A new public nuisance ordinance in Rockingham (AKA Bellows Falls) targets everything from drug houses to unpainted buildings. It’s not the best way to fight drug addiction, some local advocates say.

The selectboard of the Windham County town of Londonderry is discussing the benefits of the two percent local tax on commercial cannabis, should S54 passes the Legislature next year.

Facing cuts in anti-domestic violence funding because the feds wanted to allocate the money to other counties, Vermont’s two southern counties petitioned Sen. Pat Leahy to find them funding. He came through.

Under proposed ‘tax and regulate’ marijuana legislation, it would take a townwide vote to ensure that communities won’t have any marijuana production or retail facilities, Sen. Jeannette White (D-Windham) told a Bellows Falls crowd.

The Brattleboro Retreat turns on three huge ice-making machines at night – when power is cheap – and uses the ice to cool the building during the day. It saves money on air-conditioning and is just one innovative way to use buildings as de-facto energy storage batteries.

Allaying the fearful predictions of anti-nuclear activists, a non-radiological inspection by the State of Vermont has turned up “no real significant contamination” at Vermont Yankee. The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission oversees all potential radiological contamination, but the State has regulatory oversight over all other possible contaminants.

More than 10,000 power outages were reported as of Thursday morning. Green Mountain Power crews are hard at work.

John Walters of Vermont Political Observer reports that the Windham County Democratic Party Committee wouldn't pass a resolution calling for new party leadership in the wake of its embezzlement scandal. The committee will write a firm letter, though. 

Windham County state senators say Vermont needs 'tax and regulate' sale of marijuana because the current law allowing possession-but-not sale has created a "Wild West" situation. Question: did they vote for it? If so, why should Vermonters trust their judgement now?

A 16-year-old boy at Leland and Gray in Windham County is being evaluated at a health care facility after he threatened another student and was found to have hatchets and knives at school.