BRATTLEBORO — My concern about the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee is that we focus too much on ideologues without adequate focus on workers.
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...
About 75 people filled the steps in front of Brattleboro's Municipal Center on Feb. 23, rallying in support of the transgender members of the community - especially trans students. As the sun set on the warm late-afternoon, participants waved signs, held banners, and chanted, mostly in call-and-response: “When trans students are under attack, what do we do? Stand up! Fight back!" “We're here! We're trans! We're fabulous! Don't mess with us!" Teenagers, parents with children, and adults young and not-so-young...
Voting is now taking place for the Nov. 8 election. There are many voices out there who are instilling fear in our citizens by spreading misinformation about elections. I just read a piece by Nancy Gassett - Republican candidate for the House of Representatives in Guilford and Vernon - that used the tactic of instilling this fear, and I am aware of the same views coming from others. I will say that these views are not necessarily those of Republicans...
Next Stage Arts Project, in collaboration with Twilight Music, Popolo, and WOOL-FM 91.5, presents contemporary folk singer/songwriter Antje Duvekot and newgrass trio The Stockwell Brothers at The Windham Ballroom on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. Antje Duvekot is a German-born, American-raised singer/songwriter. Her bicultural upbringing and relative newness to English have helped shape her unique way with a song, giving her a startlingly original poetic palette. She has won some of the top songwriting awards including the Grand Prize...
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