John Dillon
Reporter
A veteran Vermont reporter, John joined VPR in 2001. Previously, John
was a staff writer for the Sunday Times Argus and the Sunday Rutland
Herald, responsible for breaking stories and in-depth features on local
issues. He has also served as Communications Director for the Vermont
Health Care Authority and Bureau Chief for UPI in Montpelier. John was
honored with two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards in 2007 for his
reporting on VPR. He was the lead reporter for a VPR series on climate
change that in 2008 won a national Edward R. Murrow award for continuing
coverage. In 2009, John's coverage of an asbestos mine in northern
Vermont was recognized with a regional investigative reporting award
from the Radio-Television News Directors Association.
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More by John Dillon
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Critics Request Safety Inspections at Vermont Yankee
Monday, 05/20/02 12am - VPR News
Hearings have ended on the sale of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. But the debate continues on whether the 550-megawatt reactor should be remodeled to boost its power output. An anti-nuclear group also wants a top-to-bottom safety review of the 30-year-old plant.
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Equinox Hotel Announces New Partnership with VINS
Friday, 05/17/02 12am - VPR News
The Equinox Resort in Manchester has teamed up with a Woodstock-based organization to develop environmental education programs in the Mount Equinox area. The partnership between the resort and the Vermont Institute of Natural Science was announced Thursday.
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IBM President Says Company Has Too Much Capacity
Thursday, 05/16/02 12am - VPR News
Sam Palmisano, IBM's chief executive, told stock analysts in New York Wednesday that the company has too much capacity at its computer-chip plants. His report to the analysts took place while Vermonters waited for word on possible job cuts at the IBM plant in Essex Junction, but there were no specifics yet.
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Employees, State Officials Await IBM Announcement
Wednesday, 05/15/02 12am - VPR News
Concern continues to grow that International Business Machines will trim its Vermont workforce. Some stock analysts have reported that IBM plans to sell its Vermont chip-making plant and lay off 1,000 or more workers. State officials say they don't know if that's true, but they're getting increasingly worried about Vermont's largest employer.
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Washington Conservatives Criticize Leahy
Tuesday, 05/14/02 12am - VPR News
Senator Patrick Leahy's job as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is coming under fire. Three conservative lawyers from around the country flew to Vermont Monday to accuse Leahy of delaying action on President Bush's nominees to the federal bench.
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State Officers Worried About Possible IBM Lay-offs
Monday, 05/13/02 12am - VPR News
There's more concern that computer giant IBM may trim its workforce. IBM is the state's largest private employer. Recent reports that it may lay off 8,000 workers has prompted Governor Howard Dean to call a meeting next week with top company officials.
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Agriculture Commissioner Critical of Some Farm Groups
Friday, 05/10/02 12am - VPR News
Vermont's agriculture commissioner has strongly condemned a coalition of farm and environmental groups for opposing a large egg farm. Commissioner Leon Graves says the groups threaten the future of agriculture in Vermont. But the spokesman for one of the organizations says Graves is biased in favor of corporate agriculture.
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Widow Asks for Police Documents in Shooting Death
Wednesday, 05/08/02 12am - VPR News
The widow of a Burlington man killed by police last fall wants the state to release documents from its internal investigation of the incident. State and local police shot Eilisei Borlovan last September after he reportedly refused orders to drop a weapon.
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Vermont Yankee Buyers May Boost Power Output
Monday, 05/06/02 12am - VPR News
A Louisiana company wants to squeeze more life out of an aging Vermont nuclear power plant. But an anti-nuclear group says that before the Entergy Corporation can crank more power out of Vermont Yankee, it first needs permission from the Vermont Legislature.
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Woodworkers Attempt to Re-open Ethan Allen Shop
Friday, 05/03/02 12am - VPR News
The Ethan Allen furniture company laid off more than 200 people this week at two plants in Vermont. Yet despite the bad news, some of the company's former workers hope to re-open a manufacturing plant in Island Pond.
