Physician To Testify On Capitol Hill
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A St. Johnsbury physician is going to testify on Capitol Hill about the high cost of using emergency rooms for non-urgent services.VPR News
Parents Protest Grade Consolidation Plan
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A school district’s plan to consolidate some grades and put fourth graders in the same classroom as fifth and sixth graders has parents protesting.VPR News
Delegation Tries Again On Visas For Farmworkers
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The state’s congressional delegation is trying again to get the federal government to expand a visa program that would help dairy farms that rely on foreign workers.VPR News
St. Albans To Build New Road In Flooded Area
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Officials in St. Albans have decided to build a temporary road adjacent to one that’s been flooded by Lake Champlain.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 11, 2011.
Jazz with George Thomas
Old Jazz, New Jazz, Always New Orleans
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We hear some classic early jazz with The Mills Brother’s close harmonies and swingin’ vocals, the New Orleans clarinet player Jimmy Noone with the great Earl Hines on piano, vocalist Annette Hanshaw backed by Joe Venuti on violin and Eddie Lang on guitar.Commentary Series
Hunter: Reluctant Spring
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This year, it seemed to take forever, but commentator Edith Hunter thinks we can finally say that spring is here.VPR News
Predicting Next Flood Could Be Hampered By Budget Cuts
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Lake Champlain is finally receding from its record levels. But predicting the next big flood may be more difficult because of budget problems in Washington.VPR News
Revenue Report Shows Signs Of Recovery
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There are more signs that the Vermont economy is pulling out of its long recession. Personal and corporate income tax revenues are up significantly from a year ago, and the state could end the fiscal year in June with a small surplus.VPR News
Group Offers Advice On Flood Repairs
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The Champlain Housing Trust is warning flood-weary residents to avoid using risky loans or credit cards to pay for their repairs and is encouraging them to work with local banks or non-profits to secure affordable financing.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Rocky 1
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The premiere was a disaster. The critics hated it. The composer was hurled into a deep and long depression. But these days, Rachmaninoff’s First Symphony is being heard more and more. We’ll hear it this afternoon, as Dvorak’s "American" Quartet, and Bach’s Orchestral Suite #4.VPR News
Before-And-After: Flooding In North Ferrisburgh
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Federal emergency officials are crisscrossing sections of the state to add up the damage that has been caused by flooding in the Lake Champlain area. Listener Ann Campbell sent vpr.net these before-and-after pictures of a now washed out road along Long Point in North Ferrisburgh.VPR News
Norwich Students Win Journalism Prize For ‘War’
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Students at the country’s oldest private military college have won a prestigious national prize for their documentary exploring issues veterans back from Iraq and Afghanistan face upon returning home. Norwich Students Produce New DocumentaryVPR News
Rap Music Used In Court Diversion Program
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Rap and hip-hop have a mixed reputation: misogyny and violence have long been a part of the genre, but the music has also given a voice to underprivileged Americans since the late 1970s. Recently, it’s helped some kids in the Upper Valley come to terms with difficulties in their lives. Music contributor Matt Bushlow has this story of how rap music is being used in a new court diversion program for at-risk youth.VPR News
Book Interview: “Conversations With Power”
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Jericho author Brian Till talks with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about his book, Conversations With Power: What Great Presidents and Prime Ministers Can Teach Us About Leadership.VPR News
Vermont Loses In Chase For Federal Rail Funding
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Gov. Peter Shumlin’s administration says it’s disappointed that Vermont did not win money in the latest round of federal railroad funding.VPR News
FEMA Tallies Up Champlain Flood Damage
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Federal officials are touring seven counties across the state today to total up the damages that have been caused so far by flooding. The teams from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are in towns across western and northern Vermont. Before-And-After: Flooding in North Ferrisburgh More Flood News, Videos, and PhotosVPR News
Bristol Heads To Court Over Gravel Extraction
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Bristol is headed to court over a problem facing many other towns: whether its town plan should permit gravel extraction that supporters say could create much-needed jobs.Vermont Edition
Environmental Impact Of Lake And River Flooding
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A lingering snow pack and warm heavy rains have contributed to flood conditions, but the impact of all this water is also related to how we develop and use land adjacent to rivers and lakes.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Mariss Jansons Conducts Brahms
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He leads the Bavarian Radio Symphony through Brahms’ Symphony No. 2.Commentary Series
Seamans: The Obama Perspective
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Commentator Bill Seamans was surprised by how much personal information was revealed in President Obama’s "60 Minutes" interview.VPR News
Welch Leading Effort To Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan
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Congressman Peter Welch is leading a bi-partisan effort to convince President Obama to withdraw a large number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan in the near future.Welch says the killing of Osama bin laden gives the President an opportunity to shift U.S. policy from ‘nation building’ to ‘counter terrorism’.VPR News
Volunteers To Fill Sandbags In Burlington
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Volunteers in Burlington are continuing to fill sandbags to prevent more damage from Lake Champlain flooding.VPR News
2010 Was Tough Year For Champlain Valley Expo
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Officials at Vermont’s Champlain Valley Exposition say poor weather, low attendance and a battered economy are to blame for a half-million dollar drop in annual revenues last year.VPR News
Burke Mountain To Offer Downhill Biking
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Here’s another example of the state’s winter resorts branching out into four-season recreation: Burke Mountain Ski Area in northeastern Vermont soon will be offering lift rides up the mountain to mountain bikers, and opening a new downhill bike park.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Rotterdam Philharmonic
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Fabien Gabel conducts Franck and BerliozEye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 10, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Joe Davidian, Tania Maria
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We celebrate two birthdays tonight. First pianist & composer Joe Davidian, from Vermont and getting a national reputation and Brazilian pianist & vocalist Tania Maria with her powerhouse keyboard attack and sassy vocals. New releases include pianists Benny Green and Monty Alexander.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: BBC Philharmonic
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Sergey Khachatryan gives a fabulous performance of the Shostakovich Violin Concerto in this concert. Hailing from a family of pianists, he was forbidden to play it as a child but as it turns out, he found his perfect match when he started on the violin.Commentary Series
Kittredge: Remember to Breathe
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No matter how hard we try alter our behavior, sometimes it takes an outside event for us to change. Commentator Susan Cooke Kittredge has learned this in one of life’s most pivotal moments.VPR News
Ever So Slowly, Floodwaters Ebb
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The sun shining down on the Champlain Valley over the weekend gave flood-weary residents a respite from rising waters. But officials say the wind that’s helped to clear out clouds is still a danger along the lakeshore. More Flood News, Videos, and Photos »VPR News
Rutland Voters Go Back To Polls On Rec Center Issue
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Rutland voters will go to the polls Tuesday to decide again whether to go ahead with a $4 million recreation facility. Residents approved the proposal on Town Meeting Day. But opponents of the project got enough signatures to put the measure back on the ballot.VPR News
Green Up Day 2011: Success
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This year’s Green Up Day has been declared a success. Green Up Vermont says between 15,000 and 20,000 volunteers fanned out across the state on Saturday to pick up trash along roadsides and in public spaces.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Paganini 1
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Paganini’s violin concertos are light-hearted virtuosic works that were designed simply as a vehicle for the composer to "show his stuff." We’ll hear his first concerto today played by Gil Shaham.VPR News
Analysis: The Legislative Session Wrap-Up
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Vermont Lawmakers adjourned on Friday. VPR’s Jane Lindholm gets a wrap-up of the recent legislative session from VPR’s Bob Kinzel.VPR News
Slide Show: Champlain Recedes, Imperceptibly
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Lake Champlain has begun to recede from its record-setting levels, but it’s still nearly three feet above flood stage. Many residents and businesses up and down the lake say the drop in water is imperceptible. Video: Driving the flooded Route 2 causewayVermont Edition
Has The Endangered Species Act Worked?
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UVM conservation biologist and author Joe Roman discusses his new book, "Listed: Dispatches from America’s Endangered Species Act." Plus, VPR’s Bob Kinzel provides a recap of the recent Legislative session.VPR Presents
VPR Presents Neil MacFarquhar
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VPR presents a recent talk by New York Times Bureau Chief, Neil MacFarquhar, on the obstacles to democratic change in the Arab world. Fresh out of Cairo, he recently spoke in South Burlington and was part of the Elder Education Enrichment program.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Simone Dinnerstein Plays Beethoven
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Beethoven’s last piano sonata, played live in Berlin.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
In Italy
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Karl Goldmark’s lively overture "In Italy" starts the morning – and we’ll continue the Italian sojourn with countrymen Giovanni Paisiello, and Giovanni Palestrina.Commentary Series
Averyt: Fiddling Around
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Northwestern Vermont meets neighboring French Quebec once a year at the St. Albans Maple Festival Fiddlers Variety Show. It’s a toe tapping, foot stomping event; and for Commentator Anne Averyt it’s a special Vermont rite of spring.VPR News
Legislative Session Dominated By Health Care, Budget
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The 2011 Legislature wrapped up its work last Friday night after completing final action on next year’s budget and the tax bill. It was a session dominated by legislation that overhauls the state’s health care system.VPR News
Vt Announces Settlement With Video Chain
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Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell says Vermont and 49 other states have reached a settlement with a bankrupt video rental chain accused of unfair debt collection.VPR News
Group Home Moving Within Burlington
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The Champlain Housing Trust is in the process of reconfiguring a Burlington building so it can become home to a number of clients of a Vermont human services agency.VPR News
Schools To Test Financial Fluency Program
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State Treasurer Beth Pearce says four Vermont schools are testing a new financial fluency program aimed at helping teachers find new ways of introducing personal finance concepts to young people.VPR News
Towns Wary Of Changes To Vermont Records Law
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New changes to the state’s public records law are being hailed as big improvements in government transparency, but town officials remain leery about the demands they’ll face as a result.VPR News
Lake Champlain Levels To Slowly Drop
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Water levels on Lake Champlain are falling slowly, but remain at record high levels this morning. At the U.S. Geological Survey gauge in Burlington the lake is 3 feet above flood stage. And the National Weather Service says Lake Champlain drains slowly, so it could remain above flood stage for several weeks.Young Writers Project On VPR
Unconventional Couples
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This week’s piece by Juliette Rose Wunrow, a junior at U-32 High School, is a delightful exploration of the endless opposites in school, calculus and history, chemistry and chorus. Wunrow’s poem won this year’s Smith College Poetry Prize for High School Girls in New England.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 9, 2011.All the Traditions
True Fine Mama !
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Celebrating Mother’s Day 2011, and looking forward to lots of wonderful live shows this week, including a rare performance by the Canadian vocal trio Finest Kind, one of our favorite groups!My Place with Joel Najman
A Musical Profile Of Lyricist Howie Greenfield
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Howie Greenfield is one of the early Rock & Roll era’s most succesfull and prolific lyricists, with his songs recorded by Neil Sedaka, the Shirelles, Captain & Tennille and many others. Joel Najman’s My Place program this week presents an hour of the most famous songs of Brill Building wordsmith Howie Greenfield.The VPR Saturday Special
The Moth: OMG, Stories Of The Sacred
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The Moth returns for stories of the sacred this Saturday! Hear how rituals of Judaism guide a comedian through a dark hour. Then, Reverend Al Sharpton recalls learning real forgiveness after being stabbed, and Afghan music is un-silenced!Interlude
Daphnis et Chloé
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Ravels’ Ballet Daphnis et Chloé is performed by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Charles Dutoit.Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Ariadne auf Naxos
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Violeta Urmana sings the title role in this live Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos.Vermont Garden Journal
Mother’s Day In The Garden
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This week, Charlie shares a brief history of Mother’s Day and offers some garden gift advice.VPR News
Memorial Service Set For Vermont’s “Mr. Development”
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Elbert "Al" Moulton became known as a genial deal maker bent on selling Vermont as a tourist destination – and a perfect place for businesses and industry.VPR News
2011 Legislature Adjourns
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The 2011 Legislature has adjourned after approving a $4.6 billion state budget. The path to adjournment this year was relatively smooth with Democrats controlling the House, the Senate and the governor’s office.VPR News
Officials Assess Flood Damage, As Residents Try To Cope
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Federal emergency management officials have begun touring the Lake Champlain shoreline to assess damage from historically high water.VPR News
Burlington Works Toward Inclusive Schools
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The Burlington School District is the most diverse in the state. More than 60 countries are represented in the student body, and 27 percent of the students are of color. It’s a multiracial, multicultural environment – and one that the district works hard to make inclusive.VPR News
National Guard Assists In Flood Relief
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A crew of National Guard troops is in the Champlain Islands today helping residents deal with the ongoing flood. More than 400 homes have already been damaged and three destroyed as the lake has risen to historic highs. Video: Visitors Look At Lake Champlain FloodingClassical Music with Joe Goetz
Zemlinsky’s Die Seejungfrau
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Alexander Zemlinsky’s tone poem "Die Seejungfrau" ("The Mermaid") is an incredibly beautiful portrait of the ocean and its fantastic creatures. We’ll hear it this afternoon.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: May 7, 2011
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These were some of the voices in the news this weekVPR News
Crews Working To Clear Roadways
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Road crews are out in force working to keep roads along Lake Champlain open. The lake continued rising last night to 3.2 feet above flood stage. The National Weather Service predicts the lake will crest in the next 24 hours, but may go a few inches higher. And they say it could take weeks for the floodwaters to move out of the lake.Vermont Edition
Legislative Wrap Up
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A group of State House reporters review the highlights and the news makers from this Legislative session. Plus, we listen back to the voices in the news this week.VPR News
To Prevent Crime, Vt. Sheriffs Collect Prescription Drugs
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Vermont law enforcement officials say hundreds of pounds of prescription drugs have been collected in an effort to prevent overdoses and stem drug-related crimes.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Menahem Pressler
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The long-time pianist of the Beaux Arts Trio will be in Barre on Saturday.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Mother’s Day
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Mother’s Day is Sunday. This morning we’ll hear a couple of different versions of Dvorak’s "Songs My Mother Taught Me" along with other maternally-minded selections.Commentary Series
Kreis: Mockingbird At Home
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The conversation about race is something that some parents take on at home. For commentator Don Kries reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" to his daughter was that bridge to discussion.VPR News
Vermont Reads: Teaching Diversity
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This morning we conclude our series, Vermont Reads, To Kill a Mockingbird, VPR’s collaboration with the Vermont Humanities Council’s statewide reading program. Today, we explore how we talk to young children about race.VPR News
Public Record Bill Awaits Governor’s Signature
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A bill that makes changes in the state’s public record laws is headed to Governor Peter Shumlin. Vermont ACLU director Allen Gilbert says the current public records law passed 35 years ago it hasn’t had an effective enforcement mechanism.VPR News
Health Care Bill Heads To Governor Shumlin
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Legislation that’s designed to move Vermont to a publicly financed health care system won final approval in the House yesterday afternoon and the bill is now on its way to Governor Peter Shumlin for his signature. The bill is one of the Governor’s top priorities for the 2011 session.VPR News
House, Senate Reach Agreement On Tax Bill
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The House and Senate have settled their differences on a tax bill. It’s one of the last pieces of legislative business required before lawmakers can go home for the year. Negotiations on the tax bill dragged out this week as lawmakers disagreed over cigarette taxes and a potential sales tax on Internet retailers.VPR News
Leahy Supports Decision Not To Release Bin Laden Photo
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Senator Patrick Leahy says he understands why President Obama has decided not to release photographs of slain terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. The President says releasing the photographs could incite violence in some parts of the world, and provide a propaganda tool for terrorists that could endanger U.S. troops.VPR News
Shelburne-St. George Boundary Dispute Settled
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A Colonial-era dispute over where one Vermont town ends and the neighboring town begins is about to be settled, once and for all. Gov. Peter Shumlin will sign a bill today that establishes the boundary line between the towns of Shelburne and St. George.VPR News
June Hearing Set For Vermont Yankee Case
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A court case over whether Vermont has the authority to close down the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant next year is off to a secretive start.
Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 6, 2011.Jazz with George Thomas
Fred Astaire, Paul Barbaran, Stanley Cowell
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We celebrate the birthdays of vocalist & tap dancer, Fred Astaire, composer & premier New Orleans drummer Paul Barbarin and pianist & composer Stanley Cowell recorded solo At Maybeck. Spring tunes creep into the playlist even with the cooler temps about.VPR Presents
Contrasting Iran & Egypt: VPR Presents Nazila Fathi
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Iran and Egypt have witnessed massive protests in recent years. In Iran, those protests did not change the government, but in Egypt, they did. New York Times correspondent Nazila Fathi explains why.Commentary Series
Weis: Thinking Green
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As Green Up Day approaches, environmental educator and commentator Russ Weis reminds us how to green up our lifestyles, along with our Vermont landscape.VPR News
As Shore Roads Wash Out, Ferry Landing Becomes Hard To Reach
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People who use the ferry are finding it harder to get to the dock. The Route 125 causeway is closed and water is creeping toward the tops of barriers that were put in place last week on the Route 17 causeway. Drivers on the New York side of the ferry crossing also face detours.VPR News
Vermont Reads: Study Examines Racial Profiling In Vermont
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All this week VPR is taking a look at race in Vermont as part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s state-wide reading program, Vermont Reads, To Kill a Mockingbird. Today we look at the criminal justice system. Is racial profiling happening in Vermont’s police departments? For years no one knew, because unlike other states, police departments did not track race data. But now a pilot project aims to find out.VPR News
Kiss Encourages Public To Support Flood Victims
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Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss is encouraging people to make donations to the local Red Cross to help those affected by the record Lake Champlain flooding.VPR News
Vermont Reads: Local Connections
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All this week, VPR has been looking at race in Vermont, as part of our collaboration with the Vermont Humanities Council’s statewide reading program. This year’s selection is To Kill a Mockingbird. Many events have been planned around the state to explore the novel and its themes. This month, Montpelier’s Lost Nation Theater is re-staging a local production of the play, which they originally put on three years ago.VPR News
Backstage: “To Kill A Mockingbird”
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This month, Montpelier’s Lost Nation Theater is re-staging a local production of To Kill a Mockingbird, which it originally put on three years ago.Commentary Series
Beaupre: All About Scout
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Commentator Deb Beaupre, a 20-year teaching veteran and lifelong reader, finds many similarities to her own life in this year’s Vermont Reads book "To Kill a Mockingbird."Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Cinco de Mayo and Bach – No, These Are Not Related
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We’ll celebrate Cinco de Mayo today with music of Carlos Chavez and more, and we’ll also hear a double concerto and a set of pieces from the Well-Tempered Clavier by Bach.VPR News
Health Care Bill Heads To Governor’s Desk
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By a 94-49 margin, Vermont House lawmakers have voted to approve a bill that would give the state a universal, publicly funded health care system. A strong supporter, Gov. Peter Shumlin is expected to sign the measure once it reached his desk.VPR News
Physics And Music Mix In Creating Laser Harp
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Middlebury College student Hannah Waite combines physics and musical talent to create an instrument called the laser harp.VPR News
State Responds To Invasives
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Burlington Free Press reporter Candace Page describes how the state is preparing to respond to a host of invasive threats at Vermont’s doorstep; from chronic wasting disease to the emerald ash borer.VPR News
Shumlin Declares State of Emergency For Flooded Areas
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Gov. Peter Shumlin has declared a state of emergency for flooded areas around Lake Champlain, where some 500 homes have been damaged already and three have been destroyed.Vermont Edition
Vermont Students Attend Virtual Classes
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Online learning is creating greater opportunities for Vermont high school students – and challenges for instructors teaching virtual classes.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Charles Rosen is 84
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We’ll listen to the erudite pianist play Mazurkas by Chopin.VPR News
Vermont Reads: Racial Profiling
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All this week VPR is discussing race in Vermont. Today we look at the criminal justice system. The issue of whether or not justice is color-blind has long been debated in this country. Many people of color in Vermont say are stopped more frequently by police officers, and are targets for racial profiling. But is racial profiling happening in our police departments?VPR News
Isle La Motte Cut In Half By Floodwaters
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Lake Champlain reached a record 3 feet above flood stage this morning. In Isle La Motte, residents have a dramatic indication of how high the water level has risen on the lake: the island town has been cut in half by floodwaters, leaving about 100 residents cut off from services. But residents are taking the flood problems in stride.VPR News
Health Care Bill Clears Final Hurdle; Question Now Is How To Pay For It
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Legislation overhauling Vermont’s health care system cleared its final hurdle today as the House approved the bill. But the new compromise plan doesn’t answer a question that many people in the Statehouse have asked: How should a single payer system be paid for?VPR News
Leahy Calls For Review Of Pakistan Aid
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Senator Patrick Leahy is calling for a complete review of foreign aid to Pakistan. Leahy says he wants to be certain that Pakistan is a strong ally of the United States in the war on terrorism. Leahy’s decision is significant because he’s the chairman of the Senate subcommittee that distributes foreign aid.VPR News
Judge Says Death Penalty Case Can Proceed
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A federal judge says prosecutors may continue to pursue the death penalty against a convicted sex offender charged with luring his 12-year-old niece to his Vermont home with the promise of a pool party before molesting and strangling her.
Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 5, 2011.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Cinco de Mayo
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It’s Cinco de Mayo – among other selections today we’ll hear from Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra from her recent recording, "Mi Alma Mexicana – My Mexican Soul".Jazz with George Thomas
Ron, Don & Floods
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We celebrate the birthdays of bassist, composer & bandleader Ron Carter and pianist Don Friedman. We also hear a few "Flood" & "Rain" songs, including Sarah Vaughan’s version of "Garden In The Rain," Bessie Smith’s own composition "Back Water Blues."Commentary Series
Bernard: Killing the Mockingbird
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This year’s Vermont Reads book, To Kill A Mockingbird, offers many "teachable moments," but commentator Emily Bernard has been remembering an opportunity that was lost.VPR News
Lawmakers On Track For Weekend Adjournment
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Vermont lawmakers are wrapping up their work in Montpelier and appear to be on target to adjourn this weekend. Late on Wednesday, lawmakers were ironing out their differences on a tax bill that needs to pass before the state budget can be approved.VPR News
Federal Disaster Officials Survey Damage On Isle La Motte
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Isle La Motte officials spent part of the day touring the flooded area of the Champlain Islands town with federal officials. The town is hoping a federal disaster declaration will help it recover from flooding that has split the community in two.VPR News
Vermont Reads: Census Shows Increase In Multi-Racial Families
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All this week, VPR is examining the role of race in Vermont as part of a series inspired by "To Killing a Mockingbird." Last year’s census showed that Vermonters who claim to be two or more races make up the largest minority population in Vermont. But when the Jones family moved to Addison County 30 years ago, they were the only multi-racial family in town.VPR News
Kiss Warns Residents About Lake Flooding
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Officials in Burlington are urging residents to take extra precautions as Lake Champlain waters reach record levels.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Dvorak’s Sunny 8th
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We’ll hear Antonin Dvorak’s beautiful 8th Symphony this afternoon, conducted by Myung Whun Chung. Also today, a new recording of one of Mozart’s finest concerti, and more afterglow from Yo Yo Ma’s appearance with the VSO last weekend.VPR News
As Waters Rise, Roads Worsen
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As Lake Champlain reaches historic levels, the state’s Transportation Agency says a number of highways, including Interstate 89 southbound in Milton, have been either completely or partially closed because they’re impassable.Vermont Edition
Vermont Reads: High School Students Discuss “To Kill A Mockingbird”
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As part of VPR’s week-long series, Vermont Reads "To Kill A Mockingbird," we are broadcasting live from an auditorium at Burr & Burton Academy in Manchester, talking to high school students about how "To Kill A Mockingbird" resonates with them today.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson
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The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio plays Brahms.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
En Languedoc
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Déodat de Séverac is one of the featured composers today in the first of the Stowe Performing Arts "Noon Music in May" concerts. Canadian pianist Jason Cutmore will perform at Stowe Community Church in a program that includes music from both France and Spain. We’ll listen to some of Séverac’s suite, "En Languedoc" this morning as a preview.VPR News
Vermont Reads: Families Discuss Race
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All this week, VPR is examining the role of race in Vermont as part of a series inspired by "To Killing a Mockingbird." The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was chosen by the Vermont Humanities Council this year for Vermont Reads, its annual statewide reading program. Today, we look at race in families.VPR News
Lake Champlain Could Reach 3 Feet Above Flood Stage
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Lake Champlain is again rising this morning. Forecasters say the rain that fell the region last night will take a day or so to make it to the big lake. National Weather Service forecaster Brooke Taber says Lake Champlain could reach a new high of 103-feet. That’s three feet above flood stage. Travel limited on some roads. See the full list here.VPR News
Legislature Wants Entergy To Pay State’s Legal Bills
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Later this week, a federal judge will hold the first hearing in Entergy Vermont Yankee’s legal challenge against the state of Vermont. The litigation may take years to resolve and is likely to be very expensive. But now the legislature plans to make Entergy pay the state’s legal bills.VPR News
Workers To Be Awarded Back Pay
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Sen. Bernie Sanders says federal contract workers in St. Albans and Essex Junction will be getting an additional $2.9 million in back wages.VPR News
Barnard’s Mitchell To Step Down
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Vermont state Rep. Mark Mitchell says he’ll be stepping down from his seat during the Legislature’s summer break. The Barnard Democrat has small-cell lung cancer he attributes to smoking two packs a day for 40 years, and says his doctor has told him he should not expect to be able to return for the second half of the legislative term in January.VPR News
Senate Shifts Burden Of Proof For DUI Enablers
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The Vermont Senate has decided to put the burden of proof on the state in its push to start prosecuting people who let a drunken driver use their car.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 4, 2011.
Commentary Series
Dunsmore: After Bin Laden
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The meaning of Osama bin Laden’s death will inevitably be a matter of intense analysis in the coming days. Today commentator and veteran ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore offers his perspective.VPR News
Lake Champlain Flooding Worsens; Rain Continues
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Lake Champlain began to rise again Tuesday and is now more than two feet above flood stage. The flooding has torn up roads and washed into homes and businesses up and down the shore in Vermont, New York and Quebec.VPR News
State’s Largest Utility Sees Change In Leadership
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Central Vermont Public Service marked a change of the guard today at its annual meeting. Outgoing President Bob Young was honored for his 24 years with the company and new president Larry Reilly took over.VPR News
Lawmakers Poised To Pass “Landmark” Health Bill
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Vermont legislators are poised to send a historic health care bill to the governor. On Tuesday, House and Senate negotiators resolved the last of their differences, and a final vote in the legislature should come by the end of the week.VPR News
Vermont Reads: VT Tribes Formally Recognized
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All this week VPR is examining race as part of our 2011 collaboration with the Vermont Humanities Council’s Vermont Reads statewide reading program. For the original Vermonters, the Abenaki, eugenics and racial prejudice led to a life lived in the shadows, where their ancestry was hidden, not celebrated. As VPR’s John Dillon reports, the Legislature has taken steps to put that history behind us.VPR News
Canadian Election Delivers Losses To Bloc Quebecois
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The New Democratic Party took 45 seats in Quebec that were previously held by Bloc Quebecois. It now holds just four seats after yesterday’s results, leading some to question the future of the Quebec sovereignty movement.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
An Early Spark
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Many composers tried to deflect attention away from their early works, but Tchaikovsky was actually quite fond of his String Quartet #2 in F Major, writing to a friend that it was one of his favorite compositions. We’ll hear it this afternoon played by the Ying Quartet.VPR News
Chester A. Arthur’s Citizenship Questioned
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Author Kenneth Davis talks with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about why Arthur’s citizenship was called into question.VPR News
Rainfall Could Push Lake Champlain To New Record Levels
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The floodwaters in Lake Champlain have slowly decreased over the past 24 hours, but forecasters say rainfall could push the lake back up again to a new record.VPR News
Lawmakers Reach Compromise On Health Care Overhaul
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Negotiators have signed an agreement on the big health care overhaul bill. The House and Senate have spent the past week or so trying to resolve differences in their different approaches to the bill.Vermont Edition
O Canada: Analysis Of The Federal Elections
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We break down the results from the Canadian federal elections held Monday. Plus, author Kenneth Davis provides details of why President Chester A. Arthur’s citizenship was called into question.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Bach is in the Air
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I’ll speak with conductors Jeffrey Buettner and William Metcalfe, who will both lead major Bach performances this week.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
National Teacher Day
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It’s National Teacher Day: an opportunity to honor the educators who make a difference every day in our lives, and in the world. This morning’s music features famous classical students and teachers.VPR News
Vermont Reads: Leaving Eugenics Behind
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Immigrants of many nationalities, including Irish, Italian and French-Canadian, were among Vermont’s earliest settlers. And their presence complicated attitudes about race.VPR News
Activists Want Farm Workers Covered In Health Care System
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In the debate over Vermont’s universal health care legislation, activists say they want to make sure that undocumented workers on the state’s dairy farms are covered. Lawmakers went through some last-minute wrangling over the health-care bill.VPR News
Lake Flooding Delays Champlain Bridge Construction
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The record high levels of Lake Champlain have slowed construction of a new bridge connecting West Addison, Vermont and Crown Point, New York. The construction company was set to assemble the archway of the Lake Champlain bridge at a marina in Port Henry, New York.VPR News
Canadian Media Predict Harper Majority
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Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper won his coveted majority government in elections that changed Canada’s political landscape with the opposition Liberals and Quebec separatists suffering a shattering defeat.VPR News
Senate Passes Public Records Bill
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The Vermont Senate has approved a bill designed to make it easier for residents to be reimbursed when they prevail in public records fights.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Ivan Fischer conducts an all-Mozart program.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 3, 2011.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Nashville Symphony Orchestra
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One year after the Cumberland River destroyed much of downtown Nashville, we celebrate the triumphant return of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra to the beautiful Schermerhorn Symphony Center.Commentary Series
Kashmeri: Sense Of Closure
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Commentator Sarwar Kashmeri says that last night’s news of bin Laden’s death brought unusual clarity to foreign affairs, at least for a brief moment.VPR News
Vermonters Recall 9/11, React To Bin Laden’s Death
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Across the country and in Vermont on Monday, people were struggling to make sense of the news from Pakistan. Here’s a sampling of their reactions.VPR News
Vt. Delegation Responds To Bin Laden’s Death
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The three members of Vermont’s congressional delegation say the death of Osama bin Laden marks a historic moment in this country’s fight against international terrorism. And they hope it will encourage the development of democratic forces in the Middle East.VPR News
Vermonters With Ties To 9-11 Reflect On Latest News
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Vermonters with ties to the events of 9-11 responded to the death of Osama bin Laden with a sense of relief. But many expressed concern about how bin Laden’s supporters might try to retaliate against the U.S. in the wake of the killing.VPR News
Flooding Damage Reaches Threshold For Federal Aid
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Damage from the spring floods of the past week are enough that state officials believe Vermont will qualify for federal disaster assistance. But with more rain and wind in the forecast, the officials also worry about what’s still to come.VPR News
Dubie Says Vermont Guard Has Made A Difference In Afghanistan
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The head of the Vermont National Guard says that, with record deployments, Vermont has made an acute sacrifice. But he doesn’t question the importance of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan.VPR News
Vermont Reads: Bellows Falls Deals With Race Issues
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Vermonters pride themselves on being tolerant of differences, more interested in a person’s character than in status, race, or personal beliefs. But every so often something in the news puts that claim of tolerance in doubt. Is Vermont more prejudiced than we think? VPR’s Susan Keese begins her search for answers in a Bellows Falls barber shop.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Polish and Finnish Violin Concerti
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We’ll hear the Violin Concerto #1 by Karl Szymanowski this afternoon, as well as the more well-known Violin Concerto by Jean Sibelius.VPR News
9/11 Father Reflects On Bin Laden’s Death
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Don Goodrich of Bennington lost his son Peter on September 11, 2001, when Peter was as a passenger aboard one of the planes that hit the World Trade Center. We asked Don to share his personal reaction to the news that Osama bin Laden had been found and killed, about to comment on the larger context he sees.VPR News
Guard Leader Says Justice Was Done
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The leader of the Vermont National Guard says justice was done when U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden.VPR News
Analysis: U.S. Needs Pakistan’s Help To Fight Terrorism
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UVM professor Saleem Ali has been following the reaction to Osama bin Laden’s death in his native country of Pakistan, and says the U.S. should not "burn bridges" with Pakistan.VPR News
Sen. Leahy Says Raid Is Wake-Up Call to Pakistan
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Vermont U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy comments on the actions taken by U.S. forces to kill Osama bin Laden at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.Vermont Edition
Vermonters React To Bin Laden News
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Today on Vermont Edition, we open the phones and hear from people in our region as they react to the news that Osama bin Laden has been found and killed by U.S. military forces in Pakistan.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Yo-Yo Ma and Jaime Laredo Afterglow
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After their exciting concert with the Vermont Symphony this past Saturday, Yo-Yo Ma and Jaime Laredo join Isaac Stern and Emanuel Ax for a Piano Quartet of Brahms.VPR News
Shumlin Vows Help In Rebuilding Brattleboro Landmark
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Gov. Peter Shumlin is promising the Vermont government’s help with reconstruction of a downtown Brattleboro landmark that was wiped out by fire.VPR News
Citing Lack Of Savings, VT Abandons Video Arraignments
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The state of Vermont is stopping video arraignments of criminal defendants because they’re not saving as much money as expected.VPR News
Outcome Uncertain As Canadians Head To The Polls
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Canadians are headed to the polls today for a federal election. Going into the election, polling continues to change daily in favor of the New Democratic Party, leading to the possibility that the party will form the official opposition.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
May Day, May Day!
