The number of home foreclosures continues to climb; Federal
heating oil assistance faces a test in the U.S. Senate; A wood-pellet mill is
planned in North Troy; A Rutland non-profit will sell wood to low-income
households; Increased radiation is detected near Vermont Yankee; Economic grant
given to St. J. company; and commentator Deborah Doyle-Schectman on
perennials.