Rick Holmes, of Marlboro, is a retired newspaper editor and columnist. MARLBORO-Ho Chi Minh City,
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
Vermont Yankee's current and prospective owners are expanding their quest to keep “highly sensitive” information about their finances and business dealings out of the public eye. That information newly at issue includes detailed financial data for NorthStar Group Services, the nuclear plant's proposed buyer. It also includes “descriptions of several types of risk” Entergy faces if it continues to own Vermont Yankee. The state Public Utility Commission's review of the Vermont Yankee sale has produced reams of public documents. But...
The Vermont Humanities Council's First Wednesdays lecture with New York Times chief Washington correspondent David Sanger, originally scheduled for Dec. 5 at First Baptist Church in Brattleboro, has been rescheduled to Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. The talk, “Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and the Surprising Use of American Power,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council's First Wednesdays series and will be held at the same location at 7 p.m. First Wednesdays is held on the first Wednesday of...
I'm sending a big thank you to the record number of Guilford voters who took part in the March 1 Town Meeting Day election. Forty-two percent of Guilford's registered voters signaled preferences on a number of key issues as well as a number of position races. Bravo! I am heartened to be re-elected, to have the opportunity to serve Guilford for another term. Thanks to all those who supported my candidacy. Indeed, I felt buoyed by the many gestures of...
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