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	Lightning strike wrecks Searsburg turbine blade: Times Argus Online
		SEARSBURG — A 66-foot blade on one of the 11 wind turbines on Mount Waldo in Searsburg broke in half last Friday after it was struck by lightning during a fierce wind storm that raked the state.
		Schnure said that she didn't know whether the fiberglass and wood blade had simply dropped to the ground by the turbine tower, as was the case the other time a turbine blade broke in half after being struck by lightning, or that it had been thrown a great distance.
		Southern Vermont was hard hit by high winds on Friday, and in fact Stratton Mountain, which is about 20 miles north of the wind facility, said it recorded wind gusts of 143 miles an hour Friday morning.
	www.timesargus.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060222/NEWS/602220326/1003/NEWS02 (672 words)

	Searsburg,VT
		It was originally a part of a tract of land about twelve miles north and south, and about four or four and a half miles east and west, extending from the Massachusetts line on the south to Somerset on the north and is bounded east by Whitingham and Wilmington, west by Stamford and Woodford.
		The Searsburg Turnpike, leading from Wilmington to Bennington, was begun in 1830, and for the next four years the population of the town seems to have increased quite rapidly for a mountain town.
		Searsburg is still short of her charter distance east and west and the recent discovery of a very ancient line extending from Stratton to the Massachusetts line makes it quite evident that she is entitled to another addition on the west.
	www.geocities.com /fpulaski/searsburg1.html (2791 words)

	Vermont Information - Hometown USA
		Vermont is known for its brief mud season in spring followed by a cool summer and a colorful autumn, and particularly for its cold winters.
		In 1791, Vermont joined the Union as the 14th member–the first state to enter the union after the original 13 colonies, and a counterweight to Kentucky, which was admitted to the Union shortly afterward.
		Vermont is the birthplace of former presidents Calvin Coolidge and Chester A. Arthur.
	htusa.webmaine.com /vt (5121 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Vermont (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1791, Vermont joined the Union as the 14th memberandndash;the first state to enter the union after the original 13 colonies, and a counterweight to Kentucky, which was admitted to the Union shortly afterward.
		Vermont is one of three states (along with Hawaii and Maine) to have prohibited all billboards from view of highway rights-of-way by law, except for signs on the contiguous property of the business location.
		Vermont was the last state to get a Wal-Mart, and it remains the only state without a McDonald's restaurant within the city limits of the capital.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/vermont (5876 words)

	Citizens Examine A Comparison Between Searsburg And Sheffield
		The 11 turbines in Searsburg, which the company boasts as the largest wind farm in the east, are spread across a rolling ridge line in groups of two, five and four.
		Searsburg's tightly enclosed landscape only allows the towers to be viewed from a few areas, and since they are just shy of 200 feet, they are not required to have any lights, a point some claim is a major deciding factor for Sheffield and Sutton residents.
		Regardless of claims on the opposing side that wind management is detrimental to Vermont, a poll conducted by UPC shows an overall increase in wind farm support across the state, rising from 30 percent in 2002 to 42 percent in 2004.
	www.caledonianrecord.com /pages/local_news/story/c7fa2e3e0 (1339 words)

	Wind mountain (May 12, 2002)
		With a capacity production of six megawatts, the Searsburg wind plant, located off Route 9 between Brattleboro and Bennington in southern Vermont, is one of the largest in the East, and provides electricity for approximately 2,000 Vermont homes each year.
		And although the turbines are incongruous with the pastoral Vermont setting, local residents asked about the wind farm, the unusual juxtaposition of modern technology with ancient mountains in a rural environment is old news.
		Yet the Searsburg facility is still a research facility, said Martha Staskus, who works with Vermont Environmental Research Associates, the consulting firm which planned and oversaw construction, and now manages the plant for Green Mountain Power.
	www.capecodonline.com /special/windfarm/windmountain12.htm (1727 words)

	Vermont Hunting - deer, bear, moose, turkey
		According to the proposed regulation, Vermont's deer hunting rules would remain unchanged except that only one 'buck' may be taken in a year, and that in Wildlife Management Units B, J1 and K2, a legal 'buck' must have at least one antler with two discernable points.
		Two Barre men were arrested on November 13 in Plainfield by Vermont State Game Wardens for attempting to illegally shoot deer with the aid of a light Saturday night in Plainfield.
		Vermont State Game Wardens will be conducting motor vehicle checks on Vermont highways during the November 13-28 deer hunting season.
	www.biggamehunt.net /sections/Vermont/page4.html (463 words)

	Searsburg, Vermont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Searsburg is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States.
		Searsburg is the home of a six megawatt wind turbine farm owned by Green Mountain Power.
		In 1992, Searsburg was one of four Vermont towns to support Reform candidate H.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Searsburg,_Vermont (528 words)

