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February 10, 2010
A New Market Press Publication
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Local Flavor
Essay contest winner, Cam Pratt, honors the memory of his grandfather.
Rusty witnesses a fatal accident on Vermont’s dangerous winter roads.
Ladabouche Furniture has moved to a new location on Main St.
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Bernie’s bill may create 10 million solar rooftops U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate’s green jobs subcommittee, last week introduced legislation with nine cosponsors to encourage the installation of 10 million solar systems on the rooftops of homes and businesses over the next decade.“At a time when we spend $350 billion importing oil from Saudi Arabia and other countries every year, the United States must move away from foreign oil to energy independence,” Sanders said. “A dramatic expansion of solar power is a clean and economical way to help break our dependence on foreign oil, reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming, improve our geopolitical position, and create good-paying green jobs.” At a Senate committee hearing today, Sanders questioned Energy Secretary Steven Chu about President Obama’s budget for next year. The White House requested $2.4 billion for energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. The requested 5 percent boost overall included a 22 percent increase for solar power. The potential for solar power also was the subject of testimony last week before Sanders’ green jobs subcommittee by Jeff Wolfe, chief executive officer of groSolar in White River Junction, Vt. Wolfe said Sanders’ bill “would help homeowners and small businesses stabilize their energy costs.” Sanders’ bill would authorize rebates which, along with other incentives, would cover up to half the cost of the 10 million solar power systems and 200,000 water heating systems. Non-profit groups and state and local governments also would be eligible. The legislation would ensure that participating homeowners and businesses also receive information on incentives to improve energy efficiency. Sanders said a recent report shows that solar power could help make every state more energy independent if solar units were installed on available rooftop space, because every state can meet 10 percent or more of its electricity needs just through rooftop solar. Moreover, because solar energy creates more jobs per megawatt than other energy sources. Sanders’ bill could create hundreds of thousands of jobs over the next ten years in the solar industry.
Woman arrested for heroin sale RUTLAND — The Southern Vermont Drug Task Force conducted an investigation into the distribution of heroin in the Rutland area. On three separate occasions, Jacqueline A. Macheski, age 45, of Pawlet, sold a total of 39 bags of heroin to an agent with the task force. On Jan. 19, Macheski was arrested at a residence in Danby. Following her arrest, Macheski was issued a criminal citation. She will appear in Rutland District Court March 1 to answer to three felony charges of Sale of Heroin.
Jacqueline A. Macheski
EXTINCT GIANT — Little is known about Vermont’s Ice Age giants but studies have revealed human-made projectile points were used to hunt shaggy mastodons locally. A replica of the elephant-like baby and adult—10-feet-tall at the shoulder—is shown here at a new New York State Museum exhibit in Albany. By 10,000 B.C., over 100 species, including giant mastodons and moose-elk, had disappeared from Vermont’s landscape. A similar Ice Age beast, the larger wooly mammoth, also lived in Vermont; its remains were found in Mt. Holly while mastodon remains were found in Bristol— proof that both elephant-like giants roamed our ancient backyard. Photo by Lou Varricchio
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