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VPR News
Field Narrows For Education Secretary
Friday, 11/02/12
A
search for a new Vermont education secretary has been narrowed to four
finalists. About
30 candidates applied for the post.
VPR News
A Bright Future For Brooks House
Friday, 10/26/12
By
Susan Keese
In Brattleboro, two dreams have moved closer to reality. One is the
dream of restoring the Brooks House, an important downtown building, gutted by
fire in 2011. There's also the dream of a
downtown college campus that would bring students and jobs to Brattleboro's Main Street.
VPR News
VT Law School Inaugurates President
Monday, 10/22/12
The
Vermont Law School is inaugurating a new president and dean. Marc
Mihaly assumed both those titles in August and will be formally installed in
the job this Friday
Vermont Edition
Safety First: Teaching Teens To Drive
Monday, 10/22/12
By
Jane Lindholm Learning to drive is a rite of passage and huge responsibility for the
5,500 or so teens who get junior operator licenses each year in Vermont.
Now, a new guide from the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles aims to
help parents reinforce safety lessons as their teens get behind the
wheel.
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VPR News
UVM Responses To Rape Survey
Friday, 10/19/12
A
report suggests it could cost the University of Vermont more than $100,000 a year to address sexual violence
issues following a fraternity rape-survey scandal.
VPR News
Brattleboro Eyed For New College Campus
Thursday, 10/18/12
A
committee of the Vermont State Colleges has picked a building in
downtown Brattleboro as the site of a new campus for Community College
of Vermont and Vermont Technical College.
VPR News
Hoax Press Release Authors Call For Middlebury Divestment
Thursday, 10/18/12
By
Steve Zind
Last
Friday as the Dalai Lama prepared to speak at Middlebury College an emailed press release announced that the college
would be quote "fully divesting its endowment from war." Without
providing many details it suggested that Middlebury had decided to use the
occasion of the Tibetan leader's visit to announce it would no longer invest in
companies working in the defense industry.
 MP3 Available 
VPR News
Champlain Elementary Teacher Honored
Tuesday, 10/16/12
By
Amy Kolb Noyes A
seemingly routine school-wide assembly turned into the surprise of a lifetime for
Champlain Elementary
School fourth-
and fifth-grade teacher Matthew Hajdun yesterday.
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