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Flooding threat from ice jam wanes
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The threat of downtown flooding in Montpelier is past, at least for now. Cooling temperatures and falling Winooski River water levels have all but eliminated the threat.VPR News
Montpelier officials watch ice jam
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City officials in Montpelier are keeping an eye on the Winooski River, where an ice jam west of downtown is raising water levels and fears of flooding.VPR News
Montpelier officials monitor ice jam on Winooski River
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The city has notified the Vermont Department of Emergency Management and nearby businesses of possible flooding.Vermont Edition
About that retirement plan….
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In this program: Experts have warned for years that Americans aren’t saving enough for retirement, but the unfolding financial crisis gives new urgency to that warning. Also, a 19th century Vermont painter’s images of Montpelier. And, a lesson in stacking firewood.VPR News
Woodbury College will merge with Champlain College
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Woodbury College in Montpelier will merge with Champlain College and move its operation to Burlington.VPR News
Montpelier schools to open late due to construction
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Montpelier schools will open late this year to accommodate construction at the middle school, which is being investigated for possible asbestos contamination.VPR News
1,500 species ID’d in Montpelier “bio blitz”
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A 24-hour effort to catalog the living things in Vermont’s capital has documented about 1,500 species of animals.VPR News
Naturalist plan inventory of capital’s bugs and beasts
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More than 100 naturalists and volunteers will be combing fields and streets tomorrow in Montpelier in an event that’s part celebration, part science.VPR News