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Net zero - zero non-renewable, utility-sourced energy usage - has become a reality for several area businesses and nonprofits this year, largely due to government incentive and rebate programs.
West Hill Shop in Putney now meets all its business energy needs from photovoltaic panels located in its field to the west of the shop.
“We've become our own power station,” owner Jim Sweitzer said. “We get paid for generating excess energy.”
Paul Harlow, co-owner with his brother Dan of Harlow Farm in Westminster, said the business was at net-zero all winter, but “now we are into the summer season, and our demand has gone up. I'm sure we are using more energy than we are generating.”...
It's a rabbit. No? A wabbit, maybe? No. It's a Labbit. And for a year, that Labbit may be living dangerously, lounging about the kitchen, in the blog, Year of the Labbit, dedicated, according to its transplanted Canadian author, to one photograph a day. And vegetarian food recipes. In...
Now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has rejected the town's initial request for federal disaster aid for road repairs after a freak May 20 storm, town and state officials are trying to figure out what to do next. A localized thunderstorm dumped more than 4 inches of...
Long-delayed repairs for the historic Vilas Bridge that connects Bellows Falls and North Walpole are slowly moving forward. Inspectors from the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) closed the bridge that spans the Connecticut River in March 2009, due to deterioration mostly caused by road salt. Last week at the Walpole Town Hall, a special joint board meeting of Rockingham, Bellows Falls, and Walpole municipal officials learned that NHDOT is about to start the preliminary engineering phase. That phase will...
There are not many vacant storefronts in The Square this summer. And, depending on the business, the warm weather either brings a lull or causes business to go “gangbusters,” said Adam Kline, of Adventure Trek USA, Inc. The company opened its Bellows Falls location at 51 The Square last fall. A location in Thetford provides the setting for adventure camps for kids and teens. On a recent summer day, Kline and Adrian Blenkensopp, two of Adventure Trek's three guides, came...
Westminster town government has passed to a new generation - literally. Matthew Daskal, 23, was hired last week as the new Town Manager, succeeding Sonia Alexander, who officially retires on Thursday. Daskal signed a contract with the town through June 30, 2013 and will receive an annual base salary of $55,000. He is one of the youngest town managers serving in Vermont. To ease the transition, Alexander has offered to stay on until July 18. “He's a very intelligent and...
Fuel bid ROCKINGHAM-The town has awarded bids to HB Fuels for fuel oil, at $3.449 for 35,000 gallons, and to Cota and Cota for a little over 5,000 gallons of propane, at a capped price of $2.79 per gallon. Committee to examine downtown issues ROCKINGHAM- In the May 31 joint meeting, the Selectboard and the Village Trustees discussed quality-of-life issues of noise in downtown, and the problem of dog owners not cleaning up after their dogs defecate in public space,
On this mid-June day, with an All-Star Little League game going on in the background, kids tumbled inside the inflatable bounce rooms set up on the basketball court. Smaller kids, under parental supervision, played in another area with swings, a roundabout, and teeter-totters. The sounds of more than 100 happy children echoed around the new town pool, where a community came together to provide a venue for activities for kids and adults alike. This past Saturday, June 18, was declared...
