We learn how e-waste is being
re-routed and where it’s being put to use, get an update on a new Irene Recovery status report and look at the week ahead in the State Legislature.
Vermont’s Long Term Disaster Relief Fund has passed the $2,000,000
mark in the amount of money distributed to victims of Tropical Storm
Irene. Fund
organizers say they’re still short of the money required to meet the ongoing
demand for assistance.
Vermont
state officials say the cloud of uncertainty surrounding federal funding for
recovery from Tropical Storm Irene has grown thicker. That’s because two top
officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency have left the state.
We discuss where post-Irene FEMA funding for state and town projects now stands, hear why some are unhappy with an agreement between the public service department and FairPoint Communications and we get a lesson on making the biggest splash in the pool.
We discuss the steps that a
sexual assault victim goes through after an attack, Steve Zind updates us on how
Irene Recovery funds have been distributed and we hear about a novel written in one-page
serialized chapters.