	Burlington Free Press - Local Stories (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vermont's Public Service Board begins technical hearings Monday into a proposal to build four commercial wind turbines on one of the highest mountains in the Northeast Kingdom.
		Vermont is faced with a new generation of monoliths that would stand prominently on peaks such as the 3,400-foot East Mountain, the highest summit east of Jay Peak.
		Conservation and renewable sources of energy, such as solar, Vermont's own "cow power," and smaller wind turbines at schools, homes and businesses should be in the mix as the state deals with its energy future.
	www.burlingtonfreepress.com /specialnews/wind/17.htm (909 words)

	Green Mountain Green
		Searsburg's 6 megawatt power plant provides emission-free, renewable energy to over 2,000 average Vermont households and serves as an education resource for wind generation in cold climates and environmentally sensitive regions.
		When completed in 1997, the Searsburg project became the largest wind power facility in the eastern part of the country.
		The research focuses on the performance of wind turbines in cold, northern climates, the level of public acceptance of wind energy facilities, and the potential effects on birds and wildlife.
	www.gmpvt.com /whoweare/searsburg.shtml (302 words)

	Instructions For Settling Estates
		The body of Vermont law to which you are obligated includes not only the Vermont Statutes Annotated (especially Title 14) and the Vermont Rules of Probate Procedure, but also the applicable case law and common law principles, in addition to all orders, decrees and other directions of the probate court.
		When a nonresident of Vermont has an estate administered in the decedent's home jurisdiction, there may also have to be an estate opened in Vermont, as when, for example, the decedent owned Vermont real estate.
		District of Bennington: Bennington - Glastenbury - Pownal - Readsboro - Searsburg - Shaftsbury - Stamford and Woodford.
	www.vermontjudiciary.org /courts/probate/decedent.htm (6687 words)

	VERMONT Cities and Towns • Historic New England
		The people of the territory now called the state of Vermont, having been connected with New York and having experienced great dissatisfaction with their connexion with that state, assembled in convention and on the 15th of January, 1777, declared themselves independent, and organized a government for themselves.
		Vermont is divided into 14 counties, to wit: Bennington, Windham, Rutland, Windsor, Addison, Orange, Chittenden, Washington, Caledonia, Franklin, Orleans, Lamoille, Essex and Grand Isle.
		Manufactures flourish on many of the delightful streams of Vermont, and its hills produce marble, granite and iron ore of superior excellence.
	newenglandtowns.org /vermont (510 words)

	Gardner Mountain :: Searsburg VT Expansion on Federal Lands
		For a private developer to make a profit while using public lands has been a subject of bitter controversy out west, and threatens to present problems in New England, now that wind power prospectors are eyeing private and public lands to put up their industrial wind facilities.
		When we first began to study wind power three or four years ago, we were encouraged by developers to take a tour of Searsburg because it was an example of how wonderful wind power was, and how unobtrusive.
		Searsburg’s turbines are said to be accepted by the locals, but word has it that this expansion, which will not be tucked away conveniently out of sight, and whose turbines will be bigger than the original 11, is stirring up opposition.
	www.gardnermountain.org /reviews/103 (773 words)

	Green Mountain State Looking Greener
		Vermont is trying to expand their energy mix by creating legislation for either mandatory or voluntary renewable portfolio standards (RPS) - an increasingly popular tactic that requires utilities to add a certain percentage of kilowatt-hours from renewable energy sources to their power portfolio.
		Vermont is far from the first state to have a bit of a struggle when trying to pass a RPS, according to Susan Gouchoe, who is a Policy Program manager at the North Carolina Solar Center.
		Searsburg's output was 20.4% of its capacity (it has steadily decreased since it was connected).
	renewableenergyaccess.com /rea/news/story?id=24453 (1211 words)

	A visit to Searsburg, Vermont (VT)
		The community of Searsburg is located in Bennington County.
		In addition, Searsburg is located 72 miles [115 km] to the northwest of Worcester (MA).
		Springfield (MA) is located 57 miles [91 km] to the south and Manchester (NH) lies 76 miles [122 km] to the east of Searsburg.
	www.roadsidethoughts.com /15/c15_3082100.htm (264 words)

	XX indexVermont
		It was originally a part of a tract of land about twelve miles north and south, and about four or four and a half miles east and west, extending from the Massachusetts line on the south to Somerset on the north, and is bounded east by Whitingham and Wilmington; west by Stamford and Woodford.
		he Searsburg turnpike, leading from Wilmington to Bennington, was begun in 1830, and for the next four years the population of the town seems to have increased quite rapidly for a mountain town.
		Searsburg is still short of her charter distance east and west, and the recent discovery of a very ancient line extending from Stratton to the Massachusetts line makes it quite evident that she is entitled to another addition on the west.
	www.rootsweb.ancestry.com /~vermont/BenningtonSearsburg.html (2063 words)

