Wendy Harrison is one of Windham County's two state senators. BRATTLEBORO-We're talking a lot about...
LEYDEN, MASS.-I was lucky to have been born in Boston in 1947 and never served...
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's...
The writer is president of Vermont Friends of Israel. ATHENS-In response to Bert Picard's criticisms...
Vermont Yankee's radioactive spent fuel soon will be on the move. In April, a contractor will begin loading the shut-down Vernon nuclear plant's fuel into sealed casks, which will be placed on a concrete pad. The fuel is not going far: The pad is a short walk from the plant's reactor building, where thousands of spent fuel assemblies currently are stored. But the move is important for two reasons: It's central to a proposed sale of Vermont Yankee, and it...
If you're over 50 (as I am) and a citizen (me, too), would you consider admitting that we have failed our children? We've failed them on preventing, or at least curbing, gun violence. We've failed them by loading them with crushing debt - just add college expenses and the most recent Republican tax cut. And finally, we've failed them by inaction in the face of the overwhelming scientific evidence of climate change. Before you jump out the nearest window, pause...
Hugh Keelan feels wonderful as he returns to Brattleboro from a stay at a dude ranch in Arizona to conduct a world premiere for the first concert of the new season of the Windham Orchestra. Keelan had spent time out West learning how to ride a horse. This adventure was not all fun and games but actually was supposed to be instructive. “The idea is to look at my leadership skills,” explains Keelan. “The thinking goes that if you mishandle...
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