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Frivolous madrigals, maypoles and giddy springtime merriment abound for our first May program of the year.Commentary Series
Slayton: Irasburg Affair Remembered
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As Vermonters read To Kill A Mockingbird, commentator Tom Slayton, reflects on one event in the 1960s that put Vermont’s racial tensions in the national spotlight.VPR News
Vermont Reads: Race Issues Still Make Headlines In Vermont
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Each year VPR collaborates with the Vermont Humanities Council’s statewide reading program, Vermont Reads. This year the Humanities Council has chosen a classic, "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. The book deals frankly with the issue of race, and we’ll take the opportunity this week to explore the state of race relations in Vermont.VPR Series and Specials
Vermont Reads 2011: To Kill A Mockingbird
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VPR continues its collaboration with the Vermont Humanities Council to support its one-book state-wide, community reading program: Vermont Reads. For 2011, the Council has selected the 1960 Pulitzer Prize winning novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.VPR News
Welch Says His Thoughts Are With 9-11 Families, Vermont Soldiers
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VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb gets reaction from Congressman Peter Welch on the news that Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan yesterday.VPR News
Mount Snow Owner Wants Resort To Go Public
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The owner of the Mount Snow Resort wants to take the company public. Peak Resorts of St. Louis has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a $40 million initial public offering of its common stock.VPR News
Al Moulton Dies At 85
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A former Vermont economic development chief credited with keeping billboards out of the state and creating the state’s captive insurance industry has died.VPR News
Coverage For Migrant Workers Sticking Point In Health Care Negotiations
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With the Legislature entering what is supposed to be its final week, a large crowd gathered at the Statehouse yesterday to support a bill that would move the state toward a single payer health care system.Young Writers Project On VPR
Crying
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This week’s Young Writers Project piece by Alyx Sellars, an 11th grader at Peoples Academy, is an essay of yearning for that slow, painfully slow, change in Vermont that we call spring.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for May 2, 2011.VPR News
Bin Laden Dead
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Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks against the United States, is dead, and the U.S. is in possession of his body, the president announced late Sunday.All the Traditions
To Welcome The First Of May
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Celebrating May Day with morris dancing, some amazing vocal music from around the world, music for Cinco de Mayo, and a special dedication to Appalachian songstress Hazel Dickens, who passed away on April 22nd.My Place with Joel Najman
Popular Songs About “Crying” – Part Four
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Joel Najman’s My Place program concludes its series of vintage popular songs about "crying". All the selections presented are from recommendations and requests sent in by listeners to the previous episodes.Musically Speaking at the VSO
Musically Speaking With Yo-Yo Ma
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Walter Parker talks with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and conductor Jaime Laredo.The VPR Saturday Special
Humankind: Passengers
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Humankind gets down to the nitty-gritty of the daily commute. We’ll examine one family’s pursuit of a low-carbon lifestyle, the pros and cons of high-speed rail systems, and the taxes you pay at the pump.Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Il trovatore
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Verdi’s popular, tuneful Il trovatore is performed by Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Alvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.Interlude
Mahler Symphony No. 4
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Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 is performed by the Berlin Philharmonic under the direction of Claudio Abbado, with soprano Renée Fleming.VPR News
Lyndon State Announces Layoffs
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Lyndon State College says it will eliminate four positions in order to balance the budget for the coming fiscal year. The college currently has 185 full-time faculty and staff. Two weeks ago, college president Carol Moore announced her resignation, citing personal reasons.VPR News
House Speaker Says Legislature Is On Track To Adjournment
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House Speaker Shap Smith is confident that the House and Senate will be able to resolve their differences on most key bills by the middle of next week and he says that should pave the way for adjournment.VPR News
Lake Champlain Continues Rising
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Already swollen to its highest level in history, Lake Champlain continued to rise Friday, exacerbating flooding along its Vermont and New York shores. And the National Weather Service says the lake will continue rising at least through Saturday.VPR News
New VYO Music Director To Debut In Weekend Concerts
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The new leader of the Vermont Youth Orchestra is getting ready to make his debut in that role at two concerts slated for this weekend — one Friday night in Johnson and the other Sunday in Burlington.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
A Festive Occasion
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The Royal Wedding today warmed the hearts of millions worldwide, and we’ll celebrate (albeit not as much) this afternoon with William Walton’s "Te Deum."VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: April 29, 2011
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These were some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Welch Proposes Solutions To Keep Gas Prices In Check
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Concerned about rising gas prices, Congressman Peter Welch has proposed short-term and long-term solutions, including ending tax breaks for oil companies.Vermont Edition
Legislative Update From House Speaker Shap Smith
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House Speaker Shap Smith provides an outlook on the budget, the tax bill and the governor’s health care bill. Also, Congressman Peter Welch discusses the causes of and solutions for rising gas prices.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Atria Ensemble
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Clarinetist Romie de Guise-Langlois and pianist Hye-Yeon Park perform live at 1pm.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
National Poetry Month – The Bard
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We’re finishing the ‘poetic pairings’ feature for National Poetry Month today. A reading from Shakespeare’s "The Tempest" will be followed by a selection of pieces played by the Musicians of the Globe, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s suite from "Much Ado About Nothing".Commentary Series
Henningsen: Scoundrel Or Patriot
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There’s been much debate about the actions of Bradley Manning, the army enlisted man alleged to have furnished Wikileaks with top-secret documents. Teacher, historian, and commentator Vic Henningsen recalls an earlier case that raised similar issues.VPR News
10-Year-Old To Sing At Fenway Park
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For 10-year old Rosie Newton of St. Albans, her first game to see the Red Sox play at Fenway Park in Boston promises to be more memorable than most. That’s because this January Rosie placed second in a singing competition, and as a result, will sing "God Bless America" during the 7th inning stretch this Sunday when the Red Sox take on the Seattle Mariners in the Sox’ annual Vermont Day game at Fenway Park.VPR News
House Republicans Complain Their Voices Aren’t Being Heard
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In the waning days of the Legislature, House Republicans are trying to use their limited numbers to influence legislation and make political points. Members of the minority party complain that their voices are not being heard.VPR News
Student Aid Group Gets Federal Contract
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The Vermont Student Assistance Corp. is poised to get $1.3 million in federal funds to service federal student loans, which would be a new role for the organization.VPR News
Shumlin Pleased With Legislative Session
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Gov. Peter Shumlin says he’s pleased with how the legislative session has gone as lawmakers approach their last scheduled week in session.VPR News
Flood Waters Recede, Roads Still Closed
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Floodwaters are receding in northern Vermont, but many roads remain closed and homeowners are cleaning up big messes in the wake of flooding from heavy rains and snowmelt.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 29, 2011Vermont Garden Journal
Dandelions
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Dirty little weeds or delicious salad greens? Charlie Nardozzi shines a light on dandelions.Commentary Series
Parini: Vernal Pools
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As April comes to a close, and spring advances, commentator Jay Parini has been contemplating the importance of poetry.VPR News
NCAA: No Further Action In Case Of Castleton Coach
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The NCAA issued a statement Thursday concerning their investigation into alleged infractions made by Castleton State College football coach Rich Alercio. The NCAA believes Alercio was at fault in helping one of his athletes access student loans, but no further sanctions will be taken against the college.VPR News
Devastated By Fire, Pete’s Greens Gets Help From State Grant
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The town of Craftsbury has won a $300,000 state grant to help a local farm recover from a devastating fire. Craftsbury will loan the money to Pete’s Greens, a farm that has both a wholesale and retail business.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Yo Yo Ma and Antonin Dvorak – A Great Combination
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We’ll hear Yo Yo Ma play Dvorak’s grand cello concerto this afternoon, and we’ll also hear him delve into one of Dvorak’s most popular chamber works, the "Dumky" Trio.VPR News
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Eat ‘Em: Garlic Mustard Pesto
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VPR’s Ric Cengeri spent some time with Rachael Barone, co-owner of On The Rise Bakery, to learn how to make pesto from the invasive species, garlic mustard.VPR News
Tiny Satellite Has Big Potential
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A physics professor at Vermont Technical College is working with students to build a small satellite to send into orbit next spring.Vermont Edition
Finding And Cooking “Good Meat”
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With farmer’s markets, meat CSAs and local products in grocery stores, it’s getting easier to find grass-fed, ethically-raised meat. There are also myriad delicious ways to cook it. We talk about both of those things with Deborah Krasner, author of "Good Meat: The Complete Guide to Sourcing and Cooking Sustainable Meat."VPR News
Lake Champlain Reaches 102.5 Feet
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Floodwaters receded and some roads reopened Thursday, but anxiety also grew over the prospect of more rain in northern Vermont. Meanwhile, the water level on Lake Champlain continued to rise and, according to the National Weather Service, has broken all previous records.Classical Music with Walter Parker
From the VPR Classical Archives
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Live performances by clarinetist Romie de Guise-Langlois and by the Chiara String Quartet.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Conversation with the VYO’s Jeff Domoto
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Just after 8am we’ll feature today’s ‘poetic pairing’: Robert Hayden reading his poem "Those Winter Sundays", and then Glazunov’s "Winter/Spring" transition from his "Seasons" ballet. In the 9am hour I’ll talk to the VYO’s Music Director Designate, Jeffrey Domoto about his new position and his plans for the orchestra.Commentary Series
Kreis: Cooperative Economy
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Commentator Don Kreis is a law professor by day, but in his spare time he’s a grocery magnate – or to be more precise – he serves on the board of his local food co-op. And in that capacity, he’s celebrating an important anniversaryVPR News
Flood Clean-up Continues, FEMA To Assess Damage
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Communities across northern Vermont continue to clean up from flash floods that swept the state this week. Lamoille County was among the hardest hit areas. In Johnson, the village sewage treatment plant was flooded. That caused only partially treated sewage to be released into the Lamoille River.VPR News
Spring Floods Contribute To Lake Champlain Pollution
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The spring floods that have torn up roadways and damaged lakefront property are having an environmental impact as well. The high water has washed phosphorus and other pollutants downstream into Lake Champlain, and climate change could make the problem worse.VPR News
Corrections Head Supports Recidivism Bill
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Vermont’s Corrections commissioner says a bill that targets the problem of repeat offenders takes the right approach. The bill is called the "War on Recidivism Act" and it gives the Corrections Department more flexibility in how it deals with non-violent offenders, especially those whose crimes are related to drug addiction.VPR News
Police Chase Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
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A Vermont man charged with leading police on a wild high-speed chase during which he rammed six police cruisers and continued to flee after being shot says he’s not guilty.VPR News
Alewives Wash Up On New York Shore
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Crews are cleaning up the thousands of dead fish that have washed up along Lake Champlain’s New York shoreline, including a stretch where public campgrounds and beaches are being prepared for opening this spring.VPR News
College Student Rescued From Lamoille River
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Firefighters say a college student is lucky to be alive after he became stranded on a rock in the flooded Lamoille River in Johnson.
Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 28, 2011Commentary Series
Douglas: The Social Security Elephant
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When it comes to debate about the federal budget, commentator and former Vermont governor, Jim Douglas, thinks we need to admit there’s at least one very large elephant in the room.VPR News
Rivers Jump Banks And Rush Through Northern Vermont Communities
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Rivers across northern Vermont jumped their banks when strong storms and spring snowmelt came rushing out of the mountains over the past couple of days. That forced officials to close some schools and many roads.VPR News
UVM Expects To Spend $300K In President Search
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The University of Vermont expects to spend about $300,000 to find a replacement for President Dan Fogel by March of next year. A 20-member Presidential Search Committee held its first meeting this week.VPR News
Officials Urge Caution In Flooded Areas
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Vermont Emergency Management officials say flood water in most areas has gone down considerably since last night. One concern now is keeping people safe when there’s so much water on the road.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Chopin’s 24 Delightful Morsels
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Chopin’s amazing set of 24 Preludes are kind of like Forrest Gump’s box o’ chocolates…delightful and unpredictable. We’ll hear the complete set today played by Rafal Blechacz.VPR News
Lawmakers Work Toward Adjournment on ‘Must-Pass’ Bills
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with reporter Bob Kinzel about rush activity at the Statehouse as lawmakers attempt to meet a May 7 adjournment goal.VPR News
Many Roads Closed By Spring Flooding
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Many roads in northern Vermont are closed today because they’re underwater or washed out from spring snowmelt and rainfall. State police and Vermont Emergency Management say a number of roads along the western slopes of the Green Mountains and in the Northeast Kingdom are affected.Vermont Edition
Proposal Targets Recidivism
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The Vermont Senate gave unanimous approval this month to a bill that takes aim at the problem of recidivism: former prisoners who commit new crimes once they’re released. We’ll learn more about the proposal and related issues with Corrections Commissioner Andy Pallito.
Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
National Poetry Month – Galway Kinnell
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We’re getting down to the last in the series of ‘poetic pairings’ this month; a poetry reading and a complementary piece of music. Today with spring in mind we’ll hear Galway Kinnell reading his love poem "Last Gods", and follow it with William Weide’s variations on "My Love is like a Red, Red Rose".Commentary Series
Seamans: Nonspeak
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Commentator Bill Seamans says that trying to find the truth in politics – just seems to be getting harder.VPR News
Downtown Advocates Optimistic For Brattleboro’s Recovery
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Last week’s devastating fire in the middle of Brattleboro will mean struggle and change for the more than half dozen local businesses displaced. But downtown advocates are optimistic that the vibrant town center won’t lose its unique character or appeal.VPR News
Flooding Closes Roads, Some Schools
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Police agencies across northern Vermont say a number of roads are closed because of overnight flooding.VPR News
Shumlin Wants Alcohol Testing Transferred To Public Safety
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The Shumlin administration is addressing a controversy over state procedures used to detect drunk drivers. Equipment used to test the amount of alcohol in the blood of a driver is now maintained and calibrated by the Health Department.VPR News
Inspections Show Most Gas Pumps Accurate
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Most Vermonters are getting what they pay for at the pump. The Vermont Agency of Agriculture says inspections show consumers are getting accurate gas amounts at the nearly 500 gas stations around the state. The accuracy rate statewide is 98 percent.VPR News
Welch To Focus On Women’s Health
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Vermont’s lone congressman is planning to focus on women’s health programs as his budget priorities tour makes its next stop in Winooski. Congressman Peter Welch will hold the session this afternoon at the Winooski Family Health Center.VPR News
Suspect Shot In Williamstown Police Chase
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Vermont State Police say a driver is in custody after leading troopers on a high-speed chase in which several cruisers were rammed and officers injured before he was shot.In Concert @ 8
New York Philharmonic
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts another program of Bartok, Ligeti, and…Haydn.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 27, 2011
Commentary Series
Schubart: Battle Of The Titans
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Commentator Bill Schubart likens the current budget battle in Washington to an epic battle between two behemoths and those watching are missing the point of the battle.VPR News
Senate Embraces Governor’s Health Care Overhaul Plan
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The Vermont Senate has given its final approval to legislation that makes significant changes to the state’s health care system. While the Senate bill is slightly different from the one passed by the House last month, lawmakers believe it will be easy to reconcile the two and send the plan to the Governor.VPR News
Electric Utility Rejects Power Offer From Vermont Yankee
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The Vermont Electric Cooperative has rejected a proposed twenty-year contract offer to purchase electricity from the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The decision follows the lead previously set by Green Mountain Power and Central Vermont Public Service.VPR News
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Settles Billing Allegations
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Vermont’s United States attorney says the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is going to pay $2.2 million to settle charges it improperly billed various federal health programs. Dartmouth-Hitchcock denies any liability, but it acknowledges there were gaps in its billing system that it has been working to fix.VPR News
Senate Passes Health Care Bill 21-9
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The Vermont Senate approved the health care bill pushed by Gov. Peter Shumlin by a vote of 21-9.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Jaime Laredo and Yo Yo Ma
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Yo Yo Ma takes the stage with the VSO this weekend. He and conductor Jaime Laredo have a wonderful history of chamber music recordings, and we’ll sample them playing Brahms with Isaac Stern and Emanuel Ax this afternoon.VPR News
Historical Society Offers Audio Tours Of Poultney
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The Poultney Historical Society has produced a series of audio walking and driving tours that introduce visitors to the area’s history.VPR News
Local Organization Responds To Afghanistan Controversy
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Jonathan Hoffman is director of Direct Aid International, a Vermont organization that builds schools and libraries in Afghanistan. He offers his insight into the controversy surrounding the work of author Greg Mortenson.Vermont Edition
The State Of The State’s Downtowns
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We look at what tools are at the disposal of Vermont’s downtowns and village centers and the challenges they’re facing. Also, we get some insight into the controversy over Greg Mortenson’s work in Afghanistan. Plus, we hear about Poultney’s audio walking and driving tours.
Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
National Poetry Month – Pablo Neruda
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Each weekday morning this month features a ‘poetic pairing’; a poetry reading and a complementary piece of music. Today’s pairing is Pablo Neruda’s poem called "Poetry", with one of the "Neruda Songs" written by Peter Lieberson. We learned on Saturday of Lieberson’s death and we’ll remember him this morning with one of his most beautiful and heartfelt compositions.Commentary Series
Lange: Changing Language
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Commentator Willem Lange has been thinking about language and change – and not necessarily in that order.VPR News
Sorrell Says Vermont Has “Fair Shot†In Data Mining Case
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The state of Vermont will be front and center as arguments are heard in the nation’s highest court in the case of Sorrell versus IMS Health Care. IMS wants to put an end to a Vermont law that requires data mining companies to get a doctor’s permission before they can sell that doctor’s prescription-writing history to drug companies.VPR News
NRC Won’t Intervene In Yankee Lawsuit
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says it won’t intervene in the lawsuit against the state over the continued operation of the Vermont Yankee plant. Yankee owner Entergy wants a court to rule that only the federal government has the right to control Yankee’s future operation. But the NRC says Vermont has a regulatory role as well.VPR News
DMV Office To Move To South Burlington
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The Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles has found a new spot for its Burlington office in South Burlington.VPR News
Scientists Launch Assault On Invasive Clams
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Scientists and a corps of volunteers are launching an all-out assault on a tiny invasive clam in hopes of preventing it from befouling the crystal-clear waters Lake George.VPR News
Work Underway On New UVM Dorm
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Site work is under way in Burlington on what will become a new residence hall that will be able to accommodate over 400 University of Vermont students.VPR News
Miller Free On Bond In Custody Case
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A Christian missionary charged with helping a woman involved in a custody dispute with her former lesbian partner flee to Central America with the couple’s daughter is free on $25,000 bond.VPR News
Senate Gives Preliminary Approval To Health Care Bill
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After hours of debate, the Senate last night gave its preliminary approval to Governor Peter Shumlin’s health care bill. The vote on the measure was 21 to 8. Backers of the bill said it’s needed to help curb the skyrocketing cost of health care. They note that these costs have doubled in Vermont in the past 5 years and that 200,000 Vermonters are still either uninsured or underinsured.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: The Brabant Orchestra
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A 20th century program led by Werner Herbers.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 26, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Birds & Ella Fitzgerald
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Inspired by the Vermont Edition’s annual "Bird Show" we explore the world of birds in jazz lyrics & titles, including, of course, Charlie "Yardbird" Parker’s myriad of songs with "Bird" in the title. We also celebrate the birthday of the peerless Ella Fitzgerald with more bird songs.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Handel and Haydn Society
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This spectacular performance of Israel in Egypt – it’s really that good – is a great example of how Handel was more than a one hit wonder when it came to writing oratorios.Commentary Series
Delaney: American Priorities
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With trillions of dollars in deficit and debt and juggling three wars, commentator Dennis Delaney thinks it’s time for America to refocus.VPR News
Final Debate On Health Care Bill Gets Underway
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The Senate has started its debate of the big health care initiative advocated by Governor Peter Shumlin. With more than a dozen amendments to the bill, the discussion is expected to take at least two days.VPR News
West Pawlet Farm Becomes First To Conserve Grassland
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A new federal program to conserve grassland in the U.S. has made its first purchase in Vermont. Consider Bardwell Farm in West Pawlet has sold its development rights to a conservation program that is aimed at helping landowners to protect grazing uses.VPR News
Bats In Your Attic? Be Kind To Them, Please
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State fish and wildlife officials are hoping homeowners will help insure the survival of the once-common little brown bat. Populations of the species have plummeted in recent years due to a disease known as white-nose syndrome.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Peter Lieberson (1946-2011)
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Composer Peter Lieberson died this weekend from lymphoma at the age of 64. He was one of contemporary music’s most accessible and beloved composers. Today we’ll hear his "Rilke Songs" sung by his late wife, Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson, who died of cancer in 2006.VPR News
Study Tracks Vermont’s Endangered Rattlesnakes
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A new effort to protect Vermont’s small rattlesnake population is underway. The two-year study will attempt to determine how many of the endangered snakes are in Vermont, where they live, and the travel corridors they use for mating, reproduction, and foraging.Vermont Edition
The Birds Are Back In Town
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The return of robins, phoebes and red winged blackbirds is a sure sign of spring. Making it time for our annual spring bird show. Self-proclaimed "bird diva" Bridget Butler discusses bird behavior, spring migration patterns and tips on birding.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Beethoven’s Septet
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One of his most popular works during his life.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
National Poetry Month – Nikki Giovanni
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Nikki Giovanni is featured for today’s ‘poetic pairing’. We’re celebrating National Poetry Month each weekday morning with a short poetry reading and a piece of music that somehow fits the theme of the poem. Giovanni’s poems often feature themes of empowerment, and individualism. We’ll pair Giovanni with soprano Leontyne Price, who is mentioned in this morning’s poem.Commentary Series
Nadworny: Holidays And Stories
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Commentator Rich Nadworny has spent the last week thinking about holidays and stories.VPR News
Rutland Writer Focuses On Civil War Photographer
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The first shots of the civil war rang out 150 years ago this month. More than 32,000 Vermonters served in the war and 5,200 died. Brattleboro photographer George Houghton traveled with several Vermont regiments and captured striking images of Vermont soldiers. A Rutland writer and historian has gathered over 100 of Houghton’s photographs in a new book.VPR News
Tick Season Has Returned, Health Department Says
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With the arrival of spring, Vermonters will be spending more time outside – and the Vermont Health Department is warning people to be on the lookout for ticks.VPR News
Senate Passes 53-Cent Tax Increase On Cigarettes
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Vermont lawmakers who rejected a proposal to jack up the state’s per-pack cigarette tax by a dollar have OK’d a smaller increase – 53 cents.VPR News
Food Hub Planners Cheered By Report
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A federal study that concludes regional food hubs are emerging as important economic models is welcome news to those hoping to develop a food hub serving southeastern Vermont and southwestern New Hampshire.VPR News
Sanders To Meet With Health Center Reps
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is planning a get-together with representatives of Vermont’s community health centers.VPR News
VT Warns Of Lead In Certain Drinking Glasses
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Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell says to be on guard about decorative drinking glasses showing Gone With the Wind and Elvis Presley because some of them have lead in the painted illustrations.VPR News
Shumlin Signs Bill On National Popular Vote
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Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed a bill to add Vermont to the list of states that want to get around the Electoral College and participate in a national popular vote.Young Writers Project On VPR
City Girls
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This week’s YWP piece is by Sierra Makaris, a senior at Mount Mansfield Union High School, who considers how a few fairy tale characters might be portrayed in a modern, urban world.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 25, 2011All the Traditions
It Was Down The Glen One Easter Morn….
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Music from way back when, some wonderful local music, and a few gems for Easter Sunday!My Place with Joel Najman
Popular Songs About “Crying” – Part Three
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The theme of "Popular Songs About Crying" has prompted another wave of listener requests, and Joel Najman’s My Place program continues with a "Part Three" hour with this theme.The VPR Saturday Special
Radio Lab: Desperately Seeking Symmetry
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What do you think of when you look at mirror images? The Radiolab crew takes us from the Big Bang to a brain scan then looks through the lens of Greek philosophers to uncover why we are desperately seeking symmetry.Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Capriccio
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Renée Fleming is featured in Richard Strauss’s last opera, Capriccio, live from the Metropolitan Opera House.Interlude
Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare
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We celebrate the birthdays of (among others) William Shakespeare and Sergei Prokofiev.VPR News
Vermont Yankee Owners Seek Injunction
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Entergy seeks an injunction to maintain the status quo until the courts determine whether the state can legally force Vermont Yankee to close.Jazz with George Thomas
Charles Mingus, Joe Henderson
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We celebrate the birthday of my first jazz hero, Charles Mingus, widely regarded as the greatest jazz composer, next to his hero Duke Ellington. Best known as a virtuoso bass player, we also hear recordings of Mingus as a pianist, a bandleader with his own recordings, and with others on his own musician-owned Debut record label.In Concert @ 8
Salzburg Festival: Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera
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Valery Gergiev conducts a cantata by Prokofiev.Vermont Garden Journal
Vermont Garden Journal: Getting to the Roots
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Charlie shares the method and science of planting shrubs and trees, starting with the bare roots.VPR News
Coalition Disappointed In Shumlin’s Opposition To Cigarette Tax
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The Coalition for a Tobacco Free Vermont says it’s disappointed with Governor Peter Shumlin’s efforts to fight a one-dollar increase in the state cigarette tax. And the Coalition questions how a "health care" governor could oppose their planVPR News
State Police Step Up Traffic Enforcement At Border
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Vermont State Police kicked off Easter weekend on Friday by stepping up traffic enforcement at the border between Vermont and Quebec.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Jupiter String Quartet in Putney
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The Jupiter String Quartet is in the middle of a spring residency at the Yellow Barn Music Festival and School in Putney. They’re working on the complete cycle of Beethoven’s string quartets in preparation for performances at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado this summer. I’ll speak with the group and those involved with the festival about all the goings-on in Putney this spring.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: April 22, 2011
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These are some of the voices in the news this weekVermont Edition
Governor Peter Shumlin
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Governor Peter Shumlin provides his take on the key bills and issues facing the state as the legislature enters its final weeks.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Pastoral and Resurrection
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Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony and Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
National Poetry Month – Seamus Heaney & Major Jackson
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Today’s ‘poetic pairing’ for National Poetry Month has Earth Day in mind, with Seamus Heaney’s "Death of a Naturalist" and Telemann’s concerto, "The Frog". Then around 8:30 I’ll be joined in the studio by Major Jackson to talk about his recent book "Holding Company" and his life as a poet in Vermont.Commentary Series
Levin: Avian Endurance
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As migrating birds return to the North Country, commentator Ted Levin is thinking about avian endurance – both in the air and on the nest.VPR News
Sewage Spills Common In Lake Champlain Basin
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When a Burlington wastewater plant released 2.5 million gallons of stormwater and untreated sewage into Lake Champlain this week, it was not an isolated incident. A state database shows that sewage spills are relatively common throughout the Lake Champlain basin.VPR News
Burlington Treatment Plant Returns To Normal Operations
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The Burlington Public Works department says the Vermont city’s sewage treatment plant is operating normally again after about 250,000 gallons of raw sewage was inadvertently released into Lake Champlain.VPR News
Vermont Recognizes Two Abenaki Tribes
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After years of fighting to be recognized, some members of the Abenaki Indian community have been officially acknowledged in Vermont. Governor Peter Shumlin signed bills on Friday that grants state recognition to the Elnu Abenaki and the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki nation.VPR News
St. Johnsbury Seeks Bid For Transportation Path
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A 1.5-mile recreation path is moving forward in St. Johnsbury after 19 years of planning. The town is taking construction bids for the project, called Three Rivers Transportation Path.VPR News
Teens Charged In Royalton Night Deposit Holdup
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Two Vermont teenagers have been arrested and charged with robbing a store clerk as she was making a night deposit at a South Royalton bank.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 22, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Spring Jazz Fights The Snow
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We rev up the power of lyrics to push the snow back and to haul Spring into place. Spring songs include "April in Paris" by Count Basie And His Orchestra and several versions of "I’ll Remember April." We get a jump start on Charles Mingus’s birthday with his piano & vocals on "Oh Lord, Don’t Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me."Commentary Series
Gilbert: Enlisting In The Union Army
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After Fort Sumter was shelled on April 12, 1861, war was very much on Vermonters’ minds. Here’s commentator and head of the Vermont Humanities Council, Peter Gilbert, with excerpts from a letter written exactly 150 years ago this Saturday by a resident of Barre, who wanted to enlist and fight alongside his brother.VPR News
High School Seniors Face Decision Time
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This is decision time for high school seniors thinking about college. Many are now weighing financial aid offers, and deciding both where they want to go… and what they can afford.VPR News
Vermont Senate Nixes Tax On Cigarettes
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The Vermont Senate has rejected a plan to increase the state tax on cigarettes by a dollar a pack. The plan was designed to raise $9 million to help balance next year’s budget. The action raises new questions about how the budget shortfall will be addressed.VPR News
In Spite Of Recession, Housing Costs Rise
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The executive director of the the Vermont Housing Finance Agency says the rental housing market "doesn’t seem to be aware that there is a recession going on". A new report shows that rents have increased by 7 percent over last year.VPR News
Lawmakers Advance Budget Bill
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The Vermont Senate has advanced the 2012 budget by a vote of 28 to 1. Progressive Anthony Pollina cast the only ‘no’ vote. The budget calls for almost $4.7 billion in overall state spending.VPR News
Visiting Artists: Whistle Maker Mary Stone
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For this month’s installment in our ongoing series "Visiting Artists," VPR’s Jane Lindholm visited the sunny East Montpelier workshop of whistle maker Mary Stone.Vermont Edition
Considering The Cost And Value Of A College Education
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It’s that time of year: many high school seniors across the state are weighing acceptance letters and financial aid packages. With tuition costs rising, and so much uncertainty in the economy, we look at whether a 4 year degree is always the best option, and how students and parents often struggle to make that choice.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Vaughan Williams’ Mass
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Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G minor.VPR News
VPR Honored With Seven Edward R. Murrow Awards
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VPR was honored in 7 different award categories for excellence in broadcasting and public service by the The Radio and TV News Directors Association.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
National Poetry Month – Odysseas Elytis
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Each weekday morning this month opens with a recorded poetry reading and a classical work that somehow relates to the theme of the poem. With Earth Day (tomorrow) in mind, this morning we’ll hear Olga Broumas reading from "The Garden with the Self-Deceptions", a work written by fellow Greek poet Odysseas Elytis. After that it’s the "Helios Overture" by Carl Nielsen, music inspired by the bright blue waters of the Aegean sea.Commentary Series
Blume: A Dog’s Life
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Commentator Kathryn Blume has been working pretty hard lately. In fact, you might even say she’s been working… like a dog.VPR News
UVM Administrators Say Layoffs Are Possible
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The University of Vermont is working to close a $5 million shortfall in next year’s budget. The administration is using on a combination of revenue increases and budget cuts to close the gap.VPR News
Assault Charges Dropped Against Former Trooper
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Prosecutors say they’ve dropped domestic assault charges against a former Vermont State Police trooper because the key witness was a 4-year-old, and they didn’t want to make her testify in court.VPR News
Senate Approves $536 Million Transportation Package
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Vermont lawmakers have signed off on a $536 million transportation bill that includes money for interstate road paving, the state’s contribution to a new Lake Champlain Bridge and money for deteriorating bridges.VPR News
Welch Wants To End Ethanol Subsidies
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Congressman Peter Welch says it’s time to pull the plug on federal subsidies for the ethanol industry.VPR News
Pipe Failure Sends Sewage Into Lake Champlain
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The Burlington Department of Public Works says operator error caused about 2.5 million gallons of untreated sewage and stormwater to flow into Lake Champlain.VPR News
Senate Approves Bill Protecting Pete The Moose
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A bill that would protect Vermont’s celebrity moose is a step closer to approval in the Legislature.VPR News
Historic Preservation Awards $186,000 In Grants
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Vermont historic preservation officials say 16 projects around the state will be getting funding to help restore and repair buildings worth saving.VPR News
Vermont Lawmakers To Take Up Budget
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A Vermont legislative panel has approved a nearly $5 billion state budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. A vote by the full state Senate is expected for today.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 21, 2011Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet
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This afternoon we’ll hear the beautiful B Minor Clarinet Quintet by Johannes Brahms, as well as some settings of the book of Lamentations and two French works for piano and orchestra.VPR News
VPR Honored With Seven Edward R. Murrow Awards
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VPR was honored in 7 different award categories for excellence in broadcasting and public service by the The Radio and TV News Directors Association.Jazz with George Thomas
Jazz Homecoming
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Tonight we mix classics and new releases. One jazz classic is the "Homecoming" CD of Dexter Gordon made Live At The Village Vanguard in 1976 when Dexter returned from years living in Europe and was a smash hit. We also hear a new Fred Hersch solo piano CD also recorded at The Village Vanguard.Commentary Series
Ali: Philanthropic Egos
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Commentator and UVM Professor Saleem Ali has been shocked by recent criticism of a notable philanthropist operating in his country of origin.VPR News
Brattleboro Landmark Damaged By Fire May Be Salvageable
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Word came today that an historic building in downtown Brattleboro heavily damaged by fire may be salvageable. The town’s fire chief says that’s the latest verdict for the Brooks House.VPR News
Lawmakers Debate Value Of Optical Scan Machines
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Legislation that’s being considered in the Vermont House would require all communities that have more than 1000 voters to use optical scan vote tabulating machines beginning in the 2014 elections. Roughly 25 towns would be affected by the new requirement.VPR Presents
Intelligence Squared: Clip America’s Global Wings
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Intelligence Squared pits experts against one another in energetic and civil Oxford-style debates. This debate features Peter Galbraith, Vermont State Senator and former diplomat.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
1,001 Nights
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s musical adaptation of the story of Scheherazade is a pinnacle of 19th century orchestral music. We’ll hear a new recording with the Seattle Symphony and conductor Gerard Schwarz this afternoon.VPR News
Vermont Doctor Reflects on Long-term Changes in Haitian Medicine
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VPR’s Steve Zind talks with one Vermont physician, Dr. Jack Long, who’s been making yearly volunteer trips to a hospital in Haiti since 1983.Vermont Edition
UVM Looks Forward
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Last month, when University of Vermont President Daniel Fogel announced he is retiring, it opened a search for a new leader and an opportunity to assess how UVM is meeting it challenges.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Lamentations of Jeremiah
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We’ll listen to the setting by Thomas Tallis.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
National Poetry Month – Jack Kerouac
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The month-long series of ‘poetic pairings’ continues, as we feature a recorded poetry reading and a classical work that somehow responds to the poem or poet. Today we go on the road with Jack Kerouac’s iconic "Readings on the Beat Generation" and follow it up with a selection from John Adams’ suite, "Road Movies".Commentary Series
Kittredge: Railroads And Radio
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Though in most things progress seems inevitable, commentator Susan Cooke Kittredge observes that with radios and railroads moving forward can also mean going back.VPR News
Political Scientist Says Harper Government May Hang On
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Canada heads to the polls on May 2, after a historic vote in the House of Commons. To find out what led to this historic rift VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb speaks with Jeff Ayres, a professor of Political Science at St. Michael’s College.VPR News
Board Approves Proposed Merger
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The Vermont state Board of Education has approved a proposal to merge seven school boards into one in the Chittenden East Supervisory Union.VPR News
Firefighters Assess Damage To Historic Brattleboro Building
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Brattleboro’s main downtown block may reopen to traffic today, as officials continue work to assess the damage caused by a 5-alarm fire in the town’s historic Brooks House. Officials say the fire started in wiring above the building’s third floor, and that it could have smoldered for as much as a day before the blaze ignited.VPR News
Vermont’s Unemployment Rate Continues To Drop
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Vermont’s unemployment rate continues to decline, dropping two-tenths of one percentage point last month, to 5.4 percent. The March rate was more than a full percentage point better than March 2010.VPR News
South Burlington Police Officer On Paid Leave
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Officials in South Burlington won’t say why Officer Jack O’Connor is on leave. The police chief and city manager both say the issue is a personnel matter.VPR News
Vermont Yankee Owner Appeals To Public In Newspaper Ads
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The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is suing the state of Vermont in a bid to stay open past next year, and now is taking its case to newspaper readers.VPR News
Court Casts Doubt On States’ Global Warming Suit
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The U.S. Supreme Court appeared deeply skeptical Tuesday about allowing states to sue electric utilities to force cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 20, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Brian McCarthy
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Brian McCarthy is a saxophonist, arranger, and composer currently performing with Ray Vega’s Quintet, the Grippo Funk Band and his own Quartet. He’ll join me at 9 for a talk about Vermont’s Jazz scene and his new CD.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Schumann’s Humoreske
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Robert Schumann’s Humoreske is a long and rambling piece…and a very enjoyable piece. We’ll hear it this afternoon played by Vladimir Ashkenazy.Commentary Series
Luskin: Not Quite Ready
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Despite her best efforts, Commentator Deborah Luskin is never quite ready for spring.VPR News
Budget Cuts Won’t Hurt This Year, But 2012 Is A Concern
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There’s good news and bad news from a special budget briefing at the Statehouse. The good news is that the recently approved $38 billion cut in this year’s federal budget will not have a big impact at the state level. But the situation next year could be a lot worse.VPR News
Vermont’s Unemployment Rate Continues To Dip
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Vermont’s unemployment rate continues to decline — to 5.4 percent. The March rate was more than a full percentage point better than March 2010. But the Department of Labor warns that the state has a long way to go before reaching pre-recession unemployment numbers.VPR News
Master Pipe Maker Has Four-Year Waiting List
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When you enter the home of Jim Cooke in the New North End of Burlington, the first thing you’ll notice is that it’s dusty and so is he. He is a master pipe maker, whose JT Cooke Pipes are much sought after by collectors.VPR News
Analysis: Legal Basis For Entergy’s Suit
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A long-anticipated lawsuit announced yesterday by Entergy, which owns the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, contests the role the state says it has in determining the plant’s future. VPR’s John Dillon talks with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about the legal issues at stake, and the practical implications for Vermont Yankee while the case works its way through court.Vermont Edition
Middlebury Student Detained In Syria Shares His Experience
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Middlebury College junior Tik Root was studying abroad in Syria when he happened upon a protest in the Old City of Damascus. When he pulled out his BlackBerry to take a photograph, he was grabbed by plainclothes police, and detained for more than two weeks.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Bloch’s Sacred Service
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For the first day of Passover, we’ll listen to some of Ernest Bloch’s Sacred Service.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
National Poetry Month – Dan Jaffe
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The beginning of each show this month features ‘poetic pairings’, for National Poetry Month. We’ll enjoy a recorded poetic reading followed by a classical work that somehow relates to the poem. Today’s reading comes from Dan Jaffe, for the first day of Passover. It’s called "Learning About Easter and Passover." It will be followed by selections from Handel’s Passover oratorio, "Israel in Egypt".VPR News
Former PSB Chair Says Vermont In Position Of Strength In Lawsuit
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Yankee’s original 40-year operating license was scheduled to expire next March. But, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved extending the license for another 20 years. That issue is now in court. VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb gets some perspective from Michael Dworkin, a former chairman of the Vermont Public Service Board.VPR News
Business Leaders Taking Small Steps Out Of Recession
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Vermont’s top business leaders are taking some small steps out of the recession. But they’re being careful because they’re uncertain how health care debates at the state and federal level might affect their companies.VPR News
Public Service Board Approves Hydro Quebec Power Deal
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Governor Shumlin and Vermont’s two largest utilities are cheering the Public Service Board’s approval of a 26-year electricity contract with Hydro Quebec.VPR News
Wiquist Named Head Of Green Mountain Club
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The Green Mountain Club has a new boss. Will Wiquist, former press secretary to Sen. Bernie Sanders, was named executive director for the club on Monday.VPR News
Welch Plans Budget Priorities Tour
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Congressman Peter Welch says he’s hitting the road to find out what Vermonters think should be in – and out – of the federal budget.VPR News
State Issues Permits To Move Chemicals From House
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The state of Vermont has issued the permits needed to move dangerous chemicals from an Essex Junction home. Meanwhile, the potentially explosive chemicals are locked in a garage.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Daniel Harding conducts Chopin and Brahms.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 19, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Hal Galper & Jazz on Piano
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We celebrate the birthday of pianist & composer Hal Galper and hear his music with several different Piano Trios. We also hear piano players including James Booker, a duet with Jonathan Batiste & Ellis Marsalis and Fred Hersch recorded solo live.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Nikolaj Znaider feels Elgar’s Violin Concerto in his bones – literally. The violin he tucks under his chin is the same instrument used at the premiere of this gorgeous piece 100 years ago. No one plays this music like Znaider.Commentary Series
Henningsen: Interests Versus Values
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President Obama has said that U.S. actions in Libya were determined by balancing American interests and American values. Teacher, historian, and commentator Vic Henningsen considers another example of such policy-making.VPR News
Will Curtis, Host Of Public Radio’s ‘Nature Of Things,’ Dies At 93
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Author and Naturalist Will Curtis, who produced the public radio program "The Nature of Things," has died at his home in Woodstock. For decades, and in hundreds of essays, he shared his observations on a wide range of topics.VPR News
Brattleboro Blaze Ravages Historic Downtown Building
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A fire that swept through a historic building in downtown Brattleboro on Sunday was likely electrical, according to the Brattleboro Reformer, but it’s still unknown where in the building the fire started.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Brahms Gives a Boost
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If it’s the late 19th Century, and Johannes Brahms is vouching for you, chances are you’re doing something right. Alexander Zemlinsky got the approval of Brahms early on, and today we’ll hear the work that Brahms loved so much, Zemlinsky’s early D Minor Piano Trio.VPR News
Vermont Poet Laureate Applications Being Reviewed
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It’s time to select a new poet laureate for Vermont. Michele Bailey of the Vermont Arts Council provides insight into how poets are nominated and chosen for the post.Vermont Edition
Poetry Is Abloom!
