Brattleboro is a town with curbside pick-up of recyclables, a mandatory recycling ordinance, and a population largely concerned with environmental issues - yet only 19 percent of its residents recycle. The new town recycling coordinators, Moss Kahler and Cindy Sterling, seek to raise that 19 to a full 100 percent. This winter, the duo has begun working to identify which habits or systems contribute to the low rate. The town enacted a recycling ordinance in the 1990s, making recycling mandatory.
Judith and John Thomas of Brattleboro plan to stay up long past their usual bedtime on Wednesday, Dec. 17. Their youngest son, Kyle Thomas, and his band, King Tuff, will appear on “Conan,” airing at 11 p.m. on TBS. Although King Tuff's recent album, “Black Moon Spell,” achieved near-instant renown upon its Sept. 24 release - it was CMJ's “most added” album on college radio the week of Sept. 23; it debuted at No. 1 on Billboard Heatseeker's “Hot Shot...
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