Who has been disrespectful in the nuclear debate? Is it the people who shout out at public meetings and use up the time for those of differing opinions to speak? Is it the ones who teach their children to tell other children that their parents are baby killers because of where they work?
Who would want to come to a county and start a business with people like that not being corralled by their neighbors and the law?
Fric Spruyt is a property owner and property manager in Brattleboro and a member of...
BRATTLEBORO-The recent eclipse that Vermonters were able to experience was beyond breathtaking. My husband and...
PUTNEY-As a physician and a hospice volunteer, I read with interest the recent article highlighting...
BELLOWS FALLS-I see as a huge problem the number of apartments and houses being used...
Vermont still ranks at the top of the annual Strolling of the Heifers Locavore Index, meaning that it has the strongest producers and consumers of local food of any of the 50 states. However, the rest of the Index has been considerably shaken up by new data derived from the recent Census of Agriculture, conducted by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The Index has been published annually since 2012 by Strolling of the Heifers, a non-profit food advocacy organization.
Phil Scott wouldn't have been elected without the votes of many Independents and Democrats concerned about the out-of-control spending and unsustainable tax burdens that are making our wonderful little state unaffordable for young families and retirees and driving businesses across the Connecticut River. In vetoing the budget, he was fulfilling his pledge to the clear majority of Vermonters who elected him. If even a fraction of the proposed Republican cuts to Medicaid reimbursement, transportation, and environmental programs are enacted, Vermont's...
Actors Theatre Playhouse will pay tribute to American playwright Edward Albee with a Saturday night staged reading of one of his most highly acclaimed dramas, A Delicate Balance. It premiered in 1966 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the first of three that Albee, who died last year, received for his work. Performances at the Playhouse are on Saturdays, Sept. 9 and 16, at 7:30 pm. According to a news release, “Edward Albee's play may be more than 50...
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