DUMMERSTON — RE: The premature and shortsighted closing of Vermont Yankee:
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Charles F. Monette is a poet, teacher, playwright, artist, actor, builder, and U.S. Army veteran.
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. WESTMINSTER-Democrats in the state Legislature scored some...
Fric Spruyt represents District 9 in Brattleboro's Representative Town Meeting. BRATTLEBORO-At the July 8 Brattleboro...
Jim Freedman is a leadership consultant and the author of Becoming a Leader: Identity, Influence,
When Kelli Worden was 7 years old, she asked her dad, Stanley Lynde, for a flute for Christmas. She got a yellow flute shaped like a banana - and a custom-built minibike. This past week, after Lynde and his wife, Laura D'Angelo, were injured riding their motorcycle in a Sept. 25 accident - from which Lynde has yet to regain consciousness - Worden asked the community, via GoFundMe.com, for $20,000 to help with related expenses. She got $80,000 and counting.
Few Vermonters will defend wind turbines, so the national organization comes to the rescue. Go look at the American Wind Energy Association's members: mostly large multinational corporations heavily invested in fossil fuel and nuclear. The industry's global attitude of blaming the victims is offensive in the extreme. Abuse people once by making them sick and unable to sleep; abuse them again by telling everyone it's all in their heads. Same story everywhere. At a Sept. 19 ribbon cutting in Searsburg,
Rich Earth Institute presents an evening of fun and education with artist, comedian, and sustainability activist Shawn Shafner on Friday, March 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. The event, at the Robert H. Gibson River Garden, is free. Included are hors d'oeuvres, interactive activities for all ages, door prizes, urine donor recognition, and an update on Rich Earth Institute's recent accomplishments. Shafner is founder of The People's Own Organic Power Project (The POOP Project; www.thepoopproject.org), a grassroots organization working since...
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