BRATTLEBORO — Bravo! Great editorial [“Entergy to Vermont: See you in court,” The Commons, Feb. 16]. Very clear and concise.
It's exactly what we need to understand about Entergy's duplicity. It clarifies how solid Vermont's case is against allowing continued operation beyond March 21, 2012. Thanks.
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The state of Vermont's case against Entergy Corp., the owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, took another turn on Wednesday, this time on the issue of water quality. Department of Public Service (DPS) commissioner Elizabeth Miller presented oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., and argued that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) violated its own regulatory requirements and those of the Clean Water Act, in issuing a new 20-year license to Entergy Vermont...
Thank you for your column on the constitutional right to panhandling, an important issue. However, the discussion leaves out aspects of the issue that, to my knowledge, are always left out in such conversations. An ordinance against begging violates not only the right to free speech of the beggar but also that of the potential giver. Giving charity to a poor person is also a form of speech. The fact that other channels exist for the giver to support the...
The 95-member River Singers Community Chorus returns to The White Church in Grafton on Saturday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. for its annual spring concert. The River Singers, a multi-generational community choir led by Mary Cay Brass, sings a wide variety of community-based music from many cultural and musical traditions. The May 5 concert will also highlight the American works of guest composer Malcolm Dalglish. Dalglish, a virtuoso performer on the hammer dulcimer, is a former member of the folk/Celtic...
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