ROCKINGHAM-A pair of Stephen Belaski murals, in storage in northern New York for the past...
BRATTLEBORO-The Selectboard has learned that it will cost about $2.1 million - a 9% increase...
With the election now in the books, change is in the air. But how this...
BRATTLEBORO-"I always thought that the Sportsman's Lounge on Canal Street in Brattleboro was our own...
Windham County could benefit from millions in economic-development and site-restoration funds, according to an agreement reached by the state and Entergy over the fate of its Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) announced last week by Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin included funding for a county bracing for the economic impact of the plant's closing in 2014. The MOU also proposes an end to the litigation between the company and the state. Fulfillment of the MOU is contingent...
Shortly after, we co-founded the Institute for Nuclear Host Communities, launched shortly after the Vermont Yankee closure announcement late last summer. We had seen from a preliminary survey that very little had been studied about these events and, from our observation, that most closings of nuclear plants left their host communities and regions worse off than they had been before the plant was built. That insight, plus the realization that there was no shared knowledge about closure negotiations, meant that...
If you've ever been tormented by love - and who of us hasn't? - the early music group In Stile Moderno has created a concert just for you. “How Sweet the Torment: Madrigals of Monteverdi and his Contemporaries” will be offered Sunday, Jan. 21, at 6 p.m., at the Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way. Tickets are $25-$10 and are available at the door. In Stile Moderno - the name means “in the modern style” - was founded in...
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