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newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND — Green Mountain Power officials asked the Vermont Public Service Board to lower customer rates (by 0.4 percent) beginning Oct. 1, the first such reduction in decades. Green Mountain Power last filed for a rate decrease in 1988. The new rate plan was filed Aug. 1. Green Mountain Power officials touted merger benefits including lower power supply costs and smart-grid savings. "Green Mountain Power is driven to operate efficiently to reduce costs for our customers," GMP President Mary Powell said. "We have been successful in keeping our operations and maintenance costs flat for several years, and we expect the newly merged Green Mountain Power will find many more ways to keep costs low to reduce pressure on future rates." The requested decrease, if approved by the Public Service Board, will apply to residential, commercial and industrial customers. Green Mountain Power officials have promised $144 million in savings as a result of the merger.
TV doc to show Irene damage in Vermont By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND — To mark the one-year anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene, Vermont Public Television has scheduled broadcast programs and online content throughout August. “Flood Bound,” a film by Vermont independent filmmaker Marion Abrams will premiere Thursday, Aug. 16, at 8 p.m. on VPT. Cut off from the outside world when Irene struck, destroying homes and cutting off the roads, neighbors in several See DOCUMENTARY, page 11
DRY WEATHER TAKES TOLL — UVM Master Gardener Mary Neffinger of Ferrisburgh inspects garden plants for signs of this summer’s hot weather and lower-than-normal rainfall. Compared to last summer’s abundant rains, culminating with Tropical Storm Irene, the summer of 2012 is a drier one. Neffinger, a recent transplant from South Burlington to Ferrisburgh, said she plans to grow cold-hardy wine-grape varieties in a backyard vineyard next season. Photo by Lou Varricchio
Hardware store supporting ‘Chance for Kids’ By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com
Store burglarized LINCOLN — Vermont State Police troopers in New Haven are investigating a burglary at the Lincoln General Store on East River Road in Lincoln. The burglary occurred between 10:30 p.m. July 31 and 6 a.m. Aug. 1. Stolen from the store were cash and cigarettes. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Vermont State Police at 388-4919. Information can also be submitted online at www.vtips.info or text "CRIMES" (274637) to keyword: VTIPS.
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MIDDLEBURY — This week and through Sept. 3, Aubuchon Hardware customers in Middlebury can help fight childhood cancers by giving $1 to the Jimmy Fund through the A Chance for Kids program. The hardware store chain’s goal is to raise more than $50,000 for pediatric cancer research and care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. With each contribution, customers will receive a promotion card guaranteed to be a winner with prizes ranging from all-inclusive resort vacations, airline tickets, theme park admissions, and merchandise discounts at Aubuchon Hardware. Now celebrating its 13th anniversary, the A Chance for Kids program has raised more than $10.9 million for Dana-Farber. The research benefits young cancer patients at Dana-Farber as well as patients around the world. “It is a unique privilege for us to partner with Dana-Farber and the other retail establishments involved in the A Chance for Kids program. We have some of the most wonderful and loyal customers and I hope that they embrace this fundraising effort as much as all of us here, at Aubuchon Hardware,” said Albery Hobbs, assistant manager at Aubuchon’s Middlebury store. This is Aubuchon Hardware’s first year of participating in the A Chance for Kids. Aubuchon Hardware stores in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and Connecticut will be part of this year ’s program. The Jimmy Fund (www.JimmyFund.org) solely supports New England’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, raising funds for adult and pediatric cancer care and research.
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