Southern Vermont

In Weston, the select board is being asked to support a FEMA buyout of a commercial property. The board has to weigh losing the village store with accepting the effects of climate change on the downtown.

The state now says it wants to test up to 90 wells across southern Bennington for toxic PFAS chemicals, and residents within the testing area are anxiously awaiting more information.

Towns across the state are still cleaning up rivers and streams after this summer's floods, and they're trying to get the waterways ready for the next flood event.

After July's flooding wrecked the water system in Woodstock, the owners of the privately run company say they can't afford to continue investing in system.

The 10th annual Lake Paran Stone Skipping Competition was held on Sept. 16 in Bennington.

After volunteering to take care of Brattleboro's flowers for about 10 years, Dick DeGray says this is his last season.

Brattleboro Housing Partnerships took on one of the largest flood mitigation projects in the state after Tropical Storm Irene. During the recent flooding, buildings left on the site remained dry.

Avangrid Renewables owns the 15-turbine Deerfield Wind project in Searsburg and Readsboro, and the company was required to measure bird and bat deaths as part of its state permit.

Thru-hikers who are walking from the South are arriving in Vermont right about now, but the flooding last week is complicating the journey.

The tiny town of Cavendish saw a lot of damage from the storm this week after the Black River jumped its banks and washed through a section of town.