BRATTLEBORO — “Flushed with pride” [News, March 27] was a good article, and mostly accurate with a few minor errors.
I worked for the town of Brattleboro from 1976 to 1985 and was rehired in early 2012. I was still in high school in the late 1960s. I actually did work at all three different plants, though.
It is nice to see the workers get the credit they deserve for all the hard work they put in during the entire construction project.
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
Entergy can eliminate a direct emergency data link between Vermont Yankee and the federal government, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has decided. By unanimous vote on Oct. 1, NRC commissioners denied Vermont's appeal of Entergy's deactivation of the Emergency Response Data System - also known as the ERDS - at the Vernon plant. While state officials argued that ERDS remains important due to the risk of radiological accidents from spent fuel stored at the plant, the NRC says the data system...
I am not sure where Daniel Cohen got the idea that (to quote his letter) the piece I wrote [“Buzz kill,” Viewpoint, April 16] “wants to maintain the thoroughly useless, life-destroying, tax-funded War on Drugs.” My intention (as stated in the piece) was to “educate, not legislate.” From my Viewpoint: “Should legalization occur, the state Legislature would certainly need to include funding for major educational programs to inform youth and parents about the connections between marijuana and mental health.” My...
April is National Poetry Month and Write Action will celebrate during the April 17 third Friday Open Reading at the “Bluedot Studio” in the second floor of the Hooker-Dunham building at 7:30 p.m. Writers are encouraged to bring their own original work. Write Action asks participants to limit their reading to 7 minutes. For this Open Reading, readers may read poetry only, unless there is extra time at the end. Appreciators of poetry who do not write are invited to...
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