RE: “On joy and justice” [Viewpoint, Sept. 4]:
Congratulations to Chad Simmons and his fellow volunteers on their political victory. Victory is that they got what they wanted.
A political victory does not change the facts of science and engineering. Thousands will be exposed to high levels of radiation this week, for cancer treatment, for example.
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State officials are allowing two Native American tribes to get involved in the proposed sale of Vermont Yankee. The Vermont Public Service board has ruled that both the Elnu Abenaki and Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi can act as “intervenors” in the state's review of the plant's purchase by NorthStar Group Services, a New York decommissioning company. Both NorthStar and current owner Entergy had objected to the Missisquoi Abenaki's intervention. But the Public Service Board sided with the tribe, saying its...
To Susie Webster-Toleno, M. Div.: The Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices will soon be overturning Roe v. Wade, which will be a glorious day. You say you are “nearly incandescent with rage” at Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Coney Barrett, yet you are not outraged that more than 63 million unborn children have been aborted since 1973. Why is that? On May 20, Lila Rose (founder and president of Live Action) tweeted, “A human in the womb is just as human as a...
The Brattleboro Women's Chorus, directed by Becky Graber, is set to present its annual spring concert, “On My Way.” More than 60 women and girls, including a large number of mother-daughter, grandmother-granddaughter, and aunt-niece pairs, will perform songs on the theme of pilgrimage, a continuation from the fall session. The chorus itself is set to make a pilgrimage for a performance in Grafton on May 11 for the first time since 1999, and will return to Brattleboro on May 12...
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