WILMINGTON — What a well-written and thoughtful piece. I enjoyed reading it. Thank you, Ann Landenberger!
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
Lachlan Francis chairs the Windham County Democratic Committee. He adds: "I'm proud that in Windham...
Three-ring binders filled with documents concerning the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor surround Tom Buchanan. He flips through the tabbed and highlighted pages looking for a statement Entergy made in one of its many dockets before the Vermont Public Service Board (PSB). Jim Matteau watches Buchanan from a nearby chair, arms crossed, and smiles. Matteau, the former executive director of the Windham Regional Commission, recalls that in more than one PSB hearing, Entergy's lawyers would attend with reams of documents. Matteau,
On Oct. 28, I attended the pipeline showdown at the Northfield Elementary School with the contestants being Democracy vs. Corporatocracy, or the majority of the voting public versus Kinder Morgan. Democracy is a system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule directly, rule through freely elected representatives, or - simply stated - rule by the majority. “Corpratocracy,” on the other hand, is defined as an economic and political system controlled by corporations and corporate interests.
The Jamaica Community Arts Council welcomes Laura Molinelli and friends for a Mother's Day concert on Sunday, May 13, from 4 to 6 p.m. Molinelli will be joined by friends Patti Casey, Susannah Blachly, and Sally Newton in a round-robin song share “to delight everyone, not just moms,” according to a news release. This will be the second year that Laura has hosted a special show at the historic Jamaica Town Hall on Mother's Day. Blachly is a fiddler and...
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