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Volunteers prepare celebration of Lincoln

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Vermont volunteers are gearing up to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth next year. Organizers say it is "altogether fitting and proper" that the celebration will take place without a penny of public funding.
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Volunteers plan celebration of Lincoln

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Vermont volunteers are gearing up to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth next year. Organizers say it is "all together fitting and proper" that the celebration will take place without a penny of public funding.
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Lowering Vermont’s Drinking Age

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Twenty-three years ago Vermont raised its drinking age to 21. But now some Vermonters are advocating for lowering the age back to 18. We hear from John McCardell, the former President of Middlebury College, who supports the idea; and we hear why others are strongly against it. Also, we talk with a Vermont marathon runner preparing for the Olympic trials. And, we visit a Northeast Kingdom classroom where Latin has been taught for more than a century.