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Joel Banner Baird

@VtGoingUp

Eye-on-the-ground (and Baird's-Eye-View) reporting for the Burlington Free Press

 Burlington, Vermont
Joined February 2009
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About that pesky #btv plastic: If it doesn't go away, it darn well shouldn't end up in a blue-bin burlingtonfreepress.com/stor… #vtpoli
Burlington considers ban on plastic shopping bags — would it work?

Burlington considers ban on plastic shopping bags — would it work?

Plastic bags aren't blue-bin recycling friendly — and Burlington voters will be asked in March to weigh in on whether to ban them.

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Turner (red) and Zuckerman (purple) - dukin' it out at 8 p.m #vtpoli . Pundits anticipate tie-die to die for.
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Jess Aloe@jess_aloe6 Nov 2018
Polls are open for 10 more minutes in Vermont. I’m here at the Hilton in #btv, where the Democrats, including @christineforvt and @SenSanders, will be awaiting the results #vtpoli
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DM@pattysmattyvt. Gotcha.
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Elizabeth Murray@LizMurraySMC20 Sep 2018
#ICYMI: Vermont inmates are heading to a CoreCivic facility in Mississippi next month burlingtonfreepress.com/stor… #btv #vt @bfp_news
Vermont inmates heading to Mississippi prison with familiar private operator

Vermont inmates heading to Mississippi prison with familiar private operator

The inmates future home at Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility is familiar as Vermont contracted with the same prison operator from 2004-15.

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Hotter in #btv #vt past two days than New Delhi, India. A first? @nwsBurlington
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Freeze-thaw on Lake Champlain 2017-2018 - in a 35-second video via amazing @NWSBurlington satellite pix #btv burlingtonfreepress.com/vide… @bfp_news
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True or false: When buried by avalanche, it's okay to relax. This winter tip and more burlingtonfreepress.com/stor… #btv #ski_vermont #bfp_news
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Snows coming; Snowies already here #btv But don't crowd 'em. burlingtonfreepress.com/stor…
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Still not easy for a Vermonter to decompose in peace... burlingtonfreepress.com/stor… @greencouncil_org #btv
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Williston's bright lights beckon: #BTV 's ReSource store eyes building near Taft Corners burlingtonfreepress.com/stor…
ReSource store in Burlington eyes Williston location

ReSource store in Burlington eyes Williston location

Pine Street thrift store and poverty-reduction center prepares to shift some operations to Harvest Lane in Williston.

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#vtroads Is the I-189 / Shelburne Rd clog-up due to construction on latter at Palace Cinema corner, perchance?
#SoBu School-threat suspect Josiah Leach, 18, enters fed court #btv. Later handcuffed and jailed.
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Suspect in SoBu school threats, Josiah Leach, jailed for violating no-internet rules #btv
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Ford Motors' stealth #VT branding ploy #btv lawsuit time?
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Early-Period Mud Season in #btv City Hall Park
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Atten: it doesn't always look like ice down there #btv walkers. Cyclists? Stud-time.
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Stella's snowfall is this far away from a second-highest-ever #btv record. 0.2 inches = 0.5 cm. We can do this!
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Snow math #BTV #vt
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