The Senate has rejected a plan to raise income tax rates on wealthy Vermonters to help pay for next year’s budget. A company that planned to grow food year-round using methane from the Brattleboro landfill has filed for Chapter Seven Bankruptcy. A Rutland man is due in court to face charges in a fatal hit and run crash that killed a pedestrian last month. Hardwood Union High School will remain closed for a second day after someone broke in and damaged the plumbing, causing some flooding and water damage.
Melody is the Contributing Editor for But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids and the co-author of two But Why books with Jane Lindholm.
A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
