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Vermont Edition

Guard deployments call for sacrifices from employers, too

By Jane Lindholm | March 18, 2009

The biggest deployment of the Vermont National Guard since World War II will mean challenges for employers and the workplaces the soldiers leave behind. We discuss the rights, responsibilities and concerns on both sides. Plus, Candy Page on the coming of Spring and a post script to our program on community planning.

Vermont Edition

Vermont in Transition: Keeping Communities Vital

By Jane Lindholm | March 11, 2009

Growth and preservation are two goals of community planning – and sometimes they’re at odds. As part of our Vermont in Transition series we’ll explore how Vermont towns are trying to guide development and maintain quality of life.

VPR News

Debate over big box stores simmers

By Ross Sneyd | June 9, 2008

For a number of years in the 1990s, Wal-Mart stores symbolized Vermont’s debate about its future. Eventually, the big retailer opened stores in Bennington, Rutland, Berlin and Williston, and attention shifted. But the debate was never fully resolved and, now, with new proposals, it’s simmering again. VPR’s Ross Sneyd has more.