News Headlines for Barton, Vermont

Vermont to get $1.5 million in drug settlement (Boston Globe)
The state of Vermont will receive $1.5 million as part of a $62 million settlement with the drug maker Eli Lilly & Co.

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Quebec will look into federal barrier at Vermont border (CBC)
Quebec Premier Jean Charest said he'll do what he can to make sure a barrier to be built on an unguarded road near the Vermont border doesn't impede community life.

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Republicans a rare find in blue Vermont (USA Today)
Vermont Republicans and John McCain campaign organizers are glad contested New Hampshire is right next-door.

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Vermont, Quebec leaders celebrate common bonds (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Celebrating their common bonds, Vermont's governor and the Province of Quebec's premier called Monday for continued cooperation on hydropower, U.S.-Canadian border access and environmental protection issues.

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Vermont town to honor former slave's life (AP via Yahoo! News)
A former slave whose memoir is among the only ones known to describe abduction from Africa is about to get a historical marker in the small Vermont town where he ended up settling.

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Vermont, Quebec leaders see common ground (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)
ST. JOHNSBURY -- Celebrating their common bonds, Vermont's governor and the Province of Quebec's premier called Monday for continued cooperation on hydropower, U.S.-Canadian border access and environmental protection issues. ... - By John Curran Associated Press

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Council ranks Vermont high for energy efficiency (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An advocacy group ranks Vermont fourth of all states in the U.S. for improving energy efficiency in response to high prices, energy security and global warming. California, Connecticut and Oregon are at the top of the list. ...

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Yard signs for McCain rare in Vermont (UPI)
UNDERHILL CENTER, Vt., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The owners of a small market in the state of Vermont say their support of Republican John McCain has nothing to do with his chances in the Green Mountain State.

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Vermont Issues Winooski Water Warning (WPTZ Plattsburgh)
The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife is issuing an advisory not to use Winooski River water for several days after a chemical is used to kill sea lamprey.

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Vermont town to honor former slave's life (The Charlotte Observer)
A former slave whose memoir is among the only ones known to describe abduction from Africa is about to get a historical marker in the small Vermont town where he ended up settling. Descendants of Jeffrey Brace - who fought in the Revolutionary War and eventually earned his freedom - will gather Saturday for the erection of the memorial on a town green. "The importance of Brace's story is not ...

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