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About 125 residents from Windham and Grafton crowded into the White Chapel Monday night to hear from a panel of six speakers to discuss a proposed wind farm that straddles both towns.
The meeting was organized by Liisa Kissel of Friends of Grafton Heritage, with state Rep. Carolyn Partridge, D-Windham, as moderator.
Iberdrola, operating as Atlantic Wind LLC, is a Spanish company and the second-largest wind company in the United States.
The firm seeks to erect three meteorological test towers (METs) to gauge the site's suitability for installing wind turbines.
Two months ago, a group of concerned village residents calling themselves the Better Environment to Reside made an appearance at a public health and safety ordinance discussion during a Village Trustees meeting. Seth Baldasaro told the Trustees on Sept. 25 that he represented about 35 residents who had come...
Villagers will get a chance to vote on Dec. 4 at the Masonic Temple, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., on the final draft of the Bellows Falls Village Corporation Charter, which has undergone scrutiny and suggested amendments over the past year by committee. Two public hearings held this...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has filed a notice of intent and pre-application document for five hydroelectric projects on the Connecticut River, including ones in Bellows Falls and Vernon, beginning the first phase of a regulatory process that will reach its final conclusions in 2018. The filing will bring to the table a number of regional, state, and federal government agencies, as well as an array of nonprofit conservation, wildlife, and advocacy groups, to weigh in on the process.
An effort that began in 2010 to lure green sustainable businesses to the Island has gained traction, following the combined efforts of volunteers at the local level and allies in the Legislature. The Green Island Project has received the funding to get started with $226,242 in financing from the Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) that will be used to lease and renovate a vacant 19th-century factory building on 30 Island St. The 6,000-square-foot building was once home to the Vermont...
Patricia Whalen has had some hefty titles in her career. Justice at the International Criminal Tribunal for Bosnia. Official Representative to the Hague Conference on Private International Law for the International Association of Women Judges. Vermont Project Director of the Afghan Women Judges Judicial Education Project. Founder of the Rural Women Leadership Institute of Vermont. Those are some pretty hefty titles for anyone. For Whalen, a Westminster resident, the bridge to her work with the War Crimes Chamber in Bosnia-Herzegovina...
On this mid-September day, the morning's tart coolness is burning off and long sleeves are no longer required. The Kurn Hattin campus is quiet for the moment as farm manager Patrick Barry, a.k.a. “Mr. Pat,” picks fresh flowers for lunchroom tables and administrative offices. Dressed in farmer blues, he is smiling and emanates a calm common in people who work the land for a living. Barry, a graduate of the University of Maine Landscape and Agriculture program, is a first-generation...
The Vilas Bridge that spans the Connecticut River and links Bellows Falls and North Walpole, N.H., may have moved up the list to No. 8 in New Hampshire's 2011 bridge priority list. But according to New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) Bridge Design Administrator Mark Richardson, it has dropped to No. 23 on this year's list. This came as disappointment to Bellows Falls and Rockingham residents, who feel the Vilas Bridge is critical to their economy. Meanwhile, on the alternate...
