2017 saw progress on PFOA issues in Bennington

Gov. Phil Scott, center, Bennington area lawmakers and other officials toast the installation in late 2017 of a section of municipal water line to address PFOA contamination of local wells. The year began with many questions. File photo by Holly Pelczynski/Bennington Banner
BENNINGTON — The past year was one in which some of the trauma began to subside for residents whose wells and yards were found in 2016 to be contaminated with PFOA.
Two meetings in North Bennington early in 2017 illustr