	NRG Systems - Wind in Vermont
		Vermont generates less than one percent of its power from the wind now, but this may change, as wind is fast becoming a cost-competitive form of generating electricity.
		Searsburg: The Searsburg project marked Vermont’s entry into commercial-scale wind power with the development of Vermont’s first utility-owned wind farm in 1996.
		Searsburg Expansion: Green Mountain Power Corporation and EnXco are exploring a 20- to 30-turbine expansion of the Searsburg wind farm.
	www.nrgsystems.com /AboutWind/WindinVermont.aspx (405 words)

	searsburg wind power facility
		The blades of the turbines at Searsburg are made out of fiberglass and are fl on purpose because this helps the blades to shed ice during the winter.
		The turbines begin to generate energy when the wind blows at 8-10 mph, and they shut down automatically when winds are in excess of 65 mph.
		An interesting feature of the Searsburg Wind turbines is that the turbines know when to rotate to the most optimal position based on changing directions of wind.
	www.williams.edu /Geoscience/greenenergy/searsburg.htm (252 words)

	Industrial Wind Action Group \| Tom Hewson's Testimony re. East Haven
		Searsburg was a demonstration project to evaluate wind turbine performance at higher elevations where problems such as icing and equipment failures attributable to harsh colder temperatures are more prevalent.
		Based upon the observed overall performance at Searsburg and the East Haven’s location at an even higher elevation where icing would be even more prevalent, assuming greater losses from harsh weather conditions are likely justified in the AWS capacity factor calculations for the East Haven Windfarm.
		In fact, the Searsburg project was built as a demonstration project with significant outside funding by the US government and the Electric Power Research Institute.
	www.windaction.org /documents/720 (5045 words)

	Metropolis Endline: Modern Design, It Can Take Your Breath Away
		Vermont's harsh climate and relentless winds had, for years, encouraged Green Mountain Power (GMP) to investigate using the wind as an alternative source of energy.
		With a $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto, California, GMP identified Searsburg, a small town in southern Vermont, as that place: while strong winter winds sweep the 2,900-foot ridge, its elevation is nevertheless low enough that the area is not ecologically sensitive.
		The Searsburg wind turbines are modern landmarks of a different sort; and they may be every bit as significant, simply because they serve such a workaday function.
	www.metropolismag.com /html/content_0298/fe98end.htm (1017 words)

	Land Grants for Towns of Vermont Starting with S
		Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Col. Jacob Davis and sixty-four associates August 18, 1781.
		Vermont grant of 10,240 acres to Col. William Williams and twenty-five associates, February 23, 1781.
		Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Stephen Kingsbury and seventy-three associates October 25, 1793.
	all-ancestors.com /vermonttowns/vermonts.htm (1261 words)

	Record of Searsburg, Vt., Wind Power Facility [AWEO.org]
		A report on the poor performance of Vermont's Searsburg wind project was published in The Caledonian-Record of St. Johnsbury (Vt) on December 17, 2003.
		The wind project in Searsburg, a southern Vermont town of 85 people, began operation in 1997 and consists of 11 towers with a total rated capacity of 6 MW.
		The residents of Searsburg were generally supportive of the project as it was presented to them, and many of them still say it's a good thing.
	www.aweo.org /windsearsburg.html (1146 words)

	Reaping the wind: Rutland Herald Online
		A new wind project proposed for Searsburg and Readsboro could provide another slice of sustainable electrical power at a time when Vermont is beginning to explore a wide variety of ways to curb reliance on fossil fuels.
		But wind developers continue to explore Vermont for likely sites, and the positive experience of the people of Readsboro and Searsburg suggests that Vermonters in some places may be open to wind towers.
		At a time when Vermonters are growing more attuned to the need to develop sustainable energy sources, further development of wind power must be encouraged.
	www.rutlandherald.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070113/NEWS/701130304/1038/OPINION01 (744 words)

	VTGenWeb - Vermont History and Genealogy
		Index to The Vermont Historical Gazetteer: A Local History of All the Towns in the State, transcribed by Rod Skinner (County Coordinator for Windham County, VTGenWeb), 2006.
		The VERMONT HISTORICAL GAZETTEER is a 5 volume set of historical information, by Abby Maria Hemenway, with Volume I published in 1867, and Volume V completed in 1891 after her death.
		To Identify the county in which a Vermont town is located click here.
	home.att.net /~Local_History/VT_History.htm (1792 words)

	Renewable Energy Vermont Newsletter
		Searsburg's 6 megawatt power plant provides energy to over 2,000 average Vermont households in southern Vermont, and serves as an education resource for wind generation in cold climates and environmentally sensitive regions.
		A proposal to expand the existing Searsburg Wind Farm by 20 to 30 turbines to the southeast in Readsboro and to the west of State Route 8 in Searsburg.
		UPC Vermont Wind has made adjustments to the proposed Sheffield Wind Project that will positively address State and public concerns while still generating a significant amount of power for Vermont.
	www.revermont.org /technology/wind/wind_farms_vid.html (331 words)

	Info
		Searsburg, VT -- In what could be a national precedent, the Vermont Public Service Board is reviewing a plan to build 17 industrial wind turbines on more than 80 acres of the Green Mountain National Forest.
		Save Vermont Ridgelines is a group formed by local residents to fight construction of industrial wind turbines in the national forest.
		As one of the Searsburg residents stated so loud and clear, "Teddy Roosevelt would be rolling over in his grave" if he knew that Vermont was going to allow this precedent setting ridge line destruction in a National Forest.
	www.clearskyvt.org /Info.htm (12241 words)

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