I'm looking forward to a day when dentistry offers a system of care rather than sporadic charity care for the many Vermonters who fall through the cracks.
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...
A developer is proposing Vermont's largest, most-powerful wind turbine site - 28 turbines churning out nearly 97 megawatts - on a ridge in the towns of Windham and Grafton, according to new plans released Monday. With that size would come sizable economic benefits, as developer Iberdrola Renewables is estimating $285,000 in annual tax revenues for Grafton and $715,000 for Windham - more than than that town's entire budget. The project could also pump another $700,000 into the state education fund...
Guilford Center Stage will stage two productions, in the spring and fall of 2024, at Broad Brook Community Center in Guilford. These will be the 12th and 13th shows since the group was founded in 2015, and both feature the work of Vermont playwrights. On the first weekend in May, Hardwick playwright Marc Considine's Love Lost Diaries will be staged, directed by Julie Holland of Guilford. Considine is a science teacher at Hazen Union School in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. He...
On Oct. 6, former Vice President Al Gore gave an updated showing of his Inconvenient Truth climate change presentation at the University of Vermont. Gore commended Vermont's political leaders and the state for leading the country in the development of renewable energy, and he also told the packed audience that we “need to put a price on carbon [pollution].” Two days later, roughly 30 protesters lined busy Williston Avenue in South Burlington to protest as the Renewable Energy Vermont (REV)
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