Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...
CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI...
The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...
The planned “reinvention” of downtown Brattleboro's Harmony Place isn't an economic development project in the traditional sense: It won't directly create or retain jobs, and it doesn't carry a big price tag or occupy much land. But the project - which includes a park and performance stage - is attracting attention despite its relatively small size. That's partly because Harmony Place will serve as an exclamation point to the $23.6 million redevelopment of Brooks House, the downtown landmark ravaged by...
There have recently been a series of letters to you from friends and employees of Vermont Yankee, all in support of continuing the life of the aging and ailing reactor. “Issues” such as the numbers of lost jobs, the economic loss to the community, and the reduction of electric power to the region have been offered. It saddens me to see these people putting (their own) economic well-being plus corporate profits ahead of the health and safety of literally tens...
The Putney Public Library, 55 Main St., invites everyone to view oil paintings on paper by Susan McDormand, now on exhibit through Dec. 28 during library hours and special events, free and open to the public. In a news release, McDormand said her interest in oil painting began about 20 years ago when she took classes at the River Gallery School in Brattleboro. Both Ric Campman, one of the founders of the school, and Lydia Thomson encouraged her to continue.
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