Mascoma Clinic Backers Have Cash Goal
Canaan — A nonprofit organization that plans to build and operate a community health clinic here has secured $3.3 million in federal rural development loans but needs to raise an additional $280,000 before starting work. About 2,500 residents have pledged to use a facility that originated “from hundreds of local voices that created a local plan for health care,” according to an informational packet provided by the project’s backers....
Vermont’s Energy Future Is Focus of Regional Forums
Woodstock — A series of regional public forums about Vermont’s energy future will begin on July 9 from 5:30-8 p.m. at Billings Farm and Museum. Vermonters are invited to share their thoughts about how the state can meet its energy goals and needs in the coming years, the Public Service Department, which is co-hosting the events, said in a news release. “In 2011, Vermont established a widely supported goal of getting 90 percent of our...