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<title>Town meeting day: VT voters decide issues big and small</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 9, 2012) Vermont&apos;s Champlain Islands are smack in the middle of Lake Champlain&apos;s northern end. Isle La Motte is the westernmost of those islands. It’s isolated and rural. Living there,  you might travel to New York State to see a doctor, or go to the grocery store. But, Isle La Motte joins other towns across Vermont in town meeting day, when citizens come together to have their say on issues big and small. Sarah Harris spent town meeting day on the island and has our story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19463/20120309/town-meeting-day-vt-voters-decide-issues-big-and-small">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Students gather to meet lawmakers, talk politics</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 10, 2012) NCPR kicked off election coverage with a series of stories this week. See below for more on the 23rd district race for the House of Representatives.Politics are everywhere these days, from the bitter Republican primary fight that’s playing out on our TV screens to the redistricting battle in Albany that could shake up politics right here in our own backyard. As 2012 goes on, the news and conversation will only get louder and more intense.  Most high school students can&apos;t vote, but politics plays a big role in their lives, too. And they&apos;re paying attention, at least the teens are who gathered recently in Peru to talk about government and politics.   Our correspondent Sarah Harris sends this report. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19292/20120210/students-gather-to-meet-lawmakers-talk-politics">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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