BRATTLEBORO — This is a great story and tribute to Marty Rancourt. I can say I've known him since he was born.
Good luck to him as he opens a new door.
BRATTLEBORO-We are living in a moment of deep crisis for our democracy. Billionaires and political...
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...
The Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) has awarded more than $300,000 in tax credits to four projects in southeastern Vermont. The Downtown and Village Center Tax Credits program “sparks revitalization by supporting building and code improvements, and is one of the primary benefits of downtown and village center designation,” says the ACCD's website. Between 2011 and 2016, the ACCD presented 156 projects with $12.5 million in tax credits. “While not cash or a grant, tax credits essentially...
We have been reading and hearing a lot about dams lately. All in the news recently: the rehabilitation of the Bennington dams, the proposed purchase of the 14 hydroelectric sites by Green Mountain Power, the ongoing fuss about whether Vermont should buy the hydroelectric dams in the main Connecticut and Deerfield Rivers, the recent removals of two dams from the Wells River and one from the Third Branch of the White River. More than 1,000 active and remnant dams remain...
Vermonter Casey Murrow has something to say about the fearmongering, fact-mangling politician hungry to chew up the nation's press corps. “He called my father 'the cleverest of the jackal pack.'” Murrow, speaking Monday at the Putney Public Library, stood amid newspapers and magazines reporting the latest headlines about President Donald Trump. But the lifelong educator wasn't talking about the current-day commander-in-chief. Instead, the son of the late, legendary broadcaster Edward R. Murrow was referring to his father's most notorious adversary,
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