BRATTLEBORO — My concern about the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee is that we focus too much on ideologues without adequate focus on workers.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
BRATTLEBORO-What a depressing time to celebrate Independence Day, as No. 47 and his obedient and...
Sarah Ellis is a writer and mental health advocate who grew up in Brattleboro and...
BRATTLEBORO-Analysis of Brattleboro's Charter Revision Survey reveals growing dissatisfaction with the current Representative Town Meeting...
On April 30, Mike Pieciak, head of the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR), announced he was stepping down from the post “to pursue other opportunities.” At the time, Pieciak, a 38-year-old Brattleboro native who now lives in Winooski, wasn't saying what those opportunities might be. All became clear on May 6, when he announced he was running for the Democratic Party nomination for state treasurer. With the departure of longtime state treasurer Beth Pearce, who announced two days earlier...
The Vermont Summer Group Show: All Mediums, All Subjects, All Art, is on view to the public through Aug. 17 at the Canal Street Art Gallery, 23 Canal St. For Bellows Falls 3rd Friday Gallery Night on July 19, from 5 to 8 p.m., there will be a “Meet the Artists” reception featuring more than 70 works of art from 19 artists working in Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York. Live music will be provided by “x 1,” an acoustic...
It is impossible to be a student of history without being a student of war, and this is what I have learned so far, after 45 years of studying both. War starts on impulse; the outcome can never be predicted and the aftermath never understood. War is what happens when all diplomatic means are exhausted. War is what happens when the ability to communicate and find common ground is broken apart. War is what happens when equations of power get...
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