Love the article. I've known Lester Dunklee for years and always had a great respect for him - you couldn't find a nicer person!
A great machinist, too - very innovative!
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Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
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Anaerobic digester research, renewable energy education, and Rutland solar development are the latest beneficiaries of funding from an old Vermont Yankee insurance policy. The state Public Service Board has approved Green Mountain Power's plans to distribute $302,719 from a Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited fund to various projects around the state. The power company once had an ownership interest in the Vernon plant and is entitled to long-term proceeds related to insurance coverage, with a state mandate to allocate most of...
BELLOWS FALLS-Mark Erelli kicks off the 2024 Ray Massucco Concert Series at the Bellows Falls Opera House on Thursday, July 18, with a typically unique twist: Instead of being backed by a band, Erelli's voice and guitar will be accompanied by a string quintet. "I've always wanted to do this," Erelli said in a news release, "and this summer we were able to put together a run of shows that allowed for it." It is, he writes, "in a word:
Why is it that we tolerate all these concealed-firearm laws that allow people to carry guns hidden on their bodies into schools, churches, shopping centers, and other public places in the name of the Second Amendment? Whether I agree with the National Rifle Association and other gun-rights advocates, I believe that better laws ought to be enacted - laws that would keep us better informed and, in the end, safer. Those laws are open-carry laws. After all, who benefits most...
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