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We celebrate National Poetry Month by looking at the poetic rhythm of the region. Plus, we get insight on choosing a new state poet laureate. And, we reach into the mailbag for listener comments on health care.VPR News
Vt. Yankee Owner Files Suit Against State’s Role In Relicensing
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The owners of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant went to federal court this morning to block the state from shutting down the plant next year. See Entergy’s lawsuit against the stateClassical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
National Poetry Month – Meryn Cadell
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National Poetry Month is inspiring ‘poetic pairings’ to start each morning, a little after 8am. The pairings include a recorded poetry reading and a classical work that somehow responds to the poem. Today’s poem is just right for tax day, it’s "Job Application" – an homage to the working person by Canadian writer/performer Meryn Cadell. After that it’s Aaron Copland’s piece for tax season, the "Fanfare for the Common Man".Commentary Series
Seamans: Fiscal Confusion
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Commentator Bill Seamans says that if the Budget debate is making your head spin – don’t worry – you’ve got plenty of company.VPR News
Construction Projects Aim To Revitalize Springfield
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In Springfield, some long-anticipated improvements appear to be coming to fruition, as the town continues to dig out from the rubble and toxic waste of its vanished machine tool industry. Construction projects are everywhere this spring.VPR News
Golden Eagles Still Rare In Northeast
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It’s not that unusual to see bald eagles in parts of the Northeast, but golden eagles are rare here. In all there are only one to two thousand in eastern North America. As part of a collaboration of Northeast public radio stations, WNPR’s Nancy Cohen reports from a windswept hilltop in Connecticut where a rescued Golden eagle was released into the wild.VPR News
Fire Hits Brattleboro Building With 59 Residential Units
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Police in Brattleboro say there were no apparent injuries in a fire at a building with 59 residential units. The fire was reported at about 8:45 last night.VPR News
Officials Honored For Slaughterhouse Case
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Vermont’s attorney general and one of his prosecutors are being honored by the Humane Society of the United States for criminally prosecuting a slaughterhouse where calves were being abused.VPR News
Killington To Remove Peak Lodge
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Officials at Killington ski resort say they’ll be busy making millions of dollars’ worth of improvements in the off-season.VPR News
For Health Care, Debate May Be Over Conditions
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As the Vermont Senate prepares this coming week to debate major health care legislation, a fight may be emerging over what conditions must be met before the state moves to a single-payer plan.VPR News
Woman Delivers Baby Alongside I-89
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Vermont State Police say a woman and her baby are fine after she gave birth along the side of Interstate 89 in South Burlington.VPR News
Montpelier Man Has Unique View On End-Of-Life Debate
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As Vermont lawmakers consider legalizing physician-assisted suicide, a Montpelier man with unique perspective on the subject is rooting for its passage without getting involved.Young Writers Project On VPR
Exhaust
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This week’s poem by Braeden Hughes, a sophomore at Mount Mansfield Union High School, creates an elliptical, phantom image that makes you want to read and reread this short, powerful piece.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 18, 2011Classical Music with Walter Parker
The Four Temperaments
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Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 2 depicts the four temperaments.All the Traditions
Vermont Songwriter Patti Casey on VPR
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Award-winning Vermont singer-songwriter Patti Casey joins us live on the program this week to play selections from and talk about her brand new CD, entitled "Heart of A Waiting Boy." Check out her website!My Place with Joel Najman
Popular Songs About “Crying” – Part Two
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program presents a second hour of vintage popular songs that are about "crying", many suggested by listeners to the previous week’s "Part One" of "crying" songs.The VPR Saturday Special
Radio Lab: The Soul Patch
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This week on Radiolab, the "Soul Patch" is not the way you style your facial hair, but the duct tape that keeps your life from falling apart. We’ll explore stories of unlikely (and surprisingly simple) answers to seemingly unsolvable problems.Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Wozzeck
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Conductor James Levine has received rave reviews for his interpretation of Alban Berg’s masterpiece Wozzeck, which we hear live from the Metropolitan Opera.Interlude
Celebrating James Levine
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We honor the extraordinary conductor James Levine with performances of the music of Prokofiev, Schoenberg, and Wagner.Jazz with George Thomas
Billy Bang, World Jazz
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Tonight we pay tribute to the late violinist, Billy Bang, with his recording with the String Trio of New York. We also hear some world influences in jazz including Charles Mingus’ Mexican album "Tijuana Moods" and the latest CD by Vijay Iyer with Indian guitar & tabla.
Vermont Garden Journal
Jerusalem Artichokes
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Neither from Jerusalem nor a relative of the artichoke, how did the Jerusalem artichoke get it’s name? Tune in to the Vermont Garden Journal to find out.VPR News
President Of Lyndon State College Resigns
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Carol Moore has been dealing with the fallout from her recent announcement that faculty and staff would have to be cut to deal with a growing budget deficit that is projected at $350,000 in the next fiscal year.VPR News
Bill Addressing Propane Industry Complaints Moves Through Legislature
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The Attorney General’s office says consumers have been filing complaints about propane dealers, some saying that fee structures discourage buyers from switching suppliers and, in the process, inhibiting competition.VPR News
Federal Judge Considering Dairy Settlement
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A federal judge in Vermont is considering granting preliminary approval to the partial settlement of an anti-trust lawsuit in which a national dairy processor would pay northeast dairy farmers $30 million.Vermont Edition
Patients’ Voices On Overhauling Health Care
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Vermont’s Health care consumers have their own ideas on improving care and cutting costs.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg on VPR Classical
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I speak with the dynamic violinist.VPR.net Extras
The Method Behind the Music
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Learn about Mitch Wertlieb’s connection with the Grateful Dead, and how he selects the music for Morning Edition on VPRClassical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
National Poetry Month – Langston Hughes
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I’m featuring "poetic pairings" for National Poetry Month; a recorded poetry reading and a piece of classical music that somehow relates to the poem. Today’s it’s Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, reading his own "Mother to Son". We’ll follow that up with "April in Harlem" and "Night Club", two scenes from James P. Johnson’s "Harlem Symphony".Commentary Series
Barrosse Schwartz – The Medical Home
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The effort to revamp health care is focused on improving care and controlling costs. Commentator Mary Barrosse Schwartz believes one approach to providing care promises to do both.VPR News
Developers Say Solar Is Part Of Vermont’s Energy Future
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The Ferrisburgh Solar Farm is the largest installation of its kind in the state, providing 1 megawatt of power, creating enough power for 170 homes. The project includes 3,800 panels covering 10 acres of land.VPR News
Guilford Residents Voice Support For Sweet Pond
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Residents of Guilford are bombarding the state with pleas to restore a much-loved, 18-acre pond that’s scheduled to be drained this spring. Town officials were surprised to learn late last month that the dam behind Sweet Pond is beyond repair and has been classified as a high hazard.VPR News
Senate Advances Marijuana Dispensary Bill
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The state Senate has advanced a bill that allows patients to buy medical marijuana at local dispensaries rather than having to grow their own. The bill says the dispensaries would operate under the supervision of the state. Only people who have a doctor’s written permission could buy the pot.VPR News
Vermont Air Guard Plans Solar Project
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The Vermont Air Guard is going solar. Guard officials, accompanied by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, will break ground Monday on an $8.5 million renewable energy project they say will sharply cut base utility costs.VPR News
No Charges In Accidental Shooting Of 2-Year-Old
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Vermont State Police say no charges will be filed in the death of a 2-year-old boy who was accidentally shot at his home in Lowell.VPR News
CCTA Bus Driver Strike Averted
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Chittenden County Transportation Authority officials say an eleventh-hour agreement has averted a bus driver strike that threatened to disrupt about 9,000 commuters in northwest Vermont.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 15, 2011VPR.net Extras
The Method Behind the Music
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Learn about Mitch Wertlieb’s connection with the Grateful Dead, and how he selects the music for Morning Edition on VPRJazz with George Thomas
Poetry & Jazz
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We sample some of the classic collaborations of Poetry & Jazz, including the 1957 Charles Mingus & Jean Shepherd improvisation "The Clown," the Langston Hughes poetry sequence called "Weary Blues" set to music by Charles Mingus and Leonard Feather and a more recent CD by bassist Steve Swallow and poet Robert Creeley.Commentary Series
Nadworny: Cost And Quality
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Commentator Rich Nadworny says he’s been doing the math on what health care would cost his business under a single payer system – and he believes it will save him money.VPR News
Prison Bosses To Switch Places
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Gov. Peter Shumlin says the superintendents of two Vermont prisons are switching jobs as part of a move to relocate women inmates from a St. Albans facility.VPR News
Burlington Administrator Resigns
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The top administrator of Vermont’s largest city is stepping down at the end of June. In a letter, Burlington Chief Administrative Officer Jonathan Leopold says that over the last several years the city’s successes have been overshadowed by difficulties with the city-owned Burlington Telecom, which is $33.5 million in debt.VPR News
Appearing Before U.S. House Committee, Shumlin Criticizes Wisconsin Politics
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Governor Peter Shumlin and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker appeared before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which took testimony on choices that states are making to balance their budgets.VPR News
As Vermont Moves Toward Single Payer System, Some Worry
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Although legislation to restructure Vermont’s health care system doesn’t commit the state to a single payer system, supporters say it does put the state on the path to such an approach. And that has some lawmakers concerned.VPR News
Vermont House Endorses Popular Vote Legislation
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The legislation is designed to avoid the situation that occurred in 2000 when Vice President Al Gore won the popular vote but narrowly lost the Electoral College vote after the disputed recount in Florida.VPR News
Fulbright Scholars From Around Globe Learn About Sustainability In Vermont
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The 46 Scholars are in Vermont for a four day conference focusing on innovations in sustainable food and energy systems. They are attending workshops in Burlington, and touring the state for a first-hand look at food and energy sustainability in practice.VPR News
Vital Signs: Looking At The VA As A Model
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Nina Keck looks at the Veterans Administration system, which provides pointers about improved efficiency, team-oriented care, and how the public health care system can save money.Vermont Edition
Vital Signs: The Moment Of Truth For Single Payer
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Vermont’s governor and legislative leaders are laying the groundwork for a single payer system that would be unlike anything other states have attempted. It’s raised many questions about how such a system would be run, and how it would be paid for.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Anne-Marie McDermott
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Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott plays Gershwin’s Second Rhapsody.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
National Poetry Month – e.e. cummings
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Every show this month starts with a "poetic pairing" – a recorded poetry reading and a piece of classical music that somehow relates to the poem. Today’s reading is e.e. cummings’ "i thank you god for most this amazing day", along with Eric Whitacre’s choral setting of that same verse.Commentary Series
Mallary: The Cost Of Health Care
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Commentator Dick Mallary says some difficult questions need to be raised in the current health care overhaul discussion. Those questions have to do with the need for limits on how much care can be provided.VPR News
Landowners Concerned About Power Lines Near Wind Project
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A proposal for 20 turbines on Lowell Mountain has stirred controversy in the Northeast Kingdom. But there’s another piece of the project that hasn’t received as much attention. Utilities want to build a new, 15-mile power line to get the wind power out to the grid. The line would cross many pieces of private property. And some landowners don’t like it.VPR News
Officials Seek More Work Camp Beds In St. Johnsbury
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Vermont prison officials are asking St. Johnsbury for permission to add 12 beds to the Caledonia Community Work Camp and drop a ban on housing violent offenders there.VPR News
House To Debate National Popular Vote
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The Vermont House is poised to debate whether the state should join a national effort to get around the Electoral College and participate in what backers say would effectively be a national popular vote.VPR News
GOP Leader Draws Protest In Vermont
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The chairman of the Republican National Committee got a cool reception by some in Burlington last night.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 14, 2011Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Beethoven’s Mass in C
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Beethoven’s Mass in C will be performed by the Burlington Choral Society this weekend. We’ll hear it this afternoon performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus directed by Robert Shaw.Jazz with George Thomas
New Jazz Releases
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We explore new jazz releases tonight with Myra Melford’s Be Bread (coming to the Burlington Discover Jazz festival in June), pianist Monty Alexander’s powerful take on "One Mint Julep," and the ReBirth Brass Band of New Orleans with a refreshed version of Dave Bartholomew’s "Shrimp And Gumbo."VPR News
Controlling Health Costs Is Complicated By Rising Demand For Care
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As Vermont debates changes to its health care system, one focus is on containing the escalating costs of care and services. And the message from some health professionals – that we may have to watch costs rise even as we attempt to control them – may be a bitter pill to swallow.VPR News
In Key Vote, Senate Committee Approves Health Care Bill
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The key to winning the Senate Health and Welfare committee’s unanimous approval was a provision that calls for a comprehensive study before the state considers adopting a single payer system.VPR News
Transit Agency Proposes Arbitration To Avert Strike
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The Chittenden County Transportation Authority is hoping to avert a bus driver strike by asking the union to agree to final binding arbitration. A federal mediation session is set for Thursday, but barring a settlement, a strike by the authority’s drivers could begin early Friday morning.Commentary Series
Doane: Military Health Care
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Commentator Larry Doane says changing our health care system is a balancing act between the care we demand and the care we can afford. He says these days even the military is feeling the pinch.VPR News
Delegation Pans Deal That Averted Shutdown
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Members of Vermont’s congressional delegation don’t like the budget deal that helped to avert a government shutdown. Congressman Peter Welch says he will vote against the plan because the cuts target programs important to Vermont. And Senator Bernie Sanders describes the agreement as "Robin Hood in reverse."Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Unknown Symphonies
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Today we’ll brush the dust off two symphonies that have languished in relative obscurity: The Symphony #2 by Franz Berwald, and the Symphony #3 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.VPR News
Analysis: President Obama’s Fiscal Policy Speech
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An NPR special report analysis of President Obama’s fiscal policy speech at George Washington University Wednesday at 2pm.VPR News
“Health Care Coaches” Improve Health, Cut Costs
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Marathon Health of Colchester works with larger companies around the country to contain health care costs by assigning "health care coaches" to employees. One of the companies they work with is Pizzagalli Construction of Vermont.Vermont Edition
Vital Signs: Containing Health Care Costs
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While there’s strong disagreement over proposals for universal health care, there’s no question that controlling costs is key. We look at various strategies to do that. Also, a Colchester company advises large employers on how to contain health care costs by assigning "health care coaches."Classical Music with Walter Parker
Borromeo Beethoven
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The Borromeo Quartet plays a quartet from Beethoven’s middle period.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
National Poetry Month – Maya Angelou
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At the start of every show this month I’m offering a "poetic pairing", featuring a recorded poetry reading and a piece of classical music that somehow answers the poem. Today it’s Maya Angelou’s "Phenomenal Woman" and Joan Tower’s "Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman #1".Commentary Series
Luskin: An Aging Breed
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Commentator Deborah Luskin thinks that universal health coverage would be great for patients, if there were enough physicians to go around. First hand experience tells her that family practitioners willing to go into rural practice are an aging breed.VPR News
Questions Raised About Newly Created Health Care Exchanges
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As the Governor’s health care bill moves through the Senate, new questions are being raised about the future availability of private health insurance policies in the state. The debate centers around the role of newly created health care exchanges that go into effect in 2014.VPR News
Republican Leader To Draw Protest In Burlington
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The newly-appointed chairman of the Republican National Committee is coming to Vermont, and he won’t get a warm welcome from everyone.VPR News
UVM Considers 5.8 Percent Tuition Increase
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Tuition at the University of Vermont could go up 5.8 percent next year. That increase is built into a budget plan that’s been presented to university trustees. The proposal assumes no salary increase for UVM employees.VPR News
House GOP Cool To Shumlin’s Renewables Plan
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Republicans in the Vermont House are expressing skepticism about a plan Gov. Peter Shumlin has put forward to replace tax credits for renewable energy development with smaller grants.VPR News
One Missing, One Rescued In Boating Accident
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A search of the Lamoille River is expected to resume for an Essex man missing since the fishing boat he was in was washed over a dam after the motor on the boat failed.
Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 13, 2011VPR News
Analysis: President Obama’s Fiscal Policy Speech
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An NPR special report analysis of President Obama’s fiscal policy speech at George Washington University Wednesday at 2pm.Jazz with George Thomas
Johnny Dodds, Lionel Hampton, Herbie Hancock, Billy Bang
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We celebrate the birthday of clarinetist & early jazz hero Johnny Dodds, who played with Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong. We also celebrate the birthdays of Lionel Hampton, master of the vibes and Herbie Hancock, major jazz composer, pianist & bandleader. We sadly note the passing of violinist Billy Bang.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Choir
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An all-Italian program.Commentary Series
Shields: Difficult Policy Choices
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As the Vermont legislature prepares to launch a state-wide, single-payer health care insurance plan, commentator and Dean of the Vermont Law School, Geoff Shields, is trying to assess it’s potential impact.VPR News
Lawmakers Advance Bill To Expand Broadband Service
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The Legislature is poised to relax permitting requirements so companies can quickly put up telecommunications facilities. But critics of the bill designed to expand broadband Internet and cell phone service in the state say it doesn’t do enough to set deadlines and performance standards.VPR News
Founder Of Efficiency Vermont Dies
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The founder of the energy efficiency utility known as Efficiency Vermont has died. Blair Hamilton was 61. He’s being remembered as one of the earliest and most tireless advocates for energy efficiency.VPR News
Environmental Bill Allows Public To Be Involved In Enforcement
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The Vermont House advanced legislation that calls on the Agency of Natural Resources to provide public notice of a proposed penalty against a polluter.VPR News
School For Troubled Girls To Close
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A Manchester boarding school for troubled girls will close at the end of this school year, eliminating about 45 jobs. Bromley Brook is one of eight schools that a California-based company is closing due to decreasing demand.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Down Under
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We’ll hear music played by some Australian ensembles this afternoon.VPR News
Vital Signs: One Doctor’s Perspective On Reform
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Dr. Elliot Fisher, Director of Population Health and Policy at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, discusses the physician’s role in the health system overhaul, and the challenges doctors face in adapting to new approaches to how we deliver and pay for health care.VPR News
Senate Advances Bill That Would Promote Statewide Broadband
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The Vermont Senate advanced legislation this morning aimed at boosting development of cell phone and broadband service around the state. The bill relaxes regulatory and environmental oversight for companies trying to put up telecommunications facilities. The goal is to have full statewide coverage by the end of 2013.Vermont Edition
Vital Signs: First Steps Toward Single Payer
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Vermonters will see significant changes in health care over the next several years, but there are many questions about what that means for patients and for doctors. The bill being debated now in the legislature lays the groundwork for a single payer system. But the changes would happen gradually. The second installment of Vital Signs examines the initial steps.
Commentary Series
Douglas: How Far We’ve Come
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As he watches the health care overhaul debate unfold, former governor Jim Douglas says his successor and lawmakers have a great deal to build on as they go forward.VPR News
Democrats Divided Over Single-Payer, Survey
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VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb speaks with Representative Mike Fisher, who’s also the Vice Chairman of the Health Care Committee, about single-payer health care and a recent physicians survey.VPR News
Three States Consider Leaving Carbon Trade System
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The nation’s first carbon trade system, which started in the Northeast may be in trouble. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 10-percent by 2018. But now, three of the 10 states in the initiative are considering withdrawing, in part because of the cost to electric ratepayers.VPR News
Bill Allows Citizens To Participate In Environmental Enforcement
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The Vermont House is set to take up legislation that would give people greater participation in state environmental enforcement actions.VPR News
Vote Set On Library Work In Rockingham
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Voters in one Vermont town are going to the polls next month to decide whether to spend nearly $3 million on upgrades to its historic library.VPR News
Lightning Sparks Fire In Bradford Building
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Fire officials say lightning sparked a fire in a commercial building in Bradford. The fire was contained to the attic of the Richardson Building, which houses about a half dozen businesses.VPR News
Bridport Man Pleads Not Guilty To Shooting Charges
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A Bridport man accused of accidentally wounding his neighbor while target shooting has pleaded not guilty to reckless endangerment and simple assault charges.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 12, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Bucky Pizzarelli
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Tonight we welcome 7-string guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli to the VPR studios. We’ll talk about his performance Tuesday at Saint Michael’s College, and his career that includes work with Benny Goodman, Zoot Sims, Bud Freeman, Stephane Grappelli and includes invitations to both the Reagan and Clinton White House.Commentary Series
Ankuda: Fourth Year Lessons
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As lawmakers debate bills, and policy makers crunch numbers, UVM medical student Clair Ankuda reminds us that on the most important level, health care is about relieving suffering.VPR News
Shumlin Has Plan For Promoting Energy Projects, Without Surcharge
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Governor Peter Shumlin upset some lawmakers last week when he opposed a fee on electric bills one day after the House had endorsed it. Now Shumlin is proposing an idea he says will spare consumers and help pay for renewable energy development.VPR News
Rain, Melting Snow Cause River Flooding, Road Closures
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Melting snow and thunderstorms have combined to cause some minor river flooding around Vermont. Authorities have not reported any damage, but they say rivers have overflowed their banks into surrounding fields in a number of places, and Route 15 by the Wrong Way Bridge in Cambridge is closed until further notice.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Berg’s Violin Concerto
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Today we’ll hear Alban Berg’s poignant Violin Concerto, subtitled "To the Memory of an Angel" in honor of the death of the daughter of Gustav Mahler’s widow, Alma.VPR News
Vermonters Assess Biggest Problems In Health Care
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Doctors, legislators, patients and health care administrators talk about what they see are the biggest problems in our health care system.Vermont Edition
Vital Signs: States Attempt New Health Care Systems
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Vermont’s health care experiment is unlike any other approach, but there are lessons to be learned from what other states have tried. Vermont Edition’s "Vital Signs" series looks at the context of what Vermont is attempting.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Volodos Plays Rachmaninoff
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Russian virtuoso Arcadi Volodos plays Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3.Commentary Series
Killacky: A Patient’s Perspective
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VPR commentator John Killacky says a painful personal experience underscores for him what’s at stake in the health care overhaul as changes are made – and what we have to be careful to preserve.VPR Series and Specials
Vital Signs: Vermont Charts A New Course For Health Care
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VPR explores the big concepts and the bedeviling details of overhauling Vermont’s health care system.VPR News
Hospitals Face Rising Costs, Declining Reimbursements
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Mount Ascutney Hospital in Windsor laid off 24 full- and part-time employees last week. Officials at the small facility say the cuts are due to rising costs and declining reimbursements – a problem shared by hospitals throughout the state.VPR News
Committee Meets To Plan For Bridge Opening
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As construction continues on the new Lake Champlain Bridge connecting West Addison, Vermont, and Crown Point, New York, planning is also under way for the opening celebration and commemoration of the 1929 bridge that was demolished.VPR News
CCTA Bus Drivers Reject Proposed Labor Contract
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Unionized bus drivers who serve northwestern Vermont are bracing for a strike following their overwhelming rejection of a proposed three-year labor contract.VPR News
VT Ready To Fight Effort To Keep Yankee Open
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Vermont’s attorney general says the state is preparing for a legal battle if the owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant tries to keep it running after its license expires.VPR News
Hinesburg Reaches $85,000 Settlement With Ex-Chief
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The town of Hinesburg has agreed to pay $85,000 to a former police chief who sued over his firing.VPR News
Saxtons River Gets Boost In Cleanup Of Old Gas Station
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Saxtons River has been awarded $18,000 in federal grants to help with a 10-year long effort to convert a former gas station into a park.VPR News
Town Treasurer’s Arrest Shakes Ira Community
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The former treasurer of Ira is getting ready to admit to his role in an embezzlement case that authorities say spanned decades and involved more than $400,000.VPR News
Newport Man To Undergo Exam After Video Camera Episode
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A 33-year-old Vermont man has been ordered to undergo a competency exam after officials said he followed a prosecutor around the courthouse with a video camera.VPR News
Senate Expected To Take Up Health Care This Week
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A committee of the Vermont Senate is expected to work an extra day today – and a long one at that – as lawmakers push to finish work on a bill that would move the state toward Gov. Peter Shumlin’s goal of universal, single-payer health care.Young Writers Project On VPR
Moving Around Too Quickly
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This week’s piece and podcast by Anna Rutenbeck, a junior at Champlain Valley Union High School, is a deep breath, a pledge to slow down, drive out the noise and listen to the silence of one’s own direction.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
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It’s possible that Schubert would be amazed – or at least surprised – that these days we’re listening to his symphonies. He wrote his fourth when he was just 19, and while it’s labeled "Tragic" it has a bounce and jauntiness that only a kid could create.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 11, 2011All the Traditions
Over The Sea To Skye….
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…and to Mull, and to the Orkneys! Lots of Scottish music as we get excited talking about our upcoming tour to the Scottish highlands and islands, scheduled for September 2011, and, of course, much more too!My Place with Joel Najman
Vintage Popular Songs About “Crying”
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program unearths an hour of vintage popular songs that are about "crying".The VPR Saturday Special
Radiolab: Help!
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This Radiolab meets a Cold War negotiator who, in order to quit smoking, backs himself into a tactical corner, and we visit a clinic in Russia where patients turn to a radical treatment to help fight their demons.Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Le Comte Ory
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Juan Diego Flórez portrays Le Comte Ory in this live Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Rossini’s final comic opera.Interlude
Tartini, Spalding, Brahms & Stern
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American violinist Albert Spalding plays Tartini’s Devil’s Trill sonata, and Isaac Stern plays the Brahms Violin Concerto.Jazz with George Thomas
Carmen McRae & New Releases
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We celebrate the birthday of vocalist Carmen McRae with versions of several Thelonious Monk compositions. We also hear a wide variety of New Release, including a trio date with Vijay Iyer, a group called Klang who dissect Benny Goodman standards and a new solo piano CD by Jaki Byard.
