Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is asking Vermonters to share their best photographs of Vermont since Tropical Storm Irene to celebrate the state’s recovery. Shumlin and the Department of Tourism have launched a photo contest called “Build Up Vermont.” People will …
A Vermont woman says she’s been forced from her home by mold that Tropical Storm Irene left behind, and she’s had trouble getting help for the problem. Thirty-nine-year-old Chandar Hall of Northfield says she’s been suffering migraines, exhaustion, convulsions, kidney …
A replacement for one of the most well-traveled and iconic bridges in the Adirondack High Peaks was completed and opened to hikers Sunday as crews continue to repair backcountry trail damage from Tropical Storm Irene in August. The bridge across …
Vermont’s total cost of recovering from Tropical Storm Irene is estimated at $733 million, and the federal government is expected to pay about three-quarters of that amount, Administration Secretary Jeb Spaulding said Thursday. About $486 million is to repair roads, …
A northern New Hampshire campground is open again, less than a year after Tropical Storm Irene left parts of it under water and took out a bridge. The owner of the Branch Brook campground in Campton says his business usually …
Glenn French and his wife lost their mobile home and much of its contents when floodwaters from Tropical Storm Irene ripped through Weston’s Mobile Home park in Berlin. They were lucky enough to find another trailer, a doublewide, not too …
Vermont needs to pay more attention to its rivers and may need to rethink development along their banks, the state’s environmental agency said Monday in a report on lessons from the widespread flooding triggered by Tropical Storm Irene. “Climate data …
Twice in less than a century, Waterbury’s 1827 Congregational Church, at the crest of a small rise on Main Street, has played a critical role in helping the community escape the ravages of the rising Winooski River and recover after …
It’s on to the Vermont House for a bill passed by the Senate that allows motorists to cover their front license plates with a special plate with the words “Vermont Strong” to commemorate Tropical Storm Irene. Gov. Peter Shumlin requested …
June Tierney and Kellie Burke never envisioned island living in the Vermont woods, but Tropical Storm Irene had other ideas. Their home, a two-story, natural-sided saltbox, was a rural idyll on a wooded 10-acre lot off a dirt road, with …