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VY’s waste will be with us for a million years

By
Eesha Williams
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 — Issue 209

DUMMERSTON — Vermont Yankee is so dangerous that no insurance company will cover it.

The hundreds of tons of nuclear waste at Vermont Yankee is the most deadly material on Earth. The waste must be protected by heavily armed guards, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for the next 1 million years. That's according to the National Academies of Science.

Vermont gets no power from Vermont Yankee.

Planning is under way for possible nonviolent civil disobedience at Vermont Yankee on Sunday, Sept. 8. If you would like to join in, please call me at 802-254-2531 or e-mail [email protected].

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The Dems have no one but themselves to blame

By
Dan DeWalt

Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...

Why we lost: the fake-news bubble

By
Steev Lynn

Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...

Mental health care should prioritize clinical outcomes over activism

By
Denise Gebroe

CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI...

Building housing and community, together

By
Marcella Eversole

The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...

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Early voting exceeds 2022 election

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Tuesday, October 29, 2024 — Issue 788

Nearly a third of registered Vermont voters have already cast their ballot in this year's Nov. 5 general election, according to data released Oct. 28 by the Vermont Secretary of State's Office. Of the more than 450,000 ballots mailed to registered voters in recent weeks, 31% have been returned - either by mail or in person to municipal clerks - the office said. That's a slight uptick compared to 2022, when 27% of ballots had been returned a week out...

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Thanks from GunSenseVT

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Ann Braden
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 — Issue 210

On behalf of Gun Sense Vermont, I thank those who attended our vigil on the Brattleboro Common, commemorating the six-month anniversary of the massacre in Newtown, Conn. I also thank the singers who contributed to this occasion, Pastor Susanna Griefen of the Dummerston Congregational Church for her reading, and state Rep. Mike Mrowicki, who spoke about his efforts to pass sensible gun legislation favored by a majority of Vermonters. Our goal is to keep guns in the hands of those...

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ATP presents staged reading of George Bernard Shaw’s ‘The Misalliance’

Wednesday, August 2, 2023 — Issue 725

A staged reading of George Bernard Shaw's The Misalliance will be presented at the Actors Theatre Playhouse for performances on two Saturdays, Aug. 5 and 12. Both performances begin promptly at 7:30. (1)The Misalliance is a play written in 1909–1910 by George Bernard Shaw. The play takes place entirely on a single Saturday afternoon in the conservatory of a large country house in Hindhead, Surrey, in Edwardian era England. The action follows Hypatia - the daughter of a self-made underwear...

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