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.
BRATTLEBORO-Big thanks to Joyce Marcel for an excellent article/interview with Becca Balint, and big thanks...
BRATTLEBORO-As I listen to all the reports of what's happening in the Texas Legislature, I...
SAXTONS RIVER-An open letter to Gov. Phil Scott: On Aug. 10, I received an email...
GUILFORD-In the subheading referring to "the 'cruelty' of the budget bill," I understand why you...
After years of waiting, a new commuter rail line linking Springfield, Mass., and New Haven, Conn., began service on June 16, with trains between the two cities running about every 45 minutes. By next year, two of the 17 daily trains traveling on that 62-mile rail corridor will be traveling north to Greenfield, Mass., bringing more travel options to Brattleboro-area residents. Speaking at a news conference at Springfield's newly-renovated Union Station on June 12, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said the...
When six Republicans met in South Carolina recently to discuss combating poverty, their focus was predictable. Marco Rubio talked about broken families, dangerous neighborhoods, substandard housing, failing schools, and drug dealers, all while rejecting the idea of raising the federal minimum wage. He argued that welfare should be turned over to states, especially those that have recipient work requirements. Jeb Bush, who agrees with Rubio on states taking over welfare, blathered about giving Americans the “right to rise.” Ben Carson...
Sick of the cold, snow, and ice? Sandglass Theater in Putney says it has a remedy for the wintertime blahs. Sandglass has resumed its Winter Sunshine series to provide - in the words of Shoshana Bass - “a lively respite from the cold, a creative interlude between snow shoveling and wood schlepping, and the shine of laughter through the darkness of our Vermont winter months.” Kicking off the eighth season of the series is “Queens is New York City” storyteller...
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