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BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. (AP) The Vermont community of Bellows Falls is likely to demolish a former church and YMCA building that long ago fell into disrepair.
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BELLOWS FALLS â A complicated and expensive decision faces the Rockingham Select Board over what to do about replacing the decaying Depot Street Bridge.
The Rockingham board made a decision two years ago, choosing to replace the historic bridge with a look-alike concrete arch span, virtually at the same location.
But the Vermont Agency of Transportation and its engineering consultants discovered that the design would trigger expensive costs related to the nearby Great River hydro station, since the bridge crosses the historic Bellows Falls Canal, which acts as the water penstock which feeds the hydroâs turbines.