Leahy, Albania and Redistricting

Happy New Year! (scroll down for This Week's Video listings!)

We are looking forward to 2014.  The VT Legislature re-opens this week.  We will air Gov. Shumlin's State of the State along with the January 15, Budget Address.

Under the Dome starts January 20 with Live legislative interviews on Mondays at 11 a.m.  Tune in on TV or online and join the conversation via phone, email rreiber [at] cctv [dot] org or tweet @ch_17.

Join fellow activists and nonprofit leaders for a VT Nonprofit Legislative Day at the Statehouse on February 6.

Then, our favorite season, Town Meeting. Candidate forums begin in early February.  We will bring you full coverage on March 4 of elections in the communities of Burlington, Colchester, Essex, Essex Jct, South Burlington, Williston and Winooski.   

If you have long thought about adding video production to your 'tool box,' join us for a Basic Introduction to Video Camera class this year check out the schedule or contact morourke [at] cctv [dot] org for information.

CCTV is also looking forward to a Gala Celebration of the past 30 years in our community on June 13th at the ECHO Center.  Reflections and inspiration for another 30 years!

                   Thank you! 

Monday January 6 at 8:40 p.m.

Senator Patrick Leahy: 2014 Congressional Priorities 01/03/2014  "It's good to be home, even in this cold weather, but the snow we have here doesn't stop anything, unlike Washington." Senator Leahy discusses the Farm Bill, Immigration Reform, NSA and Privacy, Mandatory Sentencing, the Privacy Act among many items.

Summaries from municipal officials on current events, projects and happenings in your community.  Extracted from regular meetings and shared with you: Municipal Updates

Tuesday January 7 at 4 p.m.

Near & Far: Perspectives from Albania - Peter Clavelle Host Richard Kemp speaks with Peter Clavelle, former Burlington Mayor, on life in Albania where he and wife Betsy Ferries have resided for the last 2 years.

Betsy Ferries Host Richard Kemp speaks with Betsy Ferries on life in Albania where she and her husband, Peter Clavelle, have resided for the last 2 years.

Thursday January 9 at 4 p.m. 

Positively Vermont: Vermont Humanities Council - First Wednesdays Series Host Dennis McMahon speaks with Penny Pillsbury, Library Director of the Brownell Library in Essex Junction, and Dr. Annika Ljung-Baruth, UVM Lecturer in Women's and Gender Studies, and English on the First Wednesday lecture series sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council.  Dr. Ljung-Baruth will be presenting a talk at the Brownell on 'The Incandescent Mind: Virginia Woolf and Our Literary Foremothers.'

Friday January 10 at 3 p.m.

Burlington School Commissioners: Augmented Reality - How Technology Enhances Learning at Edmunds Middle School Keith Pillsbury,Ward 1 Commissioner, Jeanne Collins, District Superintendent, are joined by two Edmunds Middle School teachers, Laura Botte and Valerie Lodish and several Edmunds students to discuss technology at Edmunds Middle School.

Saturday January 11 at 4:30 p.m.

Local Matters: Burlington Ward Redistricting - The Plan and Process For Adoption 01/03/2014 The City Council voted to send an 8 Ward / 4 District / 12 Councilor Plan to the voters for the March 4, 2014 ballot for the City's voters to approve or disapprove. Jim Holway, Ward 4 Redistricting Committee member, along with School Board Chair Alan Matson share insights to the plan.  more information at: http://www.burlingtonvt.gov/

True North Reports TV: Move Towards Single Payer? Host Robert Maynard discusses the suggestion offered by some politicians, including Vermont Governor Shumlin, that the problems with the exchange roll out now, leads them to believe in a greater need to move towards single payer system of health care.   

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