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Rutland year-round farmer’s market a success
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Rutland is one of just a few communities in Vermont to have a year-round farmers’ market. The city’s indoor winter market debuted in November and, as VPR’s Nina Keck reports, local organizers are thrilled with its success.Vermont Edition
Vermont and the Stock Market
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We look at how Vermont’s publicly traded companies are doing in the topsy-turvy stock market, and what economic worries Vermonters have. Then, Free Press reporter Candy Page joins us to talk about "green certified" forests. And we visit the Liz Lovely cookie company in Waitsfield.VPR News
Interview: Economist Jeffrey Carr on how Vermont is weathering the economic storm
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As the stock market continues to fluctuate, there are conflicting views on whether or not the country is in a recession. VPR’s Neal Charnoff spoke with Jeffrey Carr, President of Economic and Policy Resources Inc and a former State Economist, about how Vermont is weathering the sub-prime mortgage crisis, losses in the stock market ,and high oil prices.VPR News
Midday Newscast: January 15, 2008
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A Vermont Yankee control room operator who tested positive for marijuana says he accidentally ingested it by eating pot-laced brownies at a Fourth of July party; more…VPR News