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Memorial honors soldiers killed in war on terrorism
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Major Gregory Knight, who helped shepherd the installation of the new Vermont National Guard memorial to soldiers killed in the global war on terror explains what the site means to soldiers whose comrades were killed in action.VPR News
VPR Evening News June 4th, 2008
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The EPA’s criticism about the pace of cleaning up Lake Champlain has become a debate about science and politics; The only Vermont Democratic super-delegate supporting Hillary Clinton says she will throw her support to Obama when Clinton concedes; Vermont Yankee’s owner will start storing low level radioactive waste next month at its Vernon plant; The Vermont National Guard has broken ground on a new memorial for soldiers killed in Iraq; and commentator Bill Mares on Fair Trade coffee.VPR News
Midday Newscast June 4, 2008
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Democrat Gaye Symington has joined critics of Governor Jim Douglas’ Lake Champlain cleanup; the Vermont National Guard has broken ground on a new memorial for soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan; more…VPR News
Committee seeks public input on new war memorial
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Plans are being drawn up for two different memorials to Vermonters killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And, as VPR’s Ross Sneyd reports, the public has been asked to help plan one of the monuments.VPR News
Police step up patrols over holiday weekend
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The summer travel season began today with the arrival of Memorial Day weekend. And Vermont State Police say they will be out in force throughout the weekend to help make sure the highways are safe.VPR News
King memorial foundation target of federal probe
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They’ve been criticized in Barre for outsourcing the carving of a statue of the Reverend Martin Luther King Junior. Now the foundation planning a national memorial to the slain civil rights leader is under federal investigation.VPR News