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With all of its hills, Vermont is not the easiest place to bike. Even in places like Burlington and Brattleboro, encountering a hill at some point in one's travels is inevitable - and the difficulty can create an impediment to alternative forms of transportation.
But one woman in Bellows Falls thinks it's a perfect place to bike, and she has backed up that idea with a plan that has become a reality.
Just a few weeks ago, Governor Peter Shumlin invited people to a forum on opiate addiction that drew together people affected by the impact of the regional crisis. This first-ever statewide forum on opiate addiction on June 16 provided an opportunity for people from law enforcement and justice, treatment,
As the social, economic, and political impacts of addiction in Vermont have emerged as a high-profile public issue over the past few months, the state has changed its approach to treatment. Jackie Corbally, chief of treatment services for the Vermont Department of Health's Division of Alcohol & Drug Abuse...
“Very preliminary” talks are under way with Chroma Technology Corp. to explore a possible move to the Island. Rockingham Development and Bellows Falls Area Development Corporation (BFADC) Executive Director Francis “Dutch” Walsh and Municipal Manager Willis “Chip” Stearns III told Rockingham and Bellows Falls officials at a joint meeting last week that bringing the employee-owned company downtown is a “once in a lifetime” economic development opportunity, and that passing it up may be something the town and village would come...
The New Hampshire House Public Works and Highway (HPWH) Committee met Tuesday to discuss the fate of HB 1205, a bill proposing a 50-50 split of the roughly $5 million that is the estimated cost to repair the now-closed Vilas Bridge. Current costs are split at $4.65 million for New Hampshire, and $350,000 for Vermont. New Hampshire owns all bridges spanning the Connecticut River, and is responsible for all but 3 percent of their costs in maintenance and upgrades. Like...
Dr. Thomas Simpatico doesn't think it's news to anybody that “the war on drugs hasn't gone well.” The chief medical officer for the Department of Vermont Health Access, Simpatico calls the current environment a “supply-and-demand market.” And he names the solutions, “from a simple business sense”: the new controlled delivery system that “simply outmaneuvers” the criminal element by making opiate replacement therapy (ORT), or medically assisted therapy (MAT), cheaper to access. ORT, as delivered through this Hub and Spoke Initiative,
They were the No Nukes Band when they played their first gig at an anti-nuclear rally on the Common in Brattleboro in April 1989. Twenty-five years later they're known as Simba, and the band not only survives, but also thrives, in having developed a deep connection with the communities of southeastern Vermont. Simba celebrates its 25th anniversary at the Simba Silver Summer Solstice Dance Party Extravaganza on Saturday, June 21, at 8 p.m. at Evening Star Grange in Dummerston Center.
It has been a tumultuous 12 months as library boards go, but with the finalization and signing of a contract, litigation has all but ended between fired library director Célina Houlné and the trustees of the Rockingham Free Public Library. The embattled library director fought to get her job back, and won. Acknowledging the support of her husband, Steven Geller, and attorney Richard Bowen, Houlné told The Commons, “I am grateful to the Board of Directors for offering me this...
