Stories about 'network' from the Welcome to the VPR Archive

Vermont Edition

Connecting farms with restaurants

By Jane Lindholm | August 4, 2008

The farm to to-table movement has some ardent supporters across the country, and particularly in this region. We talk with nationally renowned chef Dan Barber and with Tristan Toleno, chef of the Riverview Cafe in Brattleboro, about the role of restuarants in a local food economy.

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Broadband network could be available by next year

By Ross Sneyd | March 6, 2008

A broadband communications network could be available to residents of central and eastern Vermont by the end of next year. That’s the word from organizers of an initiative known as East Central Vermont Community Fiber Network.

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Communities consider broadband proposal on Town Meeting Day

By John Dillon | February 27, 2008

More than 20 towns in eastern and central Vermont are looking to create a new broadband communications network. The effort is being led by a non-profit group that hopes to connect the communities with fiber-optic service for phone, Internet and cable TV. Towns will consider the proposal on Town Meeting Day.

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VT Edition Interview: Carol MacLean on Getting By

By Jane Lindholm | February 25, 2008

As part of VPR’s weeklong series "Getting By," we’re talking about what it takes to make a living in Vermont. VPR’s Jane Lindholm talks to Carol MacLean of Pownal.

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Vermont regulators approve Verizon FairPoint deal

By John Dillon | February 15, 2008

Vermont regulators have approved the sale of Verizon’s northern New England business to FairPoint Communications.

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Douglas: Regulators should not approve Fairpoint deal unless strict conditions met

By John Dillon | October 17, 2007

The Douglas Administration says regulators should reject FairPoint Communications’ bid to buy Verizon’s phone business unless strict conditions are met. The Department of Public Service says Fairpoint has to agree to improve service quality and expand its broadband network.

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Midday Newscast: September 20, 2007

By Mitch Wertlieb | September 20, 2007

State officials are encouraging Vermonters who have “advance directives” to put them in an online registry; a student from Rutland has won a college scholarship for her ideas about kitchen technology of the future; one of the issues that will be debated in the federal farm bill this fall is a national tracking program designed to protect consumers from the spread of animal disease; an agency that advises Congress says the U.S. Department of Agriculture should figure out a way to integrate state programs to keep costs down and focus on animals that pose serious risks.