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As a parent of two Leland & Gray students, David McCormack is concerned about recent tests showing elevated radon levels at the middle and high school.
But he's more concerned by the fact that administrators knew about the problem eight years ago and didn't follow up. The Newfane resident was among a group of parents who used words like “alarming,” “disturbing,” and “unbelievable” to describe the situation at a March 22 meeting.
“I don't think there's anywhere near a reasonable explanation as to why it was ignored in 2009,” McCormack said. “I don't think there's any excuse for it.”
Board members and administrators - most of whom weren't involved in school affairs in 2009 - had no good answers for the lack of past action.
Vermont officials say they're missing some critical environmental information needed to evaluate the proposed sale of Vermont Yankee. At a March 23 meeting in Brattleboro, representatives from the state Agency of Natural Resources and Entergy clashed over whether there has been sufficient investigation of nonradiological contaminants at the shut-down...
As crews put finishing touches on a $60 million bridge replacement in Brattleboro, state officials are embarking on another major project just a short drive up Interstate 91. The $44.3 million replacement of two bridges near Exit 6 in Rockingham will start soon, though much of the preliminary work...
In its quest to purchase Vermont Yankee, NorthStar Group Services has filed reams of paper with state and federal regulators. But for many who aren't directly involved in those reviews, the New York-based company's plans - and its motivations for buying a shut-down nuclear plant - have remained obscure since the proposed sale was announced in November. NorthStar Chief Executive Officer Scott State has set out to change that. State spent March 13 in the Brattleboro area, meeting with a...
On the first day of spring, Windham County's state legislators took their breakfast with a big cup of worry. At the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce's legislative breakfast March 20, local lawmakers offered a variety of updates from the 2017 session. But they also spent a lot of time fretting about the deep federal budget cuts proposed by President Donald Trump. The negative effect of those cuts, lawmakers said, would be felt in health care, transportation, education, and other sectors.
As he walked the chilly, empty halls of this town's former high school on a recent morning, Steve Goldfarb talked more about the building's potential than its current condition. If advocates can't find resources to repurpose the structure into a community center, “we could lose all of this,” said Goldfarb, chairman of the Old School Enrichment Council. Goldfarb isn't alone in his enthusiasm: The community center project was named one of Windham County's 14 most “vital projects” on a list...
Four months after announcing an agreement to buy 13 hydroelectric stations on the Connecticut and Deerfield rivers, a Boston company is close to sealing the deal. Great River Hydro already has received Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval to buy TransCanada's hydro dams. Now, a state Public Service Board review appears to be in its final stages. And, as part of that process, Great River has finalized a power-allotment agreement with the owner of a historic property in Bellows Falls. If...
Concerned citizens soon will have a face-to-face opportunity to question the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission about the sale of Vermont Yankee. A spokesman says the NRC has “informally committed” to attending a future meeting of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel to discuss the plant's proposed license transfer to NorthStar Group Services. The commitment came after multiple requests for the NRC to travel to Vermont for a public meeting. A date for the meeting has not yet been set,
