I am so sorry to lose Pat Smith. She was the voice of the Reformer for me, and always helpful.
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...
In a town with no zoning, the potential developers of a 600-megawatt, gas-fired power plant wouldn't even need a building permit to start work here. But that doesn't mean town officials intend to step away from the proposed project. While Vernon voters gave clear support to a theoretical gas plant on March 1, the project still must pass through multiple layers of state and federal permitting before becoming reality. Vernon Planning Commission members say they expect to stay involved every...
Dan DeWalt, one of the founders of this newspaper and a longtime activist for social justice, clean energy, peace, and restorative justice, describes this piece as "a collaboration with another Windham County citizen whose job status would be at risk were they to disclose their name." Washington is preparing to send a $14.3 billion year-end genocide bonus to Israel so it can continue to carry out war crimes while thumbing its nose at global calls for an enduring ceasefire. That's...
Landmark College invites the public to two free performances of Sandglass Theater's Babylon, in the Greenhoe Theater, on Saturday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 p.m. Created with the help of the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program, Babylon looks at the relationship of refugees to their homelands, lost and new, and the conflicts that exist within American communities to which they have fled. “Whether in the United States, or around the world, our society has always dealt with the relocation of civilians,” says...
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