Another setback for the state’s health care exchange. Governor Peter Shumlin has announced a new contingency plan for small business, following ongoing problems with the online payment system. A vote against a wind energy project proposed for Seneca Mountain, near Island Pond, is raising questions about the developer’s next steps. A proposed agreement between the state and Entergy Vermont Yankee came in for criticism last night at a hearing before the state Public Service Board. The federal government has approved a New York historian's request to change the name of an Adirondack mountain back to that of a hero in a battle fought two centuries ago on Lake Champlain.