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All in Environment
The Lake Iroquois Association has kicked off its first “Ice Out Challenge” where contestants try to guess the exact moment a cinder block will break through the ice during the spring thaw.
A kerosene tank along Mount Philo Road in Charlotte and Shelburne was reported Dec. 30 to have spilled an unknown amount of oil into the nearby storm drain and stream along the properties.
On the morning of January 17, Duxbury resident Donna Constant awoke to a peppering of large natural snowballs scattered across a neighboring field.
Along Dugway Road, the voices of children and families have replaced the sound of passing trucks. The road, which washed out in a major storm on Oct. 31, 2019, and is not yet repaired, has stayed busy despite the closure, parking issues, and a global pandemic.
Farmers across the United States have faced enormous losses amid the Covid-19 pandemic, with economists predicting 2020 will leave the entire agricultural industry in the red. But some area farmers have watched revenues rise, instead.
The Charlotte Planning Commission met on Nov. 6; one topic on the agenda was a response letter that will go out to DG Vermont Solar about its application for a 23-acre solar array project.
On Tuesday, Nov 3, the town of Hinesburg voted to take out a $11,700,000 bond to build a new wastewater treatment facility.
Ashley Prout McAvey of Shelburne finally breathed a sigh of relief on Oct. 8, when Governor Phil Scott signed a bill making it illegal in Vermont to buy and sell most products, like ivory, composed of animal parts from endangered wildlife.
Since the arrival of the F-35s at Burlington International Airport in late 2019, we have seen the noise map shift in a dramatic way.
Days before Governor Phil Scott allowed a Vermont law that creates a regulated cannabis market to pass, Black, indigenous, and people of color met to discuss concerns that the new cannabis marketplace may leave them behind.
