MIDDLEBURY, Vermont, Sept. 28 (TNSper) -- Middlebury College issued the following news: Donato Santeramo has been named the next director of the Middlebury Italian School. He began his new position on September 1, succeeding Antonio Vitti, who had served as director of the program since 2006. Santeramo is currently a professor at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He earned a degree in literature and philosophy from the University of Rome La Sapienza and received his PhD in Itali  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release and letter on Sept. 26, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and the governors of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont today sent the following letter to Congressional leaders thanking them for their longstanding support of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and expressing their support for President Joe Biden's request for an emergency supplemental aid package  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Sept. 28 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2022: Governor Phil Scott and the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) today announced over $4 million in funding supporting a record number of rehabilitation and revitalization projects throughout Vermont's designated downtown and village centers. These 49 project awards will help generate over $95 million in building improvements and public infrastructure around the state  more

MIDDLEBURY, Vermont, Sept. 28 (TNSper) -- Middlebury College issued the following news: Middlebury has named Luis Goncalves as the next director of the Portuguese School, one of 13 Middlebury Language Schools, known internationally for their full-immersion approach to language teaching and the Language Pledge(R). He began his new position on September 1, succeeding Luci Moreira, who had led the school since 2008. Goncalves is currently a lecturer in Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton Universi  more

MIDDLEBURY, Vermont, Sept. 28 (TNSres) -- Middlebury College issued the following news: Middlebury College will transfer ownership of the R/V David Folger, a research vessel used by faculty and staff on Lake Champlain, to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences on October 1. The transfer will happen at no cost to Bigelow Laboratory--an independent, nonprofit research institute in East Boothbay, Maine. Middlebury faculty and administrators carefully considered the future of the Folger over the l  more

ALBURGH, Vermont, Sept. 28 -- The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources' Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation issued the following news: The Nature Conservancy in Vermont and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation are pleased to announce the addition of the 164-acre Alburgh Bluffs parcel to Alburgh Dunes State Park, expanding the park to 789-acres. The Nature Conservancy acquired the Alburgh Bluffs property in January 2021 and has been working with the Department of Fores  more

ORONO, Maine, Sept. 30 (TNSpar) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: A new partnership between the University of Maine and the Rural Schools Collaborative will seek to strengthen the K-12 education workforce across six New England states and provide other opportunities to raise the profile of rural schools and teachers in the region. The RSC's New England hub, which includes Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, will now be based a  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Oct. 1 -- The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources' Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news: The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will hold public hearings in October and November on a proposed rule to adopt edits to the state's wetland maps. The DEC has a map which identifies the general location of some protected wetlands (Class I and II) called the Vermont Significant Wetlands Inventory (VSWI). In 2019, the DEC completed m  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Oct. 1 -- The Vermont Democratic Party issued the following news release: Following Republican Governor Phil Scott's dismal debate performance at the VTDigger Gubernatorial debate last night, the Vermont Democratic Party sought to correct falsehoods perpetuated by the Governor. Below are corrections to three of Phil Scott's most ridiculous and blatantly false assertions during the debate. FACT CHECK: Governor Scott falsely claimed that his objections to the Clean Heat Stan  more