Environment
Vermont’s first fully natural burial cemetery is opening this month
The founder of the Roxbury cemetery hopes to make it part of a new movement changing the way Vermonters think about death.
Chemicals show up in more Bennington wells 7 years after PFAS detected in area
Tests showed drinking water for at least a dozen households contained PFAS levels beyond the state’s safety limit.
Vermont officials ask feds to study Wrightsville and East Barre dams after flooding
The state is asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for help improving the flood-control dams, after historic flooding showed they were “susceptible to a back-to-back storm event.”
Williston officials discuss lifting backyard chicken ban
The planners’ current proposal would create an allowance for up to 12 chickens per household with a buffer from property lines of 15 feet for chicken coops and 20 feet for bedding and feed, and it would require regular removal of manure.
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Hinesburg housing development project under scrutiny
Documents from the project’s Act 250 hearings that began this summer show there are concerns around its location near a floodplain, and whether that risk may increase as climate change continues to intensify.
Morrill Homestead reopens following summer flood damage
For now, the grounds and gardens have reopened but buildings will remain closed until an evaluation can be completed and plans for repairs can be made.
Wildlife activists want animal cruelty charge applied to deer poaching case
In Vermont, hunters are typically exempt from animal cruelty charges. The law does not apply to “activities regulated by the Department of Fish and Wildlife,” which include hunting, trapping and fishing.
Morristown to plant riverbank trees in flooded park
The Morristown Selectboard this week approved planting potentially hundreds of trees along the banks of the Lamoille River in Oxbow Park.
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