RE: “On joy and justice” [Viewpoint, Sept. 4]:
I can assure Chad Simmons that neither Vermont Yankee employees nor their families will be dancing in the street or high-fiving anyone, today or “eventually.”
The reality of impending job losses is anything but fear-mongering in any VY household at the moment.
Perhaps it is Simmons' sense of reality that is skewed.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
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This year's Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce's Person of the Year award went to not one person, but many. Chamber members honored the many Reformer Christmas Stocking board members on Jan. 28 with the chamber's Person (or in this case, Persons) of the Year award. Over its 78-year history of providing winter clothing to children, the volunteers behind the Christmas Stocking collected $3 million in funds, connected with families, purchased clothing, and organized comments from donors that appeared in the...
I was shocked but mostly saddened today as my eyes glanced at the front page to see a photo of Pat Smith, now formerly of the Brattleboro Reformer. I have known Pat for nearly a decade, but mostly in her professional life as a staff member. She has been my Reformer “right arm” and always my “go to” person for as long as I can remember: fielding questions, pointing me in the right direction when I couldn't navigate the newspaper's...
A limited number of calendars featuring the artwork of longstanding graphic artist and printmaker Rita Corbin will be available for sale at Everyone's Books at 25 Elliot St. during the holiday season. Corbin, who moved to the area in 1981, lived on and off here until her death in 2011 due to injuries suffered in a car accident. Her children, who live in the Brattleboro area, continue to publish the calendar and cards using her artwork, selling them primarily by...
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