Derby Line News

Developers hoped to build two turbines at two separate farms in Derby. But the communities of Derby and Stanstead, Quebec, were divided on the issue.

STANSTEAD, Quebec - The winds blowing through Canada's broad St. Lawrence Valley and across Vermont's hilltops are stirring up an international tempest over which country's laws should govern how those breezes are harnessed for electricity.

The winds blowing through Canada's broad St. Lawrence Valley and across Vermont's hilltops are stirring up an international tempest over which country's laws should govern how those breezes are harnessed for electricity.

One lane of Canusa Avenue sits in the tiny hamlet of Beebe Plain, Vt. The other side of the same road is in Canada; in Stanstead, Quebec.

Officials say Richard Seguin, 55, of Derby Line, was working at a VELCO substation Thursday morning in Jay when a large piece of equipment fell on his head.