The News Project Podcast 01.09.23 – Heat Pumps – Food Bank – Reappraisals – Robotic Scrimmage – Winhall Readies For Town Meeting

Heat Pumps 101: Heat pumps are getting a lot of attention as a climate-friendly way to heat and cool homes and buildings. We explain how they work and what they do. Food Services Still Critical: The Covid pandemic may seem like its fading into history, but food insecurity is still an issue for many Vermonters. The Vermont Food Bank and the Manchester Food Cupboard are staying busy helping to meet those needs. Towns Gear Up For Reappraisals: Towns are seeing a growing disparity between appraised and fair market values of property parcels, prompting a need to conduct reappraisals to town records. But there’s a hitch – there aren’t enough qualified appraisers. Clickers, Makers, Robots: A tech challenge looms on Feb. 11 – to see who can make the best robot at picking up cups and lowering them onto poles. The Bennington area Cookie Clickers and the Manchester Machine Makers are two teams that will be taking part in an annual statewide “cooperatition” to find out. Winhall Readies For Town Meeting: Winhall voters will return to The Mountain School for their traditional, in-person, vote-from-the-floor town meeting. School and town budgets, plus local elections, are on the docket.