CASTLETON, Vermont, Feb. 23 -- Castleton University issued the following news: The Castleton University women's hockey team will be partnering once again with Rutland Regional Medical Center's Foley Cancer Center to raise awareness and funding for breast cancer research with the annual Pink the Rink event. The Spartans will host Pink the Rink Night on Saturday, March 6 against in-state rival Norwich University. Puck drop is at 1 p.m. at Spartan Arena in Rutland. No fans will be allowed at the  more PR

HAMILTON, New York, Feb. 24 -- Colgate University issued the following news on Feb. 23, 2021: The Colgate Vote Project (CVP) brought former congressmen Peter Smith (R-Vt.) and William Enyard (D-Ill.) together for a discussion that ranged from campaigning and partisanship to voter suppression and term limits. The Feb. 8 event, Congress to Campus Community Forum, was moderated by CVP team leaders Eliza Lloyd '22 and Samuel Adgie '22. During Smith's term as a representative for Vermont (1988-1990 more PR

COLCHESTER, Vermont, Feb. 25 -- Green Mountain Power issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2021: Green Mountain Power (GMP) will break ground this spring on a cutting-edge utility microgrid in Panton, Vermont, pioneering a new way to keep the power on for residents, farms and municipal buildings in the town center during power outages. A microgrid is essentially a smaller grid that can operate independently, disconnecting from the larger grid during outages. Panton is the perfect place  more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Feb. 23 -- Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, D-Vermont, issued the following news: This afternoon, Lt. Governor Gray hosted her second "Seat at the Table" on the topic of equity in public health with a particular focus on Vermont's former refugee community or individuals with a refugee background in Vermont. A total of 58 community leaders and policymakers joined the "Seat at the Table" to learn more about the ways in which the State must build a more culturally and linguistically compe more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Feb. 26 -- Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, D-Vermont, issued the following news: On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Rutland Intermediate School kicked-off Lt. Governor Gray's "Lt. Governor for a Day" program aimed at welcoming classrooms and students virtually to the Vermont State House and promoting civic engagement. Participating via Zoom, Ms. Pheobe Forman's fourth grade class learned about the inner-workings of the Vermont legislature, the role of the Lt. Governor and unique facts a more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Feb. 19 -- Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, D-Vermont, issued the following statement: * * * Lt. Governor Molly Gray today issued the following statement in support of the United States' rejoining of the Paris Climate Agreement "Today is an important day as we work to re-engage the international community, particularly the nearly 200 nations which have signed the Paris Climate Agreement and have committed to addressing global warming and greenhouse gas emissions. While there is no q more PR

COLCHESTER, Vermont, Feb. 27 -- Green Mountain Power issued the following news release: Green Mountain Power (GMP) is making it easy for you to save money and reduce your carbon footprint and get excited this spring with a whole lot more rebate options that will get you outside. GMP customers can get ready for the green grass and open roads by saving on electric motorcycles and residential yard care equipment like hedge trimmers, chainsaws, leaf blowers and garden tractors. "The days are alrea more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Feb. 24 -- The Vermont Democratic Party issued the following statement: * * * Bruce Olsson, Chair of the Vermont Democratic Party, released the following statement in response to recent social media attacks on our Democratic community pertaining to the opioid crisis and overdose epidemic: "Our Vermont communities are a better place when we join together in support of our neighbors who need our help most. But during the Covid-19 pandemic, isolation, stress, and economic ha more PR

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont, Feb. 27 -- The Vermont Law School issued the following news release: Vermont's Endangered Species Committee took a decisive step today in upholding the state's endangered species law by declaring that a pesticide-spraying program in Vermont's Champlain Valley is putting the state's endangered bat species at risk. The committee voted unanimously in favor of submitting a formal recommendation to the Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources requesting the Brandon, Lei more PR

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont, Feb. 25 (TNSRep) -- The Vermont Law School issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2021: In a new report published today, Vermont Law School's Environmental Advocacy Clinic (EAC), Earthjustice, and the Ironbound Community Corporation expose the harmful effects of trash incinerators on New Jersey's frontline communities and call on the state to stop subsidizing it. New Jersey's waste incinerators burn trash to create energy. Although the process pollutes, incinera more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Feb. 24 -- Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan issued the following news release: Orleans Superior Court, Judge Mary Miles Teachout presiding, today granted the State's motion for a temporary restraining order, ordering HNR Desautels LLC, currently believed to be doing business as Derby Port Press, and its owner, Andre "Michael" Desautels, to stop violating Governor Scott's Executive Order and Addenda. Attorney General T.J. Donovan filed a civil lawsuit and motion fo more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Feb. 26 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2021: Governor Phil Scott announced today that he has appointed Tayt Brooks, currently the Governor's director of affordability and economic initiatives, as deputy secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD). Brooks has worked for the Governor as director of affordability and economic initiatives since January 2017. In this role, he has worked closely with ACCD and more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Feb. 23 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2021: Governor Phil Scott today announced an update to the State's policy on gatherings, as the new travel quarantine policy (announced on February 19) went into effect. Effective today, people who are fully vaccinated may travel to Vermont and return from out of state travel without quarantine restrictions, once 14 days have passed from when they received their final dose. Additionally, pe more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Feb. 23 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2021: Governor Phil Scott today announced that 11 new plug-in electric vehicle (EV) fast-charge stations are scheduled to be installed across Vermont over the next two years. The charge stations will be located in Newport, Enosburgh, St. Johnsbury, Johnson, South Hero, Springfield, Fair Haven, Wilmington, Ludlow, Randolph and Rutland. The chargers will be a part of the Blink Network and ava more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Feb. 27 -- Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, D-Vermont, issued the following news: Lt. Governor Gray joined members of the National Lieutenant Governor's Association (NLGA) across the United States in introducing a resolution for consideration to proclaim March 28 as Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Day. Gray is a co-sponsored of the bi-partisan NLGA resolution which aims to increase awareness of the disabling disease and support patients living with progressive forms of MS. The resoluti more PR