Certainly, Vermont should not be adding a dirty-fossil-fuel plant! How about a solar facility with non-toxic aqueous battery storage instead?
Keep moving forward. Don't backslide!
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...
The proposed Stiles Brook Wind Project is shrinking, but the site's developer is nevertheless promising a bigger financial reward for the would-be host towns of Windham and Grafton. Iberdrola Renewables has eliminated four of the 28 turbines in the site's original design. The company says the change, which affects only the portion of the project situated in Windham, will make the wind power site less visible and will reduce its noise impacts. At the same time, Iberdrola has boosted the...
Brattleboro's Estey Organ Museum will open for the season on Saturday, May 16, at 2 p.m. The museum is open during the summer and fall on Saturdays and Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m. To visit the museum on other days, call 802-246-8366 to arrange an appointment. The Estey Organ Museum was formed in 2002 to celebrate and preserve the work done by the Estey Organ Company in Brattleboro for over 110 years. During that time, the company manufactured more...
It's that time of year again! A few yellow and red leaves are starting to come out, the air in the morning feels a bit cooler, and river swimming is squeezed in before it is too late; summer is slowly fading into fall, and students and teachers have returned to school for another year. Schools are not only places where students are taught to think critically and gain necessary skills for the future. There, young people can face a slew...
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