In Vermont, nascent secession movement gains traction (AP)

From The Associated Press through The Boston Globe (boston.com):

By John Curran, Associated Press Writer June 3, 2007

Disillusioned by what they call an empire about to fall, a small cadre of writers and academics is plotting political strategy and planting the seeds of separatism.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2007/06/03/in_vermont_nascent_secession_movement_gains_traction/

Also see:

Second Vermont Republic: http://www.vermontrepublic.org/
Middlebury Institute: http://middleburyinstitute.org/
Free Vermont.net: http://www.freevermont.net