Plane Crash Training
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- Created on Tuesday, 24 September 2013 18:47
- Written by Adam Donnelly
WHEELOCK- After the recent plane crash in Hyde Park, Vermont, State Police as well as local fire departments and EMT's all participated in a mock plane crash scenario Monday evening.
EMT's and Fire Departments from Sheffield-Wheelock, Sutton, East Burke, and Lyndonville attended the training exercise accompanying the Vermont State Police department.
Supporting Local Agriculture with CSA
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- Created on Monday, 16 September 2013 12:42
- Written by Diana Cogger
SOUTH WHEELOCK - In a modern business world, farmers have to make ends meet. One of the ways they can do that, is through Community Supported Agriculture, or CSA.
Raw Milk on the Shelf?
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- Created on Monday, 25 March 2013 21:28
- Written by Samantha Knight
WHEELOCK-Vermont is changing their minds on raw milk. A bill that is sitting in congress at the moment will allow Vermont raw milk producers to sell their product at local farmer markets.Tamara Martin of South Wheelock is all for the bill. She owns the Chandler Pond farm and she says she has been indulging in raw milk for years and has never seen anything wrong with it. She believes producing raw milk now is different from 200 years ago.
Trash Debate Looms in Wheelock
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- Created on Friday, 22 February 2013 17:55
- Written by Joseph Peters
WHEELOCK - As town meeting day approaches, the town is making preparations for July 2015. That's when a pay-as-you-go system for trash removal - already approved by the state legislature - will go into effect in both Wheelock and Sheffield.
Farms Need to Prepare
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- Created on Monday, 29 October 2012 15:36
- Written by Peter Lipomi
WHEELOCK - With every frost that the morning brings, winter is closer and farms in the Northeast Kingdom are harvesting crops and storing food before the frost overtakes them. The Chandler Pond Farm in South Wheelock is in the process of moving crops into the root cellar below the house.
Farm to Plate
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- Created on Monday, 15 October 2012 20:00
- Written by Alyssa Sylvia
WHEELOCK - The Farm to Plate plan is meant to help local farmers like Curtis Sjolander of Mountain Foot Farm, but the program is adding confusion in certain areas for some farmers.
The plan was implemented in 2009, and was designed as ten-year plan that would strengthen Vermont's food system and focus on locally produced products.
Issues With Proposed Wheelock Garage
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- Created on Thursday, 03 May 2012 12:37
- Written by Super User
WHEELOCK - The debate over the new proposed Wheelock Town garage continues.
In 2007, on Town Meeting Day, plans to have a new building and garage for the fire department were shot down.
