Correction: Willow Power storyMIDDLEBURY, Vt. — In an Oct. 18 story about Middlebury College experimenting with willow as a biomass fuel, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of a nonprofit that promotes biofuels. It is the Biomass Energy Resource Center, not the Biomass Energy Research Project. Also, the AP, relying on information from the center, erroneously reported prices for heating oil and wood pellets. Oil heat cost $21.70 per million Btu in September, not $32 per million Btu, according to a monthly fuel price survey from the Vermont Public Service Department. Wood pellets cost $19.59 per million Btu, not $23 per million Btu, according to the survey. Fast-growing willows promise cheap biomass fuel; may allay concerns over VT forest depletionMIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Middlebury College used to heat its buildings with oil, then switched to wood chips. Now it has planted a sustainable and relatively cheap fuel source — willow shrubs —that could help cut demand on the state’s forests. Prosecutors: Police chief in Vt. gave gun used in suicide to officer in exchange for vitaminsMIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Prosecutors charging Vergennes Police Chief Michael Lowe with embezzlement say he converted to his own use a pistol that was used in a suicide. Small family-owned amusement parks offer affordable funMIDDLEBURY, Conn. — If you can’t afford to take the kids to one of the big theme parks this summer, find out if there are any smaller, family-owned parks nearby. You may be pleasantly surprised to find the ticket prices are lower than at the big parks, and lines may be shorter too. |
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