Jason Cooper, a real estate investor, developer, and property manager, has served as a steering...
Jessica Dolan, Ph.D. (District 8) is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member. BRATTLEBORO-Our predecessors were...
Emilie Kornheiser, Ian Goodnow, and Mollie Burke represent Brattleboro in the Vermont House of Representatives.
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert...
A former state regulator has decided that she won't be assisting Entergy in its effort to sell Vermont Yankee. Burlington attorney Elizabeth Miller has given notice of her withdrawal from state Public Service Board proceedings concerning Entergy's proposed sale of the shut-down Vernon nuclear plant to a New York-based decommissioning company. Miller previously had been involved in Vermont Yankee matters as a state official. Her plan to advocate for Entergy made news last month and raised questions about a “revolving...
As a lifelong environmentalist who applauds the intent of the Affordable Heat Act (S.5), it pains me to point out a very big problem with the bill that is now cruising toward legislative approval: wood heat is far dirtier than coal, oil, and gas. And if you make fuel oil and propane more expensive, we Vermonters will burn more firewood. Since 38% of Vermont homes are heated in part or full with wood, S.5 may well accomplish the exact opposite...
Artist Jeanette Staley and poet Verandah Porche are joining their considerable talents to create an exhibit at Main Street Arts titled “Unfinished Myth.” The show opens with a reception Thursday, May 5, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., and continues through June 10. “We found ourselves drawn back into familiar stories, or fragments of them, from Grimm, the Bible, and Greek mythology,” Porche said. “Their stark predicaments and sparse detail have always invited improvisation.” In one poem, Rapunzel in the tower...
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