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The Agency of Transportation intends to repave 12.5 miles of Route 9 between Wilmington and Brattleboro starting in 2021, an undertaking described by the state agency's program manager, Jesse Devlin, as “one of the more complex projects” on the horizon. The $14 million project was discussed Oct. 4 at a meeting organized by Windham County lawmakers, who invited AOT staff to Marlboro to hear from a group of citizens concerned about southern Vermont's primary east-west travel corridor. There, community members...
So how much greenhouse gas did this group generate driving in cars or taking buses (15 of them from Vermont) down to New York City? How many of these people had a hand in shutting down the Vermont Yankee plant, a facility that supplied 70 percent of the electricity generated in Vermont with essentially zero greenhouse gases - generation that will largely be replaced by greenhouse-gas-emitting natural gas? Another question: How many hypocrites can you organize for one demonstration?
The annual Northern Roots Traditional Music Festival (NRF) will return - virtually - for its 14th year on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 30 and 31. The event once again will showcase northern musical traditions, including Irish, Scottish, French Canadian, New England and, this year, Swedish and Shetland. A series of Saturday daytime workshops will be followed by an evening concert while Sunday's schedule wraps up the weekend with three popular sessions. The festival will feature both returning and new performers,
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