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Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
Voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly supported a proposed gas-fired power plant, paving the way for developers to push forward with a 600-megawatt facility that could be built in the shadow of Vermont Yankee. There were 677 “yes” votes and 153 “no” votes in response to a simple, non-binding referendum question: “Do you support a natural gas–fired electric generating plant being located in Vernon?” Winhall resident Don Campbell, who has been leading the plant-development charge, called the results “breathtaking,” given how many...
MARLBORO-It's "Juno in June!" on Sunday, June 2, as the Brattleboro Music Center's Juno Orchestra takes the stage with a program for the coming of summer. The concert is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. at Persons Auditorium in Marlboro. The program includes J. Mark Scearce's "Endymion's Sleep," commissioned in 1998 by the Nashville Chamber Orchestra; Haydn's Symphony 96 in D major, "The Miracle," first performed in London in 1791; and Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C major, which debuted in Vienna...
Yes, the climate is in peril, and most of us are too busy to stop and look through the forest. You see, in Vermont, we are protected, somewhat. Our proximity to Canada, always good, gives us a northern edge. Our Northeast Kingdom, in fact, is a world unto itself, teeming with trout, bears, wild and untamed mountains and bogs, and people who inhabit a world of slow living. Down south, in Brattleboro, where I live, we are linked by our...
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