Vt. police arrest 6 blocking Vt. wind construction

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LOWELL, Vt. (AP) — Six people were arrested Monday after they blocked the construction road leading to the top of Lowell Mountain, where construction is under way on a wind power project.

The protesters lined the path at about 7 a.m. to prevent workers and trucks from reaching the area where Green Mountain Power contractors are building the wind-energy project.

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