Vermont Garden Journal
New Flower Varieties
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This week, the Vermont Garden Journal satisfies springtime urges. While some share wedding plans Charlie shares flower varieties that are old, new, borrowed, and blue – no wedding necessary.VPR News
Gov’t Shutdown: How It Would Have Played Out In Vermont
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While politicians in Washington blame one another for the budget stalemate, governmentworkers around the country prepare for a shutdown of the government. In Vermont, some of the 4,000 federal employees will still have to report for work. And some won’t.VPR News
Veterans Bill Moves Through Senate
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The Senate has advanced a bill that gives a $2,000 income tax break to companies that hire unemployed veterans who’ve recently returned from war.VPR News
Welch Says He’s Optimistic A Shutdown Can Be Averted
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Congressman Peter Welch says he’s optimistic that a compromise will emerge today to avoid a shutdown of the federal government.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Dvorak’s Piano Quintet
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Antonin Dvorak’s Piano Quintet will be featured on Burlington Ensemble’s program tomorrow night at 7:30 – we’ll hear it this afternoon played by Menahem Pressler and the Emerson String Quartet.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: April 8, 2011
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These are some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
John Dillon’s Update From The Statehouse
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VPR’s John Dillon looks at a renewable energy bill in the House and a new report on Vermont Yankee.Vermont Edition
Congressman Peter Welch On The Federal Budget
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Congressman Peter Welch offers his solutions for ending the budget stalemate in Washington. Plus, VPR’s John Dillon provides analysis of the week’s news. And we listen back to the voices in the news this week.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Beethoven’s Fifth
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An iconic classic freshly interpreted on period instruments.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: Battle Of The Budget
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he struggle to reach a compromise on the 2011 Federal Budget is only a prelude for future budget battles. Commentator and veteran ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore offers some background on the next big one.VPR News
Author Looks At “When The Red Sox Ruledâ€
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The Boston Red Sox will play their home opener at Fenway Park this afternoon against the New York Yankees, but given the Sox horrific start to the 2011 season, we figured it was a good time to look back to happier days for Red Sox Nation, way, way back, to the early years of the 20th Century.VPR News
AG Investigating Dairy Anti-Trust Settlement
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The Vermont attorney general’s office is evaluating the fairness of a proposed anti-trust settlement between Northeast dairy farmers and the nation’s largest milk producer. Lawyers for the state have asked the federal court to open up records in the case so lawmakers and the public can learn more about the complex litigation.VPR News
Delays Increasing Costs For Lake Champlain Bridge
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New York State Transportation officials say a new bridge across Lake Champlain connecting Crown Point, New York and West Addison, Vermont will cost several million dollars more than expected.VPR News
House Passes Open Records Bill
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The House has passed a bill that updates Vermont’s public records law. The bill makes it easier for people who are denied access to records to collect their attorneys’ fees if they sue for the documents and win in court.VPR News
Bill Would Allow Raw Milk Classes
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A farm advocacy group ordered to stop offering raw milk workshops will get to resume the classes under a bill proposed in the Vermont Legislature.VPR News
Richford Police Commissioner To Quit Over Second DUI
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The police commissioner in the town of Richford is calling it quits after his second drunk driving charge.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on The Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 8, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Billie Holiday, Freddie Hubbard, Jack Lawrence
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We celebrate some important jazz birthdays including vocalist Billie Holiday and a few of the many tributes to Lady Day by Zoot Sims, Teddy Wilson, Abbey Lincoln and Carmen McRae. Freddie Hubbard was also born on this date and we hear the trumpeter on some classic Blue Note sides.Commentary Series
McQuiston: The Information Superhighway
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Commentator Tim McQuiston says that the Vermont stretch of the information superhighway seems to have developed what feels like a whole series of potholes – and they’re getting in the way of progress.VPR News
State Projects Savings If Most Small Schools Grants Ended
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A new report by the state Department of Education says Vermont could save more than five million dollars by eliminating "small school grants" to dozens of schools. The report says only 23 of the more than 100 schools receiving the grants are small simply because of isolation or "geographic necessity."VPR News
Vermont Delegation Warns Of Shutdown Consequences
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Vermont’s congressional delegation is speaking out about the possibility of a federal government shutdown.VPR News
Middlebury Student Who Was Held In Syria Wants To Return
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Tik Root has only been back in Vermont for a few days but he’s already to return to the Middle East. Root is the Middlebury College junior who was arrested and detained in Syria for two weeks, after he pulled out his Blackberry to take a picture of a protest in Damascus.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Sturm und Drang
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Haydn’s Symphony #52 in C Minor was written in 1772, a time in which lots of emotion was injected into both poetry and music. We’ll hear it this afternoon, as well some quirky chamber music for winds by Beethoven and others.VPR News
Civil War Debate Reenacted At The State House
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Vermont Edition presents a sampling of speeches and songs that were part of reenactment of a debate that took place over whether to send troops and money for the Civil War as requested by Abraham Lincoln in 1861.Vermont Edition
Fun With Herpetology: Getting To Know Vermont’s Reptiles And Amphibians
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We learn about Vermont’s 40 species of reptiles and amphibians. And, we hear from a Civil War Sesquicentennial event at the State House.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Robert Casadesus
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We’ll hear the great French pianist in a concerto by Mozart.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
National Poetry Month – Dorothy Parker
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Each show this month starts with a "poetic pairing": a recorded poetry reading and a piece of classical music that somehow answers the poem. Today it’s an archival 1928 recording of legendary wit and writer Dorothy Parker reading her reflective poem "Afternoon", paired with Claude Debussy’s "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun".Commentary Series
Lange: Funding Planned Parenthood
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Commentator Willem Lange has been thinking about the many proposed program cuts in the Federal budget, and he thinks that some of them just don’t make sense.VPR News
PSB Says Biomass Plants Need Act 250 Approval
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A Vermont Public Service Board ruling means new hurdles for a company that wants to build "biomass" energy projects. Beaver Wood Energy wants to build two plants. Each would generate electricity by burning wood left over from logging operations. Both plants would then recycle heat wasted in producing power to manufacture wood pellets for commercial sale. But the state says the project needs an extra layer of regulatory review.VPR News
Shumlin Says Potholes Will Be Fixed
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Governor Peter Shumlin got out a shovel and joined a highway repair crew on Wednesday to call attention to the state’s efforts to fix roadways ravaged by winter.VPR News
St. Johnsbury Settles Lawsuit Over Reappraisal
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The town of St. Johnsbury has settled a lawsuit over a 2009 reappraisal. Former Selectman Bernie Timson sued over the assessment on a storage facility he owned.VPR News
Highway Official Reminds Drivers To Slow Down In Work Zone
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A top Vermont transportation official is pleading with drivers to slow down in highway work zones as the road paving season is about to get under way.VPR News
Newport Explores Historic Preservation
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The city of Newport wants to create a historic preservation commission, in hopes of identifying features in the city that could be used to obtain grant money for promotions.VPR News
House Set To Take Up Public Records Bill
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The Vermont House has advanced a bill making it easier for someone denied access to public records who sues and wins to collect attorneys’ fees.VPR News
US To Replace Derby Line Border Crossing
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The federal government is developing plans to replace the U.S. border facility in Derby Line.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on The Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 7, 2011In Concert @ 8
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Pianist Stephen Hough highlights an all-Tchaikovsky program.Jazz with George Thomas
Leo Robbin, Charlie Rouse, Randy Weston
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It’s a major birthday night as we celebrate the lyricist Leo Robbin with his songs "Easy Living," "If I Should Lose You," My Ideal," and "Thanks For The Memory." We also celebrate the birthdays of Charlie Rouse, tenor sax player with Julius Watkins and Thelonious Monk and pianist, composer & bandleader Randy Weston.Commentary Series
Kittredge: Tsunami Of Global Warming
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Commentator Susan Cooke Kittredge has been thinking that some challenges are so big that meeting them still requires action that is both individual and collective.VPR News
Sanders Says A Federal Shutdown Would Hurt Vermonters
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The budget showdown is the big story in Washington right now. If Democrats and Republicans can’t reach an agreement on a budget plan by Friday, the federal government will shut down for the first time in 15 years. Senator Bernie Sanders says Vermonters could be hurt if there is a shutdown.VPR News
Lawmakers Drop Controversial Fee On Renewable Energy Bill
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Lawmakers in Montpelier have dropped a controversial fee on utility bills that’s designed to jumpstart renewable energy projects. Critics say the 55-cent monthly fee is a regressive tax that will harm low income people.VPR News
Welch Fights Proposal To Prohibit EPA Regulation Of Greenhouse Gases
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Congressman Peter Welch is fighting a proposal in Washington that would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Pacifica Quartet Plays Mendelssohn
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We’ll hear the String Quartet #5 by Mendelssohn this afternoon, played by the Pacifica Quartet. Also today, American choral music and a Czech piano trio that you can hear in Burlington this weekend.A Conversation With Robin Turnau
A Conversation with Robin Turnau, April 6, 2011
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VPR President Robin Turnau answers questions from listeners on a variety of topics during a live hour-long call-in program. If you missed the program, you can listen now. Your comments and questions are always welcome.Vermont Edition
An Interview With Senator Bernie Sanders
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With the budget showdown reaching a critical point in Washington, Sen. Bernie Sanders discusses the possibility of a government shutdown, and what that would mean in practical terms, both for the nation and for Vermont.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Happy Birthday Andre Previn
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We’ll hear him as pianist and conductor.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
National Poetry Month – Donald Hall
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I’m starting every show this month with a "poetic pairing": a recorded poetry reading and a piece of classical music that somehow answers the poem. Today it’s Donald Hall’s early spring poem "Love is Like Sounds", with Debussy’s "Snow is Dancing" and Tchaikovsky’s "Waltz of the Snowflakes".Commentary Series
Homeyer: Signs Of Spring
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Commentator Henry Homeyer says that despite the cold weather, signs of spring are beginning to appear. And he has a few tips about how to help the season along.VPR News
West Pawlet Rallies Around Store Owners
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The owners of a store in West Pawlet that burned to the ground ten days ago, say they plan to rebuild the popular local gathering spot. Members of the community are doing what they can to make sure Dutchie’s Store rises from the ashes.VPR News
Statehouse To Host Civil War Era Re-enactment
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Looking for a taste of history? It’s at the Statehouse on Wednesday night: A re-enactment of the 1861 special legislative session that started the state’s response to the Civil War.VPR News
House Delays Action On Public Records Bill
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The Vermont House has delayed action on a bill updating the state’s public records law.VPR News
Farmer Charged With Cruelty To Cows
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A Vermont farmer has been charged with animal cruelty after a heifer was found starved to death in his barn.VPR News
Suspect in Baby’s Death Cleared in Parents’ Death
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A Vermont prosecutor says a former nurse accused of killing her baby grandson won’t be charged in the deaths of her parents, whose deaths came under scrutiny after she was charged in the infant’s death.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on The Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 6, 2011
Jazz with George Thomas
Stanley Turrentine
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We celebrate Stanley Turrentine’s birthday with his tenor sax leading his own groups on Blue Note Records and on recordings with pianist Horace Silver, organist Jimmy Smith and vocalist Abbey Lincoln. We also hear new releases by Monty Alexander, Thomas Marriott and more.VPR News
Shumlin, Other Governors Lobby To Maintain Medicaid
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Governor Peter Shumlin and other governors are worried about congressional plans to change the Medicaid health insurance system for the poor.Commentary Series
Schubart: Sound System Evolution
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From woofers and tweeters to earbuds and ipods, commentator Bill Schubart has been contemplating the evolution of sound system technology.VPR News
House Backs Energy Bill Despite Opposition To Consumer Fee
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The House has advanced an energy bill that increases opportunities for Vermonters to make their own electricity. But there remains opposition to a proposed fee on electric bills that would fund renewable energy programs. That fee proposal sparked a heated exchange in the Democratic caucus.VPR News
Campbell Says Passing Health Bill This Year Is A Priority
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Senate President John Campbell says it’s critical for the Legislature to pass Governor Peter Shumlin’s health care plan this year. Campbell says rising health care costs are threatening too many businesses for the bill to be put off.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Perahia’s Schubert
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We’ll listen to Murray Perahia play one of Schubert’s late and beautiful piano sonatas this afternoon. Also, a famous Mozart symphony, part of Gounod’s St. Cecelia Mass, and early chamber music of Beethoven.VPR News
From Bosstone To BMOC
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Rocker-turned-professor Joe Gittleman is the founder and bass player for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. He’s now sharing what he learned in the music business with students in the classroom at Lyndon State College.Vermont Edition
Legislative Update From Senate President John Campbell
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Senate President John Campbell charts the course for the Senate over the next several weeks. Plus, rocker-turned-professor Joe Gittleman relates his experiences from life on the road in a Lyndon State classroom.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Stravinsky’s Petrouchka
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The colorful ballet of three puppets in a tragic romantic triangle.Commentary Series
McCallum: For Love Of Libraries
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With Vermont’s libraries marking National Library Week in April, commentator Mary McCallum reflects on the important role that one public library recently played in her own life.VPR News
Judge Says VSEA Entitled To Legal Fees
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A Superior Court judge says the state employees union is entitled to recover its legal fees, after it won a public records lawsuit. The case concerned whether state agencies have the right to make the public pay to review records. And a similar issue is playing out in the LegislatureVPR News
Charlotte-Essex Ferry To Re-Open
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The Charlotte, Vermont and Essex, New York ferry will begin running again on Thursday.Lake Champlain Transportation says the first boat will leave Vermont at 6:00 in the morning. The ferry crossing was shut down earlier this year because of ice on Lake Champlain.VPR News
2-Year-Old Dies In Accidental Shooting
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Vermont State Police say a 2-year-old boy has died after being accidentally shot in the chest.VPR News
VT Yankee Evacuation Towns To See Drill
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Local, state and federal emergency responders will be converging on the area around the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant for a drill this week.VPR News
Safety Of Nuclear Plant Cables Questioned
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Documents show the Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant a new license last month knowing that electrical cables to key safety systems had been submerged in water for long periods of time.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on The Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 5, 2011In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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A Baroque and Classical program from Amsterdam.Jazz with George Thomas
Gary Smulyan, Michel Camilo & Benny Green
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We celebrate the birthday of baritone sax & bass clarinetist Gary Smulyanwith his own albums and his part in recordings by The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and trumpeter Tom Harrell. We also celebrate the birthdays of pianists Michel Camilo and Benny Green.Commentary Series
Gilbert: Challenge Of Statistics
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More than three weeks after the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the nuclear crisis continues. The death toll is already in the thousands – and still rising. Peter Gilbert, commentator and executive director of the Vermont Humanities Council, considers how we respond to such staggering news.VPR News
Vermont Officials Make Bid For Federal Rail Money
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Top Vermont officials are urging the federal to divert one billion dollars to the Northeast to pay for expanded and improved passenger rail service.VPR News
Congressman Worries Budget Impasse Will Lead To Shutdown
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This is a critical week for budget negotiations in Washington. Republican and Democratic leaders still have not reached a compromise for spending through the end of this fiscal year. And Congressman Peter Welch says he worries that the differences could lead to a government shutdown.VPR News
Welch: President Needs Congressional Approval For Libya Campaign
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Congressman Peter Welch says the Obama administration needs congressional authority to continue the military campaign in Libya.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Yuja Wang Plays Rachmaninoff
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The young Chinese pianist Yuja Wang is making quite a splash on the international stage, and today we’ll hear from her latest recording, in which she plays Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto #2.VPR News
VT Schools Falling Short Of NCLB Goals
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Seventy-two percent of public schools in Vermont are not meeting the goals set forth by the No Child Left Behind education law.Vermont Edition
GOP Lawmakers Review Legislative Session So Far
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Democrats are in the majority in the Vermont House and Senate – and that’s a scenario that makes Republican lawmakers work even harder to shape the key bills being debated at the Statehouse.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
National Poetry Month – Hayden Carruth
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April is National Poetry Month. At the start of every show this month I’m going to offer a "poetic pairing", featuring a recorded poetry reading and a piece of classical music that somehow answers the poem. Today it’s Hayden Carruth’s "Regarding Chainsaws", and Frank Nuyts’ marimba concerto "Woodnotes".Commentary Series
Kunin: Geraldine Ferraro Remembrance
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Commentator and former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin has been thinking about the late Geraldine Ferraro and her legacy as a political pioneer.VPR News
Author Shares Story Of Life On Sustainable Farm
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Kristin Kimball was making a living as a freelance writer in New York when she made the choice to become a farmer. She now lives on a 500 acre farm in Essex, New York, where her family runs a CSA. And she’s written a book about the experience called "The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food and Love."VPR News
Drivers, Road Crews Deal With Perfect Conditions For Potholes
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The combination of the third snowiest winter on record and rain in March has created the perfect conditions for potholes. These hazards open up every spring and pothole season is only a few weeks old. But the Vermont Agency of Transportation says it’s already spent its entire repair budget.VPR News
House To Take Up Public Records Bill
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The bill, scheduled for debate on Tuesday, contains a key provision sought by open-records advocates. Current law says judges have the option of awarding attorneys’ fees to someone who is denied access to records, goes to court and wins.VPR News
Drug Companies Have Support In Supreme Court Case
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The drug companies being sued by the state of Vermont to stop them from collecting information about doctors’ prescription-writing habits are getting support in Vermont’s appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.VPR News
Richmond Roads To Close For Bridge Work
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Vermont transportation officials say construction on the Checkered House Bridge in Richmond will force some brief road closings – including part of Interstate 89.VPR News
Former Officer To Speak About “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
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A gay former U.S. Army officer discharged two years ago under the Pentagon’s "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" policy will tell his story at a Vermont military college event.VPR News
Proposal To Import Gas Raises Concern
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Governor Peter Shumlin is supporting a proposal to expand natural gas service from northwestern Vermont as far south as Middlebury.Young Writers Project On VPR
Introspection
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This week’s piece, by Rebecca Valley, a 10th grader at Bellows Free Academy in St. Albans, is a short, powerful poem and podcast about those moments of glorious aloneness.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
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Soloists from within the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra shine in this Baroque concert from sunny LA.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on The Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 4, 2011All the Traditions
Whenever April Showers Come Your Way….
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Happy birthday to Astrud Gilberto, and a welcome to the meteorologically mercurial month of April !My Place with Joel Najman
The “Hurting” Songs Of Love And Romance – Part Two
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program features a second and concluding week of vintage popular songs that may be described as the "hurting" songs of love and romance.The VPR Saturday Special
Radiolab: Lost and Found
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Stories about getting lost and finding our way home.Interlude
Non-Operatic Wagner
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Richard Wagner also wrote symphonic and piano music, and Peter shares some of that with us.VPR News
Maple Season Is Running Late, But Experts Expect Good Year
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Despite the late-season snowstorm, the sap is running again in maple trees around the state. A recent cold snap shut down many sugaring operations for about ten days, causing some Vermont maple syrup producers to worry about this year’s crop. But maple experts say the 2011 season could be a very good one.Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Das Rheingold
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Bryn Terfel portrays Wotan in the live Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Das Rheingold, the first opera in Wagner’s Ring des Nibelungen.Jazz with George Thomas
April
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Tonight we begin an April foolish with warnings of more snow, so Chick Corea’s "April Snow" seems perfect as does the little-heard "April" performed by the composer & pianist, Lennie Tristano and hi student Lee Konitz. And two pianists fly: Randy Weston’s "Hi Fly" and Monty Alexander’s "Come Fly With Me"In Concert @ 8
Salzburg Festival: Vienna Philharmonic
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Daniel Barenboim conducts and is piano soloist.Capitol Steps
The Capitol Steps: April Fool’s Edition!
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Listen to the Capitol Steps’ Politics Takes A Holiday – April Fool’s Edition – Friday at 6pm on VPR!Vermont Garden Journal
New Vegetable Varieties
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The Vermont Garden Journal is back with weekly organic gardening advice from horticulturist Charlie Nardozzi. Listen Friday at 5:55pm and Saturday at 8:55am for the Vermont Garden Journal, and follow the conversation all season long on Facebook.VPR News
House Passes Transportation Budget
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The Vermont House has passed a $544 million state transportation budget. The spending plan reflects the end of federal stimulus money, but it is up from before the extra federal funding arrived.VPR News
Welch Says Rutland Airport Threatened By Funding Elimination
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Congressman Peter Welch is concerned about the future of the Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport. That’s because a bill that passed the House on Friday contains a provision that would eliminate subsidies to rural airports.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
The Best of 1980s Hair Metal
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Just kidding. But we will be hearing some really funny classical music today….Liszt, Richard Strauss, and more.VPR News
VT, RI Governors Vow To Unite On High-Speed Rail
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Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin and Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee are promising to work together on plans for high-speed rail in New England.VPR News
Why Baseball Hits A Chord With People
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VPR’s Bob Kinzel talks with Middlebury professor Karl Lindholm about why the sport hits such a nostalgic chord among popular professional sports.Vermont Edition
Season Of Hope For Baseball Fans
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On the opening weekend of Major League Baseball, fans are looking ahead to their favorite teams’ prospects.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Cuarteto Latinoamericano LIVE
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This Mexican string quartet joins us for a live performance preview of their Lane Series concert this evening.VPR News
Leahy Says Middlebury College Student Released In Syria
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Sen. Patrick Leahy says U.S. Embassy officials have confirmed with him that a Vermont student being held by the Syrian government has been released.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Friday, What A Farce
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All bets are off today. We have Prokofiev masquerading as Haydn; Beethoven and Berlioz done up Disney-style, and P.D.Q. Bach…well, being himself. It’ll be a crazy morning of music – no fooling.Commentary Series
Lange: Zipping In The Tropics
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If you’ve just about had it with cold weather and wouldn’t mind a little adventure, commentator Willem Lange has discovered a sure-fire cure for cabin fever.VPR News
In Wake Of Disaster, Vermonter Visits Family In Japan
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Some Vermonters with friends and family in Japan are anxiously following the news since the tragic earthquake and tsunami struck last month. Chiho Kaneko is one of them, and has a closer view than most. Kaneko makes her home in Hartland, Vermont, but is a native of Northern Japan.VPR News
Lyndon State Considers Faculty Cuts, Students Protest
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Lyndon State College says it will cut faculty to confront a looming budget deficit. The decision has stirred protests among students and charges by faculty that the cuts aren’t necessary.VPR News
Sanders Questions Credit For Libyan Bank
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Sen. Bernie Sanders is questioning why the U.S. Federal Reserve provided more than $26 billion in credit to an Arab intermediary for the Central Bank of Libya.VPR News
Man Accused Of Trying To Kill State Trooper
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Vermont State Police say a St. Johnsbury man is accused of attempted murder after trying to stab a state trooper.VPR News
Leahy Calls On Syria To Release Middlebury Student
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Sen. Patrick Leahy is calling on Syrian authorities to free a Vermont student detained while he shot photographs at a demonstration.VPR News
Tea Party Groups Protest Health Care Bill
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A group of people who oppose a health care bill making its way through the state Legislature took their cause to the capital Thursday, denouncing the measure as ill-conceived and rushed.VPR News
Addison, Vergennes To Revote Unified Union
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Two towns in the Addison Northwest Supervisory union will be headed to the polls next month to vote again on a proposal to form a unified union school district.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for April 1, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Classics & New Releases
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Tonight we sample some classics, including Miles Davis’ live version of "If I Were A Bell," tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon’s "Willow Weep For Me," Andy Bey’s piano & vocals on Yip Harburg’s "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime" and guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg’s "Nice Work If You Can Get It."Commentary Series
Martin: Women And Democracy
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As Women’s History Month comes to a close, commentator Mike Martin is recalling a classic story about women and democracy from ancient Greece that still resonates today.VPR News
Yankee Owner Tries New Strategy To Win Over Vermonters
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Owners of Vermont Yankee have adopted a new strategy as they try to persuade Vermonters that the nuclear power plant should continue operating for another 20 years. They’re challenging the idea, raised by Governor Peter Shumlin, that Vermont Yankee is an aging plant that was designed to run only for 40 years.VPR News
Bennington Company Slows Down Because Of Japan Crisis
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The still-unfolding crisis in Japan is having an effect on a Bennington manufacturer that makes parts for Japanese automakers. NSK Steering Systems America makes steering columns and related parts for Nissan, Toyota, Honda and Subaru.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Strings Attached
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Today we’ll hear a late string quartet by Mozart, Mendelssohn’s marvelous Violin Concerto, and the little-heard Concerto for String Orchestra by Herbert Howells.VPR News
Whitewater Kayakers To Race Head-To-Head At Festival
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The centerpiece of the New Haven River Festival in Bristol is a kayaking competition with paddlers racing head-to-head in whitewater on the New Haven River. We talk to one of the organizers, UVM senior Danny Siger, about the race.VPR News
Vt. Wants To Bring Prisoners Home To Help Fund New Initiative
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Governor Peter Shumlin says all three branches of government have developed a plan to reduce the number of prison inmates who commit another crime after they’re released. The state says it will pay for the initiative by bringing 100 inmates back to Vermont from out-of-state prisons where they’re now held.Vermont Edition
House Passes Budget, Debate Continues
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Last week, the House passed a $4.68 billion dollar budget. In it, they restored some of the funding to cuts in human services that the Governor had proposed, including cuts to mental health and disabilities services. But the budget still has to get through the Senate before it reaches the governor’s desk.VPR News
Debate Continues On The Budget
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Last week, the House passed a $4.68 billion dollar budget. In it, they restored some of the funding to cuts in human services that the Governor had proposed. But the budget still has to get through the Senate before it reaches the governor’s desk.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Happy Birthday Haydn!
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We’ll celebrate with a string quartet and a symphony.VPR News
Franklin Lawsuit Questions Prayer At Public Meetings
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Marilyn Hackett and the Vermont chapter of the ACLU are suing the town of Franklin and its moderator, Timothy Magnant, in Vermont Superior Court for allowing a pastor to recite the invocation before Town Meeting business each year.VPR News
Lyndonville Residents Discuss Fledgling “Gangâ€
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About a year ago, police in Lyndonville began getting troubling complaints about a handful of young people who call themselves a gang. The members wear black bandanas and are suspected of violent threats and at least one armed mugging. They aren’t very old, between 12 and 18, but they are spreading fear.VPR News
Vermont Shows Trace Amounts Of Radioactivity
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Vermont health officials say air samples taken in Windham County and Burlington reveal trace amounts of radioactive iodine stemming from Japan’s damaged nuclear plant, but not at levels high enough to pose a public health risk or prompt the need for precautions.VPR News
Vermont To Release Yearly School Progress Reports
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Vermont schools are getting their report cards.VPR News
Welch Says Everything Should Be On Table For Cuts
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Congressman Peter Welch says everything needs to be under consideration as the U.S. House looks for ways to trim the federal budget.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 31, 2011Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Spain
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We’ll start off the morning en Espana, including an overture by Russian composer Mikhail Glinka and Counterpoint’s performance of the "Romancero Gitane" by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
Jazz with George Thomas
Astrud Gilberto
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We celebrate the birthday of Brazilian vocalist Astrud Gilberto, famous for her part in a hit record for Stan Getz, with some of Brazil’s best musicians including Antonio Carlos Jobim on piano, Joao Gilberto on guitar and vocals. Their version of "The Girl From Ipanema" added a world of new sounds into jazz.Commentary Series
Harrington: Harry’s Memoir
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Narratives about the past can move us deeply – especially when told by a member of our own family. Writer and commentator Elaine Harrington recently helped her father write his life story.VPR News
Vermont Artist George Tooker Dies
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Painter George Tooker – whose work is on display in some of the nation’s most prestigious museums – died Sunday of kidney failure at his home in Hartland. He was 90.VPR News
Lawmakers Approve Supreme Court Judges For Another Term
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All five members of the Vermont Supreme Court have been elected by lawmakers to serve another 6 year term on the bench. The approval followed a process that is quite different from judicial review systems used in many other states.VPR News
Sale Of Vermont Yankee Falls Through, Derailing Power Deals
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Vermont Yankee’s parent corporation says a company that was interested in buying the plant in Vernon has pulled out. Entergy Nuclear won’t disclose who the other company was. But Entergy executive Rick Smith says the potential buyer was put off by the state’s attitude toward Yankee.VPR News
Robert De Cormier Leads His Final Concert
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Composer and director Robert De Cormier is leading his final concerts as director of the vocal ensemble Counterpoint this weekend. We hear the personal story behind one piece of the program called "Legacy."VPR News
Maine Debates Wind Power
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Naomi Schalit, executive director of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, looks at the clash in that state between the impact of wind projects and the desire to develop locally produced renewable energy.VPR News
Planting Dates Contingent On The Final Frost
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UVM Extension Master Gardener Program Coordinator Nancy Hulett says when to plant is determined by the climate zone in which you live.VPR News
Transportation Officials To Hold Meeting On Champlain Bridge
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Another meeting will be held next week to update the public on the construction of a new bridge across Lake Champlain.VPR News
Sanders Details ‘Top 10’ List Of Corporations Paying No Taxes
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Washington is gearing up for another series of debates about spending. And Senator Bernie Sanders is joining the fray. He says there are too many large, multi-national companies that have used the tax code to avoid any tax liability.Vermont Edition
Gardening Starts With The Seeds
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It’s all about seeds. When to order them, when to plant them inside and to sow them outside. Plus, we hear about the challenges of a Maine wind project. And, we hear from Robert DeCormier, who steps down from Counterpoint this weekend.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Sabine Meyer is 52 today
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We’ll hear the German clarinetist play Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto.Commentary Series
Seamans: The Definition Of War
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When is a war not a war? Commentator Bill Seamans has been contemplating that question.VPR News
Soldier Shares Story Of Motherhood, Military Service
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Chara Vincelette spoke last week at the Women’s History Project, as part of the Vermont Commission on Women’s celebration of women Veterans. Vincelette started her service with the Vermont National Guard right out of high school and recently returned from deployment in Afghanistan.VPR News
Lawmakers To Hold Hearing On Energy Plan
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It’s been 13 years since Vermont last approved a Comprehensive Energy Plan. Now, lawmakers and the Department of Public Service are in the process of updating the state’s energy goals and strategies for achieving them.VPR News
Artist George Tooker Dies In Hartland
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Artist George Tooker, known for his luminous and haunting paintings over a 60-year career, has died. He was 90.VPR News
630 Acres Conserved In Central Vermont
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Officials say 630 acres of land adjacent to the Killington section of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail in Vermont will be protected.VPR News
Lawmakers To Vote On Judicial Retention
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All five Vermont Supreme Court justices and nine trial judges face votes by a joint assembly of the Vermont Legislature to see whether they’ll keep their jobs for another six years.VPR News
State Police Trooper Facing Charges, Resigns
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A Vermont State Police trooper facing domestic assault charges has resigned. Police say 32-year-old Trooper Timothy Newton, of Sandgate, submitted his resignation on Friday.VPR News
Clean-Up To Begin On Springfield Industrial Site
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Officials say work is set to begin this summer on a plan to clean up an old industrial site in Springfield.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 30, 2011Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
O Magnum Mysterium
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This weekend Robert De Cormier performs his final concerts as Artistic Director with Counterpoint, the group he founded in 2000. Today we’ll share the details of those shows and listen to their performance of Morten Lauridsen’s setting of the traditional Latin motet, "O Magnum Mysterium".
Jazz with George Thomas
Michael Brecker, Jay Clayton, Sheila Jordan
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We celebrate the birthday of tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker, who recorded with everyone before his tragic demise. We also pay tribute to two masters of the jazz vocal style, Jay Clayton & Sheila Jordan who will be appearing this coming Saturday at The Vermont Jazz Center in Brattleboro.Commentary Series
Kreis: Landmarks Of Tomorrow
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As the associate director of the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School, commentator Don Kreis spends considerable time thinking about our built environment – past, present and to come.VPR News
USDA Grant To Help Vermont Schools With ‘Distance Learning’
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Vermont has won funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will help rural schools offer advanced classes through technology.VPR News
‘Health Care Board’ At Center Of Overhaul Prompts Debate
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A "health care board" is central to the new proposal to overhaul Vermont’s health care system. But some of the state senators who are reviewing the bill have a lot of questions about the role and the authority the board would have.VPR News
House Advances Bill Designed To Boost Consumer Protection
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The House has given preliminary approval to a bill that advocates say will provide better protection to consumers.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
The 20th Century Orchestra
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We’ll hear two fine examples of 20th century orchestral music this afternoon: Stravinsky’s Symphony in C, and Leonard Bernstein’s Divertimento.VPR News
Iraqi Ambassador Discusses Post-Transition Challenges
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VPR presents an excerpt from a speech by Iraq’s ambassador to the United States, Samir Sumaida’ie, who is in Vermont speaking to Vermont National Guard soldiers who served in Iraq and to state lawmakers about the challenges in post-transition Iraq.VPR News
Census Indicates “New Hampshire Advantage”
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New 2010 Census numbers recently released show that, in the Connecticut River Valley, New Hampshire towns experienced more growth than their Vermont counterparts.VPR News
Vermont’s Comprehensive Energy Plan Overdue For An Update
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A lot has changed since 1998, when Vermont last adopted a Comprehensive Energy Plan. Now, that plan is being upgraded.Vermont Edition
Updating Vermont’s Comprehensive Energy Plan
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A lot has changed since 1998, when Vermont last adopted a Comprehensive Energy Plan. Now, that plan is being upgraded. Several of the biggest issues that will come into play: greenhouse gas emissions, transportation and land use, and renewable energy.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Trio Mediaeval
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We’ll hear the Oslo-based vocal ensemble in music from 13th-century England.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
England, France, And Beyond
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It’s William Walton’s birthday, we’ll hear his bouyant "Portsmouth Point" Overture to open the morning together. After that it’s an enchanting "Shakespeare Ode" by Thomas Linley, Jr. and Francis Poulenc’s Penitential Motets for the Lenten season.Commentary Series
Levin: The Snow Bunting
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Naturalist and commentator Ted Levin says that this time of year, migration sometimes brings surprises at the bird feeder.VPR News
Rutland Launches $20 Million Electronic Medical Records System
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Vermont lawmakers are pushing ahead with efforts to create a single payer health care system. Many say part of the equation must include a way to better connect doctors and hospitals across the state. But installing new electronic health records, getting providers to use them, and connecting all the different systems is a complex and costly challenge.VPR News
Vermont Officials Want High Speed Rail Funds
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The deputy chief of the Federal Railroad Administration was in Rutland Monday to listen to Vermonters’ pleas for better rail service in the western part of the state. A project backed by Vermont and New York State is competing for funds to extend Amtrak’s Ethan Allen passenger train to Burlington. It currently runs from New York City into Rutland.VPR News
Iraqi Ambassador Visits Vermont
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Ambassador Samir Shakir Mahmood Sumaida’ie is visiting Vermont as part of a series of events organized by the Vermont Council on World Affairs.VPR News
House Considers Bill To Change Education Department
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The Vermont House is considering legislation that would change the way the Department of Education is structured. Currently, it is an autonomous entity not attached to a state agency. That means the Governor does not have the ability to name its Commissioner.VPR News
Police Use DNA Hit To Solve Bristol Burglary
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Vermont State Police say DNA tests of blood left at the scene of Bristol burglary helped lead them to a suspect.VPR News
Law School To Host Health Reform Forum
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Senator Patrick Leahy is recommending a Bellows Falls man to President Barack Obama for appointment to a federal agency that could have a role in cleaning up the nation’s financial markets.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 29, 2011In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Rotterdam Philharmonic
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Kristjan Jarvi conducts a 20th century program.Jazz with George Thomas
Thad Jones, Tete Montoliu
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We celebrate the birthday of trumpeter and bandleader Thad Jones, who co-lead the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Big Band every Monday at the Village Vanguard in NYC for decades. We also celebrate the birthday of Catalian pianist Tete Montoliu.VPR Presents
Iraqi Ambassador Samir Sumaida’ie
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In speech Monday night in Colchester, Iraq’s ambassador to the U.S. discussed Iraq’s effort to build democratic institutions in the country as violence has ebbed in the past few year.VPR News
President Obama To Address The Nation On Libya
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VPR will broadcast the President’s address at 7 this evening. President Obama will discuss the situation in Libya and the role of the US and NATO forces. This NPR special report will include indepth analysis. Listen for Vermont Edition at 8, followed by Jazz with George Thomas at 9.Commentary Series
Bernard: International Adoption
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Recently, international adoption has become a topic of hot debate; but commentator Emily Bernard believes that along with the idea of a complex identity comes the opportunity for cultural abundance.VPR News
Shumlin Takes Gay Marriage Message To Rhode Island
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Governor Peter Shumlin will travel to Rhode Island to lend his support to an effort there to pass a same sex marriage law. He says his message is simple – it’s the right thing to do, and there’s not a lot of political fall out from supporting the bill.VPR News
Fish & Wildlife Looks To Improve Boating Access
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The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says it wants to make it easier for boaters and anglers to find places to launch their boats or fish from shore. To do that, it’s collecting up-to-date information about areas where the public can access the water for recreation.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
From The Archive: Quartet for the End of Time in Castleton
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In March pianist Tanya Gabrielian and friends played Olivier Messiaen’s "Quartet for the End of Time" at Castleton State College, as part of an ongoing art exhibit. VPR’s Joe Goetz spoke with Tanya about the music, her life, and her desire to combine classical music with other forms of art.VPR News
Workshop Encourages Girls To Pursue Engineering
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The Center for Technology in Essex and Vermont Works for Women recently held "Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day," to give high school girls a look at the different kinds of jobs that fall under the umbrella of engineering, and encourage them to consider it as a career path.VPR News
The Impact Of Small-Scale Hazardous Waste Spills
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Burlington Free Press reporter Candace Page says small-scale oil and petroleum spills can cause big problems for homeowners and small businesses in addition to Vermont’s environment.VPR News
Bill Would Move Education Under Governor’s Control
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A bill moving through the House would restructure the Department of Education, making it a state agency. This would give the governor the ability to name the secretary. It would also change the makeup and authority of the board of education.Vermont Edition
Restructuring Vermont’s Department Of Education
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We hear the pros and cons of bill proposed in the House would make Education a state agency. Also, reporter Candace Page fills us in on Vermont’s hazardous waste sites. Plus, we visit the third annual "Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day" event.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Rudolf Serkin
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We’ll celebrate Rudolf Serkin’s birthday with a piano concerto by Mozart and Schubert’s Trout Quintet.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Monday Melodies
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It’s mud season. It’s Monday. This morning’s music is filled with melodies to elevate the spirit above the realities of the world.Commentary Series
Ali: Islamic Extremism In America
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Commentator and UVM Professor Saleem Ali has been considering the efficacy of the hearings on Islamic extremism taking place in WVPR News
Palliative Care Expert Comes To South Burlington
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Dr. Dianne Meier is the director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, and her talk will focus on ways that Palliative Care can reduce the suffering associated with many chronic illnesses.VPR News
Experts Say Mud Season Defies Prediction
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This year’s mud season has been especially bad so far in some spots, with axle-deep ruts. In other spots it’s better than expected. VPR’s Susan Keese did some investigating and learned that even for the experts, Vermont’s infamous "fifth season" often defies prediction.VPR News
Unemployment Rate Drops To 5.6 Percent
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Vermont’s unemployment rate continues to decline. The state Labor Department says the rate for February dropped a tenth of a percentage point to 5.6 percent.VPR News
FairPoint To Pay Penalty By Adding Broadband
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FairPoint Communications says it will settle $7 million in service quality penalties imposed by the state by expanding broadband Internet access to areas of Vermont currently without it.VPR News
Newport Woman Ordered To Pay Restitution For Bank Thefts
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A 39-year-old woman Newport woman has been given a seven-year deferred prison sentence and ordered to pay $13,050 in restitution for embezzling money from the bank where she worked.VPR News
Lawmakers To Take Up Transportation Bill
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Vermont lawmakers this week take up a transportation funding package that includes resurfacing a rough stretch of Vermont Route 108 between Cambridge and Bakersfield and buying a train station in White River Junction.VPR News
Health Reform Bill Moves To State Senate
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It’s on to the Vermont Senate for an ambitious health care reform bill that would put Vermont on the path toward a single-payer health care system.VPR News
Woman Charged In Connection With Fatal Crash
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A 37-year-old Walden woman has been charged in connection with a fatal crash that killed a 7-year-old boy.Young Writers Project On VPR
Close Your Eyes
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This week’s piece by Bridget Iverson, a senior at Mount Mansfield Union High School, is about those early morning moments, that time between sleep and not-sleep.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 28, 2011In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
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There is something so pure, so elemental in the violin concertos of Mozart, and in the playing of the inimitable Hilary Hahn. Put them together, and — magic!VPR News
President Obama To Address The Nation On Libya
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VPR will broadcast the President’s address at 7 this evening. President Obama will discuss the situation in Libya and the role of the US and NATO forces. This NPR special report will include indepth analysis. Listen for Vermont Edition at 8, followed by Jazz with George Thomas at 9.All the Traditions
A Tribute to Pinetop Perkins
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Remembering bluesman Pinetop Perkins, San Francisco counterculture hero Owsley Stanley, and looking ahead to a local Old Time music festival and much more!My Place with Joel Najman
A Celebration Of The Music Of Little Anthony And The Imperials
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In celebration of Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductees Little Anthony And The Imperials’ upcoming April 3rd concert in St Johnsbury, Vermont, Joel Najman’s My Place program presents an hour of the group’s biggest hits and most memorable recordings.The VPR Saturday Special
Radiolab: The Good Show
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If natural selection boils down to survival of the fittest, why would one creature stick its neck out to help another?VPR News
VT Author Vincent Panella & “Lost Hearts”
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VT Author Vincent Panella’s new collection of short stories follows the life and trials of Charlie Marino.Interlude
Winter Dreams
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We hear Tchaikovsky’s "Capriccio italien" and his Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams."Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
The Queen of Spades
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Tchaikovsky’s opera "The Queen of Spades" is heard live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera – followed by our monthly Name-That-Singer Opera Quiz.Jazz with George Thomas
Pete Johnson, Paul Motian
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We celebrate the birthday of boogie-woogie piano player Pete Johnson, known for his recordings with blues shouter Joe Turner. Drummer & bandleader Paul Motian’s birthday also falls on March 25th and we hear his work with pianists Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett and with his own groups.The VPR Table
The VPR Table: Freezer Tetris
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On the last VPR Table, Marialisa Calta takes a look into what is often the final resting place of many foods; the freezer.VPR News
Vermont House Passes 2012 Budget
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The Vermont House passed the budget bill Friday evening by a vote of 95-34. Speaker Shap Smith said he was confident the House had passed "a responsible budget that balances the needs of Vermonters with the fiscal challenges that we face."VPR News
Businesses Split On Internet Tax
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Supporters of legislation that would require big Internet companies to collect the state sales tax on Vermont purchases say it will create a more level playing field for downtown businesses. But opponents say the legislation will actually hurt some businesses in the state.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Happy Birthday Bartok!
