http://aggregates.owt.com/aggs/vermont-news.xml Vermont News 2012-05-16T16:36:10Z http://www.vpr.net/episode/53619/vermont-reads-literature-war/ Many of us first learn about war by reading about it, in stories and novels, poems and memoirs. Often in school. As part of VPR's weeklong series, Vermont Reads Bull Run and The Red Badge of Courage, we look at how war is written about in literature, and ... 2012-05-16T19:13:39Z MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont’s governor has signed into law the nation’s first ban on a hotly debated natural gas drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing. There’s no drilling currently happening in Vermont, which is believed to have ... http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/vermont-becomes-first-state-to-ban-gas-drilling-technique-known-as-hydraulic-fracturing/2012/05/16/gIQAGynFUU_story.html 2012-05-16T01:41:23Z Vermont’s top two youth volunteers of the year, Emery Tillman, 18, of Cornwall and Todd Boisjoli, 13, of Shelburne, were honored in the nation’s capital last night for their outstanding volunteer service during the presentation of The 2012 ... http://finance.yahoo.com/news/two-vermont-youth-honored-volunteerism-180100947.html CHESTER, Vt. — Almost two decades after the National Trust for Historic Preservation put the entire state of Vermont on its list of endangered sites, citing big-box developments as a threat to its signature greenness, towns like this one are ... 2012-05-13T18:19:56Z http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/us/dollar-store-plans-divide-vermont-residents.html 2012-05-16T22:05:27Z The state of Vermont became on Wednesday the first in the United States to ban the controversial natural gas drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing. The practice, known also as fracking, involves pumping large quantities of water ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341956/20120516/hydraulic-fracturing-natural-gas-vermont-government-ban.htm This word from the Secretary of State’s Office: The person who holds the key to a treasure trove of Vermont history is retiring. That would be Gregory Sanford, the state archivist. Wishing him a happy retirement, and looking forward to ... 2012-05-15T18:03:15Z http://blogs.burlingtonfreepress.com/politics/2012/05/15/a-vermont-legend-is-retiring/ 2012-05-16T02:38:39Z http://www.benningtonbanner.com/religion/ci_20632114/vermont-state-archivist-retiring-after-30-years-keeping MIDDLESEX, Vt. (AP) -- In his 30 years as state archivist, Gregory Sanford has moved from a windowless cubicle in the basement of a Vermont state office building in Montpelier to a modern office attached to a warehouse full of documents six ... MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Worries about health effects, privacy and cost are fueling growing opposition to wireless, digital "smart meters" that utilities around the country are installing at homes and businesses and touting as key energy ... 2012-05-14T22:07:49Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/14/vermont-smart-meters-opposition_n_1514544.html 2012-05-16T19:35:07Z http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47450527 One of the stalwarts of Vermont's renewable energy industry is announcing a round of layoffs. NRG Systems of Hinesburg is letting go of 18 employees, reducing its workforce to about 100. The company makes equipment for testing potential wind power sites.