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VPR Newscast: Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 12:00 p.m.

Vermont Public | By Mitch Wertlieb,

Published August 7, 2013 at 12:14 PM EDT

The state is recommending that Green Mountain Power be fined up to $50-thousand dollars for violating noise levels last winter at its Lowell wind project.

The Vermont National Guard says furloughs without pay for about 500 employees will be ending earlier than originally anticipated.

A Vermont sex offender who has struggled to find a home since his release from prison has found a place to live in Hyde Park.

Federal prosecutors say a hearing on a Vermont death penalty case should be open to the public.

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Mitch Wertlieb

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.

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Annie Russell

Annie Russell was VPR's Deputy News Director. She came to VPR from NPR's Weekends on All Things Considered and WNYC's On The Media. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School.

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