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Private Resort Will Pay Fines For Permit Violations

The Hermitage Ski Club has agreed to pay $205,000 in civil penalties for violating land use and environmental permit requirements.

In February, the state charged the private resort, which owns 1,400 acres in West Dover and Wilmington, with failing to acquire the necessary permits for a number of construction projects.

According to court filings, the unauthorized work included converting a snow making pond into a recreational area, clearing land, constructing a parking lot and erecting a building.

“Many of the violations relate to repeated and continuing failures to obtain necessary Act 250 land use permits,” the attorney general's office said. 

Authorities said in some cases permits were applied for only after work had been completed.

The membership-only resort includes a ski area at Haystack Mountain and a golf course.  

Jim Barnes, the Connecticut-based owner of the property, also owns the former Mt. Snow Airport.

Steve has been with VPR since 1994, first serving as host of VPR’s public affairs program and then as a reporter, based in Central Vermont. Many VPR listeners recognize Steve for his special reports from Iran, providing a glimpse of this country that is usually hidden from the rest of the world. Prior to working with VPR, Steve served as program director for WNCS for 17 years, and also worked as news director for WCVR in Randolph. A graduate of Northern Arizona University, Steve also worked for stations in Phoenix and Tucson before moving to Vermont in 1972. Steve has been honored multiple times with national and regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for his VPR reporting, including a 2011 win for best documentary for his report, Afghanistan's Other War.
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