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With nearby equipment and supplies poised to begin construction on a community supported solar array, Russell Lewczuk-Jensen stands with his daughters, from left, Freja2, Cora, 4, and Vega, 2, above the one acre site for the installation on a south-facing hill at his Putting Down Roots Farm in Royalton, Vt., Thursday, July 15, 2021. He will pasture meat birds around the solar panels which will occupy space that is not suitable for haying. "Generating power is almost like an agricultural thing," said Lewczuk-Jensen. "It's not food, but it's providing for a need." (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

News

Royalton-area solar project aims for affordability

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterJuly 18, 2021

Hanover, Norwich aid in window insert effort to help low-income homes save on heat

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterJuly 13, 2021

Town-City-Government

Local and regional briefs for July 13

by Staff Report July 12, 2021

Shona Sanford-Long, along with her cattle dogs, Yap and Ruger, walks to feed her pigs in Tunbridge, Vt., on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. The Vermont Land Trust purchased Holstein Stock Farm from Ann and Corey Chapman in May and is leasing the land to the White River Land Collaborative, which has a multi-use community plan for the land, including solar panels, publicly accessible hiking trails and pastures and barn space for farmers like Sanford-Long. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Farming collaborative plan looks to keep land accessible, open

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterJuly 10, 2021

U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan talks to Matt Stevens, left, conservation resource manager with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Ethan Goldman, center left, with Dartmouth Outing Club, and Kevin Donohue, right, director of the Dartmouth Outing Club trail crew, while Ben Belanger, senior policy and projects assistant with the senator's office, pets Hassan's dog Chip during a hike on a section of the Appalachian Trail in Etna, N.H., on Friday, July 2, 2021. Sen. Hassan is rallying her colleagues to allocate an additional $1.9 million in federal funding for the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Senators press for extra funding for Appalachian Trail

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterJuly 6, 2021

Town-City-Government

Hartford committee pitches plan for town to fight climate change

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterJuly 3, 2021

Ascutney Fire Chief Darrin Spaulding, right, speaks to his firefighters about the structure and safety features of a Subaru after they practiced removing the roof to simulate the removal of a patient for training at Hodgdon Brothers salvage yard in Ascutney, Vt., on Tuesday, June 29, 202. Spaulding, who is also a forest fire warden for the Town of Weathersfield, said the volunteer fire department has fought one brush fire in town this year, but has served as mutual aid for several others. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Police-Fire-Courts

Upper Valley chiefs worry about dry conditions’ impact on fighting wildfires

by Claire Potter Valley News Staff WriterJune 29, 2021

Under construction between Thayer School of Engineering's Cummings Hall, at left, and the Tuck School of Business's Stell Hall (not shown), the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society building at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., is a 55,000 square-foot building that will be about six times more energy efficient than most of the buildings on campus, according to Stephen Doig, who is the Irving Institute Research Director. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Dartmouth energy conference panelists talk sustainability across economies, proliferating new technology

by Frances Mize Valley News Staff WriterMay 5, 2021

Town-City-Government

House votes to expand bottle law

by James Finn VtDiggerApril 18, 2021

Bruce Vakiener, of Quechee, tosses a bag of garbage into the compactor Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, at the Hartford, Vt., Transfer Station, where Hartford residents pay $4 for every 40 pounds of trash and residents of Greater Upper Valley Solid Waste Management District towns pay $5. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Town-City-Government

Recycling gets a price tag as Upper Valley towns pass costs to residents at drop-off

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterFebruary 13, 2021