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Kansas City Regional: Vermont earns first NCAA win (Sports Illustrated)

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:47:27 +0000

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Courtnay Pilypaitis catapulted Vermont to its first NCAA win and the initial upset of the women’s tournament.

Vermont women go for breakthrough NCAA victory today (The Burlington Free Press)

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:52:32 +0000

The University of Vermont women’s basketball team readily admits last season’s NCAA tournament appearance was about the experience. Playing the mighty Connecticut Huskies — in Storrs, Conn., no less — in the tournament’s first round, the Catamounts’ mission was to play for pride and moral victories.

Nine Vermont fire departments get nearly $900,000 in grants (The Burlington Free Press)

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:56:14 +0000

RANDOLPH CENTER — Nine Vermont fire departments will share nearly $900,000 in federal grants.

Vermont police officers must ease back into law enforcement from war zone (The Burlington Free Press)

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:15:24 +0000

Many law enforcement officers are deployed in the Middle East. When they get back to Vermont, they are a slowly acclimatized back into their work.

Vermont-Wisconsin Preview (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:03:04 +0000

Last season, Vermont couldn’t have received a tougher matchup in its first NCAA tournament appearance in nine years. While the team should have a better chance to win this year behind its high-scoring senior guards, standing in the way will be a Wisconsin team that has one of the nation’s top defenses.

Vermont fire depts get nearly $900,000 in grants (Boston Globe)

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:39:01 +0000

Nine Vermont fire departments are sharing nearly $900,000 in federal grants. The grants were announced by Sen. Bernie Sanders and U.S. Fire Administrator Kelvin Cochran, who hosted a summit with firefighters and emergency medical services personnel Saturday at Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center.

Vermont fire depts get nearly $900,000 in grants (WCAX-TV Vermont)

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:49:19 +0000

Associated Press – March 20, 2010 1:35 PM ET RANDOLPH CENTER, Vt. (AP) – Nine Vermont fire departments are sharing nearly $900,000 in federal grants.

Vermont fire depts get nearly $900,000 in grants (Greenwich Time)

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:49:15 +0000

RANDOLPH CENTER, Vt. (AP) — Nine Vermont fire departments are sharing nearly $900,000 in federal grants. Grants have been given to fire departments in Norwich, Jay, West Dummerston, St. Albans, West Fairlee, Rutland City, Enosburg, South Burlington and Rupert.

With Vermont dispatched and the Zags up next, SU’s NCAA Tourney road gets bumpier (The Post-Standard)

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:30:10 +0000

Buffalo, N.Y. — On a blue-skied morning hard by Lake Erie that made even the vacant storefronts scattered across downtown seem somehow less forsaken, there was a buzz on this city’s freshly-swept sidewalks. And a large part of that was generated by folks dressed (or wigged) in orange.

NCAA: Syracuse 79 Vermont 56 (Final) (Utica Daily News)

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:22:01 +0000

BUFFALO, N.Y., March 20 (UPI) — Wesley Johnson sparked Syracuse to a quick start Friday and the top-seeded Orange coasted past Vermont 79-56 in the NCAA Tournament’s first round.