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         <title><![CDATA[Forums scheduled to discuss budget]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday March 10, 2010    BENNINGTON -- The Arlington school board elected a new chairman Tuesday at its first meeting following last week&rsquo;s election, when voters rejected the board&rsquo;s proposed budget.



With about 20 residents in attendance, many who came to talk about the budget, newly elected Chairman Todd Wilkins asked that input from residents on the budget be saved for two]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;DAWSON RASPUZZI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:41:55 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Vt. power companies hope for Quebec deal]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday March 10, 2010    MONTPELIER -- In Canada for a trade mission this week, representatives of Vermont&rsquo;s two biggest electric utilities hope they can agree on new contracts for power from provincial utility Hydro-Quebec.



Green Mountain Power Corp. President Mary Powell and Central Vermont Public Service Corp.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;JOHN CURRAN&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:41:51 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[UVM anonymous donor bill to die in Senate]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday March 10, 2010    BENNINGTON -- A bill granting anonymity to donors of the University of Vermont and other public colleges in Vermont will be "killed" Friday because of mounting concerns among lawmakers and statewide media outlets.



A once mundane bill concerning the archiving of public records took on a new life when a UVM-backed amendment was tacked on in the state Senate.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;NEAL P. GOSWAMI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:41:46 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Walloomsac group shines light on &lsquo;green&rsquo;]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday March 10, 2010    BENNINGTON -- Well-attended events like January&rsquo;s stone soup dinner in Bennington have increased attention being paid to the Walloomsac Transition Forum, as well as its "green" initiatives.



Started in Ireland



The forum is a part of the Transition Town movement that began in Ireland in 2005 to educate and prepare communities for the challenges of climate]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;DAWSON RASPUZZI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:41:40 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Anti-nuke groups want Yankee closed now]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday March 9, 2010    MONTPELIER -- Two weeks after lawmakers voted to close Vermont Yankee in 2012, Vermont regulators are being pressed to act sooner -- shutting it down immediately -- because of leaking tritium that environmental groups say is polluting the environment.



On Wednesday, the state Public Service Board opens an investigation sought by the Conservation Law Foundation and the]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;JOHN CURRAN&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:41:17 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Markowitz campaigns in Bennington]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday March 9, 2010    BENNINGTON -- Democratic Secretary of State Deborah Markowitz projected confidence while wooing voters in Bennington Tuesday, a day after officially kicking off her gubernatorial campaign in Barre.



Markowitz, 48, in her sixth term as Vermont&rsquo;s secretary of state, is among five Democrats vying for the Democratic Party&rsquo;s nomination to replace the retiring]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;NEAL P. GOSWAMI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:40:39 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Woman to be honored for World War II service]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday March 9, 2010    MANCHESTER -- A World War II oversight will be corrected in Washington, D.C., today when surviving members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots are recognized for their wartime service.



The women will receive the Congressional Gold Medal for their service as domestic pilots during the war, and among them will be local resident Patricia Kenworthy Nuckols.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;LAUREN READ&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:40:36 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[3 MAU seniors finalists for Merit scholarships]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday March 9, 2010    BENNINGTON -- Every year students who test well on the Preliminary SAT are entered for a chance to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship -- given to about 8,000 high school students across the country each year, about 20 of whom are usually from Vermont.



PSAT scores



This year, Mount Anthony Union High School has three senior finalists waiting to hear whether]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;DAWSON RASPUZZI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:40:35 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[A difficult task:   Advocacy Center appeals for funding to train sex assault nurses]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday March 9, 2010    BENNINGTON -- The departure of the area&rsquo;s only certified sexual assault nurse examiner has local health officials and victims&rsquo; advocates scrambling to continue the essential service.



Laurie Ann Speanburg, the only area nurse with specialized training in performing forensic exams on assault victims, accepted a position in New York in January, said Lori]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;NEAL P. GOSWAMI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:40:31 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bennington fifth-grader wins healthy breakfast poem contest]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday March 8, 2010    BENNINGTON -- Parents often try everything to get their children to eat healthy, although the parents of Bennington Elementary fifth-grader Sophia Prandini have never had to try too hard.



Helps to garden



Sophia has helped in her family&rsquo;s garden for years and said she&rsquo;s always loved fruits and vegetables and has shied away from the sweets.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;DAWSON RASPUZZI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Mar 2010 22:56:07 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Markowitz kicks off gubernatorial run]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday March 8, 2010    BARRE -- Vowing to tackle partisan gridlock in Montpelier and get affordable high-speed Internet to all corners of Vermont, Secretary of State Deb Markowitz -- one of five Democrats hoping to succeed Republican Gov. Jim Douglas -- kicked off her gubernatorial campaign Monday.



Markowitz, 48, told about 80 noisy supporters who gathered in a Barre Municipal Auditorium]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;JOHN CURRAN&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Mar 2010 22:55:57 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Officials hoping Google Internet is tested in Vt.]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday March 8, 2010    BENNINGTON -- State officials are hoping an Internet search engine will choose Vermont to construct and test an ultra high-speed Internet network it has developed.



Convince Google



The Vermont Telecommunications Authority is spearheading an effort to convince Google to choose this small, rural state as a test site.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;NEAL P. GOSWAMI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Mar 2010 22:55:43 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pakistan arrests American-born    al-Qaida spokesman]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sunday March 7, 2010    KARACHI, Pakistan -- The American-born spokesman for al-Qaida has been arrested by Pakistani intelligence officers in the southern city of Karachi, two officers and a government official said Sunday as video emerged of him urging U.S. Muslims to attack their own country.



The arrest of Adam Gadahn represents a major victory in the U.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;ASHRAF KHAN&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 7 Mar 2010 22:02:58 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Tenants fill church with good works]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sunday March 7, 2010    BENNINGTON -- In the year after the first non-profit tenant moved into the Nichols Education Building at First Baptist Church in January 2009, three more tenants moved in, filling up the available space.



First, the Bennington Free Clinic opened up on the first floor of the building, located downtown.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;MARK E. RONDEAU&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 7 Mar 2010 22:02:51 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[State: Response to H1N1 a success   Only 3 deaths in Vermont]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sunday March 7, 2010    BENNINGTON -- Vermont Health officials praised their response Thursday to the recent Swine Flu outbreak.



With cases of the much maligned flu strain, known as H1N1, receding, state and federal officials are now reviewing their response, but are being careful to note that the virus is still circulating.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;NEAL P. GOSWAMI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 7 Mar 2010 22:02:47 EST]]></pubDate>
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