Governor Peter Shumlin is defending his administration's goal of having Vermont use 90 percent renewable energy by 2050. The proposal to base F-35 fighter planes at the Vermont Air National Guard is again at the center of a public debate. Burlington’s deputy police chief has pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving while intoxicated. Vermont's rabies bait drop is starting next week, with an aerial drop scheduled for Monday.
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.
