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Vol. 4 No. 49 • December 12, 2012
Community News, Sports, Arts, Entertainment and Food for Rutland and Southern Vermont
Vermont Adaptive, Pico unveil new $1.3 million lodge HQ Lodge named after Olympian Andrea Mead Lawrence
Women interested in farming, or already in established agribusinesses, are encouraged to attend upcoming USDA open houses in Rutland and Middlebury. USDA photo
Rutland USDA office to welcome women farmers By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND — As part of a national effort to reach potential claimants, the USDA office in Rutland will host an informational open house in cooperation with UVM Extension and the Vermont Women's Agricultural Network. The open house will be held Thursday, Dec. 13, at the USDA office, 170 South Main St., in Rutland. Visitors may drop by 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and meet representatives of the Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Rural Development, Risk Management Agency, and UVM Extension on hand to answer questions and provide information about available USDA programs. Light refreshments will be served.
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newmarketpress@denpubs.com KILLINGTON — If you’re a Vermonter old enough to remember following the historic 1952 Winter Olympic Games “live” on radio, on the new medium of television, or in the daily newspapers, you may recall the thrill of following the athletic talents of skier Andrea Mead Lawrence. In 1952, the Killington teen made history winning two gold medals at the games in Norway. The memory and achievements of Andrea Mead Lawrence are being kept alive in Rutland County thanks to a new ski lodge on the slopes of Pico Mountain. Construction began on the lodge in October. Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, the largest year-round organization to offer daily adaptive sports programs to people with disabilities, See PICO, page 10
Disabled skiers enjoy the benefits of having access to the Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports at Pico Mountain in Rutland County. It is the largest year-round organization to offer daily adaptive sports programs to people with disabilities.
Still time to record your holiday greetings at PEGTV RUTLAND — PEGTV, Rutland County’s public access television station, invites the public to stop by the T.V. studio, or reserve a time, to record a seasonal greeting to be aired on T.V. throughout the upcoming holiday season.
Organizations, businesses, or individuals within Rutland County are welcome to stop by the station’s Howe Center studio to record a special seasonal greeting on a pre-decorated holiday set. Or, if you would like PEGTV to come to your establishment, simply call 802-
747-0151 or e-mail mweins@pegtv.com and reserve a time and one of our field producers will stop by to record your message. Greetings will be played throughout the holiday season on Channels 15, 20 and 21. Call 747-0151 for details.
DEC issues water-pollution reduction permits to Rutland City, Rutland Town
From News Reports
newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND — The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation issued an updated Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) general permit Dec. 5. The department has designated Rutland town and city as new MS4s subject to the requirements of the permit. Designed to address pollution from stormwater runoff, the MS4 permit applies to 13 municipalities and three institutional entities. Communities already subject to the MS4 permit include Burlington, Colchester, Essex, Essex Junction, Milton, Shelburne, South Burlington, Williston and Winooski, as well as the non-municipal entities Burlington International Airport, University of Vermont and the Vermont Agency of Transportation. Many streams and rivers in Vermont’s urbanized areas suffer from polluted runoff from buildings, parking lots, and roads that contains metals, oil and grease, and nutrients. In addition, this runoff can cause serious erosion with associated damage to fish and wildlife living in and along streams, and impacts to recreational and fishing opportunities. The MS4 permit requires the affected communities to develop stormwater management and flow restora-
tion plans that include controls to reduce the amount of polluted runoff into streams, rivers, ponds and lakes. The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation will assist the City of Rutland and Rutland Town with the development of stormwater management and flow restoration plans. The affected communities will be eligible to apply for zero interest loans to defray the costs of the planning efforts. For the longer-term, the department is exploring ways in which the state can assist communities with the costs of implementing the stormwater controls needed to comply with this permit and will be working with the Legislature to identify funding options in the coming legislative session. The MS4 permit requires permit holders to implement the required stormwater control and flow restoration practices as soon as possible, but no later than twenty years from the effective date of the permit. “We look forward to working with communities to develop schedules customized to the specific needs of a given watershed in order for the plans to succeed in restoring these streams, and to protect downstream receiving waters such as Lake Champlain,” said Padraic Monks, program manager for DEC’s Stormwater Management Program.
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation issued an updated Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System, MS4, general permit Dec. 5. The department has designated Rutland Town and City of Rutland as new MS4s; the municipalities are now subject to the requirements of the permit. Luebbert Engineering photo
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation is one of three branches of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. The DEC collects and analyzes data, monitors the quality of air, water and ecosystem health, and is charged with preserving, enhancing, restoring and conserving Vermont’s natural resources, and protecting human health for the benefit of current and future generations.
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