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With its thick layer of peat, drooping ferns, and twisted black gum trees purported to be hundreds of years old, some say walking into Vernon's Black Gum Swamp is like taking a trip back in time.
State officials want to make sure it stays that way.
The stage is set for a vote that could have big implications for the town of Windham's landscape and for the wind industry in Vermont. Windham Selectboard has authorized a Nov. 8 Australian Ballot vote to determine whether residents support construction of the 28-turbine Stiles Brook Wind Project, which...
For years, state troopers based in Windham County had to work around obstacles that have nothing to do with criminal activity - problems like cramped quarters, outdated electrical systems, subpar security, and an evidence area that “leaked like a sieve.” On Aug. 18, state police opened the Westminster complex's...
Voters will get a second chance to decide whether Jamaica should leave the Leland & Gray regional school union. Jamaica residents on July 12 approved their school district's departure from the five-town union by a three-vote margin. But 44 people have signed a petition asking for reconsideration of the matter, and the town school board responded by scheduling an Australian Ballot revote for Sept. 13. The leader of that petition drive, Patti Dickson, is a Leland & Gray school board...
Entergy has agreed to give the state $600,000 for Vermont Yankee emergency planning over the next two years, and officials say some of that money will be allocated to towns in the vicinity of the shut-down nuclear plant. The funding is part of a new contract between Entergy, the plant's owner, and the Vermont Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security. Due to changes in federal safety regulations at Vermont Yankee, Entergy's mandatory emergency planning payments to the state ended...
Two years ago, Windham County Sheriff Keith Clark began experimenting with a new, 24-hour electronic monitoring program designed for suspects who might otherwise have been sent to prison to await disposition of their cases. Now, after receiving a positive review from a nonprofit crime-research group and backing from the state Legislature, Clark will try to expand the program statewide. Though the monitoring program got off to a somewhat slow start in Windham County, officials say it has shown clear financial...
Voters on Tuesday approved pulling out of the regional Brattleboro Union High School District, a move that allows Vernon to try to preserve its unique choice options for middle- and high-schoolers. By a tally of 374 for and 124 against, voters supported withdrawing from the district known as BUHS District No. 6. “I am pleased to have the continued support for our school by the residents of Vernon,” School Board Chair Mike Hebert said Tuesday night. “Now the board has...
As he gazes across the hilltops of Stiles Brook Forest, Jeremy Turner can easily recount the property's century-long history of timber production. But Turner, who is managing forester for Stiles Brook owner Meadowsend Timberlands Ltd., also sees an uncertain future due to the effects of climate change. He lists warning signs such as stunted trees, increasing numbers of insects, and a dwindling moose population. That's one reason New Hampshire-based Meadowsend - in spite of vehement opposition from some residents in...
