Green Mountain Power is moving ahead with plans to build the
energy center in Rutland . The company has issued a request for bids on
construction of a 18.3-kilowatt solar generation array to be built atop the
company’s planned Energy Innovation
Center GMP
plans to announce the winning bidder May 10.
GMP plans to open the center to the
public in October.
Voter in Middlebury will go meet at Mary
Hogan Elementary School
A man was stopped at Plattsburgh
International Airport TSA officer spotted a gun in
the passenger's carry-on bag. A press
release says the gun was a realistic replica handgun and was actually a
lighter. There was no impact to airport
operations and the man, ticketed to fly to Fort Lauderdale ,
was permitted to catch his flight without the gun/lighter. The TSA is
reminding travelers they can be fined up to $11,000 if they are caught with
prohibited items at the airport.
Governor Peter Shumlin was in Rutland
on Saturday to talk about how cuts in the federal budget will affect school
budgets around the state. Shumlin talked
about spending more money on secondary education to encourage low-income
students to continue their educations. He also warned that some Vermont
students in need of the highest level of care would soon begin feeling the effects
from the federal sequester cuts. Some
areas that Shumlin said the state needs to improve on is the rate of low income
students who graduate and pursue a college education.
Champlain College President David F. Finney announced this
morning that he plans to retire next year. Finney has served as president for 8 years and
will retire on June 30, next year. The
college is now searching for a new president.
Another raccoon tests positive for rabies in St.
Albans . Police say the
raccoon was captured Friday in the area of Federal
Street . St.
Albans Police responded to two separate complaints on March 30 and 31st of
possible rabid raccoons. Both those
animals, found on New Street
and High Street, tested positive for rabies. Police say exposure to rabies can occur when
saliva from an infected animal gets into a fresh, open scratch or on to a
mucous membrane, such as the mouth eyes or if a person is scratched by the
animal. Even raccoons that appear to be healthy could
be a source of exposure to rabies.
Tomorrow night at Mount
Abe Bristol ,
there will be a charity basketball game between the Harlem Superstars and the
Mount Abe All Stars. The Harlem
Superstars are a talented group of basketball players, whose main mission is to
entertain kids and their families through the game of exciting “Show Time”
Basketball. Our very own Bruce Zeman
will lead the Mount Abe All Stars against the Superstars in a game to benefit
the Mount Abe Parent Teacher Organization.
The game tomorrow night will start at 6:30
at Mount Abe 802-453-2333 .
