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Skiers head down a slope at Mad River Glen in Fayston, Vt., on March 15, 2018. Three successive March nor’easters have provided good conditions for late-season skiing.

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Northeast snowstorms give ski areas late season powder blast

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressMarch 18, 2018

Retired University of Vermont professor Bill Kilpatrick, left, and UVM police chief Tim Bilodeau show a recovered black rhinoceros horn that was stolen from a locked storage room on campus last year, on Tuesday.

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UVM recovers stolen black rhino horn

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressMarch 13, 2018

Photo taken in Portland, Maine, on Dec. 13, 2017 of a marijuana bud.

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Several doctors, others warn Vermont not to legalize pot

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressDecember 25, 2017

In this Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 photo, a nativity scene from the early 1930s is on display at the home of Shirley Squires, in Guilford, Vt. Each Christmas she decks her home out with more than 1,400 such scenes and opens her home to school groups and others for viewing. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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More than 1,400 nativity scenes on display at Vt. woman’s home

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressDecember 22, 2017

This Friday, Dec. 1, 2017 photo shows an electric vehicle charging station in Montpelier, Vt. The state is asking for input from the public on how to spend 18.7 million to be received over three years as part of the federal government's settlement with Volkswagen for the automaker's diesel emissions cheating scandal. The draft plan calls for spending 15 percent on the purchase and installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, which Republican Gov. Phil Scott supports. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

Vt. seeks input on use of Volkswagen settlement

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressDecember 3, 2017

A sign marks the entrance to the Wake Robin retirement community, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, in Shelburne, Vt. Vermont State Police and FBI said they were investigating the source of the deadly toxin ricin that was found at the retirement community. A Wake Robin spokeswoman said residents were safe. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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Ricin found at Vt. retirement home

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressNovember 30, 2017

In this Oct. 17 2017 photo provided by Killington Resort, snow-making guns spray snow onto a ski slope in Killington, Vt. For a second year in a row, the women's FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup is returning to Killington with slalom and giant slalom races on Thanksgiving weekend. (Chandler Burgess/Killington Resort via AP)

A look at what’s in store for the New England ski season

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressNovember 20, 2017

In this Nov. 2, 2017 photo provided by Recirculating Farms Coalition, red lettuce grows at an aquaponic farm, a form of hydroponic cultivation, in Hilliard, Fla. The National Organic Standards Board, which advises the U.S. Department of Agriculture, voted in early November 2017 to allow produce raised hydroponically without soil to be certified as organic. Following the vote, some traditional organic farmers say they are working on an alternative to the USDA certification. (Recirculating Farms Coalition via AP)

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Organic-food purists assail hydroponics

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressNovember 15, 2017

In this Sept. 15, 2017, photo, Rich Holschuh, a public liason for the Elnu Abenaki tribe, stands on a roadside near the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, background, in Vernon, Vt.

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Tribe seeks voice in nuclear plant cleanup, land restoration

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressSeptember 22, 2017

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French city to send misspelled jerseys to Vt.

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressSeptember 14, 2017