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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 power of protest

By
Mary McCallum

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We have a well-founded fear based on firsthand experience

By
Timothy Belknap

Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...

‘Tropes and lies’

By
Eileen Hayes Arama

WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...

Victimizing a merchant over poorly chosen words

By
Phillip Macracken

BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...

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Race won by one vote

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By
Carly Reitsma
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 — Issue 450

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NECCA welcomes guest artists for annual Circus Spectacular

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