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	Stamford selectmen to meet Thursday Saturday, October 4 STAMFORD, Vt. -- The Selectmen will meet on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m., in the town office. Full Story Vermont to treat two rivers for lampreys Saturday, October 4 WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) -- An aquatic pesticide aimed at destructive lamprey eels will be applied to the Winooski and Missisquoi rivers beginning next week in a bid to kill them before they make it into Lake Champlain and prey on fish, state officials said Friday. "Sea lampreys have caused devastating impacts on fishery restoration efforts in Lake Champlain," said state Fish Full Story St. Joachim's Church to host turkey dinner Wednesday, October 1 READSBORO, Vt. -- St. Joachim's Church will hold its popular turkey supper on Friday, Oct. 3 in the parish hall from 5-7 p.m. The home-style dinner will include roast turkey with dressing and gravy, mashed potatoes, fresh butternut squash, green beans, cole slaw, rolls and choice of beverage. Full Story Remove grave decorations Wednesday, October 1 READSBORO, Vt. -- The Readsboro Cemetery Commission is reminding people to please remove all artificial flowers, wreaths, vases, urns and other decorations from grave sites of their families by Wednesday, Oct. 15. After that date maintenance workers will discard them. Any questions: Call Betty Bolognani, chairwoman, Readsboro Cemetery Commission, 802-423-5432. Full Story Batten Kill trout population on the rise Monday, September 29 ARLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- Officials say the trout population is rebounding on the Batten Kill, a world famous trout stream in southern Vermont. Cynthia Browning, executive director of the Batten Kill Watershed Alliance, says results from a July census show the number of newly hatched trout has grown from 35 to 75 along a 500-feet of the river. Full Story Identity theft program set in Readsboro Saturday, September 27 READSBORO, Vt. -- The Readsboro Community Library will host a program on identity theft, presented by the Better Business Bureau, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 6:30 p.m. The free program will inform the public about the different forms of identity theft and how they can protect their assets. Full Story NRC gives a good review Saturday, September 27 MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant had a good day Friday, winning high marks in the results of an inspection by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, while its parent company won an environmental award. The NRC said it performed a once-every-three-years review called a "Component Design Bases Inspection," and found just three minor areas on Full Story Vt. minimum wage set to rise Friday, September 26 MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) --Vermont's minimum wage will increase by five percent on Jan. 1. That means the lowest paid Vermonters will see their pay go from $7.68 an hour to $8.06. In 2005 the Legislature passed a law that required the minimum wage to increase every year by the rate of inflation or 5 percent, whichever is smaller. Full Story Cop: No charges yet in stray-bullet death Friday, September 26 ESSEX, Vt. (AP) -- Police aren't saying whether the gunman in the fatal shooting of a retired professor will be charged, or who he is. John Reiss, a 73-year-old father of seven who taught English at St. Michael's College in Colchester, was hit by a stray bullet by someone firing a rifle during a target practice nearby Tuesday. Full Story Vt. launches contest for schools to save energy Thursday, September 25 NORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) -- The state of Vermont has launched a contest to get schools to reduce their contributions to global warming this winter. Under it, the schools that reduce the most carbon emissions per student will get $5,000 for energy-saving building renovations. The contest revolves around the Web site www. Full Story Bond set at $50,000 for accused baby killer Tuesday, September 23 BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) -- A man charged in the death of his 2 1/2-month-old daughter says he's not guilty. Joseph S. Brown of Newfane, is charged with second-degree murder and aggravated domestic violence in the death of baby Autumn Brown, who died of blunt head trauma. In court Monday in Brattleboro, the 23-year-old Brown entered a not guilty plea and a judge kept Full Story UVM to use only 'green' toilet tissue Tuesday, September 23 BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- The University of Vermont is going green in the school's bathrooms. Starting Oct. 1, the school will only use toilet tissue made from 100 percent recycled fiber that has been bleached without chlorine and approved by an independent green certification group. Full Story Vt. agency against Searsburg windmills: They're bad for bears Monday, September 22 SEARSBURG, Vt. (AP) -- The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources has come out against a proposal to build 17 wind turbines in a section of the Green Mountain National Forest in southern Vermont, saying the project would destroy a key source of food for bears. "The proposed project construction and other associated human activities represents a potentially huge adverse Full Story Sanders against bailout that hurts the middle class Monday, September 22 BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., says he'll oppose a Bush administration proposal to bail out troubled financial institutions if the middle class is asked to pay for it. Sanders on Sunday issued a statement saying middle class Americans shouldn't have to pay for a crisis created by "the Bush administration's deregulatory fever and Wall Street's Full Story

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