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A man who lives next to the Jefferson Street Bridge says he is still waiting for help to repair damage done to his house during a bridge-replacement project.

Ten construction management contractors attend a pre-bid meeting on Burlingtons Echo Lake project, boosting hopes that the city will receive competition proposals for the job.

Echo Lake Foods must resolve a waste-management problem, after failure of a septic tank that city officials did not know was on the companys property.

Burlington city officials are asking construction management contractors to submit proposals by Dec. 8 if they are interested in overseeing the citys Echo Lake restoration effort.

After a 9-month construction job, a new Jefferson Street Bridge is carrying motorists across the Fox River in Downtown Burlington.

Overseas markets could be harming forests in the U.S. Demand for wood pellets for biomass energy has increased dramatically around the world, especially in Europe where burning wood is treated as renewable energy and heavily subsidized. The UK-based company Drax Group plans to build a 450,000 ton per year wood pellet plant in Longview. ...

"The time for offsetting is over."

"The time for offsetting is over."

State environmental regulators are reviewing an incident Monday in Burlington in which heavy rain prompted city officials to discharge wastewater into a wetland.

A Burlington homeowner says a bridge construction project has damaged his home, as residents and businesses look forward to the projects Oct. 31 scheduled completion.