VERNON — In our world today, there is not enough water for everyone because some people are polluting water and others are taking water for themselves to sell it in bottles.
No one should own the water. It should be free for everybody.
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 Preston Lot One area eyed for redevelopment within five years is the town-owned Preston Parking Lot on Flat Street. The lot serves as short-term metered parking. A footbridge across the Whetstone connects it to the Brattleboro Food Co-op property. According to town Planning Director Rod Francis, the town has enough parking next door in the Transportation Center. The planning consultants have suggested that the Preston Lot could better serve as a community park that doubles as a flood plain...
Singer and songwriter Damaris Bernhard doesn't want to call her upcoming show on March 25 at the Hooker Dunham Theater in Brattleboro a farewell concert, even though that is exactly what it is. “You see I have done so many farewell concerts that people will be saying, 'There she goes again,'” Bernhard confesses, going on to admit that this isn't the first time she has proclaimed she was moving: “In the past, I never stayed away for good.” Even if...
About half of the United States may soon ban or greatly restrict women's right to choose whether to carry a pregnancy to term. For far too long, politicians across the country have been restricting reproductive rights, and now they are gaining ground. Right now, Vermonters' safeguards for reproductive freedom are dependent on the politicians in office. These rights are essential to women and need greater protection. With the fate of Roe v. Wade hanging in the balance, state-level protections are...
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