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HOLD FOR STORY MOVING MAY 14 BY LISA RATHKE -- In this Wednesday, May 10, 2017 photo, Sandy Dooley, steanding, speaks at a school board meeting in South Burlington Burlington, Vt., about plans to change the South Burlington High School nickname. A move to change the nickname to be more inclusive has sparked death threats and likely contributed to the defeat of two school budgets in a community that supports education. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

Mascot Controversy Splits South Burlington

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressMay 15, 2017

Different varieties of Vermont craft beer sit in a store cooler at Mehuron's Market on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in Waitsfield, Vt. Vermont brewers have a message for the rest of the industry: don't go describing a brew as a Vermont beer if it's not from the Green Mountains. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

Brewers: Don’t Use ‘Vermont’ in Out-of-State Beer Names

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressMay 10, 2017

Maple Syrup Producers Have an Average Season

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressMay 7, 2017

FILE - In this March 5, 2009, file photo, an Hispanic man works at a dairy farm in Fairfield, Vt. U.S dairy farmers struggling with low milk prices worry that President Donald Trump's 2017 talk of renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement could harm trade to Mexico, its biggest export market. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Trade Worries Dairy Farmers

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressApril 16, 2017

Congressman Peter Welch responds to a question from a member of the crowd at the Briggs Opera House during a public meeting in White River Junction, Vt., Friday, March 3, 2017. Welch addressed concerns about President Donald Trump's cabinet appointees, threats to the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Republican effort to repeal the ACA health care law. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Welch, Dairy Farmers Look Ahead

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressApril 12, 2017

In this April 5, 2017 photo, Faisal Gill, newly elected chairman of the Vermont Democratic Party, poses at the door of the party's office in Montpelier, Vt. Gill is a Pakistani-born lawyer believed to the be first Muslim to lead a state party in the U.S. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

Muslim Man New Leader of Vt. Democrats

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressApril 9, 2017

Vt. Bill Protects Student Journalists

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressApril 4, 2017

U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders, speaking, and Patrick Leahy and Rep. Peter Welch hold a town hall meeting with constituents Saturday, March 25, 2017, in Hardwick, Vt. The three-member congressional delegation called the defeat of the Republican health care plan a victory.(AP Photo/ Lisa Rathke)

Sanders Heralds ‘Medicare for All’

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressMarch 26, 2017

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 31, 2016, file photo an Iranian farm worker harvests saffron flowers just outside the city of Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran. University of Vermont researchers have been raising the exotic spice now grown primarily in Iran and are encouraging growers to tap into what they hope will be a cash crop. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Saffron Catching On

by Lisa Rathke The Associated PressMarch 20, 2017

In this Feb. 21, 2017 photo, tubing carries sap collected from maple trees at the University of Vermont's Proctor Maple Research Center in Underhill, Vt. The center is using a new machine that removes more water from sap than older technology, saving maple syrup producers time and energy boiling sap into syrup. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

Improved Technology Saves Maple Syrup Producers Time, Energy

by Lisa Rathke Associated PressFebruary 26, 2017