All mining uses equipment often powered by petroleum-fuel machinery. Mining uranium requires disturbing one-millionth the earth of mining coal for similar energy production.
Michael Gigante, the clinician at the Brattleboro AIDS Project (now the AIDS Project of Southern...
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Timothy Belknap is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member representing District 9. For more information...
In the wake of recent reports of major problems at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facilities around the country, Deborah Amdur, director of the VA Medical Center in White River Junction, wanted to make it clear that her hospital is fulfilling the mission of delivering quality health care to the region's military veterans. “We take our mission very, very seriously,” Amdur said during a visit to the Brattleboro Outpatient Clinic on July 2 for an open house. “We're fortunate to...
I am glad to see that the 100-percent-white town-government staff is considering taking action to make itself more reflective of the people who live here. I hope that the conversation reported in The Commons bears some fruit. Being aware of the problem and discussing it is not enough. Minds need to change also. In order for change to happen, we need to venture out of our cocoons, look around, ask questions, and then act differently. Curtiss Reed Jr. of the...
Award-winning chef Erin Bevan, formerly of the Four Columns Inn and The Hermitage Inn, is coming to Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 6 p.m., offering a rare opportunity for guests to dine amid works of art currently on view in the museum's galleries. Diners will enjoy a four-course meal among the (1)upcycled plastic sculptures in "Aurora Robson: Human Nature Walk" and a table arrangement inspired by the still-life paintings in "Alec Egan: Drawing Room."
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