EPA review may upset Vt. rules - Times-Argus
MONTPELIER The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may reconsider its approval of the rules governing wastewater treatment plants and other sources of pollution that flow into Lake Champlain. The move could have a major impact in Vermont
AP NATIONAL NEWS - MLive.com
A plan that a leading Michigan House Democrat is exploring would ask voters to help decide the future of school funding. Fuel cell firm Adaptive Materials has won a $2.9 million deal to deliver 300-watt units to the U.S. Department of Defense. The
Vermont Yankee hearing set Wednesday - Boston Globe
The state Public Service Board is holding a 1:30 p.m. hearing on Wednesday in Montpelier on requests by the Conservation Law Foundation and the New England Coalition to have the state order the shutdown until Vermont Yankee can identify the source of
Vermont Yankee robot is stuck in leaking pipe - Times-Argus
The robot, which its Entergy Nuclear handlers have dubbed Rover, is about the size of a remote-controlled toy car, said Larry Smith, spokesman Health, both steam trap drain lines associated with the advanced off-gas system developed leaks, and
Vermont woman among honored female World War II pilots - Burlington Free Press
the Congressional Gold Medal for their World War II service during a ceremony in Washington. Eighty-eight-year-old Patricia Kenworthy Nuckol of Manchester was one of more than 1,000 women to graduate from the Women Airforce Service Pilots
Charlie Cook: Not the Genius You Think He Is - DAILY KOS
I wrote this diary a week ago, but got sidetracked before I could do my final edit and basically forgot about it. Somehow, it doesn’t seem as timely now as it did a week ago, but what the heck, here goes. I know that Charlie Cook enjoys a reputation
Vermont scores and schedules - Burlington Free Press
First period — Scoring: UVM, Stalberg 6 (Miller), 18:51. Penalties: UVM, 2 minors; UML, 1 major/game misconduct (Holstrom, hit from behind). Second period — Scoring: UML, Campbell 15 (Dehner), 7:27. Penalties: UVM, 1 minor. Third period — Scoring
Vermont town supports airport sale for jobs - Boston Globe
Residents of the northeastern Vermont town of Brighton have voted to support the sale of the state airport in town to the developer of a proposed new wood pellet plant that is expected to create at least 34 new jobs. Developer Fran Azur of Vermont
Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas to lead delegation to Quebec - Burlington Free Press
Gov. Jim Douglas is traveling to Canada this week to discuss a bilateral relationship with Quebec. Douglas will be joined by Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie, other Cabinet officials and Vermont business leaders. While in Quebec City, they will meet with Quebec
Balanced attack the key to UVM women’s team win over BU - Burlington Free Press
HARTFORD, Conn. This was no May K Show, no Courtnay Extravaganza. The University of Vermont women s basketball surged into the America East championship game not because their superstar seniors were super Sunday, but rather because this 69-52
Vermont Yankee continues inspection of pipeline - Burlington Free Press
VERNON — Vermont Yankee engineers and technicians contined their investigation into the source of a radioactive isotope leaking from the nuclear plant. Plant spokesman Larry Smith said water wells or the nearby Connecticut River.
BU, Vermont in AE title game - Times Union
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Corey Lowe scored 24 points off the bench, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 4:33 left, and Boston University defeated Stony Brook 70-63 on Sunday Muhammad El-Amin had 20 points for the Seawolves, along with eight of
Painting in Vermont Statehouse could be worth $1.5 million - Brattleboro Reformer
MONTPELIER - Experts say a 19th century painting that once hung on a wall in a committee room of the Vermont Statehouse could be worth $1.5 million. The painting called “The Quack Doctor” shows a traveling patent medicine salesman stopped with his
Vermont Woman Pleads Guilty In Death Of Fetus - WPTZ.com
A Pownal woman has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a Route 7 crash that led a pregnant woman to lose the twins she was carrying. Twenty-two-year-old Kelly M. Cook pleaded guilty Wednesday to two felony charges of driving with gross negligence resulting in serious bodily injury. The Rutland
Proposal for a part-time Legislature persists - Macomb Daily
LANSING In a continuing effort to cut the state’s deficit, conservative members of both houses are suggesting one thing: a smaller government. Although Senate Republicans recently unveiled a plan they say would cut costs by up to $2 billion
Connecticut River shows no traces of tritium, New Hamsphire says - Burlington Free Press
New Hampshire authorities say water samples taken from the Connecticut River near the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant show no detectable levels of tritium, the radioactive isotope leaking from Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. In a news release, the New
Cops: Infertility treatment cost led to arsons by fire department - Pueblo Chieftain
BENNINGTON, Vermont (AP) Police say a fire department volunteer set fire to his home twice in two days because he wanted insurance money to pay for infertility treatment for his wife. Forty-one-year-old Ralph Brown pleaded not guilty Wednesday to
UPDATE 1-NY delays Entergy Enexus reactor decision again - Reuters
Outside of New York, Entergy wants to transfer the 685-MW Pilgrim reactor in Massachusetts, 778-MW Palisades in Michigan and 620-MW Vermont Yankee in Vermont. The Vermont Senate last week voted to shut Vermont Yankee in 2012, when its license expires
Deputy won’t be charged in Barre courthouse gun firing - Burlington Free Press
A sheriff’s deputy whose gun discharged in Vermont District Court in December will not face criminal charges. Washington County State’s Attorney Thomas Kelly announced Thursday that an investigation by the Vermont Attorney General’s Office concluded
