This is to all the anti-Vermont Yankee people: What about the weather station they generously pay for on the two-way radio?
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...
Good day to you! We had quite the windy rainstorm yesterday, thanks to a deep trough in the eastern U.S., and a stubborn ridge over the western Atlantic Ocean that produced rain and wind for the region. For the record, troughs are large atmospheric areas that feature lower pressures aloft descending closer to the surface as compared with an average height. Conversely, ridges are large atmospheric areas that feature higher pressures aloft ascending away from the surface as compared with...
I met Nader Hashim several years ago when he ran for Windham-4 state representative, but I had seen him around the community for years. He would regularly stop into the Putney Food Co-op at the end of his shift as a Vermont state trooper, still wearing his uniform. He was always smiling and pleasant, always infinitely calm. Nader had a great impact on me as the mother of two Pakistani American children. When Nader ran for state rep, I could...
The Brattleboro Women's Chorus will present their 22nd annual fall concert, “Singing in the Light of Love,” on Saturday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 19, at 4 p.m. at the First Baptist Church on Main Street. More than 80 women directed by Becky Graber will perform songs of love and songs about music. Cathy Martin will accompany on piano, and the local Ukulele Orchestra led by Lisa McCormick will join on several songs. Other selections, from a...
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