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St. Albans City bumps up utility bills by $10 average per month; Professional service costs drive increase
Saint Albans Messenger - Vermont
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ST. ALBANS CITY — To cover higher de-sludging and chemical costs, St. Albans City Council approved a combined 7.5% increase in its utility rates this past Monday. As finance director Sarah Macy explained, the majority of the proposed rate is...
A supervisory union’s break with the Vermont School Boards Association reveals statewide fault lines in education reform
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 5, 2025
Get Vermont news sent to your inbox. Daily Digger is everything you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday-Saturday morning. First Branch Unified District Board Chair Kathy Galluzzo during a board meeting in 2019. File photo by Dylan...
‘We’re Not Gonna Have Anybody Around To Wipe Our A**es’: Vermont Dem Slams Limiting Immigration
Daily Wire
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June 5, 2025
Vermont Democrat Congresswoman Becca Balint, the state’s first female and openly gay member of Congress, slammed the Trump administration’s actions toward immigrants while declaring that if immigration is decreased, “We’re not gonna have anybody...
Gallup finds record gap between men, women on whether abortion is morally acceptable
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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June 16, 2025
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Monday, June 16, 2025 Abortion rights and pro-life supporters clash outside the Supreme Court on April 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court hears oral arguments today on Moyle v. United States and...
'Just support her': Brittany Maynard's husband says medical aid in dying helped him grieve
AOL
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Dan Diaz and his wife, Brittany Maynard, took their dogs Charley and Bella for a walk the morning of Nov. 1, 2014, with their friends and family. Later that day, Maynard died. Doctors found Maynard's brain tumor exactly 10 months prior, on New...
Southwestern Vermont Chamber and Berkshire Bank host free breakfast event on Business Succession Planning
Bennington Banner - Vermont
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MANCHESTER — The Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with Berkshire Bank, is proud to present "Breakfast with Berkshire: Business Succession Planning," a timely and informative event for business owners considering the...
Wildlife Tunnels in Vermont Cut Amphibian Deaths By 80 Percent, Study Finds
Mental Floss
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June 5, 2025
Thousands of animals, from mountain lions to newts, are killed each year due to vehicle collisions. Traffic is even partially to blame for population declines in some species. Amphibians are especially vulnerable to such threats, but a new study...
MM 6.5: Maryland men’s lacrosse earns commitment of Vermont transfer Henry Dodge
Testudo Times - Maryland
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June 5, 2025
Maryland men’s lacrosse earned the commitment of Vermont faceoff specialist Henry Dodge late Tuesday night, according to Matt Chandik. Dodge’s 71.3% faceoff win percentage was best in the nation by a wide margin. In 2025, he was named America East...
When It Comes to Understanding the Dangers Posed by Big Tech, We’re Lost in the Cloud
The Nation
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June 16, 2025
Anti-Monopolist / June 16, 2025 By treating IT and AI as neutral tools, we obscure our ability to see—and resist—power. If just one of the big three tech giants collapses, societal mayhem could follow. Ad Policy An artificial intelligence powered...
GlobalFoundries to spend $3 billion more on AI efforts in Upstate NY, Vermont
Syracuse.com - New York
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June 5, 2025
Larry Rulison, Times Union, Albany, N.Y. (TNS) MALTA — GlobalFoundries announced Wednesday that it will spend an additional $3 billion to expand its artificial intelligence chipmaking capabilities at its factories in Saratoga County and Essex...
GlobalFoundries to Invest $16B in New York and Vermont Chip Plants
Supply Chain 24/7
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GlobalFoundries is making a $16 billion bet on bringing more chip manufacturing back to the U.S. What’s Related The company announced Wednesday that it will expand its semiconductor production and advanced packaging work at its New York and...
In a Rutland townhall Sen. Welch urges Vermont constituents to stay civically engaged
The Brandon Reporter - Vermont
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June 5, 2025
By STEVEN JUPITER RUTLAND—Senator Peter Welch held a townhall-style meeting with constituents at the Paramount Theater in Rutland on Wednesday, May 28. The capacity crowd included residents from all over Vermont, all hoping to ask Welch questions...
BETA Technologies all-electric aircraft completes first passenger flight to JFK
AeroTime News
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June 4, 2025
Vermont-based advanced air mobility developer BETA Technologies has successfully completed its first passenger-carrying all-electric aircraft demonstration flight at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The historic flight follows six...
Lawmakers Consider Bringing Catamounts Back to Vermont
Seven Days - Vermont
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June 4, 2025
When Alexander Crowell shot Vermont's last documented catamount in 1881 on a snowy Thanksgiving morning in Barnard, a local newspaper portrayed the hunter as heroic and his 182-pound prey as a monster. "He had killed many sheep and lambs in...
GlobalFoundries to expand manufacturing in Vermont, New York
NBC5 - Vermont
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June 4, 2025
GlobalFoundries is making a $16 billion investment in its facilities in Vermont and New York.The funding will expand semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging capabilities — a response to the "explosive growth" of artificial intelligence,...
Vermont State University President David Bergh to retire
Rutland Herald - Vermont
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Vermont State University’s president is ready to move on. David Bergh announced Thursday he will retire at the end of the next academic year, June 30, 2026. “It has been an incredible honor to serve as president of VTSU, which has in many ways...
GlobalFoundries commits $16B to expand New York, Vermont facilities
Manufacturing Dive
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Dive Brief: GlobalFoundries announced plans Wednesday to invest an additional $3 billion to expand its semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging capabilities in Malta, New York, and Essex Junction, Vermont. The funds will go toward...
GlobalFoundries to invest $16B in chip manufacturing in New York and Vermont
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 4, 2025
Get Vermont news sent to your inbox. Daily Digger is everything you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday-Saturday morning. Global Foundries in Essex Junction in October 2022. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerUpdated 2:21 p.m....
GlobalFoundries pledges $16bn investment to reshore chip manufacturing at New York and Vermont fabs
Data Center Dynamics
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GlobalFoundries (GF) has announced it is investing an additional $3 billion to boost semiconductor manufacturing at its facilities in New York and Vermont, the US. The investment builds on GF’s existing expansion plans, which saw the company...
Revere’s Prominent and Preeminent, World-Class, Medical Doctors and Medical Scientists
Revere Journal - Massachusetts
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June 4, 2025
By John J. Henry Now that high school and college graduation season is upon us looking back over the years at what a number of former students and graduates of Revere’s schools have achieved in higher education and in their chosen professions and...