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March 2013

All posts published in March 2013

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Senate passes weakened wind power bill

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copyright the Chronicle  3-27-13 by Paul Lefebvre MONTPELIER — A legislative push to give towns and regional planning commissions more say in the siting of industrial wind towers appears to be dead, following a preliminary vote here Tuesday in the Senate. The ... More »

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Guzman experiences homelessness to highlight the issue

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copyright the Chronicle 3-27-2013 by Bethany M. Dunbar JAY — When Luis Guzman was growing up in the Lower East Side of New York City, his mother always made too much supper for the family. Every night, she packed up the leftovers and gave them to her son to ta... More »

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Jon Somes creates hair and skin product line

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by Bethany M. Dunbar copyright the Chronicle 3-20-2013 NEWPORT — In a culmination of years of creative process, Jon Somes of Newport is now selling hair and skin care products in his salon, under a label with his own name on it. “It had been on my mind for yea... More »

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News analysis: A detailed look at the promise of new jobs

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copyright the Chronicle 3-20-13 by Tena Starr The Northeast Kingdom has long been Vermont’s Cinderella stepchild — pretty and poor.  It’s the region with the consistently highest unemployment rates, lower than average wages, arguably best scenery, and a cultur... More »

Opinion: Do the math on wind power

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by Vermont Senator John S. Rodgers If 66 percent of Vermonters favor industrial wind on our mountains, then pro-wind groups have nothing to worry about in Senate Bill S-30.  S-30 lays out a process to answer many unanswered questions about industrial wind.  It... More »

Obituaries March 20, 2013

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Dorothy May Ford Farrell Dorothy May Ford Farrell, 92, of Shelburne died peacefully on March 6, 2013, at the Arbors in Shelburne. She was born on February 27, 1921, in Compton, Quebec, the daughter of Willis and Gladys (Nichols) Ford. When she was six years ol... More »

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Welcome to the era of Big Sugar

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by Chris Braithwaite  copyright 3-13-2013 BARTON — When Adam Parke and Todd Scelza “sweetened the pans” and drew off their first 165 gallons of maple syrup Monday night, it was the culmination of ten months’ work and an investment of a quarter of a million dol... More »

Obituaries March 13, 2013

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Kermit Philman Aiken Kermit Philman Aiken, 53, of Newport died on March 5, 2013, in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He was born on May 4, 1959, in Newport, a son of Dorothy (Ostrout) Aiken and the late Durward Aiken. He received his GED.  He was employed at one time b... More »