BRATTLEBORO — Thank you, Meg McCarthy, for your well-written commentary.
It is important that Vermont keep its prisoners here in Vermont - especially when they have lived the majority of their lives here.
Cal Glover-Wessel grew up in Brattleboro and lives here again after a few years of...
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
Good day to you, southern Vermonters! Aside from a few chilly mornings, spring continues to settle into our region. Leaf-out is underway, lawns are greening up, and Old Man Winter (stubborn as he's been) is finally ambling off well to our north. While he sleeps it off for the next six months, we can finally enjoy the 2018 warm season. We've got a mix of fair and inclement weather to move through during the upcoming week, so let's jump into...
If Vermont Yankee is closed, residents of Vermont and surrounding states will regret that decision every time they open their electric bills for the next 18 years. I had the privilege of touring the plant in March 2014. As a former submarine engineer officer and maintenance requirements officer in the U.S. Navy, I've had the opportunity to tour a large number of steam power plants. VY was one of the most impressive and well-maintained facilities I've ever seen. For the...
For its inaugural season, Turbulent Times Theater presents two chilling works by acclaimed contemporary playwright Caryl Churchill. Performances will be presented Sept. 7 and 8, at 7:30 p.m., at the Hooker-Dunham Theater, 139 Main St. A Number deals with issues of identity, parenting, and the perennial opposition of nature and nurture. When Bernard is contacted by a medical researcher and informed that he is one of a number of genetically identical clones, he confronts his father with what he has...
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