On Thursday, Vermont Gas Systems filed a petition for a state permit to begin construction of its underground pipeline project, which has already collided with opposition from local residents who don’t like the route.
Highway spending is out
of balance in several Vermont cities and towns as the
cost of gasoline climbs toward a national average of $4 a gallon.
Adding insult to injury, there are still two months left in the fiscal
year.
When someone set
fire to the porch of a Colchester home two weeks ago, the blaze caused about $1,000
damage. Police say it appears someone tried again this weekend, and this time
the home was destroyed.
It appears that a town meeting resolution in support of universal health care coverage was approved by voters in nearly all of the communities that considered it. The resolution called for local and state officials to support state-financed universal health care.