RE: “Remembering Kate” [Memoir, April 25].
A courageous and touching personal story, beautifully told. Thank you, Mary Ellen Copeland!
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
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...
When Karen Peterson began work at the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont in 1993, the novice assistant toiled daily in the shadow of a disease that was a certain death sentence. Peterson would go on to witness lifesaving advances in testing and treatment as she climbed the career ladder to become the Brattleboro-based nonprofit's executive director in 2013. So why, as she prepares to step down after three decades of work, is her job harder than ever? “I get comments...
Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts, 183 Main Street, presents “David Rohn: As I See It,” an exhibition of watercolors and oil paintings, opening with an artist reception Saturday, May 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. The show continues through June 9, and all are invited to an artist talk scheduled for Saturday, June 17, at 5 p.m. Rohn was the anchor and chairman of the Windham College art department. Upon the college's closing, he taught in New Jersey and New York, but...
The Vermont Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will soon hold its final public hearing on the proposed sale of Vermont Yankee to NorthStar . This will be the final opportunity for residents of Vernon, of Windham County, and of Vermont to publicly say whether the sale is - to quote the PUC mission statement - “consistent with the long-term public good of the state.” Prior to a November 2016 announcement of the proposed sale, site owner Entergy had planned to mothball...
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