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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College has named Bill Burger vice president for communications. Burger is currently associate vice president for communications at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. When he assumes his new role at Middlebury Jan. 1 he will direct communication efforts for Middlebury and for the Monterey Institute of International Studies, a graduate school of Middlebury College in Monterey, Calif. At Brandeis, where he has worked since 2010, he oversees the university’s Office of Communications, including news and communications, web strategy, publications, creative services, and brand and identity management. He began his career at Newsweek as an editor, writer and foreign correspondent, working in New York, London and Tokyo and developing an international perspective that will be vital to his work at Middlebury. After leaving Newsweek in 1995, he worked in a variety of fields, including telecommunications, online publishing, and information services, before moving into higher education. Burger received a bachelor ’s degree in political science from Stanford University, where he was editor-in-chief of the Stanford Daily. He is an active alumnus and has served on the board of directors of the Stanford Alumni Association. He currently lives in Andover, Mass., with his wife, Susan Greenberg, and their three children.
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Vermont is healthiest U.S. state, with two caveats By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com MIDDLEBURY — The news looks terrific for Vermont as a healthy place to live. According to the just released United Health Foundation’s 2012 America’s Health Rankings, Vermont is the nation’s healthiest state. But are the United Health rankings something to brag about? Sure, but buried within the rankings is also something dark: Vermont has a higher rate of cancer deaths than most other states and binge drinking is above the national average. More about these issues later. For the sixth year in a row, United Health Foundation found Vermont to be the nation’s healthiest state. Hawaii is ranked second, followed by New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Minnesota. See HEALTHY VERMONT, page 6
HALF-STAFF — Flags around the State of Vermont flew at half-staff on Dec. 4 in memory of Rep. Greg Clark (R). Clark died Nov. 3. Clark’s funeral service was held at the Vergennes Congregational Church during the early afternoon. This flag, flown in front of Dock Doctors on U.S. Route 7 in Ferrisburgh, was among many flags, at local private residences and businesses, that bid farewell to the respected Addison County legislator. Photo by Lou Varricchio
Vermont Fire Cadet Academy to move By Lou Varricchio
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Vermont fire cadets train at the Vermont State Firefighters’ Association’s Pittsford facility. Starting in 2013, the teens will train on the Vermont Technical College campus. VSFA photo
MIDDLEBURY — For Vermont’s future firefighters, education and hands-on training make the difference. For many decades, Vermont teenage fire cadets trained by the Vermont State Firefighters' Association at its site in Pittsford. The cadet program, which includes an intensive week of study and field work, takes place during the first week of July. Now organizers of the Vermont Fire Cadet Academy have selected Vermont Technical College as the new location for the 2013 program. According to Frank Buck, who is
both president of the VSFA and director of the Fire Cadet Academy, the organization is committed to making the academy available to cadets from throughout the state. “The facilities available this summer limit attendance to 48 cadets. In making final selections, factors such as age, the location of the cadet's sponsoring department, number of other applicants from the same area, present involvement in a cadet program and/or current participation with a fire department will be factors considered. Current cadet or parent membership in VSFA is not required, but will be considered,” he said. See ACADEMY, page 11
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