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BENNINGTON â A pair of Bennington teenagers were at the forefront of a news conference Tuesday urging calling Gov. Phil Scott to reverse course on changing the eligibility requirements for a program that kept homeless people sheltered in motels during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Addie Lentzner, 17, a rising senior at Arlington Memorial High School, and Erica Jansch, 14, an incoming freshman at Mount Anthony Union High School, were among students speaking during a press conference calling on Scott and the state Agency of Human Services to walk back regulations that took effect July 1.
Lentzner and Jansch organized the event with former gubernatorial candidate and activist Brenda Siegel of Newfane after meeting her at the Governorâs Institutes of Vermont. They are also undertaking a petition drive calling to extend the program and the eviction moratorium, and continue expanded nutrition benefits such as the Everyone Eats pro
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