Following are links to warnings for Town Meeting Day in Windham County.
• Brattleboro - sample ballot (charter amendments)
• Dover
• Grafton
• Guilford
• Halifax
• Jamaica
• Marlboro
• Newfane - sample ballot
• Putney
• Stratton
Following are links to warnings for Town Meeting Day in Windham County.
• Brattleboro - sample ballot (charter amendments)
• Dover
• Grafton
• Guilford
• Halifax
• Jamaica
• Marlboro
• Newfane - sample ballot
• Putney
• Stratton
BRATTLEBORO-Last February, local musician, circus arts performer, visual artist, and hair stylist Re Sheppard was...
JAMAICA-The town will soon hold a vote to determine whether to permanently close Jamaica Village...
WINDHAM-The lag in the property tax credit afforded to homeowners may potentially have serious implications...
PUTNEY-Theresa Armata remembers the scene atop Putney Mountain the first time she came to join...
Housing in the rural central tier of southern Vermont always has been dependent upon single-family homes. Apartment complexes are rare in most villages. Instead, most residents in southern Vermont have found housing in single-family homes to purchase and apartments to rent in repurposed larger homes or other buildings. Despite waiting lists for low-income or senior housing, that formula seemed to have satisfied the majority of the populace - until COVID-19 hit the East Coast in March of 2020. The pandemic...
It's hard to square Jeremy Turner's lavish praise for Iberdrola with the company's past behavior. As reported by the Los Angeles Times, Iberdrola Renewables has been proven to have gouged California's ratepayers out of $371 million. Here are a couple of quotes from this article: “'The public was clearly, palpably, seriously harmed by the energy crisis,' said Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Judge Steven A. Glazer in a 219-page ruling released [April 13] that charged Shell Energy North America and Iberdrola...
On Sunday, Sept. 27, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., the Windham World Affairs Council (WWAC) presents Nobel laureate Jody Williams, who will speak on “Stepping Up and Taking Action on Killer Robots and the New Nuclear Arms Race.” Williams will present for 20 minutes, then lead a moderated online discussion. Registration is required on Zoom. The event will also be live-streamed on the WWAC Facebook page. Williams, who grew up in Brattleboro, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997...
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