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FILE - This Aug. 31, 2017, file photo, shows a sign for Middlebury College on the campus in Middlebury, Vt. A Middlebury College chemistry professor whose written exam question asked students to calculate the lethal dose of a poisonous gas used in Nazi gas chambers during the Holocaust has taken a leave of absence, the school said. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File)

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Professor on leave after Nazi gas chamber exam question

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressApril 19, 2019

Cows stand at Nate Elzinga’s farm in Zeeland, Mich., April 6, 2018, the day of an auction where Elzinga and his partners sold the herd.

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Dairy safety net program set for June

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressApril 9, 2019

In this Thursday, March 13, 2019 photo, Florence "Flo" Filion Meiler, an 84-year-old record-setting pole vaulter, poses while training at the University of Vermont indoor track in Burlington, Vt. Meiler is headed to the world championships in Poland. She is competing in track and field events including the long jump, 60-meter hurdles, 800-meter run and pentathlon. But she’s a shoo-in for the pole vault. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

Flo Filion Meiler, 84, sets her sights on more pole vault records

by Lisa Rathke The Associated PressMarch 23, 2019

In this Feb. 26, 2019 photo, Elia Marquis, who has type 1 diabetes, holds a bottle of insulin and a syringe in Newport, Vt. Marquis injects the medication multiple times a day to manage her blood sugar level. U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., plans to introduce legislation that would allow for the importation of lower cost insulin from Canada. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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Bill aims to allow lower-cost insulin imports

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressFebruary 28, 2019

Students walk on the campus of Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vt. The liberal arts college, which saw enrollment drop 43 percent over the last decade, announced it will close in May, going the way of some other small schools that have struggled to stay afloat.

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States look to boost oversight of struggling small colleges

by Lisa Rathke Associated Press, and Collin Binkley Associated PressFebruary 14, 2019

In this Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, photo, students walk on the campus of Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vt. The liberal arts college, which saw enrollment drop 43 percent over the last decade, announced it will close in May, going the way of some other small schools that have struggled to stay afloat. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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States look to boost oversight of struggling small colleges

by Lisa Rathke Associated Press, and Collin Binkley Associated PressFebruary 13, 2019

Will Novak holds his 10-month-old daughter Olivia at their home in Phoenix. Novak received a wrongly addressed email inviting him to a bachelor party at a ski resort in Vermont.

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Vt. bachelor party welcomes stranger from Ariz.

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressJanuary 17, 2019

Stephen Holt of Steve's Sugar Shack in Westhampton shows Max Giordano, 4, part of the maple sap evaporation process during a tour by about 20 children from the Westhampton Elementary School pre-school and the Westhampton Library's storytime on Wednesday. Behind them is Emmett Stith, 5. The field trip was made possible by a Coordinated Family and Community Engagement grant.

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Bill exempts maple, honey from added sugars label

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressDecember 11, 2018

Residents of Stowe and Elmore-Morristown school districts listen to their school boards discuss the state's decision to force the two districts to merge on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, in Morrisville, Vt. The communities are among at least 20 who are planning to seek legal action against the state. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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Forced school district mergers in Vt. spark backlash

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressDecember 4, 2018

Joseph Kang carries a Christmas tree as he restocks the inventory at Noel's tree farm in Litchfield, N.H., in November 2011. A tight supply of Christmas trees this season could force consumers to not get the exact tree type they want, but there are enough evergreens to go around.

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Christmas tree stocks running low

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressNovember 21, 2018