Michael Gigante, the clinician at the Brattleboro AIDS Project (now the AIDS Project of Southern...
BELLOWS FALLS-My name is Dylan Stewart, and I am a senior at Windham Regional Career...
NEWFANE-Like a spoiled child, Donald Trump is whining about wanting a birthday parade that will...
Timothy Belknap is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member representing District 9. For more information...
After several months of review, state regulators have approved the sale of 13 hydroelectric stations on the Connecticut and Deerfield rivers. The Vermont Public Service Board on April 6 OK'd the purchase of TransCanada's hydro dams by Great River Hydro, a subsidiary of Boston-based ArcLight Capital Partners. In finding that the transaction will promote the public good, the board adopted the findings of a hearing officer who said Great River is “financially sound,” “experienced in the industry” and “capable of...
At Newfane's Town Meeting this year, every one of the Selectboard's requests for funding, from employee salaries to town highways, passed. But voters were not able to take any binding action on three of the most pressing issues facing the town at this moment: Reimbursement from FEMA for flood damage from Irene; the siting of cell towers within our community, and our school budgets, which comprise a great deal more of our tax dollars than town government or road maintenance.
Fresh from a three-year hiatus, Hatch Vermont presents its seventh Storytellers on a Mission, promising “an evening of humorous storytelling from some of the hottest entertainers in the business” to help raise much-needed cash for a great cause. Hatch cofounder Tom Bodett, no stranger to a microphone, good deeds, and a fun time, told The Commons last week he's solidly behind co-host and nonprofit beneficiary Groundworks Collaborative, which provides ongoing support and services to families and individuals facing housing and...
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