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 Otter Creek Festival Of The Arts Is Underway In Rutland | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 138

Nineteen performances ranging from musicals "Sunset Boulevard" and "Spring Awakening" to cabarets and dramatic readings will be staged across Rutland...

 Meet The Candidates: Sue Minter | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2750

Vermont's primary election is only eight weeks away. Voters will have the opportunity to choose candidates for state-wide offices, Vermont's House of...

 New Legislation Expands Stalking Laws, Adds Rules For Online Activity And Social Media | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 206

The methods used by stalkers to harass and intimidate their victims have evolved over the years. Vermont’s criminal statutes have not. That’s about to...

 Vermont Sees 'Significant Shift' Toward Treating Addiction In A Doctor's Office | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 314

Opiate addiction and how best to treat it continues to be a focus in Vermont. And that includes the question of where to provide medication-assisted...

 McAllister Trial Begins: What We Know And What's To Come | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 462

State Senator Norm McAllister is set to stand trial Wednesday on charges that he coerced a young woman who worked for him to have nonconsensual sex on...

 Kittredge: Lamentations | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 175

There’s a short book in the Bible called Lamentations; it’s a collection of poems written after the destruction of Jerusalem in roughly 587 BC. But the...

 Spencer Rendahl: Rejecting Extremism | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 159

The news bulletin that flashed across my laptop screen seemed all too familiar except for the number involved: an armed gunman killed 50 people in a...

 Focusing In On Palliative Care | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2750

Palliative care is specialized medical care that treats pain and other symptoms of patients with serious illness. It's a branch of medicine that can...

 After Orlando, Gubernatorial Candidates Weigh In On Gun Control In Vermont | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 253

Following this weekend's horrific shooting in Orlando, Florida, the issue of gun control has emerged as a key concern for several of Vermont's...

 Over 1,000 Gather In Burlington To Honor Victims Of Orlando Shooting | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 171

On Monday night, supporters of the LGBTQ community held vigils around the state and across the country to pay respect to victims of the mass shooting...

 Oppenheim: One Life In Orlando | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 155

It was about 8:30 AM. I was flipping through the Sunday morning shows. The breaking story had not yet hit the air. So I went to work on my laptop, at...

 In Winooski, Many See Refugee Resettlement As Economic Advantage | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 423

Rutland Mayor Christopher Louras says his efforts to create a refugee resettlement community in Rutland are morally and economically based. Rutland's...

 Vermonters Respond To The Shootings In Orlando | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2750

The deadly shootings at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. on Sunday morning have rattled the nation, including the Vermont community. We want to create a...

 Clark: Hamilton and America's Story | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 178

I’m old enough to remember America’s Bicentennial in 1976 – but young enough to have been an impressionable pre-adolescent at the time. I was swept up...

 Woodstock School District Struggles To Update Its Student Dress Code | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 244

What goes into making a dress code in 2016? At Woodstock Union Middle School, the discussion has included gender politics, discrimination policies and...

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