Senator Bernie Sanders is urging Vermont veterans to see if they are eligible for health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Some cities and towns are continuing to recover from Tropical Storm Irene. And federal funds are still available to municipalities and nonprofits with unfinished community recovery projects. A man faces sentencing after pleading guilty to charges connected to a scheme to defraud hundreds of investors in a movie out of $9 million. St. Johnsbury is planning to sell a dilapidated vacant house for one-dollar so it can be demolished and a new house built on the site.
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.
Neal was a reporter and VPR's All Things Considered host from 2001 to 2014. He joined VPR in 1996, hosting VPR's jazz programming, including live performances from the VPR studios and the Discover Jazz Festival. Prior to VPR, Neal was a programmer and host for WNCS in Montpelier and WDEV in Waterbury. He holds a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College.
