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         <title><![CDATA[Bypass project cited in downtown retailer's move]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON -- A prominent Main Street retailer says he plans to move his store to Williamstown, Mass., next year because the Bennington Bypass has hampered business.



"I came way late in the [bypass] project. It was a done deal, but it never made sense to me. A bypass -- just the word alone," Steve Hinchliffe, owner of Nature's Closet, said Friday about the decades-long highway project.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;NEAL P. GOSWAMI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:57:19 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[State: Hangar plan moving forward]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON -- The Select Board is set to continue debate Monday on whether the town should support the donation of a privately owned hangar at the local airport to the state. The town&rsquo;s opinion may not matter, however.



Town opinion may be moot



Trini Brassard, assistant director of operations at the state Agency of Transportation, said Business Air, which owns the $1 million hangar at]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;NEAL P. GOSWAMI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:06:55 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Anita Hill named as college trustee]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON -- Brandeis University Professor Anita Hill, who rose to national fame during the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is the newest trustee at Southern Vermont College.



SVC President Karen Gross announced the appointment of Hill on Thursday. Hill is a faculty member at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;NEAL P. GOSWAMI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:06:54 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Grandma Moses farm protected after rights sold]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[EAGLE BRIDGE, N.Y. --  The owners of the Moses Farm have sold the development rights to their 171-acre property to a state program, ensuring that the land remains in agricultural use. 



The farm once belonged to Anna Mary Robertson Moses, or as she is better known, "Grandma Moses," the famous folk artist.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;KEITH WHITCOMB JR.&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:06:45 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Boards seek more detail on school consolidation options]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[NORTH BENNINGTON -- Members of the North Bennington and Shaftsbury school boards agreed at a joint meeting Wednesday that they need more information after discussing a new study outlining organizational and legal issues involved with changing supervisory unions.



Both districts are members of the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union and the Mount Anthony Union School district and are examining a]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;MARK E. RONDEAU&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:40:42 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Appointments needed for H1N1 flu clinics]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON -- Public swine flu clinics in Bennington will now be done by appointment to reduce wait times and to prevent lines from forming, hospital officials said Thursday.



Clinics are still restricted to those who are considered to be at high-risk of swine flu, or the H1N1 virus. Local health officials are looking for ways to ensure thathigh-risk patients can safely obtain the vaccine, said]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;NEAL P. GOSWAMI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:30 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[200 Web sites spread al-Qaida&rsquo;s message in English]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[RIYADH,Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida&rsquo;s message to Muslims in the West.



They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki, who exchanged dozens of e-mails with the Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shootings.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:22 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Vermont sixth hungriest   One in eight households struggle to meet daily needs]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON -- Vermont is the sixth hungriest state in the union, according to statistics released Tuesday by the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger.



The study was completed in December 2008. The year before, Vermont was ranked 14th in the nation for the number of residents reporting "very low food security," said Marissa Parisi, the campaign&rsquo;s executive director.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;KEITH WHITCOMB JR.&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:15 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Conservative seeks cash to contest N.Y. House race]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A Conservative Party candidate is writing to supporters saying he lost a New York race for a U.S. House of Representatives seat because of scheming and needs money in case he lodges a legal challenge.



Earlier this week Doug Hoffman withdrew the election night concession he issued to Democratic Rep.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:12 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Senator: Vermont will face $88M budget deficit]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[MONTPELIER (AP) -- Vermont will face a deficit of at least $88 million in the coming budget cycle when state lawmakers resume their 2009-10 session in January, the Senate's highest-ranking Democrat said Tuesday.



"The economy's fallen apart, our revenues have plummeted and the state of Vermont's facing the toughest fiscal challenges in our history," Senate President Pro Tem]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:49:21 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Reid unveils $849B health care legislation]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Setting up a historic year-end health care debate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled long-awaited legislation Wednesday night to extend coverage to all but 6 percent of eligible Americans and bar private industry from denying insurance because of pre-existing medical conditions.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;DAVID ESPO&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:43:11 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[H1N1 still spreading throughout Vermont]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON -- Swine flu continues to spread in Vermont and New England despite dropping off in other parts of the country, according to state health officials.



&lsquo;Sharp increases&rsquo; in N.E.



Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Wendy Davis said Wednesday that swine flu, or the H1N1 virus, remains widespread in Vermont and 45 other states.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;NEAL P. GOSWAMI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:01:32 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sticker shock   Police hope bright message    discourages buying alcohol for minors]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON -- Local police and a substance abuse prevention group are hoping a little "sticker shock" will help discourage young adults from driving drunk or furnishing alcohol to minors.



Students involved with the Center for Restorative Justice joined with local police officers Wednesday to place bright green stickers on cases of beer in several stores around Bennington.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;NEAL P. GOSWAMI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:01:13 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Group ranks Vermont healthiest]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON -- Vermont has been ranked the healthiest state in the union, according to an annual report by the United Health Foundation, leaping up three places in the ranking from a year ago.



Top 10 in 11 categories



In the 20th Anniversary Edition of America&rsquo;s Health Rankings, Vermont scored among the top 10 in 11 of the ranking&rsquo;s 22 health measures, making it the healthiest]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;KEITH WHITCOMB JR.&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:01:11 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Shaftsbury explores options to fix State Park Road]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[SHAFTSBURY -- It may be called State Park Road, but the access road to Lake Shaftsbury State Park is owned by the town.



Craig Whipple, director of state parks for the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, came to Monday'sSelect Board meeting to discuss a way to get the road, which is in poor condition, repaired.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;MARK E. RONDEAU&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:52:30 EST]]></pubDate>
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