GREENSBORO – Town hall staff and visitors have noticed a musty smell in the town’s basement offices during the past month or so. Those sensitive to environmental contaminants have reported their eyes watering and more so in the closed furnace room. One employee has reported health issues from working in[Read More…]
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Community Forest to be Permanently Protected
WOLCOTT – A new 735-acre Community Forest within walking distance of the Wolcott town center has been permanently protected as of September 5. The forest’s 31 acres of wetlands, 5.5 miles of headwater streams and river frontage, and wildlife corridors for moose, bobcat and other species, provides a natural link[Read More…]
ACCD Secretary Kurrle Visits Businesses Impacted by Flooding
HARDWICK – Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) Secretary Lindsay Kurrle visited businesses Impacted by flooding on Tuesday, Aug. 27, during Governor Phil Scott’s “Capital for a Day” tour of Caledonia County. Her visit was part of a day that began at The Inn at Burklyn, in East Burke[Read More…]
Mike’s Service Center Foundation to be Fixed
Caspian Lake Sunset
New faculty and staff at Area Schools
UVM Summer Interns Live and Learn in the NEK
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – Lush vegetation, towering maples and pines, rolling hillsides, rivers, lakes and streams mark this corner of the Green Mountain State. Along with the Northeast Kingdom’s (NEK) abundant beauty come some very real challenges, including dangerous seasonal flooding that has increased with the effects of climate change. But[Read More…]
Greensboro Community Garden
CCC Knotweed Project Awarded Demonstration Project Grant
CRAFTSBURY – The Craftsbury Conservation Commission (CCC) has revamped its efforts with a new grant to combat a non-native invasive plant species, Japanese Knotweed. In 2017, the CCC began the Japanese Knotweed Control Project. The purpose of this ongoing project is to demonstrate the variety of ways to eradicate or[Read More…]
