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...
Less than a week old, Judge J. Garvan Murtha's Jan. 19 ruling on the Entergy v. Vermont case has officials and observers alike asking: Where next? Murtha's ruling upheld Entergy's claim of preemption - the concept that the federal government's jurisdiction over atomic safety issues supersedes any state statutes. In his ruling, Murtha also said the state had not completely proved that Entergy couldn't sue the state despite promises the company made in a 2002 memorandum of understanding (MOU) in...
The assault on local retail began with the Sears catalog. Unless things change, it will be finished by Amazon. A big change in U.S. rural life began in 1913 with the introduction of Rural Free Delivery. This change paved the way for retail's decline, which has happened in several distinct phases. * * * Phase 1: A forebear of Sears, in business since 1886, adopted the Sears Roebuck Co. name in 1893. Catalog sales began in 1888, and by 1895...
Next Stage Arts Project presents an evening of Americana, folk, and roots music with Tim Eriksen and Friends plus Red Heart the Ticker at Next Stage on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m. Fiddler Zoe Darrow and percussionist and vocalist Peter Irvine join Eriksen for this concert as he celebrates the release of his new CD, Josh Billings' Voyage. Eriksen is acclaimed for transforming American tradition with his startling interpretations of old ballads, love songs, shape-note gospel, and dance tunes...
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