The proposed 2013 Farm Bill has cleared a key hurdle in the U.S. Senate. Senator Patrick Leahy says the vote means that it’s likely the legislation will win full Senate approval early next week. Pollution and conservation efforts on Lake Champlain often garner a lot of attention from both sides of the international border. But people are also concerned about the wellbeing of another lake shared by Vermont and Quebec – Lake Memphremagog. ) Saturday is free fishing day, a day when Vermonters will have a chance to fish without a license in the state's lakes and streams.
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.
