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VPR Newscast: Monday, February 24, 2014, 12:04 p.m.

Vermont Public | By Mitch Wertlieb,

Published February 24, 2014 at 12:20 PM EST

The city of Burlington took a huge step toward more open government last week when officials released a wide variety of data on the city’s website.

A Poultney man police say beat to death his two-year-old stepdaughter will appear in court on a charge of second-degree murder.

Officials at Vermont health centers say they've seen an increase in relapse rates for drug addicts.

Vermont's largest electric utility is seeking nominees for the 2014 GMP Zetterstrom Environmental Award.

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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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