BRATTLEBORO — My concern about the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee is that we focus too much on ideologues without adequate focus on workers.
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...
After nine years at Oak Meadow and three on the board of directors for the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance, Michelle Simpson is leaving the local workforce for points south. In August, Simpson joins her fellow Vermonters who divide their time between the Green Mountains and an urban center. Simpson takes the helm as executive director of the School of Fashion Design on Newbury Street in Boston. Simpson said she looks forward to “stewarding a special place in the heart of a...
In November, Freedom & Unity: The Vermont Movie, films about Vermont made by Vermonters, came to Brattleboro. Vermont's unique contribution to direct democracy, our Annual Town Meetings, was one of the themes. The segment on energy, “People's Power,” included scenes with citizens in Town Meetings debating shutting down Vermont Yankee. In 2009 and 2010, 51 towns in Vermont passed resolutions that advised the Legislature not to grant a license extension to VY, and to hold Entergy responsible to fully fund...
Next Stage Arts presents the second themed series of films from On Screen: Elections. Following the series on “Neo Noir,” On Screen will explore films about elections, politics, and the democratic process. The second film series includes The Best Man, No!, and Wag the Dog, presented on Mondays in March, at 7 p.m., at Next Stage Arts on Kimball Hill. On Screen provides a relaxed place to view top films and explore filmmaking. Weekly screenings are followed by discussions about...
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