Governor Peter Shumlin unveiled his proposed state budget in a speech to the Legislature that urged ‘spending discipline’ and highlighted Vermont’s economic growth. As Vermont gears up to tackle the problem of opioid addiction, drug treatment providers are bracing for an influx of clients. The Vermont Environmental Court has ruled in favor of a plan by Goddard College in Plainfield to build a new heating plant to be fueled by biomass. Lawyers are working on a trial date for a Swanton man accused of shooting to death a woman during a road-rage dispute.
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.
