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How many marchers worked to shut down VY?

By
James Tillingham
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 — Issue 274

VERNON — So how much greenhouse gas did this group generate driving in cars or taking buses (15 of them from Vermont) down to New York City?

How many of these people had a hand in shutting down the Vermont Yankee plant, a facility that supplied 70 percent of the electricity generated in Vermont with essentially zero greenhouse gases - generation that will largely be replaced by greenhouse-gas-emitting natural gas?

Another question: How many hypocrites can you organize for one demonstration?

Voices

We’ve become a business with a community problem

By
Hannah Sorila

Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...

What has the U.S. done?

By
Kate Kenner

GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...

Keeping faith in ‘interesting times’

By
The Beloved Community VT

The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...

Election results: obvious, but still shocking

By
M.N. Scherbatskoy

WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...

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Vernon struggles with spending priorities in a post-VY world

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Olga Peters
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 — Issue 244

In the Vernon Elementary School on Monday night, a long line of voters stretched down the hallway and around the corner, waiting to check into Town Meeting. Almost 300 people attended the first night on Monday. A crowd just about as large was there Tuesday night. And voters are scheduled to return to the school on Wednesday night to finish the warrant. During the first two sessions, voters approved transferring $75,000 from the education reserve and using $13,561 from the...

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Transience and art

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Matti Salminen
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 — Issue 540

Transience in this town has been a source for news and debate for as long as I've lived in Brattleboro. My work among the transient artists in town who've mixed with young radicals began with organizing an artist's hostel out of the basement apartment of Ben Keating in a church on Elliot Street. This hostel became a hub for me to work as an art critic in town, for Phil Innes and Vermont Views, and to bring to light the...

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BUHS Chorus Concert set for March 28

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 — Issue 503

The Brattleboro Union High School Music Department presents a choral concert, “Noteworthy,” on Thursday, March 28, at 7 p.m., in the high school auditorium. No admission will be charged for this event, and the public is invited to attend. “Noteworthy” is a play on words, as each piece selected for this concert contains lyrics of significance. The ensembles have analyzed the poetry, researched its historical significance, and discussed their personal connections to the text of each piece. Some of this...

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