Officials involved in setting up Vermont's new health care exchange say they're confident it will be ready to enroll individuals and small businesses by its scheduled October 1st startup date. Utilities and wind developers are baffled at why the operator of the regional power grid asked the Lowell wind project to cut its power output at the height of electric demand during last week’s heat wave. A design advisory board in the city of St. Albans has approved plans for a proposed state office building and a municipal parking garage. Officials in Brattleboro are working on getting a new town manager.
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.
Peter was a Producer/Announcer at VPR until 2015. He began his public radio career in 2007 at WHQR-FM in Wilmington, North Carolina where he served as Morning Edition host and reporter, covering county government and Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base. His work has won several Associated Press awards and has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and PRI's This American Life. A graduate of the creative writing program at the University of Maine at Farmington, Peter enjoys writing, cooking and traveling.
