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Willowpix / Getty Images/iStockphotoA new study from the Yale School of Medicine saw a trend toward diagnosis of late stage cancers in people after incarceration. -
Alessandro Biascioli/iStockIn this year’s Spotify Wrapped, listeners got to see what towns and cities fit their music taste — and a lot of people are headed to Vermont. And: how Vermont's inclusive arts scene might have been at play in getting you here.
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Deer hunts have taken place at the reservoir since 1991 but this will be the first time the Quabbin Park area will be included. -
A law allowing undocumented immigrants to apply for driver’s licenses in Massachusetts launched in July, but many are struggling to access RMV applications and resources. Staff at western Massachusetts nonprofits have been working overtime to help these immigrants.
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Residential care facilities in Vermont — struggling with staffing shortages and historically low Medicaid reimbursement rates — are closing at an alarming rate.
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The victims’ families and multiple civil rights organizations want law enforcement officials to bring hate crime charges against a man accused of shooting two Palestinian Americans and a Palestinian in Burlington this weekend. But recent history suggests obtaining a hate crime conviction in Vermont is difficult.
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The system is also launching a scholarship fund to help defray survivors' other college costs, including room and board, and is asking for donations.
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A 14 year-old bird found at Milford Point is the oldest Black-bellied Plover ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere.
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“I want the world to know who we are, what we do, and what we stand for," Gov. Ned Lamont said.
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The gathering comes as a student at the school is recovering after being shot along with two other men of Palestinian descent in Vermont Saturday night.
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More than 50 people gathered Tuesday evening at a candlelight vigil in downtown Burlington to show their support for three college students who were shot over the weekend. One is Palestinian and two are Palestinian American.
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The decommissioning timeline now stretches out to 2035. At the present rate of evaporation of radioactive water from Pilgrim, the water and its contaminants could be dispersed into the air before that date ever comes.
