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Bartender Star Kulig poses at a VFW in downtown Rutland, Vt., Nov. 14. After months of bitter debate, the down-on-its heels city is preparing to start accepting up to 100 Syrian refugees.

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Election muddies US plans for Syrian refugees

by Wilson Ring Associated PressNovember 28, 2016

Wild turkeys walk through a snowy farm yard in Williamstown, Vt., in February 2009. Nearly half a century earlier, the wild birds that have come to symbolize Thanksgiving were almost gone from the Vermont countryside. In 2016, they number in the tens of thousands, a success story of wildlife restoration.

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T-Day staple revives in Northeast

by Wilson Ring Associated PressNovember 23, 2016

In this Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 photo, a yard sign opposing an industrial wind project sits at the side of the road in Grafton, Vt. Voters in Grafton and Windham are going to cast ballots Nov. 8 on whether to go forward with a plan for 24 turbines in the two communities. Developer Iberdrola Renewables is offering residents of the two towns direct payments if the project is built. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

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Payments for wind project OK rile Vt. town

by Wilson Ring Associated PressOctober 30, 2016

Mourners share a tearful embrace Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, during a vigil attended by about 1,000 at Harwood Union High School in Duxbury, Vt., held for the teenaged victims killed in Saturday night's crash on Interstate 89 in Williston. Four of the five teens killed by the wrong-way driver were students at Harwood. The fifth student killed was from Fayston and attended a private school in New Hampshire. (Stefan Hard/Times Argus via AP)

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Memorial created for students killed in crash

by Wilson Ring Associated Press, and Lisa Rathke Associated PressOctober 11, 2016

Wendy Peterson, left, and Kristi McKnight, right, staff at Harwood Union High School, update a marquee in front of the school Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in Duxbury, Vt., with an invitation to the public to attend a vigil for four students from the school, and a fifth member of the community, killed in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 89 Sunday. The five teenagers were killed when a pickup truck speeding in the wrong direction on the highway slammed into their car, sending it up in flames. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

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Suspect in deadly Vt. crash faces domestic assault trial

by Wilson Ring Associated Press, and Lisa Rathke Associated PressOctober 10, 2016

Lisa Miller speaks about her custody battle at a news conference April 17, 2008, following arguments during her court case in Richmond, Va.

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Second trial set for ‘helper’ in same-sex custody case

by Wilson Ring Associated PressSeptember 11, 2016

In this file photo released in August 2012 by the Brattleboro Police Department, a poster bears photos of missing Brattleboro, Vt., resident Marble Arvidson. On Aug. 27, 2011, the day before Tropical Storm Irene swept into Vermont, Arvidson left a note for his roommate that he would be back within a couple of hours. But he hasn't been seen since.

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Aunt in Belchertown among family hoping to find teen missing since Irene

by Wilson Ring Associated PressAugust 29, 2016

FILE-- In this Jan. 8, 2013 file photograph, Gov. Peter Shumlin, fourth from right, joins other officials in a ground breaking ceremony for a new hospital in Berlin, Vt., after announcing the State of Vermont will get 30 million in federal funds and insurance payments toward a 42 million price tag of a state hospital. The former Vermont State Hospital, in Waterbury, Vt., was made unusable by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. Five years after flooding from Tropical Storm Irene forced the closing of the Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury, much of the system has been rebuilt, but challenges remain. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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Vermont mental health care rebuilt after Irene

by Wilson Ring Associated PressAugust 27, 2016

A moose stands in a field in East Montpelier, Vt., Oct. 16, 2006.

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Moose hunting fades away in Vt.

by Wilson Ring Associated PressAugust 2, 2016

In this May 27, 2016 photo, Leanne Werner of the Village Frame Shoppe and Gallery in St. Albans, Vt., stands with stacks of Purple Heart medals and certificates issued to World War I service members wounded in battle. The framed commemoratives will be given to descendants of the men who won them. The Vermont-based non-profit group Purple Hearts Reunited is working to return 100 medals and certificates by next April, the 100th anniversary of the United States' entry into World War I. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

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A veteran’s race against time to return WWI Purple Hearts

by Wilson Ring Associated PressMay 29, 2016