GUILFORD — My first reaction to the decision on the Vermont Yankee lawsuit was, “Thank goodness!”
Judge Murtha made a wise decision that will benefit Vermont, and he made it despite the whining of special-interest groups, self-appointed “experts,” and self-serving politicians.
Safe, clean, and affordable electric power will continue to be available for Vermonters and businesses for the benefit of all of us average Vermonters who have not been adequately represented in Montpelier.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...
CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI...
The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...
Brattleboro Retreat is in trouble with the federal government again, and the state is preparing for the worst. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) says it plans to terminate payment for Medicare services on Aug. 15 because the Retreat is not providing adequate care for patients. It's the fourth time in 18 months that the hospital has violated federal standards. The Brattleboro Retreat, the largest psychiatric facility in the state, is scrambling to submit a plan of correction...
Let's get a few things straight. Vermont is the safest state in the nation with the lowest violent-crime rate in 2013, 2014, and 2015, according to FBI statistics - the same years that GunSense VT has pushed its gun control agenda! Contrary to the rhetoric of its executive director, Ann Braden, nothing about Vermont is “dangerously out of whack,” except GunSense VT's constant barrage of disparaging comments about Vermont and lies about Vermont gun owners. Her constant wailing about how...
Everyone's Books on Elliot Street will sponsor a book publication party for Tim Stevenson's Resilience and Resistance: Building Sustainable Communities for a Post Oil Age on Friday, Nov. 6, from 4:30 t0 6 p.m. Published by Brattleboro-based Green Writers Press, the book is based on Stevenson's experiences with Post Oil Solutions, the 10-year-old nonprofit organization he helped found. It is a collection of original and previously-published essays that center around the author's perspective on what communities need to do to...
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