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UVM lays off 16, eliminates varsity baseball and softball
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Sixteen administrative staff were laid off at the University of Vermont on Friday and two varsity sports were eliminated to help balance the budget. No faculty were laid off, but the administration says contracts will not be renewed for a number of lecturers next year.VPR News
Tim and Diane Mueller sell Okemo Mountain Resort
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Okemo Mountain Resort has been sold to a Florida company that operates eleven other resorts in North America. The resort says no major changes should be expected.VPR News
Vermont Law School Professor Michael Mello dies
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Michael Mello, a prominent member of the Vermont Law School faculty, has died. Mello was known for his expertise on the death penalty.VPR News
VT Edition Analysis: VPR’s Ross Sneyd
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Vermont Edition host Jane Lindholm talks with VPR reporter Ross Sneyd about the top stories this week…from political campaigns to the closing of the Saputo Cheese Plant.Vermont Edition
Governor Jim Douglas
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We continue our series of one-on-one interviews with Vermont’s top candidates, with Governor Jim Douglas. Email your questions ahead of time to vermontedition@vpr.net. Also, VPR’s Ross Sneyd analyzes the week’s top stories, and we listen back to voices in the week’s news.VPR News
Olin Stephens, designer of America’s Cup winning yachts, dies in N.H.
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Olin Stephens designed eight of nine yachts that won the America’s Cup sailing race between 1937 and 1980.Stephens retired to northern New England 30 years ago and died in Lyme, N.H., over the weekend at the age of 100. VPR’s Ross Sneyd has this remembrance.VPR News
Vermont National Guard dedicates monument to fallen members
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A memorial was dedicated today to members of the Vermont National Guard killed in wars since September 11th, 2001. VPR’s Ross Sneyd was at the ceremony.VPR News
Vermont will expand Food Stamp eligibility to 30,000 households
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Vermont will expand eligibility for Food Stamp assistance as state officials plan for what they say could be a difficult winter. The changes should more than double the number of households who qualify for government assistance to keep food on their table. VPR’s Ross Sneyd reports.VPR News
