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Tuesday Dec 8 | Denton Publications

Essex Ferry may close for Winter

The Governor George D. Aiken, one of five LCT ferries equipped to handle ice conditions on Lake Champlain, currently shuttles passengers between Essex, N.Y., and Charlotte, Vt.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

Rutland Herald

Troubled bridge

It is imperative that Vermont, New York and the federal government move as rapidly as possible to get traffic flowing again across Lake Champlain between Chimney Point in Addison and Crown Point, N.Y. New York transportation officials acted quickly in closing the Champlain Bridge last week after they discovered that cracks in its pilings had grown ...

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

Rutland Herald

Vt. declares emergency over bridge closing

Vermont Agency of Transportation Secretary David Dill has declared an emergency over the sudden closing of a key bridge across Lake Champlain.

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Tue Aug 04, 2009

Press-Republican

Stimulus funds boost Chesterfield project

A $5.1 million federal-stimulus grant will help pay for the new water-treatment system in Port Kent that no one wanted but had to have.

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