Ripton school dual roof proposal

At the upcoming town meet Ripton gets to vote on two linked proposals for the town's school.  Specifically, there is a combined Ripton Elementary School improvement strategy before us.

1. To replace the school's current roof with a standing seam one.
2. To mount a solar photovoltaic system on that new roof

How will we pay for this?  A combination of sources, including some funds from the town's Capital Reserve Fund, borrowing on the market, and a payment from the state's Renewable Energy
Incentive.

Why now?  The school roof is old and leaky.

More questions?  Contact a school board member.

Seeing January out weirdly

The last two days of January saw strange, "April-like" weather up here.  Temps rose way above freezing, melting snow and ice.
Then plummeted again down to the teens.
Or, as a Facebook cartoon explains,

Cold weather coming in

It looks like we have a few days of colder weather coming up.

Thaw ahead

Hold on to your fresh snow, Ripton friends and neighbors, because it looks like a thaw might be heading our way.

At this point, it looks like it will play out as follows: After Sunday’s light snow and a cold Monday, temperatures will rise into the 30s Tuesday and low 40s Wednesday before easing back into the 30s Thursday.

But that Wednesday warm interval would just be the opening salvo. At this point, it looks as if temperatures could get well into the 40s or even near 50 toward the end of the week or the weekend.

Wunderground sees temps rising to the 30s later this week.

Ripton chills out

Ripton and the rest of Vermont rung in the new year with some cold weather. Temps dropped below 0 F overnight.

Another week, another storm

Ripton is enjoying the second snowstorm in a week.

Today snow is falling.  We should expect one or two feet.  There's a winter storm warning.

Last weekend we were covered in snow, after being clobbered by high winds.  Many last power and/or trees.

Got any storm stories to share, before 2012 runs out?

Police looking for tips on Lincoln Road robbery

Police are asking for information in a robbery which occured on Lincoln Road.

In Ripton, police were called to a home on Lincoln Road where the owner reported about $1,400 worth of scrap metal and automotive batteries had been stolen at some point during the last month.

Here's contact info:

Anyone with information about the crimes is asked contact Trooper Andrew Leise at 388-4919.