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We had to abandon our house

By
Ted Hartke
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 — Issue 336

Windham residents need to protect their community from all wind developers.

InvEnergy's application in Vermilion County, Ill. said that the noise would not cause sleep disturbance. Eleven months after InvEnergy's turbines started operations 1,665 feet and 2,225 feet from our home, we abandoned it to move to a mobile home trailer 8 miles away.

That was in December 2013. Our house remains for sale, and there are no prospective buyers. Nobody wants to live in a wind farm. We are stuck with a wonderful house next to health-destroying wind turbines.

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We’ve become a business with a community problem

By
Hannah Sorila

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What has the U.S. done?

By
Kate Kenner

GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...

Keeping faith in ‘interesting times’

By
The Beloved Community VT

The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...

Election results: obvious, but still shocking

By
M.N. Scherbatskoy

WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...

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Brattleboro couple honored for decades of service

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022 — Issue 648

With the frosty sound of snow beneath feet in 18 degrees of Vermont cold, three state representatives from Brattleboro met on the steps of the State House last Wednesday to honor John and Mary Carnahan for 64 years of service to community. John Carnahan, 93, arrived in town in 1957 as a Harvard educated lawyer, joining the Fitts and Olson Law Office. From 1958 to 1961, Carnahan served as a staffer for William Meyer, who served in Congress for one...

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John P. Kennedy
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 — Issue 776

BRATTLEBORO-The education funding formula for Vermont is broken, badly broken. It's been broken for years. The most recent tinkering with the formula by the Legislature has resulted in an outrageous and unsustainable property tax increase. A tax increase brought to us by the House Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Emilie Kornheiser. Without action, property tax increases will only get worse, but the Legislature is proposing yet another "study" of education funding. Multiple studies have been conducted over the years...

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Bruce Anderson is featured artist at Wardsboro Library

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 — Issue 307

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