
Andrea Laurion
News ProducerAndrea Laurion joined 开云体育 as a news producer for Vermont Edition in December 2022. She is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. Before getting into audio, Andrea worked as an obituary writer, a lunch lady, a wedding photographer assistant, a children鈥檚 birthday party hostess, a haunted house actor, and an admin assistant many times over.
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A Christmas tree farmer in New Hampshire tries a new tree variety in the face of climate change, which is making it harder to grow traditional species in New England. Plus, Vermont will receive flood assistance after Congress passed a short-term spending bill over the weekend, state House Republicans will introduce legislation to repeal the clean heat standard, the Community College of Vermont will offer free tuition for the formerly incarcerated, and Social Security recipients will see a small bump in assistance next year.
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On Vermont Edition's annual music show, listeners share the song that resonated with them the most this year.
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Vermont Edition shares some soup-er, stew-pendous recipes for winter.
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Plus, an environmental organization says Vermont isn鈥檛 on pace to meet a legally mandated deadline to lower carbon emissions, an electric co-op is selling the Wrisghtsville Hydro Plant, the state Department of Taxes is calling to overhaul how towns collect property tax info, and construction on Winooski鈥檚 Main Street is pausing for the winter.
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Today, we honor community members who passed away in the past year with kind words and good memories.
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For our annual winter books show, Vermont literary experts and listeners share their favorite books they read this year and what they can't wait to read in 2025.
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On December 1st, 1924, the first ever NHL game was played in America between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Maroons.
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Carillonneur George Matthew Jr. is playing the national anthem for each country represented in Middlebury College's diverse student body 鈥� all 70 of them.
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St. Negritude discusses his first collection of poetry, "Mountain Spells."
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With the colder weather seeping in, it's about time for cozy fall recipes and trying new hot spots. This ski season, our region鈥檚 mountain towns are teeming with new and newly reimagined restaurants. Melissa Pasanen, food writer for Seven Days, joins us for a conversation about our region鈥檚 food and beverage scene. For more info on Melissa's recommendations: Places to eat near Vermont's ski towns Frankie鈥檚 in Burlington is one of Eater鈥檚 14 best new restaurants of 2024Access Cafe opens in Montpelier Dedalus Wine Shop closed in Stowe and BurlingtonMichael's On the Hill adds a wine bar in StowePlus, squash rolls!