Updated on May 28, 2021 at 7:21 pm
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A possible record season could be coming to the Vermont State Parks system, which Friday saw all locations now open, following gradual openings over the past several weeks.
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“It’s a treat, it really is,” said Dave Grossman of Newton, Massachusetts, who biked to the top of Vermont’s famous Mt. Ascutney State Park.
While Grossman joked that driving the arduous climb might have been preferable to biking it, he appreciated the views of Okemo and the Green Mountains.
Commissioners want to wait on new jail
AUBURN â Two out of three DeKalb County Commissioners made it clear Monday that they do not support building a jail right now.
During their weekly meeting at the courthouse in Auburn, Bill Hartman and Todd Sanderson said they want to wait until a spike in construction costs subsides.
The commissioners have been considering a new jail seriously since January, when they chose the Elevatus architecture firm of Fort Wayne to design a jail on property at the west edge of Auburn.
âI think I can make a good decision today. In fact, Iâm not ready to raise taxes to do this,â Hartman said.
Adirondack in Port Kent, N.Y. The Lake Champlain Transportation Company s plan to sink one of its retired car ferries in Burlington Bay foundered this week in the face of rising opposition. Despite winning approval from state environmental regulators, the proposal to scuttle the 108-year-old
Adirondack stirred up fears that the sunken vessel could further pollute the lake. The company and state officials on Tuesday withdrew their joint application for a permit that the state Department of Environmental Conservation had already approved in March. Environmental groups had appealed, raising the prospect of a lengthy legal battle over something the company viewed as a philanthropic endeavor.
ANGOLA — The Orton Farmstead property at 1025 N. C.R. 200W that was slated for demolition for a roundabout project might not meet that fate as it was discovered the