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...
Entergy has agreed to sell Vermont Yankee to a cleanup contractor, paving the way for decommissioning and site restoration to be completed by 2030 - 45 years sooner than had been planned. The sale of the shut-down Vernon nuclear plant and all its assets - including the decommissioning trust fund, which held $574.9 million at last report - to New York-based NorthStar Group Services Inc. is expected to close by the end of 2018, administrators announced Nov. 8. The deal...
The fifth Annual New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival is coming to Keene on April 13 and 14, with three films to be screened at the Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College. The Festival is sponsored by the not-for-profit Jewish Federation of New Hampshire, along with the generous support of statewide corporate sponsors and individual Friends of the Festival. The first Keene screening, on Saturday, April 13 at 8:30 p.m., will be “Hava Nagila (The Movie)” (2012) a hilarious and...
RE: “A seat at the table: Are minority voices being heard in the SeVEDS process?” [News, July 10]: Under the Shumlin administration, the Vermont Department of Tourism has been working to make the Vermont brand an inclusive brand. The department understands that current projections show the United States becoming a “minority majority” nation by 2042; that last year marked the first time in our history that more children of color than white children were born in the United States; and...
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