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Leahy, Specter take testimony on problems of rural crime

By Nina Keck | March 24, 2008

Senator Patrick Leahy and Senator Arlen Specter got an earful today on what rural communities need to combat increasingly violent drug-related crime. They held a Senate Judiciary hearing in Rutland and VPR’s Nina Keck was there.

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Sen. Arlen Specter discusses his battle with cancer

By Mitch Wertlieb | March 20, 2008

Sen. Arlen Specter discusses his battle with cancer in his new book, “Never Give In: Battling Cancer in the Senate." Specter will be in Vermont this weekend to promote the book. He spoke with VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb.

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Midday Newscast: March 17, 2008

By Mitch Wertlieb | March 17, 2008

Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will join Sen. Patrick Leahy for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Rutland next week; the Legislature is considering a bill that would require a state permit for anyone who wants to sell pets; the state of New Hampshire is helping to make sure a proposed wood pellet plant can be built in Berlin; Dino Ambrosini, a retired marble sculptor whose work decorates several public spaces in Rutland, has died.

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Leahy to bring U.S. Senate committee to Rutland

By VPR | March 14, 2008

Rutland’s drug problems have caught the attention of Senator Patrick Leahy. And soon, his colleagues will be hearing about them.