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Lake Champlain is more than 16 times smaller than Lake Ontario, the smallest Great Lake. But in 1998, Congress designated Lake Champlain as the sixth Great Lake, teeing off a historical and cultural fight over which lakes can really call themselves Great.

A Free Press reader calls for leadership in health care, on regulatory bodies, and on the public to demand better from mental health units.

One person is dead after a two-vehicle collision north of Exeter, police said.

Take it outside

City staff are recommending the city pursue housing development on a parking lot in Old East Village and two lots at Ridout and Horton

Under Michigan's Clean Energy and Jobs Act the Upper Peninsula would be forced to shut down their natural gas-based RICE generators early, causing fees and potential job loss, lawmakers say. The bills would let the U.P. keep the generators until their expiration in 2050.

The papal conclave smoke signal has evolved from an incidental byproduct of burning ballots into a carefully engineered communication tool

The same debris that knocked out the power a few weeks ago could be used to make electricity.

Do the math

With more ice storms expected in the decades ahead as the climate changes, utilities are trying to figure out how to be ready for the next ice storm.

Republican supporters say the generators use newer, cleaner technologies, and that should allow them to stay in use past deadlines for the state’s clean energy transition.

Rural residents are left holding the bills for everything from solar panels to grain dryers.