Eden News

Pvt. Michael Barrows: "Hi, I'm PV2 Michael Barrows in Baghdad, Iraq, sending this home to my friends and family back in Eden, Vermont.

I just got back from a restful two weeks on the shores of beautiful Lake Eden, less than 25 miles from the Canadian border, and just one mile down the road from the tiny town of Eden Mills, Vt.

A Hyde Park man faces first-degree aggravated domestic assault and an assortment of other charges stemming from a bizarre incident that allegedly involved his ex-girlfriend and their 20-month-old daughter over the weekend.

DATE/TIME: 07/25/2009 @ 2330 hours. VIOLATION: 1st Degree Aggravated Domestic Assault, Reckless Endangerment, Cruelty to Children, Grossly Negligent Operation ACCUSED: Scott Tallman AGE: 26 CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Hyde Park, VT.

There is hope in the towns around Belvidere Mountain, including Eden and Lowell, that a federal settlement with the former owner of the massive asbestos mine there could mark the start of life returning to normal.

A New Jersey company agreed Thursday to pay a small portion of the possible $300 million cost of cleaning up the abandoned asbestos mine on Belvidere Mountain in Eden and Lowell.

A press release from the U.S. Justice Department late Thursday said G-1, which owned the mine from 1967 to 1975, agreed to the following payments: Up to 8.6 percent of $300 million for cleanup costs at the mine.