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Municipal Energy Efficiency Grants Awarded
HARDWICK AREA — A new energy efficiency group called $ave Energy NEK was formed at the start of 2024 by community members from the six neighboring towns of Albany, Craftsbury, Glover, Greensboro, Hardwick and Stannard. Each town had been awarded a $4,000 Municipal Energy Resilience Program (MERP) capacity building mini-grant[Read More…]
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Digital Divide Affects Most NEK Residents
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – “In our service territory we have three of the four poorest [Vermont] counties and we see daily the impact of the digital divide,” said Tonya Ozone, director of sales and marketing at NEKCV, the organization resulting from a merger of Northeast Kingdom Broadband and CVFiber. She added,[Read More…]
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Tomorrow is not Promised: Community Remembers Tammy and Lucas Menard
MONTPELIER – Housing advocate Brenda Siegel first met Tammy Menard on the steps of the Vermont Statehouse during a 2021 protest that asked state leaders to give shelter to people who needed it through a state-sponsored motel program. In September, after facing housing insecurity for years, Tammy and her husband,[Read More…]
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Republicans Tap Beck as New Caucus Leader
MONTPELIER – Vermont’s Republican state senators ousted the leader of their caucus last Tuesday and took the unconventional step of replacing him with a senator who’s just been elected. The GOP caucus chose Rep. Scott Beck, who in January will make the jump to the Caledonia County Senate seat after[Read More…]
Federal Grants Expand Internet Access
VERMONT – Vermont has been awarded $5.3 million from the federal government to implement its Digital Equity Plan, which outlines how the state will provide individuals and communities with the tools and skills necessary to benefit from meaningful access to affordable, reliable, high-speed internet service. “Internet and broadband. It’s no[Read More…]
