In a surprise move, voters in Vernon slashed the town’s police force from the budget last night. Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger says he hopes lawmakers will take action to approve changes to the city charter that will restrict guns in the city. In Middlebury, voters approve a $6.5 million bond vote for the construction of a new town office building as well as a public recreation and athletic facility in town. Voters in Wilmington have voted down a measure that would have established an emergency/disaster fund.
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.
