Sunderland Wants FEMA To Rework Flood Map

Town officials in Sunderland are reaching out to the Federal Emergency Management Agency on behalf of concerned property owners who say the agency’s new flood plain map is insufficient.
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Smart Meter Critics Take Their Fight To Town Meeting

Smart meter technology allows customers to save electricity, and gives utilities the ability to respond quickly to power outages. But the wireless meters have also raised health and privacy concerns, and now voters in several southern Vermont towns will get a chance to weigh in at next month’s town meetings.
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Some Vermonters Fed Up With FEMA Funding Debate

Some Vermonters are depending on Washington as they struggle to recover from Tropical Storm Irene. Though the debate over federal funding for disaster relief has been resolved for now, many are fed up with being caught in the middle of congressional standoffs.