We find out what the problem is with Vermont’s derelict deadbeat dams and what’s being done to remove them. National correspondent Bob Ney updates us on the latest news of the world. Then, Derek Brouwer of Seven Days shares the story of Burlington’s Beta Technologies, which may be on the cusp of a breakthrough in electric aviation. And finally, we get the 4-1-1 on the Belarussian who’s buying up a lot of southern Vermont from two writers at The Commons.