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Town Finance Director John O'Connor says he anticipates the municipality will end the fiscal year on a positive note despite a deficit on paper. With one month left before closing the ledger on fiscal year 2014, which ended on June 30, O'Connor said he expects additional payments, such as delinquent taxes, and cost savings, such as energy efficiencies, to be accounted for in the coming weeks. “We're in good shape,” he said. On paper, according to O'Connor's preliminary end-of-year report,
The town of Vernon isn't at all interested in turning the Vermont Yankee site into a nature preserve. Its leaders would like to benefit from jobs and taxes brought in by a company or companies occupying that space. Who can blame them? The question is: Do they know the difference of a few millirems of radiation when a nuclear power plant is decommissioned? If the site is “released for industrial use,” the Nuclear Regulatory Commission allows a decontamination of 100...
Teta Hilsdon, the new executive director of In-Sight Photography Project, wants to help the art-based youth organization thrive with a more visible presence in downtown Brattleboro. “In-Sight has remained in the shadows too long,” she told The Commons. “More people need to know what a great place this is.” Marking an exciting period of transition, The In-Sight Photography Project has announced the hire of two new key staff members and the departure of three old friends. Hilsdon is taking over...
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