DUMMERSTON — On Oct. 27 in Montpelier, 64 people were arrested for non-violent civil disobedience at Gov. Peter Shumlin's office.
They were protesting his support for a fracked-gas pipeline in Vermont. The protest was organized by 350.org and other groups.
These activists deserve our thanks for their work to save the natural environment on which all life depends.
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
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...
The explosion in opioid use in this region has taken a social and cultural toll - especially the rise in the number of deaths due to overdoses, but also insidious and long-term health issues such as Hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS. All of these consequences - exacerbated by the COVID-19 outbreak and the social isolation and reduction in services it created - have come at a high cost to families, health care workers, health and rehabilitation institutions, law enforcement, and emergency...
Karl Meyer has been a stakeholder, intervenor, and Fish and Aquatics Studies team member in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission relicensing proceeding for the Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Project since 2012. Meyer is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is accepting written comments on FirstLight's application for a new FERC license to run Northfield Mountain for another 50 years, until 5 p.m. on June 3. The agency encourages submissions by email to...
When Andrea Fontana set out to write a coming-of-age graphic novel set in the 1980s, he decided it would take place in Brattleboro - a place where, oddly, the writer, essayist, and lover of film and comic books from Genova, Italy, has never set foot. But with the electronic help of dozens of members of a local Facebook group, Clara and the Shadows, which will be published in Italy next year, will include some touches of local authenticity. For the...
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