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Public Post Weekly Roundup

Vermont Public | By Amy Kolb Noyes

Published January 25, 2014 at 9:03 AM EST

Ty Walker, 16, of Stowe has been named to the U.S. Olympic Snowboard Team.

Public Post reports on a poll of Cornwall residents about Phase II of the Vermont Natural Gas Pipeline; Vermonters named this week to the U.S. Olympic Team; and Life is Good Day, coming up in Ludlow.

Here's a sampling of the week's Public Post Twitter updates from Wilmington, Monkton, Montgomery, Derby Line and more:

Starting or expanding a business in #WilmingtonVT? Ask the town about its #RevolvingLoanFund. http://t.co/I3hyJLFZEx #PublicPost #VPRNews
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes) January 20, 2014

#MonktonVT road commissioner is worried the town’s sand piles are being poached. http://t.co/k4nb4aXPeG #BTV #PublicPost #VPRNews
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes) January 20, 2014

5 #EconomicDevelopment goals for #HinesburgVT: http://t.co/IZLIlvP5Oe #BTV #VT #PublicPost #VPRNews
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes) January 20, 2014

#RoyaltonVT considering leasing land to #solar developer for solar panel "community garden." http://t.co/g4xjWixuT2 #PublicPost #VPRNews
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes) January 20, 2014

#VT Tax Dept. is not dropping tax booklets at town clerks & libraries. Forms can be ordered at http://t.co/DhoVfAT2vo #PublicPost #VPRNews
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes) January 20, 2014

#WaitsfieldVT considering #TownMeeting vote to move Bridge St. utility lines underground. #PublicPost #tmdvt #VPRNews
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes) January 21, 2014

#MendonVT will have a #TownMeeting vote to eliminate the Board of Listers & hire a pro appraiser. #PublicPost #tmdvt #VPRNews
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes) January 21, 2014

#NorthfieldVT Town/Village merge effective 7/1. New utility board to be elected in June, not on #TownMeetingDay. #tmdvt #PublicPost #VPRNews
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes) January 21, 2014

#MontgomeryVT Select Board met w/engineers this week re: feasibility study for a new town office. #VT #PublicPost #VPRNews
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes) January 22, 2014

#DerbyLine #VT considering zoning change to allow neighborhood office complexes at street level within the Village. #PublicPost #VPRNews
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes) January 22, 2014

#HydeParkVT Village planning to install geothermal grid “to get the village off oil.” http://t.co/zCS6bH7aVx #PublicPost #VPRNews
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes) January 22, 2014

VLCT said #Waitsfield #VT can’t up petition signature requirement. 5% is statutorily defined & can’t be changed. #tmdvt #PublicPost #VPRNews
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes) January 23, 2014

New town offices now open in #BrandonVT @ the former Vermont Made Furniture building, 2417 Franklin St. #VT #PublicPost #VPRNews
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes) January 24, 2014

Public safety workgroup in #DorsetVT & #ManchesterVT have begun effort to combine police/fire/rescue to save towns $. #PublicPost #VPRNews
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes) January 24, 2014

Couple asking #ProctorVT to help cover last $70k needed for nonprofit to buy #MarbleMuseum building. #PublicPost #VPRNews
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes) January 24, 2014

VPR’s Public Post indexes municipal public documents, posted online, to bring you local news from Vermont’s cities, towns, villages and gores. When we find something interesting or newsworthy, we share it at Public Post, on Twitter, and on-air Saturday mornings at 9:35 a.m. on Vermont Public Radio.