The calendar says spring started on March 20. But tell that to the Thurber family...
BELLOWS FALLS-Happy Spring! Shh, the snow has gone. I am saying this quietly, lest I...
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BRATTLEBORO-It's here: the season of good cheer. With days and nights filled with holiday-themed office...
In a town hit hard by the shutdown of Vermont Yankee, officials say a natural-gas plant - with development costs estimated at $750 million - may be in the works. The optimism in Vernon is carefully qualified, however. For one thing, the plant is far from a sure bet, and it's not yet been disclosed which sites are under consideration. Also, there have been a few recent hints of opposition from the general public, though the town government has been...
Marlboro College welcomes writer and alumnus Mark Roessler, author of A Panoramic Tour of the Northampton State Hospital, for a reading and discussion of his work. The reading will take place on Monday, April 8, at 6:30 p.m., in Marlboro's Snyder Center for the Visual Arts, and is free and open to the public. Through more than 50 panoramic images taken around and inside the now-vacant Northampton (Mass.) State Hospital, Roessler's new book offers a unique opportunity to explore this...
According to a July announcement from Gov. Peter Shumlin, his office will be working to promote job opportunity in Vermont to encourage Vermonters to come back to the area to work, or consider staying here to work. Promoting job opportunities at Vermont Yankee would be a good place to start. With more than 600 full-time employees, Vermont Yankee is the second-largest employer in Windham County and has remained a steady employer through the recessions of the last decade. According to...
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