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U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy took some heat this year for endorsing Hillary Clinton's presidential bid rather than the campaign of his Vermont colleague, Sen. Bernie Sanders.
But as Leahy on Aug. 1 kicked off his campaign for an eighth term in the Senate, the Democrat and Middlesex resident didn't seem concerned that the presidential turmoil will have any effect on his own re-election effort.
The house at 1062 Grassy Brook Road isn't visible to passersby. But it is a big property in every sense of the word: 9,880 square feet of living space on a 292 acre spread that includes two covered bridges. A real estate listing trumpets the Montana log home as...
A new grant program fueled by Vermont Yankee money is expected to nurture renewable energy projects in Windham County. The Vermont Clean Energy Development Fund, drawing from cash paid to the state by Entergy, has given $400,000 to Brattleboro-based Windham Regional Commission to develop the program over the next...
The Vermont National Guard is going solar. The state Public Service Board has approved construction of a 1.8-megawatt solar array on land adjacent to the Guard's armory in Westminster, ruling that the nearly 17-acre project's benefits will outweigh its impacts. Via special state statutory language, the solar installation will qualify as net-metered. That means the Guard can take full and exclusive advantage of utility bill savings and renewable energy credits created by the array. “The electricity produced by the project...
A multinational security company has been hired to protect two Windham County courthouses and another in Chittenden County. State officials announced Tuesday that Securitas USA - a subsidiary of Sweden-based security giant Securitas AB - will replace Windham County sheriff's deputies at courthouses in Brattleboro and Newfane on Sept. 1. On the same date, Securitas also will take over for a private contractor that had been providing security at the civil/probate division courthouse in Burlington. The state's total contract with...
Over the first several years of his tenure, Gov. Peter Shumlin made no secret of his desire to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. And since the Vernon facility stopped producing power at the end of 2014, Shumlin's administration has repeatedly challenged plant owner Entergy's decommissioning plans - often without much success, given that the process is mostly federally regulated. It will be up to Shumlin's successor to set the tone for the state's interactions with Entergy starting in...
Nearly four months ago, a hydropower working group began investigating what interest - if any - Vermont should take in TransCanada's sale of 13 generating stations on the Connecticut and Deerfield rivers. With a report due to four legislative committees by Aug. 1, the group's efforts haven't resulted in any plan of action. In fact, the state has not signed a confidentiality agreement that would give it access to all information about TransCanada's proposed sale, which is expected to happen...
On July 18, Ron Pilette quietly accepted the chairmanship of Grafton Selectboard “with trepidation.” That's because Pilette and his fellow board members are presiding over a town that's been sharply divided by the proposed Stiles Brook Wind Project. Policy and personal disputes provide a messy background to nearly every debate, from critical issues such as voting and legal representation to minutiae such as meeting-agenda language. Pilette himself can't lay claim to neutrality, as he is an avowed opponent of large...
