All mining uses equipment often powered by petroleum-fuel machinery. Mining uranium requires disturbing one-millionth the earth of mining coal for similar energy production.
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...
Good day to you, folks that lay their heads in the windy hamlets of southeastern Vermont! At times, the atmosphere falls into periodic patterns that are hard to shake, and we are currently in just such a situation. I'm afraid we're experiencing the curse of the soggy weekends, so keep your umbrella, rain coats and footwear nearby. Luckily, we'll enjoy a couple of nice, warm and sunny days to start the upcoming 7-day period, but by Friday into Sunday, water...
Where do creative ideas come from? What inspires? How does one go from the first germ of an idea to a finished composition? Do artists, in their awareness of the creative process, have something to offer others as they create their careers and lives? In the next forum in the local Making it in the Arts series sponsored by Brattleboro-West Arts and the Arts Council of Windham County, musician Eugene Uman will offer his perspective on these questions at 7:30...
The Marlboro School Board has sent a letter to Marlboro voters explaining several reductions to tax rates stemming from actions beyond our control which happened after we published the Town Report. Because Marlboro has always voted on the school budget via floor vote at Town Meeting and this year the vote will be by Australian Ballot with no possibility to discuss and debate in public, we feel that voters need and deserve this updated info in order to make informed...
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