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...
The Northeast Recycling Council celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. And in more good news for the Brattleboro-based nonprofit, the Council was recently chosen to help coordinate the Vermont Green Business Program. The Green Business Program, an environmental assistance and recognition program for companies operating under sustainable business practices, is administered by the Vermont Environmental Assistance Office of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. Although most laypeople don't know about Northeast Recycling Council, their influence extends into a variety of...
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will be coming to Brattleboro on April 30 for its annual assessment of the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor's performance. Over the years, many of us have prepared statements for these meetings with great attention to the many issues attendant to hosting a dangerous, aging nuclear reactor in our community. We have shared our years of self-education about the grave risks of nuclear disasters; the overfilled spent-fuel pool; the daily radioactive emissions from the reactor in...
As one reviewer put it, “Table Manners is one delicious excuse to laugh. Six characters, hilariously unaware of their own flaws, represent two marriages grown stale and one courtship that can't get off the ground.” Alan Ayckbourn's most highly-praised and popular comedy opens at the Actors Theatre Playhouse for eight performances on Fridays and Saturdays, July 28 through Aug. 19. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. A simple dinner at a family's country home evolves into a family squabble that only...
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