MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) The mayor of Montpelier is urging protesters and counter-protesters to stay home this Sunday rather than gather at the Vermont Statehouse. But Mayor Anne Watson is.
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STAMFORD, Vt. â The Select Board on Tuesday doubled down on its recent defiance of Gov. Phil Scottâs health emergency orders, voting to âterminateâ the governorâs restrictions relating to COVID-19 and impose local regulations.
Three of the five board members supported the motion, saying they would likely follow most of Scottâs emergency orders but not any they believe trample on rights guaranteed in the U.S. and Vermont constitutions.
Daniel Potvin and Michael Denault, who led the advocacy for the action during a more than 90-minute debate, and Carol Fachini voted in favor. Chairwoman Nancy Bushika and Christopher Warren voted against.
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This file photo combo shows Vermont incumbent Republican Gov. Phil Scott, left, and Democrat Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, candidates for Vermont governor in the Nov. 3, 2020, general election.
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Molly Gray, a Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, holds a rally at the Common in Brattleboro on Friday, July 24. Gray was elected to the post and will become the fourth woman in state history to hold the office.
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Gov. Phil Scott was reelected to a third two-year term in 2020 after guiding Vermont through the COVID-19 pandemic.
How two nontraditional newsrooms in Vermont are winning readers
Could their examples hold the key to fixing âThe Expanding News Desertâ?
By Mark Shanahan Globe Staff,Updated December 28, 2020, 12:44 p.m.
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Anne Galloway wondered if her journalism career might be over.
It was January 2009 and the Sunday editor of the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus was among 16 employees abruptly laid off when the newspaperâs owner slashed positions in a round of budget cuts.
âI knew I wanted to stay in journalism,â says Galloway. âBut there werenât many jobs in the offing.â
Or any. All over Vermont, the story was the same: Newspapers were downsizing as readers in ever greater numbers were getting their news for free on the Internet, and advertising revenue â which sustained print journalism for two centuries â had dwindled to a trickle during the recession between 2007 and 2009.