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...
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week suspended all nuclear power licensing decisions until it can address environmental concerns regarding long-term storage of nuclear waste. The ruling puts a halt to license renewal applications for nine plants, including Indian Point in New York and Seabrook in New Hampshire. Under the order, the commission, for the first time, will require environmental assessments of nuclear waste now held at the nation's 104 reactor sites. The decision comes in the wake of a June...
Jobs, a balanced budget, health care for all, improved telecommunications, cleaner water, green energy investments, open government, safer roads, agriculture investments, our first two-year capital bill, improvements in prisons/corrections, consumer protections, and workers rights all highlight the just-concluded 2011 session of your Vermont Legislature. Your citizen legislators took on the challenges that the Great Recession continues to visit on Vermonters and helped move us forward into the future. In our short 16-week session, we accomplished more in this session than...
The town of Marlboro has a population of 978, and the town center consists of an 18th century inn, a post office, and a meeting house. But, for seven weeks each summer since 1951, some of the world's most respected concert artists and most talented young professional musicians have gathered on the campus of Marlboro College to explore music with unlimited rehearsal time in a way that isn't possible elsewhere. The Marlboro Music School & Festival attracts devoted music lovers...
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