Anyone who lives in a state such as Vermont, where there is minimal public transportation and everyone drives, and who opposes nuclear power is living in a dream world of misinformation and denial.
And they are hypocrites.
Nicholas Boke is a freelance writer and international educational consultant. CHESTER-Vermont GOP Chair Paul Dame...
Nancy Braus , a retired independent bookseller, is a longtime activist. GUILFORD-Vermont Yankee, a nuclear...
Also signing this letter were Ellen Martyn, Sara Longsmith, Emilie Kornheiser, Elizabeth Tannenbaum, Peter Fallon,
BRATTLEBORO-Like many of you, I have been outraged by the actions of the Trump administration,
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin announced more than $1 million in development funds for housing organizations during a brief, spirited ceremony hosted at the Municipal Center on Dec. 4. The funds, from the Vermont Community Development Program (VCDP), were awarded to the towns of Brattleboro, Wilmington, and Thetford. Shumlin presented Brattleboro Selectboard Chair David Gartenstein and Windham & Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) Executive Director Connie Snow with the $1 million award. Gartenstein said the town “jumped at the chance” to co-sponsor...
As the cold of winter brings us in, I think back at last summer and the excitement of the Next Stage Arts Bandwagon Series that brought us out. Surprise, talent, and variety released in an outdoor venue that so countered the gloom of the pandemic that had consumed us. There was joy in the air! If you were not one of the lucky ones to attend, may your fortune be so this year. You will come home with a smile...
On Aug. 3, 1948, the Northfield Drive-In opened for the first time. The first film shown was a single feature, Thunder in the Valley (a.k.a., Bob, Son of Battle), a 1947 potboiler about young love and sheepdogs set in the Scottish Highlands. Today, it is one of fewer than 20 drive-ins still in operation in New England. Its original arc and carbon projectors were bought used from an indoor theater in Northampton, Mass. They served the drive-in faithfully until 2014,
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