Franklin takes a $10,000 step toward cleaning up Lake Carmi

An outbreak of blue-green algae has closed Lake Carmi in northern Vermont.
Franklin residents voted Tuesday in favor of spending $10,000 toward the cost of an aeration device that the Agency of Natural Resources says might prevent or lessen the severity of cyanobacteria blooms caused by farm pollution in Lake Carmi.
The device could consist of a perforated hose stretching thousands of feet along the bottom of the lake, or it might entail floating platforms with onboard pumps, but either way woul