Federal officials have issued formal notification that Vermont Yankee emergency operations can be drastically scaled back due to a “significantly lower” risk of radiological accidents at the shutdown Vernon plant. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Dec. 10 approval of plant owner Entergy's requested license amendment means that the plant's 10-mile emergency planning zone will disappear next year, as will millions in state and municipal funding that goes with it. The NRC action also paves the way for the next big round...
The Bellows Falls Opera House is abuzz with the sound of saws and hammers as work begins on construction of the set of the musical Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which opens Thursday, March 16, for a two-weekend run. The Main Street Arts production will feature a revolving three-story stage set designed by David Stern, who is also directing the production. “We at Main Street Arts are thrilled to be working with the Opera House and myriad...
I've always been fascinated by smokers. There is a ritualistic quality to the whole thing: the way they tamp the pack, the way they hold the cigarette, or the way they flick ashes away with a quick snap of the thumb. Then there is the smoke itself, the way it forms moving Rorschach blots in the air, gray dragons that float toward the ceiling. Smokers have their own tribal identity. When I went to high school, the smokers all hung...
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