Vermont Senator Dick Sears is the man to fix the Department for Children and Families B Y MARK DAVIS, PAGE 3 2
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JUNE 18-25, 2014 VOL.19 NO.42 SEVENDAYSVT.COM
FROM STATE WARD TO THE STATEHOUSE
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Oil trains along Champlain
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Bread & Puppet ponders legacy
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Taste Test: Pascolo Ristorante
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