Opposition to Vermont Yankee is more like a religion than a war.
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
BRATTLEBORO-Gov. Phil Scott has proposed eliminating Vermont's successful universal school meals program. As a parent...
Construction is scheduled to start next month on a housing complex that is designed, in part, to address homelessness in the Brattleboro area. With the recent issuance of a state land-use permit, Windham & Windsor Housing Trust now has all approvals needed to begin transforming the Lamplighter Inn Motel into an apartment complex called Great River Terrace. Half of Great River Terrace's apartments will be available for those who have experienced chronic homelessness. And there will be a variety of...
I just finished reading the excellent article about the murder of Michael Martin by Richard Gagnon [Special Focus, July 17]. As a person who grew up in England, I began to imagine how this story would have played out if set in that country, or indeed anywhere in Europe! The background story probably would have been the same - workplace harassment or bullying and extreme emotions relating to work, especially being fired, happen anywhere. But then the story would have...
Next weekend, a big white tent is going up inside the River Garden on Main Street. Under this big top, visitors can listen to professionally produced audio stories collected from people in Vermont. It's part of the Wake Up to Dying Project (WUDP), a free four-day series of events about death and dying. Nina Thompson, founder and executive director of the WUDP, believes that if we pay just a little more attention to the fact that we die, we will...
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