GUILFORD-So Trump has been elected - again. If last time was bad, this time will...
The writers note that they originally sent this letter to their congregation. "We offer it...
WESTMINSTER WEST-Thank you to David Brooks for clearly saying in his Nov. 8 New York...
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
Entergy Corp's Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon is slated to close by the end of 2014. Indeed, a number of nuclear plant operators have announced they will shut their aging reactors within the next few years, and 18 reactors already closed are being decommissioned. The regulatory, community, environmental, and economic mises en scène in which these plants' reactors whirled to life in the 1960s and 1970s differ greatly from the arenas packed with spent fuel - and nowhere...
Our representatives in the Vermont House will soon take up a bill having to do with end-of-life choice, or patient-directed dying. This action follows the passage of an end-of-life bill by the Senate last month. Credit is due the Senate for its serious consideration of a carefully written bill based on Oregon's “death with dignity” law and the experience with it over the past 14 years, but the Senate's bill is woefully lacking. It's a one-page amendment of the original,
The Vermont Jazz Center presents its annual big band swing gala on Friday, Dec. 5, at 8 p.m. This year's event celebrates the swing music of the 1930s, '40s and '50s, when big band jazz served as North America's popular music and provided the pulse for social dancing. The 17-piece Vermont Jazz Center Big Band is joined by Rebecca Holtz and Rob Fletcher, two exquisite singers with strong affinities to swing. For one exceptional evening, their voices will ride on...
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