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         <title><![CDATA[UPDATE - Burglary arrest made after multiple search warrants executed]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON - State police have made an arrest in connection
with burglary investigations that involved a multi-agency search of
the Foster's Cannery on Benmont Avenue Thursday.

According to police, Leroy Lacross, 45, of Bennington, was arrested
Friday and held a the Marble Valley Correctional Facility in Rutland
for lack of $15,000 bail.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>KEITH WHITCOMB JR.</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:19:48 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[19 independent colleges in Vermont add $1.4B to state]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday February 10, 2012    
MONTPELIER (AP) -- The Association of Vermont Independent Colleges has announced a new exchange program between 14 of the colleges that will allow students to spend a semester at one of the other private schools.



The association held a Statehouse news conference on Friday to announce the new program and the results of a study that has found that Vermont's 19]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:13:42 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Police seize items from Foster's Cannery, investigating burglaries]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BENNINGTON - Police seized a number of items from Foster's Cannery on
Benmont Avenue Thursday in connection with multiple burglary
investigations and are in the process of inventorying those items now.<P>
Cambridge/Greenwich (N.Y.) 

Police Chief George Bell said he and his
assistant chief aided the Vermont State Police, Bennington Police
Department and Winhall Police Department in executing]]></description>
         <dc:creator>KEITH WHITCOMB JR.</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:10:18 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hoosick Falls trustees approve dissolution study]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday February 10, 2012    HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. -- Village trustees are prepared to accept a government dissolution study proposal from the Center for Governmental Research as part of a grant-funded "review of all municipal services."



Impacts of consolidation



Hoosick Falls Mayor Matthew Monahan said Wednesday that village officials decided to award the project to CGR based on the fact they]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;ZEKE WRIGHT&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:46:03 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Paran skaters: Come on out, the ice is fine]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday February 10, 2012    
KEITH WHITCOMB JR.



Staff Writer



NORTH BENNINGTON -- One would think that with such a mild winter, any attempt at ice skating on Lake Paran would quickly turn into a swim.



One would be wrong.



"This year will be remembered as the year of good ice," said Sandy Sumner, of Royal Street.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:21:07 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Kelly Stand repairs likely to go into 2013]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday February 10, 2012    
KEITH WHITCOMB JR.



Staff Writer



SUNDERLAND -- The Kelly Stand Road, largely destroyed in late August by Tropical Storm Irene, will not be brought back to the way it was until 2013, according to officials from the town, state, and U.S. Forest Service. The cost of the work, however, be completely covered by the federal government.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:14:58 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mike Bethel: We need a proactive voice]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday February 9, 2012    
NEAL P. GOSWAMI



Staff Writer



BENNINGTON -- Mike Bethel has pushed to implement policy changes for years as an activist. Now, he is looking to do so from the inside -- as a member of the Select Board.



Bethel, who is one of five candidates running for two seats on the seven-member board, said he chose to run this year because Bennington residents can no longer]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:12:24 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[NEWS IN THE WORKS]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON TODAY:
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:17:50 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[BVSU dealing with unexpected resignation]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday February 9, 2012    
DAWSON RASPUZZI



Staff Writer



ARLINGTON -- The Battenkill Valley Supervisory Union board on Wednesday accepted the surprise resignation of Special Education Director Nancy Mills during a special meeting. The resignation has put the schools "in a bind," according to officials.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:50:49 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Many want to save 'pig' decals on cruisers]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[MONTPELIER -- Remember the pig hidden within the decal on the doors of some Vermont State Police cruisers?

There's now a movement under way to keep it there.

But it turns out there was more wrong with that image than just the white pig hidden as a splotch on the cow, made to resemble one of Vermont's ubiquitous Holsteins.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:50:08 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[SVC's acting president steps to the fore]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday February 8, 2012    
DAWSON RASPUZZI



Staff Writer



BENNINGTON -- James Beckwith has always accepted, if not favored, acting behind the scenes to ensure smooth operations. But when Southern Vermont College President Karen Gross began a one-year leave of absence to work with the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 9 Feb 2012 22:47:34 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bill would make ed chief a governor appointee]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday February 9, 2012    
LISA RATHKE



Associated Press



MONTPELIER -- Vermont lawmakers are considering legislation that would elevate the state&rsquo;s chief education official from a commissioner to a Cabinet-level secretary, a move supporters say would strengthen the state&rsquo;s education policy but that critics fear will mean a loss of local control over education decisions.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 9 Feb 2012 22:47:31 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[N.Y. top court hears police perjury appeal]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday February 9, 2012    
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)  -- The lawyer for a former New York City police detective urged the state&rsquo;s top court Thursday to overturn his perjury convictions, arguing the officer had no intention of lying and simply didn&rsquo;t recall questioning a 17-year-old shooting suspect who secretly recorded the 2005 interview.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 9 Feb 2012 22:47:27 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Three seek to win 2 one-year Pownal Select Board seats]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday February 9, 2012    POWNAL -- Three people are running for two one-year seats on the Pownal Select Board.



Michael George, 49, of Niles School Road, for the past two years has served as the town&rsquo;s emergency management coordinator. He was a member of the Pownal Center Fire Department for 20 years, leaving that group 10 years ago.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;KEITH WHITCOMB JR.&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 9 Feb 2012 22:39:16 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Slocum statement to police will be heard in court ]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday February 8, 2012    
MICHAEL CIGNOLI



The Saratogian



FORT EDWARD -- A Washington County judge has ruled the statements Matthew Slocum made to police officers -- including that he "shotgunned" his mother -- will be admissible evidence in his triple homicide trial scheduled to begin Feb.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 9 Feb 2012 09:23:27 EST]]></pubDate>
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