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04.07.05
Town delays major power line
review
BY SCOTT MONROE, STOWE REPORTER
Electric
company officials who want to run new power lines on 58-foot-high
structures through the southern portion of Stowe were told
Monday that they needed to return in about a month to meet
again with local planners and residents…. [full
story]
03.30.05
The power problem
Lamoille's critical electric need dates
back three decades
BY LISA MCCORMACK, STOWE REPORTER
Stowe
Electric Department's decision last week to cease construction
raised an alarm on a problem first identified in 1974….
[full story]
03.16.05
Group pushes for local powerline
permit
VELCO claims local review not necessary
BY LISA MCCORMACK, STOWE REPORTER
A
proposed $20.3 million power line upgrade that would supply
more electricity to the greater Stowe area may require a local
zoning permit before it can be built.... [full
story]
03.11.05
Power Play
Those in the path feel harmed by proposed
VELCO Upgrade
PETER HIRSCHFELD, TIMES ARGUS
WATERBURY
– Tom Harvey measures the cost of power with his eyes.
His
father's 75-year-old Duxbury farm rests squarely in the path
of a proposed power line corridor; the Vermont land he grew
up on may soon be transected by a clear-cut swath 175 feet
wide to accommodate 65-plus-foot power poles.... [full
story]
01.19.05
Power line debate draws anxious
crowd
Concerned residents seek
alternate route, more project detail
BY LISA MCCORMACK, STOWE REPORTER
More
than 30 Stowe residents voiced concerns and asked questions
Monday during a discussion of a proposed $20.3 million power
line upgrade that would serve the greater Stowe area….
[full story]
12.13.04
Firm applies to build power
line
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12.07.04
VELCO upgrade costs skyrocket
PETER HIRSCHFELD, TIMES ARGUS
Stowe’s
Power line Advisory Committee, a group formed recently that
will offer advice to town officials on a proposal to run a
controversial power line through the southern end of town,
will meet for the first time today at 6 p.m. in the banquet
room of the Akeley Memorial Building…. [full
story]
11.29.04
BY SCOTT MONROE, STOWE REPORTER
As
conservation officials moved closer this week to paying for
a conservation easement to the Nichols field, town planners
who are examining a proposal to run new power lines on 58-foot-high
structures through Stowe realized the new route might encroach
on the town’s so-called agricultural “gateway.”
[full story]
06.16.04
Power line committee to hold
first meeting
BY SCOTT MONROE, STOWE REPORTER
Stowe’s
Power line Advisory Committee, a group formed recently that
will offer advice to town officials on a proposal to run a
controversial power line through the southern end of town,
will meet for the first time today at 6 p.m. in the banquet
room of the Akeley Memorial Building…. [full
story]
05.19.04
Power line through Vt. forest?
Planners wrestle with tough
question: where to hide 58-foot, 115 kilovolt towers?
BY SCOTT MONROE, STOWE REPORTER
Stowe
town planners and local electric officials on Monday considered
an entirely new route for a controversial, high-voltage power
line, proposing to run it through the Waterbury State Forest
instead of on an existing power-line corridor parallel to
Route 100 from Duxbury to Stowe…. [full
story]
07.16.03
Bigger Route 2-Stowe power line eyed
$10-$15 million electric
upgrade needed; Stowe to pay portion of system expansion
BY JOHN ZICCONI, STOWE REPORTER
A
group of area municipal electric departments is planning to
bring a new high voltage power line to Lamoille County that
would provide the region with enough electricity to service
growth for the next several decades…. [full
story]
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