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It’s Bela Bartok’s birthday today, and we’ll listen to his incredible Violin Concerto #2 with soloist Arabella Steinbacher.VPR News
Canadian Government Falls In No-Confidence Vote Against Harper
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Canadian opposition parties toppled Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government in a no confidence vote Friday, triggering the country’s fourth election in seven years. The opposition parties held the Conservative government in contempt of Parliament in a 156-145 vote for failing to disclose the full financial details of his tougher crime legislation, corporate tax cuts and plans to purchase stealth fighter jets.VPR News
Interview: Sen. Sanders Cautious About Libya Action
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For much of this week, the United States has been bombing strategic targets in Libya to help the rebellion against President Muammar Khadhafi. Some members of Congress are supporting President Obama’s decision to initiate military action but Senator Bernie Sanders says he’s nervous about U.S. involvement in Libya.Vermont Edition
Retailers Split On Internet Sales Tax
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Walk into a Vermont store to buy books or electronics and you’ll pay a 6 percent sales tax on the purchase. But buy those same purchases online from companies like Amazon, and you avoid the tax. That’s a situation some lawmakers say is unfair to Vermont retailers, and they want to create an Internet sales tax in the state.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Robert DeCormier
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He gives us a preview of his last concerts as founding-director of Vermont’s professional vocal ensemble, Counterpoint.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Marching In March
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Today’s Classics for Kids is the launching point for this morning’s music. We’ll be learning about the Ottoman Janissary bands, whose music so profoundly influenced composers such as Mozart and Haydn. Music with a ‘military’ flair gets us marching right into the weekend!Commentary Series
Luskin: To Learn And Be Self-Motivating
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VPR Commentator, Deborah Luskin, tells the story of how Vermont writer Dorothy Canfield Fisher became an early advocate of the Montessori method of teaching.VPR News
Guard Soldier Says Military Service Is A Family Tradition
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VPR has been observing Women’s History month by looking back at Vermont women who’ve played significant roles in the military. Today we speak with Courtney Beaulieu. The 21-year old returned late last year from Afghanistan, where she served as a member of the Vermont National Guard.VPR News
Medical Dispensaries Bill Has Support
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Two medical marijuana dispensaries would be created under a bill that is working its way through committee in the Vermont Senate. One would be located in southern Vermont and the other in the northern part of the state. Each outlet would be allowed to grow and dispense medical marijuana for up to 500 registered patients.VPR News
Burlington Airport’s Bond Rating Downgraded
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A bond rating service says it has downgraded the rating for $37 million in outstanding revenue bonds for Burlington International Airport.VPR News
Midwives Seek Passage Of Bill
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Vermont midwives are planning to lobby lawmakers in support of a bill that would guarantee insurance reimbursement for home births as part of maternity care coverage.VPR News
House Begins Work On 2012 Budget
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Debate has started on a Vermont state budget for fiscal 2012 that closes what had been a projected deficit of more than $175 million and leaves some human services advocates happier than they were previously.VPR News
Single-Payer Advocates Plan Montpelier Rally
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Supporters of a plan to have the state of Vermont establish a single-payer health care system are headed to Montpelier for a rally. Medical school students, nurses and other health professionals from New England and beyond plan to press their cause at the Statehouse on Saturday.VPR News
Keller To Stay Until Successor Found
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A judge who resigned after a legislative panel opted not to recommend his reappointment is going to stay on the bench until a successor can be named.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 25, 2011In Concert @ 8
Deutsche Welle Festival Broadcasts: Beethoven Festival in Bonn
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A youth orchestra from Venezuela performs.Jazz with George Thomas
Interview With David Amram
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Jazz French hornist and Renaissance man David Amram is the subject of a film "David Amram: The First 80 Years" playing at the Green Mountain Film Festival in Montpelier this weekend. I talked with David about the film and his role in jazz, jazz/poetry, classical composition and much more. David is a gifted talker so the entire interview is available on-line, just click listen.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: The Intervention Debate
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It’s been six days since an international coalition led by the United States began its bombing campaign against the forces of Libya’s Moammar Qaddafi; and in that time, a bi-partisan movement in Congress opposed to the intervention has been building. Commentator and veteran ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore offers his perspective.VPR News
Hannock Paintings Gifted To Southern Vermont College
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Southern Vermont College has received a number of paintings by renowned American painter Stephen Hannock. The paintings are a gift from the estate of a longtime supporter of arts and education throughout southern Vermont and western Massachusetts.VPR News
House Passes Universal Health Care Bill
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After two full days of debate, the Vermont House has given its final approval to a health care bill that puts the state on the path to having a universal health care plan as early as 2014.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Madness with a Method
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The 12-tone music of Schoenberg and Berg can sound jarring and directionless, but it is quite the opposite. Every note is carefully chosen based on a set of rules that is arguably more simple than the rules of counterpoint used by Bach and Handel. Today, we’ll listen to an example of this music, the Lyric Suite by Alban Berg.VPR News
Students Turn Trash Into Art
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Each spring, the "Creative Re-Use Showcase" invites high school students to submit art work made from trash. The project is coordinated by the Chittenden County Solid Waste District as a way of exploring the ideas of consumer waste, disposable goods and recycling.VPR News
Interview: Fogel Set To Retire As UVM President
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University of Vermont President Daniel Fogel announced Wednesday that he will retire in July 2012. That will be the tenth anniversary of his tenure leading Vermont’s only research university. After a yearlong break, Fogel will join the English faculty at UVM.VPR News
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Bill Has Support
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If a bill in the Senate is approved it would create two medical marijuana dispensaries. The Department of Public Safety would be charged with the oversight of these outlets. Commissioner Keith Flynn says his department could support this if it is engaged in the rule making.Vermont Edition
Dispensaries: The Alternative To Growing Your Own Medical Marijuana
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Senate Bill 17 would set up medical marijuana dispensaries in the state. We hear why the bill was proposed and the reservations some have with it. Plus, University of Vermont President Daniel Fogel explains the reasons he will be leaving the post. And, we get a glimpse of artwork that was created from trash.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Variations on Variations
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Several takes on variations by Jean Francaix, Amy Beach and Robert Schumann.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Voices Of Spring
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The red-winged blackbirds have returned to our new spring landscape – as sure a harbinger of spring as the running sap! This morning’s music features the birdsongs of cuckoos and nightingales among other uplifting selections.Commentary Series
Bittinger: A Battle For Recognition
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Cyndy Bittinger has the story of Patricia Kenworthy Nuckols of Manchester, who received a Congressional Gold Medal in 2009 for her work during World War II as a female pilot.VPR News
Child Care Providers Concerned About Union
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We’ve been talking this week about a bill in the Vermont House that would allow Vermont child care workers to unionize. The union would represent all early education and home child-care workers. Yesterday, we spoke with Cyndi Miller, who’s advocating for the union. Today we get a different perspective from Mary Burns, the president and CEO of the Greater Burlington Y.VPR News
Middlebury College Student Missing In Syria
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A father in Ripton says his 21-year-old son, a student at Middlebury College, is missing in Syria.The father of Pathik "Tik" Root says he last communicated with his son on March 16.VPR News
Supreme Court Hearing Open Records Cases
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A lawyer for the Rutland Herald says the newspaper should be given access to public records relating to a Vermont State Police investigation into a state police academy employee suspected of looking at child pornography while on duty.VPR News
Health Department To Monitor For Radiation
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The Vermont Health Department says it’s begun monitoring for radiation from the Japanese nuclear plant damaged by an earthquake and tsunami earlier this month.VPR News
Vermont Schools To Get More Fresh Foods
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Vermont’s congressional delegation is welcoming news from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that the state will get nearly $1.8 million to provide free fruit and vegetables to schoolchildren.VPR News
House Takes Up Fiscal 2012 Budget
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Vermont lawmakers are set to debate a fiscal 2012 budget slightly smaller than this year’s and that requires broad-based tax increases.VPR News
House Approves $24 Millon Tax Hike On Cigarettes, Health Care
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The Vermont House has passed a bill raising taxes on health services and cigarettes by $24 million.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 24, 2011In Concert @ 8
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Sir Andrew Davis conducts the U.S. premiere of "Texan Tenebrae" by Marc-Anthony Turnage, a prequel to his opera about Anna Nicole Smith.Jazz with George Thomas
Dave Frishberg
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We celebrate the birthday of Dave Frishberg, a great pianist, vocalist & songwriter whose songs include "My Attorney Bernie," "Peel Me A Grape," "Quality Time," "I Want To Be A Sideman" and other wry commentaries on contemporary life, always poised on humor & sharp insights.Commentary Series
McCallum: On Becoming Visible
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Commentator Mary McCallum didn’t need to read the government statistics on poverty in America to worry about how widespread it is. Meeting up with the human face of it in Vermont recently, was much more powerful.VPR News
House Gives Preliminary Approval To Health Care Bill
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After a full day and evening of debate, the Vermont House gave preliminary approval to health care reform legislation that’s designed to put the state on the path toward a single payer system. The vote on the measure was 89 to 47.VPR News
Documentary Film On Autism Garners National Attention
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A new documentary film sheds fresh light on living with autism. "Wretches and Jabberers" follows two autistic men from Central Vermont as they travel the world on a mission to change attitudes about disability and intelligence.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Sibelius 2
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Mariss Jansons conducts the second symphony of Jean Sibelius, and we’ll also hear Glenn Gould playing one of the little heard piano sonatinas of Sibelius.VPR News
Fogel Plans To Retire From The University Of Vermont In 2012
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University of Vermont President Daniel Mark Fogel plans to retire after a decade leading the state’s best-known university. Fogel has said in the past that he planned to step down to return to teaching.VPR News
Barred Owls Appearing In Unexpected Places
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This winter’s record-breaking snow has taken a toll on our roads and our roofs. But we humans aren’t the only ones having a hard time. Vermont’s Barred Owls are struggling to hunt prey under the deep snow pack. So the nocturnal hunters are getting creative – and showing up in unexpected places.VPR News
Vermont’s Judicial Retention Process Different From Most States
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Judges need approval from legislators for each 6-year term they serve. When a legislative panel recently voted not to recommend Superior Court Judge Mark Keller for another term it raised questions about how Vermont’s judicial retention process works, and how politics affects the tenure of judges.VPR News
Early Educators Divided Over Collective Bargaining Rights
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As other states move to restrict collective bargaining rights, Vermont is considering extending them to early childhood educators. But child care providers themselves are divided over whether they want the right to unionize.Vermont Edition
Childcare Providers Divided Over Bill To Extend Collective Bargaining Rights
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As other states move to restrict collective bargaining rights, Vermont is considering extending them to early childhood educators. But child care providers themselves are divided over whether unionizing would enhance the quality of child care in the state.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Belcea Schubert & Transfigured Night
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The Belcea Quartet plays Schubert’s last quartet, which they’ll play at Middlebury College on Thursday; and we’ll listen to Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night, which will be on Capital City Concerts’ program Saturday in Montpelier.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Englyshe Dances
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Malcolm Arnold’s cheerful "English Dances" for a March morning, along with a visit to Merry Olde England with Ralph Vaughan Williams’ "Three Shakespeare Songs".Commentary Series
Bugbee: A Teacher, Mentor And Soldier
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Sylvia Bugbee has the story of Lt. Col. Betty Bandel, second-ranking officer in the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps during WWII, and head of the WAC Division of the Army Air Forces in 1943.VPR News
Child Care Workers Say Union Would Improve Quality
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Some child care workers in Vermont want to unionize. And a bill currently in the Vermont House would allow them to do so. The union would represent all early educators and home child care providers.VPR News
Advocates: Planned Parenthood Cuts Will Limit Access To Care
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Planned Parenthood says some of its clinics in Vermont could close if Congress successfully eliminates the agency’s federal funding. Proponents of reduced funding say taxpayers shouldn’t have to fund an organization that provides abortions – especially considering the deficit.VPR News
State Plans To Phase Out Bottled Water
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Natural Resources Secretary Deb Markowitz says the administration of Governor Peter Shumlin has committed to phasing out bottled water in state buildings. She says bottled water does not fit with the state’s environmental ethic.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 23, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
George Benson, Int’l Water Day, Bob Mover
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We celebrate the birthdays of guitarist George Benson, both his early work with Jack McDuff and his recent collaboration with Joey DeFrancesco and sax player Bob Move, long a Boston favorite. We also celebrate International Water Day with Rafi Malkiel’s most recent album "Water"Commentary Series
Schubart: NPR Rationale
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Commentator Bill Schubart has been considering the rationale for maintaining a national broadcast service supported in part by the taxpayers, both directly through donations and through government support.VPR News
House Endorses Tax Legislation
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The Vermont House endorsed raising taxes on health care providers, tobacco products and the statewide property rate for education. House lawmakers rejected efforts to impose an income tax surcharge on the wealthy, to help offset cuts to human service programs.VPR News
Long Awaited Replacement Bridge Put On Hold
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A long awaited replacement for the Connecticut River bridges between Brattleboro and Hinsdale, New Hampshire, could be put on hold indefinitely. The Hinsdale Bridge has been tagged for elimination in response to deep cuts proposed by the New Hampshire Legislature.VPR News
Legislature Revisits Question Of Who Owns ‘Pete The Moose’
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Pete is a captive moose that lives inside a game farm in Irasburg. A bill that has won preliminary House approval would return the captive moose to the jurisdiction of the Fish and Wildlife Department.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
An Epic Sonata
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Is it a piano version of the Faust legend? Is it autobiographical? Is it biblical? Questions and theories have always surrounded Liszt’s Sonata in B Minor, but one thing is certain: it is an incredible piece of music. We’ll hear it this afternoon played by Krystian Zimerman.VPR News
Shumlin Wants To Reappoint Volz To PSB
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Governor Peter Shumlin says Vermont’s top utility regulator should be appointed to another six-year term. James Volz has been chairman of the Public Service Board since 2005.VPR News
Debates Heat Up In House And Senate
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VPR’s Bob Kinzel says a number of hot button issues are starting to come up for debate in Vermont’s House and Senate.VPR News
Is Montreal French Or Bilingual?
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A recent survey conducted by the Association of Canadian Studies found that 81% of Quebecers thinks it’s bilingual. We hear from those living in Montreal about what they think.VPR News
Canada Focuses More On The U.S. Than The Reverse
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Trade between the United States and Canada totals more than $1.6 billion daily. Yet Americans give very little thought about their northern neighbors. One reason is that the relationship just works and doesn’t cause U.S. residents or their policy makers to worry.Vermont Edition
Getting Along: Canadian-U.S. Relations
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We hear about the relationship between Canada and the U.S. and why it continues to work. Plus, Quebecers tell us whether they believe Montreal is French or bilingual. And VPR’s Bob Kinzel provides an update on the State Legislature.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Conductor Yakov Kreizberg
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Remembering the Russian-born American conductor, who died last week at age 51.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Water Music For Springtime
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The world gets messy in the springtime, with muddy roads and melting snowbanks and rainy/snowy weather mixes. This morning with seasonal fluidity in mind we’ll hear the first suite from Handel’s "Water Music" and Gwynneth Walker’s "Gifts from the Sea".Commentary Series
Lawless: Breaking Down Gender Stereotypes
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Commentator Ann Lawless of the American Precision Museum in Windsor has been getting ready for Vermont’s Civil War Commemoration this year by collecting stories about what Vermont women were doing both at the battle lines and on the home front.VPR News
Shumlin Administration Wants ATV Rule Repealed
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The Shumlin administration has officially proposed repealing a rule that allows all-terrain vehicles on state land. The announcement has pleased environmentalists and disappointed ATV riders.VPR News
Leahy, Welch Commemorate Peace Corps Anniversary
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Senator Patrick Leahy and Congressman Peter Welch are in Haiti today as part of a trip to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps.VPR News
Attorney General Says Trooper Justified In Fatal Shooting
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The Vermont Attorney General’s office says a state police trooper was justified when he shot and killed a man who had pulled a handgun while the trooper tried to arrest him following a traffic stop in Rutland.VPR News
Montpelier Hosts Rotten Sneaker Contest
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Eight young people from age 9 to 13 are competing to see who’s got the worst old sneakers in a contest in Montpelier.VPR News
Lawmakers To Debate Taxes
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Vermont lawmakers are set to debate taxes. This year’s miscellaneous tax bill contains an increase in a health care provider tax on hospitals and a new tax on health insurance claims.VPR News
Bruegger’s Bagel Chain Sold To Le Duff
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Bruegger’s Enterprises, a Burlington-based bagel store chain, has been purchased by Le Duff America, the North American subsidiary of the French firm Group Le Duff SA.VPR News
State To Review VT Yankee Discharge Permit
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The state’s environmental agency has agreed to review an expired permit that has allowed the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant to pour heated water into the Connecticut River.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 22, 2011In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Mariss Jansons conducts Beethoven and Wagner.Jazz with George Thomas
Spring Is Here
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Spring is here, oh really? In spite of snow flying today we celebrate the first full day Spring with seasonal songs including Betty Carter’s classic version of "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most," Clifford Brown’s "Joy Spring," Dan Skea Quartet’s "Blossoms In Spring" and the Bill Evans Trio’s "Spring Is Here"Commentary Series
Nadworny: Revolutionary Technology
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For commentator Rich Nadworny, one of the most interesting things about the unexpected revolutions in Egypt, Tunisia and other part of North Africa, is the role social media played in supporting them.VPR News
Lt. Governor Is Split On Administration’s Big Bills
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The House is about to take up debate on two of the biggest bills of the session– the budget and healthcare. On one of these issues, Lt. Gov. Phil Scott fundamentally agrees with Gov. Peter Shumlin. On the other, he doesn’t.VPR News
Leahy, Welch Cautiously Support Libya Action
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Senator Patrick Leahy says it’s important that the military offensive in Libya has the backing of the U.N. and the Arab League. Congressman Peter Welch doesn’t want to see the U.S. drawn too deeply into the conflict.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Springy Spring Spring!
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Spring has arrived! At least, technically…but we’ll hear all kinds of Spring music, music for the outdoors, and more this afternoon.VPR News
John Gregg On The NH Legislative Session
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Valley News political editor John Gregg gives VPR’s Jane Lindholm an update on how the legislative session is unfolding in New Hampshire.VPR News
Phil Scott Settles In To This Post
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Almost three months after being sworn in, VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with Lt. Governor Phil Scott about his statewide jobs tour, his views on the health care bill and his focus on buying local.VPR News
NRC Officially Issues 20-Year License Renewal To Vermont Yankee
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Vermont Yankee has been officially granted the 20-year extension of its operating license. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted more than a week ago in favor of a new license for the plant in Vernon. But the license was delayed because the commission was involved in response to the Japanese nuclear crisis.Vermont Edition
An Interview With Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott
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The Lieutenant Governor has three official duties: acting as Governor when the Governor is out of state; presiding over the Senate; and casting a tie-breaking vote. Phil Scott now has experience with the first two. We talk to Lieutenant Governor Scott about settling into his new role, and his goals and priorities for this session.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Spring Music
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Music for the first full day of spring and a conversation with Rick Winston about the Green Mountain Film Festival.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
When Birds Do Sing
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Featuring lighthearted sounds for our first full day of Spring.Commentary Series
Blackwell: Clarina And The Civil War
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According to historian Marilyn Blackwell, the Civil War was the first conflict in which the federal government involved women directly. One of them was Clarina Howard Nichols, best known in Vermont for her promotion of married women’s property rights.VPR Series and Specials
Celebrating Vermont Women In History
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VPR celebrates Women’s History Month with this special series of stories about Vermont Women and the lasting contributions they have made to our life here in Vermont.Commentary Series
Vermont Women: Clarina Howard Nichols
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According to historian Marilyn Blackwell, the Civil War was the first conflict in which the federal government involved women directly. One of them was Clarina Howard Nichols,VPR News
Magic Mountain Fans Determined To Keep Resort Open
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Tucked away in the shadow of the much larger resorts, Londonderry’s Magic Mountain has seen its share of struggle. But the mountain also has its diehard fans who are determined to keep the resort going.VPR News
Busy Agenda On Tap For Vermont House
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The Vermont House has some full days upcoming this week, with health-care legislation, tax and budget bills coming to the floor for debateVPR News
Welch Wants VT Syrup Apart From Log Cabin
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Congressman Peter Welch is asking seven supermarket chains to shelve real Vermont maple syrup apart from a brand that’s not the real thing.VPR News
Music Teacher Faces Pornography Charges
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An Addison County elementary school music teacher is facing child pornography charges.VPR News
Scott Heads To DC For Meeting Of Lieutenant Governors
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Vermont Lt. Gov. Phil Scott travels to Washington this coming week for a meeting of his peers that’s expected to focus on promoting state investments and partnerships with Canada.VPR News
Vermont Vigil Supports People At Risk In Japan
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More than 600 people in VT showed their support for people in Japan with a vigil outside the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.Young Writers Project On VPR
In My Mother’s Womb
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In this piece, Tya Johnson, a sophomore at Essex High School, expresses how her life, her view of the world, has been different than others because she’s always wanted to write it down, to get into words what she sees and understands.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 21, 2011In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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Tenor Stuart Skelton loves Mahler’s uproarious love song to life, Das Lied von der Erde, especially the moments when he gets to sing of the joys of wine! But there is so much tenderness here, too, and Skelton is a master at evoking these and many other moods in Mahler’s masterpiece.All the Traditions
Happy First Day Of Spring !
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Remembering singer-songwriter Jack Hardy, and celebrating the first day of spring!My Place with Joel Najman
The “Hurting” Songs Of Love And Romance – Part One
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Love and romance can bring happiness and bliss, but when cupid’s arrow misses its mark, there can be sadness and hurt as well – something not lost on the songwriters of our contemporary popular music. This week, Joel Najman’s My Place program presents an hour of the "hurting" songs of love and romance dating from the 1940’s to the mid-1960’s, with memorable recordings by the Mills Brothers, Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison and many others.The VPR Saturday Special
Snap Judgment: The Inner Story
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This week, Snap Judgment examines inner storytelling and how we use it to make sense of the world around us.VPR News
Public Pays Respects To Fallen Marine
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Friends, family, and admirers streamed into the Union Baptist Church in St. Johnsbury on Friday to pay tribute to Marine Corporal Ian Muller, who died during combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan last week.Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Lucia di Lammermoor
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Natalie Dessay sings the title role in Donizetti’s "Lucia di Lammermoor", live from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.Interlude
Charles Gounod
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Gounod’s popular opera "Faust" was premiered on this date in 1859; we’ll hear excerpts from "Faust" as well as his second symphony.Jazz with George Thomas
Bill Frisell, Mort Dixon, Joe Burke, Lennie Tristano, Eliane Elias
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We celebrate a variety of jazz birthdays tonight including experimental-guitarist Bill Frisell, lyricist Mort Dixon (his songs include: "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "You’re My Everything,") composer Joe Burke ("Moon Over Miami"), and pianist, teacher and composer Lennie Tristano.In Concert @ 8
Deutsche Welle Festival Broadcasts: Berlin Festival
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David Robertson conducts 20th century music in BerlinThe VPR Table
The VPR Table: Peak Coffee
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The finest tasting coffee comes from Colombia, but changing climate is hampering crop yields.VPR News
Bill Gives Workers A Half-Hour Break
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Under legislation advanced by the Vermont House, employers would have to offer workers half-hour breaks every six hours.VPR News
House Advances Mandatory Minimum Bill For DUI
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The House has advanced a bill that encourages judges to impose mandatory minimum sentences in cases where drunk drivers kill or maim their victims.VPR News
Adminstration Looks For Savings In Mental Health Programs
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The Shumlin administration wants to implement a performance-based contracting system to pay mental health care providers. And if that doesn’t cut costs, the state may put some of the services out to competitive bid.VPR News
Mud Season Arrives In Vermont
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With the onset of warmer weather, Vermont’s dirt roads have turned into mud, part of an annual "mud season" in the state.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Honoring Muti
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Conductor Riccardo Muti was recently awarded the $1 million Birgit Nilsson Memorial Prize for his "extraordinary contributions and influence in the world of music." Today, we’ll hear him conduct the 1st Symphony of Brahms.VPR News
Special Coverage: President Obama’s Statement On Libya
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Listen to VPR for a one hour news special from NPR on Libya. This special report will examine the UN No-Fly Zone resolution and its implications for the united states. President Obama is expected to make a statement on Libya this afternoon and that statement will be part of the special.VPR News
Analysis: Japan Nuclear Meltdown Effect on Vermont Yankee
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VPR’s John Dillon provides analysis of Vermont Yankee’s ability to get a final ok from the federal government to extend its operating license another 20 years. The final approval has been delayed as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission watches events in Japan unfold.VPR News
Business Community Divided On Health Bill
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In the next week, it’s expected that legislation that puts the state on the path to a single payer health care system will come to floor of the House for a vote. But members of Vermont’s business community are split on whether the legislation is good for business.Vermont Edition
Is Health Care Reform Good For Business?
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Vermont’s business community is split over the health care legislation at the Statehouse that would put the state on the path to a single payer health care system.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Namouna
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Edouard Lalo’s ballet of a beautiful slave, won and freed by a gambler.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Spring Prelude
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Spring is (nearly) in the air now. It officially arrives on Sunday afternoon. This morning we’ll enjoy vernal sounds from Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert.Commentary Series
Lange: Looking For The Essence
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With signs of spring stirring in the north country, commentator Willem Lange is contemplating the essence of Vermont.VPR News
Religious Group Taking Part In Carbon Fast
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One group in Brattleboro has decided to spend Lent reducing their carbon footprint. The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Initiative is taking part in a carbon-fast, an idea that originated in England, spread to Boston and now Vermont, and is expanding its reach even more.VPR News
Single-Payer Bill Moves Through Vermont House
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Legislation that’s designed to put Vermont on the path to adopting a single payer health care system is moving through the House. The bill is one of Governor Peter Shumlin’s top priorities for the 2011 session.VPR News
Legislative Committee Opposes Judge’s Reappointment
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A committee of the Vermont Legislature is recommending that Judge Mark Keller not be given another six-year term on the bench.VPR News
House Advances Wide-Ranging Jobs Bill
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Vermont lawmakers on Thursday advanced a jobs bill with enhanced incentives for businesses that create new jobs, a new statewide internship program, grants for fruit and vegetable farmers trying to upgrade their operations and a host of other provisions.VPR News
House Advances Bill Hitting Repeat DUIs
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The Vermont House has given preliminary approval to toughening penalties for repeat drunken drivers, and creating a new crime of letting someone use a car when the person granting permission knows the driver will be impaired.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 18, 2011VPR News
Special Coverage: President Obama’s Statement On Libya
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Listen to VPR for a one hour news special from NPR on Libya. This special report will examine the UN No-Fly Zone resolution and its implications for the united states. President Obama is expected to make a statement on Libya this afternoon and that statement will be part of the special.Jazz with George Thomas
St. Patrick’s Day, Nat King Cole
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We celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, with jazz versions of "Danny Boy" by Bill Evans & Ben Webster, "How Are Things In Glocca Morra" by Sonny Rollins and lots more Green classics. We also celebrate the birthday of one of the greats, Nat King Cole, pianist, composer & vocalist extraordinaire.Commentary Series
Delaney: Gary the Barber
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Do politicians really care about the middle class after the elections? Commentator Dennis Delaney recently got an earful from Gary the barber.VPR News
Parallels Drawn Between Vermont Yankee And Japan Plant
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As events at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan unfolded this week, direct parallels were quickly drawn between that plant and Vermont Yankee. Both plants use the same GE Mark 1 reactor and spent fuel storage systems.VPR News
Legislature Working Its Way Through Big Bills
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Lawmakers are busy in Montpelier this week working their way through some of the big bills of the session. In the House, an economic development initiative won preliminary approval Thursday.VPR News
Body Of U.S. Marine Is Back Home In Vermont
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A motorcade carried the body of Cpl. Ian Muller, of North Danville, from the Burlington International Airport to St. Johnsbury, along roads lined with people paying their respects. The 22 year old was killed in combat last week in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province.VPR News
Former VYO Conductor Sues Orchestra
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A former conductor of the Vermont Youth Orchestra who was fired after seven months on the job has sued the orchestra. Ronald Braunstein alleges that the VYO discriminated against him and committed libel and slander. The VYO says Braunstein was terminated over performance issues.VPR News
Documentary Tells Stories Of Foster Kids
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with filmmaker Bess Obrien about her new work, "Ask Us Who We Are," which explores the lives and experiences of Vermont foster children and their biological and foster families. It’s part of the 14th Green Mountain Film Festival which opens Friday in Montpelier.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
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St. Patrick’s Day means it’s time to dig up some Irish goodies on VPR Classical. We’ll hear from three Irish composers this afternoon, and one very popular Irish flutist. Cheers!VPR News
Bristol Chef Praises Maple’s Versatility
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Chef Doug Mack of Mary’s Restaurant at the Inn at Baldwin Creek in Bristol believes maple syrup works perfectly with full-flavored foods. He says it’s great for slow cooking sauces and savory dishes.VPR News
Opinions Differ On Yankee’s Vulnerability
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As a result of the developments at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, former nuclear industry engineer Arnie Gundersen thinks it’s important for Vermont Yankee to investigate the reactors points of vulnerability. Entergy Nuclear vice president of engineering Tim Mitchell says the plant has analyzed its severe accident mitigation guidelines and have not found any gaps in the level of preparation at the plant.Vermont Edition
How Does Vermont Yankee Stack Up Against Mother Nature?
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In light of the developments in Japan, we look at how Vermont Yankee would fare in a natural disaster. Plus, filmmaker Bess O’Brien discusses her new work, "Ask Us Who We Are." And we get tips on cooking with maple syrup.Classical Music with Walter Parker
St. Patrick’s Day Music
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Music of Irish composers and musicians.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Wearing O’the Green
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VPR Classical goes green for St. Patrick’s Day.Commentary Series
Feeney: Irish Vermont
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With a tip o’ the hat to Saint Patrick, commentator and historian Vince Feeney tells us about Vermont’s surprisingly large Irish population.VPR News
Bradley’s Legacy To Vermont Criminal Justice Remembered
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Kevin Bradley was a rookie cop in Burlington in the 1970’s when he was teamed up to work undercover with Paul Lawrence, a hot shot veteran detective from St. Albans who was brought in on loan to Vermont’s largest city to help make drug busts. Lawrence was later found to be framing people. More than 70 people eventually had convictions overturned.VPR News
Muller’s Remains To Return To Vermont
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The remains of a Vermont Marine killed in Afghanistan will be returned to his family this morning. 22-year-old Corporal Ian Muller of Danville was killed Friday in Afghanistan.VPR News
Sanders To Chair Senate Panel
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Sen. Bernie Sanders has been appointed chairman of a Senate subcommittee dealing with health and aging issues.VPR News
Lawmakers Ask For Study On Medical Malpractice
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Vermont lawmakers may ask the Shumlin administration to produce recommendations for reforming the medical malpractice system in the state with an eye to lowering health care costs.VPR News
Collective Bargaining Becomes Issue In Health Debate
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A new question is cropping up as the debate over health care reform in Vermont unfolds against the backdrop of moves in other states to strip public employee unions of their collective bargaining rights.VPR News
Middlebury Student Headed To Scripps National Spelling Bee
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A sixth grader from Mary Hogan Elementary School in Middlebury won the Vermont State Individual Spelling Bee yesterday.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 17, 2011
Jazz with George Thomas
Disney Jazz, Ruby Braff, Tommy Flanagan
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We begin tonight with Disney Jazz from a new CD "Everybody Wants To Be A Cat" featuring Esperanza Spalding, Roberta Gamborini & The Dave Brubeck Trio and Kurt Rosenwinkle. We also celebrate the birthdays of cornet player Ruby Braff and pianist Tommy Flanagan.Commentary Series
Killacky: Cyberspace Visionary
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Commentator John Killacky has been indulging in a popular winter pastime – relaxing with a good book – one that’s re-introduced him to what he calls "a cyberspace visionary."VPR News
Yankee Included In Federal Review Of Nuclear Plants
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Federal officials will review the safety of all U.S. nuclear power plants in the wake of the ongoing nuclear catastrophe in Japan. But that review is not likely to halt a new federal license for Vermont Yankee.VPR News
Senate Bill Tilts Balance In Open Meeting Law
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The state Senate has advanced a bill that would strengthen the open meeting law by giving greater legal clout to those trying to open government meetings. It says judges shall award legal fees to people who successfully sue over violations of the open meeting statute.VPR News
Health Care Providers Rally At Statehouse
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Vermont doctors, nurses and other health professionals rallied at the Statehouse Wednesday to speak out about budget cuts and provider tax increases they say will put patient care in jeopardy.VPR Presents
VPR Presents Jay Allison
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Jay Allison, best known for his work with The Moth and This I Believe, speaks about storytelling at Middlebury College.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony
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Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony is an enormous outpouring of emotion spanning nearly an hour. We’ll hear it this afternoon with Charles Dutoit and the Philadelphia Orchestra.VPR News
From Sap To Syrup
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Rick Read and his daughter Sydney of Hartland collect sap from trees on their property and boil it down to syrup.VPR News
Women In Vermont Politics
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When Vermont elected Madeleine Kunin as governor in 1984, only four other women in the country had been elected to that office. Today, Vermont has the second highest percentage of women in the legislature. Several current and former female politicians discuss the impact women have on the conversation and policy in Vermont.Vermont Edition
Women In Politics In Vermont
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When Vermont elected Madeleine Kunin as governor in 1984, only four other women in the country had been elected to that office. Today, Vermont has the second highest percentage of women in the legislature. We talk to several women who can share their experiences and perspective in politics.VPR News
Online Businesses Say Tax Bill Would Hurt Sales
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Local bloggers and in-state retailers affiliated with Internet sellers say a legislative proposal to tax companies such as Amazon would be hurt them. They’ve organized a campaign to fight the bill.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Schubert’s Seventh?
