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Voices

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

The power of protest

By
Mary McCallum

Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...

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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Citizens panel wants help to deal with Vermont Yankee sale

By
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017 — Issue 396

The Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel met 19 times before Nov. 8, 2016. But everything changed that day, when Entergy announced a tentative deal to sell Vermont Yankee to NorthStar Group Services, a New York-based decommissioning company. Given NorthStar's plan to greatly accelerate decommissioning of the Vernon plant, some are wondering whether a panel that's supposed to advise state government and “serve as a conduit for public information” can do its job without additional resources - most likely from...

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020 — Issue 558

I visited the Bellows Falls Village Forest a couple of weeks ago and followed the marked trail around Minards Pond. This is what I found: • Sparkling ripples under sunny skies • A robin sunning itself • A three-leaf clover, fresh and green • Moss in every shade of green • Stone walls • Rust-colored pine needles • Big rocks • Streams • Trees beyond counting • Canada geese on the pond • Mallard ducks overhead The forest does not...

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Arts

‘Blue Lights for Winter Nights’ wraps up season in Saxtons River

Wednesday, February 26, 2014 — Issue 243

The culminating event for “Blue Lights for Winter Nights” in Saxtons River is Friday, Feb. 28, from 5 to 8 p.m. Dress in blue as you gather with friends and neighbors to chase away the winter blues while enjoying great food and hot music. The Saxtons River Market and the River Artisans Cooperative are extending their hours for the occasion. The market will serve free hot cider, and the River Artisans will feature “blue-dot specials” and door prizes during the...

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