Two Vermont stories I found interesting:
WNNE 31 is reporting that a freight train derailed in Bellows Falls early this morning. The report says that four boxcars carrying paper left the tracks around 4 am. No one was injured, but RT 12 to Walpole was blocked most of the morning.
In unrelated news, the Miami Herald says that Vermont has signed an agreement to sell food to Cuba.
"...Pedro Alvarez, head of the Cuban government food-purchasing agency Alimport, signed the agreement with Vermont Sen. James Jeffords. It gave no figures for how many apples, milk or head of livestock Cuba might buy over the coming two years.
Presidents Fidel Castro of Cuba and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela last week signed a $412 million deal for fuel and other goods -- some of which until now have come from the United States. Alvarez said U.S. government restrictions -- not the Venezuela deal -- were harming trade.
''What the Americans should do is eliminate the restrictions, put their products on equal terms and trade can grow,'' he said...
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... Jeffords also criticized the embargo and restrictions on visits to Cuba."
For the full story, look here:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/cuba/11556832.htm
Cuba is getting a good deal... Vermont food is excellent.