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We’ll listen to a realization of Schubert’s full-length sketch for a seventh symphony.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Introduction By Ravel
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This morning, Maurice Ravel’s "Introduction and Variations" with the Nash Ensemble.Commentary Series
Seamans: Disaster In Japan
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Commentator Bill Seamans has been watching events unfold in Japan, and wondering what long-distance impact they may have here at home.VPR News
Energy Bill Includes Small Fee For Utility Users
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An energy bill moving through the House would impose a small fee on utility bills to fund renewable energy projects. Backers of the bill describe it as a stopgap measure until the Shumlin administration crafts a new state energy plan.VPR News
Bridge Archway To Be Built In Port Henry
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The construction company building a new bridge across Lake Champlain has secured a location to assemble the structure’s center arch.VPR News
Japan Crisis Delays Yankee License
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Federal regulators say they have to delay issuing a new 20 year license for Vermont Yankee because officials are busy assisting with the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan.VPR News
Air Guard To Return From Korea
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More Vermont Air National Guard members are returning home from Korea.VPR News
Auditor Outlines Plan To Prevent Embezzlement
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Vermont’s state auditor told lawmakers Tuesday that a key to stopping embezzlers is letting people who have access to public cash know that they’re being watched. He wants towns, agencies and non-profits required to complete a checklist of internal cash controls and to certify it.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 16, 2011
Jazz with George Thomas
Chippie Hill, Harry James
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We celebrate the birthday of classic blues singer Chippie Hill, a contemporary of Bessie Smith, Sippie Wallace and other great female blues singers of the 20’s & 30’s. Trumpeter Harry James also has a birthday and we hear a request for Dexter Gordon’s 17 minute version of "Body And Soul."Commentary Series
Mares: GP Marsh
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Today is the 210th anniversary of the birth of Geprge Perkins Marsh, and commentator Bill Mares is thinking about the influence of this Vermonter, who has been called the world’s first environmentalist.VPR News
GOP Leaders Want To Slow Down On Health Care Reform
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Republican leaders in the House say a health care reform bill is being rushed through without enough study or input from Vermonters. And they’re concerned about the costs of a new Health Care Board.VPR News
Vermont Paying Out More Than Expected In Tax Refunds
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The state is paying out some larger than expected income tax refund checks this winter. And while income tax revenues are running 10% higher than a year ago, they’re not meeting projections for this year.VPR News
Early Educators Push For Collective Bargaining Rights
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Early educators hoping to win collective bargaining rights were out in force at the Vermont Statehouse on Tuesday, lobbying on behalf of a bill that would recognize child care providers as state employees and would allow them to negotiate with the state over subsidy rates, health care benefits and licensing issues.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Stoltzman Plays Mozart
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Richard Stoltzman was in our performance studio earlier today, and this afternoon we’ll hear his wonderful recording of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet with the Tokyo String Quartet.VPR News
Tapping Backyard Maples
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VPR’s Steve Zind heads into the woods to tap trees with a family that does its own backyard sugaring.VPR News
Visiting Artists: Cartoonist Ed Koren
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Jane Lindholm visits cartoonist Ed Koren in his Brookfield studio to learn how he approaches his work.VPR News
From Generator To Light Swicth: How The Power Grid Works
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As people in our region debate the best ways to generate energy, Vermont Edition takes a look at the infrastructure that transmits electricity from massive generating sources to our homes and offices.Vermont Edition
How The Electric Grid Works
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The alarm clock goes off, you flip on the light switch and the automatic coffee maker starts brewing. And while these actions are simple and mundane, the electric grid that powers our everyday electric devices is a vast and complicated system.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Dinnerstein & Stoltzman LIVE
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Pianist Simone Dinnerstein & clarinetist Richard Stoltzman play in the VPR Performance Studio.Commentary Series
Doane: Coming Home
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Nearly 1500 Soldiers of the Vermont National Guard returned home from Afghanistan at the beginning of this year. Commentator and military veteran Larry Doane has been thinking about his own homecoming and the questions it brings.VPR News
Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Prompts Calls For U.S. Safety Review
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Experts say the growing problems at crippled nuclear power plants in Japan may prompt a review of safety issues in the U.S. If there is a review, Vermont Yankee would probably be part of it because its design is similar to the reactors in Japan.VPR News
Muller’s Family Says He Was A Hero
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A 22-year old Marine from Danville was killed Friday during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Ian Muller joined the Marine Corps in December 2007 and was promoted to corporal in June, 2010.VPR News
Salmon To Share Plan To Prevent Embezzlement
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Vermont’s state auditor says he has a plan to prevent embezzlement and detect it when it happens.VPR News
Abenaki Chief In Court For Exploitation
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The chief of Vermont’s Missisquoi Abenaki tribe has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge she exploited an elderly adult whose financial records she was managing.VPR News
Woman Charged In Assault On VA Nurse
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A Vermont judge says the conduct of a woman who allegedly threatened a nurse at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital suggests she’s a danger to the community.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Ann all-Brahms program conducted by Bernard Haitink.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 15, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Joe Morello, Shirley Scott, Mark Murphy, Edward Heyman
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We sadly note the passing of drummer Joe Morello, who recorded and toured with The Dave Brubeck Quartet. We celebrate the birthdays of organist Shirley Scott, the distinctive vocalist Mark Murphy and lyricist Edward Heyman whose tunes include "Body And Soul," "I Cover The Waterfront," and "Blame It On My Youth."VPR News
Threat Of Flooding Still Looms
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Vermont cities and towns continue to brace for the possibility of river ice jams and flooding. In Montpelier on Monday, a large crane was working to break up ice in the Winooski River.Commentary Series
Gilbert: Film Fest Season
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Commentator Peter Gilbert is executive director of the Vermont Humanities Council. With the annual Green Mountain Film Festival coming to Montpelier at the end of this week, he’s been thinking about movies, books, and ideas.VPR News
Vermont Marine Dies In Afghanistan
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A Marine from Danville, Vermont has died in fighting in Afghanistan. The U.S. Department of Defense says 22-year-old Cpl. Ian M. Muller was killed Friday in combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.VPR News
Welch Pushes Plan To Curb Soaring Gas Prices
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Congressman Peter Welch wants to see 30 million gallons of oil from the nation’s strategic oil reserve – that’s about 5 percent of the total. But the Vermont Petroleum Association says the Reserve should be tapped only in cases of a national emergency.VPR News
Rutland Gets Good News From Its Sister City In Japan
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Rutland Mayor Christopher Louras says the city will try to raise money for its sister city – Ishidoriya, Japan – following Friday’s devastating earthquake. The mayor and others in Rutland say they’ve been relieved to hear that the region was much less affected by the disaster than they’d feared.VPR News
Report Says Housing Affordability Improved In 2010
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A new report says the cost of buying a house in Vermont has dropped. According to the Vermont Economy Newsletter, low interest rates have made it easier for people to get into the housing market.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Elgar’s Slice of Pi
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March 14th is Pi Day! We’ll hear a debatable reference to pi in Elgar’s Enigma Variations this afternoon. Also today, a trip to Italy with Tchaikovsky, and some folksong variations by Zoltan Kodaly.VPR News
A Primer On Maple Flavor
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A maple specialist for the Vermont Department of Agriculture shares his thoughts on what distinguishes one jar of maple syrup from another.VPR News
Three Plants Listed As Endangered
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Three plant species have been newly listed as endangered in Vermont. VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with Burlington Free Press environmental reporter Candace Page about what the listing means for the plants and their habitat.VPR Series and Specials
40 to 1: Maple Sugar Season – A Look At The Sugaring Process
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All this week Vermont Edition celebrates the tradition of maple sugaring in the series 40 to 1: Maple Sugar Season, which looks at how to tap, boil, grade and cook with Vermont’s liquid gold.VPR News
VPR President Comments On NPR Scandal
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with VPR President Robin Turnau about NPR’s leadership problems and the proposed elimination of federal funding for public broadcasting, and how these two national stories affect the operations of VPR.Vermont Edition
Public Radio Under Scrutiny
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When NPR has a high-profile scandal — like the secretly videotaped comments by an executive and the resignation of its president — it focuses scrutiny on member stations, like VPR, and their relationship to the national network.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Richard Stoltzman Plays Brahms
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His Grammy-winning recording of the Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano.Commentary Series
Bittinger: Remembering Helen Stafford
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The late Helen Stafford managed both public and private life with style and grace. Commentator Cyndy Bittinger has this remembrance.VPR News
Montreal Closely Following Hockey Player’s Injury
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When Montreal forward Max Pacioretty lay motionless on the ice after being checked by Boston Bruins’ defenseman Zdeno Chara into a turnbuckle stanchion in a game last week, the reaction in the Bell Centre rippled beyond the building, out into the city, and eventually throughout the country prompting outrage and calls for punishment beyond the confines of the league’s regulations.VPR News
Guard Outreach Program Receives Short-Term Reprieve
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Vermont National Guard officials say an important family outreach program that was scheduled to run out of money next month has received a short term reprieve. The Guard learned last week that additional federal funds have been allocated to help the program continue for a while longer, but its long term future is doubtful.VPR News
Ski Areas Hope To Break 4 Million Mark
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Vermont ski areas are hoping what’s been the third-snowiest winter on record will nudge the skier-visit total over the 4 million mark.VPR News
Entergy Poised To Square Off With VT Over Power Plant
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With the federal approval it needed at hand, Entergy is poised to do battle with the state of Vermont over the future of its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.VPR News
Former Ira Treasurer Faces Felony Fraud Charge
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The former Ira town treasurer charged with embezzling more than $400,000 from the town is now facing a federal fraud charge.VPR News
Former Police Officer And Prosecutor Bradley Dies
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A former Burlington police officer who exposed a corrupt detective and changed the way the state handles drug cases has died in Florida.VPR News
Blood Drives Hampered By Snow Storm
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Last week’s record snow storm that dumped 2 feet across Vermont not only closed schools and businesses but also kept people from giving blood.VPR News
Brattleboro Says It Can’t Allow ‘Hookah Lounge’
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A University of Massachusetts graduate student says he might revive his idea of opening a "hookah lounge" in the Vermont town of Brattleboro where people would be able to smoke herbal tobacco.VPR News
Committees To Hold Health Care Hearing Tonight
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Committees from the Vermont House and Senate will hold a joint public hearing on a universal health care bill.VPR News
Most VT Pollution Comes From Small Leaks
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A nonprofit group that monitors toxic waste sites says most pollution comes from small sources, such as homes and mom-and-pop stores, not big industrial Superfund sites.Young Writers Project On VPR
Tribute
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This week, Rae Ellis, a senior at Woodstock Union High School, writes about losing her friend, a well-used, trusted Volvo station wagon which has been relegated to the scrap heap, clipping her wings and soul in the process.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Schumann’s Symphony No. 2 has moments of such gorgeous song — though no words — that the strings of the orchestra can feel for a moment like the world’s greatest opera stars. Heart-melting music from Amsterdam.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 14, 2011All the Traditions
St. Patrick, Mardi Gras, and Tibetan New Year All Rolled Into One!
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So much to celebrate, and so much wonderful traditional music to choose from!My Place with Joel Najman
Popular Songs About The “Moon” And “Moonlight” – Part Three
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program presents a third and concluding hour of vintage popular songs about the "moon" and "moonlight", mainly from within the rock & roll idiom.The VPR Saturday Special
Snap Judgment: Drop Everything
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This week, we hear tales of urgency and priority from Snap Judgment.Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Boris Godunov
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Mussorgsky’s masterpiece Boris Godunov is performed live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.Jazz with George Thomas
Mercer Ellington, Bobby McFerrin
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We celebrate the birthday of Mercer Ellington, son of Duke Ellington, occasional mellophone player and composer of "Thing’s Ain’t What They Used To Be" and the birthday of vocalist Bobby McFerrin, heard with Chick Corea on "Spain."VPR News
Stratton Hosts U.S. Open Snowboarding Competition
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Enni Rukajarvi of Finland has won the women’s slopestyle competition at the U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships at soggy Stratton Mountain in Vermont.The VPR Table
The VPR Table: Church of the North Woods
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On this week’s VPR Table, we’ll explore Vermont’s rural sugaring tradition.VPR News
House Speaker Supports Health Care Provider Tax
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House Speaker Shap Smith says he supports Governor Shumlin’s plan to raise $30 million dollars in new health care provider taxes to help balance next year’s budget. Smith says that unlike many other states, Vermont dedicates the revenue exclusively to health care programs.VPR News
Lawmakers Crack Down On Drunk Drivers
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Lawmakers in Montpelier are moving on a number of fronts to crack down on drunk drivers. A House bill says judges should impose a five year sentence for driving under the influence with death or serious injury resulting.VPR News
Author Interview: Sara Henry On “Learning To Swim”
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Imagine you’re taking the ferry across Lake Champlain, and you’re the only person who sees a child falling overboard. That’s the scenario that opens "Learning To Swim", a debut novel by Vermont author Sara J. Henry.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Orpheus in Manhattan
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Today I’ll speak with Dartmouth College professor Steve Swayne about his new biography of William Schuman. We’ll also hear some of Schuman’s music, as well as works by Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saens, and Schumann (yes, the one with two n’s) this afternoon.VPR News
Tsunami Arrives In California, Knocks Boats Loose
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Waves from a tsunami caused surges along California’s coast that shook some boats loose from docks, as beach-area residents evacuated to higher ground.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: March, 11, 2011
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The massive snow storm at the beginning of the week and the governor’s secret vacation destination dominated the news this week. These were some of the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Analysis: Tough Problems Ahead For Shumlin
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Political analyst Eric Davis looks at how Governor Shumlin will navigate issues like the health care bill, the state budget and Vermont Yankee.VPR News
Shap Smith On High Profile Bills In The House
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VPR’s Bob Kinzel talks with House Speaker Shap Smith about committee work on a number of key pieces of legislation.VPR News
News Of Earthquake Hits Close To Home For Vermont Sister City
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For more than 25 years, Rutland has enjoyed a sister city relationship with Ishidoriya, a small town in northern Japan that is now part of Hanimaki City. Just weeks ago, students from Hanimaki City were in Rutland as part of an annual exchange.VPR News
Japan Quake Delaying Return Of Vt. Guardsmen
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A Vermont National Guard official says the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan is going to delay the return to the state of 30 Air National Guard members from South Korea.Vermont Edition
House Speaker Smith
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A number of high-profile bills will be emerging from committee in the Vermont House in the coming weeks, and House Speaker Shap Smith discusses them and takes your questions on Vermont Edition.VPR News
First Waves From Tsunami Hit Northern California
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Waves are surging slightly along California’s northern coast near the Oregon border from a tsunami triggered by the massive earthquake in Japan.VPR News
Thousands Roam Tokyo Streets, Stations After Quake
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Japan’s huge earthquake brought super-modern Tokyo to a standstill Friday, paralyzing trains that normally run like clockwork and stranding hordes of commuters carrying mobile phones rendered largely useless by widespread outages.Classical Music with Walter Parker
From The Archives: Pianist Martina Filjak LIVE
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Pianist Martina Filjak, winner of the 2009 Cleveland International Piano Competition, joined Walter Parker in the VPR Performance Studio in March for a preview of her Lane Series recital. In case you missed the program, the audio is posted here.VPR News
Hundreds Dead As Tsunami Slams Japan’s Eastern Coast
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A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan’s eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it swept away boats, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out of control.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: Intervention in Libya
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Should the United States intervene militarily on the side of the rebels in Libya? Commentator and veteran ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore examines the arguments.In Concert @ 8
Deutsche Welle Festival Broadcasts: Beethoven Festival in Bonn
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No Beethoven from Beethoven Fest tonight, but lots of other goodies.VPR News
President Obama’s Press Conference
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Listen to NPR’s live coverage of today’s presidential press conference online. The focus of the press conference will be gas prices, but we expect he will also address the tsunami and questions about Libya, Wisconsin and domestic politics.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 11, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Bix Beiderbecke
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We celebrate the birthday of one of those colorful characters of early jazz, cornet (& piano) player Bix Beiderbeck, his clear brass sounds clearly heard in Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra and solo piano with his own composition "In A Mist." We also hear Listener Requests for Bill Evans Trio and Bobby Hutcherson’s vibes.Commentary Series
Kunin: Cutting the Budget
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Commentator and former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin is concerned that cutting the federal budget is becoming less about fiscal responsibility and more about political opportunism.VPR News
Smith’s Message To Lawmakers: Don’t Raise Taxes
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House Speaker Shap Smith has given lawmakers their marching orders: don’t hike taxes, even to save social programs from budget cuts. He’s asked the House tax-writing committee to stick to the Shumlin Administration’s plan to limit new revenue sources.VPR News
NRC Clears Vermont Yankee For License Extension
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The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant has won federal permission to renew its operating license, which was scheduled to expire a year from now. But the decision doesn’t automatically mean Yankee can continue operating, because its owner still hasn’t won state permission.VPR News
As Snow Melts, Vermont Communities Brace For Flooding
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With rain, warm temperatures and melting snow in the forecast, Vermont cities and towns are bracing for the possibility of river ice jams and flooding.VPR News
Backstage: “Orphans” Comes To New Burlington Performance Space
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The play "Orphans" is part of an inaugural year for a new theater in Burlington’s Old North End. VPR’s Neal Charnoff goes backstage to get the story of the play, and the theater.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
A Big Concerto
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Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto is enormous, both in terms of its length and its demands on the soloist. We’ll hear it this afternoon, as well as choral music by Eric Whitacre, a late Haydn symphony, and Tchiakovsky’s tribute to Mozart.VPR News
The “New Look” Vermont Life
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Vermont Life editor Mary Hegarty says the publication’s new look is about embracing the present.VPR News
Lawmakers Look At New Approaches To Recycling
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The Vermont legislature is considering new approaches to recycling including expanding the bottle bill and making producers responsible for recycling programs.Vermont Edition
New Approaches To Recycling
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Only 32 percent of recyclable materials in Vermont is disposed of properly. The legislature is looking at ways to improve that figure, including expanding the state’s bottle bill.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Copland by Stoltzman
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Richard Stoltzman plays Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concerto.Commentary Series
Douglas: Watching Wisconsin
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Commentator and former Vermont governor Jim Douglas, has been watching events in Wisconsin to see if they might offer any useful lessons for Vermonters.VPR News
Pownal Biomass Project May Be On Hold
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A panel of experts met at Bennington College to consider how a 30 megawatt biomass plant might impact the region’s forests, air, water and communities.VPR News
Starbucks, Green Mountain Reach Single-Cup Deal
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Starbucks and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters say they’ve reached a deal that will bring single-cup Starbucks coffee to Keurig users.VPR News
South Burlington Teachers Approve Contract
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Both teachers and school board members in South Burlington are praising a three-year contract that helped avert a teachers’ strike.VPR News
House Panel Works On Wildlife Bill
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A panel of Vermont lawmakers is hoping to finish work this week on a bill designating the state’s wildlife as a public trust – an effort prompted by debate over the fate of a moose called Pete.VPR News
Injured Backcountry Skier Rescued On Mount Mansfield
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A backcountry skier who suffered a head injury has been rescued from Mt. Mansfield.VPR News
Bridport Man Charged In Accidental Shooting
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A Bridport is facing charges of reckless endangerment and simple assault in an accidental shooting that critically injured his neighbor last August.VPR News
Senate Advances Young Offenders Bill
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The Vermont Senate gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a bill aimed at clearing up jurisdictional confusion created when two Bennington judges refused to hear a case involving an 18-year-old man charged with committing sex crimes when he was 13.
Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 10, 2011Commentary Series
Krupp: Combating Obesity
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The current debate about obesity has caught the attention of commentator Ron Krupp. And he’s been inspired to make a few changes in his own lifestyle.VPR News
Charlotte-Essex Ferry Route Shut Down By Ice
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The ferry that crosses Lake Champlain between Essex, New York and Charlotte, Vermont has shut down due to ice on the lake. That means commuters now face a two-hour detour.VPR News
Mental Health Advocates Fight Proposed Budget Cuts
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Governor Peter Shumlin’s budget would cut about $11 million from mental health programs. But advocates say the cuts would break a promise the state made 30 years ago when it made a fundamental change to the way mental health care is provided in Vermont.VPR News
Mystery Solved: Governor Returns From Caribbean Vacation
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Governor Peter Shumlin says he went on a brief vacation to the Caribbean island of Dominica over the past five days. He says he kept the location a secret because he went without state police security.VPR News
Internet Tax Legislation Is Endorsed By House Lawmakers
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The Vermont House has endorsed a bill that would allow Vermont to extend its sales tax to retailers that operate online. Right now, consumers only pay the six percent tax if they buy something at a store in the state, or if they make an online purchase from a company that also operates a store in the state.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Mitsuko’s Grammy Award
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Today we’ll hear pianist Mitsuko Uchida’s first Grammy Award-winning recording of Mozart’s Piano Concerto #24. Also today, Beethoven’s final string quartet and little-heard chamber music by Weber.VPR News
Singer/Songwriter Joshua Panda Live In The VPR Studios
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Local singer/songwriter Joshua Panda, whose music is a combination of country and soul performs live in the VPR studios.VPR News
Tips And Inspiration For Starting A Kitchen Garden
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With fresh snow now blanketing most of Vermont, spring – and gardening – still feel like quite a ways away. But it’s never too early to start thinking about your garden, according to Ellen Ecker Ogden, the author of a new garden design and cookbook.Vermont Edition
Creating Your Own Kitchen Garden
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With at least two feet of fresh snow now blanketing most of Vermont, spring – and gardening – still feel like quite a ways away. But it’s never too early to start thinking about your garden.VPR Presents
VPR Presents: The American Negro Spiritual
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Dr. Francois Clemmons talks about and performs the American Negro Spiritual.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Claremont Beethoven
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The Claremont Trio’s new recording of Beethoven’s Piano Trio No. 3.Commentary Series
Slayton: Winter Pleasures
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Commentator Tom Slayton doesn’t mind all the ice and snow we’ve had this winter. In fact, he thinks this is the way winter should be.VPR News
Should The Governor Have An Expectation Of Privacy?
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Governor Peter Shumlin returned from vacation yesterday, and he’ll likely be compelled to answer some questions about where he went. VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb asks Linda Fowler, Professor of Political Science at Dartmouth College whether it matters where the governor went on vacation.VPR News
Dentists Concerned About Proposed Provider Tax
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A proposal by the Shumlin Administration to impose a new health care provider tax on dentists is being closely reviewed at the Statehouse. The plan is designed to raise $6 million next year, and there are concerns that those costs will be passed along to consumers.VPR News
Wind, Rain Made Snow Clean Up Difficult
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Vermont’s Agency of Transportation continued to clean up Tuesday from the storm that dumped two-plus feet of snow in the Northern part of the state on Monday. In the South, rivers flooded and culverts jammed up with ice, sending icy water up and over the roads.VPR News
Weather Forces Change In College Ski Event
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Organizers of the NCAA skiing championships being held in Stowe are re-scheduling the giant slalom. The reason: inclement weather.VPR News
Farmers Want Documents Unsealed In Antitrust Case
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Attorneys representing some Northeast dairy farmers in an antitrust lawsuit against a dairy cooperative and its marketing affiliate say the cooperative is misleading dairy farmers about the merits of the case.VPR News
Nine Vehicle Accident Closed Interstate
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Nine vehicles slipped off Interstate 89 or into each other in a chain reaction that started when a tow truck that was pulling a vehicle back onto the highway was struck by a vehicle that lost control on ice.Jazz with George Thomas
Ornette Coleman
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We celebrate the birthday of alto saxophonist (he also plays violin & trumpet) Ornette Coleman, renown for his impact on contemporary jazz from the late 1950’s onward with a blues-based structure. We also sample new releases including Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya’s "Sotho Blue."In Concert @ 8
New York Philharmonic
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Branford Marsalis is featured in two works for saxophone and orchestra.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 9, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
George Coleman & Mardi Gras Part 3
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We celebrate the birthday of tenor saxophonist George Coleman who worked with a number of years with Miles Davis. We also hear Mardi Gras Part 3 with Harry Connick’s jazz vesion of "Mardi Gras In New Orleans" and James Booker’s take on "On The Sunny Side Of The Street"In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Netherlands Radio Phil. & Choir
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This week we’ll hear the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Choir in a contemporary program of Stravinsky, Adams, and Milhaud.Commentary Series
Hunter: Questions For The Birds
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The more commentator Edith Hunter watches birds at the feeder in the winter – the more mysteries she finds to ponder.VPR News
“Death With Dignity” Legislation Raises Renewed Debate
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Vermont is once again facing a debate over whether terminally ill patients should have the right to end their own lives with help from a doctor. Supporters of legislation being considered in the House call it "Death with Dignity", while opponents call it "physician-assisted suicide."VPR News
NRC Clears Way For Vermont Yankee License Extension
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Federal regulators are close to issuing a new 20-year license for the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. A vote this week by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission could clear the way for Yankee’s license extension.VPR News
Voters Boost Tax Benefits For Disabled Veterans
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Voters in 31 towns have decided to boost a property tax benefit for disabled veterans. State law allows towns to exempt the first $40,000 of a disabled veteran’s property value from local taxes. But up until a few years ago, many towns did not allow the full benefit.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
A Lot of Really, Really Good Stuff
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Today we’ll hear Emanuel Ax playing a Beethoven concerto in a live recording from San Francisco. We’ll also celebrate the 100th birthday of Alan Hovhaness, and look back on the farewell recital of pianist Alfred Brendel. All in one afternoon. Are you ready?VPR News
Musician Kurt Weisman Mixes Computer Recordings And Vinyl
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Putney musician Kurt Weisman’s 2010 album, Orange, reflects his quiet rural lifestyle. But his newest project which mixes computer recording and vinyl LPs in unexpected ways.VPR News
Cleanup Crews Struggle To Keep Up With Storm
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The Agency of Transportation struggled to keep up with the cleanup during the rainy weekend and record-breaking snowstorm that followed. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Sue Minter explains why.VPR News
Vermont Faces Emotional Debate Over “Death With Dignity” Bill
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Supporters call it "Death With Dignity" and opponents call it "Physician-Assisted Suicide." For both sides, the debate over whether physicians should be able to help people die is emotional and contentious. And new legislation introduced last month in the Vermont House is bringing the issue back to the forefront.VPR News
Utility Works To Restore Power Knocked Out By Storm
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1,500 people are still without power in Windsor and Bennington counties following yesterday’s storm. At the peak of the storm, 12,000 people were without power.Vermont Edition
Doctors’ Role In Decisions On Dying
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Supporters call it "Death With Dignity" and opponents call it "Physician-Assisted Suicide." For both sides, the debate over whether physicians should be able to help people die is emotional and contentious.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Faith In Spring
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A listener request this morning for "something optimistic" for this late winter/early spring season.Commentary Series
Kashmeri: The Internet Tax
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Commentator Sarwar Kashmeri has been thinking about the proposal to tax Internet shopping and how unfair that might be for Vermonters who can least afford it.VPR News
Doyle Surprised By Town Meeting Survey Results
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The preliminary results of Senator Bill Doyle’s town meeting survey are in. And as VPR’s Bob Kinzel reports, Doyle was surprised by some of the results.VPR News
Senate Weighs Justice For Young Offenders
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The Vermont Senate is taking up legislation to deal with people who commit a crime as a juvenile but aren’t caught and prosecuted until reaching adulthood.VPR News
Health Care Reform Meeting Re-Scheduled
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A statewide public hearing on health care reform in Vermont has been postponed for a week due to inclement weather.VPR News
Trooper Resigns, Faces Molestation Charge
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A Vermont state trooper accused of molesting a 14-year old girl has resigned but his attorney says he denies the allegations.VPR News
Agreement Averts Strike In South Burlington
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The teachers and school board in South Burlington have reached a tentative agreement to avert a teachers’ strike.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 8, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Snow, Snow & Mardi Gras Snow
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Tonight we revisit the winter theme with snow songs including Dave McKenna’s "Snowbound," Matt Wilson’s Christmas Trio-O version of "Winter Wonderland" and a masterful version of Claude Thornhill’s "Snow Fall." We slip right into Mardi Gras, Part 2 with the Treme Brass Band, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and others.VPR News
And You Think Shoveling Your Own Driveway Is Tough
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One Rutland man has to get to work even earlier when there’s snow in the forecast – and he doesn’t drive a plow. He’s the ‘snow elf’ who clears off all the cars in the parking lot at the local Honda dealership.VPR News
Governor’s Vacation During Storm Draws Questions
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While Vermonters dig out from a record-breaking snowstorm, Governor Peter Shumlin was vacationing out of state. But just where the governor went remains a mystery.VPR News
VT Buried Under Two Feet Of Snow After Near-Blizzard
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Vermont and northern New York got clobbered with the biggest March snowstorm on record Monday. The near-blizzard conditions in northern areas shut down schools, government offices and highways. This was after a weekend of rain sent rivers rising and prompted flood advisories throughout the state.VPR News
Richmond Issues ‘Boil Water’ Order
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The town of Richmond has issued a "boil water" order for the 400 customers on the village water system. Something failed overnight in the pump house that sends water to the town’s storage tank. Officials don’t know if the failure was due to the winter storm hitting the region.VPR News
At 107, Bonamo Among Vermont’s Oldest Residents
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VPR’s Melody Bodette travels to New Haven to meet Mary Bonamo one of the 100 people over the age of 100 living in Vermont.VPR News
The Theremin: More Than A Musical Gimmick
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The theremin’s electronic timber made it a go-to instrument for UFO soundtracks and sci-fi movies. But one devotee in St. Johnsbury says the intrument deserves more respect.VPR News
Catamounts Extinct In Vermont
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Decades have passed since the last confirmed sighting of a catamount in our region and wildlife biologists have have been unable to find evidence of the animal, despite dozens of reported sightings each year. On March 2, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made the Eastern Cougar’s extinction official.Vermont Edition
Gone Cats, Gone: Catamount Now Extinct
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced March 2 that the animal known officially as the Eastern Cougar is, in fact, extinct. Decades have passed since the last confirmed sighting of a catamount in Vermont.VPR News
Near-Blizzard Conditions Across Northern Vermont
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Heavy snow and strong winds combined to create near-blizzard conditions across northern Vermont and upstate New York today.VPR News
Northern NE Hammered By Winter Storm
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A powerful weather system is raking parts of northern New England with heavy rain, coating other areas in ice and dumping so much snow on Vermont that a section of Interstate 89 was closed for a time in Chittenden County.Commentary Series
Barrosse Schwartz: Winter Farming
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In Vermont, farming in winter is not for the faint of heart. On a recent chilly morning, commentator Mary Barrosse Schwartz struggled to complete her daily chores.VPR News
Outpouring Of Support For Owner Of Burned Barn
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When word got out earlier this winter that Pete Johnson’s barn burned to the ground, there was an immediate outpouring of community support to help him rebuild. And he says he was humbled by the campaign to help him recover.VPR News
Tech Center Closes, Dashing Hopes For New Industry In Bennington
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The nonprofit Bennington Microtechnology Center was launched in 2004 with help from federal and state earmarks. But the jobs and spinoff companies the center was supposed to generate never materialized, and now the center has closed.VPR News
Winter Storm Causes Treacherous Traveling Conditions
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A major winter storm that could dump up to two-feet of snow on parts of the region has closed schools across Vermont and parts of northern New Hampshire and Maine and delayed the opening of Vermont state offices by two hours.VPR News
As Demand Grows For Firewood, So Do Complaints
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Record-setting snowfall and sub-zero temperatures in the Northeast have led to increased demand for firewood this heating season. There’s also been an up-tick in complaints by consumers who say they’re getting less firewood than they pay for.Commentary Series
Craven: Taxing The Arts
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Filmmaker, commentator, and Marlboro College teacher Jay Craven is worried that recent funding cuts and new taxes on arts events will set back Vermont organizations that are vital to our communities.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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The Dutch artist Janine Janson wins new fans whenever she puts her fiddle under her chin to play. She does it night after night in music capitols all over the world — but the results are especially magical when she’s back on home turf and playing with one of the world’s greatest orchestras.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 7, 2011All the Traditions
As March Comes in Like a Big Meteorological Question Mark…
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To greet what is usually Vermont’s most mixed-up weather month, we mix it up musically with lots of new arrivals, some classic blues, the Waters of March, and Nino Tempo & April Stevens!My Place with Joel Najman
Popular Songs About The “Moon” And “Moonlight” – Part Two
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program presents a second hour of vintage popular hit songs about the "moon" and "moonlight", with most selections dating from the pre-rock&roll 1950’s.The VPR Saturday Special
Snap Judgment: Danger to Self
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Snap Judgment shares stories of people who are their own worst enemy. This week’s episode is called "51-50: Danger to Self"Interlude
Villa-Lobos and Vieuxtemps
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We celebrate the birthday of Heitor Villa-Lobos, and we hear a violin concerto by Henri Vieuxtemps.VPR News
“Vermont Wild” Offers Humorous Tribute to Game Wardens
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"Vermont Wild" collects the adventures of retired Vermont Game Warden Eric Nuse.Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Armida
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Renée Fleming sings the title role in Rossini’s bel canto showcase Armida, live from the Metropolitan Opera House.Jazz with George Thomas
Mardi Gras Time!
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Mardi Gras Time! And we begin the party with some classic New Orleans tunes like Professor Longhair’s "Mardi Gras In New Orleans," The Neville Brothers’ "Brother John / Iko Iko," Bo Dollis, James Booker, Irma Thomas, Charmaine Neville, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Tune in again on Monday for Part 2 of 3.In Concert @ 8
Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts: Early Music Days in Herne
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Concerto Koln and Zefiro in a program of opera excerpts and more.The VPR Table
The VPR Table: The Gourmet Butcher
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We’ll take a look at an interesting and integral part of Sterling College’s farm-to-table program.VPR News
‘Soda Tax’ Advocates Push For Legislation
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Advocates for a tax on soda and so-called ‘sugar sweetened beverages’ say the bill is needed to help reduce the incidence of obesity in Vermont. But opponents argue the legislation puts the state in the position of being "the food police."VPR News
With Teacher Strike Looming, School Board Goes Into Executive Session
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The South Burlington school board went into executive session late Friday afternoon to discuss collective bargaining issues. At stake is whether South Burlington’s 2,400 students could see their five schools closed next week in the first teacher’s strike in the city’s history.VPR News
Bellows Falls School Bond Vote Goes To Recount
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A defeated bond vote on improvements to the Bellows Falls Middle School has been scheduled for a recount. The $10.5 million project went down by only three votes on Town Meeting Day.VPR News
Group Fighting Housing Discrimination Gets HUD Grant
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A Vermont group that reviews cases of housing discrimination is getting a $325,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Vivaldi’s Birthday
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Today is Vivaldi’s birthday and we’ll herald the impending arrival of Spring with his Winter and Spring concerti from The Four Seasons.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: March 4, 2011
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Tuesday was Town Meeting Day in Vermont and these are some of the voices heard at town meetings around the state.VPR News
How Will Vermont Yankee Be Decommissioned
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VPR’s John Dillon says Vermont and Entergy Nuclear have completed different ideas of the method and time needed to decommission the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.Vermont Edition
The Proposed Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
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We listen to both sides of the debate on the proposed soda tax. And we hear analysis on Vermont’s energy issues from VPR’s John Dillon. Plus, we listen back to the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Soda Tax Plan Has Two Distinct Sides
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The Attorney General’s obesity report calling for a sales tax on sugar-sweetened beverages has rabid supporters and detractors. We hear both sides of the issue.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Uchida’s Grammy
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Pianist, conductor and Marlboro Music Festival co-director Mitsuko Uchida won her first Grammy this year for her 2010 recording of Mozart piano concertos. This morning we’ll hear her award-winning version of the Concerto #23 in A, K488.Commentary Series
Lindbergh: Off The Grid
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From energy saving light bulbs to smart phones, writer and commentator Reeve Lindbergh is bemused by the pervasiveness of new technology – even here in the Green Mountains.VPR News
Environmentalists Say Groundwater Ruling Will Impact Vermont Yankee
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Environmentalists say that a recent court ruling on groundwater protection has implications for a case involving Vermont Yankee. The court ruled that the state has to protect groundwater quality when it reviews pollution permits.VPR News
US Passport Office Opening In St. Albans
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Senator Patrick Leahy will join federal officials for a ribbon-cutting ceremony set for 2:00 this afternoon at the former post office building on South Main Street.VPR News
Exports Of New England Agriculture Soar
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A trade expert says exports of New England agriculture have soared in the last two years as the region capitalized on its brand.VPR News
State Worker To Plead Guilty To Embezzlement
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A lawyer for a former state worker accused of embezzling $490,000 says his client will plead guilty.VPR News
South Burlington Teachers Open Strike Headquarters
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The school board in South Burlington says it will hold a special meeting today to discuss a contract impasse that has 275 teachers threatening to walk off the job next week.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 4, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Recent Jazz
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We hear several examples of significant new jazz releases, including Delfeayo Marsalis’ "Sweet Thunder" a Suite by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn on Shakespeare themes and the new double CD set of Brad Mehldau’s solo piano. Miles Davis’ 1961 classic version of Cole Porter’s "All Of Me"balances off the new releases.Commentary Series
Kittredge: Ultimate Recycling
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Last week, Donate Life Vermont sponsored a Register Rally to encourage people to sign up for the new organ donor registry. Commentator Susan Cooke Kittredge hopes this new initiative will save many lives.VPR News
U.S. Forest Service Investigates Fire
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The U.S. Forest Service is investigating a fire that destroyed a hiking shelter on the Long Trail about a mile from Sherburne Pass in Rutland County. The Tucker-Johnson Shelter is a lean-to structure near the intersection of the Long Trail and the Appalachian Trail in Mendon.VPR News
Democrats Accuse Salmon Of Ignoring Vermonters
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Vermont Democrats are charging State Auditor Tom Salmon with putting Vermonters ‘on the backburner.’ Salmon has officially launched an exploratory committee to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Bernie Sanders.VPR News
Lawmakers Face Divide: Cut Programs Or Raise Taxes?
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When lawmakers begin the second half of the session next week, they’ll likely face a choice on how to balance the state budget. They’ll have to decide whether to cut human service programs or raise new taxes. It’s an issue that could divide some liberal legislators and Gov. Peter Shumlin.VPR News
Backstage: “Thirteen – The Musical!”
