Here are some trails; hit the ones you like, dear readers.
Tourism app shows winter activities
N.H., Vt. suspend fees for trail use
"Football coach accused of embezzlement
A high school football coach was accused of embezzlement after money he collected for players’ sweatshirts ended up in his bank account. Steve LaLonde, 48, of Mount Anthony Union High, will be arraigned Tuesday. Detective Sergeant David Rowland told the Bennington Banner that police noticed that $1,725 raised was in LaLonde’s account, instead of a school activities account. Rowland said the money was wired in two installments to Texas to pay LaLonde’s rent. LaLonde has returned most of the money. LaLonde said yesterday that he didn’t have an attorney and declined to comment further (Boston Globe November 14 2010)."
I thought we were going skiing?
"Not that Vermont was alone among New England states in seeing Democratic gains. Democrats picked up a governorship in Connecticut and kept overwhelming majorities in legislatures in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island....
I feel like there was a party and I was not invited.
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Also see: Vt. governor-elect names his health care team
Globe Editorial Vermont: Creating a singular health system
I can't imagine this is good for health (and here I am living 25 miles downriver).
"Mishaps close two nuclear plants" by Lisa Rathke, Associated Press / November 9, 2010
MONTPELIER — Unplanned shutdowns an hour apart at nuclear plants in Vermont and New York — one because of a small leak of radioactive water inside the plant, the other because of a transformer explosion — show the challenge of managing aging nuclear plants, a specialist said.
Both plants are 38 years old and owned by Entergy Corp., which is based in New Orleans. No one was hurt at either plant, and each was expected to be back online quickly.
In Vermont, Entergy determined that the source of the leak was a 2-inch metal access plug on a pipe that had been welded over in 1972. The pipe was part of a closed-loop system that feeds water to the nuclear reactor, where it is heated and sent to spin turbines that make electricity, said plant spokesman Larry Smith.
The weld was leaking about 60 drops a minute, he said. Repairs were expected to take 24 hours, he said....
The leak is the latest problem for the Vermont Yankee plant, which has been beset with technical problems.
In January, officials announced that tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that has been linked to cancer when ingested in large amounts, had turned up in a test well on plant property. Later, other radioactive substances were found in groundwater and soil.
Also in January, legislators learned that personnel had misled them and state regulators by saying that the plant did not have the type of underground piping that would leak tritium....
Related: Around New England: No Veracity in Vermont
The Boston Globe Can Not Say a Lie
Also see: Around New England: Vermont Votes Yankee Down
It was too soon to tell what had caused the transformer explosion Sunday at the Indian Point 2 reactor, a plant north of New York City that was built in 1972. No one was hurt and no radioactive material released....
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission called the two shutdowns a coincidence and said agency inspectors were monitoring repair plans at the Vermont Yankee plant in Vernon and at Indian Point 2....
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Related: Town plans in case N-plant shuts down
The sooner the better.
Also see:
Mourners celebrate life of slain 78-year-old
Related: Vermont Vanishing
Vacuuming Up Vermont
Elderly couple die in early morning fire
Mother avoids trial on marijuana charges
Trial delayed for father in baby’s death
Sons of Vt. author settle fight over her $2m estate
Vt. judge urged to shed light on use of cellphone tracking data
Vt., DirecTV customers to get refund in accord
Wounded bald eagle back in wild in Vt.
State seeks information on bat activity
Three young people accused of calf theft
Plan working to restore Batten Kill trout
130 Guardsmen return from Afghanistan
Vt. native back home to head region’s Border Patrol Sector
Vt. man charged in fatal car crash
Man gets plea deal in fatal car wreck
Three rescued from Lake Champlain cave
Champlain bridge is cause for celebration
Related: Halloween Leftovers
Casper's Hometown
Happy 9/11 New Year, New York!
Vermont barber denies racism
Let's try the other side of the border:
Fire destroys 15 school buses parked in lot
One killed, 5 injured in head-on collision
Missing man found safe, back with family
Ban on guns at State House repealed
GOP leaders hail gun OK in N.H. capitol
Man killed in early-morning shooting
Parolee’s brother held on N.H. drug charges
Jury to hear confession in machete killing
Verdict upheld in N.H. murder
Hearing held on defendant’s evaluation
Chief justice to propose combining courts
N.H. Republicans won’t try to repeal gay marriage law
N.H. Republican will ask to table gay marriage repeal bill
Last horse logger lives on his own terms in N.H.
N.H. firefighter dies after ice rescue lesson
State warns winter hikers to be prepared
Related: Globe Xmas Gifts: New Hampshire's State Bird
Let's try a different resort:
Death of teenage skier being reviewed
Girl honored for life-saving efforts in fire
Former basketball star cast for ‘Survivor’
Trust opens $50m farmland campaign
Plan tackles Maine’s hospital debt
Bath Iron Works cutting jobs as work progresses
Related: Turning LePage in Maine
And at the bottom of the New England hill:
State plans to retry child molestation case
Teachers union chief won’t attend summit
Bill would lighten marijuana punishment
Related: Sunday Globe Special: Chafing at Rhode Island Coverage
Officers seek more leeway with teens at Conn. training school
UConn aims to end Spring Weekend parties
Fill-in mayor decides to run for full term
Man pleads no contest in UConn football player’s death
Related: Connecticut Cop Out
Updates:
Teen held in killing of aunt’s boyfriend
Detective in drug bust to be sentenced
Police say driver pulled over tried to flee
