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         <title><![CDATA[Irene responders honored in Manchester]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday February 10, 2012    
BRANDON CANEVARI



Manchester Journal



MANCHESTER -- Manchester Fire Chief Phil "Grub" Bourn has been chosen to grace this year's cover, he has been chosen as a "poster child" of sorts to honor and thank all of the people who helped when Tropical Storm Irene ravaged the town.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:11:51 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pittstown, N.Y. man facing child porn charges]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday February 10, 2012    
ZEKE WRIGHT



Staff Writer



PITTSTOWN, N.Y. -- A Pittstown man remains free on bail after arraignment in town court Wednesday on child pornography charges. Officials say the case will move to a Rensselaer County grand jury, with a separate federal indictment possible.



Police arrested John Kelly, 44, on Jan.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:11:21 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Monument staff is said to be upset with principal; acting administrator named]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday February 10, 2012    BENNINGTON -- The principal of Monument Elementary reportedly has been placed on administrative leave following complaints by school staff.



Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union Superintendent Catherine McClure would not confirm that Principal Brian Crego is on administrative leave, but she did say that Bennington Elementary Assistant Principal Donna Cauley will serve]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;b&gt;DAWSON RASPUZZI&lt;/b&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:09:57 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ex-bank manager is sentenced for fraud]]></title>
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BURLINGTON (AP) -- A former Vermont bank manager accused of stealing at least $165,000 to pay for personal expenses has been sentenced to five months in prison. 



Prosecutors say 45-year-old Brian Bouchard of Burlington took the money between February 2009 and February 2011 when employed at Chittenden Bank/People's United Bank.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:42:14 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Man charged with stealing Frost papers and cards and selling them]]></title>
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HARTFORD (AP) -- A 42-year-old Vermont man is in jail on charges he stole original papers and cards written by the poet Robert Frost and received more than $20,000 for them.



Hartford police say Timothy Bernaby, of Hartland, was arrested Friday on a charge of grand larceny.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:37:34 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Danby man will face arson   charge]]></title>
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DANBY -- A Danby man has been charged with third degree arson and domestic assault following an altercation with his girlfriend over the past weekend.



According to Vermont State Police, Kelley E. Staples Jr., 20, assaulted the woman on Feb. 3. A trooper located Staples at his mother's residence in Danby, where Staples was taken into custody for domestic]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:27:33 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Rescue Squad is backing proposal for CPR training]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/local/ci_19941000?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday February 10, 2012    
NEAL P. GOSWAMI



Staff Writer



BENNINGTON -- The Bennington Rescue Squad is urging members of the Vermont Senate to resume work on a bill that would require high school students to learn CPR before graduating.



Bennington Rescue Director William Hathaway said his organization is wants to require schools to provide CPR training to high school students because CPR]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:26:45 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Man charged with negligent driving, lewd behavior]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/local/ci_19933563?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[SHAFTSBURY -- A Connecticut man was arrested in Shaftsbury Thursday morning, after state police said he drove his vehicle into a fence at the Bank Street home of his former wife, then later allegedly removed his pants at the Shaftsbury police barracks, prompting a charge of lewd and lascivious behavior.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:41:07 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[BSD fires teacher facing charges]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.benningtonbanner.com/local/ci_19932654?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday February 9, 2012    
DAWSON RASPUZZI



Staff Writer



BENNINGTON -- A Monument Elementary teacher facing felony charges of possessing child pornography on his school laptop was fired following an executive school board session Thursday morning.



John Dockum, 34, had been on paid administrative leave since Oct.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:38:16 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sunderland subdivision proposed]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday February 9, 2012    
KEITH WHITCOMB JR.



Staff Writer



SUNDERLAND -- A developer is seeking an Act 250 permit for a 23-lot subdivision to be built off Sunderland Hill Road at what is now a dormant gravel pit. 



The application, filed Jan. 30 by Sunderland Hill LLC, is scheduled for a public hearing on Feb.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 9 Feb 2012 22:39:12 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[UPDATE - Sexual assault conviction results in 30-year sentence]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[BRATTLEBORO -- A local man pleaded guilty to repeated aggravated sexual assault and will spend at least the next three decades behind bars.

On Tuesday, 53-year-old Cecil Vivian, of Brattleboro, was sentenced to serve a minimum of 30 years in prison after he repeatedly sexually assaulted a child between 1991 and 1997, with additional abuse that continued until 2009.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>JOSH STILTS / Brattleboro Reformer</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 9 Feb 2012 09:21:17 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[VSP, family settle negligence suit from 2007 death]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday February 8, 2012    
CHRIS GAROFOLO 



Brattleboro Reformer   



BRATTLEBORO -- An appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court has resulted in a monetary settlement for the family of an elderly Marlboro woman who died in 2007 after police responded to the wrong house during a welfare check.



The estate of Gladys M.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:35:09 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Entergy contends water quality lawsuit should be denied]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday February 8, 2012    
BOB AUDETTE



Brattleboro Reformer



BRATTLEBORO -- It&rsquo;s not the Nuclear Regulatory Commission&rsquo;s fault, it&rsquo;s the state&rsquo;s fault.



That&rsquo;s the contention of Entergy attorneys in a filing with the Federal Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:34:46 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Police make two arrests made in Hoosick copper theft]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday February 8, 2012    
HOOSICK, N.Y. -- Police have made two arrests in connection with a case of copper theft in December in the town of Hoosick.



New York State Police Trooper Mark J. Cepiel reported "tons" of ongoing burglary investigations by police, but he said Tuesday that the two men recently charged had not been connected to any other burglaries in the area to date.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:34:14 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Glastenbury and Shaftsbury cooperate on trash removal]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday February 8, 2012    
ZEKE WRIGHT



Staff Writer



SHAFTSBURY -- There was a reconciliatory consensus Monday evening between the Shaftsbury Select Board and Glastenbury Town Supervisor Rickey Harrington to keep the "status quo" regarding municipal services between the two towns. The two parties agreed to draft a letter of agreement to that effect.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:34:07 EST]]></pubDate>
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