BRATTLEBORO — Why do the vast majority of pro-Vermont Yankee pieces printed herewith emanate from New Hampshire?
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...
Anyone who has been a coach and a teacher for four decades has had an opportunity to touch a lot of lives. But that only scratches the surface of the long life and career of Darrell Sawyer, who died on Dec. 28 at age 87. Add his many years as a basketball referee and softball umpire, involvement in countless civic and volunteer organizations, and an infectious enthusiasm for life, and one can see why St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church was...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) invites the public to a conversation with photographer Susan Mikula and curator Charlie Hunter about "Island," an exhibit featuring Mikula's images of the historically rich, 30-acre so-called island in Bellows Falls, Vermont. On display at BMAC until Feb. 9, named for a giant shelf of bedrock forcing the Connecticut River to make an abrupt eastward hitch in Bellows Falls, "Island" features dream-like images. Mikula achieved her ghost-like images, which were created specifically for...
I have been thinking back on major federal government programs. The most obvious major programs are wars. The Revolutionary War was, of course, fought by state militias (see the Second Amendment). The Department of War was formed in 1789. The 1812 war brought about the Navy and the exploits of General Andrew Jackson - then the list of wars goes on. Major programs during the Lincoln administration were the Homestead Act, the agricultural colleges and extension services, teacher training schools,
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