I am so sorry to lose Pat Smith. She was the voice of the Reformer for me, and always helpful.
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
Five Windham County communities now have a new cable and communications services provider. Last week, Comcast announced it had completed its purchase of Southern Vermont Cable Company (SVCC). Comcast had received its certificate of public good (CPG) from the Vermont Public Utilities Commission (PUC) in May and got approval from the PUC last month to keep the financial details of the sale private, citing the “commercially sensitive” natural of the information. According to a news release, the process to transition...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) invites the public to a conversation with photographer Susan Mikula and curator Charlie Hunter about "Island," an exhibit featuring Mikula's images of the historically rich, 30-acre so-called island in Bellows Falls, Vermont. On display at BMAC until Feb. 9, named for a giant shelf of bedrock forcing the Connecticut River to make an abrupt eastward hitch in Bellows Falls, "Island" features dream-like images. Mikula achieved her ghost-like images, which were created specifically for...
Industrial wind turbines and solar panels are generating electricity in Vermont. Wind and sunlight are renewable energy. But they don't count toward Vermont's goal of 90 percent renewable energy by 2050. Industrial wind- and solar-power developers here receive Renewable Energy Credits that they sell in Southern New England to fulfill those states' “renewable-energy” goals. Developers build industrial wind turbines and solar panels on Vermont ridgelines, hillsides and fields so that Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island can tint themselves “green” while...
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