Sheffield News

Vermont's newest commercial wind power project is starting to pay dividends to the town where it's located.

Our "green" leaders tell us we cannot afford to take a time out on the path to a greener Vermont:... Lindsay Harris: "Retail sales of raw milk are legal in other states including Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.

Paul Brouha I don't have to wonder what it will be like anymore -- now, with 16 wind turbines 420 feet high and their 153 foot long blades rotating, I say to myself, "This is forever." The noise leaves me feeling depressed and angry because the value and peaceful enjoyment of our home and property has been taken away.

Paul O'Toole sits at a CCTA bus stop on College Street in Burlington last summer as friends ask passers-by for money.

Energy production is all about choices. What options are least expensive, not only in direct monetary cost, but in their effects on human health and the environment? By this metric, wind energy is one of the best, cleanest sources of electricity available and a great source of local jobs to boot.