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The age of thirteen can be an extraordinary time of change and growth. For people who want to revisit those years, a grassroots theater company is presenting a play produced and performed by teenagers. It’s "Thirteen – The Musical!"Classical Music with Joe Goetz
The Joy of Schubert
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We’ll listen to Schubert’s greatest sacred work today, his Mass #6 in E Flat Major. Thanks to your support, we just added a wonderful 7-disc set of Schubert’s Complete Sacred Music, and this is a part of that set.VPR News
Flower Show Returns To Chittenden County
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Days before the annual Flower Show at the Champlain Valley Exposition, organizers are less concerned with fragrance and subtle arrangements, and more focused on construction.VPR News
Analysis: Northern Pass Transmission Line Stirs Controversy
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VPR’s John Dillon talks with Jane Lindholm about the debate over a proposed electric transmission line in northern New Hampshire.VPR News
Prevention Programs Address Youth Suicide
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with experts about community strategies to prevent youth suicide, and the resources that are available for young people who are struggling.VPR News
CVPS Buys Local Hydro Producer
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The state’s largest electric utility is buying one of Vermont’s smallest. Central Vermont Public Service has agreed to buy the assets of the Vermont Marble Power Division of Omya.Vermont Edition
Preventing Youth Suicide
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Experts discuss community strategies to prevent suicide, and the resources that are available for young people who are struggling.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Carmen
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George Bizet’s opera "Carmen" premiered on this date in 1875 in Paris – this morning, music from that opera, but not by Bizet!Commentary Series
Schubart: Cutting Government
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Commentator Bill Schubart has been watching and thinking about the difficult task the states and nation face in re-balancing budgets and suggest a different way of looking at the challenge that sidesteps traditional politics.VPR News
Champlain Bridge Construction Schedule Gets 65-Day Adjustment
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The construction schedule for a new bridge across Lake Champlain has been adjusted by 65 days to reflect delays encountered late last year. But New York transportation officials say the goal is still to have the bridge open by early October.VPR News
Shumlin Lobbying For Yankee Decommissioning Rules Change
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Governor Peter Shumlin says the state should overlook a 2002 legal agreement that allows Vermont Yankee to avoid decommissioning for up to 60 years. And he’s lobbying the Obama administration to change the rules.VPR News
Shumlin Supports Repeal Of Two-Vote Law For School Budgets
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Governor Peter Shumlin says school boards have acted responsibly and don’t need orders from Montpelier to hold the line on budgets. Under state law, two votes are required to approve school budgets that rise more than 1 percent above the rate of inflation.VPR News
Sanders Rails Against Stopgap Funding Bill
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Senator Bernie Sanders railed against the stopgap funding bill that was approved this week. He said other senators are trying to balance the budget on "the backs of working people and the poor."VPR News
ACLU Sues Franklin Over Town Meeting Prayer
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A Franklin County town is in trouble for its practice of beginning town meeting with a prayer.VPR News
Burlington Electric Moves Closer To Renewable Goal
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The city-owned Burlington Electric Department says it is a step closer to achieving its goal of being 100 percent renewable by 2016.VPR News
Salmon Forms Exploratory Committee For Senate Run
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State Auditor Tom Salmon is forming an exploratory committee as he mulls a possible run next year against Senator Bernie Sanders.
Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 3, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
A Tale Of Two Bass Players
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A Tale Of Two Bass Players tonight, with the birthdays of Doug Watkins and Buell Neidlinger. Doug Watkins recorded with jazz masters including Sonny Rollins, Kenny Burrell, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Jackie McLean, Lee Morgan, Dizzy Reece & more. We hear Buell Neidlinger with Cecil Taylor and Andy Statman & Richard Greene.Commentary Series
Averyt: Yes!
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Commentator Anne Averyt finds something unique to celebrate in the birth of her granddaughter: the promise of a bright future, the hope of a new generation.VPR News
Castleton Football Coach Resigns Amid NCAA Charges
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The departure of Rich Alercio comes amid allegations that the Castleton State College coach violated NCAA rules by indirectly helping an athlete receive student loans.VPR News
School Budgets Pass Across Vermont
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Vermont voters have strongly approved local school budgets all across the state. Only three budgets were defeated on Town Meeting Day – that’s the lowest number in decades.VPR News
South Burlington Teachers Vote Unanimously To Strike
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In a unanimous vote Wednesday, members of the South Burlington Education Association voted to walk off the job next week. The union represents about 250 teachers at five schools in South Burlington.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Chopin: Once and Done
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Yesterday was the birthday of Frederic Chopin…too bad I missed it, but we’ll celebrate today! We’ll hear some of Chopin’s "once-and-done" pieces: the Fantasie, Bolero, Tarantella, Barcarolle, and Berceuse.VPR News
Shumlin Discusses Health Care With President
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Governor Peter Shumlin is encouraged by President Obama’s support for a bill that would allow states to design their own health care plans starting in 2014. Obama made the announcement during the governor’s recent trip to Washington.VPR News
Census Data Shows Where People Are Moving Within Vermont
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New census data reveals that the top four population centers in the state are now all clustered around Burlington, while other cities, like Rutland and St. Albans have lost population. The shifts could have implications on policy, town services and community cultures.Vermont Edition
New Census Data Shows Population Shifts Within Vermont
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New data from the 2010 census is in. The top four population centers in Vermont are now all clustered around Burlington, while other cities, like Rutland and St. Albans, have lost population.VPR News
Addison Northwest Backs Unified Union
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For the second consecutive year, the five towns of the Addison Northwest Supervisory Union have voted to form one unified school district. The vote passed along a similar margin in 2010, but opponents in the town of Addison were able to overturn the results in a re-vote.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
New Ewald
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We’ll start the morning with a recording just purchased for the library, thanks to listener support – it’s Victor Ewald’s Brass Quintet #3 with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra brass section.VPR News
Town Meeting Results From Newspapers Around The Region
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Here’s the round-up of Town Meeting Day headlines from newspapers around the region.Commentary Series
Blume: First Steps
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Commentator Kathryn Blume has been thinking about the real meaning of "government by the people."VPR News
Rutland Approves New Recreation Center
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In Rutland, the most hotly debated issue was not the municipal or school budgets but a $3.9 million bond vote to upgrade the city’s recreation department.VPR News
Southern Vermont Mixed On School Renovations
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A number of Southern Vermont towns had ambitious school renovations on the ballot. School officials have been saying that even in a time of austerity, it’s economically unwise to put off building improvements. But the results were mixed.VPR News
St. Johnsbury Voters Keep Non-Profits Alive
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Many town warnings ask voters to shell out money for worthy causes, but in the Northeast Kingdom, the stakes are especially high for non-profits who depend on tax dollars. Private donations can be hard to come by these days, and in recent years, voters have also become choosy about how to divvy up scarce public resources.VPR News
Brattleboro Wants To Keep Tabs On Vermont Yankee
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By a more than two-to-one margin, voters approved a nonbinding resolution asking the Brattleboro select board to sign on to a letter sponsored by the group Safe and Green Campaign.VPR News
South Burlington Teachers To Vote On Strike
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Teachers in the South Burlington are holding a strike vote.VPR News
Castleton Football Coach Quits Over Student Loans
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Castleton State College says football coach Rich Alercio has resigned over an incident in which he helped get student loans for one of his players.VPR News
Vermont Skier Dies From Injuries After Fall
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A California ski resort spokesman says a professional big-mountain skier from a Vermont ski team who was seriously hurt in a bad landing after doing a back flip off a cliff during a weekend competition has died.VPR News
Death With Dignity Supporters Head to St. Albans
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Supporters of a bill making it legal to end your life with a doctor’s help are taking their cause on the road.VPR News
Stowe Voters Reject Ice Rink Plan
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Voters in Stowe say they don’t want to spend $6.5 million on a new ice rink.VPR News
Burlington Voters Pass Two Charter Changes
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Voters in Burlington passed two City Charter amendments and defeated a third in Town Meeting yesterday.VPR News
Concord Votes To Keep High School
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For several years, voters in the Northeast Kingdom town of Concord have been squabbling about whether to close their high school.
Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 2, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Glenn Miller, Sonny Rollins & Piano
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We celebrate the birthday of trombonist & bandleader Glenn Miller and the award ceremony tomorrow at the White House to tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins who receives the 2010 National Medal Of Arts. We also hear some classic piano from Dave McKenna and new piano recordings from Fred Hersch and Dan Tepfer.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchesta
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Live! At the Concertgebouw with guest soloists Synergy Vocals.VPR News
Town Meeting 2011 Special
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Bob Kinzel hosts VPR’s Town Meeting Coverage Tuesday evening at 7:00pm. Tune in to hear what towns are voting on around the state. VPR reporters will file reports live from town meetings and news from various meetings will be posted throughout the day on VPR.net.Commentary Series
Lange: Revolutionary Technology
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Commentator Willem Lange has been thinking about the convergence of two revolutions – one in politics and the other in technology.VPR News
Energy On Voters’ Minds In Six Communities
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Saving energy was on the minds of Town Meeting day voters in at least six towns around the state. The communities debated whether to allow homeowners to pay for energy upgrades through their property tax bills instead of with a bank loan.VPR News
West Windsor Town Meeting Follows Tradition
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VPR has been visiting West Windsor for the past few years as an example of the traditional town meeting, and to take the pulse of this basic building block of democracy. And indications are that Town Meeting is still alive and well in West Windsor.VPR News
Town Clerk Is Honored In Calais
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The Calais town meeting is known as much for the quality of its food as it is for the civility of its debate. But this year’s pot-luck banquet featured a special treat: A huge cake honoring town clerk Eva Morse, who is retiring after 48 years of service.VPR News
Teachers In South Burlington To Take Strike Vote
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Teachers in South Burlington city schools will vote tomorrow whether to walk off their jobs in a continuing contract dispute with the school board. The board imposed a contract on teachers last month when the two sides couldn’t reach an agreement.VPR News
Ice Cutting At Farm & Wilderness A Step Back In Time
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At Flying Cloud, one of the summer camps run by Farm & Wilderness in Plymouth, there is no electricity and no running water. So to keep food cold and fresh during the summer, they use an old-fashioned ice house — filled by hand with ice cut from a little pond on the camp property. This year, nearly 300 people came out for the annual ice cutting weekend.VPR News
Analysis: NH Budget Gap Between $600-800 Million
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The Valley News political editor John Gregg explains the sweeping budget cuts New Hampshire Governor John Lynch has proposed to close a $600 and 800 million shortfall.VPR News
States Rights And Federal Power
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"Federalism" may be a word that conjures dusty text books and vague memories of 8th grade history class, it’s the cornerstone of some of the most compelling and divisive debates we have about modern issues.VPR News
Vt. Town Meetings Tackle Elections, Budgets, Rec Facilities
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Town moderators across the state called their town meetings to order this morning. Voters in cities and towns all over Vermont are deciding municipal and school budgets and a range of other issues.Vermont Edition
Careful Balance: States’ Rights And Federal Power
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"Federalism" may be a word that conjures dusty text books and vague memories of 8th grade history class, but it’s the cornerstone of some of the most compelling and divisive debates we have about modern issues.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Transcontinental Kapsberger
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We’ll sample new recordings of French music for piano 4-hands played by the Transcontinental Duo, including Vermonter Elaine Greenfield, and of chamber music and dances by Johannes Kapsberger played by the Chatham Baroque.Commentary Series
Mares: Honeybee Democracy
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On this Town Meeting Day, commentator and beekeeper Bill Mares reflects on the decision-making process in human and honeybee societies.VPR News
Waterbury Moderator Describes How He Leads Town Meeting
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As people in Vermont gather for their town meetings, some last night, and some today there’s one person in the room who’s in charge, and that’s the town moderator.VPR News
Vernon’s Biggest Issue Isn’t Even On Town Meeting Ballot
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Voters in Vernon met Monday for the first part of their annual town and school meetings. They’ll vote Tuesday by secret ballot on budgets and town officers. But the biggest issue in town – the prospect of closing Vermont Yankee in 2012 — isn’t on the warning.VPR News
Quebec Premier To Speak To VT College Graduation
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Quebec Premier Jean Charest will deliver the commencement speech at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt., this spring.VPR News
Town Meeting 2011 Special
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Bob Kinzel hosts VPR’s Town Meeting Coverage Tuesday evening at 7:00pm. Tune in to hear what towns are voting on around the state. VPR reporters will file reports live from town meetings and news from various meetings will be posted throughout the day on VPR.net.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for March 1, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
New Releases & Classics
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We hear new jazz releases including vocalist Nancy Morano’s "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most," Fred Hersch’s solo piano on a Brazilian classic "Doce De Coco," Kurt Elling’s version of Miles Davis’ "Blue In Green" and Ernestine Anderson’s bluesy "Nightlife."In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Featuring Mozart & Stravinsky
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Pianist Jeremy Denk live in Los Angeles.VPR News
Upper Valley Volunteers Seek Lasting Connections In Haiti
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Several volunteer groups have traveled to Haiti this month, and a reporter and photographer from the Valley News have gone along to chronicle their work. In this special series, VPR and the Valley News are working together to tell the story of our region’s connections to this impoverished nation.VPR News
Shumlin’s Single Payer Health Proposal Gets Boost From Obama
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Governor Peter Shumlin’s plan to implement a single payer health care system in Vermont by 2014 has gotten a big boost from Washington. President Obama told a meeting of the nation’s governors that he’ll help states get federal waivers so they have more flexibility in designing their own systems.VPR News
Wife Of Late Sen. Stafford Dies At 93
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Helen Stafford, the wife of late Vermont Senator Robert Stafford, has died. She was 93 years old. VPR’s Nina Keck has this remembrance.VPR News
Town Meeting In Stowe Includes Vote On Skating Rink
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Voters in Stowe will be weighing whether to spend a $6.5 million bond to build a new ice skating rink. The old arena is 37 years old and has begun to fall into disrepair. The proposal calls for a fully enclosed, 34,000 square foot building.VPR News
Brattleboro Church’s Organ Is “The Wondrous Machine”
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Brattleboro concert organist Clark Anderson has dubbed the 103-year-old Estey organ at the Brattleboro First Baptist Church, "The Wondrous Machine."VPR News
Connection Exists Between Hormone And PTSD
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UVM professors Victor May and Jom Hammack have worked on a research project with the Emory School of Medicine. The research has found a link between a hormone and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.VPR News
Budget Discussions Can Be Collegial And Contentious
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Fayston select board member Jared Cadwell says town budgets have been collegial, social events at times, while in other years they can be heated. Cadwell and Essex Town Manager Pat Scheidel discuss what goes into the making of a municipal budget.Vermont Edition
Hammering Out The Town Budget
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We look at what goes into preparing a town budget and the steps it goes through for approval. Plus, two UVM professors discuss research exploring a link between a specific hormone and PTSD. And we hear the First Baptist Church of Brattleboro’s 103-year-old Estey pipe organ.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Summertime…?
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George Gershwin’s iconic "Summertime" wafts through our 9am together this morning, in a performance with Roberta Alexander and the NY Philharmonic. We’ll also hear a piano version of Ravel’s "Bolero", and Copland’s "Saturday Night Waltz".Commentary Series
Douglas: The Federal Deficit
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Today, we have a new commentator. Former Vermont Governor Jim Douglas has been thinking about fiscal responsibility and the federal debt.VPR News
Moderators Prep For Town Meeting Day With Refresher Course
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For the men and women who oversee town meetings, there’s a lot more to the job than banging a gavel. 100 town moderators gathered recently for a refresher course on the finer points of parliamentary procedure and protocol.VPR News
Education, District Consolidation Discussions Planned For Town Meeting
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Hard economic times, shrinking student populations and rising costs have put pressure on school districts to merge and consolidate. Only one district actually has merger on the ballot. But the prospect of restructuring education will be a topic of discussion at many town meetings.VPR News
February Sets Snow Record In Burlington
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The National Weather Service says February was the snowiest on record at Vermont’s Burlington International Airport.VPR News
GOP Picks McDonald As New State Chair
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A former gubernatorial aide who also served as a state representative has been elected Vermont Republican Party chairwoman.VPR News
Welch To Hold Discussion On USDA Rural Development
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Congressman Peter Welch will hold a forum on how the U.S. Department of Agriculture rural development program can help small businesses and entrepreneurs.VPR News
Shumlin Criticizes No Child Left Behind
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Governor Peter Shumlin says the No Child Left Behind act is having the opposite effect–leaving too many Vermont children behind.VPR News
Vermont Begins Work On Redistricting
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It’s time to decide whether Vermont’s legislative district lines need to be redrawn.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for February 28, 2011All the Traditions
Sunday…That’s My Fun Day !
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Labor songs, Ukulele Ike, and wild Scandinavian music (and that’s just for starters…..!)My Place with Joel Najman
Popular Songs About The “Moon” and “Moonlight” – Part One
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program presents an hour of popular hit songs about the "moon" and "moonlight", with every selection dating from the pre-Rock&Roll years, 1949 and earlier.The VPR Saturday Special
Snap Judgment: Utopia
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Snap Judgment searches for that perfect place. Is Shangri-La just around the bend?Interlude
Mozart And Beethoven
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We hear the Mozart Sinfonia concertante in E flat, K.364 – and the Beethoven Symphony No. 8.Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Iphigénie en Tauride
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Susan Graham and Placido Domingo start in this live Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride.Jazz with George Thomas
Spoken Word Jazz
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We hear several recent spoken word jazz recordings including Dr. Cornel West with Terence Blanchard on the album "Choices" and Amiri Baraka’s jazz history poetry with the tenor saxophonist Billy Harper. We also sample two recent live solo piano recordings by Fred Hersch and Brad Mehldau.In Concert @ 8
Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts: Stuttgart Music Festival
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The Festival series is live from one of its most popular destinations: The Stuttgart Music Festival.The VPR Table
The VPR Table: Wary of Dairy?
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Rowan Jacobsen takes a closer look at our fear of fats when it comes to milk, cheese, and butter.VPR News
State GOP Wants More Time To Consider Health Reform Plan
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House Republicans want to slow down a single payer health care bill because they say Vermonters need time to carefully consider its potential consequences. But the Speaker of the House says the state needs to move quickly on the plan to address escalating costs.VPR News
House Approves Veterans Jobs Bill
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(Host) The House has approved legislation that’s designed to create new job opportunities for members of the Vermont National Guard who recently returned from a year-long deployment in Afghanistan. The chairman of the House commerce committee says the bill is needed because as many as 30% of the 1500 Guard members who served in Afghanistan are out of work.VPR News
Snow-covered Roads Lead To Numerous Accidents
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Vehicles have been slipping off roads and into each other as a winter storm dumps up to a foot of heavy snow across Vermont. State Police say they’ve responded to numerous accidents involving drivers who were traveling too fast for the snow-covered roadways.VPR News
Sanders Reflects On Afghanistan Visit
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Senator Bernie Sanders discusses the timeline for withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan, on the heels of his first fact-finding trip there.Vermont Edition
Progressives Oppose Human Service Cuts
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There are 180 members of the Vermont Legislature, and only 7 of them represent the Progressive Party. But despite their small caucus, the Progressives want to make an impact on how the state closes the $176 million budget deficit.VPR News
Progressives Push For Higher Taxes On Wealthy Vermonters
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Progressive Party leaders Rep. Chris Pearson and Sen. Anthony Pollina say tax increases on the wealthiest Vermonters would help close the state’s budget deficit, as opposed to cutting the budget for Human Services programs.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Soovin, Annemieke, and Kevin
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We’ll preview concerts featuring violinist Soovin Kim, pianist Annemieke Spoelstra (postponed), and violinist Kevin Lawrence (also postponed).Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Snow Is Dancing
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A magically swirling moment from Debussy’s "Children’s Corner Suite", it’s "Snow is Dancing" to get the morning started. Then we’ll hear the "Carnival of the Animals", and varations written on MORE varations, by Archangelo Corelli.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: Far-Reaching Consequences
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Most Americans were sympathetic to the brave Egyptian protesters and continue to cheer the freedom and democracy demonstrations spreading throughout the Arab World. However, as commentator Barrie Dunsmore tells us this morning, whatever changes come about will have consequences for us all.VPR News
Health Care Activist To Speak In Burlington
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Just two years ago Wendell Potter was head of corporate communications at Cigna, one of the nations’ largest health insurance companies. But he walked away from the job, and now is one of the industry’s most vocal critics.VPR News
UVM Hosts Vermont Yankee Debate
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Representatives of both sides of the debate over whether Vermont Yankee should be relicensed squared off last night at UVM in a public forum.VPR News
Welch Calls For Use Of Oil Reserve
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With rising oil prices and turmoil in the Middle East, three House Democrats are asking the president to tap emergency oil reserves to give people short-term relief from rising prices.VPR News
House Advances Tax Credit For Veterans
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The Vermont House is expected to pass legislation that would set up a $2,000 tax credit for recently deployed veterans starting businesses in Vermont.VPR News
Goup Of Lawmakers Wants Upper-Income Tax Hike
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A group of Vermont lawmakers is calling for an increase in the state income tax for Vermonters with household incomes of more than $171,000.Eye on the Night Sky
The Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for February 25, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Jazz Soundtracks (Part 1), David “Fathead” Newman
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Tonight we begin a sampling of classic Jazz Soundtracks (Part 1) with music from Calle 54, Last Tango In Paris, Mr. & Mrs. Bridge, Jazz On A Summer’s Day, Kansas City, Odds Against Tomorrow, Anatomy Of A Murder, Play Misty For Me and more. We also celebrate the birthday of David "Fathead" Newma, sax player with Ray Charles.Commentary Series
Homeyer: Thinking Spring
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Chances are that there’s still plenty of winter ahead for Northern New England, but commentator Henry Homeyer is already ‘thinking spring’.VPR News
House Votes To Repeal Law Aimed At Education Spending
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The people behind the repeal effort of the so called "two vote budget" bill argued that the law has been unfair to low and moderate spending school districts, and has favored more affluent towns.VPR News
Protesters Voice Opposition To Lowell Wind Project
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Vermont lawmakers want to accelerate appeals of acontroversial wind project in Lowell because they worry it could lose federal taxsubsidies if it’s delayed. Butopponents of the Green Mountain Power development say their appeal rights couldbe violated if the bill passes.VPR News
House Passes Bill Restricting Lawn Fertilizer
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The Vermont House has swept aside concerns about ‘government over-reaching’ to advance a bill that would restrict fertilizer use on lawns.VPR Presents
VPR Presents The Vermont Yankee Debate
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In a debate at UVM, pro- and anti-Vermont Yankee advocates weigh the evidence and take questions from the audience.VPR News
‘Direct Therapy’ Doesn’t Shy Away From Stutterer
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The problem of stuttering has been elevated in the public consciousness by the acclaimed film, The King’s Speech, but the film has not dampened the controversy within the speech therapy field over the best approach to treat stuttering.VPR News
Documentary Making Takes Commitment, Conviction
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Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki discusses his new documentary, "Reagan," and Middlebury College professor Leger Grindon looks at what it takes to make a great documentary.Vermont Edition
So, You Want To Make A Documentary?
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Vermont has its fair share of documentary filmmakers. We look at who makes these films, how they choose their subjects and how the films get financed. Plus UVM professor Barry Guitar discusses the use of "direct therapy" to cure stuttering.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Frozen Hands & Folksongs
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For this chilly February morning we’ll visit the wintry setting of Puccini’s "La Boheme", as Rodolfo holds Mimi’s hand in the dark and sings "Che gelida manina" – "what a frozen little hand." The Trio Medieval sings a selection of Norwegian folksongs, and we’ll feel the winter/spring transition in Glazunov’s "The Seasons".Commentary Series
Parini: The Value Of Teachers
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Commentator Jay Parini has been watching the contest between Governor Scott Walker and the teachers of Wisconsin, and thinking about how we value our teachers in Vermont.VPR News
Advocates Will Be Talking Health Care On Town Meeting Day
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On Tuesday, citizens will gather to talk to town officials and vote on school and municipal budgets. But the Vermont Workers’ Center is also hoping to talk about an issue that affects everyone in the state — health care.VPR News
Committee Looks At Economic Impact Of Vermont Yankee Closure
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Last year’s state Senate vote to deny Entergy Vermont Yankee a 20-year license extension means the Vernon plant is scheduled to close next year. But planning for that closure is just beginning locally. The Senate Economic Development Committee met in Brattleboro Wednesday to discuss the economic impact of losing Vermont Yankee, and what can be done to soften it.VPR News
Researchers May Have Found Genetic Link To PTSD
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The UVM professors published in the scientific journal "Nature" work they’ve done with colleagues at Emory University. They say they’ve found a hormone in women’s blood that’s associated with anxiety. They say they believe it might also be linked to PTSD.VPR News
Top Grocery Bagger To Meet Governor
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Krystal Smith of Burlington, whose victory in the U.S. Best Bagger Championship in Las Vegas earned her $10,000 and a spot on "The Late Show With David Letterman," is headed to the Statehouse for some kudos from Governor Peter Shumlin.VPR News
Springfield Company To Get Solar Tax-Credit
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A Springfield company that installed 936-solar panels at its Springfield factory will be able to take advantage of a state tax credit after all.VPR News
Opponents Of Lowell Wind Project Headed To Statehouse
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Opponents of a plan to build a wind farm atop a Vermont mountain ridge are taking their message to the Statehouse.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Max Culpepper
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I’ll speak with the director of the Connecticut River Valley Orchestra about their ‘Touch of Brass’ concert at the Claremont Opera House on Sunday.In Concert @ 8
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Pierre Boulez returnd to Chicago in his role as Conductor Emeritus.Eye on the Night Sky
The Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for February 24, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Swing Jazz & Politics
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We begin the evening’s Jazz with Django Reinhardt swing, adding Dave McKenna’s piano, The Mills Brothers’ vocals, Ben Webster’s smoky tenor sax propelled by Oscar Peterson and Vermont favorites Swing Noire into the mix. We end with Abbey Lincoln’s passionate vocals on Langston Hughes’ poetry and John Coltrane’s Ole.Commentary Series
Hunter: Letter To Emily
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Commentator Edith Hunter has been thinking about the poet Emily Dickinson – and how her words accompany the seasons throughout the year.VPR News
Two Judges Draw Complaints In Legislative Review
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Two of the 10 judges up for review by the Vermont Legislature this year are drawing fire for their courtroom demeanor. And one of them is also under scrutiny for a possible conflict of interest, and for his handling of a child abuse case.VPR News
Shumlin Encourages Fellow Governors To Resist Federal Cuts
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Governor Peter Shumlin says budget cuts under consideration in Congress would slash programs that keep Vermonters warm and healthy. Shumlin travels to Washington this week for a meeting of the national Governors Association, and he says he’ll encourage fellow governors to resist the proposed cuts.VPR News
40 People Displaced By Burlington Fire
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The Burlington Fire Department says smoking materials that were improperly disposed of started a fire at a condominium building that displaced 40 people.VPR News
Medical Team From Upper Valley Helps Rebuild Haiti’s Capacity
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Nurses and doctors from Dartmouth traveled to Haiti last year after a deadly earthquake. They’ve returned now, and as a reporter and photographer from Valley News report, the health team’s work has changed as the recovery from the catastrophe continues. Visit the VPR/Valley News Series »Eye on the Night Sky
The Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for February 23, 2011VPR News
Committee Considers Plan To Expunge Certain Juvenile Records
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The state Senate is considering a plan that would permit adults to get some criminal records erased if the crime happened when they were juveniles. Only nonviolent misdemeanor convictions would be considered, and there would be a 10 year wait before making the request.VPR News
How Wildlife Cope With Winter
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Recently in the Searsburg area, the snow became so deep that moose had trouble navigating through the woods and took to the packed snowmobile trails. Scott Darling, a wildlife biologist for Vermont Fish & Wildlife, explains how animals cope with heavy snowfall and sub-zero temperatures.VPR News
Exploring The Connection Between Altruism And Cheating
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New research by Gizem Saka, a behavioral economist at Middlebury College, turned up an interesting connection between altruism and cheating.Vermont Edition
A Propensity For Altruism May Mean A Propensity For… Cheating?
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New research by a behavioral economist at Middlebury College has found an interesting connection between altruism and cheating.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Handel, Bach & Bolcom
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An hour of Handel’s music on his birthday; Vermont pianist Annemieke Spoelstra plays Bach; and some of the Cabaret Songs of William Bolcom.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Fireworks For Handel’s Birthday
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George Frideric Handel was born on this day in 1685, and he became one of the most important and influential composers of all-time. This morning we’ll celebrate with his joyous Overture from the "Music for the Royal Fireworks"!Commentary Series
Luskin: Budget Priorities
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As Vermonters consider their municipal budgets, commentator Deborah Luskin recalls an old story about how one town made the difficult decision between funding roads – and funding education.VPR News
Rutland To Vote On New Recreation Center
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Voters in Rutland will weigh in on whether to relocate and expand the city’s Recreation Department next week. The four million dollar proposal is less costly than one voted down last year. Proponents say it a long overdue investment in the community. But opponents worry about the price tag.VPR News
Vermont Sues NRC Over Nuclear Waste Storage
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The state of Vermont has joined Connecticut and New York in suing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over a new policy on how long nuclear waste can be safely stored at a power plant. The policy allows spent fuel to be stored at plants like Vermont Yankee for 60 years after the reactor has shut down.VPR News
Vermont’s First “Register Rally” For Organ Donors Begins
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Wednesday is the first organ donor "Register Rally" in Vermont. The event is part of a state-wide push to encourage those interested in becoming organ and tissue donors to register online.VPR News
Police Says Sheffield Man Set Fire To House
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Vermont State Police say a Sheffield man is responsible for the fire that destroyed his home and left him in critical condition.VPR News
Senate Committee Advances Telecom Bill
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A Vermont Senate committee advanced a bill aimed at making it easier to build and install new telecommunications facilities in the state.VPR News
Lawmakers To Discuss Weapons, Assaults On Nurses
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Vermont lawmakers are getting down to the nitty-gritty on a broad range of issues as the legislative session nears its midpoint.VPR News
Man Charged After Firing Gun Near School
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A Burlington man has been charged with reckless endangerment for firing a gun in a parking lot across the street from an elementary school.VPR News
Report Urges Pro-Active Approach To Obesity
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The Healthy Weight Initiative recommends ideas the state could explore to encourage healthy lifestyles, and offers suggestions for raising revenue to defray the cost of obesity.In Concert @ 8
New York Philharmonic
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Flamboyant pianist Lang Lang storms the stage this evening with the New York Philharmonic.Eye on the Night Sky
The Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for February 23, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
Rex Stewart, Buddy Tate & New Orleans
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We celebrate the birthdays of Rex Stewart, a cornet player who worked with the Duke Ellington Orchestra and Buddy Tate a Texas tenor sax player from the Count Basie Orchestra who worked with Helen Humes, Arnette Cobb and Buck Clayton. We also fulfill a request for New Orleans music. Yeah you right!Commentary Series
Gilbert: Humanities And Cairo
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Commentator Peter Gilbert is the Executive Director of the Vermont Humanities Council. He’s been thinking about what our fascination with daily developments in Cairo tells us about the importance of the humanities here in this country.VPR News
Now In Its 42nd Year, Town Meeting Survey Is Released
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Washington County Senator Bill Doyle is soliciting public opinion on a wide range of issues on his annual Town Meeting Day survey. And a number of the questions are hot button issues that are likely to come before lawmakers in the second half of the session.VPR News
Vermonters Rally In Support Of Wisconsin Workers
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Vermont labor unions rallied in support of Wisconsin workers locked in a battle over collective bargaining rights. More than 300 teachers, firefighters and other union members braved the cold to support the workers balking at Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s plan.VPR News
Sorrell Calls For Site-Specific Nuclear Waste Plans
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Attorney General Bill Sorrell believes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission erred in ruling that nuclear waste can be stored on site for 60 years beyond a plant’s decommissioning date. That’s why he joined the Attorneys General of New York and Connecticut in suing the NRC.VPR News
Attorney General’s Obesity Report Takes Comprehensive Approach
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The Attorney General’s report on obesity went far beyond recommending a soda tax. Bill Sorrell and Health Commissioner Harry Chen discuss the report’s findings and suggestions.VPR News
Vermont Senate Endorses Popular Vote For President
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The Vermont Senate says the system for electing the president should change. The Senate endorsed a bill that calls for the president to be elected based on the national popular vote – not the existing Electoral College. Under current law, a candidate can lose the national popular vote but still win office by winning enough electoral votes.Vermont Edition
What Was In The Attorney General’s Obesity Report?
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We discuss Vermont’s Healthy Weight Initiative with Attorney General Bill Sorrell and Heath Commissioner Harry Chen. Plus, why Vermont has joined in a lawsuit against the NRC over the storage of spent nuclear fuel.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Lake Champlain Schubert
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We’ll listen to Schubert’s String Quintet in C, which the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival will perform this weekend.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
At The Round Earth’s Imagined Corners
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Hubert Parry takes the evocative title from his song, "At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners" from a poem by John Donne that talks about redemption of the spirit in the face of adversity. We’ll hear it this morning along with Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto and Ernest Chausson’s only Symphony, a three-movement work in the style of his teacher, Cesar Franck.Commentary Series
Hanna: Health Care Act
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There have been many developments in federal lawsuits challenging the Affordable Health Care Act. Commentator and Vermont Law School Professor Cheryl Hanna looks at what’s happening in the courts, and what this litigation means for Vermont.VPR News
Catamount Health Changes Could Save State $6 Million
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The centerpiece of Governor Peter Shumlin’s health care budget proposal calls for the Catamount Health program for the underinsured to be folded into the traditional Medicaid program.VPR News
Study Finds Vermont Yankee Shutdown Could Strain Grid
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The shutdown of Vermont Yankee could strain the New England transmission grid and require upgrades to keep the network stable. That’s a key finding of a recent report that looks at a scenario without Yankee in the region. But the situation is not as dire as first feared.VPR News
Rockingham Seeks New Talks With Dam Owner
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The Rockingham Selectboard wants to re-open negotiations with the owner of the Bellows Falls dam and hydroelectric station over payments the company will make to the town beyond their taxes.VPR News
Health Insurance Critic To Speak At Statehouse
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A former health insurance executive turned critic will speak at the Vermont Statehouse on what he says is the potential danger the industry’s practices might have on health care reform in Vermont.VPR News
Car Pushes School Bus Off Road
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Vermont State Police say there were no injuries when a car hit a school bus loaded with skiers, forcing the bus into a ditch on U.S. Route 4 in Mendon.VPR News
Spaulding Says Some Vacancies To Be Filled, Despite Hiring Freeze
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Administration Secretary Jeb Spaulding says the state’s hiring freeze is still in effect, but some branches of state government are being given special permission to fill certain vacancies.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
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Pianist Alexander Lonquich is the featured soloist this evening in a program that includes the 3rd Beethoven Concerto.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for February 22, 2011Jazz with George Thomas
President’s Day, Nina Simone, Tadd Dameron
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Tonight we celebrate President’s Day with the tenor sax of Lester Young, nicknamed "The President" or just "Prez" by his close friend Billie Holiday who he named "Lady Day." We also note the birthday of vocalist, pianist & composer Nina Simone and composer & pianist Tadd Dameron.Commentary Series
Greene: Tropical Dreams
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Commentator Stephanie Greene notes that, while tending to tropical plants gets her through the winter, it’s not without its challenges…VPR News
School Boards Send Level Budgets To Voters
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The Vermont Department of Education says most school boards are presenting level funded budgets to their communities on Town Meeting Day — at a time when labor costs, fuel expenses and health care costs are rising for many school districts.VPR News
Upper Valley Health Professionals Return To Haiti A Year Later
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Nurses and doctors from Dartmouth traveled to Haiti last year after the deadly earthquake. The team has returned to Haiti this month and a photographer and reporter from the Valley News have gone along to chronicle their work. Reporter Gregory Trotter describes what they’ve found.VPR News
Bixby One Of Few Libraries To Still House Local Museum
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The Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes is one of the last in the state that still also serves as a museum of local history. Head librarian and de facto curator Rachel Plant gives a tour of the museum’s collection.VPR News
The Meatheads Say, “Ski The East!”
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Chris James and Geoff MacDonald are co-owners of Meathead Films. They love to ski, and they love to ski the east. And for the past 10 years, they’ve been making films about it.VPR News
Debating Whether Corporations Are Really People, Too
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A year ago, in Citizens United, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are entitled to First Amendment protections, and that they have the right to spend freely to influence elections. First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams and Vermont Law School professor Oliver Goodenough debate the idea of corporate personhood.VPR News
IBM Renames Campus To Reflect Changing Use Of Property
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One of Vermont’s largest employers has renamed its 725-acre campus to better reflect what happens there. IBM’s site in Essex Junction and Williston will now be known as "The Champlain Valley Technology and Innovation Park."Vermont Edition
Debating The Idea Of Corporations As People
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A year ago, in Citizens United vs. FEC, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are like people – that they have the right to free speech, and the right to spend freely to influence elections. We delve into the idea of corporate personhood with First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams and Vermont Law School professor Oliver Goodenough.
Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Joy, Songs, & Dances
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The morning’s music begins with Debussy’s "L’Isle Joyeuse" and Bach’s lilting motet "Sing Unto the Lord", and continues with a Dance Rhapsody by Delius and a steamy tango by Argentina’s Astor Piazzolla. It’s a nice way to re-enter the work week – you should be there!Commentary Series
Bernard: Hair Story
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As the mother of twin girls, commentator Emily Bernard says that the idea of "hair care" has recently taken on fresh meaning.VPR News
Burlington Ballot Question Draws Picketers
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Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss’ ballot proposal changing city election rules drew a couple dozen picketers over the weekend.VPR News
School Choice Could Face Changes
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The debate over school choice in public education is a hot topic in many states. But in much of Vermont, school choice is already a reality. But some lawmakers are trying to change that.VPR News
NH Activists Fight Power Line
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In northern New Hampshire, local activists are fighting a power line that would send the electricity south. And questions are being raised about whether big hydro is really green.VPR News
Census: Vermonters Moving To Cities
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Numbers from the Census Bureau suggest people are moving toward city centers in the state, including Burlington, South Burlington and Winooski.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann joins us this evening for a performance of Brahms’ only Violin Concerto.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for February 21, 2011All the Traditions
When the Wind Begins To Sing
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Music from the Orkney Islands all the way to Cuba as the first hint of spring winds begin to blow in the VPR listening area!My Place with Joel Najman
Country Singer Charlie Louvin 1927-2011
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program celebrates the life and music of Charlie Louvin.The VPR Saturday Special
Snap Judgment
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VPR’s Saturday Special presents Snap Judgment, an hour of addictive storytelling that walks a mile in someone else’s shoes.Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Don Pasquale
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James Levine conducts Donizetti’s Don Pasquale live from the Metropolitan Opera House.
Jazz with George Thomas
Full Moon & Thanks
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We celebrate the Full Moon tonight with moon songs from Ella Fitzgerald, Chris Potter, William Parker Quartet, Jimmy Scott, Sonny Rollins and more. We also catch up on new releases by Vermont’s own Brian McCarthy Quartet, a solo piano double-CD by pianist Brad Mehldau, the Joe Lovano group Us Five and a unique collaboration between guitarist Bill Frisell & vocalist Vinicius Cantuaria. Thanksfor all your support during our Membership Drive.In Concert @ 8
Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts: Maulbronn Monastery Concert
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Chamber music with the Faust Quartet.The VPR Table
The VPR Table: Omega-3s
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Rowan Jacobson reveals the not-so-secret sources of "nature’s ultimate engine lubricant."VPR News
Israeli Film Festival Comes To Rutland
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Rutland’s Jewish Center kicks off an Israeli film series as part of its year-long 100th anniversary celebration. Organizers hope the films will give Vermonters a more nuanced view of Israel and the people who live there.VPR News
Vt. State Auditor Won’t Seek Re-election
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Vermont State Auditor Tom Salmon says he’s met his goals for the office and will not run again. But the Republican is contemplating a campaign against Senator Bernie Sanders next year.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Brahms in Vienna
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On a Friday afternoon we’ll enjoy a just-released live recording from Vienna’s Musikverein of Brahms’s Symphony #3. Mariss Jansons conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: February 18, 2011
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These are some of the voices in the news this week:VPR News
Proposed Lowell Wind Project Sparks Debate
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Former Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Steve Wright and Robert Dostis of Green Mountain Power offer differing points of view on the need for the industrial wind project in Lowell.Vermont Edition
A Closer Look At The Lowell Wind Project
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We hear both sides of the debate on the Lowell wind project, which, if approved, would become the state’s largest. Plus, we listen back to the voices in the news this week.VPR News
Gov. Peter Shumlin Discusses Why He Supports Wind Energy
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Gov. Peter Shumlin says he believes wind energy is in the best long-term interests of Vermont and the environment, especially in a time of climate change.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Weekend Concert Preview
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A look at concerts this weekend in Brattleboro, Montpelier, and St. Johnsbury.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Race To The Finish
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We’re working to complete the winter pledge drive successfully. Please pay for the listening you enjoy, by clicking the "Support" button above. Thanks! And while we round the corner on the last leg, we’ll listen to Mozart and Mendelssohn this morning.Commentary Series
Slayton: Choral Legacy
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Vermont’s cultural life suffered two significant losses last week with the deaths of choral conductors Blanche Moyse and Dr. James Chapman. Tom Slayton had attended performances by both – those of Blanche Moyse at the Marlboro Music festival, Dr. Chapman’s at UVM. Here is his remembrance.VPR News
Watershed Council Asks State To Act On Yankee Water Permit
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An environmental group says warm water released by Vermont Yankee hurts fish in the Connecticut River. So it’s asked the Agency of Natural Resources to set tighter temperature limits to protect water quality.VPR News
Salmon Says He Won’t Seek Re-election
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Vermont State Auditor Tom Salmon says he won’t run again for the post in the 2012 election. Salmon made the announcement yesterday on his Facebook page.VPR News
VT Shuts Down Raw Milk Workshops
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The farm advocacy group Rural Vermont has been ordered by the state to halt workshops to teach people how to turn raw milk into butter and other dairy products.VPR News
Lake Ice Events Cancelled Due To Warm Temperatures
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More Lake Champlain ice events are going by the wayside, due to warm temperatures and recent snow.VPR News
Shumlin Tells Press Group He Favors Open Government
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Governor Peter Shumlin says he may stop short of insisting on a change in state law that would require judges to award attorney’s fees to people requesting public records when government agencies turn them away and later are overruled by the courts.VPR News
Delegation Gets Perfect Green Score
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A national environmental group has given Vermont’s congressional delegation a perfect score.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for February 18,2011Jazz with George Thomas
Buddy DeFranco, Buck Hill
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We celebrate two relatively unknown jazz players, Buddy DeFranco, a clarinet player mostly overshadowed by the better known Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw and tenor saxophonist Buck Hill, well known in the Washington, DC area but below radar for many jazz listeners.We’re in our last hours of our Winter Membership Drive, please pledge what you can at VPR.net and thanks.Commentary Series
Kashmeri: Split Image
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Commentator Sarwar Kashmeri has been thinking about the split image of America that was on display during the Egyptian revolution.VPR News
CVPS Names New President
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Central Vermont Public Service has named a career utility executive as its new president. Larry Reilly will start work March 1 as the CEO of the state’s largest electric utility.VPR News
Lawmakers Face Tough Bill On ‘Right To Die’
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Legislation has been introduced at the Statehouse that will allow doctors to prescribe life ending medications to terminally ill patients. Supporters refer to it as "the Death with Dignity" bill, while opponents call it "physician assisted suicide."VPR News
Shumlin Wants To See Gas Pipeline Extended
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Governor Peter Shumlin wants a Canadian company to export more natural gas to Vermont. But a spokesman for the state’s independent fuel companies says natural gas is not the answer to Vermont’s energy needs.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Carnivals
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We’ll hear Schumann’s "Carnaval" and Saint-Saens’ "Carnival of the Animals" this afternoon.VPR News
Author Says Dogs’ Personalities Mirror Their Owners
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VPR’s Steve Zind talks with dog trainer and author Kevin Behan about what dog’s behavior says about their owners.Vermont Edition
It’s Not The Dog, It’s You
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In his new book, "Your Dog Is Your Mirror: The Emotional Capacity of Our Dogs and Ourselves", Vermonter Kevin Behan says a dog’s behavior is a reaction to its owner’s emotions.VPR News
Setting The Tracks For The Harris Hill Ski Jump
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Harris Hill Ski Jump technical director Dan Warner explains how the tracks are set for the annual ski jumping competition, coming up this weekend.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Peter Wiley & Anna Polonsky
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The cellist and pianist perform together in Brattleboro this Saturday.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Conversation With Steven Klimowski
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This morning at 9am I’ll be joined in the studio by Steven Klimowski, the Artistic Director of the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble. We’ll talk about the VCME’s concerts this weekend, and the proclamation that will be signed later today at the State House declaring 2011 the "Year of the Vermont Composer".Commentary Series
Kunin: Sea Change Surprise
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Commentator Madeleine Kunin has been thinking about the uprising in Egypt – and why practically nobody saw it coming.VPR News
Despite Limited Success, Local Currencies Make Comeback
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Towns are always looking for ways to encourage people to spend their money close to home. Now, some communities are looking to revive an idea that’s been tried in the past — creating a local "currency" that businesses can accept in lieu of cash.VPR News
Lawmakers Want More Control Over Propane Fuel Dealers
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Vermont lawmakers want to put more controls on propane gas dealers. Some legislators want to limit fees that some dealers charge. And one House member wants the industry to be regulated by the state.VPR News
Constable Pleads Guilty To Neglect Of Duty
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A Vermont constable who pleaded guilty to neglecting his duties will pay a $500 fine for it.VPR News
LaClair Named Deputy Agriculture Secretary
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Jolinda LaClair has been named deputy secretary for the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets.VPR News
‘Death With Dignity’ Advocates To Unveil Bill
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Supporters of legislation allowing terminally ill patients to end their own lives plan to gather at the Vermont Statehouse to unveil legislation that would make Vermont the third state to allow the practice.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for February 17,2011Jazz with George Thomas
Big Bands & More
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Tonight we celebrate Big Bands in Jazz including the Orchestras of Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Oliver Nelson, Kendrick Oliver & The New Life Orchestra, Charles Mingus, The Marsalis Family, Benny Carter & More. It’s all made possible by your financial support, please make a pledge now at VPR.net & thanks.Commentary Series
Ali: Healthcare Hysteria
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Commentator and UVM Professor Saleem Ali suggests why health-care eludes the efficacy of free markets.VPR News
Steam Leak At Yankee Forces Plant To Clear Reactor Building
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The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant had a steam leak that forced plant operators to clear the reactor building. A plant spokesman says the steam was confined inside the building and that no radioactive material entered the environment.VPR News
Welch Calls For New Approach To Budget Cuts
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Congressman Peter Welch is urging his colleagues to consider a budget reduction plan that includes changes to entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare. He says such changes are needed to truly address the nation’s fiscal problems.VPR News
Students In Montgomery Defy ‘Achievement Gap’
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Poor children consistently do worse in school than their peers. That was highlighted last week when officials released assessment results for Vermont schools. But the state says that can change, and it points to one school that has overcome the trend.VPR News
Vermont Looks To Restore Train Service To Montreal
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The Shumlin administration is working with officials in Quebec to restore passenger train service to Montreal. The governor says the ultimate goal is to build high speed rail between the U.S. and Canada.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Soovin Kim Plays Faure
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Today we’ll hear violinist Soovin Kim play the sprightly A Major Violin Sonata by Gabriel Faure with pianist Jeremy Denk.VPR News
Montgomery Raises Poor Students’ Test Scores
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks with principal Beth O’Brien of Montgomery Elementary School in Franklin County about what her community has done to overcome the socio-economic "achievement gap."VPR News
Statewide Teachers Contract Draws Supporters, Detractors
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When Rep. Tony Klein introduced a bill this month to create one statewide contract for teachers, he wanted to start a conversation about equitable pay and the amount of time school boards spend in negotiations. But the Vermont-NEA, the union that represents teachers, says the idea is a non-starter because it would take educational freedom and local control away from communities.Vermont Edition
Statewide Teacher Contract Proposed
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A bill introduced this month aims for equitable teacher compensation across the state, and to reduce the time local school boards spend in contract negotiations. But the teachers’ union says local control and educational freedom are at risk.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata
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One of Beethoven’s most virtuosic sonatas played by Maurizio Pollini.VPR News
Winter Farmers Markets Expand In Northeast
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Farmers markets have seen huge growth in the past three decades. They give consumers access to local food, sometimes at a lower price. And farmers can sell without a middleman getting a cut. Now, some markets run through the entire winter. The number of winter-long markets have doubled, tripled… even quadrupled in some states.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
John Corigliano’s Birthday
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Contemporary composer John Corigliano was born on this date in 1938. Born in New York City, Corigliano is both a product of and a catalyst in his native environment. This morning we’ll hear the Vermont Youth Orchestra’s live recording of his "Voyage", and the haunting "Chaconne" from "The Red Violin" film soundtrack.VPR.net Extras
Alec Baldwin On Pledge Drives
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Alec Baldwin doesn’t want you to pledge…or does he? Check out these hilarious fundraising spots produced by Ira Glass and WNYC, and learn how you can "end the shenanigans now!"VPR News
Gail Collins To Speak At UVM
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New York Times Op-Ed columnist Gail Collins is out with her second book on the history of womens’ rights in America. She’ll be speaking at UVM’s Ira Allen Chapel this Thursday.VPR News
Lawmakers Want To Limit Fertilizer On Home Lawns
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Lawmakers want to help Lake Champlain by limiting the use of fertilizer spread on home lawns, because the phosphorus used to grow green grass can also feed the toxic algae in the big lake.VPR News
Administration Optimistic About Expanding High-Speed Internet
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The Shumlin administration is optimistic about bringing high-speed internet and cell phone service to all corners of Vermont in the next two years.VPR News
Biomass Plant Agrees To More Well Tests
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The developers of a proposed biomass plant in Pownal have agreed to extend testing of an underground well the company hopes to use as a secondary cooling source. The decision was made in response to suggestions from the public.VPR News
VT Launches National Search For Deer Biologist
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The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is launching a national search for a new deer project leader.VPR News
Northern Border May Be More Secure Than Depicted
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The head of the Border Patrol says the tool used to measure whether his agency has operational control of the border is not necessarily a good way to assess border security.VPR News
Trooper Charged In Domestic Incident
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Vermont State Police say one of their troopers has been charged with domestic violence. Thirty-one-year-old Timothy Newton, of Sandgate, was arrested Monday over a February 6 incident that occurred when he was off-duty.VPR News
Former Deputy Sheriff Denies Charges
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A former Orleans County deputy sheriff has pleaded not guilty to neglect of duty and trespassing charges.VPR.net Extras
Alec Baldwin On Pledge Drives
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Alec Baldwin doesn’t want you to pledge…or does he? Check out these hilarious fundraising spots produced by Ira Glass and WNYC, and learn how you can "end the shenanigans now!"
Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for February 16,2011Jazz with George Thomas
Harold Arlen, Walter Donaldson
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We celebrate the birthdays of two major writers of the standards/popular songs that jazz players use to improvise on, Harold Arlen and Walter Donaldson. Performing artists include: Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Susannah McCorkle, Art Tatum, Ben Webster, Billie Holiday and many more. Please support the Jazz heard Mon-Fri on VPR by making a pledge of financial support to VPR.net and thanks.Commentary Series
Schubart: Cross-sector Partnerships
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Looking across Business, Government, and the Non-proft sector, it’s notable that only 4 of Vermont’s 10 largest employers are businesses. Commentator Bill Schubart thinks serious dialogue within these 3 groups might lead to efficiencies and could improve outcomes.VPR News
In Trip To Quebec, Shumlin Focuses On Hydro Power
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Governor Peter Shumlin would like Vermont to buy more power from Hydro-Quebec to replace the electricity that will be lost if the Vermont Yankee plant shuts down next year. That’s why purchasing power from Hydro-Quebec was one of the top items on Shumlin’s agenda during a two-day trip to Canada.VPR News
Head Of Vt. Guard Targeted By Facebook Scam
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Major General Michael Dubie is warning people across the world to beware that someone is using his name and photographs of him as part of Facebook and Skype frauds.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Celebrating the Steinway
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Heinrich Steinway was born on February 15, 1797, and the piano company he founded is arguably the biggest name in the piano business today. We’ll hear part of Steinway & Sons’ first CD release this afternoon – a Bach Toccata played by Jeffrey Biegel.VPR News
Thinking Creatively To Stay Competitive
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At a business innovation conference in Woodstock, participants are learning to use their imaginations to better compete in the global marketplace.VPR News
New Young Adult Novel Garnering Praise Locally And Nationally
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Phoebe Stone’s new young-adult novel, "The Romeo and Juliet Code," is garnering praise and celebration both on the national scale and here in the author’s home state.VPR News
Connecting Vermont By 2013
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Governor Peter Shumlin has pledged to extend broadband and cell phone coverage across the state by 2013. Karen Marshall, the chief of ConnectVT, discusses what is being done to make that happen.VPR News
Need For Red Cross Services Jumps This Winter
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The local Red Cross says its disaster action teams have been called into service 30 percent more often this winter than last.VPR News
State Says Latest Yankee Contamination May Be Less Serious
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The state Health Department says that the latest leak detected at Vermont Yankee may be less serious than last year’s contamination. Bill Irwin, the state’s radiological health chief, says Yankee’s preliminary findings about the source of the latest groundwater contamination indicate that a relatively small amount has leaked into the ground.Vermont Edition
Connecting All Of Vermont By 2013
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Governor Shumlin has pledged to extend broadband and cell phone coverage to all corners of the state by 2013. Karen Marshall has been tasked with making that happen.VPR News
Special Coverage: President Obama’s Press Conference
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VPR will carry live coverage of President Obama’s press conference, anchored by NPR’s Neal Conan.Classical Music with Walter Parker
More Legacy of Blanche Moyse
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Selections from the 1984 New England Bach Festival performance of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Winter Vespers
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This morning’s journey includes the lush "Dixit Dominus" from Monteverdi’s "Vespers of 1610", and a song by Arnold Bax about the austere landscape of wintertime.Commentary Series
Seamans: Egyptian Youth
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Commentator Bill Seamans has been thinking about Egyptian youth – and what form of government will eventually emerge from the Cairo rebellion.VPR News
Officials Warn Of College Scholarship Scams
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While high school students watch their mailboxes for college acceptance letters, their parents may wonder how they’ll pay for that education. And scammers are taking advantage.VPR News
Vermont Yankee To Test Pipes
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Vermont Yankee officials say they’ll begin testing two of five pipes that could be the sources of tritium found in monitoring wells.VPR News
State Archivist Wins Press Association Honor
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Vermont State Archivist Gregory Sanford will receive the Matthew Lyon Award for his lifetime commitment to the First Amendment and the public’s right to know the truth in Vermont.VPR News
Court Upholds Burlington Decision On Sidewalk Preacher
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A sidewalk preacher who fought a warning for preaching too loudly is facing another setback in court.VPR News
Welch Pleased With Energy Item in Obama Budget
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Vermont Congressman Peter Welch says he’s pleased with the inclusion in President Obama’s proposed budget of two items relating to energy efficiency in buildings.In Concert @ 8
Live! At the Concertgebouw: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Lorin Maazel conducts Mahler.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for February 15,2011VPR News
Special Coverage: President Obama’s Press Conference
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VPR will carry live coverage of President Obama’s press conference, anchored by NPR’s Neal Conan.Jazz with George Thomas
Valentine’s Day & George Shearing
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We celebrate Valentine’s Day with romantic jazz from Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan, Bill Evans, Louis Armstrong, Ahmad Jamal, Ray Charles & Betty Carter, Andy Bey, James Booker & many more. George Shearing died this morning and share a few of his songs.VPR News
Spreading Valentine’s Day Cheer — Through Song
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Today is, of course, Valentine’s Day! It’s a time for some to focus on love and affection, to send little notes and chocolates and flowers and, as VPR’s Susan Keese reports, singing Valentines.Commentary Series
Learned: Sustainable House
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Commentator Andrea Learned has enjoyed living here for a few years, but now she’s moving on – and reflecting on how much her time in Vermont has meant for her developing career in sustainable business.VPR News
Administration Wants To Identify Areas Off Limits To Wind Energy
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The Shumlin administration hopes to ease some of the controversy over wind energy by identifying what areas should be off limits to energy developers. But the administration’s plan is not the comprehensive siting process that some environmentalists had called for.VPR News
Conference Underscores That Vermont’s Competitors Are Global
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Participants at a conference this week in Woodstock are underscoring the fact that Vermont businesses are increasingly competing in a global marketplace. The Second Innovation Engineering Leadership Institute focuses on how small- and medium-sized businesses can be more creative in designing and marketing their products.VPR News
Congressional Delegation Will Fight Proposed LIHEAP Cuts
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Vermont’s congressional delegation says it will fight to protect funding for low-income heating assistance. That’s even though President Barack Obama has proposed slashing by 50 percent the "Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program" – or LIHEAP.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Love and Stuff
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Yes, it’s Valentine’s Day. So we’ll hear some music about love and music performed by people who love each other.Vermont Edition
Shumlin: Jobs Bill Will Boost Entire Economy
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Earlier this month, Governor Shumlin introduced his jobs bill, which he says will stimulate all sectors of the Vermont economy. We take a look at the proposals in the bill with Commerce Secretary Lawrence Miller and Doug Hoffer, an independent policy analyst.
Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Love’s Sweet Surrender
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Valentine’s Day brings dual lovesongs from sweethearts Robert and Clara Schumann, Respighi’s "Birth of Venus", and many other romantic classics.Commentary Series
Greene: Be Mine
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Commentator Stephanie Greene finds good reason – as well as precedent – to express yourself this Valentine’s Day.VPR News
Shumlin Says Health Care Board Critical To Reform
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Governor Peter Shumlin says a special, independent state Health Care Board is a critical part of his overall reform plan. Some lawmakers are concerned that the five-member Board has too much power and won’t be accountable to the Legislature but Shumlin says that’s not the case.VPR News
St. Albans Salvation Army Vandalized
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Officials say thieves broke into a Salvation Army store in St. Albans causing thousands of dollars of damage and making off with clothing and electronic items.VPR News
Williamstown Dry-Cleaning Plant To Be Torn Down
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A shuttered Williamstown dry-cleaning plant that was at the center of one of Vermont’s first large-scale experiences with polluted groundwater almost 30 years ago is going to be torn down.VPR News
Research Projects Examine Lake Champlain Fishery
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A pair of research projects this summer will evaluate the impact fishing tournaments and pollution are having on Lake Champlain’s sports fishery.VPR News
Bill Seeks Money For Hiring Veterans
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Governor Peter Shumlin is supporting a bill to give Vermont companies $2,000 in tax credits for hiring veterans who have returned from a war zone within the past two years.VPR News
Delegation Protests Plan For Heating Aid Cut
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Vermont’s congressional delegation plans to gather today in Burlington to protest an expected White House proposal to cut federal heating assistance for low-income households in half.In Concert @ 8
SymphonyCast: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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From the ominous opening solo trumpet call to the triumphant whirlwind of the final pages, Mahler’s Fifth is a brilliant journey through the human experience, from loss to blazing light.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for February 14,2011All the Traditions
Love Love Love !
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Lots of love songs for Valentine’s Day weekend, and a preview of Saratoga’s Dance Flurry!My Place with Joel Najman
Popular Songs About Dreams And Dreaming – Part Three
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program presents a third and final program in a series titled "Popular Songs About Dreams And Dreaming". Most of the songs are requests and suggestions sent in by My Place listeners.The VPR Saturday Special
What Fuels Radiolab
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Brooke Gladstone joins Jad and Robert to revisit some of your favorite Radiolab segments — with her journalistic analysis.Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Nixon in China
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Peter Fox Smith and Joe Goetz host a program honoring the late Blanche Moyse – and, at one o’clock, take you to the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City for the broadcast premiere of John Adams’s Nixon in China.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Blanche Moyse Gloria
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We’ll listen to music from the Gloria of Bach’s Mass in B minor, conducted by the late Blanche Moyse.VPR News
Bennington Poet Reconsiders Romance in “Romanticism”
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Bennington poet April Bernard examines the pleasures, pitfalls and postures of romance in "Romanticism."VPR News
Egyptian Fulbright Scholar Watches Homeland From Marlboro
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The youth-led protests in Egypt are a moment of truth that Ayman Yacoub has waited all his life to see. But as luck would have it, the 24-year-old Egyptian graduate student isn’t IN his native Cairo. He says he’s done his part by e-mailing his friends and encouraged them to stand fast. He’s teaching Arabic at Marlboro College on a one-year Fulbright Fellowship.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Where In The World…?
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Ready to travel? Thought so. Today’s stops include a very celebratory Egypt; "Africa" (by Camille Saint-Saens); and music from right here in Vermont – as we remember the rich and vibrant life of Blanche Moyse, who passed away this week.Jazz with George Thomas
Egypt
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Tonight we celebrate Egypt with jazz songs focused the Nile, Egypt and the courageous spirit of the people, including several Sun Ra songs, Sonny Rollins’ "The Freedom Suite," Billie & De De Pierce’s version of "Love Songs of Nile" and Charles Tolliver’s "On The Nile." Extraordinary events and we keep peace in our prayers.In Concert @ 8
Deutsche Welle Festival Broadcasts: Stuttgart Festival
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Music, old and new, from Stuttgart last summer.The VPR Table
The VPR Table: Un-Valentine’s Day Dinner
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If you are trying to win your lovers heart, you might try red wine and a dinner dainty delicacies. But if you are trying to stop their heart, you might want to try Marialisa Calta’s anti-Valentine’s dinner.VPR News
State, GMP Reach Deal For Protecting Bear Habitat In Lowell
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The state of Vermont and Green Mountain Power have struck a deal that removes a major obstacle to the utility’s Lowell Mountain wind project. The agreement calls for protecting wildlife habitat that would be affected by the roads and development on the ridgeline.VPR News
Service Workers Say Snow Banks Complicate Their Jobs
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Your driveway may be shoveled well enough to get your car in and out. But fuel truck drivers and others who go door to door say the snow has been a huge headache.VPR News
Leahy Says U.S. Aid To Egypt Will Depend On Stability
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Both of Vermont’s U-S senators cheered the revolution in Egypt. But Senator Patrick Leahy says he’ll want to see calm return to the Middle East before he’ll consider more U.S. aid.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Blanche Moyse (1909-2011)
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Blanche Moyse passed away at the age of 101. Today we’ll celebrate her musical legacy and honor her memory with recordings of her violin playing and conducting. Also today, we’ll hear about a concert in Burlington this weekend that features Mendelssohn, and we’ll hear Martha Argerich and friends playing Schumann’s Piano Quintet.VPR News
A Tribute To Blanche Moyse
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Blanche Moyse, a prime mover in the Vermont music community, died Thursday at her home in West Brattleboro at the age of 101.Vermont Edition
Shumlin Works Toward Single-Payer Health Plan
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The Shumlin administration unveiled its health care reform package this week, which it calls a road map to a single-payer system in Vermont.VPR News
Shumlin Details Approach To Single-Payer Health Care
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The Shumlin administration unveiled its health care reform package this week. The governor calls it a road map to a single payer system in Vermont. Governor Peter Shumlin is our guest to discuss his health care plan. We also look some of Shumlin’s budget cutting proposals that are facing strong opposition at the Statehouse.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Rudolf Firkusny
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We’ll celebrate the birthday of Czech-American pianist Rudolf Firkusny with his performance of the Piano Concerto of Dvorak.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Remembering Blanche Moyse
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We learned early this morning that Blanche Moyse passed away yesterday, we’ll hear from her recording of Bach’s St. John Passion with the New England Bach Festival Orchestra this morning.Commentary Series
Harrington: Frost In Transit
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Two memorable occasions – both involving snowstorms and Robert Frost – have convinced commentator Elaine Harrington that poetry and public transportation are a good combination.VPR News
Welch Bill Could Save Vermont $9 Million
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The budget woes facing the Shumlin administration could be reduced by almost nine million dollars over the next two years if legislation proposed by Congressman Peter Welch becomes law.VPR News
Feds Want Somali Pirate To Get 34 Years
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One of the pirates who took ship Captain Richard Philips of Underhill hostage in 2009 may go to jail for nearly 34 years.VPR News
Blind Skiers Gather At Pico Mountain
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Pico Mountain ski resort is playing host to a special group of skiers this weekend.VPR News
Census Data: Chittenden County Towns Continue To Grow
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New data released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that two of Vermont’s biggest cities posted notable population gains between 2000 and 2010.VPR News
Bus Crash Likely Caused By Medical Problem
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Vermont State Police say a tour bus accident on Interstate 91 that injured 17 people was likely caused by the driver’s medical condition.VPR News
Forum To Consider Capital Punishment
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The Vermont Law Review is sponsoring a symposium on capital punishment and its human rights implications.VPR News
Business Groups Voice Support For Vermont Yankee
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Vermont business and industry groups are renewing their call for the Vermont Legislature and Gov. Peter Shumlin to support the continued operation of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.VPR News
Vermonters Follow Situation In Egypt
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Vermonters with an Egyptian background say they’ve been glued to the media as events in their homeland continue to unfold.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for February 11,2011Jazz with George Thomas
Larry Adler, Sir Roland Hanna
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We celebrate the birthday of the great harmonica player Larry Adler with his performance of "Body & Soul" backed by Django Reinhardt on guitar. We also hear pianist Sir Roland Hanna on his birthday. Please take a moment to go to VPR.net and make a pledge of support for jazz and all the programs you enjoy on VPR. Thanks.Commentary Series
Dunsmore: Egypt in the Balance
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Throughout the day everyone – including President Obama and the director of the CIA – expected Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to resign tonight. He did not. Commentator and veteran ABC diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore gives us the background.VPR News
Governor Says He’ll Pardon ‘Pete The Moose’
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Governor Peter Shumlin says he’ll spare the life of a tame moose whose plight has stirred the sympathy of thousands of people around the country.VPR News
Shumlin Promotes Program To Help Unemployed And Underemployed
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Governor Peter Shumlin is touting a state program that helps unemployed and underemployed Vermonters develop job skills. Under the program, the Community College of Vermont offers courses that teach teamwork, computer skills and basic math.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
Rach 2
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Pianist Horacio Gutierrez plays Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto #2 this afternoon.VPR News
NPR News Special Coverage Of Egypt
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VPR carries live Special Coverage from NPR News of events unfolding in Egypt.VPR News
Fragile Music Recordings Preserved
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VPR’s Steve Zind visits the Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury to see how some fragile old music recordings have been preserved thanks to the Grammy Foundation.VPR News
Senator Bernie Sanders On Defense Spending
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Senator Bernie Sanders joins VPR’s Jane Lindholm to talk about single payer health care and Pentagon contracts awarded to companies that have defrauded the Defense Department.Vermont Edition
Sanders Targets Fraudulent Defense Spending
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A recent report requested by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders shows that the Pentagon has continued to award billions of dollars in contracts to companies that have defrauded the Defense Department.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Brandenburg at Marlboro
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Pablo Casals conducts Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4.VPR News
Cities Looking For Places To Dump Snow
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The extreme snowfall has pitted disposing snow against protecting the water. Many cities in the Northeast have run out of space to put the snow and are asking for permission to dump it in waterways.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Stopping By Woods…
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Next Thursday, Feb. 17th, Governor Shumlin will officially declare 2011 the "Year of the Vermont Composer". We’ll get a jump start on the celebration this morning with selections from two area composers, Brattleboro-based Laura Koplewitz and (just over the river), Hanover’s Frank Logan, who also celebrates his 80th birthday today.Commentary Series
Gilbert: Lincoln Farewell
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On February 11, 1861, Abraham Lincoln said goodbye to his home state of Illinois and began his journey to Washington, DC. Commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert has the story of Lincoln’s farewell.VPR News
Lawmakers Explore Taxing Internet Sales
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The House Ways and Means committee is taking a serious look at ways to collect the state sales tax from large Internet companies. It’s estimated that Vermont is losing between $30-40 million a year in revenue because most online purchases are tax free.VPR News
Test Results: High School Students Struggling With Math And Writing
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Test scores in the New England Common Assessment Program, or NECAP, show that only half of eleventh graders are proficient in writing, and 38 percent of them are proficient in math.VPR News
Seventh Generation Names New President
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The Vermont company known for its marketing of environmentally friendly household products is getting a new president and CEO.VPR News
Burlington Mayor Names New Fire Chief
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The mayor of Burlington has tapped a veteran firefighter to be the department’s new chief.VPR News
Jury Convicts Oxycontin Dealer
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A federal court jury in Vermont has convicted an oxycontin dealer with a history of drug convictions.VPR News
Noise Expert To Testify On Lowell Wind Project
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A noise expert will testify today about the sounds created by wind turbines at a Vermont Public Service Board hearing on the proposed Kingdom Community Wind project in Lowell.Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for February 10,2011VPR News
NPR News Special Coverage Of Egypt
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VPR carries live Special Coverage from NPR News of events unfolding in Egypt.Jazz with George Thomas
Steve Wilson & Winter Membership Drive
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We celebrate the birthday of alto & soprano saxophonist Steve Wilson who has graced the VPR Performance Studio several times. We hear some classic Fats Waller and Charles Mingus and some blues from vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon. Please go to VPR.net and make a financial contribution to jazz & all the programming on VPR.Commentary Series
Lange: North Maine Woods
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For those who haven’t already had enough of snow and sub-zero temperatures, commentator Willem Lange has the perfect mid-winter getaway.VPR News
Entergy May Challenge Vermont’s Oversight Of Yankee
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The owner of Vermont Yankee says it may try to take the state out of the question of whether the plant can be re-licensed because it’s a matter for the federal government to decide. It’s the strongest indication yet that the company may challenge the state’s oversight.VPR News
Heavy Snow Takes Toll On Already Burdened Farmers
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Eleven dairy barns have collapsed under the weight of successive snowstorms. At least a dozen cows have died and hundreds have been trapped under caved-in roofs and timbers. For the farms involved, the snows of 2011 have been devastating.Classical Music with Joe Goetz
The Franck Sonata
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It’s technically called the Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano by Cesar Franck, but to violinists, it’s simply "The Franck Sonata." We’ll hear it today played by Gil Shaham and Gerhard OppitzVPR News
Beauty And Isolation Drive Skiers To Go Backcountry
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In this technology-tied world, being alone in the mountains backcountry skiing can be exhilarating and exciting. Writer David Goodman says that pursuing the wilderness experience is almost a primal desire.Vermont Edition
Exploring The Backcountry
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Writer David Goodman and Backcountry Magazine’s Jon Howard discuss why people are turning to backcountry skiing. Plus, we get a breakdown of the last NECAP test results.VPR News
Vermont’s NECAP Results Cause Concern
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The NECAP results were released today. Vermont Deputy Education Commissioner Rae Ann Knopf says the results are cause for concern, even in reading, where the state’s scores were the highest.Classical Music with Walter Parker
Remembering James Chapman
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The longtime director of choruses at the University of Vermont died Tuesday at age 83.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Alban (Not ICE) Berg
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It’s Alban Berg’s birthday today, the Austrian modernist composer was born on Feb. 9th of 1885. Among other notable works he left the world with a remarkable violin concerto that’s become a concert favorite. We’ll hear from Berg’s concerto, "To The Memory of an Angel" this morning.Commentary Series
Kashmeri: Concentrate On Apples
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Commentator Sarwar Kashmeri has been thinking about jobs in Vermont – and he wants to plant a seed.VPR News
Lawmakers Re-Consider “Pete The Moose†Law
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A moose named Pete is at the center of a political controversy about who owns Vermont’s wildlife. Lawmakers last year spared the moose from being euthanized by the Fish and Wildlife Department. But in the process, they passed a law that granted ownership of wild animals to a private individual.VPR News
Air Guard Heads Home From Korea
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The Vermont National Guard says 160 members of the Air Guard are on their way home from Korea after a 30-day mission.VPR News
Mace Pleads Guilty To Waste Violation
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Mace, the company that makes tear gas and pepper spray products, has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of storing hazardous waste at its Vermont plant without a permit.VPR News
Entergy Head Says Re-licensing Federal Jurisdiction
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The head of the company that owns Vermont Yankee is saying that the plant’s future is a matter of federal jurisdiction. He insists the plant is fit for another twenty years of operation.
Eye on the Night Sky
Eye on the Night Sky
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Eye on the Night Sky from VPR and the Fairbanks Museum for February 9,2011Jazz with George Thomas