When a wind-power project like Stiles Brook is planned, property owners will be concerned about their lovely ridgeline views and their property values. That is normal self-interest.
On the other hand, some opponents go on to say they are concerned about endangered species, such as our bats, or about black bear corridors.
That seems like hypocrisy. What's missing here is the bigger picture: The greatest threat by far to all living things in Grafton and Windham is climate change!
Spinning turbine blades will knock out some birds, true, but human endeavors are now starting a mass extinction of countless millions of life forms that inhabit the planet with us.
My mother is a refugee, and my father is also an immigrant. Whenever I see refugees coming to the USA, I identify with them. Even though this is a country made up mostly of immigrants, xenophobia - like racism - still lives deep inside all of us. Many won't...
Recently, we have seen a fair amount of upheaval in our two local food co-ops. I'm referring specifically to various labor and management issues at the Brattleboro Food Co-op, and the current “streamlining the by-laws” debacle at the Putney Co-op. However, this all might have a positive effect, because...
The Putney Community Center is looking for help in launching a capital improvement campaign. Our beautiful historic building, on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Putney Village Historic District, is in need of significant upgrades, including painting and insulation/weatherization. Our board of directors is specifically seeking to hear from: • Other Windham County nonprofit organizations with a community mission that, needing space for an ongoing program, might wish to partner with us for fundraising purposes. •