Nearly five years ago, Tropical Storm Irene's floodwaters tore through downtown in a matter of hours. But the experience triggered a new focus on creating resilient communities, a priority that will unfold over decades. Earlier this month, the Town Planning Department unveiled some new measures for a section of the Whetstone hardest hit by the 2011 flood, opening the process for public comment. As part of its Smart Growth Implementation Assistance program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired a...
For those of us who have been working for a safe and timely closure of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant as scheduled in 2012, this has been an extraordinary year. Much has changed in the past 12 months. Reflecting on this period, it is impossible not to feel proud and grateful to the people of Vermont for an intelligence and willingness to think for themselves in developing opinions regarding the plant. Some of us who live in the towns surrounding...
Vermont's next Poet Laureate, Chard deNiord, will read from his new book of poetry, Interstate, on Friday, Sept. 25, at 6 p.m. at Bartleby's Books. DeNiord will also answer questions from the audience and sign copies of his books. Interstate is a collection of lyrical poems in four sections that concentrate thematically on animals, love and sex, compassion, and loss. The son of a doctor, deNiord anticipated going into the medical profession as well until his college professors introduced him...
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