GUILFORD — My first reaction to the decision on the Vermont Yankee lawsuit was, “Thank goodness!”
Judge Murtha made a wise decision that will benefit Vermont, and he made it despite the whining of special-interest groups, self-appointed “experts,” and self-serving politicians.
Safe, clean, and affordable electric power will continue to be available for Vermonters and businesses for the benefit of all of us average Vermonters who have not been adequately represented in Montpelier.
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
Ben “Spoon” Agave places a piece of paper on the café table. Typed, front and back, is his treatise on how he would serve Brattleboro as a member of its Selectboard. “I am running because town government has difficult and complex problems, because I have very deep and broad experience in town government, and because I love the work,” Agave, 66, wrote. “I will provide the expertise to make a good town better.” Agave is running for a three-year seat...
As a retired teacher in Brattleboro who has served the children and families of my community for 27 years, I am heartbroken to know that the horrific humanitarian conflict in Gaza continues. Since Oct. 7, this conflict has claimed tens of thousands of lives, mostly women and children. The lives of millions of civilians and the remaining hostages are again under threat, and the United Nations is warning of a famine soon. Rep. Becca Balint should use her position to...
In September 1996, Becky Graber hosted a Wednesday night rehearsal at KidsPLAYce, the play center where her husband Tim Ellis was the director. She imagined she would gather a small group of women and girls to sing together through the fall, but people kept coming, and by November, they outgrew the venue. More than 60 singers met each week in the music room at Oak Grove School, and the group held its first concert in an ice storm in December...
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