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New life for Marshfield farm bridge

By VPR | March 23, 2009

A bridge to nowhere that has been sitting in a Vermont field for nearly five years is being renovated and returned to its original site.

State lifts water advisory after lamprey treatment

By VPR | October 10, 2008

The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife is lifting restrictions on using the waters of the Winooski River and Lake Champlain after treating the river with chemicals to kill sea lamprey.

State issues Winooski water warning

By VPR | October 7, 2008

The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife is issuing an advisory not to use Winooski River water for several days after a chemical is used to kill sea lamprey.

High water delays river cleanup

By VPR | July 28, 2008

High water caused by recent heavy rains is prompting a local company to put off its volunteer effort to clean up the Winooski River.

Morning Newscast: July 25, 2008

By Mitch Wertlieb | July 25, 2008

Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.: Representatives of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission faced some tough questioning from a panel of judges weighing a citizen group’s challenge to the proposed relicensing of Vermont Yankee nuclear plant; This endless rain has left a lot of people cranky lately. But not the folks who run hydroelectric dams…

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Cabot fined for 2005 ammonia spill

By VPR | May 6, 2008

Cabot Creamery has been fined $50,000 and placed on two years’ probation for a 2005 ammonia spill that killed plants, fish and macroinvertebrates in the Winooski River.