DUMMERSTON — RE: The premature and shortsighted closing of Vermont Yankee:
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Wendy Harrison is one of Windham County's two state senators. BRATTLEBORO-We're talking a lot about...
LEYDEN, MASS.-I was lucky to have been born in Boston in 1947 and never served...
WARDSBORO-I agree, we do need facts. Have you heard of CWD (chronic wasting disease)? It's...
The writer is president of Vermont Friends of Israel. ATHENS-In response to Bert Picard's criticisms...
Gov. Phil Scott vetoed a charter change on Feb. 28 that would have granted 16- and 17-year-olds in Brattleboro the right to vote and run for office in municipal elections. On Tuesday, Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, who cosponsored the bill with the town's two other representatives, Mollie Burke and Tristan Toleno, said that the delegation hopes to begin the process of attempting to override the governor's veto. This is the Republican governor's third veto of the legislative session. In a letter...
Now is the time for Vermont to join Bernie Sanders' political revolution. According to our Declaration of Independence, government is instituted to secure our unalienable rights, and in a democracy, government is guided by our cultural, social, ethical, political, and economic values. Although no value is superior to the others, a robust economy is essential to our Vermont revolution. During the Eisenhower years, by intentional actions, we came close to a just economy: a shrinking gap between the upper and...
Visual artist Jon Gregg doesn't want to spend a lot of time explaining to people what his work is all about. “If people do not respond to what I do, I don't want to try to convince them,” Gregg says. “I find being an artist incredibly thrilling, and I think painting is too much fun to ruin it with explanations.” Perhaps because of this, Gregg doesn't publicly show his art all that much. Consequently, his upcoming show in Brattleboro promises...
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